Prisoners of War Find Quiet Life at Ashford Camp
At Ashford internment camp in White Sulphur Springs, Afrika Korps POWs tend gardens, help local farmers, and work on hospital grounds under Gen Hunter. They enjoy three meals daily, medical care, and limited freedom of speech and mail while awaiting repatriation.
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Lexy
White Sulphur Springs
Afrika Korps
Mussolini
North Africa
Ashford
Frank A. Hunter
Greenbrier
Ashford General Hospital
Col. Hunter
D. J. Rennelsen
Father Brennan
Associated Press
West Virginia
I Duce
Camp prison crafts and faith among Italian POWs and war notes
Report describes Italian POWs under Col. Hunter practicing Catholic and other faiths with a field mass altar in a woodshop. They display hand drawn plans and a Mickey Mouse picture, decorate flower beds, and showcase ingenuity in using waste materials. Army cooks note higher winter rations as cold weather boosts appetite. Carl Hubbell’s pitching record is cited from 1938.
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Col. Hunter
Brennen
Walt Disney
Italy
Mickey Mouse
Col
Hunter
First Married Men Call Issued by Summers Board
The Summers Board of Register issued a call for about 100 men married before December 7 1941 to report for final physicals at the Huntington induction center in August. The list names numerous married men from Hinton Jumping Branch Bellepoint Rainelle and nearby areas including Azel Ibee Pack Lawrence Twohis Victor Adkins Raymond Argabright Elmer Harris and many others.
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of Register
Hinton
Huntington Induction Center
Azel Ibee Pack
Lawrence Joseph Twohis
Victor
Dallas Roosevelt Adkins
Cary L. Collins
Raymond W. Argabright
Novell L. Kincaid
Rainelle
Elmer Richard Harris
Francis C. Polock
Cecil Blair
Bellepoint
Lynn B. Miller
Clyde B. Williams
Gilbert H. Moye
Paskell FE
Ward
Hix
Willie L. Williams
Jumping Branch
Billy M. Bartgis
Burton R. Gunnoe
Belle
Daniel G Ward
Bluefield
Charles Robert McCallister
Grover
Archie P. Knapp
Alderson
Harry W Johnson
Durbin
Gay John W. Gwinn
Newark
Del
Alfred L. Bowles
Ramp
Church Honors New Pastor at Garden Reception
In Alderson the Old Greenbrier Baptist Church hosted a lawn party and reception for Rev. Randolph F. Johnson and his wife Miss Helen Hironimus. About 100 guests enjoyed Negro Spirituals performed by a inmates chorus, a welcome by Mrs. F. K. Lobban Jr., Johnson’s reception, and a tour of the gardens. Punch and cookies were served by church girls.
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Register
Alderson
Helen Hironimus
Federal Reformatory
Woman's Department
Old Greenbrier Baptist Church
Hironimus
Randolph F. Johnson
G. Liedig
F. K. Lobban, Jr
Johnson
John Cook
Hinton Lawyer Named West Virginia OPA Chief Enforcer
State OPA Director Carl M. Frasure announced that Judge Walter M. Elswick of Minton was appointed chief enforcement attorney for the West Virginia office of price administration. Elswick, a member of the state court of claims since July 1941, will assume the duties Monday, with Alternate Judge G. H. A. Eunst filling his seat. He will oversee enforcement of price, rationing and rent regulations in the state and will travel to Cincinnati Wednesday for a sectional conference with key OPA attorneys.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State
OPA
Carl M. Frasure
Walter M. Elswick
Minton
West Virginia
Feed Mill Sold To State Road Commission
Road group to acquire the old HinTon Milling Company's flour and feed mill on Grace Street for 3500 dollars. Title held by Irreducible School Fund after foreclosure, with a loss of about 11500 plus interest over 13 years. The commission will raze the building and erect a new tool house and storage facility.
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Register
Hnton
Hinton Milling Company
Grace Street
Istate Road Commission
Edgar R. Simms
State Road Commission
Tent Meeting On Cut Off Road Near Johnstown Road
The Assemblies of God tent meeting will be held every evening at 7:45 o clock on the new site off Johnstown road with Rev. Charles Patrick conducting the services. Participants include Nand Talcott Danvil H Fox Sand stone Harold M Péetrey Lick Creek.
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Cit
Johnstown Road
Charles Patrick
Nand, Talcott
Danvil H. Fox
Sandstone
Harold M. Péetrey
Lick Creek
Officers and Enlisted Men Eat Together at Ashford General
Officers and enlisted men convalescing at Ashford General Hospital share meals and quarters alike praising the staff and morale. Capt Meador recalls fighting in Tunisia and Bizerte while volunteering with British Commandos after Dieppe and notes RAF fliers and American pilots performed bravely.
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Ashford
Tunis
Bizerte
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Dieppe
Sedjenane
Meador
J. J. Giganti
Maplewood
Chicago
R.A.F. Fliers
Africa
SR. Taylor
Madison
San Antonio
Texas
United States
Tokio Rose
Japan
Prin
Army Hour
Australia
George R. Tamimosian
Baldwin Street
Newton
Massachusetts
Panama
U.S.O
Larry V. Pidgeon
Ridpath Drive
Hollywood
California
Philippines
Vincente Lim
Drst
Philippine Army Division
Capt
Pidgeon
Hinton Man Enrolled in Sub Chaser School
Kenneth M. Lowe 22, son of Mr and Mrs Jaister J Lowe of Hinton, is enrolled in the signal and quartermaster school at the submarine chaser center on the east coast. He trains as a signalman second class to prepare for duty against the U boat menace and potential service with a sub chasing unit after completion.
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Miame
Fla
Kenneth M. Lowe
Jaister J. Lowe
Hinton
Signal and Quartermaster School
Submarine Chaser Center
Lowe
Richmond High School
Edmond Brothers Lumber Company
Kenneth Bailey Promoted to Army Sergeant
Kenneth Bailey of Links Grove is promoted to sergeant in the U S Army and stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky confirming family notice from Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bailey.
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Kenneth Bailey
Alderson
Links Grove
U. S. Army
Fort Knox, Ky
Philippine officers prove cooperative with Japan
Capt Pidgeon lauds Philippine officers for 100 percent cooperation while recalling duties to the line. He notes that Filipinos will see through Japanese propaganda and realize it does not amount to anything, as the pursuit of a fine account of themselves is acknowledged.
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Ratan
Capt
Pidgeon
Philippines
John Cook Jr Visits Parents After Naval Training
John G. Cooke Jr of Fort Spring completed training at the naval training school in Jacksonville Florida and is on a ten day furlough en route to a new station in New Jersey. He visited relatives the Riggs and Englands, with sister Mary C. Cooke recently joining the W A V E 5.
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