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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1947
Page
6
Tracked progress marks the initial five thousand seats of the stadium seating project. Reinforcement steel arrived yesterday and will be placed before concrete pours begin. C L Lewis construction contractor will set the steel, with second five thousand seats planned after completing the first.
The Senate judiciary committee approved a one year extension of wartime controls on exports imports and domestic use of scarce materials. The extension would run past June 30 and keep the government authority to allocate tin antimony fats oils rice and priority shipments abroad. Quinine manila rope and cordage were dropped from the controlled list.
Charlottesville prepares for the University of Virginia victory reunion with a 90 foot tent in front of alumni hall. Registration starts Saturday morning, with class dinners, alumni business meetings led by Edward R. Stettinius Jr., and the largest barbecue since 1921. Memorial services Sunday honor war dead, followed by tributes to retiring president John Lloyd Newcomb.
Camp Roland will open June 29 for a six week period through August 3 offering provisional and troop camping. J C Acuff serves as executive director in his twenty fifth year, with John Magann as camp director. Activities include swimming life saving treasure hunts archery softball and more under supervision of Bill Powell and Jim Acuff. Andy Jefferies aids as swimming instructor. Rev P L Roger leads archery and handicraft. Applications urged as periods fill quickly.
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