I just realized that this is news of the past ... but I was alive during these years .... aging me!!! Here is some of the news from 4 May 1944 and of course, WWII was on the minds of everyone and our soldier boys. Mrs Leland KIRKPATRICK of T'ville received her 2nd letter from her husband since his capture by the Germans following an air raid on Bremen in which he was shot down. He is in a prison camp, Stalag 17-B on the Danube near Vienna. Sgt Kirkpatrick, a native of Celina TN, was permitted to write a brief card saying he was all right. They had a snow 12/1. The Red Cross states that the conditions at Stalag 17-B have been poor, inadequate food & clothing and 2,600 prisoners there. Ex-Governor JOHNSON, before leaving office, named the Sgt as a KY Colonel for heroism and valor in action which resulted in his being missing in action." Mrs. Kirkpatrick is the d/o Mr & Mrs Bascal KEYS. Pvt Dumas SMITH, son of Illow SMITH of the Boles community was home on 12-day furlough; is stationed at Ft Knox. Pvt Harlie B GEARLDS wrote, is with the 290th Engineers Combat BN, stationed at Camp Shelby, MS. Capt William E SMITH, s/o Mr & Mrs Price SMITH of Flippin was home on furlough; the boys and girls of Gamaliel High School visited him; he has been in CA for 11 months but recently was sent to KS. The black soldiers news: Cpl Jesse HOWARD of North Gamaliel was on furlough; his father, Tom, had died. He is based in CA. Pfc Raymond HOWARD is in a hospital in England. Pfc Clint PIPKIN, in England, is well. Pvt Fontice PIPKIN is in the Pacific. Pvt. Jesse Earl PIPKIN is in AL. Pfc Henry PIPKIN is serving in Camp Crowder MO. Cpl. Dentice HOWARD is in England. Bennie CLEMONS, Ernest POWERS and Ulysses CHISM Jr are also in England. E H SMITH has 5 in service. Of T'ville: He is also a veteran having enlisted in the US Army at age 15 and took part in the Phillipine insurrection. His sons are: 1/c Cleo R SMITH (in the Pacific), Cpl L Paul SMITH (US Army in CA), M/Sgt Earl S SMITH (Signal orps at Camp Atterbury IN). Daughters Gayle Ruth, U S Cadet Nurses, in training in the Baptist Hospital in Louisville. 14 are inducted from Monroe Co: Six left Thursday for Great Lakes and the Navy. Those leaving for the Army were: Leithon D PROFFITT, Herman B HOWARD, George Kenneth MYATT, Robert Dexter RICHEY, & Thurman Jessie IRVINE. Leaving May 4th for the Navy are: A Stanley HEAD, Franke Merle RICHARDSON, Ray EATON, Calvin Jackson PAGE, Harold Page WALDEN, James Morris WILLIAMS, J T FULTS & Paul Freeman BIRDWELL. Three injured in auto accident: Miss Naomi WITTY (d/o Mrs Flora) in hospital in Glasgow with a double fracture of the leg. Cheney SADLER, driver of the car involved in the accident near the old Crowe School. Collided with a car driven by Benton MAXEY (black) who had a compound fracture of the jaw & other injuries. "Bonafide candidates for public office under gasoline rationing regulations for gasoline essential to the prosecution of their campaigns, and their paid campaign manager are eligible for not more than non-preferred "B" occupational rations." Tompkinsville Town Board employed E B TURNER to serve as Town Marshall, had served in this capacity before. He is securing release from the Auxiliary Military Police in Louisville and Joe JONES of Fountain Run is acting in his place until he is released. JONES was a former Deputy Sheriff in Fountain Run vicinity. Shadrach BARTLEY is the retiring chief. I'll continue this issue next week as there are many obituaries and marriage announcements. Sandi Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/