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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1944
Page
8
A Christmas vesper service will be held Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian church with the theme That No Darkness Can Overcome. The public is invited to attend.
A list of social gatherings scheduled for today has been postponed amid continued bad weather. Friday DAR and Christmas tea events are carried over to later dates and extended into January. Further schedules for Bluefield groups and Saturday Story Hour are affected by weather and holidays, with dates stretched until January.
Mrs Richard H Wainwright of Richmond Virginia stops at the West Virginian hotel as the sister to her brother. Dr O B Mrs Wainwright will depart next week for Braham to visit sister Mrs J S Riley. Milton Reddy returns home to Grand Rapids Michigan after attending funeral of mother in law Mrs J B Simpson.
Chinese forces push toward Hochih as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault plans rapid air base reestablishment. U S 14th Air Force conducts hit and run raids targeting Japanese control while aiding Chinese ground troops. A memorandum outlines enlarging rose-tinted landing strips deeper in China to support operations.
Victory Exchange in Bluefield operated by the Bluefield club under the Mercer county Women’s War Activities Committee reports brisk sales of roller skates sleds dolls and pre war toys. A visitor from the front said he would complete his Christmas shopping there as inventory includes a diamond ring and other jewelry. Call for stamps if articles sold.
The field notes that the area remains under allied control with operations centered at Tuhshan, the northern end of the Kweichow Kwangsi railroad.
In Charleston West Virginia on December 14 a storm blocked telegraph and telephone lines to Camden on Gay delaying a son Lawrence Law from informing his father a clothing merchant of Webster County that his mother Mrs O B Law died in a Charleston hospital Tuesday morning. State police and radio reports could not confirm receipt.
Star to Give Unusual Party features Gladys Swarthout in an afternoon birthday cake party in Kansas City. Joan Blondell will host 20 orphans with pony rides and gifts. Betty Grable gives a lamp to Harry James. Helen Traubel knits socks and scarves for dinner guests. Grace Moore’s neighbors receive fruit cans from her farm. Jane Pickens entertains crippled children with a manger scene and songs.
Thirty five West Virginians were killed in action on two battlefronts, the War Department announced. Names include Pvt Charlie M Hagerman of Hagerman family, Pfc James R Hunt of Vallscreek, Pvt Frank W Cline of Mohawk, Pfc Robert J Gilreath of Vivian, and Pfc Floyd H Moles of Keystone, with several mothers named. Earlier reports listed Cline and Gilreath as killed in Italy on Sept 15 and Sept 5 respectively.
Women of the Moose reported a $3,262.90 sale over the final two days at the 5 and 10 store booth. Mercer County Women’s War activities chair E W Harris announced a four week total of $32,363.65. The group shared space with other drives at Woolworths and a nearby booth run by the American auxiliary and Bluefield Garden club at 617 Raleighs Street.
At Moose Hall the Ladies Society meets at 2 00 p m. and Mountain City Lodge holds its annual Christmas party at the home of Mrs Scott Blankenship at 8 00 p m.
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