Four Injured In Highway Mishap Near Pineville
Four people were injured in a highway accident near Pineville Wyoming county yesterday. Two were treated at St Luke's hospital in this city and two at Grace hospital in Welch. Injured are S B Payne 513 North street with a broken right leg lacerations and bruises. A M Lane Bluefield Va with facial cuts chest mask and no broken bones. Mrs Bert Cline 29 Clearfork cuts and bruises. Bert Cline 39 right arm nose and ribs broken. Cline works for Wyoming Mining near Pineville. Details unavailable last night but two cars reportedly collided.
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Pinele
Wyoming County
St. Luke’s Hospital
Here
Grace Hospital
Welch
S. B. Payne
North Street
A. M. Lane
Bluefield
Bert Cline
Clearfork
Payne
Lane
St. Luke’s
Bombers Sink Midday American Bombing Raid
Liberators hit Dublin and Eten islands as part of Truk assault. Aerial combat over Truk results in 10 Japanese fighters destroyed with no Liberator losses. American Sixth Army elements advance toward Mokmer airfield on Biak island amid heavy fire and fortified defenses.
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Dublin
Eten
Truk
Sixth Army
Mokmer
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
Convoy Attacked Near Truk by Japanese Vessels
Pacific Fleet headquarters reports two attacks by U S naval planes on a convoy of small Japanese craft west of Truk. One ship sunk and another probably sunk, several heavily strafed. Admiral Nimitz announced the engagements occurred Friday and Saturday.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Service Men Guests Highlight Area Women Club Efforts
The Service Men's Club hosted 43 servicemen from 16 states and received donations of rolls butter canned goods and cash from numerous women volunteers. Mrs C K Wimmer chaired the event with Mrs John Smith as co chair and a separate Sunday gathering hosted 125 guests from 21 states with an anonymous $1 donation to cover expenses.
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Service Men's Club
Nellie Davis
J. B. Stephenson
W. E. Tickle
L. R. Durham
John Summers
Earl Scott
W. H. Bane
Earl Bane
Bill Dawson
Frank McReynolds
L. Lambert
Maye Cawley
Ladies Missionary Society of
Widemouth
C. K. Wimmer
John Smith
J. C. Spurlin
John Ratcliff
John Blackwell
Edward McGuire
H. L. McCall
F. F. Grubb
C. F. Tynes
Ernest Thomas
Clinton Tabor
Cleon Heller
Burnice Britten
Local Man Held For Grand Jury
William G. Williams of Bluefield was held to answer to the grand jury on felonious assault against city policeman E. R. Kerns alleged for May 28 on Princeton Avenue. Williams was fined $10 for intoxication and $2.50 plus costs for profane language. released after posting $600 bond.
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William G. Williams
Bluefield
W. W. McNeal
Williams
E. R. Kerns
Princeton Avenue
Death of Walter E Phelps in Bluefield
Walter E Phelps of Bluefield died of a heart attack at St Luke's hospital. He was born in 1891 in Baltimore County and worked for J A Jones Construction in Knoxville. Survived by two sisters and five brothers, with a funeral set for 2:30 Wednesday at Hawkins funeral home officiated by Rev Ben S Johnson.
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Walter E. Phelps
St. Luke’s Hospital
Phelps
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Knoxville
J. B. Kinney
Washington, D. C
J. E. McMullin
Hawkins Funeral
Ben 8. Johnson
The
First Christian Church
C. G Eastwood
W. Bivens
D. E. Templeton
R. P. Bolen
C. M. Rudder
Frank W. Dowdy
J. E. McMullin, Sr
James T. Patton
W. E. Brooks
Glen Lyn police chief Leonard J. Chambers dies in Pulaski hospital
Leonard J. Chambers 62 chief of police Glen Lyn Virginia died after a three weeks illness in Pulaski hospital. He previously served as Princeton chief and East River district constable. Survived by sons Wesley C Chambers C B Chambers and daughters Mrs P A Graham Mrs Monroe Smith and others. Funeral at First Christian church Princeton with burial at Pearisburg cemetery.
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Leonard J. Chambers
Glen Lyn
Pulaski
Chambers
Princeton
East River District
Virginian Railway Company
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Giles County
Oo. B. Chambers
Wesley Chambers
Delanese Corporation
C. B. Chambers
Salem
P. A. Graham
Monroe Smith
Norfolk
Coal Men Stand Continued From Page One
The case sits with the Fourth Circuit in Asheville after the U S Supreme Court refused to hear directly from the Virginia district court. Burke argues portal to portal pay should not be a basic mining law element and escrow was proposed pending final decision. The negotiating committee was told to pursue a contract satisfactory to all and meet UMWA representatives when feasible. Two weeks of talks aimed at a compromise failed to clear an agreement without risking the Jewell Ridge position.
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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Asheville
N. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Virginia District Court
Burke
UMWA
Jewell Ridge
Coal dispute talks resume as UMW proposal rejected
Washington June 5 lawyers for the Southern Coal Producers association and the United Mine Workers resumed conversations after operators rejected a UMW proposal to protect their legal position in the portal to portal pay lawsuit. The UMW sought removing language about pending suits and liability, but the southern group deemed it insufficient to safeguard their case.
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Washington
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
UMW
Southern Group
Nazis Quit Left in World War II Liberation Push
A wartime report describes German forces retreating and Allied operations expanding. Battle-ready Canadian troops and a large United States mechanized army move to liberate territories, while a Berlin radio broadcast downplays Italian setbacks and hints at a major westward invasion.
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Berlin
Italy
Radio Stolen From Home Break-in Near Taylor's Drug Store
L. 8. Whitten reported to city police that prowlers broke into his home on Prince ton avenue near Taylor's Drug Store and stole a portable RCA radio Victrola combination. Entry was through the kitchen window from the coal house. investigation continued last night.
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Whitten
Taylor
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield selects artists for fall winter concerts
The Bluefield Community Concert Association chose artists for three upcoming concerts. Lawrence Bernhardt of the Columbia Concert Association helped finalize selections including Helen Ohleim Josephine Tuminin Walter Cassel Donald Dame Henri Temianka and John Sebastian with Marcel Hubert replaced by Temianka. Contracts were signed and dates announced from New York. concerts will be at the Colonial Theatre.
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Bluefield
Columbia All-Star Opera Quartet
Helen Ohleim
Josephine Tuminin
Walter Cassel
Donald Dame
Henri Temianka
John Sebastian
Sebastian
New York
Colonial Theatre
Blufield Association
Marcel Hubert
Temianka
Allied invasion rumors spread by German broadcasts
The German agency and its DNB affiliates reported an invasion beginning in the dawn hours of June 6 with airborne troops landing near Le Havre at the mouth of the Seine. The AP noted the claim, shelling at Le Havre, and German forces clashing with landing craft as the broadcast suggested Anglo American paratroopers aimed to seize air fields for further landings.
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Transocean
DNB
a_ German
Seine
le Havre
Associated Press
Interine
International Information Bureau
Normandy
Invasion of France Begins as Allies Land on Seine Frontier
Transocean reports landing near the mouth of the Seine with paratroops and craft in a peninsula as Allied forces strike. Le Havre harbor bombarded and German naval forces engage, while top commanders Rundstedt and Rommel prepare a western defense amid expectations of a major counter blow. The war aims to seize airfields and open a broad invasion from the west.
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Churchill
Italy
Rome
French
le Havre
Dunkerque
Germany
France
Transocean
Seine
le Harveig
Teheran
Roosevelt
Stalin
Karendolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Erwin Rommel
Atlantic
Berlin
Red Army
Court Rules on Insurance Firms Interstate Commerce Issue
Washington June 5 The supreme court overturned a 75 year old ruling to hold the insurance business as interstate commerce under the Sherman anti trust law and Wagner Labor act. The anti trust case upheld indictments against fire insurance companies for conspiring to restrain interstate trade. Congress debates bills to exempt insurance from anti trust laws as Rep Walter says action is urgent to prevent chaos.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Apartment
House of Congress
Walter
D-Pa
House Judiciary Committee
Area Servicemen Home on Leave and Training Updates
Pvt Harlen M Baldridge of the U S infantry is on a 22 day furlough visiting his mother Mrs Augustus Sproles and aunt Mrs C E Workman in Mullens and will return next week. Pvt Elbert N Russell Jr of the U S marine corps arrives for a 10 day furlough with family in Giles street. William C McNew from Berwind joins U S Navy amphibious forces after LST training at Camp Bradford. Ensign Preston P Hamilton, Harvard trainee, returns home en route to Cambridge for advanced navy personnel training. Eugene McFarland seaman first class returns to ship after illness of his mother. Alonzo Yank Kennedy returns to Great Lakes after 11 day leave. Cpl Frank Williams of Princeton receives the army good conduct medal for service with the Ninth Air Force in England. Lieut Dana Mitchell of the naval construction battalion visits his parents in this city.
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Harlen M. Baldridge
U. S. Infantry
Augustus Sproles
Muliens
Baldridge
C. E. Workman
Tazewell Street
Mullens
Pvt
Elbert N. Russell, Jr
U. S. Marine Corps
Cherry Point
N. C
E. N. Russell
Giles Street
Parris Island
8. C
William C. McNew
Berwind
Amphibious Forces
U. S. Navy
Camp Bradford
Norfolk
Preston P. Hamilton
Hollywood Beach
Rogers Street
Cambridge
Harvard
Navy
Eugene McFarland
W. L. McFarland
Bluefield
R. D. Hamden
Kimball
Alonzo
Yank” Kenendy
Great Lakes
Ill
Ruth M. Kennedy
Hinton Street
U. S. Army
Frank Williams
Mercer Street
Princeton
Williams
Ninth Air Force
England
Army
Ennineering Con Concorporation
Riverale
Dana
Mitchell
U. S. Naval Construction Battalion
Camp Park
Shoemaker
Calif
Mrs
D. S Mitchell
North Street
City
Large Audience Hears Concert In Bluefield
Mrs. Harry Westerfield and Miss Mary Cheyney presented a concert at First Christian church under the Music Culture club. The performance drew a large out-of-town audience and featured elaborate attire, floral arrangements, and professional-standard solo and accompaniment.
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First Christian Church
Harry Westerfield
Christine Westerfield
Mary Cheyney
Bluefield
Music Culture Club
Fred Edwards
Westerfield
James Elmer Brown
Victor Herbert
Gershwin
Miss Cheyney
Buxtehude
Max Reger
Cesar Frank
Boellmann
Caretta
East
New York
Cheyney
Westminster School
Republicans hope for New York upsets in special elections
Gillette leads a slender GOP hope as two Democratic strongholds in New York City look to flip seats in the fourth and 11th districts. Nationwide, Tennessee and New Mexico hold primaries and nominating events as Bricker aide touts strong delegate prospects and Norman Thomas begins a $100,000 Socialist campaign fund.
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New York City
Washington
New Mexico
Tenessee
Tennessee
John W. Bricker
Robert Barton
Ohio
Barton
Columbus
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Gillespie Case Continued In Municipal Court
The case of C. A. Gillespie, 44, of Bluefield War, was continued to June 9 in municipal court after a knifing spree on Princeton avenue. Gillespie, free on $38 bond, faces assault on George Scott, drunkenness, and language charges. Scott, who was treated at the field sanatorium, posted $11 bond on an assault charge.
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C. A. Gillespie
Bluefield
Gillespie
Princeton Avenue
George Scott
Scott
Roanoke Piano Tuning and Furniture Ads Appear
City and Coalfield Items announce piano tuning services by Harry Haffen of Roanoke with monthly visits. Warlick Furniture Store promotes 3 piece living room suites and a coat sale with 15 price reductions featuring Swandown and other brands. Contact details provided for reservations.
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Warlick Furniture Store
Lieutenant Sam Elliott Wounded in Italy Action
Lieut. Sam Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Elliott of Canebrake, was seriously wounded in action in Italy on May 19 with an armored force in heavy combat against German troops. Another son, Lt. Clyde Elliott, serves with the army in Australia. The Elliotts are nephews of Gail T. Carter of Welch.
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T. J. Elliott
Canebrake
War Department
Sam Elliott
Italy
Elliott
Elliotts
Clyde Elliott
Australia
Gail T. Carter
Welch
Miss Bessie Lovelace Dies From Injuries After Wreck
Miss Bessie Lovelace 15 of Leckie dies at Grace hospital after a wreck on U S Route 52 near Roderfield. Five others injured include Dan Rose 16 and Edsell Sheets 16. three girls discharged from Grace hospital. Funeral at Boyd's Chapel conducted by Rev. C B Dickerson with interment in Franklin cemetery.
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Bessie Lovelace
Charles Lovelace
Leckie
Lovelace
Grace Hospital
U. S. Route 52
Roderfield
Dan Rose
Superior
Edsell Sheets
Welch
Grace
Stevens Clinic
Maury Rogers
Near Saeger
Nancy Smith
Saeger
Jane Butler
Red Cross Chapter To Meet Tonight
The Mc Dowell county chapter of the American Red Cross holds its annual meeting at 7:45 p m in the Red Cross rooms on Wyoming street. Reports from all departments will be presented and officers and executive committee members will be elected. Members and contributors are invited to attend.
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McDowell County
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Wyoming Street
Rites Are Held For Guy Moore
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Guy C. Moore aged 52 who died Saturday in a Welch hospital after a weeks long illness. The Rev. A A. Duke and the Rev. J P. Byrd conducted rites with interment in Saeger Memorial cemetery Roderfield. Active pallbearers were P K Jackson Ralph Forbes Aldie Rose D N Tompkins W B Mc Claugherty Don B Renn H B Hartinger and Frank Shirley.
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Guy C. Moore
Welch
A. A. Duke
West Welch
Ashland Miner Drowns While Swimming in Blue Stone River
David Hart 22 of Ashland drowned Sunday morning while swimming in the Blue Stone river between Rock and Lake Shawnee. a miner employed by United Pocahontas Coal at Crumpler. Survived by wife Ruby Gross of Crumpler and son David Jr. plus parents Melvin and [unclear] Hart of McComas, one brother Buster Hart and three half brothers.
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David Hart
Ashland
Bluestone River
Rock
Lake Shawnee
United Pocahontas Coal Company
Crumpler
Ruby Gross
David, Jr
Melvin Hart
McComas
Buster Hart
Funeral arrangements for several relatives in West Virginia region
The text lists the death days Daltey Day Lashmeet Willard Day Theodore Day and one sister Elizabeth Wyrick plus four half sisters Rachel Riggs Annie Angle Sarah Haynes Elizabeth Byrd and notes Northfork Funeral Home is preparing the body for burial with arrangements not yet completed.
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Daltey Day
Lashmeet
Willard Day
McComas
Theodore Day
Boissevain
Elizabeth Wyrick
Crumpler
Rachel Riggs
Montcalm
Annie Angle
Worth
Sarah Haynes
McDowell
Elizabeth Byrd
Matoaka
Northfork Funeral Home
Welch Voters to Elect Mayor and Three Council Seats
Welch voters go to the polls to elect a mayor and five council members for two year terms beginning July 1. Republicans field Gail T. Carter for mayor and slate council candidates L. E. Rogers, H. D. Sly, O. E. Linkous, Leon P. Miller, and John Gullett with updated ward locations at the Presbyterian church, City Hall, and the Day building in Hemphill.
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Welch
Presbyterian Church
Hemphill
Nan Waldron
Gail T. Carter
Reno F. Howard
Eighth Judicial Circuit
L. E. Rogers
H. D. Sly
O. E. Linkous
Leon P. Miller
John Gullett
Gullett
Linkous
R. B. Armentrout
City
Miller
W. H
Bill) Gannaway
Missing William Brickey A Coxswain From Elbert
The navy reported one West Virginia sailor missing and another dead. Missing is William Earl Brickey of Elbert McDowell county son of Mr and Mrs Jack Harvey Brickey. The deceased is James Norton Waugh seaman first class son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lee Waugh of Suton.
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Washington
Navy
West Virginia
William Earl Brickey
Jack Harvey Brickey
Elbert
McDowell County
James Norton Waugh
Lloyd Lee Waugh
Suton
Allied drive in Italy shatters Nazi fronts near Valmontone
From dawn to dark yesterday heavy bombing destroyed Nazi transport and bridges. British Eighth Army advances east of Rome meet stubborn defense north of Valmontone while towns in the Sacco valley are cleared. Fifth Army cars through the Alban hills seize Gottaferata Marino and Genzano as Rome shows battle damage and German retreat.
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Eighth Army
Valmontone
Sacco
Fiuggi
Piglio
Paliano
Guaracino
Cave
Palestrina
Tiber
Rome
Fifth Army
Alban
Gottaferrata
Marino
Genzano
Velletri
Week End Wrecks Leave Eight Injured In Bluefield
Three of the eight people hurt in automobile accidents around Bluefield over the week end remained patients at a Bluefield sanitarium last night. Names include Mrs. J. W. Bailey and Mrs. C. A. Thompson, with injuries ranging from chest and back to head and knee.
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Bluefield
J. W. Bailey
Route 1
Old Sand Lick Road
Howard Scott
C. A. Thompson
Tazewell
Ebenezer Church
Tazewe Highway
Grat Snell
Tip Top
Willie Snell
Harry Roberts Snell
James Dawson
Snell
Lucille Thompson
Scott
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Local Man Reports Theft of Automobile
Ralph Call of Cumberland reports a black Buick coupe with West Virginia license 348-730 stolen from a post office parking area Sunday night. Police were investigating the theft yesterday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Call
Cumberland
West Virginia
Mrs Julia Davidson Dies in Washington D C
Mrs Julia Davidson former resident here died Sunday in Washington D C She lived with Mrs Beau Charlton and Mrs Alice Marsh her nieces Funeral arrangements will be announced later
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Julia Davidson
Beau Charlton
Alice Marsh
Neices
Washington, D. C
Death Notice for E. Berkley Williams in Columbus
Mrs. Nannie Holley of 213 Wilson street learns of the death of her nephew E. Berkley Williams of Columbus Ohio. He was the son of Mollie Williams Spears and the late R Lee Williams formerly of this city.
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Berkley Williams
Nannie Holley
Wilson Street
E. Berkley Williams
Columbus
Ohio
Mollie Williams Spears
R. Lee Williams
Community Meetings Schedule Tonight in Local Homes
The Carolina Community Home group meets at Bland Street residence tonight at 6 30. Circle 4 of John Stewart bur gathers at 7 30 in Mrs Lelia Smiths home on Sto vall Street.
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Carolina
Bland Street
John Stewart Bur
Lelia Smith
Stovall Street
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B. Payne
This City
Virginia Side
Welch Hospital
SMC
J. S. Mangus
R. A. Kersey
Nancy Taylor
Grace Pearson
Portsmouth
New Haven
Seine River
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Poland
U. S
Gillette
Municipal
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
Harry
Welch News
Lieut
Guy Moore
Princess Issena
Daytona Beach
Florida
William E. Brickey
News of the Colored People
C. W. Tiffany
Corres
DIAL
Bulova
Crawford
Elgin
Gothic
Hamilton
le Coultre
Longines
Wittnauer
Federal Street
America
New Bedford
Mass
Boston
Masse
Portland
Rockland, Me
Chicago
Ostreit
Mich
Cleveland
Cinccinnati
Binsfeld
W. Va
Saletimers
Masts
Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated
ONE Broadway
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