Bluefield Plans Million dollar Long range Improvement Program
The city board of directors approved a long range plan totaling about 1.2057 million under WPA oversight. Projects include auditorium overhaul and street paving with 528 2000 allocated. major items list concrete seats stadium and garage storage. Mitchell noted Mercer bridge action and a West Virginia Service Commission inquiry into a Greyhound terminal issue.
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Bluefield
Csc
Stee
Yeswa Wa
Mitchell
Fay Np
Svesse
Swi
Aeergy
Slorgae, Scabies Esos
Mercer Bridge
Actus Wollcitor
Luther G. Scott
West Virasa Service Commission
Ays
Greyhound Corporation
Deaths and Funerals in Local Notices
Deaths and funerals listed for George Turner and James Quesenbery. Turner funeral at Calvary Baptist Church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. service led by Rev. J W Farmer. Quesenbery suicide afterlife service moved to Maybeury Methodist Church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. service by Rev. T W Hayes.
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George Turner
Hawking
Calvary Baptist Church
J. W. Farmer
Woodlawn
Hares
Norfolk and Western
Carolina Avenue
J. & Meredith
E. E. Miller
E. D. Pizer
W. B. Lowder
E. M. Caldwell
Jack Lewis
E. H. Coleman
C. Griffith
James
Jiggs) Quesenbery
McDowell County
Maybeury
T. W. Hayes
Quesenberg
City Offices Closed Through Christmas Announcement
The city announces municipal offices will be closed from noon on December 4 until Christmas. City manager states garbage collection routes scheduled for Thursday will be handled Friday and Saturday. Regular schedule resumes on New Year’s Day.
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Noc
Geveréay Mi Itchell
City Poemeoss
City board weighs licenses after fatal shooting incident
The municipal board discussed a license for Joe Costa on Bland Street and considered action after a fatal shooting. Police reported Charlies Ross as a federal parolee in custody. Charlies Archer, county school superintendent, joined the council. Finances show $2,793 turned over to the solicitor. an overassessment of $5 on Princeton Avenue prompted a refund.
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Joe Costa
Bland Street
Charlies Ross
Charlies H. Archer
Vingurer
Collec
Princeton Avenue
Cadland Gills
Della R. Dillard
Petain Troops Press Toward Quiet Zones In War Update
Reported movements show veteran units redeployed to quiet zones as France and allies contend with Axis strategies. Hints of broader German maneuvers emerge as wartime tensions rise across occupied and neutral regions.
Obituary notices for Callaway and Wagner families
Monday obituary notices report the death of Charles Barton Callaway of Athens and J. Hoge Wagner of Bailey Switch Va. Callaway, a Pocaontas native and late Lewis Callaway son, died after a long illness and will be buried in Gratton with a Wednesday funeral. Wagner, 58, died in Bluefield Sanatorium and will be laid to rest at Halley Church with neighbors acting as pallbearers.
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Charles Barton
Athens
Callaway
Town
Lewis Callaway
Arvilda Hunter Callaway
Pocahontas
Dron
Yukon
Barton
Calaway
H. Callaway
J. Hoge Wagner
Bailey Switch
Bluefield Sanitarium
M. E. Padgett
Moorman
J. Roy Brown
Kimball
Dom. Matewan
Halley
Dee Chareh
Invasion Speculation and Pacific Warfare Updates
A British dispatch hints at speculation of a German pressure backed resignation of Marshal Petain. Reports describe Japanese attacks off Davao Philippines and Wake Island defenses resisting tenaciously. Japan claims bombings of Rangoon, while Allied notes show intensified Russian advances and a Royal Navy push to trap Axis forces in Libya.
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France
Europe
Marshal Petain
Pacific
Davao
Philippine
Enya
Aunt Cameron
Hongkong
Cameron
Wake Island
Rangoon
Burma
Obituary fragment for Lon Laughter in Taze well area
The deceased was the son of the late A B and Lora Jane Hambrick of Tazewell. He is survived by his wife and a couple of relatives. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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A. B
Lora Jane HaMbrick
Tazewell
Lon Laughter
Elch
Germans Retreat In Severe Soviet Counteroffensive
A Pravda dispatch reports German forces in the Volkhov sector retreating as Soviet units press toward Maloyaroslavets, with eight hundred German casualties on the field. Russians advance toward three villages 65 miles south of Moscow while heavy fighting continues near the city.
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Leniner
Moscow
United States
England
Archangel
Volkhov
Slimen
Ladoga
Leningrad-Moscow
Pravda
Kalinin
Tulev
Maloyaro- Slavets
Maloyaroslavets
Brush Fork Man in Pearl Harbor
Arthur James Davis son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Davis of Brush Fork recently attained Iswain s Mate second class in the US Navy and is somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. His parents report no contact since bombing and his brother Howard who enlisted Sept 25 was to meet him in San Lingham. the ship was at a port. The card bearing the message came from the US Navy but did not state Arthur s whereabouts.
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Arthur James Davis
Glenn Davis
Brushfork
United States Navy
Pacific Ocean
Davis
Howard
Navy
Arthur Davis
San
Lingham
Averu Port
Howard Davis
U. &. Navy
Christmas Program Planned by Knights at Bluefield Asylum
Knights Templar Arch and Master Masons announce a Christmas program at the Bluefield Asylum Commandery No 19. The event begins at 1 o clock noon and invites wives and friends. D Wilmore is the Eminent Commander.
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Knights Templar
Three Men Arrested For Trespassing At Local Yards
Three men were arrested for trespassing on the local yards at 7 10. All three are in the city jail awaiting further processing.
New Year's Eve Dance Cancelled at The Greenbrier
The Greenbrier announces the annual New Year's Eve dance at Ker oer Si is cancelled. The notice lists Hayes and others as attendees previously planned, with formal regrets from the event organizers.
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The
Greenbrier Cement
Gentes
Cember Ea Hayes
JAP SUB SINKS OFF COAST IN NAVAL ATTACK UPDATE
Report describes rescue of crew from the Montebello built in 1921 by Southwestern Shipbuilding, San Diego. The 5107 ton ship and its crew faced peril as a torpedoed Emidio previously lost five crew with five wounded. Rescue efforts involved lowering ropes and hoisting men from the sea.
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Montebello
Southwestern Shipbuilding Company of
San Diego
Emidio
Aes
Bluefield Residents Named to Aid Council
Three Bluefielders were elected members of the National Council of the Joint Distribution Committee at a New York meeting. New appointees include I Steck yer Ezra Gilbert and Harry Kam mer for three years. Also named are Isadore Greenspon Rabbi Julius A Max Matz and Dr William Turkoore to join the wartime relief committee.
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National Council
Joint Distribution Compass
New Yee 19
Yesterda
Nacoubers
I Steckyer
Ezra Gilbert
Harry Kammer
Samuel L
Norfolk and Western Net Declines in November 1941
Norfolk and Western reporting November 1941 net income of 1 574 782 66 down from 2 660 776 05 a drop due to tax accruals and costs. First eleven months net income 25 244 300 66 versus prior year. November revenue rose to 10 496 976 77 with freight and passenger shares amid higher taxes.
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Norfolk Western
Iin
Norfolk and Western
Eesito
Transportation
Federal Court Jurors Chosen for 1942 Term
Grand jurors report January 20 and petit jurors January 21 for the federal court as listed with names including Mullens Beckley Bluefield Princeton and others. The document also notes discussions on war strategy and Allied coordination led by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill with emphasis on unity and informed decisions on allocation of supplies.
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Bluefield
Petit
B. H H. Arnold
Mullens
Secu
C. Catron
W N N Ginett
Sell St. A. L. A
A ‘Raghead
Speedway
Geo. Rowen
Princeton
Onry Semen Beckley
L. Grissom
Whitethorne
J. R. Jordon
Vine
Estil A. Lilly
J. H. Herndon
L. L. Martin
Athens
John Miller
Lamar
Arthur Moody
McComas
Randolph Norton
Beckley
Bee Peck
W. Hane
E. J.N. Shu
Laer S. Lym
J. Cra
George Wolfolk
King Adams
Hanover Akers
William —Y Alley
J. Marvin Anderson
Garland Ashworth
Kimball
Andrew Bailey
J. Neville
J. C. Yard
Victor Deak
Welch
L. C. Gillespie
J.W. Givens
Charlie Hare
Mt Hall
Wilcoe
John Houchins
Addison Hutchinson
Surveyor
G. R. Hutchinson
Pat Honaker
Philip R. Jefferson
Allen Street
Raymond Kennedy
Pineville
L. T. al
F. M. Lee
Al.m
E. R. Lynch
Wyeo G. Mason
Coalee
Prosperity
Philip K. Sutton
Virtowe
A. L. Tyree
Flat Top National Bank
C. D. Wiley
C. M. Wright
East Gulf
Churchill Answers Press Questions on Singapore and War Aims
At a Tuesday press conference Churchill wore a black coat and amiable style as he stated Britain and allies would defend Singapore and its approaches until it is feasible to resume the offensive in the South Pacific. He stressed the key to the war is the united effort of American and British people. He urged morale remains firm in Germany and noted the Nazis have faced a heavy rebuff in Russia.
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Seeger
Gould Aimelian
United States
Atperion
Haie Og
Hitler
Germany
Russia
Churchill
Roosevelt
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
South Pacific
Singapore
Sou Pacific
Defenders Hold Happy Valley Recreation Area Near Victoria
A Royal Rifles unit and allied troops defend the east Victoria recreation area as Mount Cameron rises 1,430 feet near the island center and Victoria Peak at 1,770 feet overlooks Victoria City. Ottawa reports counter attacks created holes in the invaders' manpower despite勇.
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Happy Valley
Victoria City
Mount Cameron
Victoria Peak
Royal Rifles of
Ang Finkental
Ottawa
Narrows Man to Train for Cadet in Army Air Corps
Thomas C. Cupai bers son of Narrows mayor I W Chambers has been called to begin training as a flying cadet in the army air corps. A Concord College graduate he passed the CPT course and earned a private pilot license last summer. He also passed the physical at Langley field.
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Thomas &. Cupaibers
I. W. Chambers
Narrows
Army Air Corps
Young Chambers
Concord College
Afr Corps
Langley Field
Roger Faulkner Safe In Hawaii
Message received by Mrs. Jane Faulkner in Union Street confirms her son Roger Faulkner stationed in Schoheld tracks Honolulu with the U S Army Signal Corps He is a former employee of Bedford Crane Works.
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Jane Faulkner
Union Street
Soner
Roosevelt and Churchill Discuss Unified War Strategy at White House
The leaders debated a broad interlocking plan addressing governments in exile and Latin American nations pursuing active non belligerence. The discussion, held late into the night in Abraham Lincoln's study, followed Churchill's surprise arrival in Washington and was conducted mainly between the two men.
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War Council
Roosevelt
Churchill
Engand
Abraham Lincoln
White House
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Switzer
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OLD Brook
Scranton
Aid Council
Dover
Tenn
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Belzoni
Miss
Federal Court
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H. M. Pulham, Esq
Hedy
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Ruth
Charles Coburn
van Heflin
Fay Holden
Bonita Granville
Roger Faulkner
Hawaii
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