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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
9
A notice seeking boys sixteen years or older to insert papers. Applicants must bring a birth record or doctor’s record and must live in Bluefield Virginia. Apply to the contact listed.
Salable hogs 13 000 to 22 500 head with market active and near one price. Hogs 180 pounds and over at 14 75 ceiling. 150 to 180 pounds 14 25 to 14 75. sows at 14 00. Cattle 5 000 salable, calves 1 000. Choice fed steers steady, yearlings 17 25. heavies 13 00 to 15 50. Heifers strong. best 15 75. Cows and bulls scarce. beef cows 12 80 to 16 28. Lambs and pelts noted, yearling wethers 13 25, native ewes 7 25 to 7 00. Two loads cornfield lambs sold as feeders at 12 85 to 13 00.
Pittsburgh Daily Market summary shows slow produce demand with apples and potatoes listed by variety and size. U S No 1 baskets from Pennsylvania and Maine Katahdins appear alongside large and extra large crates with several price points and graded cartons noted.
Default on a note dated March 20 1944 triggers a trustee sale of Mercer County West Virginia real estate in Bluefield. The property includes Lot 12 Section 1014 on Adams Street now College Avenue and part of Lot 13 Section 1014. Sale set for January 22 at 3 00 PM at the front door of The First National Bank of Bluefield. James S Kahle trustee.
The New York market sharply rebounded as industrials wiped out prior losses and led gains among leaders like Westinghouse United Merchants Manufacturers and American Power and Light. U S Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet rose over a point while rails and bonds regained ground amid renewed optimism on war news. Trade totaled 7.7 million dollars.
Cattle receipts at 250 with 100 holdovers. trade active but uneven test of values due to icy roads. Steers around 875 lb at 14.00, medium to small lots 13.00 14.00. heifers 10.00 13.25. cows 6.00 11.25. calves 100. run of receipts steady to unchanged. Sheep nominally 15.00 15.50, common 10.00 13.00.
Chicago reports butter markets firm at OPA ceilings while eggs stay steady with varied extras across grades. New York wholesale prices mirror firm whites and butter at unchanged ceilings. additional guidance suggests cleaning sinks with fine powder and cold-water rinse.
Two soldiers, claimed absent without leave, are held for grand jury action on felonious assault and possible property destruction after a Moonlight Inn fight on Beckley road. Otis Sanders and Arman Earnest arrested. Raymond McElroy treated for head injuries and a hand wound.
In circuit court yesterday a divorce decree was entered in the case of Clarence H Neal against Helen M Neal. The proceeding involved a chancery matter where Sarah Hairston and others vs Walter James and others was heard with Judge D M Easley previously counsel for Walter James. Luther G Scott, commissioner, filed a report on the sale of property, which was approved and the case dismissed.
Members of the Presbyterian church Woman's auxiliary request donations for the manse pantry. Bring items to the church Sunday or Monday for delivery before the new minister Rev. John A. Womeldorf and family arrive January 2. Also notes visiting relatives and nursing student movements among the Thompson family and Miss Thompson's Vanderbilt post graduate training.
Mrs. J C Foy thanks Dr. E W Stubblefield and Rev Warren Carr for consoling words after the death of daughter Salley Fralick. Grateful for Fredeking Seaver Funeral Service, flower bearers, those sending flowers, and cars. Signed 1409 Pendleton street Columbia South Carolina 21 South Carolina.
The clipped text mentions August activities and a two week vacation, a navy discharge after an operation, and a family event noting Miss Mayella Thompson and Johny Thompson Mie with a sister Mrs Powell. It references travel and returns to a station, with several names and ages unspecified.
The group announces a January 6 7 30 PM meeting at the Memorial building with Elvin McClain as chair. Separately suits were filed in circuit court against Roy B Stowers and Andrew Vill by Mamie Gertrude Bevill. New Year's Day is added as a store holiday by local merchants.
The fast paced comedy thriller follows Preston Poster and Ann Rutherford as they chase clues in a fire murder mystery. Charles Butterworth also stars alongside Helene Reynolds Jean Howard and Richard Lane in the Royal Theatre engagement.
The Mercer theatre presents I Love A Soldier a drama romance and comedy piece starring Paulette Goddard and Sonny Tufts With a bustling Washington setting the cast also includes Barry Fitzgerald Beulah Bondi Frank Albertson Mary Treen Walter Sande and Ann Doran in supporting roles
Mars bears the name of the war god and its two moons are Deimos meaning dread and Phobos meaning terror reflecting the martial theme. The pairing mirrors mythic naming conventions used for celestial bodies in a traditional astronomical lore.
Samuel Jackson Cannaday of Princeton led a group of men sent to Huntington for induction by Merce selective board No. Three. Assistant leader Conley Ball also from Princeton coordinated the contingent that was originally slated to depart December 13 but postponed due to a heavy snowstorm. Other group members listed include J. Sigmon of Speedway, Dayton W. Hill of Elgood, Jessie Brammer of Serena, Mason H. White of Speed Tat Rata dip Wat Rapton, Samuel E Crawford, Dillard G. Mills, Martin Howell Jr. of Princeton, James R. Campbell of Athens, William Ray Smith of Princeton, James A. Worrell, Camp Creek, William C. Cordell route 1 Princeton, Charlie G. Hodren, and Junior Puller of Princeton.
Miss Nita Smith of Roanoke visits Miss Jean Yoak on Highland Avenue this week. Merriam Thompson leaves today for Miami after holidays with her parents on Kirk Street, with Mrs Thompson joining for a two week stay. Mrs Alton Stinson and three Charleston children visit her parents on J C Carter's. Mr and Mrs Jack Carter travel to Winston after a visit here. Mr and Mrs Wendell Ballou and family. Judy Lagh of Durham NC spends holidays with H K Martin on Seventh Street.
Snakes can engulf prey up to four times the normal throat diameter thanks to elastic jaw hinges that allow extensive expansion during swallowing.
Used Westinghouse electric ranges offered by Shu Mothe Furniture Company in Princeton West Virginia.
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