Beckley Eye-Witness Account From Tunisian Front
Beckley resident John Hodel presents an eye witness view of stretcher bearers in Tunisia. The account describes locating wounded, the risks, extracting them to medical posts, and the harsh realities of care under fire, including robbery risks and brutal conditions.
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Beckley
John Hedel
War Department
Tunisia
Hodel
Charles Hodel
Middle East
Africa
Resister News
Oceana Man Injured In Wyoming Mine Fractured Skull
Richard Blevins is hospitalized at Logan General with a fractured skull after a mining incident near Wyoming last Friday. The item lists local residents visiting relatives and military transfers including Pvt Earl Throwsberry, Pvt James Dave Cook, and other short notes on guests, travel, and illness.
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By Register
WILL LEAVE FOR STATION
Harold Cooper of the U S navy will depart for his station Monday after a furlough with relatives. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Estgll Cooper. Francis Munsey leaves for Norfolk Virginia to take employment at a defense plant after two years here with his sister and brother in law.
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Weiler Pineville
Harold Cooper
U.S. Navy
Realtties
Estgll Cooper
Norfolk
Register
Francis Munsey
J. Butler
Mr. Butler
Virginia
Florida woman visits Pineville guests from Florida
Mrs Bernard Skow of West Palm Beach Florida visits her parents Rev and Mrs R M Adams at Jesse in Pineville Her sister Miss Monene Adams of Mt Airy North Carolina accompanies her Mr Skow will join his wife in two weeks after visiting relatives in Minneapolis Minnesota
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Wyoming
Florida
Register
Pineville
Bernard Skow
West Palm Beach
R. M. Adams
Jesse
Monene Adams
Mt. Airy
North Carolina
Show
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Wyoming Service Men Come Home
Wyoming county residents welcome returning service personnel with visits to family and friends. The list includes Coast Guardsman Wayne Hatfield in Kentucky, Sergeant Preston Wilson visiting from the University of Michigan, Lt. W. G. Shannon who earned bombardier wings in Roswell, and others stationed at Lehigh University and Fort Thomas. The report also notes furloughs and orders to return to Camp and new postings in Indio, California and Boston, Massachusetts.
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Register
Kopperston
Coast
Clear Fork
Byron Rose
E. Pericn Rose
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
Robert Bailey
Camp Pineville
Kennie Hatfield
Whoa
Wyoming County
Boston
Massachusetts
Pineville Veterans Promotion and Local Notes
Pineville reports Corporal O Lefler of Pineville promoted in the U S Marine Corps at Cherry Point North Carolina after training at Parris Island Quanatico and other posts. Also papers recall a surprise party for G I Barret t and visits from relatives including Billie Coen. Residents Countiss Cam eron Hob son and Nix convalesce or visit kin in Kentucky and Detroit during postwar rounds.
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Register
Pineville
O. §. Lefler
Dick Lefler
United States Marine Corps
Cherry Point
North Carolina
Parris Island
Quantico
Virginia
Toledo
Ohio
O. EK. Lefler
Harry C. Lefler
Cleveland Von Tablets Offer Quick Gastric Relief
Remarkable treatment claim for stomach trouble including indigestion bloating heartburn and ulcers. Promotes Cleveland Von Pink Tablets as fast relief without special diet or time off work. Endorsed by enthusiastic users and advertised at Beckley Drug Co 208 Main St.
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Cleveland
District Meet of Legion Here Today Beckley Beckley district Legion convention
The Raleigh county post 32 of the American Legion hosts the sixth district convention at Beckley Memorial building starting at 10 a.m. Delegates and alternates arrive from Mercer McDowell Wyoming and Raleigh counties for the annual pre-department meeting. Delegates from Raleigh post 32 include Roy T. Elkins W. R. Prince Bennie Baker and others with alternates and visiting representatives from several towns. Also noted is the unchanged condition of DeWitt Kenner employed at Rappers coal in Stotesbury and a patient in Beckley hospital.
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Raleigh
American Legion
Memorial
Beckley
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Harry 1A
Bluefield
West Virginia
R. K. Rabush
Glenn Stewart
W. R. Fugitt
Harry West
Beukley
Raleigh County
Roy T. Elkins
W. R. Prince
Bennie Baker
A. F.hazlewood
J. H
Kennemer
DeWitt Kennemer
Rappers Coal Company
Stotesbury
Beckley Hospital
Army's First Woman Doctor Calls West Virginia Home
Major Margaret Craighill, the army's first woman doctor, says Charles Town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, feels like home. A Johns Hopkins graduate and former surgeon at Women's Medical College of Philadelphia, she plans preventive medicine in the Army and notes gender biases but aims to expand women in service.
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Army
West, Virginia
Associated Press
Charles Town
Margaret Craithill
Jefferson County
Major Craighill
Charles
William P. Craighill
U. S. Army
Craighill
Craighills
Shenandoah Valley
E. Tayloe Perry
Lallie Craighill
Frank Lucas
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Johns Hopkins
Women’s Medical College of
Philadelphia
Greenwich
Conn
J. L. Vickers
Ed Mund Lee Jones Commissioned Major in Army Air Forces
Moses Lake Washington Ed Mund Lee Jones of Wheeling West Virginia a member of the American Legion national constitution and by laws committee has been commissioned a major in the army air forces and assigned to a new air base here Major Jones served as a second lieutenant in the motor transport corps during World War I He is the charter member of the Legion s Wheeling Post No he served on the national areas committee from 1936 to 1939
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John Hodel
Medical Post
Red Cross
Associated Press
Moses Lake
Wash
Edmund Lee Jones
Wheeling
W. Va
American Legion
Army Air Forces
Jones
Lorps
Legion
National Areata ‘Committee
Divorce sought by Mrs Lucy McDonough Meredith
Mrs Lucy McDonough Meredith files suit for divorce against Owen Frederick Meredith at Circuit Clerk Van Hunter's office through attorney L L Scherer. Also notes an American mechanized division requires 4500 gallons of gasoline every 1 minute and is moving.
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Lucy McDonough Meredith
Owen Frederick Meredith
van Hunter
L. L. Scherer
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Texas
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Hershal Whitten
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Roland Precit
Dayton
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Hankins
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Topeka
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Camp Hy Register
Robert M. Worrell
E. W. Worrell Jr
Eddie Worrell
EL W. Worrell, Jr
F. W. Worrell
Sophia
G. J. Barrett
Darrell
Marine Corps
G. I. Barrett
Lamily
Iy. Register
Buster Smith
Welch
Oswell Cook
Mr. Cook
Vessie
Detroit
Charles A. Cameron
Nancy
Charles Albert
Detroi
Michigan
Thomas A. Dimeron
Kentucky
Ed Hobson
Billy
Pikeville
Sy Register
Armored Force
Kim Nix
Harry Burdiss
Coal City
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Pence Springs
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