Moses Named Next President Of Mine Workers Institute
Thomas Moses of Pittsburgh is slated to lead the Mine Workers Institute of America at its Bluefield meeting, advancing from vice president to president in a Wednesday vote. Born 1869, Moses rose from coal miner to U S Steel executive, shaping safety efforts and labor relations across decades.
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Thomas Moses
Pittsburgh
Minetors’ Institute of America
Bluefield
Moses
Tom
T. M
United States Steel Corporation
Inspectors’ Institute
Illinois
Westville
Ill
U. S. Puel Company
U. S. Steel
The
Steel Corporation
Insttute
Joan L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Arthur H
Indiana
Wales
Lucas
Iowa
John L. Lewis
Kelly Coal Comy
United Mine Workers
Thornton helped grow Bluefield aviation through youth program
In Bluefield, Thornton led the Airplane Model League of America branch and organized Boys Day in Aviation during National Boys Week. He guided younger members toward aviation, aided by his involvement at the local airport and workshops with mechanics.
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Bluefield
Airplane Model League of America
Thornton
Official Primary Ballot for Bluefield Directors 1941
Voter instructions for the June 10 1941 primary in Bluefield list District 2 candidates Terry L Brown and Robert W Chandler and District 3 candidate J Toy Nelson for the Board of Directors. Each district votes for one.
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Board of Directors of the City of
Bluefield
Deaths: William F. Dawson in Richlands mine accident
William F. Dawson 42 of Cedar Bluff died in a Richlands hospital from injuries suffered in a state mine fall near Premier. Survived by wife Oakley Bell Fullen Dawson and seven children, plus five brothers and two sisters. Funeral at Layman's Chapel with Rev. Foote. burial Clinch Valley Memorial. Minnie Faye Collins infant dies Mullens West Virginia. Funeral at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with Rev. Johnson.
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William F. Dawson
Richlands
Dawson
Cedar Bluff
Oakley Bell Fullen Dawson
Edward
Gaynell
Ora Bell
Oakley
George
Ben
Hazel
Jim
Russ
Matoaka
John
Kenneth
Ft. Knox
Hazel Myers
Laura Dawson
Layman's Chapel
P. C. Foote
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Thornton Pioneer Aviator and Community Leader Dies
Bluefield West Virginia mourns the death of Mr. Thornton a longtime aviator and community figure. He performed a solo parachute jump in 1931 at Bluegeld airport and flew first solo in 1933 at Bluefield. He served as a scoutmaster and lay evangelist and led Thornton Company founded by his father. Survived by father brother sister and grandparents funeral at First Christian Church with burial in Maple Park.
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Thornton
Bluegeld
Mr. Thornton
Bluefield
Princeton
Thornton Company
First Christian Church
James Linton Thornton
West Virginia Engineering Company of War
W. Va
Vera Thornton
Isaac Wright
North Street
Mine Safety Discussion Highlights Explosion Prevention
A mining conference featured Rhinehart urging ample rock dust and water on cutter bars as essential safety. Currie outlined three lines of defense including ventilation and methane detection, with other officials from state and federal agencies contributing. Over 200 registered as delegates gathered, with tours and a motorcade planned to nearby sites.
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Rhinehart
R. D. Currie
Truckville
General Reinsurance Corporation
Currie
U. S. Bureau of Mines
J. W. Fita
Jarrell
Arkansas
R. D Joseph
Pennsylvania
Marcus Kerr
Division of Mines
Ohio Department of Public Relations
W. J. Pene
U. S. Bureau of Mines Safety Divis
J. J. Rutledge
Maryland
N. P. Rhinehart
W. C. Snyder
Bluefield
Ontas Company
Thomas Moses
Institute
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Gary
Wmn
Hantas Ca
Claytor Dam
Inia
Funeral rites for Pedro J Alexander noted Bluefield leader
Pedro J Alexander 67 prominent Bluefield businessman died at Bluefield Sanitarium after two weeks with complications. He led civic and church efforts, helped found Bluefield Kiwanis and Clover club, served Westminster church as deacon treasurer and Bible class member. Burial Maple Park. Masonic lodge in charge. Survivors include wife Victoria Coles Alexander daughter Bundy Harvey sister Pollock and brothers Alexander.
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Pedro J. Alexander
Pocahontas Coal Fields
Bluefield Sanitarium
Heatherwood Road
C. G. Gunn
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Samuel W. Moore
Maple Park Cemetery
South Bluefield
Alexander
Flat Top Warehouse Company
Bluefield
George Richardson
Clover Club
Elks, Shriners, U. C. T
Executives Club
Fortrings
Greenbrier County
W. R
Isabella
Ray Evans
J. B. Nelson
Ralph Smith
Fred Harris
W. L. Alley
A. T. Cole
W. H. Sperow
J. L. Kirk
Westminster Church
Axis leaders plot new Mediterranean action after Brenner talks
Unofficial sources report further Axis moves following a Brenner Pass meeting between Hitler and Mussolini. Virginio Gayda claims new Mediterranean developments will arise from the Axis victory, estimating British Crete losses at 45 000 with sea withdrawals denied, while secrecy shrouds the summit. Also, Leonard Lee Lowder’s name was mistakenly left off Bluefield College seniors list at graduation.
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Virginio Gayda
Mediterranean
Gayda
Crete
Britain
Brenner Pass
Russia
Turkey
Palestine
Iraq
Leonard Lee Lowder
Bluefield College
Bluefield
Executives Club Dinner to Feature Jimmy Gheen Speech
Bland and Wytheville delegates arrive from Dublin and Pearlsburg for the June dinner meeting of the Executives club in the evening. New York humorist Jimmy Gheen will speak as technical papers and discussions mark the program and officers are to be elected for 1942.
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Bland
Notable Mayors and Hoboes Highlight Local Wit
A humorous sketch praises New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia as versatile and capable in many roles. It shifts to a scathing note about hobos in Bluefield, describing efforts to select delegates for the Rambling Hobo Fellowship of America and lampooning local interest in the convention at Britt, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Rambling Hobo Fellowship of America
Britt, Iowa
J. Leon Lazarowitz
Hobo News
Bluefield
Lazarowitz
Telegraph
Eddie Steele
Britt
Bluefield College Honors Students in Annual Awards
The Bluefield college annual awards commemorate academic and character excellence across many disciplines. Miss Jennie Clark French led girls with a 92.5 average while G Vincent clock Jr and Leonard Barrack won business and declamation honors respectively.
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Jennie Clark French
Paggy Harris
French
Frank 8. Easley
Board of Trustees
Bluefield College
G. Vincent Clock, Jr
Islip
N. Y
J. W. Waters
Leonard Barrack
Allston
Joyce Company
Oe Young
Port Chester
Henry Rodgin
Virginian Society
John Marshall
G. T. Thornhill
Jeannette Shumate
Jennie Clark Prench
Aine Ridinger
Anne Lilly
Evelyn Thompson
University of Richmond
Carl Doorschak
Wallington
Paul Gillespie
Downington
The
Sigma Theta Sorority
8. W. Moore
FE. C. Wade
F M. Louthan
Ellwood Spencer
Vata A M Dc. W. McElroy O . Va. Fighty
Syria and Iraq chaos as Rashid Ali seizes Baghdad
In the Middle East the regent Emir Abdullah returns to Baghdad as Rashid Ali Al Gailani, now a fugitive in Persia, wrests control on April 4. Elsewhere the Tobruk front tightens with Axis forces encircling the Libyan port and RAF bombers targeting the area. Crete withdrawal prompts airlift missions to isolated axis-held troops.
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Kirkuk
Iraq
Emir Abdullah
Baghdad
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Persia
Middle East
Androne
Tobruk
RAF
Agasi
Crete
Weygand in Near East Plans Amid War News
The text describes Weygand as a French authority on British Near Eastern strategy and notes his prewar talks with British commander Wavell on joint defense plans for the region. It mentions the Mosul fields, the Haifa pipeline, and potential occupation of Syria, with references to Vichy and German broadcasts.
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Syria
Iraq
Mosul
Haifa
Palestine
Prench Near Eastern
London
Rashid Ali
Weygand
Archibald P. Wavell
Middle East
Maurice Gamelin
Europe
Near East
Parc Hotel
New York
Wereand
Petain
Vichy
Supreme Court Reopens Two High-Profile Contempt Cases
The court set rearguments for October 13 in two Los Angeles cases. The Los Angeles Times and editor L D Hotchkins were convicted over editorials about pending matters. Harry Bridges CIO leader was convicted for criticizing a court ruling in a telegram to Secretary Perkins. Korffa broadens his challenge to a dam project affecting 100000 acres.
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Korffa
Supreme Court
Diim
Superior Court of
Los Angeles
Calif
Los Angeles Times
Ths
L. D. Hotchkins
Los Angeles Court
Harry Bridges
CIO
Penance to Be Given H. C. Callaway Banquet
A banquet honoring H. C. Callaway of Bluefield Virginia will be held Saturday evening in Bluefield. Despite expectations the event welcomes friends beyond railway workers and invites all who wish to attend to reserve through Wade Frazier. The note appears in the committee's announcement amid Callaway’s retirement from the Norfolk and Western railway.
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H. C. Callaway
Bluefield
Bluefiel
Callaway
Norfolk and Western Railway
Wade Frazier
Kiwanians Hear Hotels Talk During National Hotel Week
Max Matz Hotel Matz manager told Bluefield Kiwanians hotels anchor social life and support the local economy. He cited a study showing hotel spending disperses to payroll taxes and shops, noting Byefield hotels employ over 250 people and offer 600 rooms. West Virginian manager W J Cole spoke on the week June 17 observance as local Kiwanis plan a Play Day at Bluefield College.
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Max Matz
Matz
Byefield
West Virginia
Bluefield College
Telegraph Printing and Local Advertising Notices
City and Coalfield Items list printed items posted signs debit slips and mimeograph paper available at Telegraph Commercial Printing Co. 412 Bland St. Vogue's Fur Storage offers vault services and on premises repairs with summer rates. Harry Haffen to service pianos monthly from Roanoke. Continuing June Sale at Fretwell's for fast colored print house dresses size 12 to 20 now 69c.
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General Printing and Engraving
Telegraph Commercial. Printing Company
Phone
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Bland St
Vogue
Bluefield
Hughes’s career spans New York to the Supreme Court
The obituary recalls Charles Evans Hughes, 79, a towering figure in American public life. Governor, secretary of state, presidential candidate, World Arbitration veteran, and twice on the Supreme Court, his career bridged reform, diplomacy, and law. It notes Taft’s resignation of the Chief Justice seat and Hughes’s brief cabinet tenure before joining the court. Also mentions Alexandria’s location near the Nile with light silt due to currents.
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Hughes
Canadian Rockies
New York
World Arbitration Tribunal
Supreme Court
Presley
Taft
America
Republican
Wilson
Harding
Washington
Schoolmen Final Meeting Of The Year At Northfork
The Schoolmen's club of junior and senior high principals and supervising staff for Negro schools holds its final monthly meeting of the year at 6 p.m. at Principal Prunty's Northfork home. Visitors included J. S. Saundle, I. J. K. Wells, and Prof. Theodore Mehaffey. The group has met on schedule, focusing on school problems while maintaining social activities.
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Schoolmen’s Club
Prinos
Prunty
Northfork
J. S. Saundle
Mercer County
I. J. K. Wells
Charleston
Theodore Mehaffey
Bluefield
J. M. Belcher
C. E. Johnson
Fashion Show At New Century Methodist Church June 5 1941
A fashion show featuring twenty styles will be modeled at New Century Methodist church on Thursday evening June 5 1941 at 8 o clock A silver offering will be taken Refreshments will be sold including home made ice cream and fried chicken Public invited Also Vacation Bible School opened Monday morning at 9 30 with courses in music art Bible study and recreation Children of the community are cordial invited to attend regardless of denomination Commencement exercises for Pocahontas Virginia at First Baptist church June 5 Salutatory by Ralph Branch Class poem Vera Mae Witt solo by Clarence Potter oration by Dallas Jones vale dictory by Joyce Woody Speaker Rev E T Browne address by Rev J P Williams Certificates presented by Prof William Green Graduation list includes Joyce Woody Ralph Branch Howard Hicks Dallas Jones Maurice McMickle Ralph Moorman Oscar Rotter Thomas Smith James Alker Freda Barksdale Ruth Bell Mildred Flipping Hazel Robinson Dorothy Saunders Myrtle Webb Verna Mae Witt Circle Meeting Circle No 3 of the Woman's Division of Christian Service Avail May 6 hosted by Mrs Emma Pettigrew with refreshments by her daughters Helen and Elaine Pettigrew
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Century Methodist Church
Vacation Bible School
Webster: Wits
S. Otis Jones
J. P. Adams
Josephine Christmas
Pocahontas
First Baptist Church
Ralph Branch
Vera Mae Witt
Clarence Potter
Dallas Jones
Joyce Woody
J. P. Williams
E. T. Browne
Scott Street Baptist Church
William Green
Graham High School
Howard Hicks
J. C. Stith
Maurice McMickle
Ralph Moorman
Oscar Rotter
Thomas Smith
James Alker
Freda Barksdale
Ruth Bell
Mildred Flipping
Hazel Robinson
Dorothy Saunders
Myrtle Webb
Verna Mae Witt
Mother's Prayers Circle No 3 Meeting Report
Mrs Ineta Jones Helen Davis and Grace Roten rendered musical pieces. Mrs Annie Hancock and Mrs Manie Connor hosted the May 20 Circle No 3 meeting at John Stewart church. Alma Hendricks spoke on overcoming odds and self worth. Mrs B Kirtley attended and offered encouragement. Refreshments were served to many members and visitors. Circle No 3 meets tonight at 7 30 at the church. all members urged to attend.
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Ineta Jones
Helen Davis
Grace Roten
Annie Hancock
Manie Connor
Alma Hendricks
B. Ki
Paul Smith Passes Away at Home on Allen Street
Paul Smith died Sunday at his residence on Allen Street. He was employed at the Matz hotel. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Paul Smith
Allen Street
Mr. Smith
Matz
Usher Board Meeting at Mt Zion Church
The Usher Board of Mt Zion Baptist Church will meet tonight at 7 30 in the home of Mrs Annie Cawthorne 436 Scott Sent Members are urged to attend.
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Annie Cawthorne
Scott
Rites for Mrs. Minnie Martin in Rural Retreat
Minnie Martin died Saturday morning at St Mary's Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral at John Stewart Methodist Church today at noon with burial at her home Rural Retreat Virginia. Survived by son James W. Martin daughters Ella Parm and Isabelle Hattie and two sisters and brothers. Pallbearers named. Friends to be at 11 30 for floral tributes. Charles G Watkins Sr of Church Street died Sunday morning after a short illness. He worked at the W freight station for many years. Surviving wife Mrs Ola Watkins two sons Joe and Charlie Jr and daughter Pauline Ashe three grandchildren and siblings. Funeral arrangements to be announced later. Cleaning and upholstery ad.
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John Brown
Benjamin Campbell
Co. L. Froe
Arias
Charles Watkins
Charles G. Watkins
Church Street
Hom
George Ola Watkins
Pauline Ashe
Joe Watkins
Charlies Watkins Jr
Columbus
Ohio
Robert and
Mack Watkins
Spencer
Samuel Watkins
Fannie Turner
Preston
Mis. Louise Cragg
Omaha, Neb
Crete Taken as Axis Aerial Base in World War II
The Fuehrer and Duce hailed the Crete seizure as a strategic air base for striking British defenses in Palestine Cyprus Egypt and Suez. They discussed countering American moves amid Roosevelt’s pledge to defend the Western Hemisphere. Goering warned that Crete proves no island is unconquerable through air assault.
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Fuehrer
Duce
Crete
Palestine
Cyprus
Egypt
Suez
Rome
Roosevelt
United States Navy
America
French West Africa
Azores
Atlantic
Britain
United States
Washington
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
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Board OF Directors
William C. Snyder
J. A. Stevenson
James A. Tabor
Terry L. Brown
Robert W. Chandler
J. Toy Nelson
O. White
D. V. Chappell
T. Courtney Tanner
Guy C. Dunn
W. J. Ellis
W. C. Houchins, SR
Ralph E. Shupe
Ben S. Johnson
T. E. Peters
Malcher Buck Akers
Dale Kersey
Richard Henley
Clax Houseman
Lambert Arrington
Stanley Martin
James Peters
Herbert Chambers
Lloyd Huser
Roy Browder
P. J. Alexander
Hitler, Duce
Otto Trevanaid
LaGuardia
U. S. Conference of Mayors
Joint Permanent Defense Board
Office of
Civilian Defense
WPA
Hitler
Ich
Conference of Mayors
Defense Board
Otresoes
el Paso
Tex
Phoenix, Ariz
Lake Shawnee
Wilmer Hester and His
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
P. O
News of the Colored People CO
W. Tiffany
CHIEF
Bar
Alexandria
Nile Delta
Emma Pettigrew
Belcher Street
Circle No. 3
Woman's Division of
Christian Service
Mickey Rooney
Ann Rutherford
Andy Hardy
Bob Crosby
Bing
Borne
Loa Danel
Mamort
Sernell Co
Jack Patrick
Carson Florence Bates
Sidney Blackiner
William Ludwig
Lederer
David Mertz
Jack Conway
Pandro
Berman
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