Pantelleria Raid, Allied Air and Sea Bombardment Intensify
Allied forces renewed heavy attack on Pantelleria with coordinated air and sea bombardments. Italian broadcasts report 140 air strikes in a month and warn of a costly invasion, while British and American pilots describe dense dust clouds and synchronized naval fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pantelleria
Lamisland
Teneria
Lampedusa
Malta
Iight
Axis
Associated Press
Paul Kern Lee
Sardinia
Cairo
Middle East
Messina
Aegean Sea
Greece
Gulf of Corinth
Kyparissia
Italy
D A R Plans Flag Day Celebration Across Nation
The D A R leadership urged a Flag Day on June 14 with a pledge to honor the Stars Stripes and teach proper display and salutes. President General Mrs William H Pouch promoted an American Flag in Every American Home and a renewed war bond drive aiming for 100 million dollars with members already contributing over 32 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Pouch
Pouch
Po Pouc
Bataan
Corregidor
Wake Island
Guam
Manila
D.A.R
Deaths and Funerals Items From Bluefield Area
Death notices list Mrs Beatrice Griffith widow of Walter Griffith who died in Daytona Beach Florida after leaving Bluefield two years ago and pending funeral arrangements. Robert Edward McMillan five year old son of Mr and Mrs William McMillan of McComas died at Bluefield Sanitarium with services set at Prosperity Methodist Church Windmill Gap. Mrs Timandria Bailey 92 of Matoaka died at Memorial Hospital Princeton with funeral at Bailey Memorial Church Giotto and burial in Godfrey Cemetery Matoaka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Griffith
Walter Griffith
Daytona Beach
Fla
Robert Edward McMillan
William R. Millan
McComas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Prosperity Methodist Church
Windmill Gap
Mr. Looney
Crumpler
Prosperity Church
McMillan
United Pocahontas Puel Company
Timandria Bailey
Matoaka
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Bailey Memorial Church
Giotto
C. Anderson
Z. F. Mayberry
Beverly Stephens
Isaac Payne
J. M. Davia
John Cannady
Harold White
D. Epling
John Stikes
J. C. Carwr
K. L. Basham
W. W Harlow
J. Lee Bailey
Godfrey
Bailey
Itar
John D. Godfrey
Call to Civic Duty Amid Free Flag Ideals
The speaker urges citizens to meet the ideals behind the Red White and Blue flag and to strive for a higher quality of citizenship. He emphasizes preserving liberty and freedom with the ongoing sacrifice of American blood and asks readers to live worthy of those blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal
New Guinea
Tokio
Berlin
Restrictions Put On Special Mileage Gasoline Ration
The War Price and Rationing Board issued limits on special mileage gasoline for trips not listed as allowed. Exemptions include care for sick relatives, funerals, moving between homes, school trips, attending meetings or events, therapeutic or vacation travel.
Paraguayan President Higinio Morínigo Visits White House
President Higinio Morínigo of Paraguay arrives in Washington for a White House visit with President Roosevelt. He is greeted with full military honors on the south lawn, welcomed in the mansion, and escorted by Secretary Hull. A guard of honor and the combined Paraguayan and American anthems mark the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Higinio Morinigo
Paraguay
White House
Roosevelt
Hull
Executive Mansion
Marines
Col Hobby Denies WAACS To Be Given Any Contraceptives
Washington June 9 Col Oveta Culp Hobby head of WAACS denied a New York Daily News story that WAACS would receive contraceptives in go equipment There is absolutely no foundation of truth in the statement Hobby said The story claimed a secret agreement among high ranking officers of the war department and the WAAC chief
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oveta Culp Hobby
WAACS
New York
Daily News
Hobby
Depeewee
WAAC
John Adams First White House Resident
John Adams became the first president to live in the White House moving in during November 1606 according to the sourced text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
United States
White House
Confessed killer linked to Kent's Ridge case emerges
Mrs Bolden denies involvement in the double tragedy as authorities connect Elijah Bowen also known as Lie Brown to crimes in Kent's Ridge. Bolden faces a June 16 preliminary hearing before Trial Justice Albert G Peery while a warrant hangs in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Lie Brown
Bolden
Kentucky
Tazewell County
Juanita Davis
Boldens
Davis
Zoot Suit Clashes Between Gangs and Servicemen Erupt Across LA
A street incident near 200 feet away involved youths in zoot suits and a decoy, a car pursuit, and injuries. Juvenile units report long standing turf fights with tire irons and other weapons, now escalating with service members. LA authorities restrict naval personnel in downtown areas as violence spills to Long Beach theaters and amusements districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediey
East Side
Los Angeles
Pike
Long Beach
War Labor Provisions Agreed By Conference Conferees
Conferees reach a pact on labor measures tied to war plants. The agreement preserves 30 days of production with unchanged labor conditions, requires notices to the secretary of labor and labor boards, and mandates a secret employee vote by NLRB after 30 days to avoid strikes. Penalties for instigating strikes in government controlled sites are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Labor
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
WLB
Connally
May D
Hill
Miss J Katharine Hartley to retire from Beaver high school
Miss Katharine Hartley longtime head of Beaver high school commercial department will retire after twenty eight years in Bluefield. She came to Bluefield in 1915 from Nebraska established the program and grew it from eight typewriters to forty three machines serving 219 students. Teachers, parents, and former pupils praised her kindness discipline and lasting influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Katharine Hartley
Beaver High School
Bluefield
Katy
Oxford
Ohio
Virginias
Miss Hartley
Misa Katy
Miss Katy
C. W. Jackson
Nebraska
C. R. Murray
Ben H. Williams
Miami University
Harold
Fred Black
Ike
Sam
David Lufkin
T. Courtney Tanner
Robert McCue
Frank Turpin
Rachel Main
Principe Williams
Rachel
Turpin
Jackson
Beteer
Hartley
Jaycees To Present Radio Program For War Drive
Greater Bluefield Junior Chamber of Commerce hosts a 6 to 6:10 pm radio program on WHIS detailing the cigarettes for service men drive. Al Brooks opens with the plan to raise funds from local citizens to buy cigarettes sent to U S service members overseas. Stuart O'Dell will interview a foreign service veteran about reactions to the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bluefield
Foreign Services
al Brooks
Stuart O'Dell
WHIS
United States Army
Daily Doings Area Women With The SMC
Fifty service men from eleven states and Panama visited the Service Men's club yesterday. Local donations included $5 each from Mrs. D. E. French and Sagamore Ladies Aid Society via Mrs. C. B. Blackwell and Mrs. Wellie Mabe. Floral contributions came from Bluefield Florist and Coles Flower Shop. Club officers were Mrs. S. S. Payne and co chair Mrs. W. W. McClaugherty, with members listed including Mrs. J. M. Helm and others.
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Service
States
Panama
Service Men's Club Yesteray
D. BE. Prench
Ladies Aid Society of Sagamore
C. B. Blackwell
Wellie Mabe
Bluefield Flora] Company
Coles Flower Shop
8S. B. Payne
W. W. McClaugherty
J. M. Helm
R. L. Edmonson
T. E. Foster, Jr
Lera Coxne
F. L. Black
E. Thacker
Robert McCue
Mise Ruth Bartlett
W. T. Crockett
Bernard Mccaeann
W. A
Coal negotiators announce accord with United Mine Workers
Charles O Neill and Lewis disclosed an agreement with the United Mine Workers after three months of talks. The Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers association withdraw from the Appalachian joint wage conference, pending paper formalities and War Labor Board approval. The government previously took over operations May 1 with fuel administrator Ickes overseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O'Neill
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
UMW
Appalachian
Oll
United Mine Workers
O'Neill
War Labor Board
WLB
E.w.t
Central Pennsylvania
General Board
Pennsylvania Group
Steel Companis
Lewis
O’neill
Ickes
Eneane
Pennsyivane
City and Coalfield Items
Harry Haffen of Roanoke will be in town at least one week every month to tune pianos. Phone or write West Virginia hotel or P O Box 2455 Roanoke Va for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
West Virginian Hotel
P. O
Area Men in U S Service Report From Local District
Daily notes list Glen D Kno cie Jr at Camp Crowder Missouri visiting Bluefield then returning to camp. Two 17 year old youths from the area seek navy enlistment in Huntington. Marvin Woodrow Wilson completes training at Temple University and awaits army duty. Jesse W Ramsey wears rifle marksman medal earned at Santa Anita. Clarence Harvey Kirby completes basic training at Great Lakes. Other personnel transferred or visiting include Vadir Akers, Roy Truitt, Walter Moore, Claytor Marten overseas arrival, Warren Sifford furlough, Danzi Thomas on 18 day leave, Jackson Taylor visiting family after Pensacola training.
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United States Navy
Huntington
Jack D. Walker
Pulaski, Va
Ernest Gardner
Giotto
Walter T. Moore
Maybeury
West Coast Ordnance Training Center
United States Army
Santa Anita
Arcadia
Calif
Moore
Esso
Bluefield College
Betty Rutheee
North
Warren H. Sifford
T. O. Sifford
Princeton
Corp. Howard Sifford
Nashville, Tenn
Subsidy Plans and Black Market Probes Stir House Panel
M Baldwin of the Philadelphia Industrial Union Council warns that rising living costs erode worker morale and backs a general rollback in retail food prices. Ezra Benson of the National Council of Farm Cooperatives argues subsidies would favor large producers and invite monopoly control. The House Small Business Committee reviews a probe into meat and poultry black markets as Rep. Ploeser cites 25 million pounds weekly diverted to the black market. Robert Lewis testifies that OPA policies curb legitimate markups, fueling a vast poultry black market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Baldwin
Philadelphia Industrial Union Council
CIO
Ezra T. Benson
National Council of Farm Cooperatives
House Small Business Committee
Ploeser
R. Mo
Robert F. Lewis
Cambridge
Office of Price Administration
Axis war review cites Italian losses and naval claims
In a three year war review Rome reports total Italian casualties at 633,251 with 58,000 killed and 131,000 wounded. They list naval losses including four battleships sunk and 338 merchantmen damaged, and note ongoing Balkan fighting and arrests of French resistance leaders in Lyon.
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Romeo
Rome
Balkans
Bosnia
Montenegro
Lyon
Germany
Underground
Brynes Eyes Limited Presidency Hopes and War Probe Talks
Former official Brynes says he aims to avoid politics as he handles home front policy. He plans closer ties with legislative committees to review war practices and will confer with Senator Truman and Speaker Rayburn on joint inquiries. He seeks streamlined oversight to prevent executive overreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brynes
Truman
D-Mo
Senate
Rayburn
House
Executive Branch
Fourteen Apply For Enlistment In Engineer Unit
Fourteen applicants have been accepted for enlistment in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Lt. C. R. Frampton, at the local recruiting station, announced he will remain through Friday to interview more men. He highlighted the wide range of over 100 occupations and five camps to choose from and noted open enlistment for both draft and pre draft-age men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army Corpus of Engineers
C. R. Frampton
Engineers
Frampton
Armed Services
Corps of Engineers
Army
Army Engineers
Air Corps Engineers
Bradman
Colored Resident Injured By Auto
Jim Shanklin an 80 year old colored resident of Clifford street was injured last night at 9 o'clock when he walked into the side of a car driven by William Brown of Jordan street. An accident occurred at Jones and Bland streets leaving Shanklin with a cut on the head. Attaches at St Marys hospital reported his condition as fair. Horse chestnuts get their name from ancient Turks who used them as a drug for sick horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Shanklin
Clifford Street
William Brown
Jordan Street
Jones and
Bland Streets
Shanklin
St. Mary's Hospital
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Pantel- Ay
V. S. Oe
Capital Visitor
Col. Hobby
Beaver
Bluefield School
Jaycees
SMC
Washington Monument
U. S
Glen D. Knocie, Jr
Signal Corps
Camp Crowder
Nunnaly
Marvin (Woodrow) Wilson
Temple University
Philadelphia
Danville
Jesse W. Ramsey
Northfork
West Coast Ordnance Aining Center
Ramsey
McDowell County Board of Education
Concord State Teachers College
Christine Ramsey
Clarence Harvey Kirby
United States Training Station School
Great Lakes
Til
H. Kirby
Stadium Ve
Vadir K. Akers
Tucson
Roy William ‘Truitt
Naval Training Station
Ill
Gusport
Miss
Amd
W. G. Truitt
Pvt
Claytor Marten
D. W. Marten
Parris Island
8. C
Danzi
A. Thomas
Bastion
Jackson Taylor
J. L. Taylor
Princeton Road
Pensacola
Eastern Front
Byrnes
Leosen
Taylor's Drug
Princeton Ave
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