Large group of selectees report for induction examinations
Mercer draft boards 2 and 3 sent contingents to Hunting for pre induction physicals at the induction center led by Robert James Bowman of Montcalm and assisted by Dillard D. Shrewsbury. The lists include numerous names from Princeton Bluefield Bramwell and other towns with transfers from several local boards and one man Kenneth Ray Lucas who failed to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Robert James Bowman
Montcalm
Rock
Dillard D. Shrewsbury
Giotto
Melville G. Jones
Arista
Andrew F. Johnson
Bluefield
Vernie C. Hartwell
McComas
Tracy Cole
Princeton
William E. Neely
Roscoe R. Thomas
Lynchburg
Charlie W. Keffer
Goodwill
Henry C. Mabe
Ernest M. Hutchinson
Bramwell
Robert C. Hager
Joe F. Miller
Middle Ae
Ralph V. Blankenship
Athens
Ray V. Rose
Pinoak
Henry Lee Spivey
Hugh M. Conner
Freeman
William A. Lambert
Eckman
Fred E. Dunford
Steve O. Short
Woodrow W. Church
John C. Mays
Thomas J. Ferguson
Frank J. Williams
Richlands
Arville J. Austin
Dott
Everett Hicks
Marion A. Waddell
Other M. Bradley
James C. Perdue
Thomas C. Norris
Widemouth
Albert R. Blizzard
Fred L. Earnest
Roy V. Rose
Baltimore
Roger Lee West
Beeson
John A. Kade
Denzel
Joseph S. Compton
Homer J. Shrewsbury
Roy K. Poole
Eugene Shrader
Lamar
Terry A. Milam
Henry A. Karnes
Spanishburg
East River
Jumping Branch
Plymouth
A. L. Inge
Clarence E. Ball, Jr
Kenneth Ray Lucas
Pettry
Charles Oake Pennington
Lacy Adams Alvis
Harry Junior Phillips Care
Jurors Drawn For Court Duty In Open Court
Twenty jurors were drawn in open court by Landon T. Reynolds for service forthwith. The list includes Edgar Duna vant Matoaka Morris Kaufman Bluefield Beverly M. Mitchell Bluefield George G. Riffe Port Princeton John C. Eatherly Bluefield Melvin Basham Rock Holt E Hawkins Princeton Ray Mit chum Sagamore George W. Evans Princeton Wiley Hill Coopers Everett Brown Oakvale Joy K Everson Bluefield Leonard Belcher McComas C. R. Ball Bluefield James E. Erwin Bluefield Lloyd Caldwell Speedway Clyde Bailey Rock J. C Forelines Freeman Henry Blankenship Athens E Dewey Thompson Princeton Charlie Davis Pettry Jee Walk Ma toaka R. P. Butler Speedway Harry Clark Bluefield Walter Huffman McComas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon T. Reynolds
Edgar Dunavant
Matoaka
Morris Kaufman
Bluefield
Beverly M. Mitchell
George G. Riffe
Princeton
John C. Eatherly
Melvin Basham
Rock
Holt E. Hawkins
Ray Mitchum
Sagamore
George W. Evans
Wiley Hill
Coopers
Everett Brown
Oakvale
Joy K
Two Automobile Drivers Are Fined
Spencer Rice of Glen Lyn was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Magistrate C. C. Elmore after being arrested on Route 219 Saturday night by Constable Co. C. Christian Sergeant W. Een and Trooper C. G. Hamrick. George Franklin Rash of Bluefield was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Magistrate D. T. Carr after state troopers arrested him for a hit and run that damaged a state police car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Rice
Glen Lyn
C. C. Elmore
Rice
Route 219
Co. C. Christian
W. Een
C. G. Hamrick
George Franklin Rash
Bluefield
D. T. Carr
Rash
Superhuman Williams Sought By Officers
Trooper G. H. Osborne and Constable C. C. Christian went to Nariva and Mullens late Sunday night looking for Superhuman Williams, colored, wanted for questioning in connection with the hold up of Ernest H. Cook at Cook's home on Beckley road Sunday when it is alleged 72 was taken. The officers just missed contacting Williams at Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Osborne
C. C. Christian
Nariva
Mullens
Williams
Ernest H. Cook
Cook
Beckley Road
Muliens
Matoaka To Hold Polio Fund Party
Matoaka will host a polio fund party at 7 30 Thursday night in the Matoaka high school auditorium. C W Murphy Rock district chairman of the national infantile paralysis foundation campaign announced the event. The bridge and setback card party is sponsored by Matoaka high school teachers and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matoaka
Matoaka High School
C. W. Murphy
Rock District
National Infantitle Paralysis Foundation Campaign
Roberts Jury Discharged After Deadlock in Murder Case
The jury in the murder case against Lee Roberts, a white man, was discharged by Judge F Morton Wagner after a six six deadlock. The trial began last week, deliberations lasted five hours Saturday and nearly three hours Monday, with the case continued to April 10. Roberts remains free on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Roberts
Matoaka
George Kincaid
Giotto
F. Morton Wagner
Roberts
Liberty
Willie Sutphin
Betty Parsons
Mary Payne
Burman Barbour
Robery
Nolle
John Sidney Bailey
Ronald C. Cecil
Foster Cecil
Hershel Wheat
Ernest Conner
Thomas Holland
Frances Waener
Pastel Gardner
Rutledge Coxswain in Navy Drowned in Pacific
Mrs. Wilbert Thompson of Lashmeet learns her brother Charles W. Rutledge a 19 year old coxswain in the U S Navy was drowned in the Pacific on January 9. He trained at Norfolk and served in the southwest Pacific after Pearl Harbor. He leaves a brother John P. Rutledge and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbert Thompson
Lashmeet
Charles W. Rutledge
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Rutledge
W. T. Pitzenbarger
Danese
W. Va
Pearl Harbor
Norfolk
Southwest Pacific
John P. Rutledge
Arthur Adams
Crane
Princeton Paragraphs at the Royal in Romance Comedy Debut
The Royal theatre greets Young and Willing a romance comedy with a cast of talented youngsters and comedian Robert Benchley. Cast includes William Holden Eddie Bracken James Brown Susan Hayward Martha O'Driscoll Barbara Britton in Greenwich Village. Sonja Henie brings Wintertime musical enchantment to the Mercer theatre today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Royal
Robert Benchley
Royal Theatre Today
William Holden
Eddie Bracken
James Brown
Susan Hayward
Martha O'Driscoll
Barbara Britton
Greenwich Village
THE
Mercer
Sonja Henie
Mercer Theatre
Sonja
Wanted furnished apartment with private bath in Princeton
Help sought by Princeton Bureau of the Daily Telegraph for a 2 or 3 room furnished apartment with a private bathroom. Contact Princeton Bureau, Daily Telegraph, Princeton West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Bureau
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
W. Va
Livestock Auction Near Plat Nick’s Junk Yard
About 25 horses mules and ponies offered for sale by George Parker or Jody Whittaker near Plat Nick's Junk Yard in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Parker
Jody Whittaker
Platnick’s
Princeton
Film review hints at star packed skating romance
The note highlights a film featuring Jack Oakie Cesar Romero Carole Landis and Woody Herman in a top tier musical production. Sonja skates and dances with Romero showcasing a glamorous screen pairing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Oakie
Cesar Romero
Carole Landis
Woody Herman
Sonja
Romero
Army Absence Arrest Near McComas
Lacy G. Reed was arrested Saturday at McComas by Deputy Sheriff Alvin Hedrick for being absent without leave from his army outfit and was held for army authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy G. Reed
Army
McComas
Alvin Hedrick
Prisoner commits over weekend by state and county officers
Seventeen persons were committed to the county jail over the weekend by state, county and district officers. No municipal prisoners were committed.
Ed Anderson Joins Ingersoll Rand as Service Man
Ed Anderson son of Mrs Sue Anderson joins Ingersoll Rand as a service man after six weeks training in Philipsburg New Jersey. He was in New York Friday to close the deal and expects to go to Bolivia for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Anderson
Sue Anderson
Ingersoll- Rand Company
New York
Philipsburg
J. Anderson
Bolivia
South America
BOARD TO MEET
The official board of the First Christian church will meet at 7:30 tonight at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
First Christian Church
Candlemas and St Blase Feast at Sacred Heart
Mass at Sacred Heart Church on Thursday morning at 7:30 will include blessing of candles. Blessings also follow Thursday after school and again at 7:30 p m in the evening with emphasis on Candlemas and St Blase rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Blase
Sacred Heart Catholich
Princeton Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits
Mrs. Paul Moore and son Paul Robert arrive from Long Beach California to visit Mrs. F. B. Moore on Highland Avenue. Mrs. Moore will travel to Washington DC to see her husband a Navy man ill with pneumonia in a hospital there. Mrs. Irene Thompson returns to Princeton after weeks in Roanoke Virginia. Miss Evelyn Morris recently operated on at Memorial Hospital returns home on South Avenue and is said to be doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Moore
Paul Robert
Long Beach
Calif
Moore
Highland Avenue
Washington, D. C
U. S. Navy
Irene Thompson
Princeton
Roanoke
Evelyn Morris
Memorial Hospital
South Avenue
Missing in action seaman Shockley reported by Navy
Washington January 31 The Navy Department announced that Clovis Abner Shockley seaman second class and grandson of Cornelius Shockley of Virginia Avenue Huntington West Virginia is missing in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clovis Abner Shockley
Cornelius Shockley
Virginia Avenue
Huntington
W. Va
Navy Department
Navy Plans Lend Lease Aid and Trade Balance
The plan allocates 10 percent to aiding fighting Allies and 2 percent to territories and friendly countries to sustain normal trade relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Dorothy Dix on Domestic Tyranny and Tears
A Doris Dix advice column warns against the dictator mother in law and maternal tears shaping marriages. It urges rebellion by the soldier husband to protect autonomy and suggests moving abroad with wife and child after service. A second letter counsels marrying despite maternal tears, noting tears rarely compel surrender. A third asks about adopting a child, with Dix endorsing adoption avenues and fostered homes as humane options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Fred
Dorothy DIX
Prytannia Street
New Orleans
Louisiana
Meetings Today at Bland Street Home
The members of the Carolina Community Home will meet at the home on Bland Street at 6:30 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
Bland Street
Social Hygiene Day date change at college observed
National social hygiene day will be February 2 at the college instead of February 8. A special motion picture will be shown and Dr. W H Zwhalen will speak as guest. Personal notes list visits by the Dudleys and Mrs Henskie. Military personnel on active duty totaled 2 865 200 across navy Marines and coast guard at year end 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Zwhalen
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bob Bowman
Sanford Dee White
Carl Junior Tiller
Main Street
Ernest Clifton Taylor, Jr
Irvin Edison Evans
Straley Avenue
Jack French, Jr
Oswal Jacob Six
Alvin Matthew Bridges
Prince Henson Dewey Hypes
Petry
Thomas Harlin Roman
Circle Drive
Dunns
Marion Frank Jones
Ingleside
Swanson David Hutchinson
Jessie Junior Comer
James Odell Brookman
Calvin
Willis Hill
Box 99
Lewis Carrington Karnes
Prince Avenue
James Orton Whitt
Alvis Clinton Davis
Kellysville
Richard Alvin Rogers
Princeton Avenue
Carl Witten Cullop
Mercer Street
Saeger
Luther Nelson Cole
Flat Top
Portsmouth
Elmer Miller Fuller
Grundy
George Williams
West Virginia
Rock Road
Welch
Lilly Land
ROYAL
C. W. Rutledge
Virginian Maytag CO
Food Administration
U.S
America
Daily Telegraph and
Sunset News
WAR Advertising Council
Office OF War Information
Office OF Prior Administration
WAR Food Administration
Nome
Eve
Adam
News of the Colored People
C. W. Tiffany
E. R. Dudley
Hubert
E. R. Dudley Jr
New York City
Lydia Henskie, Jones Sr
Chafe
Johnson's Red Cross
Rep Cross
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