Eagle Forward aids foxhole news for Korea troops
Colonel John T. Corley of the Negro 24th Regiment started a daily mimeograph paper in Korea named Eagle Forward to inform front line troops. The two page paper features world news and regiment updates with tips like Old Soldier's Aid to protect against frostbite. The mimeo run reaches 600 copies and travels from foxhole to foxhole on chow trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Korea
John T. Corley
Clinton St
Brooklyn
Corley
Set
Milton B. Fulcher
Chauncey St
Pfc
Cornelius Boykin
12Th St
South Arlington
Eagle
Foxhole
Virginia 1950 Traffic Deaths Climb 12.5 Percent
Virginia reports 908 traffic deaths in 1950, a 12.5 percent rise from 1949. Traffic volume was about 10 percent higher, with 208 pedestrian deaths last year and a large known injury total. officials warn against complacency and seek further reductions in 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
C. W. Woodson
Governor's Highway Safety Committee
Woodson
SILER MRS HARRY O KERNS NEWS BRIEFS
Wanda Kernss slowly improves from the grippe. Walter Light of Chestnut Grove visited A. L. DeHaven on Monday. Other callers include Mr and Mrs Tip Sherman of Tomahawk W V. Audrey DeHaven spent Wednesday with Mrs Bobie Nail in Gainesboro. Mr and Mrs Dick Crawley and family and Mr and Mrs Edward Brannon plan to move to Washington soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SILER
Wanda Kernss
Walter Light
Chestnut Grove
A. L. DeHaven
Tip Sherman
Tomahawk
W. V
Audrey DeHaven
Bobie Nail
Gainesboro
Dick Crawley
Edward Brannon
Washington
Cross Roads Social Roundup and Obituary Note
Miss Dorothy Biggert and Dr. E H Short of Washington visited the Biggert family near Cross Roads during the weekend. Lawrence Hawn attended funeral services for cousin Elmer L Hurd in Rio West Virginia on Saturday. Dale Whitacre, son of Basil Whitacre, has been a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Most of the forests of Greece have been cut down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Line
Cross Roads
Dorothy Biggert
E. H. Short
Washington
Stanley Biggert
Lawrence Hawn
Elmer L. Hurd
Rio
W. Va
Dale Whitacre
Basil Whitacre
Winchester Memorial Hospital
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Germany
Saxony, Thuringia, Anhalt and
Mecklenberg
Mrs
Harry O. Kerns
Greece
American Legion
Handley High Auditorium
Winchester
Capitol Theatre
P.O. Box
CMC CI
Pop
Roy Rogers
King of
the Cowboys
Ozark Ike
By Ray Gotte
Ozarks
Venezuela
Wall
Blondie
Patens
Chic Young
Eagle Repair E cc
Henry
Patent
By Carl Anderson
Post Office
Secret Agent X-9
Phil
BY Mel Graff
HER
Big Sister
Patent Office
By Les Forgrave
By Paul Robinson
Arsals
Gloria
Trey
Prretty
Muggs and
Skeeter
U. S. Patent Office
By Wally Bishop
Rogret
Bickers Motor CO
Loudoun St
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