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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1944
Page
2
Oak Hill hospital admission reported for Richard Mullens Red Devil player after a throat streptococcal infection during a weekend visit. He had started training with the Tennessee Volunteers squad and is said to be improving. Mullins, an Oak Hill High School graduate, was part of the local football team.
Miss Thelma Wilkerson has returned to Long Beach California where she works for Douglas Aircraft after two weeks visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Wilkerson. She was guest of honor at several parties and a Page road picnic hosted by Mrs. Walter Paulus Mrs. Mickey Vargo Mrs. Gene Downs and Mrs. Eugene Scott.
Lt Stanley Farr of Fort Belvoir Virginia visits relatives in Oak Hill during a short leave.
Sister staff writer Hill reports Milton Jarrell is back in Baltimore after risking his father C. M. Jarrell of Hill and other relatives.
Mrs Don Baker of Morgantown and former Miss Dma Lamb of Oak Hill visits Mr and Mrs O B Legg and other friends during a local social outing.
Mr and Mrs H B Clow announce leave for Bill Robertson from Sheppard Field Texas. The notice notes his service status and requests prayers as he serves away from home.
American troops advanced along the Rhone west bank and overran Esprit Bourg St Andre, Cal en and Barjac while naval forces off Marseille announced the surrender of garrisons on Matsonnesau and Pomergues. U S marines landed to secure the harbor as demolitions were cleared and mines isolated. Third Army armor moved through the Argonne toward Germany as German units tried to escape southeast France. General Otto von Gebhard's 86th Infantry reportedly sought any route to withdraw.
The Sumerians of archaic Babylonia appear as the first clearly emerged people in the earliest cuneiform records.
Angelo Milana 18 son of Mr and Mrs Santo D Francesca Milana of Sophia died at Pinecrest Sanitarium where he had been since June 2 The body will move to his parents home tomorrow at 2 pm Funeral services set for Sunday at 3 pm at Tams Catholic Church with Father E B Krzysick burial in Sunset Memorial Park active pallbearers named The list includes John Milano Tony Milano Bill Browskey Robert Spicer Donald Stone Herbert Barr Wallace Taylor Red Stone and Dudley Lovell
Sayre denounces a mailing that felicitates Democratic and Republican soldiers, urging equal regard for both parties. He argues the county clerk, up for re-election, used public funds for a partisan practice. Compare with a secretary of state notice deemed impartial, though also a candidate.
Allied dispatches describe rapid American advances along a 70 mile front into Belgium near Sedan, reaching 49 miles from Verdun and 58 miles from the Saar. British and Canadian forces push toward Le Havre and Dieppe while American, British, Belgian and Dutch units widen control from Rouen to the Somme. Eisenhower signals top German leadership shakeups amid retreats and the dawning Battle for Germany.
Julius Bodo, son of Mrs. Lillian Bodo of Glen Rogers, has been wounded in action in the Mediterranean area, the War Department announced today.
In its heyday around four millennia ago, Babylonian society flourished in trade and mercantile activity. The era showcases extensive commercial networks, market systems, and economic growth driven by merchants and craftsmen.
Oak Leaf cluster and flying medal awarded to Staff Sergeant Harold J. Whisenant who has been missing in action in France since August 9 after completing 59 missions as top gunner. He trained at St. Petersburg Kingman Barksdale and went to England six months ago. His family near Oceana includes two other sons in service and a cadet awaiting call.
The 1941 report notes Bulgaria's border closure with Turkey as the Red Army massed on Romania's frontier. German agency DNB said Bagdanov resigned his cabinet, effective June 1. Dispatches questioned whether the closure affected only the Turkish section and hinted at possible internal developments. Moscow rebuked Sofia for neutrality and failing to intern German forces.
Glen Rogers family remains under quarantine as eight year old Jimmy Belcher is moved to Milton hospital for poliomyelitis treatment. Dr F J Zsoldos confirms the diagnosis after spinal fluid tests at Beckley hospital. The case follows a prior Wyoming county polio death and may delay Glen Rogers school opening by two weeks.
Mrs. Jackie Evans and Mrs. Ted Tilly were fined five dollars each for assault and battery after a fight on Harper road. Magistrate J P Meadows presided. Deputy Sheriff Trenton Stover arrested the pair, who allegedly assaulted Mrs. Gertrude Marie Lee.
Pfc. Warren G. Morgan, son of Lee R. Morgan of Baileysville, Marine corps, is dead as announced by the Navy Department. No details were provided.
From the Constanta area along the coast to the Romanians. Tolbukhin's patrols moved along the frontier while the bulk of his Third Ukrainian Army pressed westward for a joint Danube sweep with Malinovsky.
Patton's armored column moved northeast then east from Reims to Verdun, where Lt Col Edward McConnel led the American entry and a medal ceremony marked the city's liberation. The drive followedRoman roads through Argonne forest, with minimal combat contrasted by the brutal 1914 18 battles.
The narrator notes barren shoulders in fields of clover and gold wheat, with ghostlike fortifications of oil drums and tins. Cemeteries show thousands of crosses for French soldiers under Foch Joffre and Petain, and Germans of Kaiser’s forces. No casualties or disabled vehicles are observed between Reims and the Argonne.
Granville R. Wash 82 Roanoke native and former Grand Piano Co owner dies of paralysis at home. Director at Colonial National Bank, long prominent in Roanoke business life. Survived by wife Lillian V. Hash and three sons Dwight, Paul, and one Beckley-based. Grandchildren Rosemary and Doris June Hash. Funeral arrangements unavailable.
In 11 days German spearheads pushed 190 miles from the border to Abbeville at an average of 17 miles daily. American columns from St Lo moved 450 miles to Sedan in 37 days at about 12 miles daily via Avranches Nantes Chartres Paris. Speed worsens German morale as Allies accelerate. British reach Amiens in 60 miles in two days.
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