Nomination Results for Bluefield Chamber Directors
The Bluefield chamber of commerce announced the annual primary results after ten days of voting for seven open board seats. Fourteen nominees include J. C Borden and G. M. Bailey, with incumbents advancing and run-off details set for June 28. Ballots will be mailed to members and returned by deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Cis
J. C Borden
G. M. Bailey
W. J. Cole
J. 8. Dudley
Frank Bailey
Ray Mahood
Rish
Lewis Tierney
E. C Wade
Joseph H. Bowen
Co. I. Cheyney
O. M. Dawson
Harryoontz
George Richardson
H. H. Stuckman
J. A. Coleman
Carl Creasy
Frazier
J. P. Gills
Hudson Huffard
Ernest G. Otey
Joseph M. Sanders
Harry Goodykoontz
A. L. Tyree
Russell Yarbough
L. W. Bates
Jack McClaugherty
John T. Wilson
Bluefield
W. Va
Settlement talks aim for one-dollar underground travel pay
Lewis and Charles O Neill report principle agreement on a one dollar per day underground travel pay settlement, but drafting language delays. The dispute over Lee Ickes federal fines for miners in the latest strike resurfaces as operators in Alabama and Pennsylvania regions reportedly reach agree ments to avoid the levy. Ickes allows miners to negotiate with mine managers on remission.
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Lewis
Charles O'Neill
Pennsylvania
Lee Ickes
Birmingham
William Mitch
UMW
Alabama
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Central Pennsylvania Producers Association
Ickes
Ruling Seen as Mine Pay Dispute Moves Toward Board
Charleston W V June 14 wartime labor board ruling looms as coal mine owners face back pay liabilities estimated near half the 62 days owed for retroactive wages since April 1. Officials warn retroactive costs could cripple operators while miners press for portal-to-portal pay increases tied to June 20 truce end. District 31 and Fairmont leaders hint a Washington decision may arrive by midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
War Labor Board
State Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
United Mine Workers District 31
Fairmont
Washington Wednes District
C. Fremont Davis
Iistrog Aed
Miners Waive Fines Amid Pennsylvania Work Stoppage
In Pittsburgh on June 14, 85,000 soft coal miners’ association says no to paying the $1-a-day fines ordered by Ickes. United Mine Workers districts 3 4 and 5 approve waiving the union’s share while operators could be fined double for noncollection. Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers asso ciation and other groups rescind fines as 1 400 Windber mines resume work easing unrest after Ickes’ prior threat.
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Coal Oper Association
Solid Puels
Ickes
Byron H. Canon
United Mine Workers District 3
Pennsylvania
Birmingham Mine Operators Agree Against Fines Move
William Mitch president of district 20 UMWA said a representative of Alabama commercial mine operators agreed not to levy $1 per ton fines on miners involved in last week's general walkout after a conference with A A Thomas, chairman of the commercial group.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Mitch
United Mine Workers of America
Alabama
Mitch
A. A. Thomas
Commer
Deaths and funerals in Giles and nearby counties
Dall W. Britts of Pembroke Va dies in Excelsior Springs Mo wife and children survive with grandchildren Funeral services for Mrs Walter Griffith at Hawkins Bluefield and burial at Monte Vista Cemetery also for Mrs Effie Elizabeth Currence in Bluefield burial at Walnut Grove Cemetery Funeral services for B N Mustard of Bland Va in Bland with Bland Lodge A F and A M funeral to follow at Newberry Cemetery
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Dall W. Britts
Pembroke
Giles County
Excelsior Springs
Penbroke
Haven M. Britts
Mount Airy
N. C
Robert J. Thrift, Jr
Fayetteville
Sherwood Taylor
Louisiana
Lawrence Reece Dies at Montcalm After 38 Years with Mine
Lawrence Walter Reece died at his Montcalm home yesterday morning at 6:05. He worked at the American Coal tipple for 38 years and had lived in the Montcalm area for 48 years. Born in Floyd County Virginia. Arrangements are incomplete.
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Lawrence Walter Reece
Montcalm
American Coal Company
Tipple
Floyd County
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Lee Phipps in Glade Spring
Mrs Minnie Lee Phipps 66 died yesterday at her daughter Mrs T C Andrew home on Union Street. Funeral at the Andrews home Wednesday at 10 am and 2 pm at Glade Spring Methodist Church with interment in Glade Spring Cemetery. Survived by daughters Mrs R H Crowell and Mrs T C Andrew and siblings C C Brock Sam Bennett W A Rohr William Sasher Sam and Harry Sasher. Born July 22 1877 Saltville VA to Charles Sasher and Lenah McNew. Pallbearers named Bennett Brock Repass Lawson Porterfield. Flower bearers to be chosen among Glade Spring friends.
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Minnie Lee Phillps
Minnie Lee Phipps
T. C. Andrew
Union Street
Andrew
Glade Spring
J. M. Heim
Bland Street
Phipps
Saltville
W. A. Rohr
Atlanta
C. C. Brock
Bristol
Clint Repass
H. H. Lawson
G. T. Porterfield
Bluefield
Miners Idle Over Fines Policy Change
Federal administrator Ickes loosened fines for miners allowing bargaining with mine managers over remission. Captive and commercial operators were alerted, with Alabama miners expected to owe no fines. About 650 workers at four small commercial mines idle over the weekend amid the protest, as Mitch heads to Washington for a UMW policy committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cial
Ross C. Smith
Solid Puels
Ickes
Mitch
Alabama
UMW
Washington
Bombing raid targets Dutch New Guinea airstrips and convoy
Allied aircraft conducted a light raid along the coast of Dutch New Guinea hitting Kaimana and an airdrome near InVitiary Straits between New Guinea and New Britain. A Flying Fortress on reconnaissance attacked Tuam installations on the return flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch New Guinea
Kaimana
Child Dies of Bus Injuries in Williamson
Eva Gail Noe three daughter of Mr and Mrs Wade Noe of Chattaroy died in a Williamson hospital today from injuries after being struck by a bus in Chattaroy yesterday. The accident occurred in the town and the child was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Authorities investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W. Va
Eva Gail Noe
Wade Noe
Chattaroy
Williamson Hospital
Bluefield Elks honor selectees and draft board staff
A Bluefield ceremony honors selectives named by the draft board led by Mrs. Blanche Gooch at Ramsey school auditorium. Certificates praise meritorious service to Selective Service Board No. 1 and WWI sacrifice. Music by Henry Fortune and Marion Smith accompanied by James Elmer Brown.
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Tanner
Bluefield
A. A. Angrist
T. Courtney Tanner
Draft Board
Blanche Gooch
Henry Fortune
United States
Victor Herbert
Marion Smith
America
James
Kilgore warns of postwar delays from selfish interests
U S Senator Harley M Kilgore urged a Charleston audience that postwar progress could be slowed by international cartels and self interested powers. He said wartime skills will influence peacetime work and urged control of dominant groups to prevent autocratic world markets. Dr Leonard Rigglemann and Judge Lewis Miller also spoke at related events.
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U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Charleston
West Virginia
Kilgore
The
Elks Lodge
Leonard Rigglemann
Morris Harvey College
Lewis Miller
Ripley
Huntington
Ritter Park
Marshallege
War drill program carried by Elks and American Legion efforts
A public program staged by Elks and the American Legion in Essen featured municipal and patriotic exercises to boost morale. Despite wartime disruptions in industry, war industries and coal mines did not interrupt the event.
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One Elks and
American Legion Essen Ie
Courts rule salute not compulsory since 1942 decree
The Supreme Court overruled a 1940 decision on school salutes. Jehovah's Witnesses from Kanawha County challenged state boards requiring salutations. A three judge panel in Charleston enjoined the board from compelling the salute, citing religious liberty. Superintendent Trent said pupils belonging to the sect should still show respect without saluting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
Jehovah's Witnesses
Kanawha County
State Board of Education
Chareston
John J. Parker
Fourth Circuit Cout of Appeals
Harry Watkins
Fairmont
Ben Moore
Charleston
Walter Barnett
Paul Stull
Lucy McClure
W. W Trent
Nazis Make Vain Stand in Wartime Push
Soviet artillery hit German fortifications in the Sevsk area southwest of Orel as scouts penetrated positions and seized documents. Misensk troops dislodged Germans in four spots amid enemy counterattacks.
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Misensk
Sevsk
Orel
Selectee Group Leaves Today For Huntington
A Mercer county local draft board group of white selectees leaves today for Huntington for final physicals before induction. They meet at 12 30 at First National Bank building for appointment of the leaders and final instructions. They travel by special bus. accepted recruits for the U S Army get a 14 day furlough starting today. Lunch is not provided. dinner will be served on arrival. A separate group of colored selectees departs next Thursday for their final exams and induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Huntington
Trade Body Plea for Lemonade Sugar to State OPA
Bluefield officials led by Taylor Frazier appeal to state OPA headquarters in Charleston for 989 pounds of sugar to ration lemonade on downtown streets. The move follows a local board denial amid 88 degree heat and looming 90 degree risk, with telegraphing to OPA chief headquarters planned.
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OPA
Mercury
Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor Frazier
Chamber
Phil Johnston
Charleston
Frazier
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service
J E Latimer now serves with the Seabees in the Pacific per a letter to the local navy recruiting office. Local youths Harold McPall and Andrew Childress, both 11, left for Huntington to enlist in the Navy. Tech Sgt Kenneth DeVault transfers to the air transport command. Cadet George Williams of West Point visits his parents in Albemarle Street. Pvt Robert Crockett leaves for Fort Strong after a 10 day visit with his mother. Paul Yates returns to Camp Michigan Waters after a Canada stint. Pvt James Beckner transferred to Fort Bliss. 2nd Lt Thomas Pitman earns bombardier wings after training in California and Carlsbad. Three Bluefield soldiers attend Basic Training Center No. 9 in Miami Beach. Pvt Wilkerson, Pvt Sinclair, and Pvt Gray undergo drills and discipline before advanced training. Mack Combs, 18, inducted into Navy and training at Great Lakes. Jasper Kassay earns promotion to electrician’s mate third class after Morehead State graduation. Prestonce, USNR, furloughs in Washington. Two locals complete aviation mechanics courses at Amarillo Army Air Field. Aviation Cadet Edward Watkins completes primary training at Tuskegee Institute and is assigned to basic flight school.
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Bluefield
ABC
Basic Training
No. 9
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Miami Beach
Fla
Robert I. Wilkerson
R. I. Wilkerson
Wythe Avenue
Carter A. Sinclair
Marshall W. Sinclair
Whitethorn Street
James L. Gray
L. F. Gray
Frederick Street
Gray
Robert
Thena
Sinclair
George
Army aviation cadet earns wings at field
Field training highlights Second Lieutenant George E. Gray of Hemphill receiving his Army wings and commission after flight school completion on May 28, 1943. A former Bresfield State college student and 1938 to 1941 West Virginia State College attendee now pursues further training at the field.
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Field
Army Aviation
Bresfield State College
George E. Gray
Hemphill
Army Field
Gray
West Virginia State College
Deferment System Details for Drafted Fathers and Key Men
Officials explained new limits on deferment for childless men aged 18 to 25 and the use of replacement schedules to extend deferments from two months to over a year. Local draft boards review each granted deferment within six months and routinely renew longer deferments when schedules allow.
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Selective Service
Woman Confesses Triple Slaying in Small-Town Case
The suspect admits killing her husband and two others in a jealous act after being questioned by officers. A prior tale blamed an axe and self-inflicted gunshot, but a later confession states she killed all three deliberately. Hearing postponed to August 3 with the suspect to remain at an institution.
Two Miners Killed in Slate Fall at Mead Coal Mine
Beckley West Virginia June 14 two coal miners were killed instantly when a large slate fall struck them at the C. H. Mead Coal company mine near East Gulf. The victims were Jim Whisman forty of Corrine and Po Clay Hurd thirty one of Coal ity.
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Beckley
W. Va
C. H. Mead Coal Company
East Gulf
Jim Whisman
Corrine
Po Clay Hurd
Coality
Royal Arch Masons meet in Bluefield chapter No 20
Bluefield chapter No 20 meets this evening at 7 30 for officer installation with a banquet at 6 15. All Royal Arch Masons invited. R D Payne, secretary. Also advertised 16 dozen white linen handkerchiefs in seconds at 19 cents each from Fretwell's.
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Bluefield
Royal Arch Masons
Joseph
Keatley
Oak Hill
Grand Royal Arch
West Virginia
Masonic Temple
Federal Street
Sewer
Thurmond
Uriah Vermillion
Athens
W. ©. Bivens
W. E. McDougle
Henry Fortune
Williams
Masonic Trust Association
J. W.ittaker
Ben H. Williams
C. R. Brewer
M. F. Thompson
R. D. Payne
R. D Payne
Raw wool supply hits high mark
New York June 15 The War Production Board’s wool allotments for civilian fabrics have been increased but manufacturers say supply remains tight and demand outstrips availability. Shortages of manpower and persistent bottlenecks in mills hinder production as mills struggle with absences and aging machinery. Stocks, aided by Australian and South American imports, push the raw woolpile to unprecedented levels.
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New York
War Production Board
WPB
Woolen Industry Advisory Committee
New England
Arthur Besse
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Australia
Africa
Donations fuel service men club meals for area women group
The Daily Doings of Area Women report donations to the Service Men's Club. Volunteers served 88 service men from 14 states and the Canal Zone, with Mrs. Sam Clark as chair and Mrs. J. T. Wacis as co chair. Additional donors from Princeton Huntington Northfork Gratton and Bowling provided food and money.
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Service Men's Club
Fred Rolin
George Starling
W. E. Morgan
S. E. Gibson
Mirst Ward Bailey
Elizabeth Bailey
States
Canal Zone
Blake, Bowling
Princeton
Kyle McCormick
James Sc@glion
Huntington
W. B. MccCrickard
Northfork
George Gregory
Gratton
F. E. Hudgins
S. K. McFarland
F. R. Dow
Douglas Dailey
L. H. Bradley
Bernard McClaugherty
T. L. Brown
W. H. Harry
George Richardson
Janet Fridley
Alice Sue Richardson
W. C. Waters
J. Y. Hill
Mary Jenkins
Kath—_ Gonano
Gladys Scott
Kyle Boeeersaick
Blake Bowling
Woman Reports Theft Of Money In Bluefield
Rebecca Hartwell of 216 Rogers Street reported to Bluefield police that someone entered through a window at 4 30 yesterday morning and took five dollars from her purse in another room. No other items were disturbed and police were unsure if the barefoot prowler was involved.
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Rebecca Hartwell
Rogers Street
Bluefield
Yanks Deal New Blows in China
American airmen struck Japanese air facilities at Nanchang with Mitchells and P-40s, scoring direct hits on hangars and runways. News from Chungking says continued Chinese counterattacks along the upper Yangtze have reduced the threat to the city and reports Japanese troops retreating from Sungtze and Hengyang area. Over three days, US Air Force operations claim several planes shot down and damage to multiple targets, amid a United Nations day parade in free China with Chiang Kai-shek reviewing 20 000 marchers.
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Chungking
Yangtze
Nanchang
Shanghi
Hankow
U. S. Air Force
Con Tower
Sungtze
Ichang
Shasi
Yochow
Hunan
Ge Eralissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Free China
Sch
U. S
Puch
Kienli
Pilot Burned In Quonset Crash Detonates Nearby Bomb
A routine flight at the naval air station in Quonset Point Rhode Island ended with a plane crash that detonated a stored explosives pile. The pilot was critically burned and three bystanders received minor injuries. The aircraft and the crew were British officials said. Gunner's Mate third class Joseph Francis Little of New York aided in pulling the pilot from the wreckage and suffered burns to his hands. Two nearby bystanders were cut by flying glass. The pilot's identity was not released immediately. Little's home address is listed as 170 West 85th Street New York City.
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Quonset
R. I
Naval Air Station
Joseph Francis Little
New York
Little
Wilfred Chrisholm
West 85Th St
Newark
Virginian Denies Deliberate Killings
Leesburg Virginia June 14 Thomas W Clatterbuck was indicted by a Loudoun county grand jury on charges of feloniously willfully deliberately killing A Morris Love his wife and son and Mrs Walter Russell at the Love farm on June 1 He pleaded not guilty to the indictment saying he did not mean to kill them and then stated he was guilty of killing them but did not intend to do so He was jailed in Winchester after arrest by state police officers Captain Edward J McDermott and Sergeant C W Blue.
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Leesburg
Loudoun County
Grand Jury
Thomas W. Clatterbuck
A. Morris
Love
Walter Russell
Love Farm
Flatterbuck
Wren
Winchester
Edward J. McDermott
C. W. Blue
Cu'peper
26 Officers And Men Decorated
In New York on June 14 1943 twenty six United States Army officers and men were decorated at a review at Halloran General Hospital Staten Island Lieutenant Bennett H Grimm of Lumberport West Virginia received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Purple Heart for extraordinary achievement as co pilot in a bombing attack on enemy shipping off Africa on January 23 1943
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New York
United States Army
Halloran General Pital
Staten Island
Bennett H. Grimm
Lumberport
W. Va
Africa
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OFC
Walter Griffith
Daytona Beach
Hawkins
Harmony B. Ramsey
First Presbyterian Church
Monte Vista Cemetery
Mrs. Effif Clurrence
Percy L. Offutt
Robert Offutt
United States Navy
South Pacific
B. N. Mustard
Bland
Bluefeld
Ernest Dugan, Jr
Methodist Church
J. Alien
Newberry
Bland Lodge
No. 206
A. F. Ard
A. M
L. W. Reece
Masons
Pennington
American Legion
the Loyal Order of Moose
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Knights of Columbus
Bland Street Methodist Church
Daughters of America
Boy Scouts of America
Red Men's Lodge
Bluefield Council Nay League of the United States
Junior Order United American Mechanics
Christ Episcopal Church
United Spanish War Veterans
Girl's Reserve of the Young Women’s Christian Association
American Legion Auxiliary
American Red Cross
B'nai B'rith
Ahepa
Associated Press
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Jack Metcalfe
F. T. Haraway
W. M. James
Esquire
R. P. Cravens
Shelby Pennington
BE. Mark Kincaid
J. E. Latimer
Pacific
Harold George McPall
Jewell Valley
Andrew Jackson Childress
Jewell Ridge
Kenneth R. DeVault
A. R. DeVault
United States Army Airways Communications System
Air Transport Command
George A. Williams, Jr
United States Military Academy
West Point, N. Y
Mrs
George A. Williams
Albemarle Street
Robert T. Crockett
For
Strong
Boston
John L. Crockett
Rogers S
James R. Beckner
FP. H. Beckner
RFD
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Fort Bliss
Texas
Thomas B. Pitman
Ruth E. Hale
Raleigh Street
City
Victorville
California
Carlsbad Army Air Field
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Mack C. Combs
Thomas M. Combs
U.S. Navy
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Jasper E. Kassay
Charles Kassay
Navy
School For Electricians
Morehead State Teachers College
Morehead
Prestonce
USNR
Lucy Hamilton
Amerilla Army Air Field
Amarillo
Deward W. Parcel
Robert M. Parcell
Mack A. Hackney
J. L. Hackney
Lurich
Edward W. Watkins
Edward Watkins
Freeman
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Army Air
Tazewell
Buddy
Welfare Board
Bolden
Devel
Allespie
Fais
SMC
Sam Clark
J. T. Wacis
Cochairman
W. F. Stinson
M. C. Douthat
John Wilkerson
W. C. Cline
Effie Loucermilk
R. E. Dixon
Thema Bailey
A. B. Chapman
Dora Neal
Thelma Bailey
Virginia Bailey
YANKS
China
Kiangsi Province
Virginian
Capudine
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