F W Udy to Be Buried Today Funeral
Fred W Udy long time Bluefield civic leader and business executive died Sunday nine days after a heart attack born Reading Pennsylvania raised Lonaconing Maryland moved to Bluefield in 1902 as Flat Top Grocery manager later founded F W Udy company he supported Chamber of Commerce Rotary Crippled Children's unit and Trinity Methodist Church in quiet philanthropy
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Fred W. Udy
Bluefield
Mr. Udy
Reading
Frederick
Hannah Wardell Udy
England
Lonaconing
Pocahontas
McDowell
Thacker
Flat Top Grocery Company
Flat Top
Udy
F. W. Udy Company
Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court rejects Manton appeal in judicial corruption case
The Supreme Court denied Martin T. Manton and George M. Spector petitions for writs of certiorari in their conspiracy to sell judicial favors convictions while Manton served as senior judge of the federal circuit court of appeals in New York. Manton was sentenced to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine. he remains free on bail pending final appeal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Martin T. Manton
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Manton
New York Court
George M. Spector
Justice Stone
Justice Murphy
Fred W. Udy Burial Set After Sunday Death
Fred W. Udy, whose death occurred Sunday, will be buried today in Monte Vista cemetery after funeral services at Trinity Methodist Church in South Bluefield at 2 30 p m.
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Fred W. Udy
Monte Vista
Trinity Methodist Church
South Bluefield
Huntington Rebel Officer Dismissed
Patrolman Cecil Kessick, leader of eight rebel officers who seized law enforcement, was dismissed for disobedience and disrespect. Mayor Seamonds said the police chief will now run the department. Kessick plans a hearing March 7 and vows to fight the order. Bachmann seeks U S Senate nomination in Wheeling.
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Huntington
W. Vav
Cecil Kessick
Lon H. Whitten
George R. Seamonds
Kessick
Seamonds
Cradle Songs Of Brave Finn Mothers Amid Air Raids
Helsinki during air raids described as grim yet musical mothers croon lullabies to infants in shelters. The piece notes Finnish resilience, from pigeons to trains, as sirens wail and bombs fall, with a grim but vivid soundscape of war.
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Helsinki
Finland
Civil Aid Defense
Welles Visits Rome as Inquiries See Progress
In Rome Sumner Welles meets with Mussolini and Ciano during a European fact finding tour. The talks with Ciano and Mussolini, aided by Ambassador Phillips, signal cautious Italian interest as Welles heads to Berlin with Myron Taylor awaiting a papal audience.
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Charles G. Guptill
Rome
Sumner Welles
Europe
Mussolini
Galeazzo Cano
Ciano
United States
William Phillips
Welles
Berlin
Roosevelt
Myron C. Taylor
Pius XII
Acticie
Tierney Heads Scout Council Re-elected Leader
Laurence E. Tierney Jr was re elected president of the Southern West Virginia Area Council Boy Scouts of America at the annual meeting held at the West Virginian hotel Nine West Virginia counties were represented Gunnar H Berg national director of volunteer Irap spoke on democracy in Scouting The Walter W Head Acorn award for membership went to the area council for the third straight time Big Creek district covered 964 miles in representation awards and a resolution praised scout executive C E Atkinson.
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Laurence E. Tierney, Jr
West Virginia
Boy Scouts of America
West Virginian Hotel
John W. Childs
Gilliam
L. M. Lineberry
Gary
A. C. Buchanan
Tazewell
C. J. Stevens
Bluefield
L. C. Fowlkes
C. G. Taylor Bluefield
National Council
J. A. French
Welch
James C. Acuff
Middleboro
Mr. Acuff
C. H. Atkinson
Gunnar H. Berg
Volunteer Irap
New York
Berg
Walter W. Head
Acorn
Southern West Virginia
Big Creek
C. E. Atkinson
Smiley Williams
First Presbyterian
L. V. Lineberry
L. E. Tierney, Jr
Parisians Watch Guns Drive Off Nazi Spy Planes
Parisians crowded streets and balconies as anti aircraft shells and searchlights chased two German reconnaissance planes from near Paris. No air raid alarm sounded and no bombs fell while traffic police kept buses and taxis moving during the 8 45 to 9 p m firing window.
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Paris
House Votes 10 Help Crop Fund
The House voted to make 60 million dollars of next year's agriculture fund available immediately to support crop control payments to farmers. The move replenishes a 500 million dollar benefit pool depleted by higher farmer participation and is tied to a deficit bill through July 1. Secretary Wallace said the transfer won t raise the two year total above 1 billion dollars despite undercounting eligible farmers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Wallace
Agriculture Department
House Committee
Allies Sink 2 Nazi Vessels in Arctic Action
Allied warships reportedly sank two German vessels near the Finnish coast during an Arctic blockade operation. Reports from Vardee, 50 miles northwest of Petsamo, indicated unclear whether the sunken ships were warships or freighters, with no sign of Orizaba or other ships.
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Bergen
Norway
Vardee
Finland
Petsamo
Grossingfjord
Orizaba
Skjervoy
Hammerfest
Vigo
Spain
Russia
Murmansk
Bremen
Norwegian
Six-Way Drive Chief Urges More Contributions
Rev. Jennings W. Hobson, general chairman, pleaded for more donations to the Six-Way Community fund. Contributions can be left at the fund headquarters, Y. W. C. A., or with treasurer L. C. Fowlkes at Flat Top National Bank. The drive aims for 27,500 with current receipts at 21,678.96 as workers continue canvassing.
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Jennings W. Hobson
Hobson
L. C. Fowlkes
Flat Top National Bank
Ohio Vote Today Tests New Deal Support in 17th District
Ohio voters head to a special congressional election in the 17th district to gauge popularity of the New Deal amid Republican and Democratic campaigns. Democrat Byron Ashbrook backs social and economic program while Republican Rean McGregor calls for business judgment in Washingtonplus the 22nd district race features Frances Bolton seeking Ohio’s first Congresswoman against Anthony Fleger.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roosevelt
Byron B. Ashbrook
Rean J. Harry McGregor
Centor
Washington
Frances Payne Bolton
Cleveland
Anthony J. Fleger
Coshocton County
Newark
Mount Vernon
Mansfield
Ashland
Delaware
Russians Hold Koivisto Islands In Finland Drive
Helsinki report says Koivisto islands, once guarding key gulf and Mannerheim line points, are now in Soviet hands, easing Red army pressure toward Viipuri. The loss tightens front concentration near Viipuri as Finland withdraws forces.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Helsinki
Koivisto Islands
Gulf of Finland
Finland
Mannerheim
Viipuri
Eritor
Gibraltar
Koivisto
Soviet Claim Major Finnish Losses at Koivisto Fortress
Moscow reports capture of over 5 million cartridges and 10 000 shells from retreating Finns in Koivisto area. Fortified positions including two iron and concrete forts and casemates yielded. five Finnish tanks destroyed in counterattacks. nineteen Finnish airplanes shot down.
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Moscow
Koivisto
Ahenes
Rotviato
Islands Quiet on Method as Russians Cross Ice
The islands offered no details on how the crossing occurred but noted that those who could likely moved toward the mainland by traversing the ice as the Russians did.
Virginia Senate OKs liquor tax bills after debate
In Richmond the Virginia Senate passed house bills to raise about 2 million dollars from taxes on alcohol as urged by Governor Price. The plan imposes a 10 percent tax on liquor and wine selling prices, and adds half a cent to beer tax above ten cents per bottle, plus merchants license taxes.
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Senate
House
Price
House of Delegates
C. Orville Hammack
Hammac
Thomas B. Stanley
Henry
Charles T. Moses
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Thomas 8
Bocock
Confederate House of Representatives
Mose
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A. C. Schiffler
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William Borah
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By Wade Werner
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Palazzo Venezia
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