Wounded Soldier Charles McCutcheon Wrote Home Before News Reached Family
Mount Hope notes reveal Sister Violet Grace McCutcheon foresaw the tragedy after a telegraph mix up. Staff Sgt Charles R McCutcheon, a Mount Hope 1939 graduate, described a mine incident in France and a return to England in his letter written Sept 2 and received Sept 10. The War Department wire arrived Sept 14.
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Register
Mount Hope
Charles R. McCutcheon
War Department
Violet Grace McCutcheon
France
McCutcheon
Monroe Avenue
Charles
Oldsters Fail At Running Mount Hope Youth Centers
W B Rocke chairs Mount Hope push to have youths operate and finance a local recreation center. Adults to advise only when asked. Housing and finance committees formed. further meetings planned after initial reports.
Sgt James Schilling Nazi Prisoner Parents Informed
Mount Hope West Virginia parents of Staff Sgt James Schilling learned by War Department that their son, a Fortress crew member, was shot down over Yugoslavia July 15 and taken as a prisoner. He enlisted in 1942 after Mount Hope High School graduation and earned the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
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Mount Hope
W. J. Schilling
New River Company
War Department
Yugoslavia
Ploesti
James Schilling
Williams
Beckley
Schillings
Mount Hope High School
Private Brown Returns Home For Twenty-Day Leave
Private Calvin Brown of the armored replacement training center at Fort Knox Kentucky visited his parents Mr and Mrs R R Brown of Oak Hill for 15 days and his sister Mrs Hazel Harper of Harper. He finished basic training at Fort Knox and was ordered to Camp Campbell Kentucky.
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Oak Hill
Calvin Brown
Armored Replacement Training Center
Fort Knox
R. R. Brown
Hazel Harper
Harper
Camp Campbell
Coconut hazards and gadgets in New Guinea outpost
Lt. Robert Tissue reports life on a New Guinea plantation where coconuts from 40 to 60 feet threaten soldiers with 40 pound fruit. He describes natives smoking while workers cut coconuts and notes insect threats, plus a gas-emitting device to repel mosquitoes that briefly frightened bugs from a ventilated rock.
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Mount Hope
Robert F. Tissue
New Cuinea
Pacific
W. E. Tissue
Finland War Report Tracks Prisoners and Recon Affairs
A wartime update notes 700 prisoners taken with six landing barges and four minesweepers sunk by Finnish and shore fire. Russians press across Finland encircling German divisions, while peace talks resume in Moscow with Finnish leadership changes after a cerebral hemorrhage. Two women are jailed in Fayetteville on theft charges with $500 bond.
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Finland
Hitler
B.B.C
Helsinki
Pearl Harbor
Moscow
Register Stalt
Oak Hili
Fayetteville
Magstrate W
Mt Hope League Resumes With Parliamentary Law Talk
The Mount Hope Federated League chapter resumes after summer with a meeting set for 8 p m Tuesday September 19 at Glen Jean home of Misses Theresa and Frances Jobe. Speaker Mrs J W Jones Oak Hill will discuss parliamentary law along with a piano solo by Phyllis Spade and a play titled Parliamentary Law. Membership is limited to 35 and meetings usually occur on the second Tuesday, but this month are on the third Tuesday for the guest speaker.
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Register Star
Mount Hope
Frount Hope
Federated League
J. W. Jones
Oak Hill
Tne
Theresa
Frances Jobe
Glen Jean
Phyllis Spade
C. R. Hill
C. E. Jones
Margaret Jasper
Inez Lafferty
Milkweed Drive Workers Spurred To Major Effort
Fayette county mobilizes to harvest milkweed pods for floss to aid sailors. Otway Gunnoe urges immediate pick, noting pods must be collected whole and dried promptly. Schools, 4 H clubs, Farm Women, Boy Scouts and others join the drive with bags issued for pod collection and rapid drying guidelines.
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Herisier
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Otway Gunnoe
Gunnee
Extension Division
Department of Agriculture
H Clubs
Farm Women's Clubs
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
Agricultural Adjustment, Administration
Farm Security Administration
Gunnie
Japanese Threat Grows at Kweilin and Dutch East Indies Policy
The article notes rising Japanese pressure on Kweilin in the southeast as Chinese forces struggle to hold, with hopes for delaying the attack. Tokyo signals a new line in policy toward the Dutch East Indies, asserting Indonesians will gain independence in the future.
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Kweilin
China
Jabanese
Dutch East Indies
Tokyo
Fuhure
Gaines Urges Support of Tuberculosis Fund
Fayetteville reports L. Ebersole Gaines president of New River Company urges funding for the Fayette County Tuberculosis Association to aid wartime health work in 1945. Board members and volunteers listed include Dr. Biltinger Otway Gunnee Mrs. Scott Okey Patteson and many others. The 1943 seal sale funded hospital admissions nursing services and educational outreach. the 1944 campaign goal is $7 000.
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Fayetteville
L. Ebersole Gaines
New River Company
Fayette County Tuberculosis Association
Fayette County
Oak Hill
Upshur Wigginbotham
Montgomery
Grace White
Catherine Jones
Red Star
J. G. Ridinger
J. W. Garvey
Winona
J. B. Thompson
Faye Dillon
Association
Prosperity Woman Goes To Jail Over Horse Theft
Julia Baleskey, of Prosperity, jailed after refusing a 10 dollar fine for breaking into a neighbor’s barn and taking a horse impounded there. She posted a 500 dollar appearance bond with her husband as surety and will appeal to criminal court after another hearing before Magistrate Mills.
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Oleg Mills
Julia Baleskey
J. P. Meadows
Mills
Baleskey
Meadows
OPA Announces Rationing Calendar Changes Today
The Office of Price Administration raised points for remaining rationed processed foods and removed many items from rationing effective today. Blue tokens will lose value after October 1, while red points for meats and dairy remain unchanged. Spaghetti dinners move to red points with cheese portions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
O.P.A
Chester Bowles
War Food Administration
Housewives
Dewey Backers Westward Growth Policy
In Spokane Dewey, after arriving from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, argues against Democratic claims that Republicans favor eastern capitalists. He says the future lies in a Republican expansionist program and the development of western resources for all people.
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Dewey
Spokane
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
West
Invasion Prep Near Morotai Spurs Philippine Airstrip Repair
The report notes landing craft circling coral reefs off Morcal while General MacArthur waded ashore waist deep. Headquarters say repairs on the Morotai airstrip began within a day, enabling soon bombing runs by Morotai-based bombers and fighters on the Philippines as prelude to invasion.
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Morcal
MacArthur
Morotai
Philippines
Mrs. Victoria Gwinn Dies on Visit at Maplewood
Mrs. Victoria Grant Gwinn 79 of Maplewood died at 3 35 a m Saturday at her daughter Mrs Ja B Boley's home after a three year illness. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 00 p m at Maplewood Chapel with Rev C C Corker of Meadow Creek officiating. Burial in Anderson Cemetery. She was born February 9 1865 at Zelo Nicholas County taught in Nicholas and Fayette counties schools. Survived by husband Wallace M Gwinn and children Mrs Boley E E Gwinn in New Guinea and Prof Ir an I Gwinn Briar Clip t college Sioux City Iowa.
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Register
Thurmond
Victoria Grant Gwinn
Maplewood
Ja. B. Boley
Maplewood Chapel
C. C. Corker
Meadow Creek
Anderson
New Guinea
Iran I. Gwinn
Briar Clift College
Sioux City
Lows
Allies claim capture of over fifty localities in push
Allied Romanians report seizing more than 50 localities, including Vatra Mornei near Transylvania. Soviet forces advance toward Burgau pass as patrols reach Warsaw across the Vistula, with plans for artillery pressure rather than a direct assault. Czech reports say Russian units crossed into eastern Slovakia from the Beskids and Slovak partisans are contacted. Berlin cites a four-division Soviet offensive from Latvia to Estonia.
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Vatra- Mornei
Czechoslovakia
Transylvania
Vatra-Cornei
Burgau Pass
Moscow
Warsaw
Vistula
Praga
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Kiev
Dnepr
Poland
East Beskids
Slovakia
Germany
Berlin
Jelgava
Latvia
Valga
Estonia
Divorce actions filed in circuit court names several parties
Two women seek divorce filings in Fayetteville circuit court. W. El Pritt sues Sidney Pritt and Carl Conelly sues Edith B Conelly with Vickers & Abright as counsel. Willie Fonda Peterson pushes for a divorce from George D. Peterson with Mahan Bacon & While representing.
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Fayetteville
Circuit Clerk’s Office
W. EL Pritt
Sidney Pritt
Carl Conelly
Edith B Conelly
Vickers & Abrift
Willie Fonda Peterson
George D. Peterson
Mahan, Bacon & While
Captain John B. McCue Dies in Normandy
Morgantown native Captain John B. McCue of the troop transport division was killed in action in Normandy on June 6 1944 after previously being reported missing. He leaves a wife and eight month old baby and is a grandson of Kyle B. McCue of Hookersville. He enlisted in August 1941.
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Hy Register
Summersville
W. P. McCue
Morgantown
John B. McCue
Troop Transport Division
Normandy
McCue
Nicholas County
Kyle B. McCue
Hookersville
Jack Ward Enters Gheenbrier Military School
Summersville report says Jack Ward left Wednesday for Lewisburg to enroll in Gheenbrier Military School for the year. Ward is to attend the preparatory program at the noted institution, continuing his education in a military school setting.
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Jack Ward
Register
Summersville
Lewisburg
Gheen=brier Military school
Allied Push Near Aachen and Metz Shapes Frontline Movement
Allied forces advance in tight array around Aachen with the Siegfried line described as "completely penetrated" though no breakthrough yet. Patton's drive toward the Saar and Rhine from the south tightens, while American infantry reach a German autobahn toward Cologne. Third Army tanks cross the Moselle at Metz area and threaten to outflank the German garrison as Vesoul to Belfort remains contested.
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Aachen
Belfort Gay
Noth
Albert Canal
Gymy
Hol- Teac
Sepreme
Siegfried
S.hle.f
Hodges
First Army
Hitler
Cologne
Berlin
Rhine
Patton
Saar
Thionville
Fort Gingringen
Moselle
Third Army
Metz
Seventh
Vesonl
Belfort
Lookout Man Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Staff Sergeant Carl McClung son of Mrs L Evans and tail gunner on a Red Liberator earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement on bombardment missions over enemy territory. Major General Kepner announced the award. McClung enlisted in 1941 and trained in Alaska and Arizona then served in the Aleutians, Africa, and the Mediterranean earning the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
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Dy Register
Weller
Carl McClung
3. L. Evans
William = .E. Kepner
McClung
Kingan
Arizona
Port Greeley
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
States
Nicholas County High School
Wounded veteran Carl Smith visits parents on furlough
Sergeant Carl Smith, a patient at Ashford hospital in White Sulphur, recouperating from overseas wounds, spends a furlough with his parents in Nallen and hopes to return to service overseas soon.
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Register
Nallen
Carl Smith
Ashford
White
Nalsen
George Sharps Move to Morgantown Home
Mrs George Sharp and family relocate to Morgantown where Mr Sharp joins the State Extension Conservation department of West Virginia University.
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Register
Summersville
George Sharp
Morgantown
Sharp
West Virginia University
Clifford Cogar Reported Missing In Action
Pfc. Clifford R. Cogar of Richwood is missing in action in the Mediterranean theater during operations, the War Department announced Saturday. He is the son of Mrs. Plezza Laye of Richwood.
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Register
Richwood
Pfc
Clifford R. Cogar
Mediterranean
War Department
Plezza Laye
Pacific war aims clarified at Quebec conference
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill framed a threefold Pacific command under MacArthur Nimitz and Mountbatten, stressing rapid Allied focus on Japan. Roosevelt praised Europe gains and pledged Britain and US unity with Dominion resources in the war effort.
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Pacific
Louis Mountgratien
Southeast Asia
Douglas MacArthur
Southern Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Churchill
America
Axis
Ile
St. Lawrence
Europe
Quebec
Britain
United States
Japan
Anthony Eden
Roosevelt
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W. B. Rocke
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W. G. Potter
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OPA
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Toulon Harbor
Hollywood
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American Red Cross
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Washington, D. C
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Sunmersville
Kenosha, Wis
Lou Campbell
Walter Wantger
Danny Thomas and
Hanley Stafford
Fanny Brice
Snooks
Lookout Man
George Sharps
Clifford Cogar
Combs Bros. Tailors Union
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