Allies push deeper in Normandy front near Cherbourg
Allied reports detail Cerisy forest seizure expanding land reach toward St Lo and Cherbourg as Britons and Americans tighten grip east of Caen. Eisenhower and Churchill toured the front while German counteractions are described as weakening with reinforcements pouring into Cherbourg peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard L. Mon
Cerisy Forest
Normandy
St. Lo
Caen
Cherbourg
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Cerisy
A. D. Eisenhower
Preme Alvasion
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Ernest J. King
U. 8
Henry H. Arnold
U. S
Churchill of Fucttain
Normandy Front
Fish Channel
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Alan Ae
Imperil Ta Ihe
Britain
Allies Near Florence Amid Disordered Retreat in Italy
Allied Fifth and Eighth Armies pressed forward across Italy with scattered retreats as captured troops received passes. Fifth Army moved toward Bolsena near Lake Bolsena and Montefiascone while Eighth Army advanced along the Tiber north of Rome toward Rieti and Reggio. In the center, Avezzano and Lake Pucino were overrun as the Adriatic front was cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anzio
Florence
Italy
Fifth
Eighth
Fifth Army
Montefiascone
Lake Bolsena
Bolsena
Eighth Army
Tiber River
Rome
Bango Reggio
Rieti
Eigh
Avezzano
Lake Pucino
Adriatic
Pescara
Curfew Siren Set For Virginia Side Youths
Bluefield Virginia will signal curfew for under 18s with four blasts of the fire siren at 9 0p. m. each night per Chief J H Poole. The town council approved the measure amid discussions on the curfew arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Bluefield
J. H. Poole
Lt Thompson Killed in Atlantic Crash
Mrs. Rance A Thompson of Richlands Va reports that her husband Lt. ce A Thompson a naval aviator was killed when his Liberator crashed in the Atlantic on December 28 1943 He was a Bluefield College graduate class of 1936 and earned a degree from the University of Tennessee He enlisted in 1940 and trained at Anacostia and Pensacola He had returned to the U S earlier after two and a half years foreign duty He married Prances Hoback in June and resided in Norfolk before departing for a mission in the European theatre He was the son of Mr and Mrs William M Thompson Norton Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rance A. Thompson
Lands
Navy
Ce A. Thompson
Sen
Atlantic
Thompson
University of Tennessee
Pi Kappa Alpha
Naval Air Corps
Anacostia
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Bates
Norfolk
Lt. Thompson
William M. Thompson
Norton, Va
Postwar plan proposals target full employment for millions
The report outlines demobilization and jobs for federal industrial workers in navy yards and arsenals, returning war workers home, expanded powers for the smaller war plants corporation, rapid legislation for disposing of surplus property, and Byrnes proposals on employment and postwar recovery presented to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Plants Corporation
Legic
Byrnes
Senate
George
Japs Driven From Biak as Allied Forces Push West
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports Japanese positions on Biak island west of Mokmer airstrip being cleared. American infantry move westward from Mokmerdrome amid machinegun fire from bunkers. Palau and Truk bombed again. Palau air strip hit from southwest Pacific bases. In Dutch New Guinea Sarmi patrols count 173 enemy dead Sunday and 223 at Hollandia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Biak
Mokmer
Mokmerdrome
Palau
Truk
Caroline Island
Sarmi
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia
Wakde
Navy Induction Call For July Cancelled
Mrs. Blanche Gooch clerk of Mercer county selective service announces cancellation of the navy induction call for July received Friday. The call, described as fair sized, was for white men registered to go to Huntington for final induction in the navy. A July call is expected at another date, and this was the first white male induction call since May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Gooch
Mercer County
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service
Lieut Charles W Sim brother of Mrs Percy Gillie has graduated from West Point and is commissioned in the Army Air Corps. He will be transferred to Smyrna Tennessee for further training. Mr and Mrs Gillie with her mother Mrs G G Sampson of Logan attended the graduation. Pvt Emmett Williams stationed at Camp McCain Miss will return Saturday after a 14 day leave with his wife Nell Starling of Cumberland road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Sim
Percy Gillie
College Avenue
Pvt
Emmett Williams
Camp McCain, Miss
M Nell Starling
Cumberland Road
Deaths and Funerals M D Croy
Mrs. M. D. Croy aged 39 formerly of Bluefield died at 8 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs W K Princeton from complications after a six month illness. She had been a Pinecrest sanatorium patient near Beckley until a month ago. Survived by husband M D Cray two children Betty Rose and Malcolm Alvin and her parents. Funeral at Hawkins funeral home Bluefield with arrangements incomplete last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Croy
Bluefield
W. K
Route 1
Princeton
Pinecrest Sanatorium
Beckley
M. D. Cray
Betty Rose
Malcolm Alvin
Air Forge Flies Junctions Near Caen in Bombardment Action
Allied air units conducted low altitude operations near Aunay sur Odon and Caen region with bomb runs on German positions. Both American and British fighters and fighter bombers engaged targets using bombs rockets and machine gun fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aunay Sur Oden
Caen
Conde Sur Noireau
la Haye de Pulta
Arentan
Pel
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Partisans Launch Drive In Serbia
Tito's Yugoslav partisans report offensive in Serbia with over 400 German casualties. Germans acknowledge drive on Croat Serb frontier but say it is halted. Fighting also reported in eastern Bosnia and Sandjak Montenegro areas with attacks on Prijepolje Plevjeca line. Allied air force active. allied navy says it destroyed several enemy ships along the Adriatic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marshal Tito
Serbia
Prijepolje-Plevjecainice
Lim
Tito
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Porterfield Earns Oak Leaf Cluster for Air Medal
An Eighth AAF bomber station in England announced that Gordon B. Porterfield tail gunner of this city’s Flying Fortress has been awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal for bombing attacks on Nazi Europe. He is the son of GB Porterfield and Mrs Jeanne Porterfield. He joined RAF on October 30, 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Gordon B. Porterfield
Nazi Europe
GB. Porterfield
College Drive
Jeanne Porterfield
RAF
Services Set For Pocahontas Woman
Elizabeth Robertson 30 wife of Jack Robertson died Sunday afternoon in a Petersburg hospital. Survived by husband and mother Mrs Suzie Berger. Funeral at 2 church in Pocahontas with interment in Coaldale cemetery near Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Robertson
Pocahontas
Jackson Robertson
Petersburg
Suzie Berger
Church
Coaldale
Doings Of Area Women With The SMC
Forty three servicemen plus three accompanied by wives two by parents and one in the WAAC were guests of the Service Men’s club. The men came from eleven states. Goodykoontz Drug Company donated two gallons of ice cream. Various hostesses led by Mrs Frank Hudgins and Mrs B K McParland oversaw arrangements with numerous assistants. One hundred six servicemen with twelve wives attended the previous Sunday, representing twelve states. Pie donations came from Mrs W A Allen Mrs E E Thompson and Mrs Wade H Bailey. Alma Att donated $1 for expenses. A soldier described the club as the best place to eat between Fort Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service
Women's Army Corps
Service Men's Club
Goodykoontz Drug Company
W. A. Allen
E. E. Thompson
Wade H. Bailey
Alma Att
Fort Columbus
Payroll Fifth War Bond Drive Urges Mercer County Support
D. E. Templeton, payroll savings chairman, urges management and labor in Mercer County firms with 25 or more employees to meet the Fifth War Loan quota. He argues payroll deductions in June and July count toward the county and state goals, stressing bonds as safe government-backed investments amid wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Templeton
Mercer County War Finance Committee
Treasury Depa
Mercer County
West Virginia
Templeton
Nesta
Eee
Ax accident kills child in Welch Oklahoma
Loretta Tester age 11 died in a Welch hospital after an ax swung by a playmate struck her behind the ear. She passed away about two hours after admission. Survived by her parents Hubert and Mrs Tester and five brothers and sisters. Services set for 1 pm at Free Will Baptist church with Rev A J Griffith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Tester
Hubert Tester
Welch
Alice
Crumpler Woman Nannie Edwards Dies After Illness
Mrs. Nannie Edwards 73 of Crumpler died Sunday night in a Welch hospital from complications after a five month illness. She lived with her sons Elmer and Curly Edwards and had resided in Sectional county forty years. Services will be held at Pier Methodist church Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev M W Looney and Rev G T Jordan, with burial in Woodlawn. She leaves four sons, one daughter, five sisters, two brothers, fifteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Edwards
Crumpler
Welch Hospital
Services Set For Mrs Jack Booth
Funeral services will be held at 9 30 this morning at Superior Union church for Mrs Jack Booth 27 formerly Miss Gertrude Hancock of Washington D C who died Friday Interment will be in Hillsville Va Mrs Booth died after an appendectomy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Union Church
Jack Booth
Gertrude Hancock
Washington, D. C
Hillsville
Booth
Kwaser
A W. Cox
Washington
Jaeger Canning Center To Open
Plans for opening the canning center at Jaeger by July 1 will be announced during a visit by H N Stunsucker and Okev Kroger of Morgantown WV. P K Martin said Mrs Helen Whitaker of Taeger is instructor and Avery Lester of Panther is plant engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaeger
H. N
Stunsucker
Okev Kroger
Morgantown
West Virginia
P K. Martin
Helen Whittaker
Taeger
Avery Lester
Panther
Welch Council Certifies June 6 Vote in Mayoral Win
City council canvassed the June 6 election results naming Gail T. Carter mayor with 484 votes. Councilman-at-large H D Sly received 473 and L E Rogers 467, while ward 1 candidate O E Linkous had 118 votes. Leon P. is noted in the tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail T. Carter
Welch
Carter
H. D. Sly
L. E. Rogers
O. E. Linkous
Leon P
Miller Ward Two Bid For Street Resurfacing
A bid of three dollars per foot was accepted for resurfacing 4 384 feet of Court street and about 1 000 feet of Virginia avenue by 1e Construction Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Ward
Pag
John Tenon
Court Street
Virginia Avenue
Jackson Lawson Listed Wounded in Action Over Germany
Jackson Lawson, a former high school athlete and air force member, was wounded in action over Germany on May 27. His wife Juanita Punkhouser of Hav-Young Lawson has been informed he has been removed to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Junior) Lawson
Germany
Juanita Punkhouser
Hav- Young
Lawson
Air Forces
Kimball Young
Man Pleads Guilty in McDowell County Still Case
George Day of Horsepen Virginia pled guilty before U S Commissioner Judolph Tucker to still charges. Day 33 was held for the June 23 federal grand jury action after posting 500 bond. Officers seized a 40 gallon copper still 40 gallons of mash seven and one half gallons of whiskey and two 60 gallon wood fermenters. Detachments from Welch and Alcohol Tax Unit investigated and arrested Day at the still on Big Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Creek
McDowell County
George Day
Horsepen
U. S
J.udolph Tucker
Day
Federal Grand Jury
Wilburn Belcher
Alfred Dial
Welch Detachment
Alcohol Tax Unit
Miners' Certificate Exam Set for Welch Friday
Miners examining at the court house in Welch on Friday June 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to examine applicants for miners' certificates. Each applicant should bring his valid saturity number and the $1 exam fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rd No
Court House
Welch
Marine recruiter to interview 17-year-olds in Welch
Sgt. Don E. Neely, local marine recruiter, will be in Welch all day to interview seventeen year old youths. Sergeant pay will be at the Welch post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don E. Neely
U. S. Marine Alee
Welch
Pay
President vows massive allied air strikes over Germany and Europe
The president declares Allied air fleets have targeted German war industry and Luftwaffe in a sustained campaign. He notes German production erosion and reduced fighter power while promising the air war will intensify. He cites the western coast blow as the result of careful planning and rationing. He states the Pacific is also in offensive momentum toward Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Europe
France
Tokyo
Pacific
Piano Tuned by Roanoke Expert Visits City
Harry Haffen of Roanoke will be in town at least one week each month for piano tuning. Service available 24 hours by phone or mail Box 2455 Roanoke. Carter Motor Co. offers screen doors and windows now in stock. Masonic notice announces Bluefield Lodge No. 85 AF&AM will meet June 13 at 7:30 with officers to be annuled and visitors welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
Bluefield Lodge No
A. M
L. M. Carper
J. L. Albright
Mrs E B McCue Welch Passes After Illness
Mrs E B McCue Welch died after a two year illness. A WV native, she taught in Greenbrier McDowell and Welch schools and in Welch grade school for six years. She married Norman Keller in 1929 and had two children, with relatives in Dublin Mexico and Princeton. Burial at Princeton expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Keller McCue
Pal
Ad School
Welch
West Virginia
Richwood
Keliers
McDowell County
Virginia Wesleyan Call
Buckhannon
Marshal College
Huntington
McDowell Teachers Association
Keller
Katherine
Louisa Keller
Norman A. Keller
Dublin
Edward
Mexico
J. Frank Marsh
Concord College
Princeton
Two Autos Collide On Bland Road
Mrs. Ollie Irvin of 509 College avenue driving east on Bland road began to cross Oakhurst avenue when Ira D. Lainer of 928 Bland street driving a sedan collided at the intersection Sunday night. Estimated damage totaled about $100 with roughly $50 per vehicle as reported by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Road
Oakhurst Avenue
Ollie Irvin
College Avenue
Oakhurst
Ira D. Lainer
Bland Street
Missing in Action Sailor Curtis B Tabor Reported
Abbs Valley Virginia resident B K Tabor received notice from the war department that his son Sergeant Curtis B Tabor age 26 has been reported missing in action in Italy since May 12 1944. He enlisted May 21 1942 and has been overseas since December 1943. His other son Corporal Paul K Tabor is serving in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.K. Tabor
Abbs Valley
War Department
Curtis B. Tabor
Italy
Bazaar Showcases Local Clubs In War Bond Fundraiser
A community bazaar hosted by local clubs filled a room with booths from the Junior Woman's Club Teller unit, B Nim Brith, Bluefield Sisters, Lions, AAAW, Business and Professional Girls, Rotary, Kiwanis, and more. Mayor Snyder opened the event, with Mrs E W Harris introduced to the crowd as the program moved along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B’nai Brith
Bluefield Sisterhood
Lions Club
Rotary
Kiwanis Club
William C. Snyder
E. W. Harris
Junior Chamber To Meet This Evening
The Bluefield Junior Chamber of Commerce meets at 6 30 this evening in the Pinnacle Restaurant. Principal speaker will be Dr. E C Wade president of Bluefield College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Junior Chamber of Commerce
Pinnacle
E. C. Wade
Bluefield College
Galliett Held for Mercer Grand Jury on Slot Machine Charge
R. R. Galliett of East River Service station was held for action by the Mercer county grand jury after being arraigned before Magistrate W. W. McNeal on a charge of operating a slot machine. He was released on a $250 bond after the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Galliett
East River
Mercer County Grand Jury
W. W. McNeal
Galliett
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Iy Sur-Loulles
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Nee
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BR. A. Thompson
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Partisans
Porterfield
Oak
SMC
Frank Bh. Hudgins
8. K. McParland
E. R. Burks
George Melcher
Ethel Page Linkous
Harry
T. L. Brown
George Richardson, Jr
William Greenspon
Luis Cleon Heller
Alice Sue Richardson
C. A. Bradshaw
Mary Jenkins
Sam Clark
J. T. Watts
Effie Loudermilk
Cleon Heller
John Wilkerson
Stanley McInturff
R. E. Dixon
M. C. Douthat
L. C. Neal
P. M. Shrewsbury
W. C. Cline
Tla Shumate
Josephine Cox
Thelma Johnson
Helen Dixon
Thelma Bailey
June Lindamood
Virinia Bailey
M. W. Egbert
Kenneth Tickle
8S. H. Ayers
Welch News
Jaeger Canning Center
Council
Jackson Lawson
Tutul
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Carter Motor Co
Bailey Lum! Company
Tomato Andrean
Bailey
Roosevelt
E. B. M’cue
Curtis Tabor
Chaarleston
W. Va
Ritchie County
Truntington
Cei
David
Charleston
Wheeling
Busines
Clu
Sgt
Bulova
Crawford
Elgin
Hamilton
le Coultre
Longines
Wittnauer
Fox
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