Bombardment Continues as Allied Air Forces Strike Europe
The 8th Air Force in Europe conducted its 25th raid of the campaign with heavy attacks against German targets while RAF night actions hit the French coast. Mosquito bombers struck Leverkusen as Thunderbolt and Lightning fighters deploy 1000 pound bombs on missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ploesti
Mediterranean Air Force
Eighth Air Force
Britain
Germany
Eees
RAF
Leverkusen
Ninth Air Force
Deaths and Funerals Notice for R. Houston Flowers
R Houston Flowers a carpenter died after a long illness at his home 407% Born in Vinton Virginia he had moved to Bluefield Tennessee and later to Johnson City The body was moved to Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield Funeral services planned in Johnson City arrangement not completed Survived by wife Minnie Chapman Flowers of Johnson City two daughters Grace Shartzer Roanoke Hazel Flowers Norfolk and two sons James in U S Army Avill Flowers Bluefield
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Houston
Vinton
Flowers
Bluefield
Johnson City
Mercer Funeral Home
Minnie Chapman Flowers
Grace Shartzer
Roanoke
Hazel Flowers
Norfolk
James
Avill
Biuceld
Soviet Repulse Major Assault On Eastern Front
Soviet troops using tanks and infantry repelled a major daytime assault, destroying German armor and inflicting heavy casualties. Reporting across sectors noted trench incursions near Tiraspol and skirmishes southeast of Vitebsk and Stanislawow with limited front line detail from Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tiraspol
Vitebsk
Stanislawow
Governors End Annual Meeting in Hershey Pennsylvania
Governors closed their 36th annual meeting with a resolution demanding a coordinated public works program across federal state and local governments to end duplication waste and confusion They urged quick federal action on postwar reconversion and outlined six principles for cooperative planning with states leading supervision and local responsibility Maw of Utah was elected chairman and Frank Bane reelected secretary and treasurer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
National Conference of Governors
Congress
Herbert B. Maw
Utah
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Frank Bane
Man From Algoma Released On Bond For Grand Jury
Georges Anthony colored of Algoma posted 500 dollars bond after arraignment before U S Commissioner J Randolph Tucker in Welch. He is charged with receiving and concealing stolen cigarettes taken from an interstate railroad car and related to commerce. The case relates to the U S district court for the Southern district of West Virginia with a June grand jury appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
J. Randolph Tucker
Welch
Georges Anthony
Algoma
U. S. District Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
Anthony
Interstate Penne
Oye Anthony
Funeral services for William J Neece 4
Funeral services are announced for William J Neece who died Tuesday. Burial will be in Hill Cemetery Bluefield. His body will arrive in Bluefield tonight.
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Puneral
William J. Neece
2 Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Allied drive nears Rome as Italian front bursts forward
Allied forces press toward Rome from the southeast along the Via Casilina breaking into Frosinone outskirts. German resistance holds on near Velletri and Lanuvio with observation from Montal Gedo. French Goums seize Carpineto while New Zealand troops approach Sora and troops capture Alfedena in the heart of the peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Oliver Leese
Eighth
Via Casilinia
Frosinone
Via Casilina
Ceccane
Forsinone
Carpineto
Sezze
Liriva
Eighth Cmy
Fontana Fere
Strangola
Nations Believed Form New International Law Body
The plan under the assembly aims to create a new international law body to expand court jurisdiction. It reflects American thinking as shaped by the State Department and President Roosevelt's impressions from Tehran and Cairo, and Hull's discussions with Russians and British at Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Roosevelt
Teheran
Cairo
Hull
Moscow
Celco Workers Vote On Bargaining Agent at Narrows
Boyd E Payton of the Textile Workers Union (CIO) announced a three day election at the Celco plant in Narrows Virginia to choose a bargaining agent. Voting times vary by group with sessions on June 7 8 and 9 and eligibility limited to hourly employees on the payroll May 6 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd E. Payton
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Celco
Narrows
Soldier Charged With Being AWOL
Earl E. Willis an 18 year old of Bluefield was held in the city jail charged with being AWOL from his army post at Camp Polk La for the past 19 days Police reported Military authorities at Richmond were notified yesterday afternoon following his arrest by city policeman E R Kerns and Lieutenant Wirt Bailey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl E. Willis
Bluefield
Camp Polk
Richmond
E. R. Kerns
Lieut
Wirt Bailey
LOGAL COLLEGE Commencement Address and Garden Party
Dr. Connelly urged graduates to seek the best in life beyond money and material goods. Miss Marg aret Ann Murphy gave the valedictory, with Rev. Mr. Thompson delivering the benediction. A garden reception at College Row followed with freshman class members serving punch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ann Murphy
Thompson
Connelly
Dr. Connelly
E. C. Wade
College Row
Mary Morgan Capito
Christine Bruch
Betty Crowell
Venus Jennings
Wanda O'Shinski
Dorothy Whittaker
Injured Youths Reported After Road Collision
Four teens were treated at Grace hospital and Stevens Clinic Welch after a car collision on a rural road. Edsell Sheets, 16, suffered a broken left arm and other injuries, while others had cuts and contusions. Witnesses say a Rose car rear passed another vehicle and hit a parked car, causing heavy damage to both cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edsell Sheets
Blakely Field
Welth
Grace Hospital
Sheets
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Perme
Nine Missing in Plane Crash Near Creedfield Virginia
Norfolk May 31 five men parachuted to safety while nine others remain missing after a plane crash south of Creedfield in Princess Anne county. The aircraft came from the naval auxiliary air station at Harvey Point North Carolina. Names of the missing were withheld pending notification of kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Ana
Creedfield
Princess Anne County
Fifth Naval District
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Harvey Point
N. C
Bakery Drivers See Record 435 Strikes in April War Time
Washington reports 435 bakery driver strikes in April, the highest since the war. May figures were expected to rise. Through four months of 1944, idle days increased 48 percent from 1943, while workers involved rose 16 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Bergh Ship: WWII Vessel Built in Richmond California
The Henry Bergh, built in 1942 at a Henry J. Kaiser yard in Richmond, California, remained under the War Shipping Administration with more than a skipper and a skeleton crew aboard the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bergh
Henry J. Kaiser
Richmond
Calif
The
War Shipping Administration
Daily Doings Of Area Women At SMC Host Club
Sixty five service men with one accompanying wife attended the Service Men's club event yesterday drawing guests from fourteen states. Contributions included two glass bowls from Mrs Sam Clark and flowers from Bluefield Floral company. Breakfast was chaired by Mrs C B Gibson with aides Mrs C H Austin Mrs Kenneth Sites Mrs W T Jackson Mrs Bob Wilson and Miss Virginia Gibson. The day’s remainder was led by Mrs EB Stafford with co-chairs Mrs J Earl Baily and Mrs R Marshall and helpers Mrs Nancy Taylor Mrs Roy Humphries Miss Grace Pearson and Miss Joann Stafford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service
Service Men's Club
Sam Clark
Bluefield Floral Company
C. B. Gibson
C. H. Austin
Kenneth Sites
W. T. Jackson
Bob Wilson
Virginia Gibson
EB. &. Stafford
J. Earl Baily
R. &. Marshall
Nancy Taylor
Roy Humphries
Grace Pearson
Joann Stafford
Mountain moisture varies with year on Mount Hamilton
Weather records show 1884 brought 90 inches of rain and melt on Mount Hamilton California while 1885 saw only 18 inches. A separate note mentions a new creamy solid cologne fitted into a flat plastic compact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hamilton
Calif
Area Men in U S Service Shine in War Efforts
Eddie Steele formerly of Bluefield Chamber of Commerce rises to private first class at Fort Thomas. Ted Johnson visits his wife in Bluefield while recovering from injuries in North Africa. Millard Compton Jr and Ernest Connesy return from North Africa and complete naval training respectively. Several locals advance in Army Air Forces and Navy ranks with assignments in radio schools and aviation cadets. Four area men serve in the Mediterranean guarding candlepower searchlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Steele
Bluefield
Millard B. Compton, Jr
U. S. Navy
New York
Princeton Avenue
Elizabeth Sexton
North Africa
Compton
The
Daily Telegraph
Ernest Ray Connesy
Aviation Ordnanceman
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Lamar
Matoaka High School
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Pfc
Bowling Hancock
David L. Hancock
George A. Bailey
M. E. Bailey
Dott
Edward Stinson
Goldie Hardy Powhatan
Curtis L. Shrewsbury
John W. Shrewsbury
Rock
Prisoner Charged With Destruction at Jai Jail
City police said Billy McDonald of Bluefield on parole from the state penitentiary at Moundsville damaged jail plumbing while held for investigation. The hearing date before Magistrate W. W. McNeal has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy McDonald
Bluefield
State
Moundsville
McDonald
W. W. McNeal
U-boat Halts Serpa Pinto Sinking After Rescue Mission
The Serpa Pinto saved 227 passengers and 155 crew after a German U-boat demanded a passenger for a sink or swim ultimatum. Camilo Grande Perez, a 24 year old Canadian British citizen, was recovered from a lifeboat. U-boat delays and negotiations allowed the ship to abandon and avoid torpedoing. Two US citizens were held aboard for exchange negotiations as the vessel resumed course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dos Santos
Camilo Grande Perez
Canada
Perez
Infor Dos Santos
Berlin
Serpa Pinto
United States
Virgilio Magina
Gshes
New Bedford
Mas
Manuel Pinto
Baldwin Street
Waterbury
Copa
U. S
Atlantic
Bermuda
New York
Philadelphia
Germans Capture Two Newsmen and Two Photographers
London May 31 The Germans have captured two news correspondents and two photographers who reached Marshal Tito’s headquarters to cover the Yugoslav army of liberation. One correspondent Stoyan Pribichevich of Time and Life escaped. John Talbot of Reuters and the others are believed held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marshal Tito
United States Navy
Los Angeles
Calif
Max Slade
British Army Film Photographic Unit
Pribichevich
Svetozar Pribichevich
Croatia
Alexander
Stoyan
Paris
United States
Talbot
Reuters
Palestine
Club Dinner Meeting Hosts Frederick Taylor Wilson Speaker
The West Virginian hotel hosts the third Executive club dinner meeting of the year at 6:30 this evening. Frederick Taylor Wilson, noted historian and lecturer, will discuss The Human Side of the Presidents. Dr J Frank Marsh of Concord College introduces the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Club
West Virginian
Frederick Taylor Wilson
J. Frank Marsh
Concord College
Athens
Wilson
Piano Tuning and Lodge Notice in Roanoke
Harry Haffen of Roanoke will stay in town at least one week each month. For fast contact write P O Box 2455 Roanoke Ya. Mercer Lodge 160 A F and A M holds a 7 30 pm meeting with work in several degrees Ralph W Smith W M and Ralph E Thompson secretary invite visitors. Boys suits priced at 2 48 in knit cotton sizes 1 2 and 3 at Pret weill s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
West
Jan
P. O
Roanoke, Ya
Mercer Lodge
A. F
A. M
Ralph W. Smith
W. M
Ralph E. Thompson
Pretweill's
Roderfield Soldier Wounded in Action in Italy
Mrs. Venia Miller of Roderfield was notified by the war department that her husband, Pfc. William D. Miller Jr., was seriously wounded May 13 on the Italian front. He serves in the 85th division, recently confirmed to be in Italy. He is the son of W. D. Miller of Northfork and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Heatherington of Roderfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venia Miller
Roderfield
War Department
Pfc
William D. Miller
Miller
W. D. Miller
Northfork
H. A. Heatherington
Area Boys Will Work On Farms During Summer
C P Dorsey Morgantown assistant state supervisor of emergency farm labor announced a call soon for McDowell county boys who volunteered to work on farms this summer. They will leave around June 9 with a one week Jackson's Mill camp before assignments to West Virginia farms. Boys must be at least 15 and weigh 115 pounds. Dorsey will notify George W Bryson the county superintendent of duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Dorsey
Morgantown
McDowell County
Jackson's Mill
West Vic
Dorsey
George W. Bryson
Welch Resident Attends Rites For Brother-in-Law
Mrs. Paul Mitchell of Welch travels to Clarks to attend the funeral of her brother in law Frank Milstead Jr age 32 of the Sea Bees found dead at a California embarkation point. Cause of death not announced he is survived by his widow Emma Jean Ervin a 17 month old son and seven brothers and two sisters. Mrs Mitchell leaves to be with her sister who has been semi invalid for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mitchell
Welch
Clarks
Frank Milstead, Jr
The
Sea Bees
California
Milstead
Emma Jean Ervin
Frank
Rites Today for Edythe Fizer in Crumpler
Funeral services for Edythe Fizer 35 will be held today at 1 PM at her parents home in Crumpler with Rev M W Looney officiating. Burial follows at Woodlawn Cemetery. She is survived by her parents brothers H E Pizer Pvt H W Pizer overseas Pvt James R at Fort Dix N J and Lieut Beulah Pizer in India, and Mack H George Nida all of Crumpler. The body arrived yesterday afternoon at 5 30 PM. Pallbearers listed include Basil Hedrick Dexter Greer Harry Young Jr Lee Brincefield George Maxwell Jess Clemens James Kiser and Dick Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edythe Fizer
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Richmond
H. W. Fizer
Crumpler
M. W. Looney
Woodlawn
H. E. Pizer
H. W. Pizer
James R
Fort Dix
N. J
Beulah Pizer
India
Mack H. George
Nation
Nida
Basil Hedrick
Dexter Greer
Harry Young, Jr
Lee Brincefield
George Maxwell
Jess Clemens
James Kiser
Dick Maxwell
Memorial Rites For Soldier Set
Memorial services will be held Sunday for Pvt. Joseph D. Mitchell son of Mr and Mrs J H Mitchell of Nancy Fork Wyoming county who was killed in action in Italy on December 12 1943. The service will be held in the Nancy Fork school on Indian Creek while local news reports note a stabbing incident involving Andy Frecosky near the Norfolk and Western station and a woman named Juanita Morgan held in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Mitchell
J. H. Mitchell
Nancy Fork
Wyoming County
Italy
Indian Creek
Peckwill
Andy Frecosky
Norfolk and Western
Grace Hospital
Harry Chaffins
Juanita Morgan
McDowell Oil Men To Meet Tonight
McDowell county oil men will hold a 7 30 PM meeting at the Carter hotel to form a local organization. Francis Skeet Farley of the West Virginia Petroleum Association will attend and discuss tax and related problems of the oil industry and its customers motorists and highway users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Carter Hotel
Francis “Skeet” Farley
West Virginia Petroleum Association
Tin Can Pickup To Be Held In Welch Today
A regular tin can pickup will be held in Welch Maitland Cork Kimball and Davy as a reflection of waste paper. This will be the only tin can pickup this month. Residents should place cans on the sidewalk in front of their property ready for the truck used by Boy Scouts Welch Lions and Moose clubs troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Maitland
Cork
Kimball
Davy
Boy Scouts of
Welch Lions and Moose Clubs
Britain’s wartime policy toward neutrals sparks debate
A British official argues two sides to a strict neutral policy. He notes Britain’s trader economy relies on steady supplies and friendships with Scandinavia, the Low Countries, and southern nations, while warning tough action could blunt postwar relations and harm future production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Scandinavia
Finland
Al Jolson Visits Bluefield on Service Tour
Al Jolson and accompanist Harry Akst toured military hospitals for wounded soldiers and stayed at the West Virginia hotel in Bluefield after a show at Ashford General Hospital White Sulphur Springs. They planned a Nashville engagement and had appeared at Staunton hospital before heading south. Jolson, famed for Mammy and Sonny Boy, rose from vaudeville to American icon with mass recordings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Jolson
Bluefield
Jolson
Harry Akst
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
West Virinian Hotel
Nashville
Mammy
Akst
Washington, D. C
Staunton
Sonny Boy
Swanee Mateer
Saae
Gershw
Ecouatt Jolson
Vital Railway Under Attack in Southeast Asia Front
Southeast Asia Headquarters in Kandy reports heavy aerial assault on the railway feeding Japan’s North Burma bases. Allies press on Kamaung Mogaung and Myitkyina as Chindit fighters harass lines behind enemy positions. Stilwell’s communique notes continued air strikes aiding Chinese forces driving southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Japan
Burma
Kamaung
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Mandalay
Chindit
Frank Merrill
Joseph W. Stilwell
Bricker Plans Conversation With Governors Conference
Bricker says he agrees with Bricker on discussing issues at the governors conference but insists he is not seeking the nomination. He told reporters he welcomes talks on matters related to his job as New York governor and disclosed speaking engagements before the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bricker
New York
N Yorker
Japanese Pierce Changsha Defense Amid Chinese Countermoves
Chinese dispatches report Japanese forces driving toward Changsha while attacking near Hochiatang and along the Milokey line. High command says troops from the Manchurian front engage in Hunan and Hupeh as China warns the air war must be strengthened to halt invasions and protect the trunk line to Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Lake Tungting
Hochiatang
High Command
Canton
Changsha
Crac Wantung
Hunan
Hone
Hupeh
P. H. Chang
Executive Yuan
Claire L. Chennalt
Kuaron
Police Report Stolen Firestone Bicycle
Clayton Ruble of 713 Bramwell Road reported to city police today that a black and white Firestone bicycle with a come seat had been stolen from Commerce Street. Police were investigating theft last night. A note mentions a butter payment in Paris 1444.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Ruble
Bramwell Road
C Merce Street
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R. Houston Flowers
Governors End
U. S. Grand Jury
Whelliam J. Neece
Tone
Velletri
Lanuvio
Campoleone
Valmentone
Mont al Gedo
ALL
Eagles
Aerie Room
Bland Street
Logal College
SMC
Ted Johnson
Wyoming Street
J. Johnson
Floyd Street
Thisth
Set
Johnson
Charles R. Douthat
Mary Frances Douthat
Frederick Street
Army Air Forces Training Command
Traux Field
Madison
Wis
Army Air Forces Base Operators Group
Southern Gas Company
Allen C. Young, Jr
Engineers Officer School
Us, Army
Fort Belvoir
A. C. Young
Excelsior
Cecil B. Niswander
Hawaiian
Fred Niswander
Coopers
Aobert M. Copp
Marporie Copp
Corporal Copp
Sicily
Anzio
Alvert Jr
William D. Bassey Jr
13Th
Aan Division
W. D. Easley
Wythe Avenue
Edward Stirling Douglas
8. C. Douglas
College Avenue
Naval Air Training Center
Corpus Christi
Tex
U.S. Naval Reserve
Roy E. Lucas
Marvin H. Lucas
Rogers Street
This City
Army Air Forces Pilot School
Stockton Field
Army Air Force
Army Air Forces
Thomas E. Dudley
Jamess. Dudley
Tazewell Avenue
Air Forces
J. Casimo
P. F. Casimo
Jenkin Jones
Scott Field
Til
Gary High School
West Virginia Business College
Warren McKinney
Army
Ireland
Charleston
S. C
E. McKinney
McKinney
Tunisia
Jack E. Counts
Auguste Street
Vincent del Signore
Shawfield
Sumter
Jai
Welch News
Miss Edythe Fizer
Bluefield Glass
McDowell Oil
Gabardine
Shaman’s
Pierce Changsha
Moone
Wader
Hamilton + THEATRE
Eddie Greene
Niel Webster
Mantan Moreland, Dorothy Dandridge
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