Methodist Pastors Meet in Anawalt Monday
Ministers of the Bluefield district of the Methodist church will hold their monthly meeting at Anawalt in the Jenkin Jones charge on Monday December 9. The gathering opens at 10 a.m. Rev S A F Wagner of Bramwell will lead devotional then topics include Pastoral Visitation Evangelism preparation and luncheon to follow served by church women.
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Bluefield
Methodist Church
Anawalt
Jenkin Jones
S. A. F. Wagner
Bramwell
G. K. Patty
C. A. Hill
Eckman
T. W. Hays
Maybeury
I. E. Cregger
Davy
Questionnaires Mailed to Mercer Men by Local Board
The local board No. 1 mailed questionnaires yesterday to registrants listed by order numbers 451 through 475. Names include Lee Sim, Robert Kyle Chapman, Paul Mounger Underwood, Clarence Henderson, Thomas Shrader, William Gilpin, Price Hines, Douglas French, Xavier Deskin, Seymour Hubbard, Wilson Humphreys, James Tabor, James Mallory, Otis Doss, Rex Shepherd, Alex Perdue, Howard Starling, Lorenzo Johnston, James Marshall, James Coles, James Sifford, Roy Bird, Shober Center Miairston, and Shober’s student. forms to be executed and returned in five days.
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Lee Sim
Robert Kyle Chapman
Jess Thompson
Paul Mounger Underwood
Burgess Electric Co
Bridwell Packing House
Jean Royal Charlton Hairston
Phy Board of Education
Bluefield
Clarence Lee Henderson
Pacey Menso
Bland Street
Thomas Lafayette Shrader
Esso
William Harry Gilpin
Empoe
National Electric Coil Co
En Price Hines
Ema Bailey Lumber Co
Douglas Levon French
En Curtis
Wilson Humphreys
E P; Mitchell
James Estel
Tabor
Emloyer
Robert Butt
Nemours
W. A
James Conrad Mallory
Em— Co-operative Farm Serv- Inc
Princeton
Otis Richard Doss
Emvee
J. Rex Shepherd
Alex Glen Perdue
Howard Taylor Starling
R. W. Moorehead
Lorenzo James Johnston
Daily Telegraph
James Ray Marshall
Cores Butt
Poa
James Frances Coles
James Augusta Sifford
N. & W. Railway Co
Uefield
Roy Thomas Bird
Columbus Man In Florida Improves After Illness
Daniel C. Currence of Columbus and Miami has been seriously ill with bronchial trouble in Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami. He is greatly improved as of yesterday. He is the father of Mrs. C. W. Jackson and Virgil Cur rence.
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Daniel C. Currence
Columbus
Ohio
Miami
Fla
Jackson Memorial
Currence
C. W. Jackson
R. Currence
Virgil
Stubby
Mr. Currence
Florida
Inspectors Probe Nelms Mine Blast in Cadiz
State and federal inspectors examined the Nelms mine near Cadiz to learn the cause of last Friday's explosion that killed 31 miners. Results will be released at a Columbus hearing opening Monday led by George A. Strain. CIO official John Owens urged testimony and blamed inadequate safety in mining. A statute limits early inspector reports but records may be made public later. Separately, motorists face about 1.16 billion dollars in 1940 gasoline taxes.
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Cadiz
Nelms
George A. Strain
State For of Industrial Relations
Strain
Columbus
John Owens
CIO United Mine Workers
Owens
John
Jimmy's Oyster Time Showcases Fresh Selections
Jimmy's in Bluefield West Virginia advertises jumbo oysters served on half shell or with cocktail sauce. The description highlights stewed preparations in cream or milk with butter and promises unusual seafood offerings.
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Jimmy's
Bluefield
W. Va
Mosi Taurant
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Cynthia Kahle
The body of Mrs. Cynthia Kahle, who died here Thursday, will be sent to Earl Kahle’s home in New Hope at about 11 o’clock this morning. Friends may call after 1 o’clock.
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Cynthia Kahle
Earl Kahle
New Hope
Navy speeds its building program and costs rise
Congressional sources report a 20 to 25 percent cost increase in the Navy building program driven by wage scales and material prices. Contracts allow pass through to the Army and Navy under a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis, while the Defense Commission notes shortcuts cutting cruiser and submarine construction times. Admiral Robinson warns obsolete equipment limits efficiency despite new yard investments.
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Army
Navy
Defense Commission
Admiral Robinson
Counselor Named In U S Indictment In Philadelphia
Federal indictment charges mail fraud and violations of the Securities and Exchange Act against missing investment counselor Boltz. Judge Welsh issued a bench warrant after a 65 page indictment. Boltz faces up to five years per count. Promised clients a six percent minimum return on securities alleged to be in North America Investment Fund Inc.
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Philadelphia
Securities and Exchange Act
Cer T Jitz
Oyna
George A. Welsh
Boltz
Com
North America
Pund Inc
Newspaper Circulation Seen At Record High In 1940
New York reports survey by Editor and Publisher shows 1940 circulation expected to set a new all time high. Daily papers up 4.99 percent and Sunday editions up 3.16 percent from 1939 records in the Audit Bureau of Circulation study covering 95 morning papers 11,199,574 readers 128 evening papers 12,090,362 readers and 22,876,879 Sunday circulations.
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New York
Raiter
Audit Bureau of
Raider describes rebuilt liner first victim in Atlantic war raid
Captain Arundell recalls firing on a Greek ship later identified as the raider’s target. He says the vessel, with a crew of over 300, escaped from Hamburg on April 6 as Britain rushed to Norway. The raid included laying mines off West Africa and refueling with the Nazi Winnetou before heading to New Zealand.
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Arundell
Hamburg
Norway
Greenock
Corpus Christi
Texas
Haxby
le Flow
West Africa
New Zealand
Tropic Sea
Bordeaux
Gibraltar
Legion Chief Warns Hitler Has Declared War on Our System
Charleston dispatch reports National Commander Milo J. War ner told an American Legion dinner that Hitler has declared war in the broader sense on the nation’s form of government. Carl L. Smith and Claude L. Warner urged total defense and moral rearmament as essential, with West Virginia leaders announcing a seven member state home defense committee. Governor Holt attended the event along with Legion and auxiliary officials.
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Charleston
W. Va
America
Hitler
Milo J. Warner
American Legion
Karner
West Virginia
Department
Claude L. Smith
St. Albans
Smith
Warner
R. C. Hall of
Elkins
Legion
Home Defense
Phil Conley
Herbert D. May
Bluefield
William Wilkin
Wellsburg
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
Charles R. Holt
Fairmont
T. F. McWilliams
Logan
Robert B. McDougal
Parkersburg
Governor Holt
Ma D. Boon
Wild Bill Donovan departs Baltimore on secret Bermuda mission
Colonel William J. Donovan known as Wild Bill leaves Baltimore on the Alaskan Clipper bound for Bermuda amid secrecy. The Fighting Sixty-Ninth figure slipped away as the clipper departed, signaling a potentially broader European mission.
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Donovan
Baltimore
William J
Wild Bill) Donovan
Bermuda
Europe
City and Coalfield Items
Roanoke notices list piano tuning by Harry Haften, monthly visits, and a Roanoke address. Also advertising telegraph printing services, mimeograph paper, and telephones 2400 at Telegraph Commercial Printing Co. Plus Legion Party postings and drum and bugle corps benefit events in Roanoke.
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Harry Haften
Roanoke
Bland Road
Harry
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Bland St
Bradley's Fur and Fashion Sale Today Only
Pur coats direct from factories in grey ore and blue fox plus many furs including Hollander dyed muskrat and cross fox. Also robes gowns pajamas dresses and costume jewelry with racks of dresses at 4.95 6.95 and 7.95. Hats blouses evening wear and wraps offered at Bradley's with back annex specials.
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Bradley's
Annex
Donovan Returns From Europe Mission As Private Emissary
Pan American Airways officials identified a passenger named Donald Williams as Colonel Donovan who flew back to the United States on August 31 after completing a Europe mission for Secretary Knox. The Newark Evening News reported Donovan was to travel to Europe as a private emissary to counter unfavorable impressions created by Ambassador Kennedy. Kennedy has offered his resignation as ambassador to the President.
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Pan American Airways
Donald Williams
Donovan
United States
Europe
Knox
Newark Evening News
Washington
England
Kennedy
Joseph P
Court of St. James
Roosevelt
U S Citizens Serve in Royal Canadian Air Force
New York December 6 Leonard W Brockington counselor to Canada’s war committee said more than 2 500 United States citizens served in the Royal Canadian Air Force The Canadian official told 300 insurance presidents at their 34th annual convention that Canada had 36 000 men in the air service under the commonwealth air training plan and that a substantial share of these men are United States citizens from Texas Massachusetts and the Far West He outlined the scope of Canada’s effort to aid North American defense.
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New York
Leonard W. Brockington
War Committee
Cabinet of Canada
United States
Royal Canadian Air Force
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Canada
Texas
Masachusetts
Far Reeds
London and Portsmouth Hit in Night of Bomb Raids
German raids cut power and damaged buildings as rescue teams freed thirteen trapped civilians. London and the Midlands faced renewed bombardment while Wales saw bomber ranges. British raids targeted Eindhoven Rotterdam and Haamstede. two planes were shot down. Western Union restored London cables at 9 30 p m after a six hour interruption.
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London
Midlands
Wales
Portsmouth
Herbert Morrison
Greenwich
The
Thames
Windsor Castle
Air Ministry
Eindhoven
Rotterdam
Haamstede
Netherlands
New York
Western Union Cable Company
Bristol
England
Penzance
English City
Western Union
Coastguard Rescues Four From Tyee Sinking Off Tillamook
The coastguard cutter Onondaga rescued four men from a lifeboat off the Tillamook bar after the tug Tyee sank earlier that day. A Bar View shore crew reported wreckage from the Tyee wash ashore as rescue efforts continued for the remaining two crewmen. The Tyee went down about 8 15 a.m. after a wave swept away the wheelhouse and disabled the rudder.
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Tillamook, Ore
Coastguard
Onondaga
Bar View
Tillamook
Restaurant leader attends national convention in D C
Jimmy Rantis past president of the West Virginia State Restaurant association returned from Washington D C where he attended the annual fifth Southern Regional convention and exposition sponsored by the Nations Restaurant association.
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Jimmy Rantis
West Virginia State Restaurant Association
Washington, D. C
the Nations Restaurant Association
Travel boosters push Route 21 appeal from Bluefield
A Great Lakes to Florida Highway association delegation returned to Bluefield after a weeklong tour through northern Ohio cities. They promoted Route 21 to road enthusiasts and civic leaders in Charleston Parkersburg Beckley Ripley Marietta Cambridge New Philadelphia Dover Canton Akron Massillon and Cleveland. The Ohio committee progresses with highway improvement contracts while seeking wider motorist routing southbound and northbound.
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Bluefield
South
U. S. 21
A. L. Bechtold
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
C. L. Corpening
Statesville Chamber of Commerce
Eddy Steele
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Harry Burnett
Ewe Yd
West
Escaped felon gains roles in Johnson City and police work
An escaped felon who arrived at the veterans facility in Johnson City later became a deputy sheriff and joined the city police. He married again and fathered three children. He admitted his identity to Police Chief Carriger but claimed he was railroaded to prison. He offered to return to Texas to face the music and said his good reputation would help him.
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Johnson City
Sapp
Carriger
Texas
Johnson
Clerk challenges auditor figures in Huntington audit
Huntington West Virginia December 6 City Clerk M D Lewis charges in a letter to State Tax Commissioner Ernest K James that the audit statements cannot be substantiated by facts The auditor claims city officials failed to assess licenses causing the city several thousand dollars It also states auditors did not audit 200068 in sales tax reports and a 12 license account to insurance companies Charleston Tax Commissioner James said he had not received the letter and had no comment
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Huntington
W. Va
M. D. Lewis
Ernest K. James
Charleston
James
Fidelity Investment Plans Change Name
In Wheeling West Virginia the Fidelity Investment association will hold a special stockholders meeting Monday to vote on changing the company name and amending its charter to enter the life insurance field. The association plans to pursue life insurance activities if approved.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Fidelity Investment Association
Enlisted Here Yesterday
Navy enlistees listed include Hubert E. Stewart 17 Beckley John P. Mulray 17 Beck y Leo Milam 20 Stickney J T Jarrell Jr 18 Glen Daniels Hubert Lance 19 Pocahontas Edward Smith 17 Premier
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NAVY
Hubert E. Stewart
Beckley
Leo Milam
Stickney
J. T. Jarrell, Jr
Glen Daniels
Hubert Lance
Pocahontas
Edward Smith
Premier
Annals Hint at Royal Succession and Bond Issuance
Officials note the tradition of annual bonds tied to a business founded long ago. The record mentions King Ethelwulf and a rotating succession by his four sons, with Alfred the Great named among them. The fragment signals early medieval constitutional and royal succession themes.
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Ethelwulf
Alfred the Grea
Prominent Coal Man A Richards Dies at Home
A Richards, a noted coal executive and war veteran, died recently. He served as a lieutenant and was brevetted captain, studied in France after 1919, and left a widow, Mrs Esa th Cumming of Pottsville, and two children Elizabeth and William Jr. Survived by parents, a brother L H Richards in Chicago, and three sisters in Ashland, Pottsville, and nearby. Funeral plans not announced.
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France
Universite de Montpelier
Herault
Esath Cumming
Pottsville
Elizabeth
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
William, Jr
Ashland
W. Va
Green
Pottsvi
Sonn M. Swaim
Jackson Issues Rebuff as Dies Talks with Voorhis
The congressional committee and the Attorney General will cooperate to expose Nazi and Fascist propaganda in the mails. Dies denied an anticipated announcement and a department spokesman denied a Sabotage evidence claim. Argentina is noted for cattle but has fewer livestock than the U S or Brazil.
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Dies
Rep. Voorhis
Calif
Jackson
Department
Robert Stripling
Stripling
Voorhis
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Argentina
United States
Brazil
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Mercer
Jimmy
U. S
Hopalong
Cassid
Andy Clyde
Lucky” Hayden
Raider
Legion Party
Paddoc, Grill
Warlick Furniture Co
Warlick Furtniture
Bradley
Brady's
AIR Force
U.S
Great Lakes
Icksonville
Georgia
Fidelity Investment Plans
Noel Coward
Ziegfeld
Sanders
Ian Hunter
Felix Bressart
Lesser Samuels
Victor Saville
W.S. van Dyke
Ae of Sprey
Titana
John P. Mulray
Becky
A. Richards
Little America
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, Ww
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