Buying Agents Named for Pocahontas District
Roanoke World News reports KB Burnett of the Norfolk and Western and B T Jellison of Chesapeake and Ohio were appointed to the regional purchasing committee for the Pocahontas district. Burnett becomes chairman. both will have offices in Roanoke and bring extensive railway procurement experience.
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Roanoke World News
KB. T. Burnett
Norfolk and Western
B. T. Jellison
Chesapeak
Ohio
Pocahontas
Roanoke
K. T. Burnett
Burnett
A. H. Smith
Eastern Roads
N. D. Maher
B. T. Johison
Chesapeake and Ohio
Jellison
S. R. Linkenhoker Dead After Brief Illness
S. R. Linkenhoker, a long time city resident, died at 12 20 am at 215 Barger street after a ten day illness from kidney trouble. He was 61 and survived by his widow six children and a sister and brother. Funeral plans not yet set with interment in Walnut Grove cemetery.
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S. R. Linkenhoker
Barger Street
Mr. Linkenhaker
Christian ‘Church
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows and
Red Men
H. G. Linkenhoker
Williamson
Mrs. Atkins
Florida
Christiansburg
Lot Linkenhoker
Mr. Linkenhoker
Montgomery County
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Americans More Than Match for the Germans
Reuters dispatch from London reports that American forces in France consistently defeat German units. The correspondent notes rapid hardening of discipline and growing effectiveness, urging a rapid expansion of American forces, with Baker promising a million and calling for doubling that number soon.
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London
Baker
American Navy Solves The Submarine Problem
Pemberton Massachusetts June 15 Senator John W Weeks says since January our navy has sunk twenty eight German submarines and our sailors have the credit for it in remarks to the Massachusetts Laundry Owners Association. He adds heroic deeds should be publicized.
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Pemberton
Mass
John W. Weeks
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Massachusetts Loundry owners’Association
Must Save Coal Plan Expands to Private Buildings
Washington reports the Fuel Administration will extend a Philadelphia style plan to private residences apartments churches schools and commercial buildings. No domestic coal orders will be fully filled without local administrator approval to save 15 000 000 tons this year.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Philadelphia
Dowling Son Contemplates Legacy Amid Education Debate
A fragment notes Dowling aims to extend his rule through his only son while critiquing modern education’s focus on humanity. The item references a show titled Cheating the Public at the Colonial on Tuesday.
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Dowling
Hon
Personal Visitors Headed Through City Yesterday
A string of residents from Herndon Landgraf Williamson Mullens Bramwell McComas Athens Davy Clintwood Newhall Graham and other towns visited the city yesterday. Travelers include J G Thomas W Booth and several families and nurses visiting relatives and attending events.
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C. L. Blevins
Herndon
M. H. Harry
Landgraf
A. R. Douthat
Williamson
R. P. White
Pulaski
M. McMahon
Mullens
J. G. Thomas
Bramwell
Wm. Osborne
McComas
Red Forster
Athens
H. L. Collins
Davy
J. Jarrett
McDowell
H. Archer
A. W. Funk
Giery
W. Booth
Graham
Norfolk
Ss. C. Stewart
Margaret French
Clintwood
John Hurst
Newhall
W. H. Croy
Anderson
Ind
Church of God
Jne St. Clair
Wim. Worth
Tazewell
Victor DeVault
Emory
Emory and Henry College
Ruby Cummins
Top Top
Jane Gerbernich
Bluefield Sanitarium
Pearisburg
Grace Sutherland
Norfolk and Western
Honaker
Florence Thomas
Elizabeth Watson
Welch
Miriam Leckie
M. L. Hornbarger
Dollie
Bessie
Edna
Genevieve
Ernest Fridley
A. B. Janett
W. A. Hancock
Princeton
Jno
J. H. Douthat
Windsor
Ontario
Canada
Rogers Street
Paul Gilmore
Richmond
Navy
C.R. McHone
Indianapolis
H. W. Burns
W. A. Horton
Vert Crabtree
Winfred Hurt
Stell Crabtree
A. E B. Swingle
L. F. Bischofz
Richlands
Tinnie Lunsford
Matt Cummins
Wytheville
Linmie
West Virginia promotes food saving with war garden prizes
West Virginians pursue up to 10000 dollars in prizes for best canned vegetables in the National War Garden Commission program. Educators distribute manuals to students. employers and clubs boost home gardens across Fairmont Clarksburg White Sulphur Springs and Bluefield area with local leaders named for encouraging efforts.
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West
R. E., Kenny
Marrian Wakefield
A. M. Tressel
Isabella,Wilson
Logan Mining Company
James A. Sigaford
Marshall County Bank
Moundsville
Bluefield Colored Institute
Y.W.C. A. Club
West Virginia set to build nitrate plant at Nitro
A government plant for nitrates and related compounds will be constructed on 17.5 acres along the Kanawha River in Putnam county. Edward M. Keatley was sworn in as special U.S. attorney to condemn the existing title held by Enos R. Crouch and wife who refuse to sell at a reasonable price.
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Charleston
Nitro
Kanawha River
Putnam County
Edward M. Keatley
United States
Enos R. Crouch
Direct hits by American aircraft reported behind the German lines
General Pershing's communique says American bombers scored direct hits on a station and railroad tracks in an unnamed town behind German lines. All planes returned safely with no other front activity reported beside patrols.
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Washington
Pershing
French Army Recaptures Key Position Near Soissons
Paris reports French troops have reoccupied Coeuvres St Valsey southwest of Soissons a strategic point used by German forces to debauch troops. The war office notes gains on other fronts and mentions Britain must defend 7700 miles of coastline.
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Paris
Coeuvres-St. Valsey
Soissons
War Office
Chilton Opens Democratic Campaign in Charleston
Former United States Senator W. E. Chilton will visit Charleston on Thursday to launch his Democratic campaign. He plans to address supporters and outline key policy positions as he seeks the party’s nomination in the upcoming race.
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Chilton
Charleston
United States
W. E. Chilton
French leaders elected to French Academy of Moral and Political Science
President Wilson former Premier Salandra of Italy and Cardinal Mercier primate of Belgium were unanimously elected today to the French Academy of Moral and Political Science in Paris.
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Wilson
Paris
Salandra
Italy
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
French Academy of Moral and Political Science
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