Smith and Caraway Defeated in Senate Primaries
Assorted Press report notes Senators Ellison Smith of South Carolina and Hattie Caraway of Arkansas lost renomination bids in Tuesday primaries. Smith, a Roosevelt foe, and Caraway, in office since 1931, were part of a Southern challenge to the administration. Fulbright led Arkansas and faces a runoff August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver
Ellison D
Cotton Ed
Rufus C. Holman
Oregon
Wayne L. Morse
War Labor Board
Washington
Smith
Olin D. Johnston
Roosevelt
Texas
Ississippi
Lousiana
Caraway
J. W. Fulbright
House of Congress
Fulbright
Arkansas
Purple Heart for Pfe. Raymond Frye Wounded in Italy
Mr and Mrs Eppa Frye of Lovettsville Va received a Purple Heart for their son Pfe Raymond Frye who was wounded in May in Italy and reports he has recovered and is back at the front. Mrs Nettie Derry of Brunswick visiting her brother Mr and Mrs Charles Stevens. Mrs Will Seibert of Miami Fla visiting relatives incl Stevens family and plans to visit York Pa before returning to Miami. An all day picnic in Gross Woods August 9 by Mt Olivet Sunday School with Poolesville Band. An all day Methodist meeting in Grass Woods August 13 with music and speakers and lunch for sale. Lieut Com Spencer Butts Navy and family spent last week with his mother Mrs Jessie Butts and sister Mrs Sturm at Harper's Ferry. They visited Mrs Miller and sister Mrs Bertie Potterfield.
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Lovettsville
Eppa Frye
Pfe
Raymond Frye
Italy
Nettie Derry
Brunswick
Charles Stevens
Will Seibert
Miami
Fila
Grass Woods
Spencer Butts
Navy
Butts
Jessie Butts
Sturm
Harper's Ferry
Robert Miller
Bertie Potterfield
Bethel Lutheran Church
Floyd Demory
W. W. Demory
Camp Peary
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard
Baltimore
Demery
Regina Stine
Frederick
Sam Googe
Elbert L. Virts
E. J. Virts
Camp Walters
Texas
Washington Institute of Technology
College Park
Army
Alfred Mentzer
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Thomes ‘Mentzer
Mentzer
Pfc
Sherman Frye
Cpl
Frank Frye
T. M. Connor
Connie
Harold Eyler
Virginia Electric Power Company
Virginia Public Service Company
Loudoun County
Wright Washington
Schnauffer’s Hospital
Catherine Louise
Mary Elizabeth
Clara Jane
Nettie Painter
Hillsboro
Washington
George Washington
Evelyn Hatcher
Pvt
Maurice Hatcher
Camp Blanding
Fla
Rose Lindsey
James
Pittsburgh
Army Air Corps
San Antonio
Tex
R. S. Poffinbarger
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church
West Fairview
Harrisburg Hospital
Local notes of service, births, and family moves in Virginia
Community news lists service schedules and family updates. Commander Butts and kin plan a Boston return before undisclosed duties. Local families greet soldiers home from leave and report training, hospital, or shipyard assignments. Electric rate changes benefit Loudoun. public and church events fill weekend.
Army Lt Miskimon Receives Navy Commendation for Salerno Landing
1st Lt. Robert M. Miskimon of Bolivar receives a Navy Department letter of commendation for his conspicuous duty as ship’s surgeon on the first landing craft at Salerno in September. He returned to the U.S. after four months overseas and joins the Cushing General Hospital staff in Framingham Mass. He is a Dartmouth and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons graduate and has been promoted to captain. his father is Dr. Roy Miskimon of Harpers Ferry.
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Lt. Miskimon
Army Medical Corps
New Cushing General Hospital
Framingham
Mass
Local notices list residents and service members across Bolivar area
Village residents visit or are abroad with families including Miss Elizabeth Miller in Linwood Pa and Commander W Spencer Butts in the South Pacific. They note apron sale by the Woman's Club, hospital patients like Harry Lawson, and servicemen such as Corporal Harwood Potts and Mechanic McCutcheon in England.
Germantown note on Ray Smith and Roger Pumphrey
Fragmentary item from Germantown mentions Ray Smith and Roger Pumphrey with unclear context or action noted.
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Germantown
Ray Smith
Roger Pumphrey
Community Notes From Sandy Springs Area
Mrs. Rebecca Leamon dines with Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Brown at their home. Joan Selby hosts a birthday luncheon with gifts from Mrs. Clyde Fletcher and others. Mrs. C A Brown and Miss Leamon visited Clarksburg relatives. Mrs. James Fentress visits her parents in Day family home.
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Rebecca Leamon
Carroll Brown
Joan Selby
Clyde Fletcher
C. A. Brown
Janet Fletcher
Walter Selby
Chas
Linatl Walter Selby
Arthur Stag
Lois
Clarksburg
James Fentress
Clarence Day
Foxville and Mount Moriah Lutheran Church News
Regular church services were held on Sunday afternoon though August will have no services. Sunday School meets each Sunday morning. Mrs. Ira Fox is ill at home. Hubert Weagley, from an Army camp in Texas, is home on furlough. Miss Dorothy Buhrman stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doyle in Cavetown. Mrs. Anna Buhrman and son Joseph visited the Doyles. Mr. and Mrs. George Wolfe visited friends in Smithsburg. Victor W. Buhrman and children Billy and Andra spent Sunday at Glen Echo Park. Miss Mary DeLauter is visiting friends.
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Foxville
Mount Moriah
Hubert Weagley
Texas
Dorothy Buhrman
Frank Doyle
Cavetown
Anna Buhrman
Joseph
Doyle
George Wolfe
Smithsburg
Victor W. Buhrman
Billy and
Andra
Glen
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South Carolina
U.S
Commander Butts
Boston
Mark Rodeffer
Arlington
Mt. Olivet Methodist Church
Betty Wire
Frederick City Hospital
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
E. G. Williams
Meridian
George Wire
Agnes Frye
Charles Zepp
Hagerstown
Ann Hickman
Middleburg
K. K. Wenner
Elizabeth
Kitty Hammond
Richard Hammond
T. A. Worman
Purcellville
Bolivar
Dartmouth College
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Roy Miskimon
Harpers Ferry
F. M. Miskimon
Miskimon
Eleanor Johnson
Alexandria
C. C. Johnson
Camp Hill
Jack Hoodican
Ella Hackley
Mary Lou
Hukie Nichols
Shirley Lou Nichols
Cumberland
Noel View Beach
Lester Webb
Robert Brinkman
San Diego
Calif
Edward Brinkman
Havre de Grace
QO. A. Webb
Viola Brinkman
Garland DeLauder
Williamson's
Christians OF
Frederick and Area
W. Norman Greenway
Dr. Greenway
Winchester Hall
Holmes
Stanley McCormick
Elizabeth Miller
Linwood
O. Ang
W.spencer Butts
U.S. N
W. Sperr
Jessica Butts
Virginia Sturm
Fillmore Avenue
Spencer
South Pacific
Helen Burssard
Sharpsburg
G.E. Webb
Harry Lawson
Schnauffer Hospital
Harwood Potts
Presque Isle
L. L. Beek
G. E. Webb
Gaithersburg
Charles H. Glover
Ben Chambers
Leon R. Upright
Missouri
Leon Upright
Betty i Derry
C. A. Upright
Earl Luckett
Louis Upright
Hazel Nullans
Loretta
England
Aed
Royal Jewelers
Ory
Wg. Accrete RS
North Market ST. Finai
Harrisburg
Lewistown
Millersburg
York
Hanover
Pottatown
Gettysburg
Chambersburg
Lebanon
Martinsburg
Sandy Springs Hospital
Arn
American Institute of Laundering
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