Clergymen oppose bearing arms questioned by MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur criticized clergymen who said they would avoid war by invoking religious belief. He called such views an attack on constitutional duty and warned that surrendering rights would erode American citizenship. He urged adherence to laws and readiness to defend the nation if needed.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Indt
Sensral
Kirby Page
the World
War Department
Alaff
MacArthur
Congress
Nakhi
Curtis Silent on Future Plans for Vice Presidency
Washington June 2 Vice President Curtis returned to Kansas without revealing his future plans. He left political leaders puzzled by his statement that he has decided nothing and may act in the fall or not. Republican chiefs in recent speculation urged him to seek the nomination.
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Washington
Curtis
Kansas
Yenominat Ory
Senate
Orromeran
Topeka
Aurvay
Orep
Proapaclya
Curtin
Juror Struck In Smith Trial In Federal Court
In Wheeling West Virginia June 2 the trial of Harry W Smith a Grove street business man resumed with only 11 jurors after Leon W Spragg was found to have undergone appendicitis surgery The judge ruled the trial proceed before 11 men Smith faces charges of conspiracy to interrupt interstate commerce by sporting a street automobile
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Wheeling
W. Va
Harry W. Smith
Grove
Leon W. Spragg
Smith
Arlington Memorial bridge joins former home of Robert Leo scene
Army airplanes roared at the conclusion of national maneuvers by the U S Air Force. Six hundred Plainese practiced for possible war near the placid Potomac at the site where the Greek temple in memory of Lincoln joins the Arlington Memorial bridge. The area referenced is Arlington Memorial Cemetery where thousands of war dead are interred.
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Adova
Lincoln
Arlington Memorial
Robert
Leo
Virginia Hills
U. S. Airforce
Arlington Memorial Cemetery
Filtration Plant Foundation Starts Near Bluestone
The Bluefield Virginia news notes the filtration plant foundation has begun near Bluestone north of the pumping station. T. E. Baker is foreman and an Atlanta firm engineer observes the build. Work is by force account with local labor hired.
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Bluestone
T. E. Baker
Atlanta
Forca
Tuition Abolished for Local High School Students
Virginia notes progress on a plan to abolish tuition for town students at Graham high school and extend admission to grades and high school without costs. The move, backed by Grace Epworth League and city council, aims to reduce barriers to schooling as council approves four thousand three hundred dollars to support the county school board for the next term. Local issues include sidewalk request and water meter talks. delegates head to Toronto for a World WCTU meeting.
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Epworth
Grahim High School
Hay Palmer Hall
Bluefield
County School Board
Policeman Arrests His Brother In Local Court
A local police officer named T. P. Coon arrested his brother B. H. Coon on intoxication charges, jailed him overnight, and testified in police court where the brother drew a finger. Coon works night duty and reportedly treated the matter as equal under law. Also noted are a musical recital at the Bantlet parsonage, a wedding count nudge about teachers, crop notes from Scott and Wise counties, a wire theft report, and a new law partnership in Bland Virginia between Samuel Hardy and Pierce Kegley.
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T. P. Coon
Coon
B. H. Coon
BP. Coon
Samuel Hardy
H. Hardy
Bluefield
Bland
Pierce Kegley
Hardy
Richmond Iest
State Board
S. D. May
Col
W. L. May
Tazewell
Kegley
Fulton Kegley
Virginia
Old Dominion
Vivid dream before fatal crash on Wise county highway
The night before her death in a car crash thirteen times down Crane Mountain, Mrs. Leslie Bright claimed a vivid dream warned of danger. Her sister, Mrs. James Brown, reported the dream as Bright feared a tragedy en route to dampen.
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Wise County
Leslie Bright
James Brown
Aho Bhatt
Mra. Brown
Fred Horn
Biuefield
Tright
Danpen
Crane Neat Mountain
Virginia Side Personal Notes Highlight Local Residents
Agnes Rich, home from Grundy after Presbyterian Mountain school. Mrs. R. Le Gillespie and her husband from Aflex Ky visit parents Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie. Joe Pruett attended Ben Moss funeral in Burkes Garden. Pruett is Moss’s first cousin. Margaret Louise Long, seven, returned home from Bluafield Sauttarium after an appendix operation. The girl was visiting Bishop with her parents when stricken.
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Agnes Rich
Grundy
Presbyterian Mountain School
Agnes
R. le (Bush) Gillespie
Aflex
Gillespie
Joe Pruett
Burkes Garden
Ben Moss
Pruett
Moss
Margaret Louise
R. T., Long
Bluafield , Sauttarium
Bishop
Bluefield Scouts En Route to Zanesville for Meeting
Howard Willigma William Penn and Ned Short, Bluefield district Scouts, travel to Zanesville Ohio for a major meeting. They will attend a banquet with guest Dan Beard and Paul Siple. Willigma seeks Life Scout, Penn and Short to be examined for Star rank. They expect to return to Bluefield Saturday night.
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Howard ‘Williama
William Penn
Ned Short
Bluefield
Zanesville
Ohio
Dan Beard
Paul Siple
Byrd
South Pole
Howard Willigma
Ned Shott
Geiger
Soules
Virginia
New City Draft Regulates Transient Merchants Hawkers Peddlers
Bluefield passes a new licensing ordinance forTransient merchants hawkers and peddlers setting license requirements exemptions fees and vehicle rules. The measure requires written applications vehicle proofs and inspections with penalties from six to one hundred dollars and takes effect July 1 1981 with repeals of conflicting ordinances.
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Bluefield
Himc
Jn ‘Eathicense
Saldefty
Clerit
al Ilenaea
DO-X Ready to Launch Transatlantic Flight from Cape Verde
Lisbon dispatch reports the German seaplane DO-X is prepared to begin its transatlantic flight to Brazil tomorrow morning. Earlier notices said the ship was refueled and crewed to attempt the crossing at sunset if feasible.
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Lisbon
Portugal
The
Marconi Company
Porto Praia
Cape Verde
Brazil
Simset
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RED Sox
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Tazewell Avenue
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Wills
Mentorini Baptist Church
St. Paul
Scott and Wise
W. G. Vermillion
Mendota
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Hale
Graman-Blackwerl
Louise Blackwell
Logan Street
Axlgar M. Graham
J. W. Blackwell
Dungannon
Scott County
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John 4. Graham
Ainge
Methodists Assemble
Castuiewood
B. T. Sells
W. D. Larowe
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Frost
Jack Frost
Elma Kimball
Ela May Moss
Fay Harris
Mary Witten
Emmis Cox
Vota Harmon
Goulae Moss
Anne Puckett
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Maggie Harmon
Loraine Whitt
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Bi Thompson
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Hogo
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Mra
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Christen Miam-Phiip
Uigdu
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Steeles
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Presbyterian
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Enso
Boots
Ourswate “of Arms
Ako
Honrber
Skeeks
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Duff
Electric Refrigeration Bureau
Tom Soovs
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