Jewish Homeland Problem Discussed by Dr. Evans
Dr. Richard E. Evans, militant minister and Zionist advocate, urged that postwar victory must include Jewish refuge and the establishment of Palestine as a commonwealth. He cited the 1917 declaration and the 1939 White Paper’s immigration limits, speaking to students, Rotary, and a ministerial dinner audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Evans
Methodist
Greater Baetle
Ae A York
Milwaukee
Palestine
Evans
Chamberlains
Evans E
Rotary Club
Ministerial Nation
Pearl Harbor observances planned nationwide by county groups
County organizations plan a special Pearl Harbor day event line up featuring a Fort Hayes area ceremony in Huntington with Capt. B. W. Salisbury of the Navy and a Charleston rally where Lt. Cmdr. Lonnie W. Meachum will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spurr
Fort Hayes
Huntington
8. W. Salisbury
Navy
Charleston
Lonnie W. Meachum
Japan in Burma Faces Ammunition Shortage and Fresh Recruits
A U S Army dispatch notes Leyte based forces report Japanese units being rebuilt with recently recruited troops trained in Burma. The green veterans are said to be used for suicide missions and to lack ammunition, while Burma Burma Burma strategy remains tangled amid shifts toward Indo China and Thailand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indo-China
Thailand
Japan
Burma
China
Board asserts unrestricted power to remove WVU president
West Virginia board of governors argues in Kanawha county court that no constitutional or statutory limits bind its removal of President Charles E. Lawall. The board contends removal authority lies with it under general powers and statutes, while Lawall seeks declaratory relief and an injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Ao Board of Governors
Charles E. Lawall
Kanawha County
Herman Bennett
Lawall
Bennett
Neely
West Virginia University
Board of Governors
Femoval
Siberdin
Virginia Highway Fatalities Drop 50 Percent in November
Richmond reports November highway deaths at 31, down from 63 in November 1943, a 50 percent decline. Maj. James R. Nunn, acting state highway patrol superintendent, announced that only one of last month’s deaths occurred in a city, with six rural fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
James R. Nunn
State Highway Patrol
Real Treat Opens New May's Myo Restaurant
New eatery debuts with blue themed decor and a varied menu. Wide audience expected to enjoy contemporary dishes and signature items. Grand opening draws local diners and critics.
Deaths and funeral services for J H Millirons
Funeral services will be held this afternoon for J H Millirons 79 of Wolf Creek highway died at his home. Interment follows at the family cemetery. A retired farmer he served as superintendent of the Hales Chapel Sunday school for 30 years. He is survived by seven children Mrs Herbert Carr Mrs Archie Hollands Miss Ilene Millirons Elgie Munsey and Kester Millirons all of Narrows and one sister Miss Etta Millirons also of Narrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Millirons
Wolf Creek
Millirons
Hales Chapel
Herbert Carr
Archie Hollands
Illee Millirons
Elgie, Munsey
Kester Millirons
Death summons Lowder family to Columbus for Mrs. Sutherland
Mr and Mrs W B Lowder of Balsam Street travel to Columbus Ohio after the death of Mrs E Sutherland. Funeral services are set for this afternoon at 2 oclock at the Church of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Lowder
Balsam Street
Columbus, O
Funeral services set for Miss Annie Bell Trivett
Funeral services for Annie Bell Trivett age 49 of 113 Onley Avenue Bluefield Virginia will be held at 2 30 this afternoon at the Christian church Bluefield with Rev E R Worrell assisted by Rev Clin. Burial will be in Mabie Hill Cemetery West Gra Pallbearers named Fielden Smith B Tabor Yu ble Kel Pawar Barrett Teacy Wane attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Bell Trivett
Onley Avenue
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Christian Church of
E. R. Worrell
C,lin
Mabie Hill Cemetery
West Gra
Fielden Smith
B. Tabor
Yuble
Kel Pawar Barrett
Teacy Wane
Death of Mrs. Walter Harrless in Princeton
Mrs. Walter Harrless aged 56 died at home 116 Mercer street Princeton at 5 yesterday afternoon. She leaves husband two sisters Miss Artonie Crotty Princeton and Mrs Burell Broyles Ballard and three brothers E R Crotty Burell Crotty Princeton and F H Crotty Bluefield. Body remains at Memorial Funeral directory chapel in Princeton until funeral arrangements are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Harrless
Mercer Street
Princeton
Infant dies at St Luke's hospital and funeral set
Muriel Diane Bowling eleven months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert W Bowling of 400 View avenue died yesterday afternoon at St Luke's hospital. She is survived by her parents and two grandparents. Born December 24 1943. Funeral arrangements not completed. Allen D West fifty six of Floyd Virginia brother of A Harry West died suddenly at his home on Monday. West lived in Floyd County most of his life and was a Matoaka resident for a time. Survived by father A L Vest of Floyd County wife the former a he Wood and two sons Bernice W Vest and Allen David Vest Jr. in service. Mrs Vest has a brother F F Wood. Funeral services today at 2 pm in Floyd with interment to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Diane Bowling
Robert W. Bowling
View Avenue
This City
St. Luke's Hospital
Mary McClintock
8. Fling
J. T. McClintock
Bluefield
Allen D. West
Floyd
Russians Reach 30 Miles From Budapest in Pushing to Austria
Soviet dispatches reported Red Army spearheads on the west bank of the Danube advancing toward Budapest within 30 miles as they pressed toward Austria. Tolbukhin’s Third Ukraine Army was driving south of Szekesfehervar, the historic Hungarian coronation site, with German defenses seemingly weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Red Army
Danube
Budapest
Siofok
Vienna
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Szekesfehervar
Lake Balaton
Kis-Al
West Virginian To Be Awarded Purple Heart
West Virginian Sergeant Buster Paker, one of more than twenty Americans who escaped a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines, will receive the Purple Heart at a Virginia Tech cadets formation Friday afternoon. Col. George Henderson announced the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Buster Paker
West Virginia
Philippines
Virginia Tech
George Henderson
Judge Lovins Named Presiding Judge In West Virginia Court
Judge William T. Lovins of Huntington was elected by the state supreme court as the new presiding judge to take office January 1 under the rotation plan. He will succeed President Judge H. H. Rose of Fairmont and is expected to administer the oath to Governor-Elect Clarence W. Meadows at the January 15 inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
William T. Lovins
Huntington
State Supreme Court
Lovins
H. H. Rose
Fairmont
Huntington Aes
Ieee
Clarence W. Meadows
Beckley
Allied Losses Mount As French Advance In German Front
Allied forces report heavy casualties on both sides as the French first army destroys three German divisions and takes 15,000 prisoners. American First Army advances near Aachen and Julich encounter stubborn German resistance while British forces face flooding along the Rhine and Maas areas in Holland. American Seventh Army seizes Selestat after days of bitter combat near Strasbourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Tassienny
First Army
Bergstein
Aachen
Duren
Lacherberg
Julich
U. S
Ninth Army
Roer
Holland
Maas River
Venlo
Seventh Army
Selestat
Stras
Rhine
Alsatian
Voter May Fix Vacancy In Norfolk Corporation Court
The death of James A. Goode of the Norfolk corporation court and Judge J. T. Clement of the seventh judicial circuit, plus Judge Beverly Berkley’s retirement in ill health, create vacancies. The state supreme court ruled Robert O. Norris Jr. of Lively ineligible for the commission due to General Assembly election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Goode
Norfolk Corporation Court
J. T. Clement
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Beverly Berkley
Roanoke Law and Equity Court
Corporation Commission
State Supreme Court
Robert O. Norris, Jr
Lively
General Assembly
Unincorporated Unions Shielded From Liability
West Virginia Supreme Court rules that unincorporated labor unions cannot be sued for damages under state law. The decision allows against individual members, as in Arthur Milam's suit for 25000 dollars from two AFL unions over suspensions and a boycott affecting his work as a construction supervisor at the Institute synthetic rubber plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Arthur Milam
AFL
Leston
Milam
Institute Synthetic Rubber
Allies Admit Sink In German Hospital Ship
Allied headquarters announced the sinking of the unilluminated German Mo Tuebingen by planes near sunrise on November 18. The ship was in the Adriatic en route to Trieste and not carrying wounded. The communique said a full inquiry would be conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Crete
Adriatic Sea
Trieste
DNB
Germany
School Board Election By People Urged
Blacksburg Virginia December 5 L I Cothern president of the Blacksburg community improvement league urged that the General Assembly place the election of school boards in the hands of the people with a special session called by Governor Darden. He argued immediate action is needed to satisfy returning soldiers and their children and warned that people only notice how board members are chosen when their own children attend school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Darden
General Assembly
L. I. Cothern
Blacksburg Community Improvement League
Cothern
City and Coalfield Items Blue Room Coat Sale
Coats to close out at one low price ten ninety five. These are one hundred percent wool. Materials both fitted and straight line. All sizes. The Vogue.
Tennessee Woman Wanted for Grand Larceny Returns to Johnson City
A Knoxville woman, 21, detained in Bluefield after hotel thefts in Johnson City, was extradited back to Tennessee. Authorities say she used aliases Margaret Holt and Mrs Warren Johns, and faces a grand larceny charge for stealing clothing and a watch valued around 400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Johnson City
Tenn
Margaret Holt
Cecil C Weddie
Land
John Doe
Cecil Fer
Bluefield
Princeton Avenue
Weddle
Warren Johns
Knoxville
Mrs. Johns
WOUNDED PFC COULLING LISTED IN GERMANY ACTION
Pfc Sidney M B Coulling of Tazewell is seriously wounded in Germany as of November 20 per War Department message. A Washington and Lee alumnus, he served in reserve and regular units before deployment to Europe in 1943. His brother Lt Robert Coulling also serves on the western front. The Coulling family name honors an uncle who died in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney M. B Coulling
Louis Coulling
Tazewell
Germany
War Department
Coulling
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
New Cumberland
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Camp Clybourne
England
France
Holland
King
Robert Coulling
Western Front
Isrewell
The
American Legion
Pvt Orville Spence Reported Missing In Action
Mr and Mrs J J Spence of Dry Fork in Tazewell county were notified by the war department that their son Pvt Orville Spence has been reported missing in action in Germany on November He has two brothers in the service Lloyd with the Sixth Army on the Western Front and Vernon in the South Pacific Audrey also served receiving a medical discharge The four boys were employed daily before entering the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Spence
Dry Fork
Tazewell County
War Department
Pvt
Orville Spence
Germany
Spence
Lloyd Spence
Sixth Army
Western Front
Vernon Spence
South Pacific
Audrey Spence
Army
Possession of Slot Machine Leads to Police Court Fine
Charged in municipal court with possession of a slot machine at the Bluefield Negro Social club on Bland Street, the club was fined 50 dollars and costs in Monday court. Officers raided the club Saturday night, discovering and confiscating the device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Negro Social Club
Bland Street
Cecil C. Weddle
Greece Crisis Sparks Parliamentary Clash and War Talk
The debate centered on Britain’s stance amid tensions in Greece with left and right factions clashing and laborites urging full dress debate. The speaker warned the issue edged toward potential war as Churchill faced interruptions and Fenner Brockway accused the government of siding with the right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Fenner Brockway
Independent Labor Party
Greece
Russia
Bond Bingo Party Sells $3000 in War Bonds and Stamps
About 500 people attended a Bond Bingo benefit at the Beaver gymnasium organized by the Young Woman's Club with War activities support. War bonds and stamps were sold, prizes donated by local merchants, and Ronnie Jones won a war bond as a door prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven Inanaty
Juni Club
Charles Douthat
Young Woman's Club
Mins Anne Gravatt
Mercer County
Sens Gymnasium
Cra
Ronnie Jones
Russell Street
Albert Brooks
Eric de Brick
Junior Chamber of Commerce
E. W. Harris
Beaver High School
Locker Stolen From Bluefield Station Report
Luther Bingham of Gary reported a locker stolen from Bluefield station last night. He said the locker held men and women’s clothing, children’s clothing, a camera and several pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Bingham
Gary
Bluefield
Bingham
First Settlers Marooned on Saba Island by Pirate Morgan
The earliest inhabitants of the Saba Island colony in the Dutch East Indies were left there in 1665 by pirate Henry Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saba
Dutch East Indies
Henry Morgan
Kimball Soldier Dies in Belgium Paratrooper John W. George
Pvt. John W. George of Kimball Nebraska died November 14 in Belgium from an accidental pistol wound. He joined the army July 17 1939 trained at Fort Jackson served in Puerto Rico Northern Ireland with invasion troops on D day and in Holland. He survived by his mother Mrs Bessie George a sister Mrs Richard Kelly and a brother Welch Pete George of the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic
John W. George
Kimball
U. S. Army
Goorg
Belgium
Bessie George
War Department
Pfc
George
Landgraft
Fort Jackson
8. C
Puerto Rico
Northern Ireland
D-day
Holland
Richard Kelly
Welch Pete George
Navy
Woman Marine Ill in San Diego Hospital
Sgt Kathryn Sue McClaugherty of Welch is seriously ill at the Naval Hospital in San Diego from an acute encephalitis attack. Ensign McClaugherty, her brother, is in a Washington naval hospital with back injuries after being struck by a truck. X-rays indicate the bone is knitting and recovery is going well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Sue McClaugherty
U. S. Marine Corps
W. B. McClaugherty
Welch
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Ensign d McClaugherty
U. S. Naval Air Corps
Miss McCnerty
Wash
Huntington Man to Speak at Welch Chamber Meeting
John G. Berthold of Huntington will address the McDowell County Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in the Appalachian Community Room Friday at 7 p.m. He is president of the Berthold Wholesale Candy Company in Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Welch Chamber
John G. Berthold
Huntington Cha of Commerce
McDowell County
West Virginia Industries Backed by Chambers Aid Post War
In his second year leading the organization, the head urges chambers to bolster West Virginia industries by expanding resources and post war development efforts. He cites the need for coordinated support to fuel growth and employment across key sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
West Virginia
V. F. W. Dance Tonight at Moose Quarters
A dance will be held from 8 until 12 tonight at the Moose quarters. It is sponsored by Panel-Porrni Post No. 1021 V. F. W. and the local Moose. Service men in uniform and ladies admitted free. others pay the usual charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Quarters
Porroni Post No
Moose
McDowell Roads To Be Inspected
McDowell County roads will be inspected Thursday by County Maintenance Superintendent C Hurley. He will be joined by district office representatives and Senator William Mitchell of the state senate road committee. Foremen are asked to outline proposed projects for their territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
C. Hurley
Hurley
William Mitchell
State Senate
West Virginia soldiers listed as wounded in action
The War Department released names of 40 West Virginia servicemen wounded in the European theater. Among those named are Pfc. Clarence L. Bailey and Pfc. Charles Lanford with families listed, plus several other parishes and towns referenced in the casualty roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
West Vira
Ropean
Clarence L. Bailey
Lydia V. Bailey
Anawalt
Russell Elick
Paul Elick
Ken Hill
Emory H
Ester Ellison
Basie
Wickham
Reynard L. Grubb
Virginia M. Grubb
Private Woodrow Maxey Injured in Automobile Wreck
Pvt. Woodrow Maxey, 22, of Freeman, is treated at Bluefield sanitarium for bruises and shock after a automobile accident. He is an employee of J. J. Maxey of Freeman, with attaches at the hospital reporting his condition as good and not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Woodrow Maxey
Freeman
Bluefield Sanitarium
Maxey
J. J. Maxey
Norfolk and Western Railway
Dorsey Hall Jury Fight Clouding Trial Hazy
The court set a jury for Aug 5 to decide where Jon Hall nearly lost his nose after the Dorsey Hall balcony clash. Icaza, a Panamanian who did swimming boxing and engineering, could not recall film work or 1932 psych hospital observation. The judge warned that his evasive answers risk perjury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Hall
Icaza
Colorado Psychopathic Hospital
Arth Crum
Dorsey
Automobile Dealers To Attend OPA Meeting Tonight
The office of price administration hosts a trade meeting for automobile and parts dealers at the War price and ration board 701 Bland Street at 7:30 tonight. Mr Heinze from the Charleston OPA machinery section will speak and all dealers are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
War Price and Rational Board
Bland Street
Heinze
OPA of
Charleston
Women of the Moose Sell Record War Bonds at Booth
The Women of the Moose operated a bond booth at Kresge's five to ten cent store selling war bonds and stamps for a record day totaling 12,184.10 dollars. The organization has raised 21,671.30 dollars to date, with committee member Mrs. Bernie leading the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of Moose
Women of the Moose
Kresge
Bernie Secrating
Jimmy's Restaurant in Bluefield Serves Chesapeake Bay Seafood
The notice highlights Jimmy's Restaurant in Bluefield offering seafood specialties. Patrons are invited to dine and enjoy meals featuring Chesapeake Bay catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy's
Chesapeake Bay
Bluefield
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