Confederate Veteran J W Vines Dies at 98 in Richlands
James W Vines 98 a Confederate veteran and longtime West Virginia resident died last night at 8 in the home of his daughter Mrs Vermet Fink Richlands Va He was born November 28 1844 in Monroe County Va and served in Lee's army of Northern Virginia enlisting in 1862 He was twice wounded and escaped captivity after a sabre wound to the head He later taught school and served as justice of the peace and Sunday school superintendent He is survived by seven children 26 grandchildren 36 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be held at the old home place at Barn
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James W. Vines
Vermet Fink
Richlands
Mr. Vines
Monroe County
West Virginia
Silas S. Vines
Eliza P. Bunsmore Vines
Raleigh
Monroe Counties
Vines
Gettysburg
Lee
Army of
Northern Virginia
Emory
Emory and Henry College
Cedar Creek
Winchester
King
Lowry
Mercer
Monroe
Board of Education
Slab Fork
J. Vines
Methodist Church
M. E
Barn
Vines Farm
B. G. Shuck
Giotto
Gertrude V. Bailey
Covington
Albert K. Lancaster
Hiawatha
W. Va
Alma Vines
Charles W. Vines
Mullens
H. Olen Vines
Odd
Federal judge actions include multiple trials and deferrals
The report lists defendants facing deferred judgment until October and others arraigned on moonshine, untaxpaid liquor, and theft charges. Pleas of guilty are noted for Okie Lincoln Blankenship on selective service violations and D Trent on false statements, with trial dates set for June.
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Woodrow Ellison Lilly
Hugh Charles Lilly
Russell Garner Rose
Leroy Washington
Chad Bailey
Burr Bailey
Robert Eaton
James Thomas Sheets
Deaths: William Charles Robinette 61 of Berwind
Funeral services were held Sunday at 1 30 p m from the Berwind Union church for William Charles Robinette who died Thursday at his home in Berwind. Interment followed at Woodlawn cemetery with Knights of Pythias in charge. Survived by wife Lyria Williamson and children Lacy Joseph James Louis Nancy Louise Robinette and Mrs Woodrow Helms plus two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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William Charles Robinette
Berwind
Rwind Union Church
J. M. Wysor
Woodlawn Cemetery
Knights of Pythias
Robinette
Lyria Williamson
Lacy Joseph
James Louis
Nancy Louise Robinette
Woodrow Helms
Northfork
Lacy Joseph, Jr
James Louis Robinette
Funeral services for Dallas Britts held in Pembroke church
Funeral services were conducted at 4 PM at the Pembroke Christian church for Dallas Watson Britts 58 a Giles county resident who died Monday in a hospital at Excelsior Springs Missouri after traveling there ten days earlier for treatment Burial took place at Birchland Cemetery Pearisburg He is survived by his wife Stella a son two daughters five grandchildren and was active in county civic life and known statewide as a sportsman.
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Pembroke
Dallas Watson Britts
Giles County
Excelsior Springs
Birchland Cemetery
Pearisburg
Stella Britts
Mr. Britts
Ted Hoge Store
Federal court actions in Beckley and Roanoke drug liquor cases
Arraignments in Jenkin Jones saw a father cleared on charges of untaxed liquor after his son stated he did not know of the liquor. The youth’s sentence was deferred to aid induction into the army. Other cases moved to Beckley include McDowell’s Maxine Jones accused of obstructing an officer and assault, and four Mercer county men charged with operating a still. Raymond Betele of Roanoke, a Jehovah’s Witness, seeks habeas relief after a 3-year sentence for evading the draft. Forty-one true bills were returned by the grand jury. additional liquor and narcotics pleas and probation sentences were issued.
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Thomas Millard Sheets
Nolle
United States Army
Jenkin Jones
Beckley
Maxine Juanita Jones
McDowell
O. B. Kent
Beckey
Chancie Haden Connor
Everett Erwin Doyle
Jessie Hazelwood
Roy Hazelwood
Mercer County
Raymond A. Betele
Roanoke
Jehova
Conscientious Objectors
Hill Point
W. Va
Frank Walter Bailey
Huntington
Timothy Melvin Wright
Charleston
Defense Supplies Subsidy To Reimburse Packers
The Defense Supplies corporation announced live weight subsidies to packers to offset a 10 percent rollback in retail prices. Rates are about 2 cents per pound on carcasses, with monthly payments for slaughtered livestock from June 7 onward. Only slaughterers handling over 4,000 pounds monthly qualify.
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Defense Supplies Corporation
Racial Tensions Roil Pennsylvanian Shipyards and Beaumont
Negroes were pulled from cars and beaten while the Pennsylvania shipyards faced upheaval as workers, including two thirds of the mail service, abstained. Defense guards escorted Black employees home after night shifts and white workers quit in groups. Public relations head McMasters reported no statements or demonstrations, and alcohol outlets were shut as Beaumont was barred to army personnel.
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Pennsylvania
M. W. McMasters
Ross Dickey
Beaumont
Rice Bowl area taken by Chinese forces near Yangtze
Chinese forces advanced on the Yangtze front recapturing ports between Yochow and Ichang as part of a sustained counteroffensive. Towhuti fell, Shasi and Owchihkow were approached, and Chinese air support aided the push. Japanese gas fears and mysterious casualty claims were noted by Chinese spokesmen.
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Chungking
China
Yangtze River
Yochow and
Ichang
Towhuti
Shasi
Yangtze
Chiang Kai-Shek
Owchihow
Shihshow
Hwajung
Onchihkow
Yochow
Aneonate
Suiyuan
Woosung
Shanghai
Isoroku Yamamoto
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Manila
Hideki Tojo
Turkey Eyes World Security and Soviet Ties Highlight Visit
Premier Sukru Saracoglu told the National Peoples party congress that Turkey backs the United Nations and maintains strong relations with America, Russia, and Britain. He praised Soviet friendship and declared improved Turkish-Russian ties amid British and American diplomacy.
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Germany
Turkey
John Cunningham
Levant
Sukru Saracoglu
United Nations
National Peoples Party
Saracoglu
America
Russia
Britain
Soviet Russia
Bombers Raid Japanese Held Areas Across New Guinea
Allied air forces pounded targets below the peninsula and above Mubo in New Guinea. Six bombers and six fighters attacked Kainantua and Aigura northwest of Lae. The Buna raiders caused no damage nor casualties according to the communique.
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Mubo
New Guinea
Kainantua
Aigura
Lae
Buna
Russian Bombing Report Details War Actions and Losses
The communiqué describes Allied air strikes on targets 135 to 175 miles behind Orel with many trains smashed and burned while all planes returned safely. Near Mtsensk German forces allegedly suffered heavy losses in men and equipment. Red artillery claimed five tanks and four planes destroyed in the Zihidra sector 85 miles away.
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Orel
Berlin
Associated Press
Saratov
Volga
Moscow
Monitor
Roslav
Bmbing
Mtsensk
Zihidra
Miss Berry Seeks Chaplin Custody Battle
In Hollywood Joan Berry 23, who sued Charlie Chaplin as the father of her expected child, collapsed and is under medical care amid guard and press attention. Her attorney said she is hysterical and doctors attend her, recalling Chaplin’s four marriages after Mildred Harris Lita Grey Paulette Goddard.
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Irwin
Miss Berry
Gener
Miss O'Neill
Chaplin
Mildred Harris
Liza Grey
Paulette Goddard
Allied assertions clash with Japanese war losses report
The TOU claims 2 250 000 ton merchantmen while allied communiques refute the figures. Japanese losses are given as 878 planes one battleship three aircraft carriers three cruisers 19 destroyers 11 submarines 13 other warcraft and 98 ships totaling 352 000 tons. Admiral Mineichi Koga now commands the Japanese combined fleet as the decisive southwest Pacific phase nears.
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Imperial Navy
Southwest
Pacific
Mineichi Koga
Federal Funds Call for Merit System Reform
A call to halt unnecessary recruitment of new federal employees and form an effective manpower pool. The critique cites 300000 workers and says merit system benefits in the past two years were impaired, with funds wasted due to negligent personnel and operations officers.
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service
Local men join and advance in military service. Ralph J. Lawrence heads to Huntington for final Navy physical. Arnold G. Porterfield rises to sergeant in the Marine Corps after transfers from Camp Lejeune to Camp Elliott. Louis D Bondurant relatives visit. Bon Durant family linked to Camp Crowder. Lawrence Brewster White ferries to Africa with the Seabees. Maj. Gen. Gillem orders new armored force student classes at Fort Knox with several new graduates. Charles G. Jones enters Army Air Forces training at Yale for armed services leadership.
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Ralph J. Lawrence
Maybeury
Huntington
United States Navy
Arnold G
Nub) Porterfield
United States Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
New River
N. C
Camp Elliott
San Diego
Calif
Highland Avenue
Alvan C. Gillem Jr
Armored Force
Armored Force School
Fort Knox
Pfc
Donald Alexander Bryan
Jesse Bryan
Hale Avenue
Princeton
Charles G. Jones
Rives R. Jones
North Street
United States Army Air Forces Technical Training Command School
Yale University
New Haven
War Agencies See Budget Cut in House Review
A congressional committee trimmed overall war agency appropriations from 3.06 billion to the recommended total. Elmer Davis Office of War Information receive 34.47 million from 47.34 million request. Most funds go to the War Shipping Administration for shipbuilding and merchant fleet operations totaling 2.27 billion.
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House
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
War Shipping Administration
Allies Strike Sicilian Air Bases In Major Allied Air Offensive
British Wellington bombers and American fighters pounded five Sicilian airfields at Sciacca Bocca Di Falco Castelvetrano Borizzo and Milo with Comiso set aflame by fighter bombers from Malta. Intruder planes hit enemy communications in Sicily and southern Italy. Capo Passero coastal works bombed. 16 enemy planes shot down with allied losses.
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Sciacca
Bocca di Falco
Castelvetrano
Borizzo
Milo
Comiso
Malta
Sicily
Italy
Capo Passero
Middle East
Northwest Air Force
Sicilian
RAF Typhoon raids hit Axis stockyards in northern France
London reports RAF Typhoon fighters damaged locomotives in northern France while continuing aerial operations against Europe after raids last night over Berlin. Spitfires fought over the channel and two German planes were shot down as four British planes were lost. two pilots were saved. Other raids targeted airfields and transport from Denmark to Dunkerque as Mosquitos Mustangs Whirlwinds Bostons and Beaufighters joined the effort.
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London
France
Europe
Berlin
Air Ministry
Denmark
Dunkerque
City and Coalfield Items and Local Notices
Stated Mercer Lodge 160 A. A. M. meets at 7 30 p m with election and installation of officers announced. Bailey Lumber Company offers ready built chicken houses delivered to homes with twelve months to pay. Harry Haffen of Roanoke plans monthly visits and P O Box 2455 Roanoke Va listed for correspondence. Forest City paint promoted as good paint with contact through West Virginia hotel and local Roanoke address.
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Harry Haffen
Roanoke
West Virginian Hotel
P. O
Mercer Lodge
Norman McDowell
Ay. Bailey Lumber Company
RAF raids threaten Berlin after night alert
British sources said armed reconnaissance flights possibly dropped bombs while the Germans claimed none fell on Berlin. Berlin has not seen a concentrated raid since late March. After a night alert, Berliners fear further bombings as RAF targets included Dunkirk airfield Bruges Ghent canal and Lys canal barges with one Mosquito shot down an enemy bomber near Aalborg Denmark.
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Berlin
RAF
Reich
Dunkerque
Bruges-Ghent
Lys
Aalborg
Denmark
Daily Doings Of Area Women At SMC Club
Sixty eight service men and four wives visited the Service Men's club yesterday. Donations from Mrs J D Enoch and Mrs Georgia Webb helped cover expenses. D T Whitlock gave $1.00 and SMC workers with head bands are asked to return them. Chairmen were Mrs R L Marshall and co chair Mrs E B Stafford. assistants listed.
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SMC
Service
Service Men's Club
J. D. Enoch
Georgia Webb
D. T. Whitlock
R. L. Marshall
Stafford
C. T. Charbonneau, Jr
J. Earl Bailey
Nancy Taylor
George Griffith
C. E. Clark
Grace Pearson
L. F. Adkins
Ida Clark
Death of Historian Albert B Hart in Boston
Albert Bushnell Hart professor emeritus at Harvard University died in Boston on the eve of his 89th birthday. The noted historian whose work gained international fame passed away today.
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Boston
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard University
Naval Air Transport Service Runs Wide Flight Network
The Naval Air Transport Service operates several hundred planes across more than 50 000 miles of routes, extending its reach and capacity for military air transport.
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Naval Air Transport Service
War nerves rise as Allies weigh new north Africa thrust
Speculation in London grows that British Ninth Army and allied forces may join American and French troops in a coordinated move toward southern Europe from North Africa. Officials offered cautious sums, noting war of nerves appears to be advancing on the front.
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London
North
Africa
Europe
French Generals Call Meeting In Algiers On Defense Shakeup
In Algiers on June 16 General Charles de Gaulle and General Henri Giraud call a full meeting of the French committee of national liberation for 10 30 a m to discuss army reorganization and purging Vichy elements. Most of the 14 members are expected to attend minus Henri Bonnet.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
French Committee of National Liberation
Giraud
Henri Bonnet
United States
de Gaulle
Indications Of Unrest In Germany Reported From Moscow And Berlin
Reports from Moscow and Berlin indicate growing unrest in Germany. A Soviet Monitor broadcast cites mass arrests in Berlin and Essen and riots after the Essen raid, while a German radio commentator warns the public not to trust propaganda suggesting Germany is clearly winning.
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London
Germany
Moscow
Berlin
Essen
Ministry of Information
Quote on strength and timing ends with no clear event
A fragment expresses that true power lies in possessing strength and knowing how to use it at the right moment, emphasizing constant blows as a test of one's strength. No names, places, or dates are present. The text reads as a philosophical aside rather than a reportable event.
Group Colored Selectees to Leave Today for Huntington Induction
Members of the colored contingent of selectees are to depart today for Huntington for induction into the armed forces. They will meet at the offices of selective service board No 1 at 11 15 a m for final instructions and will be served lunches at 11 o'clock at John Church on Jones Street. A group leader will be chosen and the men will travel by bus to Huntington. After induction they will receive a 14 day automatic furlough that took effect on June 15.
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Huntington
Armed Forces
Mercer County
Furniture Stolen From Elis Street Repair Shop
Mrs. Cassie Gibson reports a break in at her furniture repair shop on Elis Street. Items missing include six chairs, upholstering material, two wooden antique clocks, and a large assortment of tools. Loss value not yet determined.
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Elis Street
Cassie Gibson
Stovall Street
Gibson
Army Jeep Races The Stork And Wins
In Hamilton Bermuda on Monday night a U S army jeep helped deliver a baby in transit to a hospital. A father worried the horse and carriage would miss the birth as the jeep arrived seconds before the baby girl was born.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
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J. W. Vines
Section Passes
Interstate Commercce
Fort Bragg
Seth
Okie Lincoln Blankenship
Thomas Albert Asbury
Rock Ridge
McDowell County
Phear Bernard Beasley
Fitzpatrick
Raleigh County
Duffey M. Crouse
Harrison Pritchard Goins
George Green Scott
Caples
Howard Harrison Hall
Carl Hansell Brown
McComas
Rosa Jackson
Glen Vernon Kelly
Robert Lee Simmons
Willie Howard Long
Landgraff
Pearl Elizabeth Martin
Lacy Clarence Meadows
Aussie Stafford
Frank George Gregory
John Henry Osborne
Bluefield
Clinton Williams
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
D. Trent
W. C. Robinette
U. S
William A. Rose
C. E. Rose
Fourth Street
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
William S. Bondurant
Camp Butner
J. C. Bondurant
Cumberland, Road
Rufus M. Bondurant
Camp Crowder
Mrs. Bondurant
L. B. Coeburn
Narrows
Lieutenant Bonag
Uty
Lawrence Brewster White
O. H. White
Seabees
Sacred Heart School
Beaver High School
William Alfred Mann
G. W. Mann
Lindside
United States Armored Force School
Fort Knox, Ky
Forest City
Bailey Lumber Company
Zé Vtn
Army Jeep
Zemo
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