Coal markets said endangered by proposed river developments
Washington reporters quote Jesse Sul es of the West Virginia Coal Association urging lawmakers to resist hydropower and river development plans tied to the St Lawrence Seaway and Blue-stone dam. He argues river projects threaten coal jobs and West Virginia’s economy while noting engineers’ flood control and power aims.
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Washington
Jesse V. Sules
Charleston
Virginia
West Virinia Coal Association
St. Lawrence Seaway
Bluestone
Ahaa Hill
Ohio River
Aula
Cincinnati
Congress
Sullivan
Wmakers
West Virginia
Dewey Seeks State Autonomy and Southern VP Nomination
Dewey urged recognition of each state’s right to govern its internal affairs while pressing for a southern vice presidential nominee. Delegates at the GOP convention will contest 48 seats across six states including Georgia and North Carolina, with Georgia North Dakota and South Carolina shaping the main disputes. In Chicago, GOP chair Harrison Spangler said any chosen nominee would win and invited past candidates Hoover Landon and Illkie to attend and offer platform input. Hoover is expected to speak at the convention in June.
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Therty
Delegal
Georgia
Maryland
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Chicago
Harrison B. Spangler
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
M. Landon
Wendell L. Illkie
GOP
Hoover
Amy Reveals B-29: Electric Heavy Bomber With 150 Motors
The B-29 is described as fully electric except for a hydraulic brake booster. It uses 150 electric motors of 49 types powered by auxiliary engines. The flight engineer controls most power plant functions. the craft carries the greatest load and flies farther and higher than prior aircraft, with aerodynamics noted as exceptionally clean and drag rising only with landing gear down.
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Fiere i
A Ae
Boeing
Woman Hurt When Attacked By Bull Near Bailey Va
Mrs. John Ba of Bailey Virginia was injured near her home when a bull attacked her late Wednesday. She sustained three broken ribs on her right side and bruises on her chest face and arms. She was treated at Bluefield sanitarium and Doctors said her condition was satisfactory.
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John Ba
Bailey
Tazewell
Ce Me
Bluefield
Obituary for Bluefield Fireman Engineer M L Johnson
Death notices report the funeral service led by Rev Ben Johnson with burial in Monte Vista. Born December 11 1879 in Baptist Valley Virginia he moved to Bluefield in 1901 to work on the Norfolk and Western railway rising from fireman to engineer. He belonged to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers and the Masonic lodge and attended First Christian church. Flower bearers come from the church Sunday school class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben 8. Johnson
Monte Vista
Masonic Lodge
Mr. Johnson
Baptist Valley
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Ineers
First Christian Church
Bluefield Church
Mason
M. M. Tabor
L. A. Goff
H. A. Wright
D. T. Whitlock
J. R. Francisco
W. A. Honeycutt
Hugh Spangler
First Christian Ee
Mrs. Lucille Davis Dies at 27 in City
Mrs. Lucille Dorothy Davis, 27, wife of Lloyd D. Davis, of 1226 Highland Avenue, died at 9 o'clock Wednesday at St. Luke's hospital. Survived by husband, parents Mr. and Mrs. Lee Nunn of 318 Pulaski Street, three children Shirley Billy and Dorothy Sue, three sisters and two brothers. Body to be taken to her parents' Pulaski Street home today.
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Lucille Daves
Lucille Dorothy Davis
Lloyd D. Davis
Highland Avenue
This City
St. Luke's Tal
Lee Nunn
Pulaski Street
Shirley
Billy
Dorothy Sue
Helen Nunn
Harry Daily
Walter Puckett
Samuel
Charley Nunn
U. S. Navy
Funeral for Samuel James Roberts Two Weeks Old
Funeral services are set for this afternoon at 230 Rogers Street for Samuel James Roberts two weeks old son of Mr and Mrs Clint D Roberts. Rev H H Mauck will conduct the service at the home and interment will follow in Monte Vista cemetery. The infant died yesterday morning at 5 o clock at the parental residence. Survived by his parents a brother Clinton Devon Roberts Jr and sisters Patty Marie and Mollie Clintena Roberts.
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Samuel James Roberts
Clint D. Roberts
Rogers Street
H. H. Mauck
Monte Vista
Clinton Devon Roberts Jr
Patty Marie
Mollie Clintena Roberts
Funeral services for Mrs L Umberger held in Wytheville
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 PM yesterday for Mrs L Umberger 80 who died in Pulaski Virginia. She was a Wythe county lifelong resident and sister of the late J L and R M Corvin. Survivors include four daughters six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Attendants from Blufield and local area attended.
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L. Umberger
L. Umer
Wytheville
Lepanon Church
Umberger
J. L
R. M. Corvin
Mark P
George R. Corvin
Gladys Corvin
R. L. McCue
Bluceld
Wythe County
Pulaski, Va
Mark Corvin
E. D. Umberger
G. B. Umberger
Funeral services for Patrick J. Kelly in Bluefield
Patrick John Kelly 79 longtime Bluefield resident died Tuesday evening at his sister in law Mrs C G Day's home after a heart attack Rosary was held last night at 112 Virginia Court at 8 Pallbearers include Charlie Cruise George Cruise J W Overstreet Spencer Armistead Evans Omar L C Fowlkes Burial at Maple Park Cemetery with services at Sacred Heart Church led by Rev George Burke
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Patrick John Kelly
Bluefield
C. G. Day
Virginia Eas
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
George Burke
Maple Park
Co. L. Stacy
Virginia Court
Charlie and
George Cruise
J. W. Overstreet
Spencer Armistead
Evans Omar
L. C. Fowlkes
Mr. Kelley
De Gaulle Issues Civil Administration Instructions
London report states General Charles De Gaulle issued directives to resume civil administration organize supplies and public relief during his Normandy visit. The message praises allied reception and signals effort toward official recognition of his France’s liberation government. He returned to England amid unclear details and political sensitivities.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Normandy
de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
France
England
United States
Britain
Civil
Bombers Press Nazi Defenses in Large Allied Assault
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports a massive air raid over France with 1,300 heavy bombers and 750 fighters. Targets included Bordeaux air base, Angouleme rail yards, Nantes area, and Beauj sur Paris vicinity. Several formations crossed into Germany. losses noted with three bombers and three fighters missing.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
RAF
le Havre
Bordeaux
Angouleme
Nantes
la Poissonniere
la Frilliere
Tours
Beauvais
Paris
New B 29 Super Fortresses Join World War II Fleet
The United States unveils the B 29 Super Fortresses as a new strategic air force, led by General Henry H Arnold, to strike Japan from the India China Burma theater. The 20th Air Force is described as a roving aerial battle fleet with a record setting payload and range, signaling earlier possible attacks on Japan.
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Pacific
Japan
War Department
United States Army Air Forces
20Th Bomber Command
India-China- Burma
High
China
Arnold
Army Air Forces
20Th Air Force
Atlantic
Agingan Point
Charan
Adm
Chester W. Mimitz
Rep
Starnes
D-Ala
Congress
Tokyo
Service Men's guests and Athens women aid club drive
Eighty eight service men from fifteen states were guests of the Service Men's club yesterday. Wives of eight servicemen and one child joined them. Athens Woman's club collected 66.98 in cash and goods including jam preserves canned tomatoes and more. Donations delivered by Ora Peters. Moe A. 8. Booker praised the effort. Surgical dressings totaling 2 514 were also made.
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Service Men's Club
Athens
Athens Woman's Club
Ora Peters
Moe A
Booker
People of Athens
Ladies of Athens
Air power refinements in World War II command changes
General Marshall explains the new control of super fortress bombers under a unified air force. General Arnold will direct bombings globally as a major task force alongside joint chiefs of staff, with theater commanders shaping mission strategy for total war defeat.
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Kenneth D. Wolfe
Riverdale
Calif
20Th Bomber Command
20Th Air Force
Japan
Col
C. A. Horn
Marshall
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arnold
Ex Sailor Dies Of Bullet Wound In Virginia Plant Tussle
Alfred Roscoe Tate a former Navy enlistee from Sylvatus Virginia died in a Pulaski hospital from a close range gunshot after a confrontation with 60 year old guard R H Jones at the Pulaski Veneer Co plant. Tate had reportedly taken a Huff Coal truck and wrecked it near the plant before attempting to start another veneer vehicle. A hearing for Jones is set for June 30.
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Sylvatus
Virginia
Welch
Pulaski
Pulaski Veneer Company
Alfred Roscoe Tate
R. H. Jones
Tate
Huff Coal Company
Veneer Company
Jones
Lillie Tate
Navy
Great Lakes
South Africa Tops Empire Birth Rate at 25.6 Per Thousand
A report notes South Africa records the highest birth rate within the British Empire at 25.6 births per thousand people. The figure highlights demographics in the colonial era and implications for population growth in the region.
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South Africa
Two Men Burned Severely In Truck Wreck
Two Salem men were seriously burned when their Moore Milling Company truck overturned on route 19 near Bluefield Virginia and caught fire at about 4 PM yesterday. Driver Woodrow Parish suffered severe burns, passenger Jack Alift was uninjured, and both were taken to Bird Sanitarium and Central Cash staff reported Parish in good condition and Conner in satisfactory after the ambulance transfer.
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Salem, Vg
Bird Sanitarium
Bluefield
Woodrow Parish
Jack Alift
Salem
Moore Milling Company
E. Va
Occi
Wagner-Hawkins Funeral Home
Conner
Bluefield Sanitarium
C. R. Hughes
Paris
Sanitarium
Allied push and German resistance near Caen to Troarn
The report notes tank fighting around Tilly and near Troarn with Germans halted and Troarn held. British and American ships bombarded German batteries off Le Havre while claims of a large British Canadian assault in Caen were anticipated. The drive from Lison toward St Lo is described with Vire and Elle rivers named.
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Tilly
Caen
Troarn
Ross Munro
Cente Ae
Nelson
le Havre
Lison
Elle River
St. Lo
Apa
Seine Bay
Rentan
Isigny
Reds Break Through German Defense Fortifications In Key Front
Reds breached three strong anti tank and anti personnel lines in the second enemy defense zone at Mustomaki Kuuterselkae and Sakatyula capturing over 50 reinforced concrete and steel emplacements for artillery and machine guns. The front remained unchanged on Thursday Moscow said while the Red air force bombed strategic German centers in Poland.
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Mustomaki
Kuuterselkae
Sakatyula
Moscow
Red Air Force
Poland
Nazarene Delegates to Attend Eleventh Quatrennial Assembly
The Rev A H Elsey pastorBluefield Nazarene church and Mrs Elsey will attend the Nazarene eleventh quatrennial assembly in Minneapolis Minnesota in June 1828 The three day Nazarene Youth Movement and National Women's Foreign Missionary Society convention accompany the event Dr J W Goodwin emeritus general superintendent will lead the communion service The election of general officers is set for June 21 with a board report read by Dr Chapman on Monday June 19
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A. H. Elsey
Bluefield
Nazarene Youth Movement
National Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Board of General Superintendents
Chapman
Roanoke Piano Tuning Notice and Masonic Funeral Plans
Harry Haffen of Roanoke offers monthly piano tuning service with prompt options. Bailey Lumber Company advertises screen doors and windows and 24 by 36 pastel shag rugs at 2.98. A communication of Bluefield No. 851 A F and A M plans a Friday funeral service for Brother W J Johnson with Mercer Lodge No. 160 members asked to assist at the Masonic temple, L M Carper worshipful master and J L Albright secretary.
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Bluefie
A. F
A. M
W. J. Johnson
Mercer Lodge No. 160
Masonic Temple
Crockett Re-Elected McDowell County GOP Chairman
Joseph M. Crockett of Welch was re-elected chairman of the McDowell County Republican Committee. Elected as secretary was city clerk Harbart E. Payne, who has held the post for years. The meet approved proxy participation with one absence and Crockett urged civil campaign rhetoric amid wartime strains.
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Joseph M. Crockett
Welch
McDowell County
Republican In
Ett
Harobart E. Payne
Crockett
Delegates Named for State Republican Meet in Parkersburg
McDowell county will select 37 delegates and 37 alternates across five districts Monday and Tuesday to attend the Parkersburg state convention on July 20. Meetings will be held at Bridgeman Hall Gary Elkhorn Crozer Hall Northfork City hall Sandy River Big Creek Browns Creek and Welch with the party nominating presidential electors and adopting a state platform. Chairman J M Crockett calls a meeting of county and district candidates in Welch on Tuesday following the sessions.
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McDowell County
Parkersburg
Adkin
Bridgeman Hall
Gary
Elk
McDowell Bond Sales Hit $107,727.50 in Fifth War Loan
Bond sales in McDowell county since the Fifth War Loan drive began Monday total $107,727.50. The "E" series bonds lead with more than half the receipts, as individuals are urged by the treasury department to purchase "E" bonds.
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McDowell County
Treasury Department
Camp Miriam Houston Event Reported After 2 P.M.
Fragmentary text references a Monday gathering at Camp Miriam in Houston near Kimball with troops and a mayor figure mentioned after 2 p.m. The exact details are unclear from the damaged OCR.
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Camp Miriam Houston
Kimball
Ann
Mercer County E bond sales lag state quota
Richmond reports show Mercer County with 115 762 50 in E bonds of 117 858 credit on June 13. State data indicate total sales at 5.5 percent of an 81 million quota and E bond sales at 13.1 percent of a 1 billion quota. Regional chair E G Otey notes mileage to 3 percent, while Wyoming County hits 10 percent and McDowell 449 percent.
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Richmond
Mercer County
E. G. Otey
Wyoming County
McDowell County
Stabbing Victim Improves After Farm Fight
Alex Kearns of Welch is described as fairly good after four stab wounds sustained Wednesday during a fight with Virgil A Bailey of Havace. Kearns underwent surgery for abdominal wounds while Bailey remains in the county jail pending outcome of the case.
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Alex Kearns
Welch
Virgil A. Bailey
Havace
Grace Hospital
Kearns
Bailey
Boy Scouts To Hold Camporee In Black Diamond District
Black Diamond district announces its annual Boy Scouts camporee scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Leaders invite scouts and families to join activities, demonstrations, and competitions at the district event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Black Diamond District
West Virginia makes progress in E bond sale drive
Charleston reports the Fifth War Loan E bond campaign total at 3,287,912.50 as of Wednesday. Boone County leads with 275,000 sold toward a 264,000 quota, while state totals reach 4,027,138.50 toward a 47,000,000 quota.
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Charleston
W. Va
Boone
West Virginia War Finance Headquarters
Boone County
Luther R. Jones
War loan sales reach $561 million through Wednesday
In Washington on June 15 sales of individuals in the fifth war loan totaled 561 million dollars through Wednesday, exceeding nine percent of the 6 billion dollar quota for individual bond purchases in the 16 billion dollar drive. Sales on Wednesday amounted to 77 million dollars.
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Washington
Abingdon Livestock Report Highlights Mixed Beef and Sheep Prices
The Abingdon market shows total receipts of 1 425 head with lambs 40c to 1 50 higher than last week. Sheep and cattle varied by grade with top calves and heavies near 15 75 and 11 30 respectively, hogs steady around 13 55 for 201 lb averages.
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Commedium
Chicago Grain Market Signals Shifts in Futures Prices
Grain futures rose on expectations of farm policy parity, with Rye up about 2 percent to July levels near 1.09 and Barley advancing about 14 percent to 1.19. Wheat prices showed a nominal rise of 4 to 5 cents over July, with cash red hard and yellow hard quotes near 1.44 and related figures around 1.25 and 1.22 for fed.
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Chicago
Butter and eggs hold steady at Chicago markets
Chicago June 15 butter held firm at OPA ceilings with prices for eggs steady. Large specials 36 38 cents, large extras 35 36, pecks extras 30 32, standards 33 34, current receipts and a4 259 26, checks 2.
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Chicago
Saipan landings advance as Pacific fleet drives inland
Navy reports beachheads secured on Saipan with Agingan point taken as heavy fighting continues. Japanese counterattacks with tanks repelled. ships and aircraft support push, part of larger Saipan Tinian Pagan and Guam offensive planned by Admiral Nimitz and Vice Admiral Turner.
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Pacific Fleet
Saipan
Artllery
Nimitz
Unite States
Marshal
Daly
Marianas
Gomer
Tinian
Pagan
Guam
Adm
Richmond Kelly Turner
Japan
Turner
Truk
Kanas
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H. T. Stafford
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