Kilgore Attacks Isolationists In Oak Hill Address
U S Senator Kilgore on a West Virginia tour decried Republican isolationists who now pose as internationalists. He named Van denburg Taft Johnson White and warned they cannot be trusted on promises. He criticized Rohrbough’s record and urged Cleveland Bailey’s election.
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Oak Hill
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia
Arthur Van~denberg
Michigan
Robert Taft
Ohio
Hiram Johnson
California
Wallace H. White, Jr
Maine
Dewey
Inter
Harding
Lodge
Kilgore
Edward G. Rohrbough
Congress
Rohrbough
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Ansted Sergeant's Company Wins Presidential Citation
Ansted Sergeant Loyd D. Fink wins the Presidential Citation for his infantry company on Bougainville Hill 700. The unit aided a costly counterattack, destroying Japanese forces, with key roles including communications, ammunition handling, and pioneering work. Fink has served overseas since May 1942 and also fought in New Georgia.
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Ansted
Loyd D. Fink
Roosevelt
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Raleigh Register
Box 301
Hill 700
Bou-gainville Island
Fink
Bougainville
New Georgia
Sgt. Fink
$100000 Suit Follows Wreck In Fayetteville
Lonnie Legg sues for 100000 over injuries from a county accident. Defendants include taxi operator Benny Civita and Atlantic Trucking with Legg a passenger. Legg is represented by Salisbury Hackney and Lopinsky of Charleston. Several divorces listed, with the same attorney J M Ellis. A chancery suit by Corene B Keffer against S B Burney and others, with Mahan Bacon and White as attorneys.
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Fayetteville
Benny Divita
Atlantic Trucking Company
Lonnie Legg
Civita
Legg
Salisbury
Soil Conservers To Meet Monday In Fayette County
Fayetteville officials announce a meeting of the soil conservation committee of the Fayette County Farm Bureau at the courthouse on Monday October 30 at 10 30 a m Carrot Bond Morgantown G M Robertstn secretary and George Sharpe extension soil conservationist will address the gathering B A Wright bureau president notes the committee serves as an information clearing house for district supervisors and maintains contact with federal and state agencies
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Fayetteville
Carrot Bond
Morgantown
G. M. Robertson
George Sharpe
Soil Conservation Committee
Motorists Now Get Extra Gas Mileage
Thousands of motorists, taxicab and truck owners gain up to 30 percent more mileage and better performance with the Vacu-matic carburetor. The metal unit, using the Supercharge principle, breathes automatically and installs in minutes on any car. Vacu matic Carburetor Co of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, offers free particulars by mail or request to any interested reader.
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Wauwatosa
Wis
Republicans Rally in Ansted Reported as Enthusiastic
Donald Van Camp of Middlebourne presided over a Republican rally in Ansted on Thursday night. The event, described as enthusiastic, was reported by John D. Toney who runs the county Republican headquarters.
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Fayetteville
Donald van Camp
Middlebourne
West Virginia
Young Republican League
Ansted
John D. Toney
Toney
William Smith Dies Suddenly at Pool Room
William Smith 41 died suddenly Friday night at 8:15 at his Main street pool room after collapsing. He previously ran the Smoke House in Fayetteville and a pool room in Montgomery. Born July 23, 1903 in Maybeury W Va, he survived by parents J E and Mrs J E Smith and siblings Luther G Smith Quinwood R G Smith J E Smith S S army servicemen Beulah Bailey and Cole Thornly plus Ethel Smith. The body lies at Tyree Funeral Home until Monday morning then to parents home 300 Key Street Princeton. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p m at Princeton cemetery.
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Oak Hill
William
Bill) Smith
Main Street
Smoke House
Fayetteville
Montgomery
Maybeury
W. Va
J. E. Smith
Princeton
Luther G. Smith
Pageton
R. G. Pis Quinwood
Yi .S. Army
South Pacific
Waotrae
W. Smith
U. S. Army
England
Beulah Bailey
Oole Thornly
Monck Corner
S. C
Ethel Smith
Charlotte
S.C
Tyree
Key Street
Princeton Cemetery
Oak Hill Junior Woman's Club raises over ten thousand in war bond drive
Oak Hill news reports the Junior Woman's Club ran a one day rule that led to about $6,000 in war bonds sold. Miss Louise Tully served as "mayor" and announced the drive surpassed the $10,000 goal by end of October. Fines collected by the on street policemen funded stamps and bonds.
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Oak Hill
Louise Tully
Private Rogers Among Wounded In Germany Action
Fayetteville resident Pie. John W. Rogers of route one was wounded in Germany on October 7. A War Department telegram to his wife says he is hospitalized in England. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs Harry Rogers of route one Fayetteville and has served ten months.
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Fayetteville
Johnnine W. Rogers
Route One
Fayyetteville
Germany
War Department
England
Harry Rogers
Fire Creek Soldier Missing Since September on Italian Front
Fire Creek resident Pvt. H C Hicks Jr son of Herbert and Ruble Hicks has been missing in action on the Italian front since September 16. He attended Stonewall Jackson high school Charleston and is grandson of Mr and Mrs James Hicks of East Beckley.
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Fire Creek
H.C. Hicks, Jr
Herbert Carl Hicks
Ruble B. Hicks
Quarrier Street
Charleston
Stonewall Jackson High School
James Henry Hicks
East, Beckley
Carlos Powers Funeral Today at Fairview Church
Funeral services for Carlos Edward Powers 27 killed in the Oswald mine of New River company will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Fairview church with Rev. Ernie Bailey officiating. Burial in Powers cemetery at Searbro. Survived by wife Helen, parents Edmond and Mrs Powers, one son Har Thomas, brothers and sisters, and pallbearers listed.
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Kingston
Carlos Edward Powers
Oswald
New River Company
Fairview
Ernie Bailey
Powers
Searbro
United Mine Workers of America
Cittsville
Helen Powers
Edmond Powers
Seabro
Har Thomas Powers
Richard D. Powers
Mount Hope
I. Fld
Dorothy Jean Powers
Laura Bele Smith
Pauline Perry
Chicago
Illinois
Zeta Craddock
Peewee Dunbar
Ernie Barley
Toots Winston
Homer Givens
Orville Winston
Basil Mitchell
Morton Givens
Grady Angle
Frances Tyree
Trenton Tyree
Memorial Rites For Saipan Man Pfc Herman Hinte Jr
Memorial services for Pfc Herman Hinte Jr 20 Lochgelly Marine killed at Saipan July 8 will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Tyree Funeral Home chapel with Rev J D Wilson of Scarbro presiding. Born May 31 1924 at Hill Top he was a truck driver at Oak Mill before entering the service. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Herman Hinte sr Lochgelly. Everett Hinte Clifford Hinte Loretta Hinte Lochgelly. Mrs Nataline Bennett Gordon Hinte Eccles. W M Hinte Oak Hill. Mrs Rachel Culpepper Norfolk. The city of Memel founded in 1282 by Teutonic Knights.
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Oak Hull
Pfc
Herman Hinte, Jr
Lochgelly
Saipan
Fic
Tyree Funeral Home
J. D. Wilson
Scarbro
Hill Top
Oak Mill
Herman Hinte
Jof Lodgeliy
Everette Hinte
Clifford Hinte
Loretta Hinte
Nataling Bennett
Gordon
Memel
Robert Mullins Dies In Action Invasion Paratrooper Hero
Oak Hill tribute reports Staff Sergeant Robert Mullins, a former Oak Hill high school football star awarded the Silver Star for bravery in the Normandy invasion, killed in action in Holland on October 7. His wife and infant daughter, whom he’d never seen, survive along with Barbara Ellen, his year-old child in Oak Hill. He leaves a Marine brother in the Pacific and several other siblings in Tennessee, Mississippi, Maryland, and Florida.
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Oak Hill
Robert Mullins
France
Holland
R. L. Mullins
Barbara Ellen
Sam Mullins
Marine Corps
Pacific
Richard
Universty
Tennessee
Strickler Mullins
Quinwood
June Mulling
Baltimore
Myre. Almeda Burgess
Fayetteville
Juanita Israel
Lakeland
Fla
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Soil Conservers
Farm Bureau
William Smith
Rogers
Carlos Powers
Lowell M. Lilly
Coal City, W. VA
Republican
Raleigh County
H & C Coffee
Judy 'N Jill
Peraian Lamb
Harpers Bazaar
The
Nixon Furniture Company
Neville St
Beckley
Vogue
Rahall
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