Seniors To Get Diplomas At Bluefield College Ceremony
The Rev J Taylor Stinson of Lebanon VA former president of Bluefield College will deliver the keynote for the college’s third annual war exercises in the college auditorium tonight at 8 o’clock. A brass quartet will lead the processional and the graduating class along with faculty will enter. President Wade and Mrs Wade will host a reception on College Row after the ceremony. Registration for summer school will be held June 11 with classes starting June 12 and special canfor mers will be offered to renew certificates at the college.
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J. Taylor Stinson
D. D
Lebanon
Bluefield College
Collesy
America
Cecil V. Cook, Jr
College
C. W. Owen
Wendell Davis
Wade
College Row
WAC Head to Visit Ashford Army Hospital
Col Oveta C Hu Hobby director of the women's army corps will visit Ashford General Hospital June 5 for an inspection of the newly activated WAC detachment. Governor Clarence W Meadows and Mrs Meadows accompany her, visiting staff officers and technicians then attending a tea hosted by Col Clyde M Beck.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Oveta Cule Hobby
Women's Army Corps
Ford General
Col. Hobby
Meadows
Col. Beck
Prominent Lumberman Moore Dies in Philadelphia
Joe Moore 65 longtime West Virginia lumberman died in a Philadelphia hospital after a week’s illness. He headed the Kepple Three Forks and Middle Fork Railroad firms, and led a Garland Pennsylvania birth to Ella more West Virginia as president from 1903. Funeral services will be held Saturday at his home in Ellamore near Elkins.
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Bikini
W. Va
Joe . Moore
Philadelphia
Moore
e-Kepple
Three Fork
Middle Fork Railroad Company
Garland
West Virginia
Puneralervices
Ellamore
Elkins
Gibsidy Rates On Flour Announced
Washington reports the Defense Supplies corporation announced June flour subsidy rates. It sets 28 cents per bushel for wheat ground outside the Pacific coast area not originating there, and ? cents per bushel for wheat ground in the Pacific coast area and for wheat originating there ground outside that area.
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Washington
Defense Supplies Corporation
Pacific Coast Area
Pacific Coast
Man Held For Grand Jury Action In Bluefield
Scott Rogers of Pettry Mercer county was held on 500 bond for grand jury action at a June term of the U S district court in the southern district of West Virginia. In a hearing before U S Commissioner Bernard Mc Claugherty Jr he was charged with harboring concealing protecting and aiding a deserter from the U S Navy. He was released on bond to appear before the grand jury here June 19. Only about ten percent of the men now in the Navy were in service before Pearl Harbor.
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Scott Rogers
Pettry
Mercer County
Grand Jury
U. S. District 11
West Virginia
U.S
Bernard McClaugherty, Jr
Bluefield
Rogers
U. S
Industrial School Evaluated as Model in Charleston
Charleston, W. Va May 31 The Prunytown industrial home for boys has been rated a model school for the first time since its start. State supervisor H. Cliff Hamilton announced the home for 113 delinquent boys was graded on its instructional program. He said the school has a wholesome atmosphere and teachers report little classroom discipline trouble. Eighty percent of students earned passing marks in the last term.
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Charleston
W. Va
Prunytown
H. Cliff Hamilton
Hamilton
Passenger Sues Bus Line Over Bus Dispute
Ethel New of Lynch Kentucky sues Greyhound Corporation for 1000000 in a Richmond Virginia court claiming a Lynchburg bus driver and a police officer forcibly removed her after she refused to move seats. She alleges illness and improper ejection following a ticket from Blackstone to Appalachia.
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Richmond
Ethel New
Lynch, Ky
Law and Equity
Anl Greyhound Corporation
Lynchburg
W. N. Smith
Governor Darden To Address Groups In Week of Travel
Richmond Virginia May 31 Governor Darden plans a busy seven day stretch delivering several addresses while handling official duties. He will speak at Gretna high school commencement in Pittsylvania county and attend a University of Richmond dinner for Dr F W Boatwright celebrating fifty years of service. He then addresses Miller Campbell American Legion in Luray and Mary Washington college graduates in Fredericksburg followed by New London academy graduates near Rustbury. He remains in Loos Wednesday morning then goes to Southhampton and ends with Chesterfield chamber of commerce and Saluda high school graduates.
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Richmond
Darden
Pittsylvania County
Gretna High School
University of Richmond
F. W. Boatwright
Luray
Miller- Campbell American Legion Post
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
New London Academy
Rustbury
Loos
Southhampton
Chesterfield County
Leesburg Man To Head Insurance Association
D N Myers of Leesburg was elected president of the Virginia Association of Mutual Insurance Companies at the organization 23rd annual meeting held in Staunton Virginia. J V Rader of Troutville was named vice president and J H Ralston of Harrisonburg secretary and treasurer. The gathering opened Wednesday with Orlando Shelton of the Dan River Mutual in charge and Col Cliff K, public relations officer of the Woodrow Wilson General Hospital, as the last speaker.
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Orlando Shelton
Dan River Mutual Siance
Col
Cliff K
Woodrow Wilson General Army Hospital
Soilless Gardens Supply Pacific Troops With Fresh Foods
Ascension Island becomes a production hub for morale as chemical gardens yield fresh green foods for soldiers in the Pacific theater. The ash and cinders environment is used to grow staples that recall home, boosting troops’ spirits.
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Ascension Island
Pacific
Big Three May Meet In Red Occupied Area
The British press association reports that the forthcoming meeting of the big three leaders may be held in the Russian occupied area of Germany.
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London
British Press Association
Germany
Safety Campaigns At 2 Mines Recommended
The U S bureau of mines urged intensified safety campaigns at two Raleigh county coal mines in West Virginia to curb rising accident rates. At the Killarney mine 312 workers produce about 1300 tons daily and three fatalities occurred despite 1944 safety measures. The Oswald mine employs 375 workers with increasing accident frequency since 1943, prompting fixes to haulage conditions and protection for equipment.
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Washington
Raleigh County
W. Va
U. S. Bureau of Mines
H. E. Sanford
Killarney
Kilrie
Oswald
New River Coal Company
K. W. Kingsley
inspectors urge safeguards at mine in state order compliance
Inspectors praised the mine for its initiative and employee cooperation while noting adherence to state mine agency directives. They urged continued adoption of recent improvements and safeguards to maintain safety and compliance.
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Duces
Dena Ca State Mine Agency
Former President of Utility Succumbs in West Virginia
George M Alexander aged 31 of Monongalia County West Virginia a former utility company official and lawyer died after World War I service He led the Traction Company until 1934 then returned to his law practice His widow and two children survive Burial is set for Fairmont tomorrow.
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Pairmont
W. Va
George M.alexander
Ormer of Or
Mononae Ane
West Mi University
Eee
Fairmont
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Fat Man
Eral
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Aly
Ti Coreel
21St Bomber Command
Japan
Leesburg
Ascension Vegetables
Kellogg's
Socoony Vacuum Oil Company
Bland and
North Street
Pax
New River Pocahontas
Hattie Brown
Lis Branch Réd
Miner
On Drug
I P. Begg
R. J. Henderson
Sisson Bros. & King Bruce and Sons Kroger Gro. & Baking CO
PEN Mar Grocery
J. W. Bowman Burnetts Cash Grocery
Piggly Wiggly B. & C. Food Market
Porterfield’s Inc. Market Basket
F. C. Jornson A. & P. Super Market
Wilkinson’s Grocery
Altman’s Cash Feed Store
McMullin Grocery CO
H. P. Saunders Grocery Economy Cash Grocery
Deluxe Cash Grocery
A. H. Henderson
Tates Food Market
J. W. Whittaker
Russell’s Cash Grocery
Mick OR Mack Painters
Burkhart G
A&p
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A&p Meat Departments
Croakers van
BOKAR
Sunnyfield
Kraft Maceroni
White House
Lipton’s
Lang
Carne
LUX
Jane Parker
Ise
Lord Mott String
Lona
Prunes
Campbell’s Vegetable
Sunnyfield Plain
Sunny
Oxfield Pkg
Ann Page
Ann Rose
Sultana Cider
Marvel
Dundee
Sorie
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