Retail Clerks Drive Fifth War Loan Rally in Bluefield
Bluefield retailers plan a June 27 rally at the municipal building to boost the Fifth War Loan. Retail workers aim to sell up to 300 in war bonds with 100 percent store participation earning banners and decorations. Frank Comins chairs the chamber committee. J A Coleman leads event logistics.
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Raily
Municipal Building
Bluefield
Field Chamber of Commerce
Faank Comins
Cae J. Stephens
Stephens
I.steckler
Jackson
Charlie Joyce
E. Davis
Harry Clark
Harry Rosenthal
Comins
J. A. Coleman
Harry Kammer
W. B. Tullah
Carnival to Open at Old Airport Grounds Monday
Peppers All-State shows begin a six day engagement at the old Airport Showgrounds on Monday June 19 sponsored by the City Recreation Council. Featured acts include Professor Tex Allison's monkey circus and Dillon the Sub-Stratosphere Man performing from over 100 feet with no safety device nightly at 10:30 at the midway.
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Old Airport
Bluefield
City Recreation Council
Tex Allison
Allison
Cla
F. W. Peppers
Dillon
Dionysius Tyrant’s Polyboios Fired Arrows 400 B C
The Polyboios, built by Dionysius the Tyrant in Sicily around 400 B C, is cited as an early predecessor of the machine gun. It fired a rapid succession of arrows, illustrating ancient attempts at volley fire and rapid-draw mechanisms.
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Dionysius
Sicily
Curtain raiser guests for GOP convention preview
Information heard on WHIS Mondays at 9 30 pm features two guest experts a Republican and a Democratic leader. Speakers include Senate Majority Leader Alben W Barkley and Senator Harold H Burton with Quiz master Fadiman.
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Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Harold H. Burton
Sreamanty
Fadiman
Tokyo ne the drama stars o Conte as Sergeant
A wartime radio feature on WHIS titled Tokyo ne the drama unfolds the six week march of Company E of the 126th Infantry through the Owen Stanley Mountains in New Guinea during 1942. The program honors infantrymen and traces their crossing toward Tokyo while highlighting GIs Hib ble and his buddy as portrayed by Conte and O'Shea. Concurrently Your All Time Hit Parade broadcasts from Hollywood return with Tommy Dorsey at 7 pm and slated guests Bing Crosby Kay Kyser and Fanny Brice across June 25 and July 2.
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New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Wateron of America
Tokyo
O Conte
Paul Lutyens
Kevin O'Shea
Hibble
126Th Infantry
WHIS
Hollywood
Tommy Dorsey
Bing Crosey
Kay Kyser
Fanny Brice
Army Hour invasion report highlights 1944 program
Radio schedule for Sunday June 18 1944 lists 15 minute England invasion report at 3:30 pm National Track and Field Championship with Bill Stern at 4:30 pm Gracie Fields Show with Mickey Rooney at 2:00 pm Home and Farm Hour segments advance farm audience NBC morning and evening lineup includes church programs, news interludes, and various sponsored features from 8:00 am to 9:30 pm with brands such as Standard Brands Sterling Drug Co and Lucky Strike noted.
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ARMY
England
Bill Stern
Randal Island
Gracie Fields
Mickey Rooney
Homes&teaders
National Farm and Home Hour
NBC
Church of Christ
White
First Presbyterian Church
Jerry Sears
Josephine Houston
Bn—Moylan Sisters
Nehingwee ! Company
Prophecy Speaks
Harry Horlick
Soldiers of the Press
First National Bank
John C. Thomas
Westinghouse Company
Sheaffer
Sheaffer Pen Company
NBC— News
Nbc—Symphony
General Motors Co
Lucky Strike
Nbc—Fitch Band
F. W. Fitch Company
Nbc—News
F. W. Pitch Company
Gracie Fields & Co
Standard Brands
Sterling Drug Company
Paul Lavalle
Les Huff
Neeeeeee
Nashville
Dairy Farmer
Cbs
John Kennedy
C Dixon
Labor For Victory
Josef Marais
Blu
Mary
Mbs
U. of Chicago
Nbe
Ed Murrow
Samm Kaye
Mbsbasic
Spore
Yes
Upton Close
N. Y. Philharmonic Symag
Percy Faith Orch
Eleanor Steber
NBC Symphony
Dr. Black
Eileen Parrell
Mary Small
Green Valley
Bill Shirer
CBS Sunday Theater
Radio Hall of Fame
Boosty
RAF
Gildersleeve
Ee Music Orch
Lulu Bates
Corliss Archer
Drew Pearson
We the People
Joe Kelly
Charlie McCarthy
Bergen
Walter Pidgeon
Cbhs
Greenfield Village Chapel
Tomlinson
Kkes
Gabriel Heatter
Conrad Nagel
Walter Winchel
Walter Hampden
Leonidas
Radio Schedule Entrances for June 1944
A dense weekly listing of NBC CBS and mutual network programs for Monday and Sunday June 19 1944 with time slots, show titles and sponsor notes including General Electric Co Williams Baking Co Sterling Drug Co Kroger Co and others. The page catalogs daytime and evening programs across music drama news and variety slots.
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Williams Obb
Cole Baking Com
NBC
Icago House
Hamilton Desentre
Woody William —Tomchin Furniture Co
We ‘Women Oe Electric Power Company
Chicago Houseing Company
JFG Coffee Boys
JFG Coffee Company
Circle —Southern Baking Co
Te A Co
Sun Rise
Bottling Co
Home Steaders
Rock Mineral Springs
Ralph
Ruth
Chicago House Purnishing Company
Guiding Light
General Mills
NBC Today’ S Children
Women In White
Hearts In Harmony
Kroger Company
NBC Agee of America
Perkins P&g
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Corral
Feuchtenberger Bakeries
NBC— News
C. I. Cheyney
Chesterfield
S -Miles
Carolyn Guibert
H. V. Kaltenborn
CBS Radio Digest Reflects On Various Shows And Ads
Fragmented listing shows CBS programs including The Pred Allen Show Vesickguote Jimmy Pidler Holly Dr. Baker and Girl, plus Bob Crosby and Company, The Adventures of Thin Man, Shades of Blue, with forum and posters noted.
Sunday School and Revival Plans Led by Rev Mrs Broughman
Central Point notes a Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 by Rev Mrs Broughman of Buchanan Va She will start a revival at Smith chapel on June 18 The Hiyton reunion took place June 11 at the home of Mr and Mrs C P Hylton with many relatives from Princeton Lashmeet Huntington Long Acre and other towns attending Also reported are births visits and service updates involving local families and service members including Pfc and Mrs George Harman in Bluefield and Mississippi and Pvt Harry Hager and Pvt Marvin Wells in duty and furlough status.
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B. Broughman
Buchannon
Broughman
Smith Chapel
Hiyton
C. P. Hiyton
T. M. Johnston
Hartley Saunders
J. H. Prench
E. L. Hylton
C. J. Hylton
Dorothy
C. J
Tracy Parcell
Sherman Kay
Princeton
R. T. Childers
Lillian
Mildred
Lashmeet
Sue Early
Huntington
Guy Porter
Linda Carol
Long Acre
L. B. Hylton
A. F. Hylton
L. A Smith
June and
Clyde
Marilie Harman
C. P. Hylton
Pfc
George Frederick Harman
Bluefield Sanitarium
Imogene Hylton
George Frederick Jr
Harman
Mississippi
U. S. Navy
Boston
Mass
E. H. Kahle
Clyde Smith
Harry Hager
Columbus
S. C
Marvin Wells
U. S. Army
C. D. Wells
Donald Terry
C. N. Tabor
Sunny
Leon Cromer
Harlan “Dickie” Cromer
Naval Hospital
Long Beach
Calif
Harold Cromer
Navy
Pennsylvania
Methodist Church
Dorothy Louise
Peggy” Hill
Washington, D. C
Betty Owens
Washington
Clarence H. Green
Emma F. O'Brien
Arlington
Jay” Metcalf
R. L. Pasley
Bluefield
Alex Noel
Pocahontas
Hunter Smith
Philps
Ernest Preeman, Jr
Ernest Preeman
Glenn Scott
Funeral for Len P. Kelley Held at Bramwell Methodist
Bramwell West Virginia June 11 funeral service for Flight Officer Len P. Kelley at Bramwell Methodist Church filled with sorrowing relatives. Pastor W Paskel lauded his loyalty and bravery. Grave service at Woodlawn cemetery included flag presentation to Mrs. Kelley and a three volley salute by Bluefield state guards. Taps sounded by Ralph Gearheart and Jackie Litton.
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Bramwell
W. Va
Bramwell Methodist
Len P. Kelley
W. Paskel
Nams
Jack Foster
Woodlawn
Norman C. Anderson
Bluefield
Paskel
Mason Kelley
State Guards
Ralph Gearheart
Bramwell Kiwanis Meet Closes With Religious Talk
The Bramwell Kiwanis club held Friday night at the Masonic temple with Brown Talbott presiding. A short business session followed and the Rev O E Mercer spoke on Religions in Japan. Members and guests heard the male chorus sing during a brief program.
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Bramwell Kiwanis Club
Masonic Temple
Bramwell
Brown Talbott
America
Bramwell Methodist Church
O. E. Mercer
Key Street Methodist Church
Princeton
Japan
Local Honor Roll Acknowledges Serving Fathers and Families
The town discusses an Honor Roll for residents serving in the war. Homecomings include Carlyle Mahaffey Ray Bauguess Marcus Goins Dodd Nance and Guy T who were called here by the death of Flight Officer aang hy Kelley. Families relocate with Mrs Jack Frith and Mr Mrs Franklin Bell moving to Bluefield West Virginia while others visit relatives in Virginia and Italy.
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Carlyle Mahaffey
Ray Bauguess
Marcus Goins
Dodd Nance
Guy —T
Aang Hy . Kelley
Perry D. Mullins
Camp Claiborn
F. M. Shrader
Cecil Mullins
Italy
Jack Frith
C.e. Cumby
Franklin Bell
Bluefield
W. Va
French Edmunds
Welch
Bowman couple marks twenty six years of marriage
Mr and Mrs Newton Bowman celebrated their twenty sixth wedding anniversary on Sunday June 11 1944. They were joined by Mr and Mrs N W Nash of Keystone and their son Earnest in Bowman home. Mrs Newton Bowman and daughter Mrs Robert Hash did business in Bluefield and Princeton. Holland McNeal visited friends in Pineville and Marianna.
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McDowell
W. Va
Newton Bowman
N. W. Nash
Keystone
Son Earnest
U. S. Navy
Robert Hash
Bluefield
Princeton
Holland McNeal
Pineville
Marianna
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Old Airport Grounds
RADIO
Elsia Thomas
Genaral
Western Electric
Puckett
East End
Engleby Electric Co., Inc
Roanoke, Va
East End Pharmacy
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield, W. Va
Charm General Electric Co
Uae
Richard Harkness
Tire Service
Stockman Tire Service
Goodyear
Goodyear Research
A&p
Blrefield
Central Point News
Hylton Reunion
Bramwell, W. VA
Kiwanis
DMC
Taylor's
Montgc
Federal St
R Ward
BRAGH
ALL Star
Palm Beach
Eve
Ly Roe Ees
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