Clinic To Be Held Friday In Mercy County
The clinic, one of four to be conducted, offers free medical exams, vocational diagnosis and job placement for physically disabled citizens. Dr. John McGuire and Dr. J. E. Blaydes will supervise examinations with staff from the U S S and S employment service, vocational rehabilitation, and other agencies assisting.
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David B. Lepper
City Health
W. C. Shusher
Fice
John McGuire
J. E. Blaydes
Helen B. Atkins
U. S&s. Employment Service
Caton N. Hill
Charleston
T. R. Egbert
U. S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
Peoplhe Clinic
Mercer Cross
Salvation Army
J. C. Acuff
Ramsey
Pfc J M Riggins Jr Wounded On Okinawa
Private J M Riggins Jr of the Marine Division was wounded on Okinawa during an attack on Sugar Loaf hill on May 18 He was hit by a Japanese sniper suffering facial injuries and has been evacuated from the island He has served in Okinawa since its invasion in April.
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Jason M. Riggins, Jr
Marine Division
Sugar Loaf Hill
Okinawa
Island
Board To Consider Retention Of Educators Over Retirement Age
Charleston WV June 6 The state board of education will consider retaining two college presidents who have passed the retirement age of 65. The issue arises as part of the 1945 session agenda and concerns officials already serving beyond the standard retirement limit.
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Charleston
W. Va
Pers
Tare State Board
Scrap Paper Fire Closes Alley in Bluefield
Bluefield firemen were called out about 4 o clock yesterday when a pile of scrap paper caught fire in the alley between the Bluefield Sanitarium and the Telegraph building. Fire Chief E L McClure said the damage was negligible.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ay Telegraph
E. L. McClure
Bluefield Dairy Firm Receives State Charter
A Bluefield based dairy products company named for the West Virginia venture was granted a state charter for 250000 dollars. Incorporators include Lewis C. Tierney Fowlkes and George Richardson Jr all of Bluefield.
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W. Va
Atherwood Company
Bluefield
Lewis C. Tierney
Fowlkes
George Richardson, Jr
Japs Squeezed Amid Okinawa Battle Lines
War brief notes a marine division deployed on the Oroku peninsula with an amphibious landing Monday near Naha airfield. Command reports airfields on Okinawa and nearby Shima under continued attack by B-29 bombers and ground based fighters from Iwo Jima.
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Oroku Peninsula
Naha
Okinawa
Shima
Marianas
Iwo
Ckinameic
Deaths and Funerals for George M. Gammage
Word has been received of the death of George M. Gammage of Serene Georgia. The funeral will be in Bronwood this afternoon at 5. Gammage was a local business man. Death was due to complications.
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George M. Gammage
Serene
Grocery Truck Stolen and Pocketbook Snatched in Bluefield
Bluefield reports a Bluefield Grocery company truck on Bluefield avenue was stolen with a green bed. A woman on Roanoke Street had her pocketbook stolen containing $18. An automobile seized on Logan Street belonged to Frank of Princeton.
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Bluefield Grocery Company
Bluefield
Bluefield Bluefield Grocery Company
Bluefield Avenue
Motors
W. B. Whalen
Hardy Street
Roanoke Street
Princeton Road
Logan Street
Prank of
Princeton
Carriers Face Almost Impossible War Task
Chicago reports Col. Janroe Johnson warns the next 12 to 15 months will bring the most severe travel burden in U S transportation history. He cites moving 20 million personnel and vital freight to war fronts from Europe to Japan as a historic military task within 10 months and urges public support for at home evacuation travel programs.
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Chicago
Janroe Johnson
DDT
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago Area Railroad Urgency Committee
Johnson
Europe
United States
Tech Can
Enera
Publc
ODT
Service Men club hosts mixed group gathering
Fifty-three soldiers six wives and two children attended the Service Men's club event yesterday. Fourteen states were represented with Mrs L D Mattox chairing and Mrs C W Pace co chairing. Workers listed include Mrs O B Warner Mrs F L Baack Mrs Nancy Taylor Miss Grace Pearson Miss Cleon Heller and Miss Jacqueline Beasley.
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Service Men's Club
L. D. Mattox
C. W. Pace
O. B. Warner
F. L. Baack
Nancy Taylor
Grace Péarson
Cleon Heller
Jacqueline Beasley
William E. Robinson Rites Held. Community Notices Given
Funeral services for William E. Robinson were held at North Side United Holy Church at 2:90 p m with Elder Miller and Rev I Tony officiating. Survived by wife Mary and nine children and nine stepchildren. cars arrive at 1:30 at the home 3002 Pulaska street. Community notices list meetings of missionary and choir groups across local churches and youth troop gatherings this afternoon and evening.
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William E. Robinson
Pulaska Street
North Side
United Holy Church
Miller
I. Tony
Mary Robinson
Anna Calloway
Nancy Mahan
Bluefield
Mary Cambell
Mammie
Delvis Robinson
Josephine Thaxton
Freeman
Willie J. Robinson
Brooklyn
New York
War Casualties and Missing in Army Navy Listings
War Department notices report Navy dead Petry Jonnie L and wounded Healy Wilbert Mason Jr among Navy casualties while missing Marines and Army personnel are listed as missing or prisoners of war in Europe and Germany. Families are identified for several cases amid casualty communications.
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NAVY
Petry
Jonnie L
Prt
UAMCR
Wharton
Lonnie B. Petry
Pipestem
Healy
Wilbert Mason, Jr
Tare Oy
McQrady
Poutore
USMCR
Paul M Rarnay
Sbrague
Pic
Perkey
Laymen's League To Hold Supper Meeting
The Laymen's League of Christ Church will host an evening supper at the church. A guest speaker will discuss the subject The Jewish Religion. Ladies of the Marion Peterkin Guild led by Miss Mary Louise Smith will serve.
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Laymen’s League of Christ — Church
Marion Peterkin Guild
Mary Louise Smith
Executive Committee Candidate Withdraws
Claude L. Lewis has withdrawn as a candidate for member of the Democratic City Executive committee from Ward 7. M. C. Melvin seeks committeeman in Ward 7 and Mrs. W. M. Snead seeks committeewoman. Members will be elected at the primary next Tuesday.
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Claude L. Lewis
Democratic City Executive Committee
M. C. Melvin
W. M. Snead
Ground forces suffer heavy casualties in allied operations
Casualty figures show ground forces under supreme allied headquarters from the 6th 12th and 21st army group in the communications zone and advance section of the communications zone. Combined British and Canadian losses total 184 512 with 599 killed 126 145 wounded and 18 368 missing. French losses are 80 0 killed 45 966 wounded and 201 missing. The Poles 1 189 killed 4 029 wounded 375 missing. The Czechs 170 killed 406 wounded 14 missing. The Belgians 55 killed 274 wounded 35 missing. The Dutch 20 killed 104 wounded 3 missing.
Voting Places For City Election Announced
City clerk Mrs. Eleanor Shupe announced polling sites for Tuesday’s city election. Polls open 7 30 A M and close later in the day with precinct rules explained. Locations include Neb Lattnee Municipal building Mercer Garage Tate s Food Market Whitethorn school South Side Fire Station Pairview school A Z Peters Paint Paper Store Pinnacle Service Station 1317 Bland street.
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Eleanor Shupe
Shupe
Camp County
County
Neb Lattnee
Mercer Garage
Tate's Food Market
Lee and
Princeton Ave
Whitethorn School
South Side
Pairview School
A. Z. Peters Paint & Paper Store
Bland St
Pinnacle
Bland Street
Raiding Busts Second Floor Gambling Rooms
State police raided rooms on the building’s second floor in the alley between Railroad and Bank streets arresting eight men for gambling. Officers seized racing forms bet slips tickets a dice table a large ledger two decks of playing cards and about $150. Benjamin Rosenzweig Seanapee and six others released on bond pending action in criminal court. All pleaded not guilty and waived preliminary hearings.
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Benjamin Rosenzweig
Seanapee
Mont Criminal Court
Sat. C. B
Tom Harrison
Welch Detachment
Frank Hall of McDowell Dies in Beckley Hospital
Frank Hall aged 47 of McDowell died Tuesday at Pine Crest Sanitarium Beckley after being unable to work since January. He belonged to North Fork Moose Lodge Odd Fellows Welch Keystone Local United Mine Workers and was a former Koppers employee. Funeral at 1 PM at Pentecostal Home Rolfe officiated by Rev Lilly and Rev Wyrick with Odd Fellows pallbearers. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Bluefield. Survived by wife Verna and four sons Frank Jr Billy Georgie and another son.
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Frank Hall
McDowell
Koppers Company
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
Northfork Moose Lodge
Odd Fellows Lodge
Welch
Keystone
United Mine Workers
Penecostal
Rolfe
Lilly
Wyrick
Mrs. Mary B. Hamilton Dies in Welch Hospital
Mrs. Mary Bell Hamilton 48 wife of Oley Wirt Hamilton of Gary No. 6 died yesterday in a Welch hospital. Born July 13 1897 at Squire to the late Harvey Myers and his wife. Surviving are six children including Mrs. Eupha Christian of Gary and Mrs. Olie.
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Mary Bell Hamilton
Oley Wirt Hamilton
Gary No. 6
Welch Hospital
Hamilton
Squire
Harvey Scott Myers
Eupha Alina Christian
Gary
Olie
Memorial services for Logan residents held at Hamilton home
Mary Louise and Keith ton Adems of wary and courte osners were noted for a 2.5 reduced service on Saturday at 2 PM from the Hamilton home. The Rev. R. T. Riley and Rev. Don Christian led the rites with interment in Roderfield cemetery.
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Adems
Logan
Mary Louise
Keith Ton
Wary
Courte Osners
Hamilton
R. T. Riley
Don Christian
Roderfield
Mrs Cyphers, 85, Dies at Daughter's Home
Mrs Matilda Cyphers, mother of Mrs D L Anvil of Saeger, aged 85, died Tuesday night at her daughter's home. She was born to Hammond and Phoebe Evans and married Jeremiah Scaggs Cyphers in 1881. Survived by daughter and 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. four children preceded her. Funeral was set for 2 PM Friday at Saeger Methodist Church with Rev W S Barbery, burial in no Memorial cemetery, Roder.
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Matilda Cyphers
D. L. Anvil
Saeger
Cyphers
Hammond
Phoebe Evans
Jeremiah Scaggs Cyphers
Mrs. Anvil
Saeger Methodist Church
W. S. Barbery
Noa Memorial
Roder
Temperature hits record low for June in McDowell county
Tuesday night brought a new June low as McDowell county residents shivered through unseasonably cold air. The mercury dropped to 41 degrees and stood at 46 at eight this morning, with E. F. Ketter of Gary confirming the record low.
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McDowell
Gogress
Daum
E. F. Ketter
Gary
Mercury
Pvt Cecil Killed In Accident In Germany
Pvt Cecil, born June 28 1922, died in Germany in an accident while in military service. Mrs Dorothy Cecil of Worth near Northfork is notified. He enlisted December 19 1942 and trained at Fort Hood and Fort Lane. He is survived by his widow and parents Mr and Mrs C B Cecil of Ashland and two brothers in the service James in Italy.
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Dorothy Cecil
Worth
Northfork
Cecil
Hood
Tex
Fort Lane
Pfc
C. B. Cecil
Ashland
James
Italy
City and Coalfield Items
Oriental rugs all sizes available G S Hagar 505 Federal street Dial 5854 See The Rack Of reduced coats at Bradley's Cotton And Silk Dresses arriving daily at Bradley's in all sizes and colors No 160 Notice There will be a stated communication of A F and A M Mercer at 730 tonight at which time the was B P Graviey W M R E Thompson sec
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G. S. Hagar
Federal Street
Dial
Bradley's
F.& A.M Mercer
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Veteran Parsons Physician Succumbs
Veteran Parsons physician Dr. Huff dies at Parsons noted for a busy week twenty years ago when he delivered four sets of twins. A son of a Confederate surgeon, he earned his medical degree at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore before practicing in Parsons.
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Huff
Randolph County
Santa
Parsons
Old College of Physicians On Surgeons
Baltimore
Arrest Ends Long Search For Fugitive Bolden
Danville Virginia officers and FBI agents captured James Tony Bolden known as Tony Lee near Waynesboro after nearly five years as a fugitive. He fled from a 1940 bootlegging charge and escaped multiple times in Ohio and Indiana. He is jailed in Danville. a separate assault charge against him faces a hearing Thursday.
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Danville
James Tony Bolden
Tony Lee
Virginia State Police
Waynesboro
Ohio
Indiana
Cleveland
FBI
Bolden
Becomes Marriage Spot Of Day
Annapolis MD June 6 A small city the marriage center of states owing to wartime privilege midshipmen and graduates flocked to altars after receiving commissions. With graduation exercises completed at noon clergymen kept busy as couples tied the knot in the academy chapel and town churches.
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Annapolis
States Owing Academy
Cupid
Hoover Sees Advisory Role for World Today
Former president Hoover, visiting the White House for the first time since 1933, says his position is advisory and he will take no active role in the Truman administration. He recalls being 47 after World War I and working six hours daily, and faults the current food situation as a terrible muddle with maldistribution and animal product shortages in New York.
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Truman
Hoover
White House
Belch
New York
House to Send Expense Bill Back to Committee
Rep Robertson said the House may vote to send a bill granting a 2500 dollar fall back allowance back to the Appropriations Committee for further action. The measure faced questions under special rules waiving points of order since no prior authorization existed for the appropriation.
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Washington
Robertson
House
Bac
Appropriations Committee
Birth Announcement of Elinor Cleon McQuail
A baby named Elinor Cleon McQuail was born this morning at St Luke's Hospital to Mr and Mrs McQuail. The newborn arrives healthy with family members celebrating the new addition.
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McQuail
St. Luke's Hospital
Elinor Cleon McQuail
Service Notes Sgt Wilson Returns to Italian Base
Sgt BE R Wilson Jr arrived safely at his base in Italy where he serves with a troop carrier wing. His mother Mrs E R Wilson Sr has been informed in a letter from him. He planned a 30 day furlough before returning to his unit just before V E Day.
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BE. R. Wilson, Jr
Italy
E. R. Wilson
Pene Wilson
Gen Patch To Arrive In States In Few Days
Staunton Virginia June 6 Mrs Alexander M Patch reports for Red Cross work at Woodrow Wilson General Hospital as word comes that her famed husband general will be back in the states within seven days. The 7th army commander in Europe is expected to arrive soon and Mrs Patch is hopeful to greet him after seventeen months apart.
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Staunton
Alexander M. Patch
Red Cross
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
War Department
7Th Army
Europe
States
Ee aTva Wee
Su Wade M. Me. Hala
D. Blaynton
7Th Zm
San An—_ Texas
Plan to Increase Underwear Output in 1943 Quarter
The plan aims to boost underwear production in the July September 1943 quarter with schedules of production to meet monthly goals and weekly output reports. Under an OES directive from November 1943 the OPA will provide relief where manufacturers would otherwise lose money on garment production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Economic Stabilization
OPA
Chicago Livestock Prices and Market Report
Chicago livestock market report shows salable hogs 6 000 to 11 000 head with barrows at 14 3/4 ceiling and sows around 14.00. Cattle salable 13 000 with steers mostly steady to down 15 cents, top 17.90 for 1390 pounds. Heifers and cows eased, beef bulls scarce with limited demand.
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Chicago
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