Concord College Commencement Honors Achievers and Speakers
Dr Henry Neumann urged graduates to keep reading and traveling knowledge, calling the printed page a magic carpet. Alfred Hull won the Davis honor. Ida Pitton Pat Fourney received Chi Beta Phi awards. Delta Sigma Epsilon won the Pan Hellenic scholastic award.
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Henry Neumann
Brooklyn Society For Cultural
Clas
Concord College
Dr. Neumann
Alfred Hull
Davis
Sigma Sigma Sorority
Ida Pitton
Pat Fourney
Chi Beta Phi
Delta Sigma Epsilon Sorority
Women’s Hall
Ella Holroyd
Wagner
Meyerbeer
Ella Nash
Octavia Gertrude Toney
Joan Elaine Wilkes
Margaret Wilson Bodell
Raymond Samuel Bowers
Will M. Smith
William Lewis Campbell
John Bennett
Newton Marsh
Walker Carter
Convention Visitor Prepared for Deadline Rush
Officials warn that those missing the deadline face a state police exam after June first before driving again. Renewals tomorrow cover permits numbered 650001 to 650000. other numbers expired over 11 months. Authorities, pressed for details, expect 5 000 to 6 000 renewals daily this week.
West Virginia Elks Elect M K Hearne President
In Charleston the West Virginia Elks association elected M. K. Hearne as its new president at the opening sessions of the 32nd meeting. The convention selected Parkersburg as the 1941 site and announced new officers including secretary chaplain sergeant at arms inner guard and treasurer Roy Carlisle.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Elks Association
M. K. Hearne
Parkersburg
Hearne
Adam Martin
Mescs
Tiller Heinlein
Roy Carsville
Don P. Fleming
O. L. Cook
Cecil Bond
Bluefield
W. Osgood
Drivers' License Deadline To Be Met In West Virginia
Charleston officials warn motorists to renew licenses by the May 31 deadline as weary clerks at the state road commission's license bureaus handle a flood of last minute applications.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
Allies mop up in Abbeville sector
British and French fleets shelled and protected evacuating Allied troops as Italian journalists departed Paris. officials warned war with Italy was possible within days while French forces regrouped after Meuse and Flanders engagements and prepared for a second phase near the Somme.
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Abbeville
Paris
Ministry of Information
Italy
Flanders
Somme
Meuse Valley
Flan
Capital Robber Suspects Held
State police announced tentative identification of two men held in Cincinnati as the suspects in the $19,000 daylight hold up of the First National Bank of South Charleston on November 13, 1939. Elmer Whitt and Ivan Phillips, both indicted for a $30,110 robbery in Avondale, were captured after $2,000 was found in their car.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cincinnati
First National Bank of
South Charleston
C. C. Tallman
Elmer Whitt
Ivan Phillips
Whitt
Columbus
Phillips
Marion
Avondale
Central Trust Company
Tallman
GOP Speakers Rally West Virginia Young Republicans
The West Virginia Young Republicans heard voices from Liam P. Lehman and Thomas Sweeney urging democracy at home over foreign conflict. State leaders D. Boone Dawson and Robert H. C. Kay stressed unity, discipline, and strong local organization to defeat perceived New Deal elements and advance Republican aims statewide.
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Albert L. Vreeland
New Jersey
Eleventh
West Virginia Young Republican League
Vreeland
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
West Virginia
Dawson
Robert H. C. Kay
Republican Rally Casts Light on 1938 Voter Shifts
English humorist portrays how a 31 vote swing in the First district aided Republicans in 1938. Speakers urge party organization to win in November, naming Naaman Jackson, Hartley Sanders, Hal Morris, and Sweeney Flemen. The event includes league officer elections, resolutions, and a tea dance at Bluefield Country Club.
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Kay
A. C. Schiffler
Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
Dawson
Thomas Sweeney
Shott
Naaman Jackson
Hartley Sanders
Princeton
Congress
Hal Morris
Charleston
Sweeney Flemen
Marion County
William C. Snyder
Elizabeth Paueon
Buckhannon
Ted McDowell
Beckley
James Wade
Russell Nesbitt
League
Bluefield Country Club
Flanders Survivors Return to England Amid Warm Welcome
Survivors from Flanders poured into England greeted by fruit, tea, cookies, and mail as families and ATS volunteers offered comfort. A six year old sister greeted her wounded brother on the platform while soldiers recalled grit on bomb blasted shores and the endurance of long marches and dawn raids.
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Auxiliary Territorial Services
ATS
Leopold
RAF
George Turner
Republican leaders address upcoming event voices
Richard Newinson of Cleveland as president of Chicago editor of The Republican, Dorothy Paulson from Ex celsior Minn national co chair for the Young Republican National Federation, and Donald of the nations federation will address the gathering.
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Richard Newinson
Hornbeck
Cleveland
Chicago
the Republican
Dorothy Paulson
Excelsior, Minn
Young Republican National Federation
Donald
The
Nations Federation
Berlin Watch Es Next War Move
The report notes British forces in Dunkirk trying to evacuate by small boats or swimming under night and fog to reach ships as Germany presses toward Paris. A fierce press campaign accuses French brutality and signals a swift German advance with a new war song praising victory.
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Dunkerque
England
Paris
France
Roanoke Area Services and Fashion Sales Advertisements
Local items list piano tuning by Harry Haften of Roanoke with contact details at 2633-L and 1901 Bland Road, plus P. O. Box 2455 Roanoke. Retail wallpaper sale at Sheppard's Paint & Wallpaper Co 530 32 Raleigh St. Hats and fabrics featured at Sue's Millinery Estees and Sue Drinner's Millinery 328 Princeton Ave. Bradley's offers coats dresses hats and jewelry with new arrivals daily.
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Harry Haften
Roanoke
Bland Road
Harry
P. O
Sheppard’s Paint & Wallpaper Co
Raleigh Street
England pleads for more airplanes as war toll rises
Britain demands more combat planes to turn the tide in World War II while bracing for Flanders casualty lists. Returning troops arrive in port amid grief and relief. families mourn and soldiers recount brutal fighting and shortages. The war effort expands as reports flag heavy enemy losses and spy worries, even as questions loom over future attacks on England or Paris. The piece notes a wartime X-ray device debut in Rochester, New York.
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Flanders
England
Paris
France
Belgium
Somme
Annenberg to Settle Taxes for $8 000 000
Chicago May 31 tentative agreement would settle criminal and civil federal income tax cases against M L Annenberg and 19 associates plus five companies. The deal, announced in Washington, would dismiss 10 associates including his son Walter. Annenberg faces sentencing June 5 for one count of one indictment.
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Chicago
M. L. Annenberg
Philadelphia
United States
William J. Campbell
Federal
Annenberg
Campbell
Washington
Walter
Pocahontas Show Mine Gains National Radio Attention
The Pocahontas exhibition mine received nationwide exposure on NBC's This Amazing America. A Greyhound sponsored segment highlighted a road through the mine and coal mining visuals, noting its 1883 origins and attracting wide publicity for Bluefield and local chambers. A Sunday travel photo package is planned for major newspapers.
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Pocahontas
NBC
Blue Network
Greyhound Bus Lines
D. E. French
Bluefield
Great
Pocahontas Coalfield
Congress Debates Expanded War Powers and Army Calls
The article reports a presidential request for broad authority to mobilize civilian training programs and to call active service portions of the national guard and reserve personnel. It notes the guard numbers 240,000 and that governors currently control activation. Legislators split on granting the extra power.
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National Guard
State Democrats Organize Amid Absence From Sessions
The state Democratic group planned organization but was unsuccessful and will be absent from sessions. They announced prior speaking roles by the governor at Bethany College and the senator in New York. Andrews convened at 1 p.m. in the Chan Chancellor Hotel with 64 committee members to appoint three at large peers per Ww.
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Bethany College
New York
Andrews
Chancellor Hotel
French divisions hold Aisne line in renewed fighting
Descriptions from the front depict French forces maintaining the Aisne line amid heavy bombardment. Planes dropped high explosive and incendiary bombs, destroying blocks between the town square and station, leaving a landscape of rubble and twisted metal.
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Aisne Line
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Virginia Jobe
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Mamie
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P. G. Wodehouse
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Saenger Bay Ageppard's Paint & Wallpaper Co
Raleigh St
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Princeton Avenue
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Pocahontas Fuel Company
ONE Broadway
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