Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Emma Pulcher Peery
Mrs Emma Pulcher Peery widow of Dr Thomas E Peery died in Hagerstown Maryland. Funeral services were held at Dr J Francke Foxs home in Bluefield with interment at Maple Park Cemetery. Pallbearers included local doctors and a Bluefield medical staff was honorary. Survived by three children and three sisters, the deceased was about 70 and born near Staunton Virginia. The body arrived in Bluefield today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Pulcher Peery
Thomas E. Peery
Hagerstown
J. Prancke Fox
Oakhurst
Maple Park Cemetery
Bland Street
Samuel W. Moore
First Presbyterian Church
William Crowe
Louis Tierney
Hugh Scott, Jr
Dean L. Hosmer
Roy D. Hankln
H. J. Wysor
L. C. Fowlkes
L. E. Tierney, Jr
John McGuire
Ray Evans
Bluefield Sanitarium
Peery
E. Scott Hale
Summit
N. J
Hillary Marshall
Baltimore
John Fox
Bramwell
Thomas Hassett
J. Whitehead
Vicious RAF and Finnish Callups Feature War News
The article outlines British aerial strategy to disrupt German basing and invade preparations along the occupied channel coast. It notes efforts to smash Nazi forward bases and deny invasion facilities as part of a broader offensive plan. In Finland, reserves up to 1897 birth year are called to immediate service amid Baltic theater tensions.
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Britain
Channel
Finland
Black Sea
Thns
Ford union contract details wage and shop safety changes
The document outlines a tentative Ford agreement including no wage reductions, December talks on a bonus, elimination of the famed service department, badge based plant protection, a shop steward system for grievances, a special grievance body, time and a half overtime and double time on Sundays, two hours call in pay for unready work, lay offs and re hires by seniority, and a rule protecting senior workers until a 32 hour work week during production drops.
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Ford Service Department
Feared Lost Seamen Listed From Various U S Navy Vessels
A wartime casualty roster lists sailors presumed lost or missing from ships including Alsea Oregon Port Richmond New York City and Newark. Names include Gardner Gersen Gillies Golden Griffiths Gruen Gunn Hartzog Hendy Jaskowiak Kaufman Krueger Littleford Miller Oullette Schneider Sonnenbure Strang Tillery Warner Venhaus and Wolf with ranks from fireman to chief torpedo man and home towns across the United States.
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Ciinits
Lattimore
N. C
Bob A. Gardner
Alsea
Ore
N. Gersen
Bronx
N. Y
James G. Gillies
Port Richmond
Francis H. Golden
Holyoke
Mass
FP. A. Griffiths
Belifontaine
O. Francis L. Gruen
Greenville
Henry J. Gunn
Garr
Neb
Joe A. Hartzog
Ardmore
Okla
Gaddis I. Hendy
Mountain View
Calif
Walter J. Jaskowiak
Brooklyn
William C. Kaufman
Indianapolis
Levitt E. Krueger
San Diego
Allan H. Littleford
Waterford
Conn
Chester L. Miller
Morrisburg
Emile A. Oullette
Central Falls
R. I. F. P. Schneider
New York City
Sam E. Sonnenbure
Calif. Jamess
Strang
Seoman
Thomas W. Tillery, Jr
New London
Earl V. Warner
Los Angeles
Bernard J. Venhaus
Seaman
Lawrence
William C. Wolf
Hartford
Lindbergh Urges Negotiated Peace and Oil Exports Controls
Hollywood June 20 Charles A Lindbergh urged a negotiated peace in Europe warning that without abstaining from war Americans risk oppression and a transformed nation. He argued preparedness and a rapid end to European conflict are essential to preserve American life and ideals. Roosevelt ordered petroleum export controls to Britain Egypt and Western Hemisphere to avert Atlantic shortages and maximize tanker use for eastern seaboard and allied republics.
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Hollywood
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
America
Hollywood Bow
America First Committee
Germany
Washington
United States
Seaboard
Office of Export Control
Rooosevelt
Atlantic
Great Britain
Egypt
White House
Eastern Seaboard
Turkey and Italy to sign trade pact next week
Italian agency Stefani reports from Rome and Ankara that Italy and Turkey will sign a trade treaty next week to boost transportation links. A new type of electric car has appeared in the description.
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Turkey
Italy
Rome
Stefani
Toment
Ankara
Submarine 0 9 Sinks Deep Rescue Efforts Continue
The 0 9 submarine, older and recently recommissioned, lies about 370 feet down amid a rescue effort led by Admiral Wainwright. Divers from Washington and New London, plus the diving bell Chewink, rush to aid as crews aboard the Falcon, Squalus memories in view, monitor depth and risk.
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Falcon
Admiral Wainwright
Howard J. Abbott
Oscelon
Iowa
M. P. Wangness
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Washington Navy Yard
New London
George C. Crawford
Crawford
Momsen
Boston
Coalfield Catalog and Local Services Advertisements
Local ads list Telegraph Commercial Printing Co offerings including mimeograph paper and printing services, Vogue's Fur Storage in Bluefield with on site repairs, Ruby's Beauty Shoppe services, and Fretwell's clothing items. Navy salvage expert Edward Elisberg weighs in on submarine depth limits after a Portsmouth incident.
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Call Telephone
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Bland St
VEW To Meet in Welch Next Year
Delegates of the Veterans of Foreign Wars WV Department vote to hold the 21st annual convention in Welch next year. The Princeton invitation for a separate gathering was noted. The Auxiliary endorsed Mrs Jessie M Devericks of Clarksburg for the national council from the third district.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Welch
Princeton
Jessie M. Devericks
Clarksburg
National Council
Montana Man Heads Rotary International
Tom J. Davis of Butte Montana was elected president of Rotary International for 1941 42 at the final session of the 1941 convention. He succeeds Armando de Arruda Pereira of Sao Paulo Brazil. Delegates representing about 210000 Rotarians and 5000 Rotary clubs in over 60 countries participated in Denver Colorado.
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Denver
Colo
Rotary International
Tom J. Davis
Butte
Mont
Davis
Armando de Arruda Pereira
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Roosevelt's Robin Moor Message Sparks Mixed Congressional Response
Roosevelt's note denouncing the sinking of the Robin Moor drew swift praise from some lawmakers and sharp criticism from foes of his policy. Senators Pepper Gurney Wheeler Elsender Ball Thomas and Rep Bender voiced strong reactions while others warned of possible warlike consequences if Germany refuses reparations.
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Atlantic
North Atlantic
Roosevelt
Berlin
Congress
Rep. Knutson
R. Minn
Congressional of
Washington
Byrnes
Adolf Hitler
Rep
Bender
Ohio
Gurney
Hitler
Wheeler
Elsender
Ball
Minn
Thomas
Utah
Coal industry papers reflect future supply and production trends
The session featured talks on coal’s role in plastics and the broader industry. Participants included J. Lindley of Koppers Coal Co, Elmer Wierhake of the Smoke less Puel Co, Samuel Pursglove Sr of Pursglove Mining Co, and C. R. Mabley Jr of Island Creek Coal Co detailing production and sales perspectives.
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J. Lindley
Koppers Coal Co
Mt. Hope
Elmer Wierhake
Smokeless Puel Co
Charleston
Samuel Pursglove, Sr
Pursglove
W. Va
Bristol Livestock Market Report Summary
Bristol show of June 20 reports 1 908 head across lambs sheep vealers cattle and hogs. Lambs at 83 pounds top 12 85 with standard grades 12 30 10 20, ewes around 2 50 to 4 10, vealers 185 pounds to 213 pounds price range 7 75 to 10 45, cattle with steer prices mostly 8 00 to 8 80, cows 6 50 to 7 90, hogs average 215 pounds at 10 35 and sows 8 20 to 9 00.
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Bristol
Dept. of Agri
Training Institute For Scout Leaders Held In Bluefield
A Negro scout leaders training institute for Kentucky Ohio and West Virginia opens at Bluefield State Teachers College today and tomorrow. Charles E. Wood and several Boy Scouts of America executives coordinate the event with registration from 10 to 12 and sessions set for 1 oclock each afternoon.
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Huntington
W. Va
Charles E. Lawall
West Virginia University
State Coal Mining Institute
Lawall
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Bluefield State Teachers College
Charles E. Wood
Boy Scouts of America
J. C. Acuff
Southern West Virginia
Bluefield
J. J. Hott
Clayton Bromley
McDowell County
O. B. Roberts
Wyoming County
A. J. Taylor
Interracial Service
B. 8
S. A
New York
Lottery arrests and fines in Bluefield case
Acting under warrants, Deputy Sheriff McGuire Trooper Davis and others arrested Lawrence Walker and Eva L Mick at 801 Highland Avenue Bluefield on lottery charges. Arraigned before Magistrate Elmore in Princeton the woman was fined 50 dollars plus 8.30 dollars costs and Walker 58.30 dollars. fines paid. The pair faced numbers ticket charges.
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Sam Lambert
Charles McGuire
G. T. Davis, Jr
James Childers
C. C. Christian
Lawrence Walker
Eva L. Mick
Highland Avenue
Bluefield
C. C. Elmore
Princeton
Walker
Lottery charge leads to fines and confiscations in Bluefield
On the same day officers tagged Kenneth J. of Bluefield on a lottery charge and he was fined 31.30 by Magistrate Elmore. Two slot machines and a number of tip tickets were confiscated and destroyed. The note adds a tip to tighten convertible car top bolts at least twice a month.
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Kenneth J
Bluefield
Elmore
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Mrs, Peery
J. Francke Fox
Vicious Raf
London
Ford Company
Lindbergh
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Boston Navy Yard
Portsmouth
New England
Providence
Block Island
R. I
General Printing and Engraving
Vogue
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
P. O
Ruby
Preston Street
Drewe
Gray's Cutte
Princeton Avenue
Fretwell's
Southwest Harbor
Edward Elisberg
N. H
Associated Press
Liv
Elisberg
Ellsberg
Squalus
VEW
Montana
Man Heads Rotary International
Pacific Coast
First Christian Church
Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bristol Livestock
Daily Telegraph
And
Sunset News
Editorial
Poway
Lincoln
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