Committee forms to train store workers in Appalachia region
An advisory committee was appointed to oversee early training phases for retail and wholesale workers in the Appalachian area. Bluefield executives J. H. Bowen and J. A. Coleman led the meeting with county authorities backing the program. Dean J. T. Thornton chairs the planning group as 53 executives discuss classes and partnerships to improve sales and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian
Stuart Higbotham
Charleston
J. H. Bowen
Bluefield
J.A. Coleman
Homes Retail Bureau
Indus
J. T. Thornton
Bluefield Merchants
Defenders press on with counter attacks on a shifting front
Italian forces in the third year communique report sniping actions to keep Allies at bay as they claim to drive back a Khatt attack at Galisia hill and repulse British incursions from Libya and Ethiopia. Submarine activity is noted with two enemy subs hit and one seriously damaged.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Germany
Mediterranean
Red Sea
High Command
Galisia
Libya
Egypt
Ethiopia
Kenya
H Command
Ch. You Tyo
Vets of Foreign Wars to Elect Officers
The Veterans of Foreign Wars plans to elect new officers for the upcoming term. Details on date time and meeting place are to be announced by local post leaders.
Deaths and Funerals Williams Humphries
Charles C Williams 54 died at home on Cumberland Road after years of illness. Survived by sons and daughters and several siblings. Funeral at 2:30 pm tomorrow at home. burial in Tuggle Cemetery. Rev Z W May officiating. Pallbearers named. Also funeral notices for Mrs Mary Elizabeth Humphries 83 who died at daughter’s home on Walnut Street and will be held 1:30 pm today at First Baptist Church. She was born 1856 in Virginia and survived by three children and several grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed and flowers to be provided by her Sunday school class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Mullens
Melvin Swim
Lettie Kissel
Rhina Swim
Charles and
Albert Wells
Z. W. Maybuery
Porn
Douglas Ba
Tuggle Cemetery
Charles Bailey
Claude Wagner
Laurence Peake
R.ho Soon
Howard Kidd
A. B. Sisso Soowerkeerers
Mary Humphries
Mary Elizabeth Humphries
B. Wassum
Walnut Street
Thureday
First Baptist Church
Washington County
Virginia
Stephen
Elizabeth Tilson
The
Baptist Church
A “Ee Are Three Children, Mrs. E. D. Wassum, C. A. Humphreys
Fort Belvair
E. Chilteeee
Edwin
Herbert
Ralph H. Humphreys
C. A. Lilly
Philip Lilly
R. C. Fleshman L. M. Louthan
F. B. Mitchell
G. P. Stovall
Funeral services for Mrs Amanda Cooke
Funeral services for Mrs Amanda Cooke, 84, are set for 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of her daughter Mrs C W Yancey on Jefferson Street. Grandsons will be pallbearers and granddaughters flower bearers. the time was changed from 3 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Cooke
C. W. Yancey
Jeerson Street
British Tars Down With Guns Blazing Across Fronts
The admiralty said British naval air forces in Eritrea and Italian Somalia claimed direct hits on military camps while Italian forces retaliated with a raid on Valletta causing damage to the city and homes. Unexploded bombs linger as Alexandria endured a 35 minute air raid.
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Admiralty
Eritrea
Britain
Somalia
Valletta
Alexandria
British Press Turns 10 U 3 War Coverage Continues
The British press marks ten years of wartime reporting noting a stance that the withdrawal was military not political. Editors insist Britain remains committed to finishing the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 3
Siance
Britain
Roosevelt outlines wartime mobilization and allied aid
United States plans to shift production to warplanes while waiving priority for allies. Roosevelt signals full support for Reynaud, signs a 1.498 billion defense appropriation, and forms a national defense search committee led by Vannevar Bush. He urges river and dredging projects and notes a London delegation seeking more planes and guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dent
General Tors
Pord
Chrysler
Gesenger Automobiles
Reynaud
Rncan
Roosevelt
Velt
United States
National Defense Search Committee
Vannevar Bush
Carnegie Institution
National Advisory Committee
Delaware River
Philadelphia
London
McNary
Penta
Newhouser Wins For Detroiters
Harold Newhouser pitched a five hit game to guide Detroit to victory on a rainy June 14 day. The win kept Detroit's season alive as fans packed the city stadium and celebrated the standout performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Pive
Pees Young
Harold New
Local Ads and Services in City and Coalfield Items
Roanoke listings advertise piano tuning by Harry Haffen with monthly visits and contact options. Sue's Millinery promotes vacation hats and retrimmed selections, while Bradley's advertises coats and varied dress specials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue's
Washington versus Detroit baseball game summary
Washington ABRH OA scored 1 run on nine hits while Detroit totaled 10 runs on 12 hits. Ferrell and Krakauskas contributed for Washington with defensive changes. McCosky and Gehringer led Detroit with multiple hits and RBIs. Final score Detroit 10, Washington 1 with notable errors and pitching lines listed.
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Washington
Wis
Myer
Ferrell
Masterson
Detroit
Flattell
McComky
Gehringer
Croucher
Aris
Bonura
Tebbetts Gehringer
Bartell
Greenberg
McCosky
Tebbetts
Gehringer Bartel
McCoaky
Bebbetta
Sacrifices
Enhause
Washi
Asterson
Kraka
II Kraterson
Ormaby
Rolls
Local Legion Post Names Delegates to Sixth District
Twelve members of the local post were last elected delegates to the Sixth district American Legion. Counts, Courtney Tanner, Vic DeVault and W. A. Sutherland were among those chosen.
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Legion Post
Courtney Tanner
Vic DeVault
W. A. Sutherland
Germans Declare Fall of Paris Amid War Front Advances
A wartime bulletin claims Paris has fallen as German forces advance along the Saar and Maginot line. Reports recount German assertions of inevitable victory with Hitler’s press chief dismissing Allied aid talks as mere astonishment.
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Saar
Maginot Line
West Wall
Broad Rhine
Upper Rhine
Paris
Nachtausgabe
Champs Elysees
Castle of Versailles
Otto Dietrich
Hitler
Germany
English Channel
le Havre
Seine
Sedan
Coal meeting speakers praise university project and market stability
At a university led coal meeting C G Harris and Henry Fortine spoke on stabilization amid wartime shocks. T E Johnson of Fairmont Coal warned that instability could devastate engineering industry and European finances, predicting unprecedented consequences.
Unemployment Benefit Reform Discussed by West Virginia Official
State official John B. Stump Jr. spoke to mining men on unemployment compensation reform. He noted ongoing debate on benefit standards and employer costs and cited a 1939 payroll tax share and a fund balance of about 16.3 million dollars with nearly 34 million collected since inception.
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Norfolk and Western
West Virginia
Stump
Nazi statements on U.S. aid to Allies stir New Orleans interview
In New Orleans on June 14 a consul Virgin told a reporter he did not intend publication. He referenced Von Spiegel in Washington Dies committee hearings last August and noted apologies over a German language book offer to Play University. A refugee opposed to Monaco’s aims denied German territorial ambitions in the western hemisphere, singling out Florida Georgia and Louisiana.
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New Orleans
von Spiegel
Dies Committee
Washington
John H. Sherman
Play University
Germany
Monace Cam
Hemisphere
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Virginia Democrats elect uninstructed delegation and state leaders
Virginia delegates to the national convention are chosen as uninstructed. The resolutions committee blocked a bid to instruct the delegation on candidate nomination. H. Harry F. retires as national committeeman. E. R. Combs is named successor. Virginia's NinthDistrict delegates split votes. eight delegates at large are named along with a slate of alternates and the state chairman remains J. Murray Hooker.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Frank Kearney
Eliza
United States
H. Harry F
Virginia
E. R. Combs
Senate
Com Long
James H
Page Almond
Charlotte Courthouse
Thomas Burch
Martinsville
Imond
Roanoke
E. R. R. Combe
Richmond
Robert C. Watts
Lynchburg
J. Murray Hooker
Stuart
William A. Wright
Rappahannock
Robert W. el
Brandon
Mrs
S. Bryan
Norfolk
Nine "Auchincloss
Fairfax
Edith 8. Sands
Middleburg
Raymond Guest
Front Royal
William Tuck
South Boston
W. N. Neff
Abingdon
Thomas W. Orling
State Aecommission
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester
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Thornton
Rhone
Montmedy
International League
Jersey City
Rochester
Baltimore
Buffalo
Toreto
Newark
American Association
Columbus
Indiana
Loulaville
Toledo
George
Hayes
Three Stooge
Green Hornet
Unace
ARMY
Boudreau
Bease
Cleveland
Weatherly
Newhouser
Detroiters
Harry Haffen
Bland Road
Harry
P. O
Call Telephone
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Brand St
Sues Millinery
Princeton Avenue
Sue
Nana Street
Bluefield Business College
H. Cunningham
Bradley's
Knox Coats
Bradley’s
Lloyd Nolan
Gangs OF
Johnson
Pveep
Hall
New York
Coal Age
School of Mines
George Esser
Vilkers
West Virginia University
Koepler
H. H. Forrester
Ofivision
Consolidated Coal
Forrester
Grover Pile
Bartley
Pond Creek Pocahontas Corporation
Pile
Coal Meeting
T. £. Johnson
Fairmont Coal Company
Europe
Olonial
Claude Rains
Marvell Openseirs
U. S
Carmen’s Union
Norfolk & Western Railway
Red Men’s Hall
Bluefield Avenue
Thomas Street
Carmen
Cmes
Norfolk and Western Railway
Co. R. Edmunds
A. Blucheld
West Va
Sunkist
Carnation Tall
Maxwell House
Wilson
Freeman's
Fruit Market
Cer
Bland & McCulloch
Watson
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