Girls Aid United Nations Drive At Granada Theatre
United Nations week runs January 14 to next Wednesday with Granada Theatre joining 16 000 movie houses in the nationwide drive. Sub Deb and Elite clubs circulate after a special film featuring Jimmy Cagney Ann Carmine and Margaret O'Brien urging aid to war stricken peoples. Members of Sub Deb include Nancy Stowers Jane Wagner Nancy Okeefe Janice Prazier Elizabeth Ann Bledsoe Dorothy Bastain Virginia Fallis Emma Sue Gillespie Janie Fowlkes Betty June Six Jean Williams Helen Reynolds Marjorie Horton Christine Bruch Janie Mays Eunice Farmer Patsy Scott. Elite members list Peggy ins Betty Franklin Justine Cohen Elizabeth Farley Nana Mary Jo Jackson Virginia Williamson Anne Sykes Betty Lee Pool Jacqueline Phillips Janie Phelps Shirley Gottlieb Bee Stringfellow Frances Hobgan Norma Jean Hall Betty Udy Mildred Ann Edwards June Smith Martha Spangler Catherine Peters.
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Granada Theatre
United Nation
U. S
United Nations Week
Granada
Jimmy Cagney
Annthem
Margaret O'Brien
Nancy Stowers
Jane Wagner
Nancy O’keeffe
Janice Prazier
Elizabeth Ann Bledsoe
Dorothy
Lindsey Alley Named Service Member of War Price Board
Lindsey Alley named service member of the local War Price and Price Board by W R Cooke. The appointment aligns with RAC plan to have a community service member supervise consumer relations and information dissemination for rationing and price control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsey Alley
War Price Board
W. R. Cooke
Office of
Price Administration
Alley
Cooke
Ration Stickers Must Be Displayed On Motor Vehicles
A War Price and Rationing letter from Charleston urges strict enforcement of gasoline sticker rules. Local board chair W R Cooke asks dealers to ensure only vehicles with the correct windshield sticker are pumped with fuel and to notify all registered dealers of the mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle D. ’ S
Charleston
W. R. Cooke
Cooke
City Employees Buy Bonds On 10 Percent Plan
Bluefield city employees restarted a 10 percent payroll bonds drive earning 68.83 percent participation. Of 79 workers, 51 joined, with public service and health departments fully on board. Monthly bond collections total $636.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Public Service Department
Health Department
Petal
Arch L Butt dies. funeral Sunday at Trinity Methodist
Arch L Butt 55 of Cumberland road died yesterday at home at 3 15. Funeral services Sunday at 2 PM at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev E E Wiley officiating. Burial in Walnut Grove cemetery. Survived by siblings Martin, Henry, Ida, John, R D Bailey, Luther, and Mrs C D Croye. married to Nantie R Bailey. longtime Bluefield resident and former 20 year worker at Superior Sterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch L Butt
Arch L. Butt
Cumberland Road
Trinity Methodist Church
E. E. Wiley
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Mr. Butt
George A
Rebecca Bailey Butt
Eggleston
Nantie R. Bailey
Butt
Bluefield
Superior Sterling Company
Martin Butt
Washington, D. C
Henry Butt
Ida Butt
John Butt
Lynchburg
R. D. Bailey
Walton Avenue
This City
Luther Butt
C. D. Croye
Pearisburg, Va
Flynn case obstacle delays mistrial ruling amid sensational testimony
Jurors and spectators filled a busy courtroom as a mistrial motion in the Flynn case was postponed to Monday. Actress Miss Hansen testified about an intimate encounter, while Lynne Boyer described overheard voices and a locked door during the Bel-Air party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponder
Leslie
Thomas Cochran
Jerry Giesler
Betty Hansen
Lynne Boyer
Bel-Air
Fred McEvoy
Paris
Miss Hansen
Flynn
Miss Boyer
McEvoy
Hopkins
Mr. Flynn
Funeral Services for Virginia Ellen Pizzini
Mrs. Virginia Ellen Pizzini 25 died Thursday at Bluefield sanitarium. Funeral from Pentecostal church Montcalm Sunday 2:30 p.m. Rev. Phillips officiating. Burial at Tabernacle. Pallbearers: Terrell Eller Brainard Woolwine Wilson Stafford Fred Stevenson C. O. Farley C. W. White Hubert Warden Tom Warden Charlie Winston Steve Ashworth. Flowerbearers: Mary Lee Stevenson Opal Taylor Bonnie Robertson Ethel Bailey Geraldine Farley Laverne Farley Faye Eller Anna Lee Stafford. Survived by husband Albert Pizzini and parents John and Mrs Dillon of Montcalm, plus brothers and sisters Howard Coy Joe Basil Charles Roy Lee Donald and Margaret Dillon and Mrs Thelma Pizzini, all of Montcalm.
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Virginia Ellen Pizzini
Bluefield Sanitarium
Montcalm
Mr. Phillips
Tabernacle Cemetery
Terrell Eller
Brainard Woolwine
Wilson Stafford
Fred Stevenson
C. O. Farley
C. W. White
Hubert
Tom Warden
Charlie Winston
Steve Ashworth
Mary Lee Stevenson
Opal Taylor
Bonnie Robertson
Ethel Bailey
Geraldine
Laverne Farley
Faye Eller
Anna Lee Stafford
Pizzini
Albert Pizzini
John Dillon
Howard, Coy
Joe
Basil
Charles
Roy Lee
Donald
Margaret Dillon
Thelma Pizzini
Death of Charlie Gilbert Former Bluefield Resident
Charlie Gilbert died at Plasterco Virginia. He was a former Bluefield resident and worked at the Norfolk and Western shops. He is survived by his wife and five children. Interment is expected at Saltville cemetery in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Saltville
Mrs C W Allen Dies in Charlottesville Hospital
Mrs C W Allen sister of Mrs J L Alexander died Thursday afternoon in a Charlottesville Virginia hospital. She lived with the Alexanders for two years and is survived by daughter Miss Elizabeth Allen of Washington. Funeral plans are not set but services and interment will likely be in Charlottesville today.
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C. W. Allen
J. L. Alexander
Charlottesville
Memorial for Fred Hubbard in Richmond
Fred Hubbard of Montcalm died Thursday evening at 9 in the Medical College of Virginia Richmond after being stricken. He had worked as a welder in Portsmouth shipyards for nine months. Survived by wife Zet Hubbard of Montcalm mother Mrs. Cleo Hubbard of Freeman and sisters Rebecca Spivey Beatrice Hogan and brothers Howard Hubbard Charlie Hubbard Elbert James Forrest and Paul Hubbard. The body arrived home last night and services were not yet planned.
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Fred Hubbard
Montcalm
Lorton
Lick Road
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Hubbard
Portsmouth
Zet Hubbard
Cleo Hubbard
Freeman
Rebecca Leola Spivey
Beatrice Hogan
Howard Hubbard
Charlie Hubbard
Crane Creek
Elbert
Springton
James
United States Army
Camp Howells
Forrest
U. S. Army
Paul Hubbard
Baltimore
RAF Bombers Hit U boats and German raid on English coast
The air ministry said U boats hide in at least twenty thick concrete lairs immune to heavy bombs and that ten more lairs are being built. It noted Lorient's submarine campaign dominates its activities. Meanwhile four German planes bombed a southeast coast town injuring a child and a woman and damaging a school.
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Lorient
Air Ministry
City payroll shows ten thousand three hundred eighty seven point five zero
Emory P. Mitchell city manager released payroll figures after 10 percent was deducted from semi monthly checks by M B Stupalsky city treasurer The monthly amount set aside is six thousand eight hundred twenty one dollars and plus The plan for city employees is voluntary and resumed at the request of Mercer county war savings staff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory P. Mitchell
Stupalsky
Mr. Mitchell
Mercer County War Savings
Injured and Dead in Vehicle Collision In Beckley Area
Four insurance men including Ida Lee Johnson of Bluefield Mrs K D Evans of Dayton Earl L Johnson of Roanoke and F M Johnson of Bluefield were killed or injured when their car struck a parked truck in darkness and fog. Services scheduled at Bland Street Methodist Church with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. State police said cause unknown and the Johnson family members traveled to Beckley after the accident.
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Ida Lee Johnson
Bluefield
K. D. Evans
Dayton
Ohio
Earl L. Johnson
Roanoke
F. M. Johnson
Beckley Lodge of Elks
Beckley Lions Club
Methodist Church
Bland Street Methodist Church
Monte Vista Park
J. G. Peery
Mr. Johnson
Beckley
Hawkins Funeral Home
Daily Doings Of Area Women At SMC Club
Mrs Maggie Hines donated 1 to the Service Men's club yesterday and others gave cash or goods. Thirty one soldiers and one wife were served at breakfast. ten states were represented as seventy service men were helped yesterday with volunteers led by Mrs W I Coleman and Mrs A A Wallace.
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SMC
Maggie Hines
Service Men's Club
C. S. Pippin
J. L. Caldwell
Princeton
Paris Lambert
E. Hnes
J. G. Denny
Morris Sworn In as U S Probation Officer in W Va
Byron T. Morris of Kenova is sworn in as probation officer for the U S district court in southern West Virginia. The life appointment succeeds Lindsey C. Yost who resigned to join the marines.
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W. Va
Byron T. Morris
Kenova
U. S&s. District Court
West Virginia
For Life
Morris
Lindsey C. Yost
Marines
Area Servicemen News From Local Chiefs and Families
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service notes Ralph Cruise returns to Norfolk after visiting family in Mullens Norton and Washington streets. Major Langdon Jackson Jr promotes to lieutenant colonel. instructor at Fort Benning. Ensign Tully Birdsong to report to Harvard N T. Private William Martin transferred to Camp McCain Mississippi. Francis Amos promoted to first lieutenant stationed at Camp Hood Texas. Jesse Wallace promoted to sergeant at New Orleans quartermaster unit. Kenneth Barnett promoted to corporal at Keesler Field Mississippi.
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Langdon A. Jackson, Jr
Buefield
United States Army
Jackson
West Point
Infantry
Fort Benning
L. A. Jackson
Washington ,Street
William N. Martin
Ruth Naomi Martin
Freeman
Camp McCain
Mississippi
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Francis J. Amos
E. L. Kirby
Coalwood
R. F. Boyles
Elkhorn
Amos
Camp Hood
Texas
Jesse C. Wallace
James P. Jones
Union Street
New Orleans
Camp Lee
Search for missing flyer widens in rugged terrain
State troopers mountain volunteers and CAP pilots comb a wide area after reports a plane heard near Jerryville around 8 p m as U S Airways noted pilot Pierce faced a 55 mile headwind and may have landed unseen. Poor communications and rugged snow cover could delay discovery for days.
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CAP
Jerryville
Charleston
Pierce
Submarine War Shifts Focus to Tripolitania Front
Report notes next major developments would be in Tripolitania instead of Tunisia as land forces near the front face weathered conditions. French in Tunisia report brisk patrols southwest of Pont du Fahs with Berlin and Rome claiming repulses of allied thrusts.
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Ers
Tripolitania
Tunisia
Pont du Fahs
Berlin
Rome
Russians Push Fronts in Caucasus and Don Regions
Soviet forces reported rapid gains in the northern Caucasus and on the Don front with towns and rail points seized near Mineralnye Vody and Blagodarne, while Rokossovsky and Yeremenko advances threaten Rostov. The Moscow radio quoted a Stalingrad veteran describing the encircled Hitler divisions as doomed.
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Diadin
Donets
Grutsinov
Samburov
Litvinovka
Glubokaya Diadin
Rostov
Constantin Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky
Sal River
Mineralnye Vody
Blagodarnoye
Nogutskoye
Ukraine
Russia
Donetsk
Millerovo
Blagodarnoe
Caucasus
Sotnikovskoe
Petrovoskoe
Divnoe-Kropotkin
Nagutskaya
Central
Lower Don
Velikie Luki
Kuban
Stalingrad
Lake
Ilmen
Ladoga
Izvestia
North Caucasus
Baksan
Malka
Terek
New York
Moscow
CBS
Red Army
Volga
College President Fires Howitzer With Little Fear
Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Karl T. Compton joined a tour of the Aberdeen proving ground and fired a 75 millimeter cannon and two 15 pound shells. Spectators retreated as he pulled the lanyard and fired the weapon used by American forces in World War II.
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Aberdeen
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
Maryland
Aberdeen Provingce
Compton
Bataan
Corregidor
Guadalcanal
Printing and Sale Notices From Roanoke Area Classifieds
A collage of local notices lists mimeograph and printing services at Telegraph Printing and West Virginia notes. Roanoke resident Harry Haffen plans monthly visits, with contact details. Bradley's advertises coat and dress sales featuring Cotton Rockinchair dresses and fur trimmed coats in sizes 10 to 42.
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Harry Haffen
Roanoke
Bradley's
Noted Rifleman Thrills Crowd With Thunder of Fire
A shooter pulls a rope before firing as the weapon roars. He fires a few rounds grinning, shells scream toward the distance, then removes ear protection and declares the shot very easy.
Senate Committee Orders Hearings on Flynn Appointment
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously to hold public hearings on Edward J. Flynn's nomination as minister to Australia. Democrats rejected a Republican proposal to withdraw the appointment for wartime unity. Chairman Connally said hearings will begin next week, with the full committee presiding.
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Washington
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Tex
Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Bridges
N. H
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
British Night Fighter Destroys Three Japanese Bombers Near Calcutta
A British night fighter based near Calcutta destroyed three Japanese medium bombers in four minutes during an attack on the Calcutta district. The communique said bombs were dropped but damage was negligible and no casualties were reported.
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Calcutta
India
Miners Protest Dues Increase Amid Contract Dispute
Union officials defend a dues rise tied to a new contract while warning a strike during wartime fuel shortages risks upheaval. Thomas Kennedy notes the strike as a mistake. Lewis argues the increase is approved by convention and will take effect under a pending agreement through April 30.
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Thomas Kennedy
UMW
Miners in Pennsylvania Strike Delays Pay Fight
About 19 000 anthracite miners in Pennsylvania hold a watchful stance as union leaders and operators tell the war labor board in Washington why they quit work. They seek a $2 a day wage rise and repeal of a 50 cent monthly union dues increase, with a possible 20 000 more workers to be called out in districts 7 and 9. The walkout began in district 1 Wilkes Barre Scranton, but was held in abeyance awaiting the board's stance and retroactive pay. The committee will report on the hearing at a Sunday meeting and no official update has been set for strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Lewis
Fred Schraeder
South Wilkes-Barre
Hazelton
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
Washington
United Mine Workers
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
WLB
UMW
Liquor Shortage Strikes Bluefield Stores
Bluefield liquor stores report near depletion despite a truck load arriving from the state warehouse. City Warehouse Co officials say Charleston distribution point has been nearly empty for days and no word on restocking. Stores have sold out cheaper liquors and left only a few quarts of top brands including bourbon and Scotch. From Monday to Thursday the supply dwindled further.
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Bluefield
State
City Warehouse Company
City Warehouse Co
Charleston
State stores show little activity with empty shelves
Clerks stand by as shelves sit bare and customers are told favorite brands are unavailable.
Support Bar Integration Act Promoted by Mercer County Bar
Mercer County Bar Association approved a resolution urging enactment of the Bar Integration Act by the 1943 Legislature in Charleston. The plan aims to include all licensed attorneys in a self governing body under supreme court sanctioned rules. Proposals discussed raise annual dues to 7.50 dollars to 8 or 10 dollars with a full time secretary and office to support operations.
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Mercer County Bar Association
Princeton
Charleston
Mecer County
George Richardson, Jr
West Virginia Bar Association
Bar
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Virginia
West Vi
Law Quarterly
Flue Fire Calls Out Local Firemen
The Bluefield fire department responded to a flue fire at the home of Frank Whit on Pen Mar avenue at 8 50 last night. The incident prompted firefighters to inspect the residence and ensure safety measures were in place.
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Bluefield
Frank Whit
Pen Mar Avenue
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J. D. Sowers
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H. L. Hendley
W. I. Coleman
A. A Wallace
W. K. Graves
Albert Graham
C. 8. Spurgeon
Mary Sherman
George Pyle
W. W. Devers
Pearl Hale
W. P. Robertson
R. R. Smith
Tom Glover
Pred Sanders
J. G. Jenny
G. M. Bailey
B. E. McQueen
R M. Holbrook
C. V. King
H. R. Morgan
Fellows
Marie McDonald
Victor Orsatti
Reno
Ralph Cruise
Yeoman
United States Navy
Norfolk
J. W. Cruise
Third Street
Ellis Cruise
Cruise
Mullens
Wee Elizabeth Green
Norton
Tully Birdsong
Mountain View Avenue
United States Naval Reserve
Naval
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Birdsong
Tennessee Polytechnic School
Ape Finance
Kenneth G. Barnett
W. Lane Barnett
Virginia Avenue
United States Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Keesler Pield
Miss
Four Freedoms
Lincoln
Defense
Bland St
General Printing and Engraving
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Roy Wolfe
Vergil Hedrick
Pocahontas, VA
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
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