Anti Poll Tax Bill Approved by House
The U S House approved by 251 to 105 a bill to abolish the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in federal elections and sent it to the Senate. The measure, opposed by Southern Democrats, aims to strike down local taxes tied to voting rights, arguing it expands freedom of the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Polish government talks prompt cautious optimism
Exiled Polish leaders withdrew from the previous group, with London officials welcoming the consultation plan but warning against over optimism. The move follows Harry Hopkins’ talks in Moscow with Premier Stalin as Britain and the United States reportedly align with using the present provisional government as the nucleus for a broader government.
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London
United States
Britain
Mikolajczyk
Harry Hopkins
Truman
Moscow
Stalin
Eddy Gilmore
Ike Receives City of London Honor Amid Reflections
General Eisenhower speaks in London amid the award ceremony expressing mixed pride and sorrow over the allied war effort. He notes the desire that after Japan’s defeat no nation should again summon its citizens to face the tragedies of war.
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London
Eisenhower
Japan
Deaths and Funerals Nehee Stevenson
Funeral services for William father Stevenson 35 of St. Clair Virginia will be held Thursday at 2 30 pm at the Christian church Bluefield burial Maple Hill cemetery West Graham He died Monday night at Bluefield sanitarium from complications after an appendectomy He worked for U S Coal at Gary West Virginia for three years He was born September 22 1909 near Wittens Mill and is survived by wife Ethel Buchanan son Carl Wayne parents J T Stevenson brothers A E Stevenson Clarence Stevenson and sister Mrs Robert Browning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Father Stevenson
St. Clair
Bluefield
Christian Church
Maple Hill
West Graham
Stevenson
U. S. Coal Company
Gary
W. Va
Wittens Mill
All His
Ethel Buchanan
Carl Wayne
J. T. Stevenson
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
A. E. Stevenson
Northfork
Clarence Stevenson
Robert Browning
Funeral rites held for R. L. Boone of Pocahontas Va
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon for R. L. Boone of Pocahontas Virginia who died June 5 at Bluefield sanitarium. He had been ill since 1928 and is survived by six children twenty grandchildren three sisters and three brothers.
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R. L. Boone
Pocahontas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Pocahontas Baptist Church
R. H. Bowden
Boone
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Company
Coopers
Grayson County
W. A. Boone
C. R. Boone
U. S. Naval Air Station
Patuxent River
M. B. Finney
Troutdale
G. W. Odham
E. L. Correll
Bluestone
Death of Mrs Mary J Mann at 86 in Orchard
Mrs Mary J Mann age 86 died at her daughter Mrs Jim Hazelwood's home in Orchard on Friday June 8 She was a daughter of Allen A Humphrey and widow of Hugh C Mann Survived by five sons William H W P of Princeton Robert L of Orchard Ira C Hinton and Ernest F Mr Hope and one daughter Mrs Hazelwood Preceded in death by two sons Orville R Pikeville Md and Everett E Beckley Grandchildren 29 and great grandchildren 18 Services held at Ballard church Sunday at 2 30 by Rev Vernie Cook Burial in family cemetery near Ballard
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Mary J. Mann
Hugh C. Mann
Jim Hazelwood
Orchard
Allen A. Humphrey
William H
W. P
Princeton
Robert L
Ira C
Hinton
Ernest F
Accused Bluefielder Returned To Norfolk
Clyde Remines aged 28 of Bluefield was sent back to Norfolk by local police to face embezzlement charges. He was arrested Sunday on a Norfolk warrant for allegedly stealing 154.34 dollars from the Southern Storage and Warehouse Company in Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Remines
Bluefield
Norfolk
Remines
Southern Storage and Warehouse Company, Inc
Yanks Seize Fishing Craft in Kozu Island Raid
Allied forces seized several fishing vessels off Kozu island and sparked large fires in the harbor area. Nimitz did not specify the base of Navy Liberators, though Tokyo claimed Okinawa as their base. The action followed previous raids in the western Pacific, with Marcus island airfield strikes and Palaus raids. Our planes claimed four Japanese fighters downed over Kyushu, while escort carrier planes hit the Sakishima islands, igniting fires at airfield installations.
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Nimitz
Liberators
Tokyo
Okinawa
Pacific
Marcus Island
Palaus
Kyushu
Sakishima Islands
Ryukyus
Security Council Powers Define Peace Enforcement
Halifax outlined that a charter depends on committee results and full conference approval while the commission’s enforcement plan hinges on routine final authorization. The council could determine threats to peace and urge disputants to accept provisional steps to stave off crisis, apply diplomatic or economic pressure, and, if needed, use air naval or land forces to restore peace. It would sign agreements for armed forces and facilities with member states, and non represented states would be consulted and voting possible if their forces were involved.
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Halifax
Commission
Security Council
League
Council
Churchill says secret talks with Vichy in 1940 denied
Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons that secret talks with representatives of the Vichy regime in 1940 did not produce any binding agreement with Marshal Petain. He described attempts to secure assurances that the French fleet and overseas territories would not fall to Germany and noted Vichy could not provide credible guarantees.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Petain
Paris
United States
William D. Leahy
U. S
France
Britain
de Gaulle
Great Britain
Guest Speaker At Mid Week Service
The Rev. John A. Farr of Frankfort Ind will speak at the First Christian church mid week prayer meeting this evening at 7 45. He has been invited to Bluefield to address the service and meet church members. All members are urged to attend.
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John A. Farr
Frankfort
Ind
First Christian Church
Mr. Farr
Bluefield
Light Vote Shows Micro Turnout Across Precincts
The report lists vote tallies by precinct for multiple candidates across Greenacre and surrounding precincts, detailing counts for individuals such as Tucker, West, Brown, Wooldridge, Clark, and others. It notes limited contests for executive committee posts, with results in Ward No. 5 and Ward No. 4 and identifies the two Democratic and Republican slates contesting posts. The piece concludes with an estimate of roughly 200,000 gasoline filling stations in the United States.
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Logan Street
Tate's
Adrian Barnett
Anna Bell Cregger
Lewis H. Cook
A. H. Anderson
Cai Houchins
Republican Committee
Whitethorn School
South Side Fire Station
Fairview School
C. R. Hawley
Co. V. Truitt
Train Kills War Veteran Lewis Farris in Lee County
Lewis Farris 25 of Vivian, a four year North African Campaign veteran, was fatally struck by a train near Kimball while walking with four friends. He shouted a warning as the train approached and died en route to Welch hospital. Survived by wife, son James Lewis, parents, a brother in the South Pacific, and three sisters. Funeral set for Thursday at the family home with burial in Saltville that afternoon.
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Lewis Farris
Vivian
Kimball
Farris
Koppers Coal Company
James Lewis
Henry Farris
Herbert
South Pacific
Sam Hetchke
Mildred Farris
Eula Winters
Radford
Saltville
Budgets For War Fund Drive Approved In McDowell County
Preliminary plans for the United War Fund campaign in McDowell County set a goal of 68500 by subscription. Treasures report a 12000 balance with more funds expected. two thirds to go to the United War Fund and seven local agencies plus a cancer control group join the drive.
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United War Fund
McDowell County
T. A. Johnston
Caoe O
U.S. O
Cancer Control Organization
C. B. Houston
L. H. Hardin
Virginia Fleshman
R. L. Page
Roy B. Shrout
D. M. Dorsey
Salvation Army
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Crippled Children’s Society
United Jewish Relief
Cancer Control Campaign
Save the Children Federation
Welch Man Is Fined On Lottery Charge
Welch resident Jim Toney was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to participating in a lottery in a West End business race. Constable Floyd Hunt arrested him as part of an ongoing effort to stop tip ticket sales.
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Floyd Hunt
Jim Toney
Welch
West End
Justice of the Peace
W. R. Lockhart
Toney
Dawson Renominated For Kimball Mayor
Mayor J. Max Dawson has been renominated for mayor of Kimball and will be the Peoples party candidate in the municipal election next month. Other nominees are T. C. Salmons recorder L. V. Belcher Winter Brown John Grego John R. Brown and S. G. Mattox for councilmen. All are incumbents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Max Dawson
Kimball
People’s Party
T. C. Salmons
L. V. Belcher
Winter Brown
John Grego
John R. Brown
S. G. Mattox
Two Bluefield Men Escape From Prison
Two Bluefield men Liburn Ward and Junior Williams escaped from the Huttonsville Medium Security prison around 8 o clock Monday. Both had been sentenced from Mercer county for grand larceny and breaking and entering. Bluefield police have been notified. The item also notes a detail about Madame Chiang Kai-Shek’s father working as a boy in a silk store in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Bluefield
Huttonsville
Uison
Luefield
Liburn Ward
Junior Williams
Mercer County
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
Boston
Mass
Norfolk and Western Allocates 400000 to Mercer County War Bond Drive
The Norfolk and Western Railway announces a 400000 contribution to Mercer County in the Seventh War Loan, the largest county allocation to date. General Superintendent O M Dawson confirmed the gift after a call from Roanoke treasurer F G McGee.
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Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Mercer County
O. M. Dawson
Western Division
Norfolk and Western
F. G. McGee
Roanoke
A. J. Stewart Dies. West Virginia Coal Leader Was 78
A. J. Stewart of Bluefield and former railroad and coal executive died after a long career in West Virginia and Kentucky coalfields. He was born November 26, 1872 near Louisa Kentucky and married Lola Boyd in 1896. Survived by wife, three daughters, two sons, six grandchildren, and a host of friends. pallbearers named.
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Robert B. McCamey
Jack Stewart Jr
W. T. Stewart
Jesse Paul Stewart
Winfrey Tinder Jr
Zelda Short
Ann Tinder
Patricia Stewart
Monta Stewart
Frank Harrison Jr
Stewart
Kentucky
Lawrence County
West Virginia
Morrison and McCafferty
Pearl Milling Company
Logan County
Mingo County
Algoma Coal and Coke Company
McDowell County
Keystone
Bluefield
Ashland Coal and Coke Company
Pemberton Coal and Coke Company
Majestic Colliery Company
Harlan County
Sullivan Pocahontas Coal Company
Stewart Fuel and Supply Company
Mercer County
L. C. Fowlkes
Millard Thompson
Joseph Bowen
A. J. Cole
W. J. Cole
James S. Kahle
Newton Roberts
J. B. Wooldridge
J. F. Willis
J. J. Penn
H. Cc. Harris
Masonic Notice for Funeral of A J Stewart in Bluefield
A special communication of Bluefield Lodge No. 85 A F and A M will be held Wednesday at 3 p m to conduct the funeral of Bro A J Stewart. Mercer Lodge No 160 members are asked to assist and all master masons should meet at the Masonic Temple with cars. J W Eaton W M and L M Carper Secretary listed.
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Bluefield Lodge No
Bro
A. J. Stewart
Mercer Lodge No. 160
Masonic Temple
J. W. Eaton
W. M
L. M. Carper
Veterans Parade and Band Concert Highlight Bluefield Visit
Lt. John Thomas Lamb of Knoxville spoke about the bond and his DSC award while presenting during the show. West Virginia State Guard policemen managed parking for a record crowd with smooth traffic flow. The 95th Army Group Forces Band performed swing numbers on Commerce Street, directed by Adam B. Schaeffer, broadcasting on IS radio. Twenty nine professional musicians formed the band with a glee club, entertaining 81 officers and men in town. Veterans of both European and Pacific theaters enjoyed Bluefield more than any prior stop.
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Bond
John Thomas Lamb
Knoxville
Tenn
Lamb
Company K
West Virginia State Guard
95Th Army Grol Forces Band
Commerce Street
Army Band
Adam B. Schaeffer
Bluefield
Pay Increase For Congressmen Urged By President Truman
President Truman urged Congress to raise salaries by 15 percent to 12,500 a year plus total pay of 15,000 after wage controls end, arguing current pay is below market. He sent identical letters to Senator McKellar and Speaker Rayburn and noted the House’s $2,500 expense allowance awaits action.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Mc~Kellar
Tenn
Laker Rayburn
Tex
Uman
McKellar
Rayburn
American Congress
Largest Crowd Attends Bragg Cultural Show in North Carolina
A 29 piece band, winner of a national competition, closed the program with The Star Spangled Banner. Bernard S. Payne of Charleston spoke for the war finance division urging support for the Seventh War Loan drive. Payne will tour the state with the show to promote bond buying. G. Otey, chairman of West Virginia region 5, was also introduced.
Grand Jury Indicts Weirton Steel Company
A northern West Virginia federal grand jury indicted Weirton Steel on 37 counts for war production board violations tied to work at the Williams Country Club in Weirton. One 26 count indictment alleges an air conditioning system meant for a hospital mill site was used at the club for company use. another 11 counts accuse fraudulent statements to the WPB about equipment certifications. Each count carries up to a $10,000 fine, total possible penalties $370,000.
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Elkins
W. Va
Jime 12
West Virginia
Trict
Federal Court
Weirton Steel Company
War Production Board
Williams Country Club
Weirton
WPB
E. E. Hamstead
Atorney General
Grand Jury
Congressional salaries should be increased to at least 15000
The speaker argues for gradual raise of congressional salaries to align with the Little Steel formula and other stabilizing criteria. When wage controls lift, the salary should be increased to at least fifteen thousand dollars, reflecting the level of work expected.
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Sumner
Judiciary Committee
Bender
Ohio
Deadlock
Ike
Atau
William L. Stevenson
Kozu Island
Zel
Tucker
West
Brown
Wooldridge
Clark
Postelthwaite
White
Burgess
Tanner
Crowell
Sinkford
Sisasi
Municipal
Greenacre
Hetzel
Fryeenson
Posterthwaite
Sisson
Mercer
Postlethwaite
Tate's Food Market
Whitethorn
Bastlethwaite
Southside
Fairview
Memorial School
Welch News
Train
Dawson
Tales OF
Oriental Rugs
Hagar
Federal Street
Dial
Strietmann
di Pda Tae
Storip
Duco
Bluefield Supply CO
Ashland Coal & Coke CO
Ashland, W. Va
Quality Lumber & Supply, Clark Stores, Inc
Beckley, W. Va
T. A. Honaker Supply CO
Bellepoint, W. Va
CITIZENS COAL & SUPPLY C@Q
W. H. Harry Hardware CO
Nixon Paint & Paper CO
Keys Planing Mill CO
Bluefield, Va
United Pocahontas Coal CO
Mingo Lime & Lumber CO
Grundy, Va
Honaker Supply CO
Honaker, Va
Bluefield Grocery CO
Yaeger
Charles Budnick’s
Clark Stores, Inc
Matoaka, W. Va
American Coal CO
McComas
Mullens
NEW River Lumber CO
Narrows, Va
Wyoming Supply CO
Pineville
Ellett’s
Virginia Hardware CO
J. M. Snider Lumber CO
J. M. McKenzie Lumber CO
Rich Creek
Overbay & Brown
Richlands
J. H. Akers Builders Supply
Sophia
Squire
Clinch Valley Lumber CO
North Tazewell
Howard Howe. & Furn. CO
Cumberland Garage & Hardware
Fiagsi
Thompson’s
Montcalm Grocery
Montcalm
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