Glad Sermon This Evening at Bluefield College
The 19th annual baccalaureate sermon for Bluefield College graduates airs at 8 p.m. in Ramsey auditorium with Dr. Carlton S. Prickett of Richmond delivering. He will also give tomorrow’s commencement address at 8 p.m. as 95 graduates receive diplomas. The program includes hymns, scripture, and the college choir with the faculty in caps and gowns joining the service. three graduate nominees were later corrected as Daniel Harris Rogers Travis Dudley and French Day.
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Bluefield College
Ramsey Auditorium
Carlton S. Prickett
Grove Avenue Baptist Church
Richmond
Prickett
E. Cc. Ware
Chen An
Bluefield
T. BE. Peters
Carlton & Prickett
Daniel Harris Rogers
Oakhurst Avenue
Princeton
Travis Dudley
Carlton
RAF Reinforcement Shifts Balance in Crete Air War
The RAF reported gains in Crete and nearby bases as distance constraints lessen. German preparations for an airborne invasion were under way, with heavy bombing delaying the operation but insufficient fighter strength prevented decisive air resistance.
Dentists to Hear Postgraduate Lecture Series Across West Virginia
Health Commissioner C F McClintic announced a ten city post graduate lecture series for dentists starting June 9. Dr John C Brauer will lead sessions on pedodontics and preventive dentistry with after noon and evening discussions on topics from baby teeth to nutrition. The schedule covers Martinsburg Keyser Clarksburg Wheeling Parkersburg Charleston Beallanton Beckley Bluefield and Lewisburg from June 8 to June 20. The program is a joint effort of the West Virginia state dental society and the department’s bureau of public health education led by Dr Russell K Thiy.
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Charleston
W. Va
C. F. McClintic
West Vane
John C. Brauer
Town College of Dentis
McClintic
Martinsburg
Keyser
Clarksburg
Eeling
Parkersborg
Beatterion
Beckley
Bluefield
Lewisburg
West V Ine State Dental Society
Department’s Bureau of Por Oy Hye
Russell K. Th
Oldest Senator Houston Takes Senate Seat at 86
Washington May 31 Drew Jackson Houston arrived in the capital to become the oldest person ever to join the U S Senate. Appointed interim senator from Texas he at 86 will occupy a seat once held by his father in the Houston family. He traveled 1500 miles from La Porte Texas and asked reporters to delay interviews until Monday for his oath in the senate chamber.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson Houston
United States Senate
Texas
Senator Houston
Houston
la Porte
Tex
Senate
Nees Fes Smupere
Live shell crabs on toast from Jimmy's served daily
Daily delivery of summertime food features live shell crabs on toast with tartar sauce as prepared by Jimmy's. The item highlights a simple seaside snack offered by the establishment.
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Fast Express
Jimmy's
Armand Greaver Dies After Plaster Career in Bluefield
Armand Greaver a former Bluefield plaster contractor died Saturday at Mount Alto hospital Washington DC He lived in Bluefield about 20 years and was active in Bland Street Methodist church Shriner and American Legion post Survived by wife Miss Sheets Staunton Va two brothers and two sisters The body sails to Bluefield on train No 15 and will rest at Hawkins Funeral home Funeral arrangements incomplete
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Armand Greaver
Bluefield
Mount Alto Hospital
Washington
D. C
Greaver
Bland Street
Tazewell
Emmett Greaver
Klontz
Philadelphia
Walter Kennedy
Staunton
Hawkins Funeral Home
Wingo Services Held At Home For 87 Year Old Man
Harry W. Wingo 87 of Bandy died yesterday afternoon at his home. He is survived by two sons and two daughters Mrs Alice Rogers and Mrs John Lambert one sister Mrs Vicle Price Richlands and 15 grandchildren Funeral services will be conducted from Avery Wingo's home at 2 o'clock this afternoon by the Rev. Mr Inne Burial will be in the family cemetery at Sewer Barger child dies Judy 16 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Barger Albemarle Street died at Bluefield sanitarium last night at 9 20 o clock from pneumonia Infant had been ill one day Funeral plans not complete.
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Harry W. Wingo
We Ss
Wingo
Alice Rogers
John Lambert
Vicle Price
Richlands
Avery Wingo
Mr i
Sewer
Barger
Judy
William Barger
Albemarle Street
Bluefield
Local Boy Among E. and H. Graduates
William E. Albright Jr of 837 Frederick Street Bluefield will receive a Bachelor of Arts at Emory and Henry College’s 103rd commencement next Tuesday morning. A transfer from Bluefield College, he led multiple student clubs and societies and plans to pursue a Bachelor of Divinity at Duke University. He will serve as director of Christian Education at Williamson Methodist Church this summer.
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Emory
William E. Albright, Jr
Frederick Street
Luefield
Emory and Henry College
Albright
Bluefield College
Hermesian Literary Society
Chi Club
Christian Movement Council
Tau Kappa Alpha
Duke University
Williamson
W. Va
Willamson Methodist Church
Kiwanians Clarify Strike Resolution
Richlands Kiwanis club endorsed a May 23 resolution urging prohibition of strikes during national defense vital times. UMWA organizations objected, and club president John G. Scott announced the measure was not meant to infringe on organized labor rights.
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Richlands Kiwanis Club
UMWA
Richlands
John G. Scott
McCORMICK Family Notes and Local Visits in Waiteville
Local Waiteville notes list Mrs A H McCormick as respondent. May 31 visitors arrive from Pageton to Mr and Mrs B G Lafon. Families from Carlington, Akron, and Chicago are heading home or returning, with several residents visiting relatives and hospital stays reported.
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Waiteville
W. Va
Harry Mikels
Carrington
Buddy
B. G. Lafon
Pageton
J. D. Markgraf
Alma
Raymond
Chicago
Clyde Arted
Covington
B. H. McCormick
Akron
Ohio
B. H. Lafon
New Castle
Wiedsienne Coawre
Pommerer
Phil
C. Lafon
James Frazier — Jones
Peterstown
Local Alumni Meeting Highlights Bluefield College Dinner
Louis Douthat led the Bluefield College Alumni association dinner with over 125 in attendance. He noted Allied war momentum and stressed the need for continuous war materiel flow to England, warning Britain may fall without safe delivery. Dan Easley was elected president, with Bob Lazenby as vice president and Margaret Sanders as secretary.
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Germany
Louis Douthat
Bluefield College
United States
Douthat
Washington
Great Britain
England
Newfoundland
Britain
Dan Easley
Alumni Association
Bob Lazenby
Margaret Sanders
George Sexton
Wytheville
Virginia
James D. McCue
Kathryn Franklin
Joan Lilly
Beverly Carr
Henry Fortune
Gibson Morrissey
Edwin C. Wade
Aitrs
Lotito
Ellwood Spencer
Bids Sought On Road Projects In Eight Counties
The West Virginia state road commission invites bids on 14 road projects across eight counties at an estimated total of 502 380. Bids open June 17. Projects include Ripley streets in Jackson county and miles of state routes 2 10 15 21 119 77 62 3 in multiple counties with surface treatments and graveled sections.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
Jackson County
Ripley
Ravenswood
Parkersburg
Webster
Cowen
Miller Mountain
Camden
Gauley-Cowen
Wirt
Pettyville
Mineral Wells
Taylor
Webster- Barbour County
Flemington- Astor
Lincoln
Dry Branch
Logan County
Kermit- Naugatuck
Monroe
Wolf Creek
Sinks Grove
Grain elevators overflow as 1,080,000 bushels stored downtown
The Erie elevator housed 1,000,000 bushels of grain while the Carscallen and Cassidy Grain company elevator contained 80,000 bushels of feed. The crowded facilities fill the scene described on the paper’s Page One continuation through the building elevators.
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The
Erie
Carscallen and Cassidy Grain Company
Alpine Unity Theater Company Receives State Charter
A new charter was issued in Charleston on May 31 to the Alpine Unity Theater Company of Kingwood. The firm, capitalized at 25000 dollars, lists incorporators Charles A. Anderson F. Evan Parrack and Lee Van Tilberg of Kingwood and Steubenville among others.
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Charleston
W. Va
Todsey
Alpine Unity Theater Company
Kingwood
Charles A. Anderson
F. Evan Parrack
Lee van Tilberg
Steubenville, C
Bluefield Executives Host Jimmy Gheen Dinner Speaker
The Bluefield Executives Club invites members to a dinner at the West Virginian aon y evening with guest speaker Jimmy Gheen the noted New York humorist famed for addressing community problems. Gheen will also address the Kiwanis at Bluefield College on Wednesday June 4.
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Bluefield Executives’ Club
Jimmy Gheen
New York
Gheen
Area Kiwa
Bluefield College
Lovers of Shad and Shad Roe Dish at Jimmy's
Yow can enjoy this delicious dish at Jimmy's broiled with creamery butter mouth melting.
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Shad
Shad Roe
Jimmy's
Local merchants advertise hats dresses and prints
City and Coalfield Items lists offerings from Telegraph Commercial Printing Co and Sue Drinnen's Millinery including Leghorn hats at 3.98 to 10.00, Estee blocking services, Bradley's clothing and trousseau options, and Vogue ad corrections noting insurance wording. Roanoke travel note adds hotel contact and box address.
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Leghorn
Sue's Millinery
Princeton Avenue
Senator Johnson Decries War Trend
Senator Johnson of California denounces the Roosevelt era as dictatorial and war prone. He argues against intervention and urges lawmakers to test resolutions in Congress, warning entry into war would be disastrous. He ridicules Roosevelt as comparable to Hitler and Mussolini.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Johnson
Calif
NBC
Hitler
Mussolini
Congress
Olear
Senate
America
League of Nations
Mr and Mrs W S Winn Killed In Auto Crash
Winston Salem May 3 Mr and Mrs W S Winn of Bristol Tennessee were fatally injured in an automobile accident on the Winston-Salem to Greensboro highway one mile east of Colfax. Winn died in an ambulance en route to a hospital. Mrs Winn died earlier. Winn a government engineer with 27 years at Charleston West Virginia, coroner said the car ran off the highway and wrecked after returning to the concrete. Clark of Greensboro sustained minor injuries.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
W. S. Winn
Bristol
Clark
Greensboro
Timber wolf crushed by hammering man in Perry
In Perry Missouri Andrew Taylor struck a timber wolf with a hammer crushing its skull. No further details on motive or consequences were provided.
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Blackout Perry
Callans
Andrew Taylor
Ceiling Collapse at Granada Theatre Injures Children
A section of metal reinforcement and plaster fell from the Granada theatre ceiling yesterday afternoon around 2 30 pm. About 600 people were present, with eight injured minors and adults treated at St Luke's hospital and later discharged. The theatre reopened in about two hours after checks by architect Alex B Mahod and removal of remaining plaster. shows continued as scheduled.
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Granada Theatre
St. Luke's Hospital
Gilda Long
Poplar Street
Alice Haley
Highland Avenue
Louise Linkous
Logan Street
Edith Underwood
Virginia Court
Miss Underwood
Jean Marie Mills
Bluefield Avenue
Edna G. Mills
M. A. Mills
Princeton Avenue
Mills
German Airmens Flight into Tran Across Iraqi Border
Reported entry of 31 Germans including Amin Zaki and Dr Fritz Grobba into Iraq near Tran Persia with political and military figures such as Haj Amin Husseini and King Feisal II cited. British sources warn looting and ongoing conflict as Rashid Ali government remains belligerent and German support viewed as inadequate.
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Tran
Persia
Amin Zaki
Baghdad
Britain
Grand Mufti
Jerusalem
Haj Amin Husseini
Adolf Hitler
Fritz Grobba
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Grobba
Rashid Ali
Feisal II
Rubba
Mosul
Graduate Thomas Wongely to receive WVU degree June 7
Thomas M. Wongely son of Mr and Mrs T Nunnally from Wilcoe will graduate June 7 with a bachelor of science in engineering and an option in oil and gas from West Virginia University. He will be commissioned as second lieutenant in the ROTC and called to active service July. A Gary high school graduate class of 1937 he has maintained high scholastic averages and earned membership in Tau Beta Pi rational honor society Kappa Mu Alpha and mining engineering groups.
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Thomas M. Wongely
T. Nunnally
Wilcoe
West Virginia University
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Gary
Young Nunnally
Tau Beta A4 Rational Emvis
Tate Engineering Neonal Mining
Kappa Mu Alpha
Mining Blade
Crete Defense Weakens Airfield Use in Prolonged Siege
Warnings arise over Crete’s coastal airstrips after weeks of repair work delaying landings. The battle is described as a vast rearguard action driven by German air superiority and mechanized forces, with Britain diverting effort to Iraq, Ethiopia, Suez defense, and Wavell’s forces. The fall of Mussolini’s Fasist army in East Africa is noted as a major BBC wartime achievement.
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England
Crete
Britain
Iraq
Suez
Libya
Archibald P. Wavell
Greece
Balkans
Atlantic
Mussolinia
East
Africa
US May coal production rose week over week
May production reached 10,470,000 tons, up 312,000 from the prior week, with prior figures shown as 3,138,000. National totals compare to 17,839,000 tons for the same week in 1940, reflecting year over year changes.
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Department
U. S
Wheat Quota Plan Holds Slight Lead
Early nationwide farmer referendum returns favor a proposed wheat marketing quota system. In 18 of 37 states reporting, 39 069 votes supported quotas while 18 573 opposed. Analysts predicted at least 75 percent support among bread grain growers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Girl With Solitaire Has Lot on Hand
Advice on selecting an engagement ring and matching wedding jewelry focusing on diamond cut shapes, finger aesthetics, and coordinated nail and lip color trends for brides. Recommends oblong or boat shapes, slender bands, and balancing ring width with hand proportions to avoid a bulky look.
Go to Church Today and Eat at Jimmy's Restaurant Ad
A local plea urges readers to attend church today as the proper choice and to dine at Jimmy's Restaurant for the best food. The notice links good food with good health and encourages audience to visit Jimmy's for meals seen as healthy.
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Jimmy's
Memorial Service Held For Elkhorn Mine Local Members
Elkhorn Local No. 6343 United Mine Workers of America holds memorial services at Crozer Baptist church at 2:30 pm. Rev. W. S. Barberry delivers the sermon with choirs and readings from multiple pastors and speakers. The service honors a long list of union members and includes musical selections and benediction.
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Elkhorn Local No
United Mine Workers of America
Crozier Baptist Church
W.S. Barberry
Crozer Temple Colored Choir
Crozer Baptist Church
Lee Howell
White
William J. Miller
Crozer Baptist Church Choir
M. Resinick
Geraldine Morris
Dakar in Axis Plans If Germany Seizes Naval Base
The piece argues Dakar would block British routes and link Berlin with South American airways if seized. It details de Gaulle's failed Dakar assault, Vichy loyalty, and Darlan Abetz talks, warning of a German capture transforming Atlantic power and wartime logistics.
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Dakar
North
Balkans
Libya
Vichy
Reich
Germany
Darlan
Otto Abetz
Paris
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Gibraltar
Marshal Petain
France
Africa
Greenland
Falkland Islands
Naval Dockyard
Daekar
South America
Berlin
Pacfic
Rome
Rio de Janeiro
Arequipa
Italy
Axis
French West Africa
Mauretania
Dahomey
Tirailleurs Senegalais
Ose
Cadet Walter J. Woolwine Graduation Notice
Walter J. Woolwine, son of Mrs, among US Military Academy graduates this June, ranks approximately 85th in his class. He will be commissioned in the corps and stationed at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Woolwine finished Bluefield High School in 1935 and Bluefield College in 1937.
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United States Military Academy
Walter J. Woolwine
Fort Monroe
Woolwine
Bluefield
Bluefield College
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Kaliinoff
College
J. W. Palmer
Sae de Bo
Raf
Scarpanto
Margarette Faye Rigne
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Car Telephone
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Bland St
Sue Drinnen
Estee’s
Vogue
Standard Insurance Co
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
P. O
Bradley
Bradley's
Trousseau
Senator Johnson
Granada Seiling Falls
Peery Miller, Jr
Peery Miller
Eggleston
Eggleston High School
Wade Junior High School
Beta Club
Elkhorn Mine
C. B. Dickenson
Quar
Mr. Barbery
Mr. Miller
Howard Davis
William R. Miller
Crozer Temple
Cecil W. Wilson
Sampson Arams
Lawrence R. Patterson
William Surgill
Walter Hughes
A C. Hill
Jack Perkins
Elmer Harris
Ervin Joins
Roy L. Wilson
F. L. St. Clair
Howard Elliston
Philip Chekoski
Suez Canal
Henry Noble Hall
NEA
South Atlantic
India
Cape of Good Hope
Union of Southie
de Gaulle
French Equatorial Africa
London
Petain
Toulon
Straits of Gibraltar
Admiralty
de Ulle
Fne
Monsieur de Boisson
Father d’Argentieu
Becourt-Foch
Richelieu
General de Gaulle
Naval Base
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