Funeral services for Mrs J B Simpson in Mercer county
Funeral services for Mrs J B Simpson 124 Ramsey Street take place Monday at 2 30 PM at Hawkins chapel with Rev Winton R Houck and Rev J M Helm. Burial in Walnut Grove cemetery Bailey family plot. Survived by two daughters sisters a brother and one grandson. Pallbearers named from local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Simpson
Ramsey Street
Hawkins Chapel
Winton R. Houck
Grace Methodist Church
J. M. Helm
Bland Street Methodist Church
Walnut Grove
Bailey
Simpson
Mercer County
John Matt Bailey
A. Bailey
E. L. Bailey
Snell Morris
Bluefield
Milton Reddy
Grand Rapids
Mich
C W. Akers
M. B. Postlethwaite
W. Doe Bailey
Jonesboro
Tenn
John Morris
P. W. Boagess
W. R. Hudson
Fannie V. Bailey
James M
C. Bailey
Paul van Stavern
Roy Howkins
Ray Evans
Eugene B. Postlethwaite
Ed McQuail
Spencer Armistead
Emmitt ¥. Hudson
A. K. Penn
Japanese resistance slows U S advance on Leyte
MacArthur reports Japanese forces in coastal towns and mountains north of Ormoc mounting firm defense as the American 32nd division pushes southward from Leyte Village. Allied mopping up operations continue after bitter battles in the Philippine campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Ormoc
Leyte
Battle over Iwo Jima and Marianas bases reported
The day’s war communique says U S forces hammered Iwo Jima with about 900 tons of bombs from over 100 Liberators and up to 70 B 29 escorts, while a naval task force shelled the island. It also notes December 7 raids on Pagan and Rota near Saipan in the Marianas and reports one navy search plane damaged but all crews safe.
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Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Aepmenique
Navy
Iwo Ris
Bonin
Pagan
Rota
Marianas
Saipan
Contract Awarded For Manufacture Of Postal Notes
Postmaster General Walker announces a contract for 100 million postal notes and aims to place the new money order in all first class post offices by January 1. Eighteen stamp denominations will accompany notes from 1 cent to 90 cents and notes from 1 to 10 dollars. five cent handling fees apply. The new postal note, replacing fixed denomination notes, is described as safe, convenient and economical for sending amounts up to 10 dollars. Law amendments since 1911 authorize two calendar months of validity.
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Walker
United States
Tazewell War Bond Auction Raises 26100
J L Walthall principal of Tazewell High led a bond auction during the annual carnival raising 261 dollars. Auctioneer Little Doc Gilmer of Lebanon cited donated prizes from local merchants. Notable sales included a boiled ham at 100,000 dollars and cigarettes plus shotgun shells at 83 000 to 5,000 with an alarm clock at 17,000 dollars. The county aims for 1 400 000 in the sixth war loan drive and notes lag in E bond sales though Bluefield Virginia reports improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Walthall
Tazewell High School
Gilmer
Lebanon
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Bluefiled
Funeral services for Patricia Ann Oiler
Funeral services for Patricia Ann Oiler, 15 day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Oiler of Goodwill, who died Friday, will be held this afternoon at 2 at the home. Rev W E Workman of Montcalm will officiate and burial will be in Tavernace cemetery at Montcalm. She is survived by her parents four brothers and sisters Mary Lou Charles Eugene Georgia Mae and Walter Edward her grandmother Mrs Iva Mason and grandfathers George Perkins and Prank Oiler. Pallbearers will be Betty Puice Lois Reasor Shirley and Betty Owens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Ann Oiler
Charles Oiler
Goodwill
W. EB. Workman
Montcalm
Tavernace
Mary Lou
Charles Eugene
Georgia Mae
Walter Edward
Iva Mason
George Perkins
Betty Puice
Lois Reasor
Shirley
Betty Owens
Mrs. Hoffman R L Passes in Virginia Funeral Held In Brownsburg
Mrs. R L Hoffman 78 died Thursday night at her daughter’s home in Lexington Va after three years ill health. Naval services were conducted yesterday at New Providence Church Brownsburg with burial in the church cemetery. She is survived by six other children including C G Hoffman Pocahontas Fuel safety director, seven grandchildren and a husband and one child predeceased her. One grandchild serves in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Hoffman
New Providence
Brownsburg
Bluefield corporal joins B-24 squadron in Italy
Corporal Lowell D. Grubb of Bluefield has been assigned to a B-24 Liberator bombardment squadron in Italy as an aerial engineer and gunner. The veteran group brought RAF and Allied campaigns from 1942 through North Africa and Sicily, earning two Presidential citations for operations from 1942 to 1943.
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18Th Aaf
Italy
Lowell D. Grubb
F. K. Grubb
Princet Avenue
Bluefield
Mediterranean
Mersa Metruh
Egypt
Rommel
Afrika Corps
Hitler
Europe
7. Army
North Africa
Sicily
Ploesti
8S. E. Manor
Long Island, N. Y
Gruby
Beaver High School
AAF
Manpower shift as releases to war industries grow
Army and Navy report limited tallies on men released to war industries with about 800 moving from the Army to the fire industry and others to logging, looms, foundries, aircraft, and nonferrous mining. Brynes aims to replace retirees and curb workers leaving war jobs, while a seven day work week in rubber tire plants is proposed after talks with General Somervell. Critical shortages include heavy caliber ammo mortars small arms ammo radar and cotton duck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Brynes
Ncipal
Brehon Somervell
Sherman H. Dalrymple
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Festival Of Lights Observed For Chanukah Celebration
A Chanukah festival will be observed this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the B'nai B'rith hall on Commerce Street. The event marks the eight day holiday from December 11 to 18 commemorating Jewish victory for religious freedom led by Judas Maccabeus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Street
Antiochus Epiphanes
West Virginians Listed Wounded in Action
Sixty West Virginia soldiers were listed as wounded in action in a War Department report. The Mediterranean and European theaters include Asa W. Lester and Carl B. Holland among the wounded, with families named, and earlier reports noted Pvt Roscoe R. Killen and Pvt Leither Lambert as wounded.
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Washington
West Virginia
War Department
Asa W. Lester
Livis
Lester
George W
Painter
Mary M. Painter
Mohegan
Donald O. Tester
Alice Tester
Yukon
Carl B. Holland
Mary Ann Holland
Beckley
Roscoe R. Killen
Hattie L. Killen
Princeton
Luther Lambert
Hilman H. Lambert
Bellegeribe
Albert J. Spicer
Ie Spicer
Sophia
Dale White
Pauline M. White
Rock
The
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Princeton Road
France
Pvt
Leither Lambert
Baileysville
England
Montgomery Ward Employes Strike Hits Detroit Stores
Detroit four Montgomery Ward & Co stores joined a strike during the Christmas rush. Union officials say the action has international union authorization and could spread to other cities by Tuesday. They protest Ward recognition of war labor board directives on union membership dues check-off back-pay and grievance arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Montgomery Ward & Co
Ray Scoggins
United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
International Union
Scoggins
Lawrence Steinberg
Ohio
War Labor Board
Earthworm Tractor Author William Hazlett Upson to Speak
Club Speaker William Hazlett Upson known for the Earthworm Tractor tales will speak at the Execu tives club dinner Thursday night at 6 30 at the West Virginian hotel. He writes for Field Artillery Journal and is a former caterpillar tractor salesman whose recovery led to writing. Dr J Frank Marsh of Concord College will introduce him.
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William Hazlett Upson
Alexander Botts
Executives Club
West Virginian
Upson
U. S. Army Tank Corps
Field Artillery Journal
J. Frank Marsh
Concord College
Russians Move Tolbukhin Near Lake Valencze Southwest of Budapest
Moscow reports Feordor I Tolbukhin near Valencze lake six miles long, located 22 miles southwest of Budapest. The lake lies 12 miles west of the Erres bridgehead, extending toward Szekesfehervar, as Budapest’s last axis stronghold nears collapse under military nullification.
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Feordor I. Tolbukhin
Valencze Lake
Budapest
Moscow
Erest
Szekesfehervar
Foreign policy questions target future State Department head
The article discusses possible Senate questioning of Clayton as a candidate to lead the State Department during Cordell Hull's era. It notes probes into international cartels, world trade goals, and potential Latin American policies with Rockefeller and MacLeish at issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Cordell Hall
Clayton
Rockefeller
Argentina
Wall Street
John D
MacLeish
Republians
Two Former Bank Officials Sentenced in W V Case
In Wheeling West Virginia Federal Judge William Baker sentenced Herbert R Wise and Wilbur D Halley to 15 years each at Lewisburg federal prison for embezzlement and related false entry charges. The Pair had pleaded guilty after the Parkersburg mercial Banking and Trust Company uncovered defalcations exceeding 250000. Judge Baker cited letters praising Wile as he warned bank staff not to traffic with public funds.
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Wheeling
W. Va
William £. Baker
Lewisburg
Mercial Banking and Trust Company
Parkersburg
Herbert R. Wise
Wilbur Drummond Halley
Wile
Parkersburg Financial Institution
American Forces Push Into Bischwiller in Alsace Breakthrough
Tank supported infantry launched a dawn assault into Bischwiller four miles southeast of Haguenau capturing a 100 foot bridge over the Moder. Engineers repaired a blown bridge as the Seventh Army pressed toward Haguenau amid German counterattacks. nearly 200 prisoners reported.
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Thoburn Wiant
Seventh Army
Bischwiller
Germany
Haguenau
Alsace
Bischweillier
Moder
Strasbourg
Pfc
Gordon Woods
Wheeling
W. Va
Supporters of Britain's Coalition Show Signs of Split
London Dec 9 A serious division among supporters of Britain's coalition government emerged after the Commons vote of confidence in Prime Minister Churchill's policy of intervention to keep peace in liberated Europe. Labor rank and file threatened a hands off stance on Churchill's handling of rebels in Greece and his denouncement of Count Carlo Sforza, while few favored breaking from the coalition. Churchill planned to send Richard Law to Athens to ease tensions as the press sided strongly.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Churchill
Europe
Labor
Greece
Carlo Sforza
Italy
Athens
Richard Law
Fashion and accessories ads headlined in city shops
City and Coalfield items showcase ladies coats at Shamans and Bradley's. Jewelry, gowns, fur scarfs, hats, gloves, and wedding dresses fill out a festive retail spread. A separate notice discusses Britain's policy alarm and mixed editorials on Churchill and Count Sforza.
Shrine forms around George Washington home in Northamptonshire
Heritage project transforms the ancestral Washington residence in Northamptonshire into a shrine housing prized items including a Gilbert Stuart portrait of the first U.S. president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Northamptonshire
Gilbert Stuart
U.S
Dorothy Dix column on trust and love
Dear Miss Dix argues not all men are untrustworthy and that bad men exist but many are decent. Anxious asks if a young woman should marry while needing to work and live with her mother. Dix advises marrying and supporting each other while keeping a job if needed. A reader asks how an eighteen year old can tell if love is real. Dix warns against treating teenage crushes as lasting love.
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Miss DIX
Margareth
Weettus
Ines
Hut
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Youth advises on love and puppy affection
At eighteen there is no use in testing love to gauge its quality. The piece argues that what ails you is puppy love and mocks overanalyzing romantic feelings as a waste of effort.
Bonus Plan for War Workers Faces Doubtful Support
Washington reports that the proposed bonus for war workers to reduce turnover is meeting skepticism in Congress. Some lawmakers call it paid patriotism while officials like J A Krug of the War Production Board disavow sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
G. L. Joes
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Red Cross Sewing Night Aids Elkhorn Workers
Elkhorn workers in the Red Cross Surgical Dressing room Thursday night included Mrs. H. B. Sheets and Mrs. John, contributing to wartime relief efforts amid community effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn
Red Cross Surgical
H. B. Sheets
John
Smiths announce daughter Mary Nelle wed to Seaman Le Hoskey
Mr and Mrs Dan Smith of Alabama announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Nelle to Seaman Michael Le Hoskey of the U S Navy. Mrs Le Hoskey is a W S Neal high school graduate who worked at Jennings Drug. Le Hoskey is the son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Le Hoskey, a graduate of Elkhorn high school who enlisted in the Navy two years ago and has been stationed at Whiting Field Florida for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Smith
Alabama
Mary Nelle
Michael LeHoskey
U. S. Navy
Navy Men Return and Visit in Local Personal Shifts
G. W. Hale of the U S Navy has returned to his California station after visiting his parents here. Nick Semonco of the U S Navy is spending a ten day leave at his home here. Charles Davis of the U S Navy is visiting his wife and children here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Hale
U. 8 S. Navy
California
Nick Semonco
U. 8 Navy
Charles Davis
U. 8. Navy
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Scott, Horner and Mason, Inc
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