George Brooks Fatally Hurt in Norfolk Area
George R. Brooks of Gate City Virginia died after a 2:30 PM accident near Norfolk. Survivors include his wife Opal Lee Brooks and son George R. Brooks. He also leaves siblings Crawford Brooks in Elizabeth NJ, L R Brooks in Gate City, and others in Gate City. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of relatives.
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A. M
Crawford
Elizabeth
N. J
Bluefield
G. K
J. A
D Brooks
Gate City
D. Brooks
W. L. Brooks
Mra
G. C. Macclellan
Gate
Bi Puneral
First Lady Leads Summer White House Prep
A week of housecleaning and painting delays planned opening of the summer White House. Mrs Truman personally handles cleaning and redecorating as painters abandon a second coat. The Abilene visit and civic celebrations loom while rooms including the kitchen and bedrooms receive fresh paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
She D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Kas
Geena State
Vietta Garr
Trumans
Margaret
Okinawa Front Tightens As U S Forces Hold
Allied fronts report heavy fighting around Okinawa with Adm Halsey’s third fleet hitting Kyushu targets and enemy air attacks failing to damage ships. Nimitz and Gen Hodge describe stubborn Japanese resistance in the Oroku pocket and escarpment area as Tokyo hints at a homeland invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Halsey
Kyushu
Inawa
Okinawa
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Comunique
John R. Hodge
U. S
Associated Press
Tokyo
Nimitz
Oroku
Army shows infantry unit to boost West Virginia war loan quota
Foot soldiers will invade West Virginia next week to back the 7th war loan, opening a four week schedule with 82 veterans and full infantry gear. The AGF 94th army band will tour Beckley Charleston Huntington Parkersburg Wheeling Fairmont Martinsburg and other towns. E bond sales in the state totaled 16.6 million, 49 percent of the 34 million quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Army
Bluefield
AGF 94Th Army Band
Bragg
N. C
State War Finance
A. C. Spurr
Beckley
Huntington
Parkersburg
Whee
Fairmont
Martinsburg
Charles Town
Death of Dewey McKinney Jr 4 in Beckley hospital
Four year old Dewey Prince McKinney son of Pvt. Dewey Lee McKinney and Mrs McKinney of Bud West Virginia died June 1 at Raleigh General hospital Beckley The father is stationed overseas and the family mourns this death as service life continues to separate loved ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Pe McKinney
Pvt
Dewey Lee McKinney
McKinney
Bud
W. Va
Raleigh General Hospital
Beck
Allen A Parker Obituary A Mercer County Resident Dies
Allen A Parker 83 longtime Rock resident died yesterday morning at his daughter's home after a four week illness. He was born January 11 1862 near A and was a retired farmer and Rock Methodist church member. Survived by three steps including Mrs. Scott and John Ratliff of Rock and J D Ratliff of Bluefield. Funeral services today at 4 pm at Rock Methodist church with Revs Garland Anderson and W O Keys officiating. Interment in family cemetery on Black Oak mountain. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen A. Parker
Rock
Frank Scott
Parker
Bud
Mercer County
Rock Methodist Church
I. O. O. FP. Lodge
Scott
John Ratliff
J. D. Ratliff
Bluefield
Panera
The
Garland Anderson
Matonka
W. O. Keys
Black Oak Mountain
Bailey Funeral Home
Fred Young
Garvis Walker
L. I. Bailey
Gilford Conner
Buster Parks
G. T. Vaughan
Reich to Be Stripped of Industries to Destroy War Potential
Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley announced that Germany will be stripped of war related industries as part of the reparations program. He said some equipment may be destroyed if removals are not feasible, to prevent another conflict. Pauley noted the American delegation will go to Moscow for the initial reparations conference, with view uncertain on Soviet and British positions.
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Supreme Huarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
PARI
Germany
Edwin W. Pauley
Truman
Allied Reparations Commission
Pauley
United States
Moscow
Yalta
Russia
Britain
Killed On Luzon Staff Sgt Maynard Stephenson Dies in Action
Staff Sergeant Maynard Stephenson 30 was killed in action on Luzon May 12 1945. He entered service August 30 1943 trained at Camp Wolters and Fort Ord before going overseas in March 1944. He served with the 37th Infantry Division and was wounded February 7 this year, then returned to action. He is survived by his wife Mrs Ethel Stephenson a year old son Jimmie Mayne and his parents four brothers and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Stephenson
Luzon
Ethel Stephenson
Bramwell Road
War Department
Stephenson
Camp Wolters
Tex
Fort Ord
Calif
37Th
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Gary
Bluefield
Moose Lodge
Jim Tiller
Dean Stephenson
Last Eighth Air Force bombs reach Skoda armaments works
The 384th Bomb Group led by Colonel Theodore R. Milton released its payload at 11 16 a m on April 25 over Skoda works at Pilsen Czech oslovakia marking the final German target hit by Lt General James H Doolittle s Eighth Air Force. The mission capped nearly three years of U S heavy bombing from this base with Fortresses flying the last attack. Bluefield s 2nd Lt Roy E 23 piloted the lead plane and the 384th included airmen from Beaver high school and McLain s Business college alumni. Flight Officer Freman A Hall from Floyd Virginia also took part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
England
James H. Doolittle
Skoda Armaments
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Eighth
384Th
Berlin
Theodore R. Milton
Washington, D. C
U. S
Bluefield
Roy E. 23
Skoda
Lucas
Rogers Street
Beaver High School
McLain’s Business College
Freman A. Hall
Floyd
W. M. Bashler
Armed Forces
Memorial Service for Matoaka Lodge Members Set
Matoaka Lodge No 293 S O F will hold a memorial service June 17 1945 at 2 30 pm. Members meet at the hall and proceed to the cemetery to honor deceased brothers and sisters. All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs invited. H C Holston secretary. Representing Scott Horner and Mason Inc buys unlisted stocks bonds. Room 204 First National Bank building. Telephone 8252.
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Matoaka Lodge No
S. O F
Matoaka
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
H. C. Holston
Scott, Horner and Mason, Inc
First National Bank Building
Travels 6000 Miles With Airfield Unit
Tech nician 5th one on H Richmond son of J Richmond Rupert has logged over 6000 miles in two years with an airfield building aviation engineer battalion in the Mediterranean Theatres. They rushed through Tunisia’s Atlas Mountains in a 1500 mile convoy and hauled 250 truckloads of 500 pound bombs to frontline airfields. They aided in saving three C 47s by lighting a runway at night and built bases for the Sicily and Italian campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAP Engineer Command
Italy
H. Richmond
J Richmond
Rupert
Mediterranean
Africa
Atlas
Tunisia
Sicily
Lsts
15Th
T/5
Richmond
Meadow River Lumber Company
Over-Issuance Of Sugar Rations Charged
Charleston West Virginia June 9 The over issuance of 1 000 000 pounds of sugar rations during the past 18 months by the Wood county war price and rationing board to industrial and institutional consumers in Parkersburg was disclosed by the West Virginia district office of price administration. District OPA Director Grover Smith said an investigation is continuing into irregularities found in the board s food panel records and any action awaits the examination completion. He noted one case increased rations via revisions of a consumer s base period record changing numeral one to four yielding quad rations.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wood County War Price and Rationing Board
Parkersburg
West Virginia District Office of Price Administration
OPA
Grover Smith
Smith
Victory Parade Planned in Berlin by Allies
New York report says a victory parade will be held in Berlin as soon as British and American troops arrive. The CBS recorded broadcast notes a large stand in central Berlin and a photo of Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin above the stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Berlin
CBS
Rosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Raymond E. Jones To Graduate At Louisville Medical School
Raymond Edwin Jones son of Mr and Mrs W D Jones 1620 Whitethorn street will graduate with highest honors at the University of Louisville Medical School in June He has served in the army ward at Louisville City hospital and will receive a commission as first lieutenant after graduation He married Helen Thompson a graduate nurse of St Luke's hospital on September 17 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Edwin Jones
W. D. Jones
Whitethorn Street
University of Louisville
Bluefield
Beaver High School
Bluefield College
Universit Virginia
Charlottesville
Louisville City Hospital
St. Joseph Infirmary
Louisville
Jones
Helen Thompson
St. Luke's Hospital
Oscar M. Jackson Dies After Heart Attack in Princeton
Oscar M. Jackson, 53, of Princeton, died after a heart attack on Mercer Street near the Royal Theatre. He was en route to Memorial Hospital in an ambulance. A machinist at Virginian Railway shops, he and his wife moved to Princeton from Mullens six months ago. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Funeral arrangements are pending at Fredeking Seaver Funeral Home.
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Oscar M. Jackson
Ee Street
Princeton
Mercer Street
Royal Theatre
Memorial Hospital
Charlotte, N.C
Fredeking Seaver Funeral Home
Halsey Planes Strike Honshu In Daylight Assaults
Allied air forces carried daylight missions against Honshu with Mustang fighters and B 29s targeting Nagoya Osaka and nearby industrial sites. Tokyo broadcast noted air raid damage and evacuee figures while Japan’s diet convened to address intensified wartime measures.
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U. S
Honshu Island
Tokyo
Nagoya
Osaka
Japan
Diet
Parliament
Yokohama
Kobe
Tonye 3 Pe
Naruo
Akashi
Adm
William Halsey
Grand and Petit Jurors Drawn for McDowell Court
Grand jurors for the July term of McDowell Criminal Court were drawn by jury commissioners. Names include Stephen M. Jenkin Jones, Mae Johnson, Ted Mann, W. P. Cox, John Callaway, W. F. Christian, Herman Mee, Wilson Shepherd, Clyde Otey, J. T. Carter, A. C. Gregory, and others from Welch, Coalwood, Bartley, Iaeger, Elkhorn, and Northfork. Petit jurors named from Kimball, Iaeger, Bartley, Welch, Coalwood, Elkhorn, Grover Pyle, and surrounding communities.
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McDowell Criminal Court
Arand
Dfa
Stephen M. Jenkin Jones
Mae Johnson
Colored
Gary
J. A. Carter
Bishop
Ted Mann
Coalwood
W. PF. Cox
John Callaway
Welch
IV. B. McClaugherty
Ored
Kimball
W. F
W. W
Rae Hemphill
Grover Pyle
Bartley
Julian F. Whittaker
Elkhorn
Robert Beavers
Rysal
J. M. Crouch
Everett Woodson
Lee Marshall
Jaeger
N. Woody
J. 8
Akeman
Havaco
Robert Little
Davy
W. H. Prunty
Northfork
Ralph D. Baker
P. P. Belcher
J. Robert Anderson
D. C. Arnold
Thorpe
Bill Hardy
Vivian
Bil Gallion
Gilliam
H. A. Reynolds
Jenkin Jones
Lee Keaton
Taeger
Miss Shaffer Weds Richard Swan in San Francisco Ceremony
Formal notice of the marriage of Virginia Mae Shaffer daughter of Mrs. Howard Webb Port Crane New York to Richard Lyman Swan son of Mrs. Herbert Edson Swan and the late H E Swan of Port Crane. The double ceremony was held April 14 1945 at 2 o clock in Calvary Presbyterian Church San Francisco Rev Ezra Allen Van Nuys officiating. The bride wore navy suit with white accessories and a corsage of stephanotis and gardenias. Attendants were Mrs Florence Orton Richmond and Mrs Walter K Cupsles S K 1-2 U 8 N R. Mrs Orton hosted a luncheon at the Cliff House. The couple honeymooned at Santa Cruz and then the bride returned to Port Crane to reside for the duration while the groom serves in the Marianas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Mae Shaffer
Howard Webb
Port Crane
N. Y
Richard Lyman. Swan
Herbert Edson Swan
H. E. Swan
Cor
Ezra Allen van Nuys
Calvary Presbyterian Church
San Francisco
Calif
Florence Orton
Richmond
Walter K. Cupples
S. K
Orton
Cliff House
Santa Cruz
The
Marianas
Meeting Of Hospital Camps Group Is Set
A meeting of the McDowell county hospitals and camps committee is set for Monday at 7:45 p.m. in the Apagge community room. Chairman R. C. Luther will preside. Mrs. Luther urged service clubs to attend and a new list of needed Ashford General Hospital articles will be discussed as representatives commit to the next quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County Hospitals and Camps Committee
Apag Ge
R. C. Luther
War Church Pastor Commissioned as Army Chaplain
The Rev. Roy Lee Van Sickle of War Methodist Church is commissioned as a first lieutenant in the U S Army chaplain corps and will report June 21 to the chaplain officer replacement pool at Hampton Roads Virginia. He will be succeeded at War by the Rev. Mr Johns.
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Roy Lee van Sickle
War Methodist Narch
U. S. Army
Hampton Roads
van Sickle
Mr. Johns
Army Chaplain Van Sickle Appointed with Family At Akron
A Boston University graduate is commissioned as army chaplain. He has pastored the War church for two years and previously led Welch's First Methodist during Rev. G. K. Patty’s illness. His wife St and daughter Camilla Ann accompany him. they will live in Akron during his absence.
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Aduate
Boston University
Ton
Mass
War Church
First Methodist Church
Welch
G. K. Patty
van Sickle
Camilla Ann
Akron
Kilgore to Speak at Meet of Civic Clubs
U. S. Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia will address a joint Welch Rotary Kiwanis and Lions club meeting June 22 at 6 30 p m. The visit is arranged by Rotary International Service chair Samuel Solins. Kilgore, on the Senate military affairs committee, is touring Europe for firsthand briefing on regional conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia
Welch Rotary
Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Kilgore
Samuel Solins
Rotary Club
International Service Committee
Senate
Bad Weather Breaks In McDowell County
McDowell County residents welcomed a break in a stretch of cool and rainy days as the afternoon sun appeared and raised hopes that summer had arrived. The community noted a morning temperature reading of 56 degrees recorded by E F Ketter of Gary, with a low of 54 and a high earlier in the 24 hour period.
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McDowell Countioes
E. F. Ketter
Gary
Vehicle Use Stamps On Sale Beginning July First
Vehicle use stamps for the year starting July 1 go on sale Monday at the Welch post office. Motorists failing to purchase a stamp may be fined or imprisoned. The stamps must be displayed on the windshield or another prominent place of the vehicle on or after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Ward Act Would Put WLB Back Pay in Effect
The article states the army could implement all provisions of WLB orders including a back pay requirement of 1 342 000 dollars drawn from net operating income as described in the motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLB
Funeral services for J. W. Pat Davis in Matoaka
J W Pat Davis 62 of Matoaka killed Saturday night in Indianapolis. An inquest found blunt force trauma from a rock, robbery believed as motive. Survived by wife three sons and a daughter. Body returned to Matoaka for burial in Matoaka cemetery this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W
Pat” Davis
Matoaka
Indianapolis
Ind
C. D. Sweet
Bluefield
Davis
Glenn G. Davis
California
Howard Davis
Fort Ord
Calif
Paul Davis
DeWitt General Hospital
Auburn
Clyde Crotty
Matoska
Bailey Funeral Home
Summer Session At Bluefield College Opened
Registration for the twenty third summer session at Bluefield college will be held at the college tomorrow, Dr. E C Wade president of the college announced. Classes will begin on Tuesday with special courses for teachers renewing certificates offered this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield College
E. C. Wade
Infantry Show Arrives in Bluefield With Parades and Dances
The infantry unit will quarter at the American Legion home in Bluefield WV and host events in the Appalachian room with Red Cross canteen refreshments on Sunday evening. Music by Mr and Mrs Henry Fortune precedes a Monday parade and noon band concert in Princeton. A Twenty Fifth Club dance follows with 100 invited young ladies in the West Virginian ballroom. A Tuesday 1:30 band concert leads to an 8:30 Bluefield stadium demonstration assisted by West Virginia Home Guard and local police. No admission charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Appalachian Room
Henry Fortune
Bluefield
Princeton
Mesdames R. H. Morgan
A. L. Hawkins
Earl Williams
West Virginian
Mildred Phillips
Bernice Gibson
Margaret Iley
Mickey Jackson
Thelma Steele
Esther Irene Graham
Elah Mills
Betty Conney
Bettie Hamlin
Marie Cannady
Sue Fortune
Jean Ahe
Commerce Street
Bluefield Stadium
Bluefield Company
West Virginia Home Guard
Tae
Mase Sophie "Ohets
Sarah Miller
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Norfolk
J. M
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Mercer Bonds
Jimmy
Siete
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Miles
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Lorraine
Corsica
Hungary
Isicivy
Warsaw
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Belgrade
Yugo
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Libya
Romania
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Greece
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Ankara
Arab League
Cairo
France
Syria
Syrian
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Jord
Iraq
Saudi
Arabia
Egypt
Hitler
Reich
China
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Europe
Roy M. Stephenson
Hagar
Pedera Street
Dial
L. A. Jackson
Raymond E. Jones
Raymond F. Jones
Halsey Planes
Welch News
Miss Shaffer
Richard Swan
the Commercial Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bluefield, W. VA
Sue French Strother
James French Strother
Southwood Addition
Stevens College
Columbia
Miss Strother
Stevens
Burrall Cabinet
National Dance Society
War-Peace Organization
Sigma Alpha Chi Sorority
McDowell
American Legion
Commerce St
Baker’s Furs
Granada Theatre
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