Nation Sees War Readiness Shift Since Pearl Harbor
On the eve of the Pearl Harbor anniversary experts weigh America’s 1941 preparedness against today. They cite the atom bomb, long-range air power, a massive navy, and industrial strength as strengths, while manpower gaps, Soviet advantage, distant fronts, and espionage risk pose major weaknesses.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Korea
United States
Russia
United Sates
Red
Asia
Orurope
Europe
Truman
Attlee
North Atlantic
Kremlin
Fayette Democratic Chairman Resigns in Fayette County
Fayetteville West Virginia December 6 C J Lowery resigns as chairman of the Fayette county Democratic executive committee and the committee names Clyde W Rinehart of Gauley ridge as his successor.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Cc. J. Lowery
Fayette County
Democratic Executive Committee
Clyde W. Rinehart
Gauley Ridge
Mer cer Lodge No 160 AF and AM Stated Meeting
Mer cer Lodge No 160 AF and AM holds a stated communication at 7 30 tonight Thursday Visitors are welcome W M Bostic Worshipful Master R E Thompson Secretary
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Mercer Lodge No. 160
AF & AM
W. M. Bostic
R. E. Thompson
Deaths and Funerals James R Schick Dies At Roanoke
James R. Schick 94 retired Norfolk and Western engineer died at his Roanoke home. He joined the railroad in 1881 and retired Aug. 1 1926 after 45 years. Funeral 2 pm Thursday at residence conducted by Rev Richard R Beasley. Interment Evergreen.
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Roanoke
James R. Schick
Norfolk and Western Railway
Easton
Pennsylvania State Geological Survey
U. S. Capitol
Interior Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Schick
Big Sandy
Dry Fork
Saeger
Cane Brake
Saeger and Southern Railway
Petersburg
Lynchburg
Lamberts Point
Crewe
Pulaski
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
New River
Richard R. Beasley
Evergreen
Bartley Miner Dies at 102 in Welch Hospital
Matt Stone of Bartley dies at 102 after three days in Welch hospital. A coal miner for decades, he moved to Bartley in 1935, born March 2, 1848 in Mt. Airy North Carolina. Survived by three sons William Crockett and Paul Stone. wife Mary Jane McGee Stone predeceased him. Funeral from Fanning funeral home to Bartley with rites at 9 30 Friday. Interment Deskins cemetery Bartley.
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Matt Stone
Bartley
Welch Hospital
Mr. Stone
McDowell County
Elkhorn Valley
Mt. Airy
N. C
Candy Stone
Mary Jane McGee Stone
William and Crockett
Paul Stone
Blacksburg
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
William Stone
George Spears
Mr. Watson
Deskins Cemetery
Obituary: Elbert C. Bourne of Asco
Elbert Cleveland Bourne 61 died at a daughter's home in Saeger after eight months of illness. A former coal mine superintendent at Atlantic Smokeless Coal and civil engineer for Norfolk and Western, he was born March 15, 1889 in Galax, Virginia. He is survived by his wife Martha, a daughter, a son Roy, two brothers Chester and George, two sisters, and several half siblings. Funeral at Davy Church of God with interment at Saeger Memorial cemetery.
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Elbert Cleveland Bourne
Asco
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Cecil Bailey
Saeger
Mr. Bourne
Atlantic Smokeless Coal Company
Galax
Jim Collins
Estil Walkter
Fanning Funeral Home
Bailey
Paris Gibson 62 Dies. Civil Engineer and Rural Family Man
Paris Boyd Gibson aged 62 of east Wyoming Street died at home yesterday morning. A retired Norfolk and Western railway car repairman with 25 years service he left a widow Edna Bane and four children Garnett William Don and Ellen all at home. Surviving sisters include Mrs. W. L. Hedrick Mrs. Ida Chambers of Bluefield and Mrs. Lulu Smith of Hamilton Ohio plus brothers A. V. of Bluefield and Leonard of Princeton. He was son of the late Samuel and Emma Gibson and a Bland County native. Hawkins chapel will conduct interment at Gibson cemetery in Rocap. Service date not yet set.
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Paris Boyd Gibson
East Wyoming Street
Gibson
Norfolk and Western Railway
Edna Bane
Garnett
William
Don
Ellen
W. L. Hedrick
Ida Chambers
Bluefield
Lulu Smith
Hamilton, O
A. V
Leonard
Princeton
Samuel and
Emma Gibson
Bland County
Hawkins Chapel
Gibson Cemetery
Rocap
Last rites for Arthur Haven Hodges at Vivian church
Funeral services for Arthur Haven Hodges will be held this afternoon at 1 oclock at the Presbyterian church in Vivian with Rev Archie Tullidge officiating and Dr C H Patterson assisting. The body lies in state one hour before service and interment follows in Woodlawn cemetery with pallbearers from his colleagues and flower girls from the Ladies auxiliary of the Vivian Presbyterian church.
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Arthur Haven Hodges
Presbyterian Church
Vivian
Archie Tullidge
C. H. Patterson
Westminster Presbyterian Church of
Bluefield
Woodlawn
Vivian Presbyterian Church
Funeral service for Bartley Andrew Poe in Bluewell
Funeral services are slated for 2 p m at Bluewell Methodist Church with Rev W D Hicks and Rev Herman Mauch officiating. The body moved from Mercer Funeral Home to the residence. Pallbearers include Carl Surface Donnie Surface Donald Poe Clayton Poe Carlos Poe and Reginald Poe. granddaughters to be flowerbearers.
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Bartley Andrew Poe
Bluewell
Service for Robert J. Moore Held in Boissevain
Robert J. Moore 58 a retired miner of Boissevain Va died Monday at St Luke s hospital funeral service held today at 2 p m from the Baptist church Boissevain Rev Lester Schwimmer in charge burial in Woodlawn cemetery body moved yesterday from Pocahontas Union funeral home to residence
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Robert J. Moore
Boissevain
St. Luke's Hospital
Baptist Church
Lester Schwimmer
Woodlawn
Pocahontas Union
Mrs. Algie Stiltner Dies in Grundy Va at 23
Mrs. Algie Stiltner aged 23 of Grundy Virginia died Tuesday afternoon in a Marion hospital after an eight month illness. She was born April 23, 1927 in Buchanan County, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stiltner of Grundy. Surviving are the husband and a son, Matthew, five brothers Lawrence Buster Walter Willie and Carl Stiltner, and three sisters Mrs Walter Deel Mrs Vince Mullens and Miss Fern Stiltner. The body was sent to the Virginia Funeral Home at Grundy and removed to the parents home for funeral services by Rev. John Hess. Burial will be in Stiltner Cemetery at Grundy.
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Algie Stiltner
Grundy
Marion
Buchanan County
Jim Stiltner
Matthew
Lawrence
Buster
Walter
Willie
Carl Stiltner
Walter Deel
Vince Mullens
Fern Stiltner
Virginia
John Hess
Stiltner
Paul Whiteman Walls
Guy Walls
Avondale
Shortridge
Welch
Arnold
Leon
Mary Alice
Patricia
Fanning Funeral Home
East Falls Church Man A. H. Barber Dies. Body to be Brought to Princeton
A. H. Barber of East Falls Church Virginia and former Princeton resident died yesterday at his home. His body will be brought to Princeton Friday to the residence of J. G. Barber on Hale avenue. Funeral arrangements are forthcoming.
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A. H. Barber
East Falls Church
Princeton
J. G. Barber
Hale Avenue
Funeral service for Everett Hess at Church of God Abbs Valley
The 80 year old retired miner Everett Hess died Tuesday at the home of James White in Grundy. Funeral services will be held at 11 o clock from the Church of God in Abbs Valley with Rev. A J Cox officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. A funeral home transfer from Pocahontas Union Funeral Home to the Hess residence of a son, Frazier Hess, in Abbs Valley.
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Church of God
Abbs Valley
Everett Hess
James White
Grundy
A. J. Cox
Pocahontas
Turner's Rites Kentucky to Bluefield Area Man Dies
Charles Henry Turner 53 of Keystone died in Welch hospital after a yearlong lung illness. Born Feb 28 1897 in Floyd County Va he served with Eastern Gas and Fuel and was active in LOOM UMWA and local unions. Surviving wife son and daughter plus brothers and a sister attend funeral at Keystone Baptist Church with interment in Rich Creek. Bennett funeral home in Keystone arranged services. Edward Burnette 71 retired Norfolk and Western car inspector died at Bluefield Sanitarium after three weeks illness. Surviving children and a sister. Hawkins mortuary to handle arrangements. Body to be moved to the home today.
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Charles Henry Turner
Keystone
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Welch
Mr. Turner
Floyd County
Isaac Turner
Northfork Lodge
UMWA
Hattie Blankenship
Rich Creek
Woodrow Turner
Ernest Belcher
Northfork
James
George
Cleveland Turner
Estel Davis
Keystone Baptist Church
James H. Casto
Northfork Moose Lodge
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Bennett Funeral Home
Edward J. Burnette
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield-Tazewell
Bluefield Sanitarium
Burnette
Bluefield
Stella M. Burnette
W. H. Crawford
Frank E. Burnette
Annetta Cruise
Logan
H. O. McCormick
F. E. Lambert
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Claude Tabor
Baltimore
Charles Linkous
Woodrow Burnette
Newport Beach
Calif
William H. Burnette
Earl D. Burnette
Alfred Burnette
Detroit
Mich
L. M. Richardson
Hawkins Mortuary
Funeral service for Charles J. McKinney 23 of Squire
Funeral services are held for Charles J. McKinney 23 of Squire killed in a Monday morning auto crash near Broadford Virginia. Rev. H M Burchett of Dunford Town Va leads at Endwell Church of God with burial at Grassy Spur cemetery. Survivors include widow Margaret Perry McKinney two daughters Geraldine Jenette a son Dennis brother Darrell and two sisters Madaline Dowell Hartwell and Virginia Ruggles Brockport NY. Body moved from O J Douglas mortuary Welch to the home Wednesday.
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Charles J. McKinney
Squire
Broadford
Endwell
Margaret Perry McKinney
Geraldine
Jenette
Dennis
Darrell
Madaline Dowell
Hartwell
Virginia Ruggles
Brockport
N. Y
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Shrine Club to Hold Annual Meeting Saturday
Bluefield Shrine club members will hold their annual business meeting on Saturday with the election of 1951 officers highlighted. Dinner begins at 7 p m at the Masonic Temple on Federal street, reservations urged by secretary E A Cain. Officials and nobles unable to attend the dinner may join the 8 p m business session.
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Bluefield
Polar radar station nears completion at Svalbard
The Norwegian Polar Institute is constructing the world’s northernmost land based radar station at Svalbard. The project highlights Norway’s commitment to Arctic research and monitoring.
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Polar
Norwegian Polar Institute
Svalbard
Power lines blown down in Bluefield wind storm
Strong winds yesterday caused 12 000 volt lines to fall on the East End bridge over the N W railroad. Appalachian Electric workers repaired the damage by nightfall. No injuries were reported. The Leatherwood Dairy window on Bland street shattered and a lights outage hit Belchers Mill. A Santa Claus decoration on Yale street was removed for safekeeping.
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Bluefield
East End
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Belcher’s Mill
Leatherwood Dairy
Bland Street
Sam _ Angle
Angie
Yale Street
County Food Dealers To Elect Officers
The Mercer County Food Dealers association will hold its annual officer election Thursday night December 14 at 7. The banquet precedes dancing with Elmer Tabor as president announcing a nominating committee to prepare a board slate. Retiring officers include Irvin Mills and Paul Cole.
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Mercer County Food Dealers Association
Elmer Tabor
Association
Tabor
Irvin Mills
Paul Cole
Cole
Francis Haynes
Fred Harris
Charles Tate
Bluefield
Frank Queen
Bramwell
R. E. Matson
Sandlick
Trial Of Man Held In Cab Death Delayed
James W. Hewlett Jr of Mount Hope faces first degree murder charges in the slaying of Huntington taxi driver Julian Buie on October 23. The trial in common pleas court was postponed to next Tuesday at the State's request after Hewlett signed a statement admitting he shot Buie five times. Hewlett, a 21 year old Marine veteran, was arrested in a Montgomery theater Oct 23 after the cab was abandoned.
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Huntington
W. Va
James W. Hewlett, Jr
Mount Hope
Common Pleas Court
Hewlett
Julian Buie
Buie
Montgomery
Sapesins
Housing for Solons in Charleston Housing aid offered to lawmakers and aides for January session.
Senate Clerk J. Howard Myers extended services of his office to help members of the legislature and their attaches locate temporary housing in Charleston for the session opening January 10.
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Solons
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
J. Howard Myers
Welch City Rejects 41000 Bid for City Building
Welch West Virginia council rejected a 41000 bid from the Thrifty Shop of New York City for the McDowell Street city building. The city plans to sell the property and buy the Callaway building on Virginia Avenue for a combined city hall fire and police station. The council ordered city vehicles to display stickers after January 1 to free parking for out of town shoppers. Dec 28 action on rent controls was deferred.
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Welch
W. Va
Welch City
McDowell Street
Thrifty Shop
New York City
L. H. Krasner
New York
Callaway
Virginia Avenue
Fire damages Graham Pharmacy in Bluefield. reopening planned
Fire officials estimate a loss of about $20 000 after a morning blaze at The New Graham pharmacy Bluefield Virginia confined to the front of the store. The prescription counter and stock were unscathed though a front corner and walls fixtures and glass show cases suffered heat damage. Patrolmen Ken Miles and George Asbury found the blaze origin in a motor of a refrigerator in the front. An addition was not affected. Owners praise firefighting for a quick, effective stop.
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Graham
Bluefield
Ken Miles
George Asbury
Trent Rules On Time Lost During Blizzard
Mercer county's 16 500 students and teachers will not be required to make up classroom time lost due to last week's blizzard. State Superintendent W W Trent said in Charleston that teachers must keep available but are not obliged to makeup time when weather prevents classes.
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Mercer County
Charleston
W. W. Trent
Pete Cooke
Superintendent of Schools
West Virginia Deer Kill Reaches 736 On Second Day
Charleston WV December 6 West Virginia conservation commission reports 736 deer killed by hunters on the second day of the 1950 season bringing two day total to 1 543. Counties listed include Barbour Berkeley Braxton Cooper's Rock Doddridge Grant Greenbrier Hampshire Hardy Harrison and many others with varying counts. Some counties Payette Mingo Monroe and Raleigh reported no second day kills.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
The
Conservation Commission
Hancock County
Seneca State Forest
Barbour
Berkeley
Braxton
Cooper’s Rock State Forest
Doddridge
Grant
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hardy
Harrison
Lewis
Logan
McDowell
Marion
Mercer
Mineral
Monongalia
Morgan
Nicholas
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Preston
Randolph
Taylor
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Webster
Wetzel
Wyoming
Payette
Mingo
Monroe
Raleigh
Homeland of Free Freetown Founded for Freed Slaves
Freetown in Sierra Leone earned its name as a homeland for freed slaves when established in 1787 by British and abolitionist groups. The settlement grew as a refuge and later became the capital of Sierra Leone.
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Free Freetown
Sierra Leone
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Mixed Into One Page
Puzzle item mixed with clues lists many entries including Beverage Chief gold coin of the Moslems Schooled Evil Blackbird Number Part of heap Volume Siamese coin Withered Former Russian rulers Color Danish measure Inhabitant of ancient Media To exhaust Preposition Encounter Slave Smell To harvest Insect Ardor Percussion instrument Vehicle Before Charge upon property Beverage A stratum Man's name Doctrine North African seaport Part of church To boast Cicatrix Variegated
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North African
Deaf Mute Girl Still Unknown in Buchanan County
Authorities seek the identity of a deaf mute girl found after a Sunday night storm near Garden Creek. The ~19 year old was brought to Grundy jail by motorists and cannot yet be questioned. She wears blue denim trousers a green blouse and a blue jacket with brown hair and eyes. Sheriff Ishmael Fletcher asks for tips leading to identification.
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Buchanan County
Ishmael Fletcher
Richlands
Garden Creek
Grundy
Fletcher
West Virginia coal output tops 117 million tons in ten months
West Virginia mined 14,358,609 tons in October, boosting the year to date total to 117,106,331 tons. This compares with 100,588,392 tons produced in the same period of 1949, despite strike disruption last year.
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Charleston
W. Va
State
West Virginia
Fiduciary Notice to Creditors and Beneficiaries
Notice to creditors and beneficiaries of the estates of Mary J Baker and Mabel Baker Phillips. Claims must be filed with vouchers verified at the office in Bluefield WV by June 15, 1951 or be barred. Beneficiaries must attend to protect interests. Dated December 1950. William T Hancock Commissioner of Accounts.
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Mary J. Baker
Mabel Baker Phillips
R. F. Baker
Bluefield
West Virginia
Public Auction Notice for Repossessed Crosley 1948
Commercial Credit Corp. will sell a repossessed 1948 Crosley Motor No. 59032 at 4 p m on December 15 1950 at Thompson Motor Sales Richlands Virginia. If due amount is unpaid before sale storage and keeping apply. Corp reserves right to bid and purchase. Cash terms.
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Thompson Motor Sales
Richlands
Tavern Gunfight Victim Recovers
Melvin Cline 38 of Mohawk was discharged after serious wounds to the neck left eye and left arm from a Thanksgiving night gun battle with Elmer Stacy 35 who died at the scene in a Welch West Virginia tavern. State Trooper H D Thompson said Cline faces a preliminary hearing in a justice court Monday following the shooting in the crowded beer parlor operated by Cline.
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Justice of the Peace
Stacy
Cline
Communist Radio Claims U S Bombers Enter Chinese Airspace
London dispatch reports a Peiping communist radio broadcast accusing American flyers of 68 bomber and fighter sorties into Chinese territory from Nov 25 to 30. It says two Chinese and an ox were wounded in the raids and the claim was heard in London.
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London
Peiping
Princeton to Lease City Airport for Two Years
The Common Council of Princeton West Virginia intends to lease the city airport property near the Princeton Bluefield highway for two years from March 1 1951 with a two year extension. Proposals due December 18 1950 in the Municipal Building.
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Common Council
City of
Princeton
Princeton Airport
Princeton-Bluefield State
State Aeronautics Commission
Public Service Commission
Civil Aeronautics Board
City Recorder
Mercer County
West Virginia
Fiduciary settlements listed for Bluefield West Virginia
Notice states William T. Hancock will settle accounts in his Bluefield office for fiduciaries including Clifton Jenkins administrator for Bertha Bishop estate and the Bowles guardians for Catherine Anne Bowles and others. First National Bank of Bluefield acts as committee for Margaret Marino. Date noted December 5, 1950.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Clifton Jenkins
Bertha Bishop
Los Angeles Bowles
Catherine Anne Bowles
Thomas J. Bowles, Jr
Judith Elaine Bowles
William Michael Bowles
Carolyn Elizabeth Bowles
First National Bank OF
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Steve Edward Horne
Helen Horne
Witten Street
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Barton Baker
Salvation Army
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Paris
Atlantic
Portland
Rockland
Docks
New Bedford, Mass
Boston, Mass
Selem, Mars
Chicago, Ill
Detroit, Mich
Cleveland, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
W. Ve
Richmond, Ve
Norfolk
Beltimore, Md
New Bedford
Mass
Bostom, Mass
Portland, Me
Pocahontas Fuel Company
ONE Broadway
Arthur H. Hodges
Bartley A. Poe
Charles H. Turner
Shrine Club
SVT
Rytal Dalla
Trent
Holland
Abraham
Guido
William T. Hancock
Leslie E. Gadd
Swank
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
Fedapas Tea
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