Walter Burton to Retire From Law Practice
Walter Burton announces retirement from law practice effective January 1. He will take no cases for six months to wind down current work. Burton, a prominent Mercer county attorney and former prosecuting attorney 1928 1932, has appeared in the U S district court for the Southern District of West Virginia. He has long partnered with Alex T Princeton and was a candidate for circuit judge in Mercer and Wyoming counties in November. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1924 and moved to Mercer county that year.
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West Virginia
Saat
Burton
Mercer County
United States District Court
Alex T. Princeton
Mercer
Wyoming
Washington and Lee University
Pittsburgh Soldier Charged With Murder Of Former Diplomat
Pvt. George E. and Leonard Witpacha, both air force personnel, charged in a U S military court with the murder of Sir Eric Teichman 60 former British diplomat at Honingham Hall Norfolk on Sunday. Conviction could carry death or life imprisonment. The case stems from a fatal shot shortly after Sir Eric left his mansion as hunters fired near the grounds.
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London
George E
Pittsburgh
Leonard
Witpacha
Detroit
Mich
Eric Teichman
Honingham
Norfolk
U. S
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Air Force
Eric
Honigham Hall
Canadians Advance in Italy Take Mezzano and Ravenna
Canadian troops push six miles northwest along the Raccarara highway and seize Mezzano railway junction on the Lamone river. Allied forces report solid German resistance east of the Lamone and British and Polish units expanding bridgeheads near Brisighella and Russi. Ravenna is encircled and captured swiftly, with a German company and commander seized before orders to withdraw. North and northeast of Ravenna American Fifth Army operations continue below Bologna.
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ROT
Ravenna
Raa - Ferrara
Mezzano
Lamone
Azis
Rts
Adriatic
Italy
Senna
Faenza
Brisichella
Russi
Germany
Fifth Army
Bologna
Three Highest Awards Are Given Army Man
Capt Maurice L Britt of Lonoke Arkansas receives the Medal of Honor the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star for extraordinary heroism during an attack north of Campo Morto on January 26. He was wounded and lost his right arm. Maj Gen Fred L Walker pinned the awards at the infantry school.
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New York
Maurice L. Britt
Pearl Harbor
Fred L. Walker
Lonoke
Ark
Britt
Campo Morto
Akers Rites Held in Bland County for Millard Akers
Millard D. Akers 65 died at 1 30 yesterday at his Rocky Gap home. A farmer and Bland county lifelong resident, he leaves two daughters Mrs Okey French and Mrs Millard Stowers both of Rocky Gap two sons Roy L and Walter Akers also of Rocky Gap two brothers William Akers Bluefield and Jim Akers Co B Pruett Bluefield burial will be in Akers Cemetery Bland county this afternoon.
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Millard D. Akers
Rocky Gap
Bluefield
Urial
Senate Finance Committee backs Social Security tax freeze
The Senate Finance Committee approved a bill 13 to 2 to block the automatic doubling of the Social Security payroll tax, with House already passing 262 to 72. President Roosevelt supports a larger reserve, while advocates say the fund is ample for the next five years. If defeated, the tax would double on January 1.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Social Security Board
Congress
Mr Wickel Receives Thousands Of Books In Campaign
In Verona New Jersey Rudolph J Wickel and his family collected about 5800 books as a radio stunt promises a $1000 prize. Listeners mailed books from across the country and the pile grows with each arrival. The books are to be sent to service men and the prize hinges on finding page 13 with a 1000 dollar bill.
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Verona
N. J
Rudolph J. Wickel
Post Office
Wickel
Ralph Edwards
Ho . _Mass
Edwards
Worth Woman's Society changes meeting date and Christy plans
Worth West Virginia December 1 The Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet Tuesday at 7 30 at the church instead of the Wyricx home due to conflicts. Names of Pollyannas will be drawn for the annual Christy to be held December 15 at E Fender's home with an officer election. The Missionary Society of the Holiness church elected officers for the coming year and will meet next at Mrs Spears home. The WHIS radio show at Rolfe school Friday benefits the Scout Sabie fund. The Home Room Mothers meet Wednesday at the school with Mrs Gunter in charge. The WSC S ariel will meet Thursday for mission study. Personal notes report Howard Angle and family moved to Keystone Friday for a new job with Koppers. Mrs Sisk visited Brawley California. Mary Hallaway of Pulaski spent the weekend with the Hallaway family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Arnett
Daisy May
WHIS
Rolfe
Boy Scouts
Mason
Sabie An
Mabel Gunter
Ariel
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Howard Angle
Keystone
Angle
Koppers Company
James Sisk
Sat
Brawley
Calif
Sisk
Mary Hallaway
Pulaski
L. W. Hallaway
Queen Of Nagas Aides The Allies
Ursula V. Graham Bower a 30 year old British writer and scout aided Nagas tribesmen on the India Burma frontier. She organized observation posts trained signal methods and helped track Japanese movements toward a crucial supply route. Her story was censored until now with speculation she has returned to writing her book.
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New Delhi
India
India - Burma
Burma
Irrawaddy
Miss Bower
Naga Hills
Joseph W. Stilwell
MacArthur Holds First Leyte Staff Conference on Arrival
General Douglas MacArthur sits on a Leyte log for his initial ashore staff conference. The session overruns into extra time as lawmakers crowd in to greet him. A gallery full of spectators empties after a decks chair from Rhodesland arrives with a date marked December 7 1941.
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MacArthur
Leyte
Penn Harbor
George Maurer
Reparty
Rhodesland
Nemours Man Hit By Ambulance Lost Billfold
Andrew Butt of Nemours reported to police last night the loss of his billfold after being struck by an ambulance at the corner of Mercer street and Princeton avenue. He said the wallet contained $10, a gas ration book, gas stamps, and four operator permits from Virginia, West Virginia, Florida and Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Butt
Nemours
Mercer Street
Princeton Avenue
Butt
Bluefield
Elka
Virginia
West Virginia
Florida
Maryland
Smiley Burnett to Perform Sunday at Hillbilly Barn
Cowboy comedian Smiley Burnett, billed as Americas No 1 cowboy comedian, appears at the Hillbilly Barn on the Bluefield Princeton road Sunday afternoon with two shows at 2 and 4 o clock. He has appeared in many Gene Autry films. Other radio personalities join the program.
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Smiley
Prog
Burnett
America
Cowboy
Bluefield-Princeton Mee
Gene Autry
Ashland War Family Updates and Birth Announcement
Ashland reports servicemen on furlough from the Canal Zone and hospital. Kerriet Toler improving in England after a September 14 wound in France. George Eanes, Melvin Sperry, Clifford Cook, and Lonnie White Jr among those noted. A baby girl named Brenda Gail welcomed to Dexter and Barbara Greer.
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Ashland
Prank Dean
S-Set
Ransom Michem
Canal Zone
Howard Toler
War Department
Pfc
Kerriet Toler
England
France
George Eanes
Mozelle Hawks
Fort Story
Pacific
Melvin Sperry
William Sperry
Clifford Cook
Pfe
Metz
Jerry
Ronnie
Lonnie White, Jr
Little Ronnie Gene Cook
Bill ‘Rdler
Wilmington
Del
James Nesbit
Pvt. Nesbit
Third Army
Dexter Greer
Brenda Gail
Where shall I dine This Sunday
A compact dining notice promotes Jimmy's as the top choice for Sunday meals. It highlights sizzling steaks chicken fish turkey and lobster platters to attract patrons seeking high quality fare.
Boy Scouts To Aid Hospital in Local Christmas Drive
Scoutmasters in the Bluefield council met at the Boy Scout headquarters to cooperate with Rashford General camp and hospital committee. They will provide 72 shipping tags monthly, 500 Christmas cards, four bushels of popcorn monthly, start troop activities on December 13, and canvass homes for items for a rehab program. They request Christmas light bulbs and candelabra bases, call the Scout HQ to arrange pickup, all with uniforms or IDs.
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Bluefield
Boy Scout
Rashford General Camp
Ashford General Hospital
Boy Scouts
Ashford General
Ashford
J. C. Acuff
H. L. Godschalk
Scout Committee
Boy Scout Headquarters
Woman Swallows Lye In Suspected Attempted Suicide
Mrs. Pearly McGhee twenty of Bramwell road was admitted to Bluefield sanitarium after swallowing an unknown amount of lye around eight o clock last night. She was brought by ambulance about eight thirty and reports severe burns to her mouth and throat.
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Pearly McGhee
Bramwell Road
Bluefield
Stolen 1930 Buick Found Wrecked on Princeton Road
Junior Burress of East River Mountain told Bluefield police at 10 30 last night the 1930 Buick sedan was stolen from the Truckola on the Princeton road. He later reported at about 11 30 that he had recovered the car in a wrecked condition on the Princeton road.
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Junior Burress
East River Mountain
Bluefield
Princeton
Burress
Dunbar Seaman Recalls Jap Cruelty and Escape
Harold R. Lee, a 21 year old merchant seaman from Dunbar West Virginia, described being forced to run the gannet aboard a Japanese submarine in the Indian Ocean. He plunged overboard to escape, swam with wrists bound, and survived after 12 hours, a raft transfer, and Allied planes delivering aid and messages of rescue.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harold R. Lee
Indian Ocean
Lee
Dunbar
Walkout Ties Up St. Louis Papers
St. Louis workers join a walkout halting three daily papers and film exchanges. Radio stations read the news and comics as Post-Dispatch Guidbe-Democrat and Star-Times miss editions due to union contract renewal disputes. The strike affects theater delays and media distribution across the city.
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St. Louis
The
Post-Dispatch
War-Times
Flymen
Sheet werbghteners _ Stockmen's union
AFL
KSD
KXOK
Perot Marshall Jagna
Princeton Sgt Jessie McGhee Killed in Action in Pacific
Mrs. George W. Erwin of Princeton received a telegram from the War Department on December 5 confirming that her son Sergeant Jessie C. McGhee was killed in action on the Philippine Islands on October 8. A 22 year old veteran of three campaigns, he earned the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Purple Heart. He served three years in the Army and participated in Attu, Kiska, and the Marshall Islands invasions. He is survived by his parents, a sister, three brothers, and a grandmother in Princeton and Charleston.
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George W. Erwin
Reynolds Avenue
Princeton
War Department
Jessie C. McGhee
Philippine Islands
McGhee
Attu
Kiska Islands
Marshalls
B. H. Barrett
Lester McGhee
Kimberly
George McGhee
Charleston
Samuel McGhee
Navy
New York
Sam Edwards
Morris Street
Protest Over Deliveries to Suburban Theaters
In protest of deliveries to three suburban theaters employing non union projectionists, workers staged a demonstration highlighting labor dispute and job conditions.
Bong Bings Total Of Jap Planes Shot Down To 38
Leyte Philippines airbase December 7 Major Richard I. Bong America's premier air ace added two more victories in the Leyte combat raising his total downed to 38 The war department announced in Washington that Bong of Poplar Wisconsin has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor upon returning to action after weeks of inactivity
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Leyte
Philippines
Richard I. Bong
America
War Department
Washington
Bong
Poplar
Wis
Hono
Saw Mill Worker Injured at Bluefield Mill
J C Melvin aged 63 of route 1 Bluefield is hospitalized at Bluefield sanitarium with facial lacerations from a work accident in a saw mill. Fragment mentions ancient Rome asbestos napkins burned in a fire.
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J.C. Melvin
Route 1
Bluefield
Rome
Jimmy's Oyster Bar Delights Sea Fresh Clams
Oysters presh with tang of sea served at Jimmy's on the half shell or with special cocktail sauce. Succulent and epicurean delight for oyster lovers. Satisfy your oyster appetite at Jimmy's.
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Jimmy's
City and Coalfield Items Promote Tailored Ladies Coats
Ladies coats praised as strictly mannish but tailored at Shaman's. City and Coalfield items highlight bold, structured outerwear aimed at a fashion minded clientele. Shaman's offers durable fabrics and sharp lines for a modern urban look.
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Shaman's
Tighter Grip On Manpower Urged
Washington officials urged penalties against employers and workers who ignore labor channeling decrees. War Production Chairman J A Krug testified a 311,000 worker shortage could be met by voluntary methods, but urged statutory backing for preventing exits from key industries and hiring above quotas. He faulted Congress for not voting a national service law and outlined steps like organized labor recruitment and plant-to-plant surveys to retain workers.
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Washington
J. A
War Production
Congress
Senate War Investigating Committee
War Manpower Commission
Ferguson
R. Mich
Krug
Commission
Post to Meet Pinnacle Post No 3856 VFW Tonight
Pinnacle Post No 3856 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the VFW hall. All members are urged to be present as important business will be taken up. The notice also advises drying white clothes in the sun whenever possible.
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Pinnacle
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mies
Patton Front Presses Through Saarbrucken Area
Allied forces under Lt General George Patton push into Germany around Saarbrucken as Third Army tanks probe into Porbach and Saarlautern. The 90th division advances toward Saarlouis while the 35th and 26th divisions mop up Sarreguemines area, widening bridgeheads and outflanking the west bank.
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George 8. Patton
Third Army
Porbach
Saarbrucken
Saar
Saarlautern
90Th
Germany
Saarlau
The
Reich
Wes
Hausen
Grand Roselle
Pittsburgh
Saar Basin
35Th Infantry
Sarregue
Etting
Sarreguemines
State Soldier Earns Silver Star for Valor in France
Spencer West Virginia December 7 1944 Mr and Mrs Add Starcher received word from the War Department that Tech Lt Gr Henry Starcher earned the Silver Star for aiding the Allied advance in southern France His tank was immobilized under constant enemy fire and he removed demolition charges from the disabled vehicle and blew a passage through a six foot wall blocking the forward movement.
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Spencer
W. Va
Add Starcher
Henry Starcher
France
Starcher
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Smiley Burnett
Morris Knowles, Jr
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Warners
J. C. McGhee
Sgt
DIAL
7Th Army
Monogram Ae
Raiders of
Ghost City
Hamilton
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