Invasion Jittery Continued From Page One
Allied command details remain secret as the British press notes two points the orders have been issued to commanders and the nature of those orders will be revealed later.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1943
Page
3
Allied Air Strikes Sweep Sicily and Panettelleria
Allied headquarters report heavy air superiority over the Italian islands and mainland coastal areas. Over the weekend 19 enemy planes fell for every Allied aircraft lost as Bostons Marauders and Liberators supported attacks on Messina Calabria San Giovanni Reggio Calabria and Pantelleria with multiple Axis aircraft downed and key targets hit inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Italy
Cairo
Messina
Pantelleria
Sicily
San Giovanni
Reggio Catalgia
Panra
Brovest
Middle East
Aio
Reggio Calabria
Messina Strait
Knec
Two Killed In Auto Crash In Kirksville Missouri
The article notes two deaths from an automobile crash in Kirksville Missouri. The deceased include a Kirksville School of Bh y graduate and a Princeton resident. Survived by wife and several siblings. Funeral arrangements yet to be finalized awaiting arrival of next of kin.
Scout Official Addresses Meet Here Last Night
Perle L Whitehead deputy regional executive of the Boy Scouts of America in Cincinnati addressed about 20 scouts and commissioners at a West Virginian hotel dinner. He outlined air scouting, said it would be organized through air scout groups in troops, stressed training for boys entering service and postwar aviation. Out of town attendees included John Frederick Princeton commissioner Roy Shutt Princeton C T Alex Bland county VA and Bluetfield Bluefield commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perle L. Whitehead
Boy Scouts of America
Cincinnati
Ohio
West Virginian
John Frederick
Princeton
Roy Shutt
C. T. Alex
Mary D Wilkinson funeral services set at Trinity Methodist
Mrs Mary D Wilkinson wife of E E Wilkinson died at 304 Pairfax Street at 1 30 Sunday. services conducted at Trinity Methodist Church this afternoon at 2 o clock with Rev E E Wiley in charge. Interment in family cemetery at Peterstown. Survived by husband eight children and many stepchildren plus parents and siblings. Active pallbearers named with nieces as flower bearers. Caretakers urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary D. Wilkinson
E. E. Wilkinson
Pairfax Street
Trinity Methodist Church
E. E. Wiley
Peterstown
R. L. Roach
S. R. Beckett
J. H. Goosby
J. H. Tabor
W. D. Shupe
R. L. Davis
E. G. Puryear
Prank Shinault
EB. K. Wilkinson, Jr
United States Navy
Bobby Lee
Bernard Fugene
Willard Newton Wilkinson
Bluefield
Agnes Merritt
Greenwelt
Mary Stee
San Diego
Calif
Lake Dunn
Mararet Barnhill
Cleveland
Lillian Payne
Mary Farris
Edna Wilkinson
Washington, D. C
N. E Blankenship
Newport
Irene Dunn
City
Lynette Bean
Ore Cox
Landover
D. E Blankenship
Radford
McKinley Blankenship
Miami
Pla
Funeral rites for Knoxville businessman Eugene Gillespie
Funeral services were held at Manus' Funeral Home in Knoxville for Eugene Gillespie a prominent local businessman who died suddenly in his apartment at the Arnold hotel The interment took place in Highland Memorial cemetery He is survived by his widow formerly Miss Thomas of Jonesboro Tenn and a son George Gillespie Additional relatives include Mrs K B Thomas and Mrs T W Chambers who had traveled from Bluefield and Tazewell to attend services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Gillespie
Knoxville
Tenn
Manus
Highland Memorial Cemetery
Gillespie
Arnold Hotel
K. B .Thamas
T. W. Chambers
Bluefield
Tazewell
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Spratt held at Shawvers Mill
Mrs Sarah Spratt of Shawvers Mill Virginia died Sunday at 12 30 am in Bluefield sanitarium The funeral was yesterday in Shawvers Church The body goes to Bellsville Cemetery near Poolesville Maryland for interment She was born April 1 1874 at the Shawvers Mill old home place She leaves sister Mrs Betty Montgomery of Laurel Tennessee and two brothers Preston Shawver and Shawver Peteeceene Siete is incomplete
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Spratt
Shawver's Mill
Bluefield Sanitarium
Shawver's Is
Bellsville
Poolesville
Pratt
Sarah Shawver
Old Home Place
Shawever's Mill
Betty Montgomery
Laurel, Tenn
Preston Shawver
Shawver's
Shawver
Peteecene Siete
Funeral services for Ernest H Hicks at Speedway home
Ernest Harrison Hicks aged 77, bookkeeper for the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, died Sunday at Hinton hospital from a heart ailment. Services are at 3:30 this afternoon at the old home place in Speedway, with burial in Hicks Memorial cemetery and Masons in attendance. He is survived by his wife, one son, and a brother J B Hicks of Speedway. He was a member of the Christian church at Hinton and the Masonic order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord College
Kirksville
Princeton
F. M. Gore
Mercer Street
C. F. Gore
Straley Avenue
Prince
Puneral
Gore
United States
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield
McDowell County
James Garfield Rose
Uefield
J. Rose
George W. Rose
James Paul Rose
United States Army
Walter T. , Jr
Radford
Ruby Margaret Rose
Betty Rose
E. A. of
Mullens
J. W. Rose
Blanche” ‘Peach
Princeton Avenue
Ernest H. Hicks
Ernest Harrison Hicks
Hinton
Old Home Place
Speedway
Hicks Memorial
Masons
Hic
Worthens
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
J. B. Hicks
Christian Church of
Masonic Order
Mrs J C Farley Dies in Camden N J
Former Princeton resident and sister-in law of Mrs Pear Lilly dies Saturday at her Camden New Jersey home. Funeral services are planned at the Camden residence on lay morning at 10 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Farley
J. C. Farley
Princeton
Pear Lilly
Camden
N. J
Red Lantern Contractor Heads Bluefield Ductus Session
H Stuckman, commissioner of the Bluefield ductus, presided as the red lantern project or task force began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A A H. Stuckman
Bluefield
Ductus
Youth Barefooted in Hot Ashes Sustains Burns
Eddie Scott of MocCumas walked barefoot into hot ashes yesterday and jumped into a nearby creek causing second degree burns to his feet. He was taken to Bluefield sanitarium for treatment, and his father works for the American Coal company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Scott
Troy Scott
MocCumas
Bluefield Sanitarium
American Coal Company
McComas Lad Loses Leg After Train Injury
Carl Quesenberry a 9 year old youth from McComas was struck by a train near his home and seriously injured. He underwent amputation of the left leg above the knee at Bluefield Sanitarium last night after the injury suffered yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Quesenberry
McComas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Soldiers On Attu Frostbite Casualties Reported At Letterman
Three hundred ninety five Attu casualties arrived at Letterman hospital in San Francisco. Medical officers said 200 were frostbitten, with the remainder surgical cases. The report highlighted the harsh conditions faced by troops in the Attu campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Attu
Letterman Hospital
Army
Patty L. Rogers
Convictions and Supreme Court Rulings Highlight Tax and Labor Cases
The report outlines Boone contesting a postponed trial due to duties, a dissent by Justice Black fearing limits on congressional benefits, and a National Labor Relations Board ruling ordering Virginia Electric and Power to restore deducted union dues. It notes a 49 cent tax on wheel rims, Lemke representing farmers, and William R. Johnson's tax evasion conviction alongside four accomplices. It also covers a wage hour decision exempting a railroad maintenance cook, stressing interstate commerce relevance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Black
Corp
National Labor Relations Board
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Bargman
Lemke
N. D
William R. Johnson
Prankfurter
Chicago
Argus
Johnson
Miners Return to Work Across West Virginia Fields
UMW reports most mines in Kanawha Logan and Williamson counties operating with about 95 percent attendance. Monterville and surrounding areas see some absenteeism but expect normal production by morning as crews resume work after the pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel F. Mands
United Mine Workers
Charleston
Fairmont
Beckley
William Blizzard
UMW District 17
Kanawha
Williamson
Logan Fields
Logan County
Blizzard
Minds Coal Mining Corporation
Monterville
Randolph County
UMW District 1
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
UMW
Cecil J. Urbaniak
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Applicants For Army Engineer Corps Sought
Lieut. C. R. Frampton will interview applicants at the Bradmann building today tomorrow and Thursday for the corps of engineers U S army. He says the field offers many trades from radio operating drafting surveying welding to photo graphy and more with choices of army engineers or air corps engineers and training camps including Camp Claiborne Westover Field MacDill Field and March Field. The corps offers officers candidate school and many high ratings for skilled technical work open to men over draft age or about to be drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Frampton
United States Army
Bradmann
Corps of Engineers
U. S. Army
Frampton
Armed Services
United States Army Engineers
United States Air Corps Engineers
Camp Claiboro
Westover Field
Mass
Oeige
Meld
Wash
Wage Increase Granted by War Labor Board
Employees of D. A. Schulte, Inc. across Virginia and other states receive a 10 percent wage rise from the War Labor Board. The raise equates to six cents more per hour for workers at the retail cigar store chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Emloyes
D. A. Schulte, Inc
Mnest
Virginia
States
War Labor Board
WLB Re
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U. S. Service
Sgt. Howard H. Hale moves from Bsythe California to the seventh bomb squadron at Salinas California with the United States Army Air Forces. Pvt. Raymond Lee Byrd of Princeton left for Huntington to take the Navy physical and enlist. Staff Sgt Frances J Dobos earns second lieutenant commission at the Air Forces Officer Candidate School in Miami Beach Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard H. Hale
Bsythe
Calif
Salinas
United States Army Air Forces
Raymond Lee Byrd
Princeton
Huntington
United States Navy
Frances J. Dobos
Air Forces Officer Candidate School
Miami Beach
Flordia
Air Forces
Army of the United States
Army Air Forces
Dobos
Paradise St
Pocahontas
Elizabeth Dobos
Tragic double murder evidence in Kentucky home
Authorities investigate a fatal blast and axe attack at the Bowen residence near Wardell Kentucky. Grandfather Bill Davis found the scene as Mrs Bowen and a girl were killed and a second girl wounded, with fingerprints and weapon recovery underway. Funeral plans set for the slain girl as officials assemble evidence.
Citizens Offer Sugar To Aid Free Lemonade Effort
Bluefield residents volunteered to share sugar with the chamber of commerce to make lemonade for 90 degree days. J Taylor presides as chamber leaders seek ration approval, citing several offers including five pounds from George Greenacre and additional pledges from local citizens and the Termite Service Division for troop recreation facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
J. Taylor Pres
Prazier
Bluefield
George Greenacre
Pledas
Scott Johnson
Fred Veith
John Ponte Parry Farr
Termit
Burke Presses Coal Supply to Heat Nation This Winter
Burkes says the nation must ship coal for home heating and insists operators and mine managers do their part. Western Pennsylvania miners join back-to-work after a June 20 deadline looms, while wage talks continue in Illinois Kentucky and Ohio amid war labor board pressure and potential anti strike legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apo
Local Classifieds Highlight Sale Items and Help Wanted
City and Coalfield Items promote for sale and wanted ads. A country young lady seeks private home work before and after school for board and room. Bradley's advertises dresses, coats, rainwear, and accessories with new arrivals and a sale on Rythm garments. Bluefield Lodge No 9 A M meets Tuesday night with J L Alwright as secretary. June 9th marks Green Stamps with a free book at Mademoiselle Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Lodge
J. L. Alwright
Mademoiselle Shop
Bland Street
Illinois miners win $1.50 daily raise in United Mine Workers talks
Illinois operators agreed to a $1.50 per day wage increase retroactive to April 1 as part of Washington bargaining. John L. Lewis hailed the move as a pattern for the industry, while some operators warned it would not bind others in separate talks. Production resumed in western Pennsylvania as Midland and Bridgeport mines returned to work after a weeklong shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
United Mine Workers
Washington
George F. Campbell
Ray Edmundson
Edmundson
International United Mine Workers of America
Kentucky
Harlan County
Ed Bean
Harlan
Ohio
Adolph Pacifico
War Labor Board
WLB
Pittsburgh
Midland
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Houston
Wee
Tennessee Products Corporation
Tennessee
Virginia
Hawthorne Coal Co
Norton
John L. Lewis
Labor Board
Ing
Kate O'Neil
Senaward Burke
Lewis
Percy Tetlow
UMW
Burke
Ezra van Horn
Tallinois
United States Steel Company
Harry Hoses
H. C. Frick Coke Co
United States Coal and Coke Co
Ilinois
United Mine Aers
Immed Ae
Ashington
Appalachian
Southern
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Coal Company
United Mine Workers’ National Policy Committee
Bridgeport
H. C. Prick Co
Brownsville
John Komlo
Maxwell
John P. Busarello
UMW District 5
Special Envoy Davies Mission to Moscow Reveals Tension
The piece notes Davies second Moscow mission and the government airplane painted with Mission to Moscow in English and Russian. It recounts Davies press conferences with the admiral present, his failure to sit in on talks with Stalin, and questions whether higher instructions guided his actions while the former naval operations chief faced restriction and secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davies
Moscow
United States
Ian Davies
Stalin
Pavins de
Soviet Union
Hig
Argentina cabinet resignations spark political shift in Buenos Aires
Rawson resigns as head of provisional government after four ultra-conservative ministers quit amid foreign policy rifts. General Ramirez takes over power and postpones swearing in as he seeks to stabilize the military and political situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Martinez
Jose Maria Rosa
Juan Pistarini
Horace Calderon
Ramirez
Rawson
Castillo
People
Argentina
Hoffman OPA official quits amid price administration reorg
Washington June 7 A C Hoffman resigns as acting deputy administrator in charge of food prices six days after his appointment. The prior split leadership paired Hoffman with Donald Wallace, while K Galbraith quit amid policy feuds. Wallace to oversee all prices as acting deputy administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Price Administration
A. C. Hoffman
Hoffman
Donald Wallace
K. Galbraith
Daily Doings Of Area Women At The SMC Club
A service man visiting the Service Man's Club yesterday, wounded in North Africa, returns from Walter Reed hos pital. Flowers from Bluefield Floral Company and Cole's Flower Shop were sent to the club. Mrs J A Tabor chaired the event with Mrs Arthur Wolfe as co chair. Assistants included Mrs A K Penn, Mrs A G Boothe, Mrs L W Welch, Mrs J B Belcher, Mrs E N Dudley, Miss Cleon Heller, Miss Frances Stephens, Warne ie een ca arner 1 on beer, and Mrs Effie Groseclose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Floral Company and
Cole's Flower Shop
J. A. Tabor
Arthur Wolfe
Cochairman
A. K. Penn
A. G. Boothe
L. W. Welch
J. B. Belcher
E. N. Dudley
Cleon Heller
Frances Stephens
Warne Ie
Fire damages Lambert Hotel on Grundy Main Street
Firefighters say the Lambert Hotel suffered damage after a blaze started at an electric switchbox on the side of the Lam frame building on Grundy’s Main Street. Volunteers fought the flames and contained the fire to the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Main Street
Committee Urged Sell F And G Bonds
The Buchanan county war bond committee was urged to raise quotas with June sales planned. The message from Robert Nelson to R Sutherland, state administrator, stressed the committee must follow the existing promotion plan and not alter it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan County
R. Iar Sutherland
Robert Nelson
Nelson
Noted Buchanan County Men Inducted Into Armed Service
Ernest Smith Democratic candidate for clerk of Buchanan county Kenneth Padbury clerk of the local draft board for three years and Miller Richardson president and manager of Richardson Furniture company at Grundy were inducted into the armed service at Abingdon last Saturday. Smith and Richardson applied for navy admission. Padbury will join the army. All are married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Smith
Buchanan County
Kenneth Padbury
Miller Richardson
Richardson Purniture Company
Grundy
Armed Service
Abingdon
Smith
Richardson
Navy
Padbury
Army
Pleasure Driving Curb May Extend To Midwestern States
Eastern lawmakers push a broader pleasure driving ban as talks hint at expanding restrictions to 15 midwestern states. Representative Martie plans to liquidate the office of price administration and shift functions to war agencies amid control debates. Maj Jubal Parten warns gasoline rationing moves may halt Midwest supply as action nears. Representative Disney proposes transferring all crude oil price fixing from the OPA to the Petroleum Administration for War and raising crude oil prices by 70 cents a barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New
OPA
War Food Administration
Office of Petroleum Administration
National Agency
Office of Civilian Requirements
War Production Board
Maj. Jubal R. Parten
Petroleum Administration For War
PAW
Disney
Okla
Ick
The
Rent Boost Proposal Faces Federal Probe in Martinsburg
Martinsburg tenants petitioned against a proposed rent increase set to take effect July 1. The National Housing Agency in Washington referred the matter to the district office for investigation, with local authority asserting schedule control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Martinsburg Housing Authority
National House Agency
Federal Public Hous Authority
Washington
F. Johnson
W. C. Faulkner
Faulkner
Johnson
Tire Inspection Schedules Set
Charleston district defense transportation office will inspect commercial vehicle tires every 5000 miles or six months, whichever comes first. District manager Teagan said the rule eases trips for low mileage operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Charleston District Office of Defense Transportation
A. BE. Teagan
Teagan Odt
Relieve Mosquito Bites with Heat Powder Remedy
An item describing a product named Heat Powder from exican Heat Powder used to relieve stings or itchy bites, promising summer comfort. The brief notes its use against insect bites and discomfort.
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