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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
5
Bluefield school children gathered half a million tin cans during the past term. Captain Barton Baker of the Salvation Army, the chamber of commerce salvage committee collection agent, reported last night. In May Whitethorn School alone gathered 6,515 cans.
Plans are laid to continue salvage for paper and tin cans as a playground program project. A recent carload weighed 44 920 pounds with 1 192 pounds of extraneous matter. Captain Baker reports term totals by district with high sums in North Mercer 46 765 and Wade 45 215, urging ongoing collection.
A new plastic kick-out plate for bulkheads is perfected to allow fast escape if trapped. It is strong enough to resist steady pressure but designed to break under sudden impact reducing impediments during emergencies.
Radio listings show Women in White airing weekdays at 2:30 pm as part of WHIS programming. The schedule highlights Cecil B. DeMille as Kraft Music Hall guest and a dense lineup of NBC and CBS shows, with Abbott and Costello and The Guiding Light among featured programs.
A fragmented listing shows a dense Radio and TV schedule with program times and shows across CBS NBC and blue channels. It includes The New Time and Volney Hurd News Fred Waring’s segments Abbott and Costello Dina Shore and Variety and late night repeats.
A war bond bazaar booth sponsored by the Bluefield Sisterhood and B N ai B rith lodge will sell home made cakes to raise funds. Auctioneers Harry Clark and Abe Angrist of B N ai B rith will oversee the event with cakes donated by Sisterhood members. The sale supports war bonds and stamps as part of community wartime efforts.
Pvt James G Kilby son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Kilby of Widemouth will leave Fort Knox Ky Saturday to join an infantry division at Camp Van Dorn Miss. Kilby 19 entered the army in April 1943 and has been a tank driver at the armored school. An older brother Glenn 22 is an army private in England. Second Lt Rogers D Young of Bandy Va receives Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of an air medal for raids over Rabaul in the South Pacific. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R D Young of Bandy. Joe A Larue 18 of Princeton Rt 1 is at Naval Training Center Great Lakes Ill for indoctrination before leave at home. Jack A Pletcher 20 Fortress gunner in England has been promoted to staff sergeant per Col James L Travis. His mother Mrs Pearl E Fletcher lives at 314 1 2 Bland St Bluefield. Set J H Smith III 117 Highland Ave Bluefield a billing clerk for Norfolk and Western Railway before service graduated from NCO staff near Edgwood Arsenal Md. Set Charles H Bailey 1704 Princeton Ave is a grinder with a heavy shop engineer company in England keeping up machinery at airfields. Sam C Brookshire SK second class U S Naval Reserve has arrived safe in Africa. Brookshire a former resident of
Boone, WN C details naval training in Norfolk and radio studies at Auburn. Edward J. Burnopp stationed at Camp Texas for infantry basic training. Leonard Williams of Panther promoted to private first class in Italy. Naval aviation cadet in an 11 week course at Navy flight school with promotion to primary flight training at Sunker Hill.
A Pittsburgh resident has been identified as the fifth fire victim from a blaze at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina last Saturday. Three seriously injured and four fatally burned victims were previously named by the Navy.
Motors totaling 27 000 horsepower drive the wind stream in the 16 foot wind tunnel at Moffett Field California. The setup generates controlled air flow for testing aircraft and related systems at the airfield research facility.
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