Scouts Help Boost War Bond Drive In Bluefield
Boy Scouts in Bluefield lead the fifth war loan campaign with literature distribution at Bluefield stadium and home visits. The Mercer county finance team cites past youth success and urges continued student and scout participation to meet bond goals nationwide.
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Bluefield
J. C. Acuff
Southern
West Virginia
Bluefield Stadium
Keil D. Alderson
Cochairman
Mercer County Finance Committee
California
Richie County
Philadelphia
South Carolina
New Jersey
Missouri
Detroit
University of Ee
Bluefield Leads State In Salvaged Waste Fats In May
The Bluefield chamber of commerce reports May salvage totals of 10 342 pounds of waste fats with 7 278 pounds kitchen fats and 3 064 pounds commercial fats. Beckley Raleigh county ranks second with 9 112 pounds total. County tallies show McDowell 5 870 pounds and Greenbrier 4 600 pounds. Tazewell Virginia adds 1 878 pounds. Waste fats salvage remains vital to war production of equipment and medicines.
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Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Beckley
Raleigh
McDowell County
Greenbrier County
Fayette County
Tazewell County
Bluefield Virginia Installs New Water Sub Tank
J H Poole Bluefield VA chief of police and acting city manager oversaw replacing the old wooden sub at Dill spring with a concrete sub tank Two miles above town the new sub tank now feeds the main tank and supplies about 4000 residents with pure spring water Poole acts as city manager while W E Lambert serves in the South Pacific.
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J. H. Poole
Bluefield
Poole
Dill Spring
W. E. Lambert
Armed Services
South Pacific
Revival to Open in Bluefield at Church of God
The Rev C D Henry will open revival services at the Church of God Bluefield Virginia on June 11. The Rev W M Thomas is pastor. The Graham Presbyterian Church Bluefield Virginia will hold a two week Vacation Bible School from June 12 to June 23 with the theme To Know Christ.
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C. D. Henry
Bosswell
Church of God
Coll
Sargent Streets
Bluefield
W. M. Thomas
Presbyterian
Graham Presbyterian Church
Christ
E. B. Perdue
Gladys Wagner
P. ©. Miller
H. L. Tinsley
Elsie Fuqua
Lena Alba
W. P. Hager
Virginia Wilson
R. V. Crockett
Chris Cameron
V. & Sexton, Jr
P. O. Miller
Cecil visits parents while on furlough
Pvt. Grover L. Cecil is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Cecil in Bluefield Virginia and his wife former Miss Helen Roach of Bluefield West Virginia, while home on furlough from his station at Laredo Texas.
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Pvt
Grover L. Cecil
E. M. Cecil
Bluefield
Helen Roach
W. Va
Laredo
Texas
Mercer County Schools Serve 112 208 Lunches This Term
The Mercer county board reports 112 208 hot lunches served across about 60 of 123 schools this term. Lunches ranged from 9 to 18 cents, with balanced hot meals and milk. some rural schools offered soup and bread for 2 or 3 cents. Free meals were provided to children unable to pay. Nonprofit hot lunch rooms were run by school staff and volunteer mothers, with some federal Food Distribution aid per meal.
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Board of Education
Mercer County
Schools decide on joining food distribution program
To help pay for the program, schools set a 15 cent price for a type A meal and receive a nine cent government subsidy, making the lunch cost 24 cents. Each school chose to participate through its county board of education, as announced.
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County Board of Education
Four Bluefield Men Held for Grand Jury on Tip Ticket Charge
Four Bluefield men Kenneth Jennings Raymond Ratcliff Tra Mathena and Harry B Collins were held for the county grand jury to answer possession of tip tickets after arraignment before Magistrate W W McNeal yesterday Bond was set at 500 each and they were released after posting. Capt Arnold Moore of the state police Beckley arrested them and Ajax Smith of Princeton represented them.
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Bluefield
W W. McNeal
Kenneth Jennings
Raymond Ratcliff
Tra *Mathena
Harry B. Collins
Princeton Avenue
Arnold Moore
Beckley
Ajax Smith
Princeton
N. and W. Car Loadings Dip Slightly
The Norfolk and Western railway reported a small drop in loading last week with 28 722 cars loaded versus 30 313 the prior week. The week’s total nearly doubles the 15 197 cars from the same period last year. The breakdown shows 22 278 on N and W lines and 7 443 from connecting lines, compared with 22 201 and 8 112 previously.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Three Virginians Held as Prisoners of War
War department reports three Virginians are prisoners of war in Germany. Tech Sergeant George C. Agee Jr. of Stuart is listed with his mother Mrs. Eulah G. Agee. Sergeant Charles E. Davis of Rocky Gap is named for his mother Mrs. Annette Christian Davis. Private William R. Howard of Honaker is described as husband of Electa M. Howard. There is no additional context about other subjects.
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War Department
Germany
Tech
George C. Agee, Jr
Eulah G. Agee
Route 4
Stuart
Charles E. Davis
Annette Christian Davis
Rocky Gap
William R. Howard
Electa M. Howard
Honaker
Memphis Belle Returns to England in War Film Debut
Ray J. Eads a 38 year old administrative clerk in an Eighth Air Force unit recalls the Memphis Belle propelling the war effort. The tale of the famed bomber is shown in the European premiere of Just One Plane and one Crew in One Squadron. Eads and his unit helped ground crews and mechanics sustain bombing campaigns over Hitler’s forces. In England the film sparked memories of long overseas service and the crew’s shared sacrifice. Mummies found in Mammoth Cave Kentucky are identified as pre Columbian possibly 1500 years old.
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Eighth Army Air Force
England
Ray J. Eads
J. B. Eads
Camp Creek
Memphis Belle
Memphis
United States Army Air Forces
Ray Eads
Hitler
Eads
U. S
Spanishburg
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
New Pin-Worm Treatment Aids War-Torn Regions
Wartime living conditions correlate with Pin-Worm spreads in communities. Studies show up to one third of children and adults afflicted, with symptoms like rectal itching and stomach upset. Doctors tout gentian violet based treatment from Dr. D. Jayne labs as a breakthrough.
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D. Jayne
America
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