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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1944
Page
5
The Daily Vacation Bible School at First Christian church starts tomorrow at 9 a.m. with Mrs. Ben 8. Johnson as general superintendent. An afternoon conference at 3 p.m. will align officers and teachers. closing exercises are planned for June 18 at the evening church hour.
Three hundred high school boys will be hired for railroad work this summer by the Railroad Retirement Board. The group, named the Boys' Battalion, will operate under supervision with recreational facilities arranged after hours. Monitors from the area will accompany them. They depart Bluefield and nearby towns on Friday June 9 for Indiana where the work is located. Students over 16 should apply at the nearest U S Employment Office or the Railroad Retirement Board office at the N and W freight station in Bluefield.
A second bus on the Bluefield-Princeton-Celco line began May 1 on a Consolidated Bus Co trial to meet Celanese Corp and Office of Defense Transportation demands. The 40 percent load requirement was exceeded over 21 days in May, supporting continued operation. A third round of service daily with two buses existed, and on June 1 Consolidated added more service from Bluefield.
Billy McDonald of Bluefield was held for action by the Mercer county grand jury after an arraignment before Minister W. W. McNeal on a charge of destruction of public property. He allegedly destroyed jail plumbing fixtures, was committed to Mercer county jail in default of $500 bond, and is on parole from the state penitentiary at Moundsville.
William F. Murray of Bluefield, manager of the social security board office, was named a member of a nine person regional committee in Washington to devise plans for re employment of veterans after the war. The panel met in Washington on June 1 and will meet periodically with veterans employment services, selective service, civil service and other agencies.
A full hour broadcast salute to the armed forces airs tonight at 8 on WHIS featuring Bob Hope Edgar Bergen Charlie McCarthy Bing Crosby Fred Allen Judy Garland Gracie Fields Ray Noble and more. The Hollywood show replaces the Chase and Sanborn and One Man's Family programs.
Bari Curt Massey joins Dr Roy Shield and commentator Upton Close in the Sheaffer World Parade at 3 00 p m. The Penman will pace off Lucky Day Zing Went the String of My Heart and Army Air Corps while Close analyzes news developments and hosts a guest authority.
Airwave bulletins list a World War II Army Hour program on combat operations of Germany with other evening NBC broadcasts including Cavalcade of America and music programs. The schedule features multiple time slots from 3:30 p.m. through 3:00 a.m. with NBC News, specialized music shows, dramas, and church programs across a wide roster of sponsors and network partners.
A dense listing of NBC CBS and blue network radio and TV time slots, noting program titles hosts guests and song shows. It places North East street south of East North street in Victoria Texas and ends with station lineups and times through 11 PM.
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