Fayette Airman Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Staff Sergeant George H. Hughes, son of Mrs Ada Hughs of Lansing West Virginia, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross as radio operator gunner of a Be 26 Marauder. He completed 35 missions over Nazi targets in France Holland and Belgium and praised the Marauder’s performance during a Montdidier Airdrome mission with heavy enemy opposition and a Spitfire escort.
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AU. S
Ninth Air Force
Mar
Auder Station
England
George H. Hughes
Ada Hughs
Lansing
West Virginia
Europe
Ssgt. Hughes
France
Holland
Belgium
S-Ser
Hughes
Montdidier
Fayette Men Reclassified By Register Staff Writer
Fayetteville officials report at Jocal board No 1 meeting on April 20 re classifications placing several men in 1-A and noting others in 4-F 2-A-F 1-C Ind 4-F-H 2-A-H plus seven men re classified at Board No 2 Rotarians to meet in Montgomery with Harry Hovey and othersSpeaking at Rotary convention will cover finance and war correspondence topics.
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Register
Fayetteville
Jocal Board
Gordon C. Underwood
Carl A. Jordan
Thomas W. Gilkerson
Vincent R. Gilbert
William J. Kinsler
Harry A. Gentry
Wilsie B. Kington
Heman O. Royal
Russell H. Mannon
Chester
Zastovnik
Wilson R. Fitzpatrick
James R
Basil H. Cummings
Elmer I. Hicks
Richard H. Rowe
Edward P. Rogers
Everette W. Garrett
Baske T. Slay
Walter Finn
Dewey FE
Taylor
Fred Withrow
Dalford Brown
Board No. 2
Donnie R. Kimbrell
Guy E. Hall
Ind
Clinton L. Poore
Basil Light
William A. Minnich
Jack D. Dodson
Doh Morgan
Associated Press
Montgomery
Harry FE. Hovey
Geneva
Rotary
Fairmont
Hovey
Rotary International
Joe James Custer
Pacific
Milton Bacon
Cincinnati
Fred O. Blue
Charsleston
Walker Funeral for Vera Hazel Walker at Egeria
Services will be held at the Egeria school house at 2 p m today for Vera Hazel Walker 25 of Beckley who died after an appendicitis operation in a local hospital. The Rev Gilbert Walker will conduct with burial in Egeria cemetery. She is survived by husband Carson A Walker and children Carson Jr Robert Michael and Douglas of Beckley. Two sisters Mrs John Burgess Pinecrest and Miss Syble Beckley. Pallbearers John Burgess Fred Walker Corbett Mils Kirby Walker Clifton Stuart Mason Walker.
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Egeria
Vera Hazel Walker
Beckley
Gilbert Walker
Egeria Cemetery
Carson A. Walker
Carson, Jr
Robert Michael
Douglas
John
State Highways Must Await Peace
Charleston reports that wartime traffic strain will stretch for years after hostilities end. E L Worthington, maintenance engineer, told the state road commission that permanent repairs will be postponed until after the war. Temporary repairs will be uneconomical in peacetime, new highways out for the duration, and strip mining has left Central West Virginia roads largely impassable.
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Associated Press
Charleston
E. L. Worthington
State Road Commission
Worthington
West Virginia
New Employment Recruiter Named for Oak Hill Region
Oak Hill welcomes R. Garj s as the new employment recruiter for the Fourth Digit Service region. He will staff the U S Employment Service office in Oak Hill on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to recruit urgently needed war workers for duty at the Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth Virginia Naval Air Station and the Aeronautics at Lingfield Virginia. He replaces WOE Pe, recently moved to North Carolina.
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Register
Oak Hill
Garland R. Gar
U. S. Employment Service Office
Norfolk Mery Yard
Portsmouth
Naval Air Station
Gio Va
Lingley Field
Oak Hall
Montgomery
Perry
North Carolina
Gar
Oak Hil
Negroes to Huntington for pre induction exams
Five Negro men were sent to Huntington for pre induction examinations this week after five others went April 1. Names include Robert Lee Mosley Scarbre Osea Thomas More Price Hill John Thomas Woodson Jr Mount Hope John Woods Jr Oakwood and Alfred Leonidas Hanah Hil sep. Earlier five were Henry Wilbur Jones Way Delacy Stith Philip Henry Jones Edward Pate Joseph Gil fard Menefee Minden. The group had already undergone physicals.
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Wesister
Fayetteville
Huntington
Mra
Kathleen Fink
Ropert Lee Mosley
Scarbre
Osea
Thomas Maore
Price Hill
John Thomas Woodson
Mount Hope
John Woods, Jr
Oakwood
Alfred Leonidas Hanah
Hilsep
Yanks On Milk Run To Carolines
Allied headquarters report MacArthur Liberator bombers widening the war in the western Carolines. For three days they struck Woeleai and Satawan islands and supported by Nimitz Central Pacific fliers, with 22 raids since Sunday. Bombers from Marshall and Gilbert bases hit Truk and surrounding atolls, leaving smoke and fires as crews presses the offensive.
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Associated Press
Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Caroline Islands
Woaleai Island
Carolines
Satawan Island
Truk
MacArthur
Central Pacific
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Chester W. Nimitz
Fiers
Caroline
Woleai
Pingelap
Nimitz’ Command
Nimitz
Atoll
Dirblon
Moen
Seventh Army Airforce
Fayetteville Soldier Missing Among West Virginians
Fayetteville report lists 11 West Virginians missing in action in the Mediterranean theater per the War Department. In other news, Mrs Dollie Anderson is named the veterans employment representative for the Montgomery US Employment Service office to assist veterans and handicapped individuals with job placement and rehabilitation facilities.
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Reer
Fayetteville
John B. Tineher
Emma Vineher
Rowley
West
RGR Ringer Returns for Oak Hill Assignment
Ray F. Sits issue to spend a furlough with his wife Sallie of Oak Hill. Siero in the UL Ss Line Dec. 10. 14 is stationed at Camp Maxey.
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RGR
Ringer
Fey
OAK Hill
Ray F
Iisue
Oak
Siero
UL Ss
Camp Maxey
Literacy Rates Highlight Canal Zone Demographics
In the Canal Zone, Jordan has been stationed for months as part of routine postings. Literacy figures show sixty one percent of men and seventeen percent of women are literate, reflecting regional education levels.
Fayette County Farmers To Meet in April Wartime Planning
Fayetteville officials announce a meeting of the Fayette County A A A committee and community committees on April 29 at the Fayetteville office of the ACP. Topics include compliance with dairy feed payments, farmer contracts, food and production goals, and wartime service improvements.
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Register
Faytteville
Joseph H. Dews
Fayette County
Fayetteville
ACP
FE. C. R
Dews
Fayetteville Seniors Stage Me and My Shadow Comedy
A large Fayetteville audience enjoyed the senior play last Thursday titled Me and My Shadow. Directed by Miss Madeline Sims, the cast included Elina Wood Wandaskew Marjorie McAvoy Juanita Stantey Baren Renick Dorothy Burgess Juanita Farmer Edward Taylor and L B Carper. The performers did a fine job.
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Y Register
Fayetteville
Madeline Sims
Elina Wood
Wandaskew
Marjorie McAvoy
Juanita Stantey
Baren Renick
Dorothy Burgess
Juanita Farmer
Edward Taylor
L. B. Carper
Chicago Sun Wins Ayer Cup For Typography Excellence
The Chicago Sun won the F. Way Lun Ayer Cup, the top honor in the 14th annual Newspapers typography contest by N. W. Ayer and Son. Over 1,000 entries were considered among English language papers in the United States for excellence in typography makeup and press work.
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Associated Press Philandelphia
Christian Science Monitor
Los Andes Times
St. Paul
Minn
Pioneer Press
Wise
Ghent Sailor Sees 36 Hour Flight to Beckley Airport Dream
Chief Warrant Officer Wallace of Ghent tells how an airport could shorten travel from California to Beckley by about 36 hours, adding three days to leave. He served five months overseas in the Southwest Pacific as a fireman and water tender on a Liberty EC-2 ship and survived a sub attack off the Persian Gulf. Several family members and local servicemen, including Private Welton Lilly and his gunner brother, are mentioned along with airport hopes for Raleigh County.
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W, BF. Wallace
United States Navy
F. HW. Wallace
Ghent
Marine Hospital
San Francisco
California
Poverseas
Southwest Pacific
Persian Gulf
Shin Wallace
Pacific
Wallace
New Guinea
India
Australia
New Zealand
Bougainville
Guadralcanal
J James Caskey
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Welton C. Lilly
Mars
Laura Lilly
Coal Ridge
Wounded Soldier Refuses Purple Heart Honors
Cpl Cyrus A Falk, a paratrooper wounded near a German shell blast in Sicily, declines the Purple Heart saying he did not feel deserving. He fought in Sicily and Italy with a parachute field artillery unit, later recovering at Ashford General hospital in White Sulphur Springs. His parents and wife live in Pilot Mountain North Carolina.
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Associated Press
Cyrus A. Falk
Ashford General Hospital
Italy
Cpl. Falk
Pilot Mountain
N. C
Sicily
Victoria
Fulk
Cpl
Falk
Ful
Africa
Byrd Prillerman Plays Set Friday At Byrd High
Senior class members under Mrs Russell Davis present three plays Friday April 28 at 1 pm in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Helen Clark Virginia Farmer Frances Evans Venesee Dodson Elizabeth Poe Mary Bush Lola Hall Navado Lewis Gloria Canada Arlene Greene Rometta Greene Violet Cunningham Warren Branch Waterson Belt Reid Hunt. Musical numbers between plays.
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Byrd Prillerman High School
Russell Davis
Helen Clark
Virginia Farmer
Frances Evans
Venesee Dodson
Elizabeth Poe
Mary Bush
Lola Hall
Navado Lewis
Gloria Canada
Arlene Greene
Rometta Greene
Violet Cunningham
Warren Branch
Waterson Belt
Reid Hunt
New Medical Discovery May Aid Epidemic Prevention
Prof Rene J Dubos of Harvard medical school told the American Philosophical Society that public health scouting stations could sample germs to spot increases in virulence that trigger epidemics. Scouts would use microscopic and animal tests to detect shifts and curb resistance to sulfa drugs before outbreaks spread.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Presh
Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
Rene J. Dubos
Harvard Medical School
Dubos
22 Counties Have No Road Deaths In WV
West Virginia officials report 22 of 55 counties had no traffic fatalities in the first three months of 1944. A total of 53 auto deaths were recorded through March, compared with 54 in the same period in 1948. Kanawha led with seven deaths, followed by Wayne with six and Cabell with five, while 23 counties had one to four deaths or none.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State
Barbour
Berkeley
Boone
Braxon
Brooke
Doddridge
Fayette
Gilmer
Grant
Hampshire
Hancock
Jackson
Jefferson
Lewis
Marion
Mineral
Monroe
Morgan
Nicholas
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Putnam
Ritchie
Roane
Summers
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Wetzell
Wirt
Wood
Wyoming
Dinner Held In Honor Of Lieutenant Malcolm McDaniel
Mrs. Jane Thompson entertained Friday evening with a six o'clock dinner at her home honoring her nephew Lieutenant Malcolm Mae McDaniel who arrived recently from Houston Texas. Guests included Miss Anna McDaniel of Sinks Grove Mrs. Sarah Green of Whitesville and George Thompson a Concord College student at Athens. Francisco de Orellana was noted as the first white commander to traverse the Amazon basin.
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Jane Thompson
Malcolm “Mae" McDaniel
McDaniel
Houston
Texas
Anna McDaniel
Sinks Grove
Sarah Green
Whitesville
George Thompson
Concord College
Athens
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