Contributions To Greek Relief Fund Total Reaches 511.13
The Greek relief fund stood at 511.13 yesterday as more contributions arrived for the worthy cause. Donors include Hugh Falls, Lawrence Bruello, Bluefield Grocery Co, Thornton Company, H Markle, J H Clifton and Bluefield Supply Co, with amounts ranging from 1.00 to 10.90. Donations may be left at First National, Flat Top or Commercial banks, or at Pinnacle, Royal, Teal, A F F, Doughboy and Jimmie's restaurants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Falls
Pocahontas
Lawrence Bruello
Bluefield Grocery Co
Thornton, Company
H. Markle
Mi Sey
Bluefield Supply Co
J. HH. Clifton
First National
Pinnacle
Royal
Téeal
Doughboy
Jimmie's
Louis Armstrong to Perform With His Orchestra at Arena Ballroom
Louis Armstrong known as Satchmo, billed as the Trumpet King of Swing, will appear with his sensational orchestra on Friday December 27 at the arena ballroom in a personal appearance party.
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Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong
Rt Arena
Jimmy’s Restaurant Delights with Oyster Special
A deep sea flavor treat from Jimmy’s Restaurant features plum sea fresh extra select oysters, fried crisp to a golden brown with broiled bacon, cold slaw, and Russian dressing. Satisfy your oyster appetite at Jimmy’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimy‘s
Jimmy's
Deaths and Funerals
Dr W L McCray 75 of Princeton dies in Beckley heart ailment after 24 years with local practice. Survived by wife and eight children across Washington DC Wapakoneta OH Eagle Rock VA Princeton WV Niles OH Annapolis MD Kirkfield MO and Princeton. Clarence Irvin Doyle infant son of W T Doyle Roanoke and former Bluefield resident dies. Services at Bethel Church near Princeton today at 3 PM with burial in Bethel Cemetery.
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W. L. McCray
Princeton
Beckley
Edward Brooks
Washington, D. C
George Lindsay
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Jack Seay
Eagle Rock
P. R. Wilson
W. Va
W. E. McCray
Niles
J. F. McCray
Annapolis
Charles M. McCray
Kirkfield
Harry McCray
Clarence Irvin Doyle
W. T. Doyle
Bluefield
Shirley June
Charles
Thomas
Roanoke
Z. M. Doyle
Rogers Street
Rufus Butler
Serena
Bethel Church
Bethel Cemetery
Funeral Services Planned for Falls Mills Dairyman Eugene Hale
Funeral services for Eugene Witten Hale 32 Falls Mills dairyman died from injuries in a Thursday auto crash at St Luke’s hospital relatives said last night He is survived by his parents J M Hale and Mrs Hale Falls Mills road brothers and sisters Charles Joseph M George R A Walter Woodrow Emmett Claude James Mrs George Backus Juletta Bee Hale Mrs L C Carvito
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Witten Hale
Falls Mills
St. Luke's Hospital
Mr. Hale
J. M. Hale
Falls Mills Road
Charles
Joseph M
George
R. A. Walter
Woodrow
Emmett
Claude
James
George Backus
Juletta
Bee Hale
L. C. Carvito
Louis Armstrong and His Swing Band Put On A Show
Armstrong brings his full musical aggregation with swing stars Sonny Woods and Midge Williams. Williams joins from NBC after earlier fame on both networks. The act features Louis Russell, Paul Barbarin, Jay Higginbotham, Pop Foster and Red Allen in a sizzling trumpet and vocal lineup.
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Ler
Sonny Woods
Midge Williams
Miss Williams
Armstrong
NBC Airlines
Louis Armstrong
Dic Powell
Anita Louise
Ol Satchermouth
Will Armstrong
Luis Russell
Paul Barbarin
Jay C. Higginbotham
Pop” Foster
Henry “Red” Allen
Bluefield Stores Extend Hours For Christmas Trade
Bluefield stores will stay open until 9 PM starting tomorrow to capture a brisk Christmas shopping season. Yesterday sales topped $10,000 at one downtown shop and out of town shoppers accounted for about 75 percent of business as both Bluefield and Virginia Side markets ran near record levels. Merchants expect stock to be ready for the rush tomorrow and Mercer county teachers bus drivers and janitors will be paid early this week releasing over $100,000 into local trade channels before Christmas.
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Bluefield
Bluefields
Virginia
W.A
J. A. Coleman
Retail Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Mercer County
Coleman
RAF Raids Hit German Ports and Railways
RAF sources report heavy bombings across Germany and occupied Europe. More than 60 raids on Hamburg left the port almost unrecognizable and practically useless. Lorient, Dortmund Ems Canal, Cologne, Rotterdam, and Wallhaven airfield cited among targets with widespread damage.
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Berlin
Germany
Lorient
France
Hamburg
Dortmund-Ems
Cologne
Rhineland
Rotterdam
Wallhaven
Bland Street Men's Club Holds Regular Meeting
The Bland Street Methodist church men's club met Friday at 6:18 PM at the Appalachian. Mrs Maud McCullough led dinner. L. G. Scott, K. S. Addington and Harold Miller led the program with James Elmer Brown in charge of music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street Methodist Church
Erlene Ayler
Maud McCullough
O. C. Davis
L. G. Scott
K. S. Addington
Harold Miller
James Elmer Brown
J. B. Wooldridge Jr
Macushla
Mac Murrough
Iris
Enlisted Here Yesterday Names and Ages of Recruits
A list of men enlisted yesterday with ages and hometowns includes Daniel M. Caldwell 21 Bellepoint West Virginia William Reynolds 20 Hanover West Virginia Charles E. Blankenship 19 Corrine West Virginia Ordie J. Sigman 20 Corrine West Virginia George G. Wiles 21 Lex West Virginia Fred L. Fuller 20 Eggleston Virginia Harry Parasennie 18 Crumpler West Virginia Andrew M. Hartwell 20 Crystal West Virginia Artems L. Sargent 24 Tioga West Virginia Orville L. Rowe 21 Bradsen West Virginia Walker Cooper 21 Jolo Ballard Hibbetts 21 Raysal West Virginia Norman B. Brewer 21 Bluefield Virginia Robert L. Dunn 21 Princeton West Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel M. Caldwell
Bellepoint
W. Va
William Reynolds
Hanover
Charles E. Blankenship
Corrine
Ordie J. Sigman
George G. Wiles
Lex
Fred L. Fuller
Eggleston
Harry Parasennie
Crumpler
Andrew M. Hartwell
Crystal
Artems L. Sargent
Tioga
Orville L. Rowe
Bradshaw
Walker Cooper
Jolo
Gridiron Club Auditions Victims and Marine Band Lead
Press rejects a captain aspirant for private duty, then Capt William F Santelman becomes a limited club member and music director. He vows to perform as the Marine band erupts offstage with the hymn From The Halls of Montezuma and the march Semper Fidelis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Santelman
United States Marine Band
Marine Corps
Montezuma
Seven Seas
WHTS Christmas program features Morrissey montage and choirs
The WHTS noon program will spotlight Gibson Morrissey's Why Chimes Rang musical montage with a twenty voice choir. Performers include Sopranos Faye Porterfield Tibbs and Elizabeth Warlick Nabors, altos Evangeline Donahue and Katherine Peck, tenors Dan Bradshaw and Patsy Small, baritones Henry Fortune and Frank Walters, and basses Fred Sanders and Jimmy Young. The Granada organist Louise Kahle and pianist Orphin Lynn Ball provide accompaniment. The Dickens Christmas Carol stage segment stars Barnes Nash as Scrooge with a large supporting cast and J Lindsey Alley narrating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson Morrissey
Mr. Morrissey
Pine Choir
Morrissey
Faye Porterfield Tibbs
Spencer Armstead
C. G. Harris
Elizabeth Warlick Nabors
Sybil Cartwright
Evangeline Donohue
Katherine Peck
Virginia Snyder
Marie Jesee
Crockett J. Thompson
Aletta Jo Looney
Dan Bradshaw
H. Ray
Dick Morgan, Jr
Patsy Small
Roger Harris
Myles Foland
Henry Fortune
Roy J. Hill
Frank Walters
Fred Sanders
Jimmy Young
B. W. Dillon
Bob Lazenby
Bluefield
Louise Kahle
Granada
Orphin Lynn Ball
Charles Cassell
Bluefield College Glee Club
Elizabeth Shelton
Concord College Glee Club
Elizabeth Holroyd
Bluefield Glee Club
Fanny Barrett
Whis Players
Norma Lee Alley
Charles Dickens
Barnes Nash
Ebenezer Scrooge
England
Lindsey Alley
Stuart O’dell
Morley
John Carey Shott
Bob Crachet
Patty Mae Mingo
Joe
Edwin Elliott
Crachet
the Christ
City and Coalfield Items
Local notices list services from Telegraph Commercial Printing Co and general ads. Roanoke residents offered piano tuning by Harry Haffen with contact options, plus gifts, clothing, and holiday items from Stella Jones Bradley's and other shops.
Local Choir Performs specials and quartette acts for WHIS program
The article lists multiple acts for a WHIS program including Mas Carol high notes for radio and stage, the Lions Quartette, the White Quartette of Princeton, the Singing Mothers of Harry's PTA, Mrs Ralph Klinginsmith with harp, Shirley Sue White in Tip-Tap-Toes, Aletta Joe Looney, Mamie Lyles the colored Gospel Singer, from WHIS staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Quartette
White Quartette
Princeton
DINE AT JIMMY'S Promises Tasty Seafood and Steak Fare
Bluefield restaurant ad touts skilled chefs and a menu of seafoods fowl steaks and chopspears inviting customers from miles away to dine as they prefer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Radio revue lineup features FEd o
The Forty Niners led by Sue and Ann Mason headline a star packed WHIS annual radio revue with the Five Keys, Myles Foland, Vee Bolton, the Mel ody shop, and a host of radio stage and screen celebrities. One act will be a WHIS version of the Little Jimmy Christmas cartoon with a lineup of skits and carols. Lindsey Alley directs with Red Clark Ed Kitts Louis Douthat and Pat Flannagan handling engineering and sound effects. Papa Pete Kaderis and Feuchtenberger's Bakery provide backstage meals and doughnuts.
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Forty Niners
Sue and
Ann Mason
Lynn Davis
Dixie Lee
Five Keys
Buskirk Brothers
Willie
Paul
Buster
Myles Foland
Vee Bolton
Lee Moore
Juanita
Melody Shop
Roy J. Hill
Barney Nash
Aletta Jo Looney
Stuart O'Dell
Donald Duck
Mortimer Snerd
Dream Pedl
Lindsey Alley
Jimmy
Billy
Santa
Louise Phillips
Solovox
WHIS
Barnes Nash
Mel Barnett
Red Clark
Ed Kitts
Louis Douthat
Pat Flannagan
Eugene Coleman
Ed Gault
Sam Snyder
Jimmy Shott
Papa Pete’ Kaderis
Pinnacle
Papa Pete
Feuchtenberger’s
Ruth Cooper
Granada Theatre Prepares Elaborate Stage for WHIS Revue
Granada staff and designers Artie Jones and Rand Taylor craft a miniature Grecian Garden set for the WHIS revue. Stage managers commit full time to build the elaborate display as organizers urge listeners to donate for underprivileged children, with every cent going to charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granada Theatre
Artie Jones
Granada
Rand Taylor
Daily Telegraph
Santa Claus
NBC Salutes Wis Station as Blue Network Expands
NBC will salute a Wisconsin station today as part of the Blue network expansion. The Bluefield outlet will join within two months, with ten stations in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and WHIS in West Virginia carrying the salute coast to coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Blue Network
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
WHIS
West Virginia
Thieves Take Small Haul From Coal Yard Offices
Police report thieves entered the North Side Coal yard offices at Pulaski and Peck streets Friday night and stole candy and soft drinks valued at about $10. Officers continued searching for the culprits, with additional break ins at a Midway grocery and two Bluefield homes before midnight Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side
Pulaski
Peck
Newt Wilson
Midway
Bluefield
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White Giro
Jerusalem
May G. Reid
Athens
J. Toy Nelson
Shepherds
J. Clifford Brown
Kimball
Amanoa
Northfork
Coalwood
Welch
Vera Woolwine
W. B. Lovett
Lorey A. Lloyd
Huntington
White Shrine of
Macedonia
Katherine Applegate
Racine
Wis
Order of the White Shrine of
Supreme Shrine
Mae Pace
I. R. Little
Alsabrooke
H. B. Boyd
Doyle Infant
Eugene Hale
John Edgar
St. Luke’s Hospital
Fordyce
Ark
Olin Mills Photograph Studios
Springfield
Lottie Edgar
Alice Higginbotham
Cedar Bluffs
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
Maplewood Cemetery
ANF
Bland ST
49Ers
Mason Sisters
Ballard Hibbetts
Raysal
Norman B. Brewer
Robert L. Dunn
Gridiron Club Grills
Nett
Harry Haffen
Bland Road
Harry
P. O
General Print and Engraving
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Bland
Legion Party
American Legion
Effron’s
Army & Navy
Stella Jones
Crawford's
Bradley's
Bradley’s
Bluefield’s
U. S. Hoffman Machinery Corp
Esquire
Tazewell Avenue
Bluefield, VA
J. O. Austin and
C. A. (Happy) Tibbs
Frigidaire
Burgess Electric CO
the Clayee Sa. — Jewelers
West Virginian Hotel Building
NBC
Ikumate Radio SeRvIce
Bradmann
Philco
Zenith
Crosley
Westinghouse
Ohne
Tion
the Daily Telegraph
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