Indictments Return in Buchanan Circuit Court
Grand jury at Grundy, presided by Judge A A Skeen, returns multiple indictments including Perry Childress for automobile larceny and Theodore Thacker for statutory rape. Other names include Larkin Clevinger, Gus Vandyke, Alice Isabelle Ricer, Nellie Williams, Imogene Williams, Ruby Bolling, Elzevin Graham, Wanda Trautham, Aubrey Owens, and John Sims involved in auto accident and related cases. Civil matters and appeals scheduled for April 16 and April 18 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
Grundy
A. A. Skeen
Perry Childress
Eugene Compton
Theodore Thacker
Larkin Clevinger
Clevinger
Gus Vandyke
James Justus
Alice Isabelle Ricer
Alice Prater
Nellie Williams
Imogene Wiliams
Ruby Bolling
Elzevin Graham
W. Justus
Wanda Trautham
Australia
Aubrey Owens
Justus
John Sims
Lloyd Sims
Justus Ar
Lavisa
Frank Owens
Sims
Edward
Summers County Man Held For U S Jury
Jarvis Medley of Lick Creek Summers County was arraigned before U S Commissioner McClaugherty on two charges of violating the Internal Revenue law alleged possession of a moonshine still and tax unpaid whiskey. He is held on $500 bond in Raleigh County jail. He also faces a charge of shooting his wife after taking her to Memorial hospital Princeton. Medley contends a pistol went off while he played a guitar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarvis Medley
Lick Creek
Summers County
Grand Ur
U. S. District Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
Alcholic Tax Unit
Medley
Raleigh
Jaint Kley
Summers
Meron Nae
Perry L. Dye
Mealey
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Dye
Masano Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Army
John C. Masano of 221 Bluefield Avenue Bluefield rises from sergeant to staff sergeant at headquarters and forces in Washington D C. Born August 22 1920 he enlisted January 17 1940 served 54 months overseas with an infantry division at Pearl Harbor and in New Guinea Central and South Pacific. He is assigned to the chief of staff section and is grandson of Comedo Masano and nephew of G Haskel Sluss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Masano
Infantry
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield
Headquarters and Forces
One War College
Ashington
D. C
Joseph W. Stilwell
Masano
New York City
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
State Dental Group Meeting Cancelled
Dr. W. Ross Batson announces that the thirty-ninth session of the West Virginia State Dental Society scheduled for Charleston May 21 to 23 has been cancelled due to a request to cancel large meetings. A business session will be held May 21 1945 in Charleston for the executive council committee chairs and officers election and installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ross Batson
Pine Grove
West Virginia State Dental Society
Charleston
Russians Reach Danube Front Near Tolbukhin Line
Allied reports describe Soviet forces within miles of the Danube and near Tolbukhin's troops at Klosterneuburg across the river. German bridges over the Danube and the Brno rail link are under heavy pressure as Valinovsky’s army advances on multiple fronts from Bratislava to Trencin and toward Brno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danube
Tolbukhin
Klosterneuburg
Brno
Prague
D Tely
Valinovsky
Slovakia
Bratislava
Trencin
Vah
Barel
Andrei Yeremenko
Death of Dr. Frederick Richmond in Bluefield
Dr. Frederick Saul Richmond 63 dies at Bluefield sanitarium after a paralytic stroke at his home on 308 Park Way. Funeral at Westminster Presbyterian Church Thursday at 11 with Rev. Herman Jones and Rev. J. W. Hobson. interment Woodlawn cemetery. Pallbearers named. Mercer County Medical Society to serve as honorary pallbearers. flowers omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Frederick Saul Richmond
Bluefield Sanitarium
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Herman Jones
J. W. Hobson
Woodlawn
Bluefield
Parkway
Frederick B. Richmond
Coral Gables
Fla
Karl B. Thomas
Paul C. Thomas
Clyde Stevens
Alonzo McCue
Jim Ed Wagner
George McCulloch
G. L. Parr
Wade Walker
Mercer County Medical Society
Deaths of Harman C. Broyles and Octavia J. Moses
Harman C. Broyles 62, retired West Graham grocer, died in his sleep at home. Survived by wife, two sons, one sister, two brothers and a merchant career of 40 years. Octavia Jane Moses 74, Shawsville resident, died at home. Wife of Rev W J Moses, survived by seven children, 13 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, siblings, and a large church group. Services in Shawsville Methodist Church. Burial at Sunset Cemetery Christiansburg. Pallbearers listed by the Women’s Missionary Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman C. Broyles
West Graham
Audrey Broyles
Springville
Cletis Broyles
U. S. Army
Camp Beale
Calif
D. B. Gillespie
Jim O. Broyles
Bremo
Charles Broyles
St. Louis
Broyles
Octavia Moses
Octavia Jane Moses
Shawsville
P. W. Thomas
Montclair
A.L. Moses
Saeger
L. M. Moses
E. J. Moses
C. B. Moses
Harold Peters
W. Doosing
Earl Gentry
Blacksburg
Sunset Cemetery
Christiansburg
W. W. Likens
J. A. Sisson
W. S. Gardner
Frank Gardner
Grif Johns
M. P. Wreikel
Plower
Women’s Missionary Society
Troops bomb Japanese pillboxes in heavy Okinawa action
U S forces press assault on Okinawa with artillery and carrier air support as Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger’s corps push north to 2500 yards, overrunning submarine pens while southern lines hold after multiple Japanese counterattacks. Nimitz reports no major line changes at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleet Adva
Chester W. Nimitz
Roy
Geiger
Third Amphibious Corps
24Th Army Corps
Pacific
Nimitz
Okinawa
Naha
Bluefield Pilot Promoted to Captain in 8th Air Force
Earl R. Lazear Jr. from Bluefield has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain for meritorious service. He earned a fifth Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal and wears the Silver Star after shooting down four MB-109s. He flies a P-51 Mustang with the 352nd Fighter Group, which surpassed 650 enemy aircraft destroyed. Col. James D. Nayden leads the unit, recently cited with the Distinguished Unit Citation. Lazear, 23, is a 1939 graduate of F. B. Willis High School Delaware Ohio and attended Ohio State University for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
Earl R. Lazear Jr
Earl R. Lazear Sr
Bluefield
Continental
Europe
Lazear
352Nd
James D. Nayden
Junction City
Kan
War Department
Capt
F. B. Willis High School
Delaware
Ohio
Ohio State University
Woman in This City Receives Purple Heart
Mrs. Linkous of Washington DC formerly 913 Hanover Street has received the Purple Heart awarded to her husband Pfc Roy Linkous for wounds in France in January Private Linkous has recovered and returned to duty after six months overseas now serving in Germany
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Linkous
Washington, D. C
Hanover Street
Pfc
France
Linkous
Germany
Genoa High Class Observes Weekly Board Session
Genoa civic class members observed a city board meeting led by Theodore Mahaffey. They discussed Bath street paving estimates, a pool-room license cancellation for 904 Bland street, and protests by residents Richard Brown and Rev. R. A. Lewis. Ordinances on voting registration, parking designation, and street name changes were approved, with several building permits issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa High School
Theodore Mahaffey
Princeton
Robert Gibson
Bath Street
Gibson
B. B. Pearson
Bland Street
Walter V. Ross
Richard Brown
R. A. Lewis
Bethel A. M. E
Pearson
Frederick Street
Cherry Street
White Sulphur Avenue
Stadium Drive
College Avenue
W. T. Oliver
Parents toReceive Silver Star for Son Posthumously
In Bluefield a ceremony will present Pfc. Harry West posthumous Silver Star for gallantry on the Italian front. The award will be given to his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. Harry West at 8 p.m. at the Legion hall West Virginian hotel, before Bluefield post No 9 meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
West
Bluefield
A. Harry West
Wythe Avenue
American Legion
Rivate West
Infantry
E. H. Alsup
Field Artillery
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Fifth Ice Command
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Legion Hall
West Virginian Hotel
Legion
Vest
Pvt
Robert A. West
Western Front
Eugene T. West
U. S. Navy
Allied forces trap large Nazi pocket near Ruhr
First and ninth armies seal off the Ruhr pocket trapping an estimated 100000 enemy troops. German evacuations by air suggest a last-ditch salvage effort as Hodges' armor advances east from Paderborn toward Nordhausen and Werningerode. Air and ground units clash with retreating Nazi tanks near Gieboldshausen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruhr
Hodges
Paderborn
Nordhausen
Olgata Harz
Third Armored Division
Gieboldhausen
Lrst
Niedergeera
Erzberg
Werningerode
Duderstadt
Spanish War Vets To Hold Annual Muster Day
Mercer camp No 21 United Spanish War Veterans will hold its annual muster day roll call Sunday at 2 pm. Members will renew the oath of service to the United States Army and Navy. Percy Durrell, service officer, says the meeting will be informal with all comrades shipmates and free riders welcome and a buffet luncheon will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
United Spanish War Veterans
United States Army Army
Percy Durrell
Local Firemen Called Out Twice
The Bluefield fire department was summoned twice yesterday. At 11:00 A.M. firefighters responded to the residence of P. T. Saunders at 1020 Princeton Avenue where an overheated motor in an electric refrigerator caused about 25 dollars in damage. At about 5:30 P.M. they answered a false alarm at box 212 on Greenbrier Phan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
P.T. Saunders
Princeton Avenue
Greenbrier Phan
Two Fog Lights Reported Stolen
R. L. Bourne of the National Armature company told Bluefield police that two amber fog lights were stolen from his automobile Monday night. The lights were valued at $10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Bourne
National Armature Company
Bluefield
Bourne
McDowell Jurors Return 59 Indictments for April Term
Fraud jury returns 59 indictments none for murder with 38 felonies and 21 misdemeanors. About 70 witnesses testified as suspects await arraignment before Criminal Judge T. F. Henritze and trial docket is set for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell Criminal Court
Judeg T. F. Henritze
Claude Lawson Dies of Wounds in Germany Action
Relatives notified by the War Department that Claude Lawson of Switchback died from wounds received in action in Germany. He served in the U S Army and is survived by his wife two young children his parents and several brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Lawson
Switchback
U. S. Army
Germany
War Department
Lawson
Welch Rent Control Drive Expands In McDowell County
United Mine Workers of America launches effort to place McDowell County in a rent control area with broad renter support. Ration board restocks complaint blanks while apartment owners push additional increases noted for Welch area. If approved, rent hikes since 1942 would be refunded and coal regions aligned with war production centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Ration Board
Welch and
Nutrition Group To Be Organized In McDowell County
An education focused nutrition committee will form tonight at 8 in the Appalachian community room. Miss Mabel S Best of Charleston, executive secretary of the state committee, leads the effort with civic club representatives invited to attend and participate in the countywide health improvement project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Appalachian Community Room
Mabel S. Best
Charleston
State Committee
Bernard Gottlieb Promoted To Captain In Persian Gulf Command
Bernard Gottlieb of Charleston and Welch area has been promoted to captain at Persian Gulf Command headquarters. He has served over two years on the vital supply route to the Soviet Union and was previously on the Charleston Gazette staff. He will supervise the sports program as athletic director and war bond officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Iran
Bernard Gottlieb
Charleston
Welch
Persian Gulf
Gottlieb
Soviet Union
Charleston Gazette
Huntington
Talks Feature Rotary Meeting at Bluefield Luncheon
Bluefield Rotary Club held a regular luncheon at the West Virginia hotel. P T Saunders J L Alexander and C G Taylor spoke on How We Lived Fifty Years Ago. New member O M Deyerle announced Community Concert tickets on sale this week before Saturday. Visitors included H H Stuckman Col Dave Buchanan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Rotary Club
West Virginian
P. T. Saunders
J. L. Alexander
C. G. Taylor
H. H. Stuckman
O. M. Deyerle
Community Concert Association
Rotary
8. R. Pritchard
Welch
T. W. Chambers
Earl S. Wallace
Noel Walker
Tezewell
Col
Dave Buchanan
U. S. Army
James Wolfe
New York City
L., A. Osborne
G. L. Farr
Bluefield
J. M. B. Lewis, Jr
Captain Gottlieb, WV Gazette Staffer, Dies
Captain Gottlieb, long time Charleston Gazette staffer and former Welch Daily News and Bluefield Daily Telegraph employee, died recently. A Welch High School and West Virginia University graduate, he also attended the Army Special Service School. His wife resides in Miami Florida and his parents live in Welch. He was active in Masonic lodge Bnai B'rith and Phi Sigma Delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PGC
Special Service Office
Gazette
Charleston
West Virginian
Welch Daily News
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Welch High School
West Virginia University
Fairhaven Place
Miami, Fla
Louis Gottlieb
Riverside Drive
Welch
Gottlieb
Masonic Lodge
B.na
Board and Taxpayers Group Plan Meeting Today
A meeting of McDowell county board of education members and the county taxpayers association is set for today to discuss continuing the special property tax levy aimed at avoiding teacher salary cuts. The association asked delaying action on the levy until a study by the previous group is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County Board of Education
County Taxpayers’ Association
International court proposal noted in Kanawha grand jury charge
Federal Judge Ben Moore urged including an international court of justice in the postwar peace treaty to settle disputes without resorting to force. William Eugene Warfe of Falls Mills Va received two years at Chillicothe federal reformatory for motor vehicle theft. Thomas Crowder of Pliny was placed on three years probation for the same charge. Donald eevery of Verdunville also received three years probation for false registration under James Curry with Logan county No. 2 draft board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Ben Moore
Kanawha County
International Court of Justice
International Court
William Eugene Warfe
Falls Mills
Chillicothe
Thomas Crowder
Pliny
Donald Eevery
Verdunville
James Curry
Logan County
Eisenhower Broadcast Urges West German Ports To Resist Nazis
Supreme Commander Eisenhower urged German port workers and harbor officials in the west to block Nazi fanatics from wrecking harbor installations. The broadcast warned that Allied forces threaten towns and ports and promised immediate reemployment for dock workers once ports reopen. It urged reporting mined areas and pledged further instructions to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eisenhower
Orth Sea
North Sea
Coal Shutdown Threatens War Munitions Output
Final approval cites risk to European victory as coal and steel production fall. Production cuts hit 13 blast furnaces and 31 hearths, threatening 100000 tons weekly, with mines interrupted by labor disturbances. Ickes to run mines, private management to resume when feasible, with a 60 day cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron and Steel
War Production Board
Europe
Pacific
Vest
Ickes
Termite Control Ad With Local Lumber and Fashion Deals
A city page ad offers free termite inspections from Bai Ley Lumber and advertises deep discounts at The Vogue on pastel crepe dresses and wool coats. It lists several brands and items marked down, including wool coats and suits, with half price and three ninety five sale points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Vogue
West Virginia coal fields resume full production
Full production in West Virginia bituminous coal fields was expected to continue under a new contract signed in Washington or federal operation. Mines operated at a high rate yesterday with all but a few closed for local reasons and absenteeism below average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Washington
John L. Lewis
James E. Martin Dies Suddenly at 66
James E. Martin, 66, Norfolk and Western engineer, died suddenly of a heart attack yesterday at 11:30 AM at his home 408 Third Street. He is survived by wife Wallice Vaught of Bland Virginia a granddaughter Virginia Dove and sister Mrs. Amy Foster of Roanoke Maine. Martin had lived in Bluefield for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Martin
Norfolk and Western
Third Street
Mr. Martin
Wallice Vaught
Bland
Virginia Dove
Martin’s
Amy Foster
Roanoke
Martin
Bluefield
Virginia mining situation improves after wildcat strikes
In Virginia the coal strike picture brightens with workers returning to many mines in the southwest. Total idle workers in Lee Wise Dickenson Russell and Tazewell counties now 725 after a Norton Coal tipple fire idled 160. Buchanan fields and several mines resumed full crews. some wildcat strikes persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Charles
Wise County
Virginia
Lee
Wise
Dickenson
Russell
Tazewell
Norton Coal Company
Nign
Buchanan
Lynn Camp
Buchanan Corporation
Margaret Ann Corporation
Sycamore Coal Corporation
Imboden
Calvin
Pardee
Dixiana
Roda and Wise
Wildcat
Twenty Five Club Sponsors Successful Dance
A large crowd from Bluefields attended the first dance by the Twenty Five club in the West Virginia hotel ballroom. Jack White's orchestra provided the music. Esther Irene Graham demonstrated dances with her pupils Doris Sue Katz and Glenna Mae Turner. Chaperons included Mrs. R. H. Morgan and others. hostesses were Mildred Phillips Betty Conley Mickey Jackson Ela Mills Esther Irene Graham and Ruth Densford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younfi
Twenty-Five
West Virginian
Jack White
DPD
Gardenia
Esther Irene Grahapi
Esther Irene Graham
Doris Sue Katz
Glenna Mae Turner
Emily Carter
Miss Graham
R. H. Morgan
L. R. Rhoads
Earle Williams
Margaret Bailey
Betty Hamlin
Mildred Phillips
Betty Conley
Mickey Jackson
Ela Mills
Ruth Densford
Trustee Sale Notice for Bluefield Property in 1945
Deed of Trust dated March 20 1944 secures notes for James M Durham. J S Kahle trustee will sell at public auction April 28 1945 at 10:00 AM at the Law and Commerce Building Bluefield WV. Property includes lot No 12 Section 1014 and part of Lot 13 Section 1014 on College Avenue with a brick residence and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W.W. Kitts
Ella H. Kitts
J . S. Kahle
James M. Durham
Mercer County
West Virginia
James M. Durh
Law & Commerce
Bluefield
College Avenue
James Kahlbe
Foreclosure sale and divorces listed in Mercer County notice
Trustee announces sale of real estate tied to a 1925 deed of trust in Bluefield Virginia for cash on April 18 1945 at 10 am at the commercial Bank Building. Also an April 1945 chancery order in Mercer County WV seeks annulments or absolute divorces with non resident defendants required to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Jones
W. &. Jones
Mercerary
West Virginia
Morris
J. E. Morris
Peral“I
J. EB. Morris
Csmercial Bank
Bluefield
Virginia
Circuit Court
County of
Mercer
Alzier Beulah Holt
Burnett
Zane V. Holt
Mercer County
L. T. Reynolds
Jerome Katz
P.Q.Q
Allie Mae
Claude Bernard & Hager
Claude Ber. Hager
Connses
Cl Jerome Katz
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
J. C. Masano
Vincent Paoliello
Tazewed
Bisefield
Mrs. Linkous
J. L. Lewis
Giles Street
C. W. Tiffany
Vine Street
Purcell Buford
Church Street
John Hawkins
Carroll Street
Bethel Church
J. 8. Compton
Reid Boiee
Tread Shop
Raleigh Street
Hattie Ball
Rogers Street
Edward Melvin
Essex Street
W. T. Ter
C. M. Bailey
Cumberland Road
Paul E. Oliver
Clovis Stret
James C. Borden
J. A. Powell
Preston Street
Virginia Avenue
Bessie Hardgren
Powell Street
Welch News
Claude Lawso
Sidney
Pomeia
Dean
Heppy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bailey-Lumber Company
Rothmoor
Swans~ Downs
Jaunty Junior
Gaynes
War Labor Board
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