Light calendar items before city board and streets
A light agenda met the city board with a walk through the Green Street bridge inspection and a request to abandon or regulate an alley between College Avenue and White Thorn Street. City permits were discussed and several building repairs priced from 40 to 250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Directors
Green Street Bridge
W. A. Light
College Avenue
Whitethorn Street
Heart Department
City Library and Child Welfare Department
Emory P. Mitchell
W.C. Wright
Max Meredith
WPB
Moody Wilkinson
Elm Street
Martin Tynes
Allen Street
Catherine L
Mary A. Atkins
Washington Street
Luther G. "Scott
Pen Mar Avenue
C. B. Gibson
J. F. Lewis
G. L. Prazier
Rockbridge Street
Pearl B Harrad
Virginia Avenue
E. E. Miller
Pearl Street
Area Youth Is Enlisted In Navy
Carl Porath announced that one area youth has been enlisted, one applied for enlistment, and another was sent to Huntington for examination prior to final enlistment. Raymond R. Jones of Bradshaw has been enlisted, Nelson Ferguson of Crystal was sent to Huntington for examination, and Cuyler B. Wood Jr. of Bluefield Virginia has applied for enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
U. S. Navy
Carl Porath
Navy
Raymond R. Jones
Bradshaw
Nelson Ferguson
Crystal
Cuyler B. Wood, Jr
Bluefield
Bids Opened On West Virginia Highway Projects
The West Virginia Road Commission opened bids totaling about 417000 dollars for 18 counties. Low bids include Raleigh area 4.6 miles of macadam on U S 19 21 72 960. Wyoming 5 2 miles S R 10 Elmore Budd Brown Wright 10028. 10 4 miles S R 10 Logan Line Oceana Middle States Bituminous Corp 14695 50. Logan Rock House Creek bridge Trottino Construction Co Alexandria VA 14431 25 5 8 miles S R 80 7 2 miles S R 10 Huff Juncture Wyoming Line Verner Middle States Bituminous Corp 11242 25 Ver ner Gilbert Middle States Bituminous Corp 7661 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Raleigh
U. S. 19
Shady Spring
Midway
Brown and Wright
Princeton
Wyoming
S. R
Elmore-Budd
Brown
Wright
Oceana
Middle States
Bituminous Corp
Ashland
Logan
Rock House Creek
Trottino Construction Co
Alexandria
Huff
Wyoming Line
Verner
Norwegian King Warns Against Premature Uprisings
King Haakon of Norway cautioned Norwegians not to rise prematurely in revolt, in a broadcast heard by NBC from Allied Expeditionary Force headquarters. He addressed both organized and unorganized resistance groups in Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Haakon of
Norway
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
NBC
Radio by Elsia Thomas winner of G I Joe contest
Eddie Cantor announces the winner of his G I Joe Contest on Time to Smile at 9 00 PM. The three month search selected a typ ical soldier chosen by Sergeant Alvin C York, Warren H Atherton and Cantor. More than a quarter million nominations came from all service branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsia Thomas
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
Alvin C. York
Warren H. Atherton
American Legion
Machinal to be staged on Arthur Hopkins Presents radio
Zita Johann stars in Machinal on WHIS at 11 30 PM in her original role with Sidney Blackmer co starring. Arthur Hopkins produced and staged the Broadway play in 1928 and six original cast members Jean Adair Charles Kennedy John Connery Hal Dawson and James MacDonald reprise radio roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machinal
Sophie Treadwell
Arthur Hopkins
Zita Johann
WHIS
Sidney Blackmer
Miss Johann
Jean Adair
Charles Kennedy
John Connery
Hal Dawson
James MacDonald
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights Mystery Dramas and Broadway Star
Listings show 8:00 pm Northville tale Murder tags along with the Northstail O'Toole about mysterious truck accidents. 9:30 pm Doris Nolan stars in In the Case of the Ladies of Larceny. 10:00 pm Kay Kyser desert show at Victorville Army Air Base. Daily sign ons and a full night of NBC Chicago House news and music programs follow with numerous sponsor mentions and program titles.
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Doris Nolan
College of Musical Knowledge
Kay Kyser
Victorville
California
Army Air Base
Buddy Williams
Ralph and
Ruth
Harry R. Peyton
Lilly Land Co
Lynn Davis—Ballard
Orvis Miller
Chicago
Korn Kobblers
Cole Baking Co
Nbc—World
Ip&g
Appalachian
Chicago House
JFG Coffee Boys
Jifg Coffee Co
Coca-Cola
Sun Rise
Bn—Farm & Home Hour
Rock Mineral Springs
Guiding Lieht
General Mills
NBC
Kroger's
Women of America
P&g
Ma Perkins
News
Chicago House Furnishing Co
Sterling Drug Co
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown
Warlick
Radio Schedule Listing From An Older Evening Schedule
A dense listing of NBC CBS and other network programs with hosts actors and musicians across a night, detailing show times from 8:30 to 11:00 with titles like Beat the Band Mr District Attorney Eddie Cantor and The First Nighters Drama. It shows a mix of serials, variety shows, news reports and children’s segments on NBC CBS and blue network channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrill
Ino UL
Jergens
NBC
Bristol Myers
Key Kyser
American Toch. Co
Nbc—News
Richard Harkness
Author Hopkins
Bill
Jack Smith
Cbs
Jack Armstrong
Blu-Ea
The
Sea Hound
Chick Carter
Front
Farrell
Nbec
Quincy Howe
Hop Harrigan
Nbec World News & Commentary
Henry J. Taylor
Blu West
Fred Waring
Connie Boswell
Blu Fulton Lewis, Jr
John Nesbitt
Easy Aces
Blu
Mrs. North
N&s
Cecil Brown
News
Lum
Abner
Blu the Smoothies
Jean Hersholt
Dr. Christian
Xavier Cugat
Eddie Cantor
Nbe
Frank Sinatra
Joseph Runninger
Gabriel Heatter
Jack Carson
Mbs
Ave
Kay Kyser
Nhe
Dbs
Raymond Gram Swing
Royal Arch Gunnison
Weather Outlook Unsettled for the Dover Straits
The barometer fell and the weather outlook remained unsettled across the Dover Straits, a key waterlink for Allied forces. NBC New York reported a German radio station noted stronger channel winds with no landings planned tonight. High tides and timing data for Dover Calais are listed from wartime records.
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London
Dover Straits
England
France
NBC
New York
Atlantic
Channel
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
Dover
Calais
D Day Prayer Led By Rabbi Feinstein At Local Temple
Rabbi Abraham Feinstein of Mizpano Congregation in Chattanooga led a D Day prayer session at the local temple urging divine guidance and protection for armed forces. He called Bnai Brith and the Sisterhood to prayer as news of the Allied invasion broke and prayed for victory, courage, and a peaceful world after the conflict ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Abraham Feinstein
B'nai Brith
Sisterhood
Rabbi Feinstein
Mizpan
Julius and
Bertha Ochs
Ciattanooga
Tenn
Fragmented prayer fragment in poetic religious text
A truncated biblical style plea echoes a plea to establish the work of hands in righteousness brotherhood and peace with archaic phrasing and punctuation showing garbled OCR extraction.
Lamb Sales Begin In Tazewell County
Lamb shipments from Tazewell Va inaugurate the county's move to supply 18 000 to 20 000 lambs for national and allied food needs. About two thirds come from the Thompson Ward Baylor flocks in the Cove and Wardell area sold to packing interests. the rest pass through the Tazewell Livestock Market pens to eastern abattoirs. Blue circle grade at auction brought 16 15 per head. Forwarding moves start today and run to September with a peak in August amid price controls keeping markets steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Thompson-Ward-Baylor
Cove
Wardell
Tazewell Livestock Arket
Marshall At Home As Invasion Starts
Washington dispatch reports General George C. Marshall returned home to rest as the Normandy invasion began. Army officials say Secretary Stimpson and Marshall were at home during the invasion and will not hold a press conference today.
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Marshall
Washington
George C. Marshall
France
Pentagon
War Department
Army Headquarters
A. D. Surles
Stimpson
General Marshall
Candidates List Primary Expenses Charleston West Virginia
William McKinley Garrison of Wayne reports campaign expenses of 1585.12 dollars for governor. E B McCue of Welch lists 95 dollars in contributions and 726.80 dollars in expenses. J T Reynolds of Charleston, who lost a bid for Congress in the Sixth district, reports 397.73 dollars in expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
William McKinley
Garrison
Wayne
Secretary of State Today
E. B. McCue
Welch
J. T. Reynolds
Congress
Rabbi Addresses Local Rotarians in Chattanooga
Rabbi Abraham Feinstein of Chattanooga Tennessee spoke at a Rotary luncheon on Pre Invasion Talk. He compared world wars, urged opening hearts to friends to face problems, living with courage, and placing trust in God as solution for righteousness and just will. Resolutions of sympathy for E A Leonard were read and a copy sent to his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Feinstein
Chattanooga
Tenn
Reguar Rotary
E. A. Leonard
Harry Goodykoontz
Rotary Booth At Bazaar Amid Bond Sale Plans
North Waroona Drive reports the Rotary club set to run a booth at the bazaar in the Appalachian assembly room, sponsored by the Bluefield Junior Woman's Club. Two bond auctions will occur, urging members and others to buy as many bonds as possible. Rotary visitors included W. H. Foglesong, Roy McDaniel, Lt. W. H. Patterson, Alan Goodykoontz, H. C. Fitzsimmons, E. H. Newman, Dr. F. W. Barger, George T. Bryoun, PreK BB Lewis, and Rev. Charles C. Bowles with Jerome Katz. Isadore Cohen led the program and F. S. Armistead presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Waroona Drive
Rotary Club
Appalachian Assembly Room
Junior Woman’s Club
Bluefield
Rotary
W. H. Foglesong
Fayettsville
Roy McDaniel
Hinton
W. H. Patterson
U. S. Army Air Corps
Alan Goodykoontz
U.S. Army
H. C. Fitzsimmons
Cincinnati
E. H. Newman
Chicago
F. W. Barger
Salem
George T
U S aerial losses and downed planes by theater 1943
The report lists 899 U S planes lost in Western and Central theaters and 3 832 German planes destroyed. In the Mediterranean 1 331 U S losses and 3 638 Italian and German planes downed. In the Pacific 655 U S losses and 3 572 Japanese aircraft downed. The overall ratio is 3.8 to 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Mediterranean
Pacific
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FAGES
J.W. Waters CO
the Reliable Jewelers
Federal ST. Buverielo
RADIO
Moroline Petroleum Jelly
BOY & Times
AWA
National
Teres
Princeton Ave
Harrum Ver Anderson
Mae Turner Anderson
Cass County
Ind
Anderson
Peggy Garretson
Bailey Lumber CO
West Virginia
Mullens
Matoaka
Virginis Grundy
Wytheville
Lamb
Tazewell County
Admiral Nelson
Victory
Trafalgar
Says L. L. Bishop
Madison
Wisconsin
Ford
Ford Protective Service
Milwaukee
Medical School
Rouge
Byedie
America
Gulf
Eas
Danger Ponts
Gulflex
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