Meat Prices Climb to All Time High in May figures
Prices for meat animals reached record levels with hogs at 14.10, beef 13, calves 15.90, and lambs slightly down. Chicken and egg prices rose to 28 and 34.1 cents per dozen respectively, while the overall meat index stood at 226 percent of the 1910-14 base, up from year-ago levels. The fruit and grain indices showed mixed moves with apples and corn varying against April and May 1944 figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aor
W. Va
Ofde- Virginia
Maryland Woman Drowns In Potomac River
A Maryland woman drowned in the Potomac River and was found by her daughter. The medical examiner ruled death by her own action. Sheriff notes she walked into the stream while fully clothed. husband Dewey Lewis works at a Kemp ton coal mine.
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Potomac
Ont
E. Sellars
Peete Snath
Iver
Lewis
Dewey Lewis
Kempton
Trustees OK Billy Sunday venture trust reorganization
Judge Jarrett approves Archer and Pollock as surviving trustees of a Bluefield non-denominational evangelistic trust. The order discharges them after accounting and transfers 110 shares of Cole Realty stock and $2.67 to successors. The Billy clubs Vic Asher Bible Council and others share benefits, fund to support Bluefield evangelistic work, with investment options preserved or adjusted per law.
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Jarrett
Archer
Pollock
Bluefield
Billy Sunclubs
Virginia Asher le Council
Archer Pollock
Cole Reality Company
Council
Billy Clubs
Vic- Asher Bible Council
Blue and Vicinity
Cole Realty Company
West Virginia
OPA Cuts Sugar and Canning Rations Amid Stock Shortages
The Office of Price Administration announces reduced sugar allotments to five pounds per person every four months, and a 15 pound canning limit per person this year, down from 25 last year. Regional holds and industrial cuts proceed as tomatoes spinach and tomato juice face ration increases and 10 point pricing adjustments.
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OPA
Indus
Chicago
Robert L Rowe 63 Retired Butcher Dies at McComas
Robert Lee Rowe 63 a retired butcher died yesterday morning at 9:30 at the home of W A Pulford in McComas after a long illness. He was a Mason with Algoma Lodge 94 and survived by his wife Mary Oury and three sisters Lois Rowe Hattie Hale and Mrs William Hale. Funeral services will be held at the Pulford home Saturday at 2:30 with Rev T E Shea officiating, burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Robert Lee Rowe
W. A. Pulford
McComas
Rowe
Masonic Lodge No. 94
Algoma
Mary Oury
Ang Eee
Lois Rowe
Noke
Hattie
Burg Va
William Hale
Narrows
Coal Company
W. A. Ord McComas
T. E. Shea
Woodlawn Cemetery
Falls Mills Farmer Joseph Yost Dies at 76
Joseph Eldridge Yost, 76, longtime Falls Mills resident and Tazewell county farmer, died last night at 8 45 at his son Pred Yost’s Falls home. He leaves three children Mrs T H Hill and W K Yost both of Falls Mills and another survivor unnamed in the fragment.
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Joseph Eldridge Yost
Tazewell County
Yost
Falls
Falls Mills
T. H. Hill
W. K. Yost
Funeral services for Mrs Clara Johnson held at Hawkins Chapel
Funeral services for Clara Johnson 45 a former Bluefield resident who died in Baltimore Md were held this afternoon at Hawkins chapel. Burial followed at Monte Vista Park cemetery. Her casket arrived in Bluefield yesterday on train No 15 and was taken to the funeral home.
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Clara Johnson
Bluefield
Baltimore
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Monte Vista Park
Johnson
Field
Rural Medical Hearing Set for Roanoke Virginia
Richmond May 31 public hearing on rural medical facilities in Virginia under a special subcommittee of the 1944 assembly. Dr A M Groseclose will chair the Roanoke session with Dr George Long presiding at Luray followed by a meeting in Roanoke the next week.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
General Assembly
A. M. Groseclose
Roanoke
George Long
Luray
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
Advisory Council
Medical Society of Virginia
W. E. Sernett
Philip
Clifton Forge
Ae Wee Long
St. Paul
Roanoke Man To Head Disabled Vets Groups
C. E. Reynolds of Roanoke was elected state commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the Virginia two day convention in Richmond. Other officers named include William J. Leeper of Richmond as senior vice commander H L Bennett of Norfolk as vice commander and H Littmer from Norfolk as treasurer. Reynolds and Whittmer were chosen delegates to the DAV national convention.
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Richmond
C. E. Reynolds
Roanoke
William J. Leeper
H. L. Bennett
Norfolk
H. Littmer
Reynolds
Whittmer
Okinawa Battle Reports Safer Seas and Skirmishes Near Shuri
U S forces press on Shuri trench lines as Seventh Infantry advances toward Kamizato town. Weather disrupts air attacks but escort carriers strike Sakishima targets. Casualty totals remain unupdated while reconnaissance planes damage two large enemy transports in the East China Sea.
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Shuri
Chan
Kamizato
U. S. Pacific
Sakishima
Ryukyus
Okinawa
Ie Shima
Navy
East China Sea
Friendly Note Presses De Gaulle on Levant Policy
The United States delivered a diplomatic note to General Charles De Gaulle's provisional Paris government urging withdrawal of French forces and pressing for concessions in Syria and Lebanon. The note, read by Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew, warns against using lend-lease materials and signals U.S. interest in a peaceful settlement of the Levant dispute. Churchill urged French troops to withdraw to barracks, and Truman supported decisive action if needed.
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Washington
United States
Prance
Syria
Lebanon
Charles DeGaulle
Paris
Joseph C. Grew
Levant
Britain
Winston Churchill
de Gaulle
Truman
Grew
Beirut
Lavant
Richmond OPA Office Not Affected By Rule
Richmond Va May 31 The district OPA will not freeze canning sugar issuances except for three boards under redetermination. Dr J Palmer Bright district director said quotas were set by population with an average issuance of 7 1 2 pounds per person under each board.
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Richmond
Richmond District
OPA
Hait
J. Palmer Bright
Dr. Bright
Nimitz hosts a jam with bandmen and Navy veterans on beach
Navy war correspondents witness a lively beach party hosted by Admiral Nimitz featuring improvisational performances by bandmen such as Bill Clifford Joseph Cribari Richard Kelley Gordon Boswell Arthur White and others. The gathering blends sea duty with music talent and wartime camaraderie on a private shore.
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Mouse
Navy
Admiral Nimitz
Nimitz
Dark Eyes
Bill Clifford
San Francisco Homee
Joseph Cribari
Providence
R. I
Bill
Kelley
Richard Kelley
North Hollywood
Calif
Lou Silvers
Lux Radio Theatre
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Int
Meredith Wilson
Gordon Boswell
Charlie Barnet
Bos
Litchfield
Til
Arthur
Yidge" White
Ben Bernie Bandster
Chicago
Bay
Guam
Ministers Protest New Liquor Holiday
Norfolk ministers denounce a proposed liquor holiday declared by the government at a weekly meeting. They urge parishioners to write congressmen opposing the decree, arguing it misuses alcohol restricted for munition production and threatens public welfare.
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Norfolk
Berstee
New Rotes Orthoonnins
Onich
Prym
Church
Fire Breaks Out at Ft Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis May 31 A fire broke out in the disciplinary barracks area at Fort Benjamin Harrison ten miles northeast of the city. Fire department units were dispatched and no escapes were reported. Iron stolen when a rear window was broken at 204 Duhring street, Bluefield police said yesterday.
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Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Fort Jamin Harrison
W. W. Perry
Duhring Street
Bluefield
Japs Admit Millions in Damage From Raids
Tokyo propaganda broadcasts acknowledge American B 29 incendiaries caused hundreds of millions in material losses in a single raid. Tokyo reports say many Tokyo residents are homeless after repeated burnings while civilians vow to fight harder. Earlier broadcasts claimed Okinawa defenses were breaking and morale among Japanese forces remains high as new suicide efforts are planned.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Okinawa
Dome
Okishawa
Imperial Ae
Soluble Coffee Returns to Civilian Channels
Washington May 31 The food administration announced that the order reserving soluble coffee for the armed forces will terminate effective June allowing soluble coffee to reenter civilian channels. Great Britain and Russia, major Lend-Lease meat claimants, received one pound out of ten produced in the United States last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thei Rfood Administra
Great Britain
Russia
Unitedes
Turmoil in Middle East as Britain and France face Syria Lebanon crisis
Dispatches report rapid British and French moves amid Syria and Lebanon unrest. France reportedly orders troops to barracks while Lebanon mobilizes volunteers and levies taxes. Leaders in Beirut, Damascus, and Cairo debate foreign intervention and responsibility as casualties rise.
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Saadula Jabri
Lebanon
Syria
Britain
America
Beyrouth
Cairo
France
Anthony
House of Coin
Bogen ‘Rothetsa
Damascus
Prankoe Associated Press
Theft Of Two Cars Reported To Police
Early yesterday morning P Linkous Jr of Montcalm reported a 1940 green two door sedan stolen from the Moose Hall lot between 10 and 12 0 night. W Hendricks later found his car on Al street with ignition wires cut after reporting it stolen between 41 o clock and 7 o'clock day night.
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Res
P. Linkous Jr
Montcalm
Moose Hall
Hendricks
al Street
Southeast Area Due Industrial Growth Seeks Air Mail Network
Greensboro May 31 The Southeast Area aims to boost industry with new air mail cargo routes The All American Aviation seeks 23 additional air mail cargo pickup routes across 12 southeastern states to serve 412 communities not now served The plan envisions faster inter community communication and goods exchange and includes a claim that surface transport is inadequate for maid and property in the area
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Greensboro
N. C
Dted P. Stringer
Ware
Civil Aeronautics Board
Stringer Wee
All American A Inc
All American Aviation
Halsey R. Bazley
Mendenhall
Bazley
Balloon tragedy leaves five dead in remote area
From a broken report five people perished after a balloon excursion near a southwestern home. Mrs Mitchell and Joan Mitchell were among the dead, with a survivor noting an explosion and a close by white object prior to the blast.
Liquor Stores Set to Open Ten Hours Daily
Charleston officials announce liquor stores will operate ten hours daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. starting tomorrow. The change replaces the previous six hour stagger system used earlier in the week to improve public convenience.
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Charleston
W. Va
Liquor Control Commission
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