Top World War II Veterans Receive Tuck Appointments
Governor Tuck appoints three World War II veterans to Virginia postwar National Guard roles. Lt. Col. James Green Martin of Norfolk becomes inspector general of the 29th Division, Lt. Col. Clinton Elmo Thurston of Norfolk to command the 111th Field Artillery Battalion, and Major William Luke Decamps of Hickory serves as executive officer of the battalion.
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Richmond
Tuck
Virginia
S. Gardner Waller
William H. Sands
James Green Martin
Norfolk
Maryland
Clinton Elmo Thurston
111Th Field Artillery Battalion
William Luke Decamps
Hickory
Corn Dominates Demand at Farmers Market Amid Dry Weather
Market master Grover Schlack noted corn led sales at the curb market though supplies were limited by dry conditions. Shoppers arrived early with stalls cleared by 9 a m. other offerings included carrots cabbage lima beans eggs and assorted farm produce. Prices listed include corn 50 cents a dozen peaches 4 dollars per basket apples 2 50 a bushel and canned chickens 1 75. Eggs sold 45 cents a dozen.
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Grover Schlack
Schlack
Wanted help wanted at York Inn and O'Connell Air
Classified notices seek masonry workers plumbers and cooks with address and phone references. Listings include concrete block walls at York Inn with call 5314 and O'Connell Air Conditioning recruitment at 22 S Braddock St not to telephone. Also medical skin disease ad from Miller's Drugs and sale items including gas washing machine and 32 volt radio from L R Omps Ridge West Virginia with date references.
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York Inn
CAL 3
O’connell
S. Braddock St
L. R. Omps
Ridge
W. Va
George W. Patton
N. Cameron
Winchester
Virginia
Duroes
Hampshires
Poland
Oic’s
George C. Herring
Blacksburg
R. S. Monger & Sons
C. & W. Drive
Harrisonburg
Fairgrounds
Authorized Presidential Unit Citations for 22nd Bomb Group
The War Department lists three Presidential Unit Citations for the 22nd Bomb Group in Papua New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. The awards cover actions in 1943 1944 and 1945.
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5Th Air Force
R. M
Papua, New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
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Virginia Tavern Park
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Fort Loudoun
Winchester Lunch
Martha Washington Restaurant
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Joe
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R. E. Turner & Sons
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Pauline Beauty College
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