News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Veterans reports tell of Bob Riley and Jimmie Doman reuniting in Texas after years apart in dance bands now serving in the Air Corps and Navy. The column notes Sgt. Melvin Eckley sending a morale booklet from the Aleutians, and Pvt. Leonard Fletcher fighting along the Arno in Italy with the 133rd Infantry of the 34th Red Bull Division. It highlights hedgerow busters built by ordnance units in France and the heroics of the Fifth Army's units, with many decorations earned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vira
Bob Riley
Air Corps
Jimmie Doman
Front Royal
Bob
Jimmeie
Naval Air Station
Dallas
Texas
Sheppard Field
Jimmie
Fifth Army
Italy
Leonard O. Fletcher
Whitacre
Arno
133Rd
34Th
Red Bull
Honey Mountain
Tunisia
Cassino
Anzio
Romie
Mediterranean
Price Column Urges Filings For War Price Rules
Notices urge restaurant and automobile dealers to complete forms and inventories under War Price and Rationing guidance. Delinquents may be reported to Roanoke District Office. offices are open 1 00 to 4 00 pm daily except Saturday and 9 00 to 3 00 on other days. Corrections issued for poultry pricing misprint. Local sports features noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Price and Rationing Board
Roanoke
Kindley
MPR
Keep the invasion rolling Buy War Bonds today
A wartime drive urges citizens to support the war effort by purchasing War Bonds. The appeal stresses national unity and financial backing for military operations, calling on every reader to participate.
Sgt. Paul Tomney Receives Air Medal in England
Word comes from an Eighth Air Force bomber station in England that Sgt. Paul L. Tomney Jr., 20, nose gunner on a B 17 Flying Fortress, was awarded the Air Medal by his squadron commander Major Lyndall L. Avery for meritorious achievement on heavy bombardment missions over Continental Europe. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul L Tomney of Valley Avenue, formerly a Glenn L. Martin Company mechanic in Baltimore before enlisting in February 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
England
Paul L. Tomney, Jr
Lyndall L. Avery
Europe
Sgt
Tomney
Paul L. Tomney
Valley Avenue
RAF
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Presbyterians To Meet Tomorrow In Virginia Synod Session
The Virginia Synod of the Southern Presbyterian Church meets at Ginter Park in Richmond starting Tuesday night through Thursday. Roanoke's Dr. R. A. Lapsley Jr. retires as moderator and will preach the opening sermon. A new moderator will be elected. Featured speakers include Bernard Bain Lynchburg Paul K Buckles Newport News J G Patton Atlanta Ga A R Batchelor Richmond and Louise Davidson Bethesda Md president of the Woman's Auxiliary. The gathering will discuss church administration evangelism education and wartime related issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Synod of the
Southern Presbyterian Church
Ginter Park Presbyterian Church
R. A. Lapsley, Jr
Roanoke
Bernard Bain
Lynchburg
Paul K. Buckles
Newport News
J. G. Patton
Atlanta, Ga
A. R. Batchelor
Louise Davidson
Bethesda
Synod
Also Mentioned on This Page
Melvin C. Eckley
BH. G. Eckley
Leicester Street
Aleutian Islands
Dreary Islands
Ag ‘Eckley
Aleutians
Armed Forces Radio
Armed Force
Pfc
Floyd R. Parkinson
Camp Berkeley
The
Star
Parkinson
Ireland
Roy Donald
Granville Donald
Kernstown
Ordnance
France
ETO
James D. Doman
Mec
Robert W. Riley
Evening Star
Miller’s Drug Store
Parke Davis Abbott
Garland Spilman
N. Loudoun St
Ameriean
Paul Tomney
Paul Tomney, Jr
Presbyterians
Indian Design
Cretories
Chenille and Others
Poe
Better Values
North Loudoun ST
Hamman
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Tau
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
H. L. Mills Station
Winchester
Ivan
vaNne
H. L. Mills
Valley Ave
Ues
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