Laundry strike row heats Princeton dispute over wage rise
AFL organizer A Rodriguez called Majestic laundry claims misleading as union seeks about 5 percent wage increase and various benefits. The expired contract May 31, with mediation to be led by Frank Walsh of the U S Department of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Rodriguez
Roy Eades
Majestic Laundry
Princeton
Fabor
Rodriguez
Launcy Workers Union
Eades
Frank E. Walsh
U. S. Department of Labor
Conciliation Division
Beirt Beirut hotels reserved for German use and Iraq turmoil grows
Report notes three top Beirut hotels booked for German use while British control of oil routes nears. Baghdad declares martial law after severe riots as Mosul fields are occupied, sparking fears of wider war in the region. Cairo discusses cabinet resignations and potential reform amid grave wartime tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Mosul
Theiterranean
Nhad
Iraq
Britain
Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Middle East
Baghdad
Anton
Near East
Anthony Eden
Circle No 2 2 Meeting at Mrs Sextons Home
Circle No 2 2 of Memorial Baptist Bluefield Virginia will meet this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs W C Sexton on Vir Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Baptist
Bluefield
W. C. Sexton
Viravenue
Deaths and Funerals Charles Hearn 78
Charles Hearn 78 former Virginian Railway employee died yesterday afternoon at 3 30 at his Bee street home in Princeton after a lingering illness. Survived by wife and sons and daughters Mrs Ethel Honaker Princeton Mrs Maud Markle Layland WV Mrs Beatrice Carter Akron OH Mrs Elizabeth Woods Akron OH Harrison Hearn Princeton Eugene Hearn. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Funeral services for miner Jack Berich at SagaMore
Funeral services for 57 year old miner Jack Berich of Pocahontas Fuel at Sagamore, killed in a mountain squeeze, will be held at St. John's Catholic Church at 4 PM. Rev. J A McNulty to officiate. Burial in Woodlawn cemetery. Belonged to St. John's, UMWA, Pritian Fraternal order. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Borich
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Sagamore
St. John's Catholic Church
J. A. McNulty
Woodlawn
Berich
St. John’s Catholic Church
UMWA
Pritian Fraternal
Daylight Saving Push and Defense Policy Actions
The article reports calls for daylight saving time to save energy, urging state governors to implement rather than federal action. It notes the Maritime Commission acquired 28 merchant vessels for army and navy use and Knox urging bans on photos at defense centers amid reports of Japanese surveillance. It also mentions a proposed civilian police force modeled after the FBI and three year selective service enlistments as emphasized by the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
OPI
Maritime Commission
Army
Navy
Knox
Congress
Senate Naval Committee
FBI
War Department
Germans claim raid on Malta and attacks in Western Europe
German high command announced successful raids on Malta and intensified air strikes on Hull England. They reported sinking a 4,000 ton merchant ship off the Orkneys, damaging two off Scotland, and hitting a large British warship with two torpedoes. The German news agency claimed 11,664,000 tons of British shipping destroyed since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Malta
High Command
Hull
England
Orkney Islands
Scotland
DNB
Britain
Treasury Takes Excess Profits Tax Ranges Split
A government committee debated tax rates with Treasury proposing 33 to 65 percent and the current code schedule at 25 to 50 percent. The panel postponed final decisions on average earnings and invested capital and on percentage determinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Treasury
Sgt Wilson Dean Enters Hospital
The Army Recruiting office in Bluefield is closed this morning as Sergeant Elmer W. Dean who led local recruiting enters Bluefield Sanitarium for throat treatment. A replacement for Sergeant Dean was not yet announced.
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Sgt
Wilson Dean
Army Recruiting Oic
Bradman
Bluefield
Elmer W. Dean
Dean
Local Youth Enlists in Army Air Corps
William E Morris son of Mr and Mrs Otto V Morris of 1618 Franklin street Bluefield enlisted in the Army Air Corps June 3. He is stationed at Bowman Field Kentucky with the 56th Pursuit Group after graduating Beaver High School class of 1937 and working as a salesman for the Bluefield News Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Morris
Otto V. Morris
Pranklin Street
Bluefield
Army Air Corps
Bowman Field
56Th
Morris
Beaver High School
AIWANTANS Kiwanis Hold Play Day at Bluefield College
More than 200 Kiwanians and wives gathered at Bluefield College for a Play Day and inter club meeting. Jimmy Gheen delivered the dinner address on Knowing Where You Are Going, outlining five steps for successful Kiwanis work with humor from his tours across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield College
Jimmy Gheen
Gheen
Kiwanis Club
United States
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
R. T
Bob” Peters
Russell J. Cousins
James Elmer Brown
Henry Fortune
Conrad Brevick
Ruth Stanley
James Wooldridge
Ray Evans
J. Hudson Huffard
Kiwanis International
George Bryson
West Virginia
The Ex Kaiser and the Fall of a Dynasty
The article recounts Kaiser Wilhelm II's abdication in 1918, exile at Doorn, and the dynasty's decline as his heirs and army, once central to German power, faded amid war’s end. It details his long rule, naval ambitions, and the shifting alliances that led to World War I.
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Bismarck
Amerongen
Netherlands
France
Wilhelm
Friedrich
Weilhelm II
Germany
Africa
German East Africa
Morocco
Congo
Great Britain
United States
Spain
Europe
Russia
Welhelm
Austro-Hungary
Italy
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Vienna
Serbia
Belgrade
Bavrilo Prinzip
St. Petersburg
Scandinavia
Austria
Berlin
Paris
England
Belgium
Wilson
George
Prince Henry
Prussia
Frince
Britain
Krupp
Essen
Kiel
Hertling
Maximilian
Baden
Max
Spa
Count Bentinck
Doorn
Holland
William Hohenzollern
Luxembourg
Justice
Honor
German Republic
Lad 15 Injured in Auto Plunge
Billy Howard aged 14, son of Mrs. Robert Howard of Wilderness Virginia, is in critical condition at St Luke s hospital with internal injuries after a car plunged over an embankment on the East River mountain highway shortly after 1 PM yesterday. Also admitted were Mrs. Howard George Howard 10 and Man Howard 15 all discharged yesterday afternoon. Driver Thomas Nicewander of Coopers was injured but declined hospital care. The Howards reside near Cumby Lumber company in Wilderness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Howard
Robert Howard
Wilderness
St. Luke's Hospital
East River Mountain Highway
George Howard
Man Howard
Thomas Nicewander
Coopers
Howards
Cumby Lumber Company
Flood damages and highway washouts report across West Virginia
Widespread rain caused landslides and washed out roads from Morgantown to Wetzel County. Rail traffic halted by an 80 foot landslide near Cameron while Monongahela river rose ten feet. Bridges and power lines damaged. coal mining halted. workers sent home as rain drains continue.
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Tleton
Pine Grove
Wetzel
Littleton
Baltimore and Ohio
Welling
Cameron
T'S Run
Morgantown
State Road Commission
New Martinsville
Monongalia
Wetvel
Mononghalia
Arnettsville
Monongahela
Scott's Run
du Pont
Shirley
West Union
Mannington
Hundred
Wallace
Harrison County
U. S
Maidsville
West Fork
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Moundsville
Cisco
Ritchie County
Cairo
Lockmaster
W. G. Shaffer
Hoult
Pittsburgh
W. S. Brotzman
Brotzman
Long Distance Phone Tolls To Be Reduced
The Federal Communications Commission announced rate reductions effective July 10. Long distance users will save about 14 million dollars yearly, roughly 14 percent of bills. Charges will be removed for incomplete person to person and reverse charge calls. Over time longer person to person calls will cost the same as station to station under new rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Telegraph Printing Co Offers Custom Services at 412 Bland St
City and coalfield items note stock and printing services from Telegraph Commercial Printing Co. at 412 Bland St offering large and small orders, phone 2400, plus Vogue's Fur Storage in Bluefield and other local ads. Masonic Notice for Mercury Lodge No 160 invites visiting brethren to a Thursday 7:30 meeting with Norman McDowell as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Call Telephone
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Bland St
Mercer Lodge No
Norman McDowell
Bland Farmer Hurt in Automobile Crash
W. H. Hoge, a Bland Virginia farmer, suffered serious internal injuries when his car rear ended a neighbor’s vehicle driven by Mrs. Everett Waddell. Waddell and two of six children had minor scratches. others were uninjured. Paul Penley suffered a facial cut. Hoge was hospitalized at Bluefield sanitarium after the 1 30 p m crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hoge
Bland
Everett Waddell
Strike Leaders Push For Higher Rail Labor Wages
Union leaders from AFL railroad employes department seek hourly raises from 36 to 70 cents minimum and up to 1.15 for skilled workers, affecting about 800000 workers as mediation board handles a Cleveland Aluminum Co case. CIO die casting workers demand 44 cent general raise and 3 cent bump to 72 cent minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Jewel
AFL Railroad
Mediation Board
Cleveland
Aluminum Company of America
Perkins
Paulderick
CIO National Association of Die Casting Workers
Nazi Planes Scatter Bombs Over Midland
German planes scattered bombs over wide sections of the West Midlands in a raid called a nuisance by Britain. Property was damaged and a few casualties occurred, with fires extinguished. Raids extended to the northwest and East Anglia, but London remained quiet after an alert and daylight fighting yielded two Messerschmitts shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
West Midlands
East Anglia
Suspects Held in Hit Run Case in Big Creek Area
Four Big Creek residents are held in a hit and run that injured Sam Martin a 33 year old Newhall man. The accident occurred near the Divides in Tazewell county. A headlamp rim found at the scene sparked the arrest of Martha Jane Smith and Zadie Frank Ishman Brown. The court hearing will be before Magistrate Ernest Flinn after Maupin completes his investigation. Martin remains in critical condition with a fractured skull at Bluefield sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Maupin
Big Creek
New Tooth Elevates Draftee to 1-A Status
A 21 year old registrant from East Orange New Jersey was found to have a new molar growing in after a previous exam showed one tooth missing. The draft board dentist ordered a return visit and approved 1-A classification once the tooth appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Orange
Selective Service
Draft Board
Resolutions of Respect for Colonel Crumpecker
Mercer County Democratic Executive Committee adopts a resolution mourning the death of Colonel G H Crumpecker known as Crum a leading West Virginia Democrat from Mercer County The resolution expresses sorrow to his family and friends and directs copies to the widow state officials and committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peery L. Dye
Mercer County
Democratic Executive Committee
G. H. Crumpecker
Crum
West Virginia
Seene
Coend Pecker
Army of Friends
Crumeered
Mercer
West Virgin
Virginia
Democratic Party
Merc Pr
West Virgnna
Crumpecker
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Hitler
Friederich
Olonial
Budington Kelland
Scatterfood
Guy Kibbee
Coot
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Carol Hughes
John Archer
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Emma Gunn
Les
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BAO Radio
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Kay , Francis
Henry Stephenson
Esther Graham
School of Dance
Lad
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Douglas
Conrad Veidt
Perry Easeuy
Sre
Owen Deasld
Neel Hoe Main
Men Gottiger Mater
Memans
George Cukor
Victor Saville
Telegraph Commercial Ting Company
Vogue
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
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