Postoffice Advises Early Mailing for Holiday Deliveries
Post office officials warn that first class cards remain preferable to third class for reliable delivery. Assistant Postmaster Hall urges early mailing to ensure Christmas presents and letters arrive by Christmas Day, noting delays and temporary suspensions to many foreign destinations.
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R. L. Bailey
National Defense
Post Office Department
Eet Hall
British Morocco
Manchuria
Dehal Province
Mongolia
Rio de Oro
Tristan de Cunha
Yemen
Aden
Albania
Sudan
Belgium
British Somaliland
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Cyprus
Channel Islands
Czechoslovakia
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Egypt
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
French Somaliland
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iran
Iraz
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Lauxemrg
Malta
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Sweden
Syria
Republic of Gvenen
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Vatican City
Yugoslavia
Devery
Odd Fellows Plans Big Meet in Bluefield Hall
Bluefield Virginia Odd Fellows and visiting lodges prepare for an open meeting Saturday at the Odd Fellows hall Bluefield with refreshments including ham from a 380 pound hog. G Hager serves as Noble Grand while W M Painter notes the event and building ownership by the two lodges. The piece also mentions local football notes and a turkey dressing recipe.
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Bluefield
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
West Virginia
Red Men
W. M. Painter
G. Hager
Odd Fellows Lodge
Colored Bluefield High football ends record season in tie
The Bluefield Va colored high school football team closed a highly successful season with a 0 0 tie against Excelsior, the only team they did not defeat in their five game stretch.
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Coagh James Stevenson
Bluefield
Christiansburg
Big Stone Gap
Excelsior
Old Timer Reveals Several Recipes
A Raleigh county reader asks for recipes on dressing a turkey and selecting a duck and making pork sausage. The column notes methods for duck plucking, sausage ratios, and seasoning quantities for small and large batches, with guidance on fat content and spice amounts.
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Raleigh County
Community Christmas tree committee plans Friday meeting
Mrs J D Hinegardner chair of the investigating committee for the Community Christmas tree says she will meet Friday afternoon at 4 o clock in the city manager office with fourteen workers. The Bluefield area records a cold snap with 12 above zero and ice on ponds as winter arrives. An all day Mercer County Singing Association convention is set for Sunday at Midway Christian church just north of Hales culvert on the Old Bramwell road.
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J. D. Hinegardner
Bluefield
Mercer County Singing Association
Hales Culvert
Bramwell Road
Acorn Signs and Song Fest Invites Highlight Local Notes
The note mentions T. E. Heldreth inviting listeners to a song fest with several choirs. It discusses acorn crops as weather indicators, citing the Richmond Rambler’s report of a light acorn yield and lighter animal fur. It notes hogs bears and squirrels store acorns for winter and that acorns feed big oaks to grow.
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Rambler
Richmond
Virginia Call claims liquor caused over half US fatal crashes
The Virginia Call argues alcohol was responsible for more than 50 percent of last year s fatal traffic accidents in the United States. It notes thousands of crashes occurred last year and predicts thousands more this year.
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United States
Virginia
Guild to Meet at St Mary's Church This Evening
The Senior Guild of St Marys church will meet this evening at 8 oclock. Mrs Dunn of Sanders Drive will preside.
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St. Mary's Church
W. B. Dunn
Sanders Drive
Fire prevention urged as cold weather raises risk
Bluefield Virginia warns of fire danger in 1940 with severe cold. urging careful use of stoves and furnaces. Fire department logged its first call Tuesday evening due to a flue ignition.
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Bluefield
Circle to Meet Circle No 3 of Graham Church
Circle No 3 of Graham Christian church led by Mrs. C H Dudley will meet this afternoon at 2 o clock with Mrs J D Hin(e)gardner on Tazewell avenue. All members urged to attend. Mission study will be completed by Mrs A B Hendricks.
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Graham Christian Church
C. H. Dudley
J. D. Hinegardner
Tazewell Avenue
A. B. Hendricks
Ammonia Plant Planned Near Morgantown at $15 Million
Frederick A. Wardenburg announced a $15,000,000 ammonia plant to be built near Morgantown with war department funds. It will be the sixth largest globally, behind two U.S. plants in Belle and Hopewell and three others overseas. Construction will create 3,400 jobs at peak. operation will employ about 600 workers. The plant will be built in three units with the first phase ready for completion soon.
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Morgantown
W. Va
War Department
Frederick A. Wardenburg
du Pont
Morgantown Chamber of Commerce and Community Association
Wardenburn
Plant to Begin Operations in First Unit Soon
Wardenburg said the operation will start in the first unit as soon as it is finished and at capacity. When fully online the plant will burn about 800 tons of coal daily.
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Wardenburg
National Legion Commander to Speak in Charleston
Milo J. Warner national commander of the American Legion will address a Charleston dinner on the topic America Our Home Lets Defend It. State Adjutant G Stanley Hamric says 450 are expected with numerous posts sending delegations. The visit marks Warner's West Virginia tour with Department Commander R C Hall as the other speaker and local dignitaries to be introduced.
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Charleston
W. Va
Milo J. Warner
American Legion
America
G. Stanley Hamric
Hamric
Warner
West Virginia
R. C. Hall of
National Legion Leader to Visit Charleston from Toledo
Claude L. Smith of St Albans will host the national commander who plans to fly from his Toledo Ohio home and arrive in Charleston early in the afternoon.
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Claude L. Smith
St. Albans
The
Legion
Charleston
Toledo
Labor Mass Meeting Set For December 13 In Charleston
West Virginia Federation of Labor officials announced a labor mass meeting will be held December 13 in Charleston to honor Sir Walter Cetrine of the British trades congress. No time or venue has been chosen.
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Charleston
W. Va
Walter Cetrine
British Trades Congress
West Virginia Federation of Labor
AFL
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