Gity Seeks Expanded Local License Powers and Revenue Share
Bluefield city board adopts resolutions to grant local control over beer licensing and to increase the share of state liquor store profits sent to municipalities to 100 percent. They compare with Virginia allocations and note low prior distributions. Also approved radio system purchase for police, and other city business including a youth center, license transfers, and 1943 44 financial statements with New Year’s holiday observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Commission
Virginia
West Air Stores
Senate
Neelyee
Clarence
Emory P. Mitchell
Super- Sterling Company
General Electric
Teld
W. Va
Reading
Junior Chamber of Commerce
George Rahal
Bluefield Avenue
Virginia Pittwater
Bluefield
Local Rationing Board Sets Record In Claims
Region three of the office of administration leads the United States in settling administrator claims. It covers West Virginia and parts of Kentucky and Ohio. The Bluefield war price and rationing board is the most active in securing settlements, announced H. B. Slocum, chair. Clark Peck, panel chair. W. T. Elliott, chief clerk. and price clerks Mrs. Jerry L. Dunn and Mrs. Alma Rice were cited in the West Virginia price bulletin for Nov. 30, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Administration
United States
Nistrator
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Bluefield
Slocum
Clark Peck
W. T. Elliott
Jerry L. Dunn
Alma Rice
West Virginia Price Bulletin
Markle Portrait To Be Displayed At Appalachian Assembly
The Appalachian Electric Power Company commissioned Mrs. James L. Kent of Pulaski Virginia to paint a portrait of Herbert Markle. The portrait will be shown in the Appalachian Assembly Room from 4 to 6 PM Thursday December 28 with public viewing invited. The article notes Africa lacks wild tigers.
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the Yees
Bluefield
Appalachian Electric Power Company
James L. Kent
Pulaski
Herbert Markle
Appalachian Assembly Room
Death notices for Richlands farmer Dave H Mann
Dave H Mann 74 a Richlands farmer died yesterday afternoon at 9 20 at Bluefield sanitarium He had been a patient there His wife and five children survive His body was taken to Wagner Hawkins funeral home in Bluefield Va
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Dave H. Mann
Wave H Mann
Richlands
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mr. Mann
Wagner-Hawkins
Bluefield
Celler Pushes Live Cattle Ceilings Amid Ration Protests
At the Capitol Rep. Celler of New York urges congress to impose ceilings on live cattle as New York butchers protest ration rules. He blames a livestock bloc for high prices while Senator O Mahoney calls sea board checks to explain beef grade shortages and potential red point demands.
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Celler
East
O'Mahoney
D. Wyo
Seaboard
Butcher Shops Target Meat Speculators Amid Price Controls
Daniel Woolley vows a crack down on meat speculators he calls the core of the meat black market. In Washington Rep Celler will push for live cattle price ceilings as the war food administration resists. John J Madigan expected to announce a proposed Chicago live cattle ceiling. Retail dealers say profits slip while live stock prices stay fixed, with trade spokesmen: about 90 percent of meat entering New York sells above ceiling prices.
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Daniel Woolley
Washington
Rep. Celler
DN. C
Congress
War Food Administration
Celler
CPA
John J. Madigan
Chicago
New York
Randolph Hamlin To Arrive Home Today
Pvt. Randolph Hamlin is expected to return from Ft. Slocum New Jersey tomorrow to spend a furlough with his wife Mrs Randolph Hamlin of Bluefield Virginia and his parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Hamlin of 108 Bedford Street. Hamlin, an infantryman, has been in the Ft Slocum hospital about three weeks and was discharged on Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Hamlin
Ft. Slocum
N. J
Bluefield
Thomas Hamlin
Bedford Street
Hamlin
Rites Today for Former Delegate Eli F. Roberts
Funeral services are set for Eli Franklin Roberts 87 former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Calhoun County in the 1925 legislature. He died Sunday in Grantsville.
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Grantsville
W. Va
Eli Franklin Roberts
House of Delegates
Calhoun County
Service Men Club Hosts Nine Dozen at Area Women Event
Ninety four service men and women and one wife attended the Service Men's club gathering yesterday representing 11 states. Donations included three dollars anonymous, one dollar fifty from Mr and Mrs Goforth, thirty cents from Mrs Osborne, a dollar from Mr and Mrs Wood, ten bowls from Midway neighbors, and a cash gift from Mrs Penland of Ashland West Virginia. Mrs Luke chaired with Mrs Farris as co chairwoman. Workers listed include Mrs Dennis Mrs Dennis Miss Dennis Rose Witt Blanchard Hearn Clark Hambrick.
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Service
Service Men's Club
C.M. Luke
James Farris
B. Dennis
C. M. Dennis
Margaret Rose
W.S. Witt
J. D. Blanchard
Grace Hearn
Raymond Clark
C. N. Hambrick
Churchill seeks end to violence as Athens conference opens
British officials report a German penthrite dynamite cache found in sewers near a hotel as the Greek orthodox conference convenes. Churchill Eden and Greek leaders attend to end fratricidal strife and restore Greece’s role among the United Nations amid continued fighting in Athens Piraeus and Epirus.
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Athens
Churchill
Anthony Eden
BBC
New York
Blue Network
Edens
Elas
Piraeus
Epirus
Eden
Archbishop Damaskinos
Greece
Nazi Propagandists Seize On Western Front Gains
German propaganda channels claim Eisenhower relies on American divisions as Montgomery holds his Canadian and British formations. Paris dispatch notes British restraint and German patrols probing weak spots while Seventh Army fights in Alsace pocket. London commentator questions British troop use and access to full details from supreme headquarters.
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International Information
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Maas
21St Army Group
U. S
First Army
Paris
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
Hollang
London
Supreme Headquarters
Records on Judge Carney Case Studied by Virginia Panel
Richmond Virginia December 26 records of the case of Judge A B Carney of the Norfolk county circuit court whose removal was recommended last session are being studied by a sub committee. M B Watts clerk of the state supreme court turned the records over to E Griffith Dodson clerk of house who forwarded the evidence to Delegate Stuart Campbell of Wythe. The sub committee plans to circulate the record among themselves since only one copy exists. The Carney case was referred by a joint resolution to the courts of justice committees of the house and senate with instructions to report what action seems merited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
A. B. Carney
Norfolk County Circuit Court
House of Delegates
General Assembly
M. B Watts
State Supreme Court of Appeals
E. Griffith Dodson
House
Stuart Campell
Wythe
Carney
Courts of Justice
Senate
Beckley Ex Police Chief Sues Papers
William Thomas Roberts former Beckley police chief files a 100000 libel suit in Logan County circuit court against Beckley Newspapers Corporation. Attorney R H Casto says a bill of particulars will come next week amid claims of malicious persecution tied to several trials. Trial slated for May term.
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Logan
W. Va
William Thomas Roberts
Beckley
Logan County
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
R. H. Casto
William A. Thornhill, Jr
Roberts
Eugene Scott
New Lend Lease Protocol With Russia Mapped
Washington reports Secretary Stettinius said the United States is working on a new lend lease protocol with Russia as war supplies continue to move. The third protocol expired June 30 1944 and delay stems from revisions in requests and stock designations. NAM predicted Russia would not renew lend lease after the current act and Amtorg might resume prewar trading functions in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stettinius
United States
Russia
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM News
Amtorg
Wheat Production In Virginia Tallied In 1945
Winter wheat production in Virginia in 1945 was estimated at 8,610,000 bushels, with 574,000 acres seeded for harvest. This compares to 11,275,000 bushels produced this year from high yields. The December 1 condition stood at 84 percent of normal. Virginia rye seeding reached 135,000 acres with an 87 percent normal condition.
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Richmond
Virginia
Businessman Found Lifeless In Ditch
West Hamlin West Virginia December 26 A 70 year old local business man Gus Wilkinson was found dead in a ditch near town The coroner reported the death cause unknown noting jaw fracture and head lacerations An inquest suggested earlier discovery might have saved his life
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West Hamlin
W. Va
Gus) Wilkinson
Lincoln County
Homer Mays
Npt
Mays
Wilkinson
George Wilden
Hamlin
Miss Sallie Moore Braxton dies a member of Virginia family
Predericksburg Virginia December 26 Miss Sallie Moore Braxton a member of a prominent Virginia family died at her home after several days illness She was daughter of the late Elliott M and Anna Marshall Braxton born in Prospect Hill Fauquier county Survived by sister Miss Mary A Braxton Fredericksburg and brother Elliott M Braxton Newport News Funeral services will be held at the home Thursday morning at 11 oclock
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Predericksburg
Sallie Moore
Braxton
Virginia
Elliott M
Anna Marshall Braxton
Prospect Hill
Fauquier County
Mary A. Braxton
Fredericksburg
Elliott M. Braxton
Newport News
Fire department battles two alarms in Bluefield
Two fires triggered the Bluefield fire department on consecutive alarms. At 4 a.m. A H Wyrick’s home 235 Fairfax Street suffered $25 damage to contents from a defective flue. At 10 a.m. O W Frazier 816 College Avenue sustained smoke damage from hot ashes in a basket.
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Bluefield
A. H. Wyrick
Pairfax Street
O. W. Frazier
College Avenue
Santa Delivers Delayed Gift in South Bend Indiana
Santa Claus rang twice at the home of B Murray Sigertoos and delivered two packages mailed from Cleveland a year apart. One arrived as promised and was gratefully received. The other remained missing for a year and turned into a gift of cigarettes from the mail pouch mixup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bena. Ind
Santa Claus
Murray Sigertoos
Sigertoos
Cleveland
Hobson Boy Dies in Rabbit Hunt Accident
Charlie Workman 17 son of Mr and Mrs J W Workman of Algoma died Monday from a gunshot wound to the leg sustained during a rabbit hunt. Howard Morris fired as a rabbit jumped. another youth Wiley Bill Simpson was present. Survivors include parents a brother and six sisters. Interment will be at Algoma Cemetery.
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Charlie Workman
J. W. Workman
Algzoma
Young Workman
Howard Morris
Wiley Bill Simp
Workman
Morris
Chester
Forrest Simpson
Pauline Burks
Northfork
Sallie Johnson
Algoma
Virginia
Shirley
Dorothy Workman
Agoma
Woman Wounded by Gunshot in Caretta Incident
Mrs. Peter Riffe of Caretta was hospitalized at Grace with a broken left leg after a gunshot wound. Riffe told attendants her husband caused the wound but the circumstances and intent remained unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Riffe
Caretta
Grace Hospital
Selectees Sent to Center for Induction from Welch Draft Boards
Thirty-six white selectees were sent to Huntington for induction while nine colored men went for pre induction exams. Board 1 and Board 3 provided numbers for induction and pre induction. names include Granville Lillips James O Large Everett Stafford Jr Okhorn Bill Dunn Garry O Dell Welch and others. Additional inductees came from Board 7 and various towns including Maitlane Roderfield Kimball Capell Maybears Gary and Keystone with both induction and pre induction lists noted.
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Welch
Huntington
Board 1
Board 3
Board
Granville Lillips
Wilmington
Del
James O. Large
Hemphill
Everett Stafford
O’khorn
Bill Dunn
Capell
Garry
Pilbert
Kermit Lee Lambert
Crumpler
Herbert Bernis Lynder
Keystone
Everett Thomas Rose
Gary
Garnethomas Punkhouser Havace
Ilton Curley
Paul Thomas Ross Anawalt
George Alex Lawson
Maybeury
Prank Yost
John Manchock
Elkhorn
Paul F. Still
Franklin Warren
Arthur L. Preston
Big
England Spends 75 Million on Cut Flowers Prewar
Before the war, England allocated about 75 million dollars annually to purchase cut flowers, reflecting state spending on decorative horticulture prior to hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Thomas J Kelly of Wilcoe Dies After Illness
Thomas J Kelly 61 of Wilcoe died yesterday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Born July 10 1883 in Parkersburg Va he was a former locomotive engineer for Norfolk and Western. Survived by widow Nevada Paynter two daughters Louise Meade Welch and Virginia Harsh Akrons and three sons Carl Wilcoe Thomas Taeger and William in Italy Army.
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Thomas Jefferson Kelly
Wilc
Welch
Mr. Kelly
Parkersburg
Levi Kelly
Alice Ferrer Kelly
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Nevada Paynter
Louise Meade
Virginia Harsh
Akrons
Carl Kelly
Wilsoe
Thomas Kelly
Taeger
William Jackson Kelly
Italy
Rites Today For Hugh T. Brown
Hugh T Brown 48 of Squire Va found dead near his home is to be memorialized with 1 o clock funeral at the Grassy Spur church. Interment will follow in a local cemetery. Born in 1896 in Tazewell county he was a son of Rush and Mrs Brown. Survived by widow Amanda Hardy and four children Fern Hazel Prank and Don.
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Grassy Spur
Hugh Brown
Squire
Mr. Brown
Tazewell County
Virginia
Rush Brown
Amanda Hardy
Fern
Hazel
Prank
Don
Welch Rotary Hosts College Students at Noon Meeting
Welch Rotarians will host Welch and nearby college students at a noon luncheon meeting in the Appalachian region today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Appalachian
Laymen League Meeting Postponed at St Luke's Purist House
The Laymen's League of St Luke's Episcopal Church will hold its Denver meeting at 6:30 tomorrow evening in the Purist House. Judge Thomas H. Curd will present the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenver
German Forces Readied Breakthrough in Belgian Front
German fronts tighten as Von Rundstedt directs siege of Belgium and Luxembourg. Allied positions around St Vith retreat to avoid entrapment while German plans to sweep toward Namur and strike Liege face revised objectives. Berlin radio claims US divisions shift to Bastogne area and fierce battles persist along the western front.
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von Rundstedt
Belgium
Namur
Liege
St. Vith
Ciney
Marche
Hotton
Granemeni
Liemneux
Stravelot
Bullingen
Monschau
Germany
Malmedy
London
Europe
Berlin
Karl von Rundstedt
Com
Luxembourg
Bastogne
U. S
Admiral Yarnell Retired From Service Again
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell aged 69 has been placed on the retired list for the third time. A native of Independence Iowa, he and his Newport Rhode Island home have long linked him to the Asiatic fleet command. He first retired November 1 193? and was recalled two years later to assist the Chinese military mission until his second retirement January 15 1943. He was again called back to duty in June 1943 and since August of that year has headed the Asiatic fleet staff.
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Washington
Harry E. Yarnell
Yarnell
Independence
Iowa
Newport
R. I
City and Coalfield Items
Veterans Home Loans are available now at First Federal Savings and Loan Association Secord Floor Commercial Bank Building.
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Veterans Home
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Secord Floor
Naval operations tribute to Yarnell’s service
Navy Commander-in-Chief Ernest J. King praised Yarnell for decades of service in the office of naval operations describing his work as devoted and distinguished.
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Naval Operaons
Navy
Ernest J. King
Yarnell
Office of Naval Operations
Flood threat eases as routes reopen and delays noted
Flood warnings ease in West Virginia with Route 4 reopening at Charleston 2 PM and U S 33 restored between Buckhannon and Weston. State 47 near Stillwell Creek at Parkersburg remains closed. Route 16 at Grantasville and a route in Calhoun county also affected. High water reported stationary at several points and Route 18 and 23 restored in Tyler county. Tyler county draftees’ Huntington induction delayed likely until January for medicals.
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Charleston
Road Commission
Stillwell Creek
Parkersburg
Grantasville
Calhoun County
Adrain
Buckhannon
Weston
Tyler County
State
Selective Service
Huntington
Norwegians Urge Westward Invasion To Save Norway
Norwegian Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold urged Norwegians to resist Nazi forces from the west and to disrupt the northern garrison. He warned that German withdrawals would aid the war effort and called for Allied support for any offensive to liberate Norway.
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London
Norway
Hitler
Johan Nygaardsvold
Nygaardsvold
Ward's Employees Strike Called in Kansas City Stores
A strike of all united retail and department employees at Montgomery Ward stores and mail order houses in Kansas City was announced for tomorrow by CIO union official Edward Chevlin. The action, led by Leonard Levy of Chicago, aims to press Sewell Avery to follow War Labor Board directives as part of a nationwide effort.
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Kansas City
United
Montgomery Ward
Edward Chevlin
CIO Union
Cheviin
Leonard Levy
Chicago
Sewell Avery
War Labor Board
One Armed Gray Leads Junior Worlds Series Title
Veteran features praised as an outstanding example of a long-serving player. The text notes a first baseman-manager of Albany leading the Eastern league with a .396 average and dexterous fielding. It also reports women account for 90 percent of attempted smuggling through U.S. customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colins
Eer
Albany
Bombers Raid by Yank Planes Reported Near Saipan
Adm Chester Witz says bombers were shot down by U S planes and antiaircraft fire during raids from Iwo Jima or Little Island within 600 miles of Saipan. One American plane destroyed on the ground. six injured. This is among the first raids since December 6 and follows heavy enemy action as B 29s target Tokyo and other empire targets.
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Adm
Chester Witz
Pan
Iwo Jima
Vicano Islands
Little Island
Saipan
Japan
Key
U. S
Tokyo
Empire
U S Success In Second Phase Of Philippines Battle
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal announced the United States has completed the second phase of the Philippines campaign battles. He cited defeat of land based air forces since October 25 and highlighted Leyte and Mindoro landings as proof of progress while noting undisclosed losses to avoid revealing ship details.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
Forrestal
Philippine
Philippine Sea
Porrestal
Leyte
Mindoro
Aear
Seore
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Scobie
Constitution Square
Select Committee
Assembly
Supreme Court
Santa
Welch News
Thomas J. Kelly
Wilcoe
Hugh T. Brown
Welch Briefs
Adolf Hitler
Belgia
Holland
Stavelot
Wes Gallagher
Argentan Gap
Ward's
Just
Parker
Taylor's Drug Store
Princeton Ave
America
Atlantic
New Bedford
Mass
Boston
Galem
Mast
Portland
Rockland
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Mich
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Chio
Norfolk, Va
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New Bedford Mass
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