Body found in Narrows dam after afternoon search
The body of Thompews BB Sim 8 Widgeley Va was recovered from Kingrea s mill dam in Narrows Va after two boys reported a white figure in the water The death is believed a heart attack with no signs of foul play Sim employed by Hazelwood Construction company at Glen Lyn Va left home after dinner with chest pains He leaves a wife two sons in service and one daughter Funeral services will be held in Ridgeley after arrangements by Riffe Funeral director Narrows and Ridgeley interment to follow
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Sim
Thompews
Widgeley Va
Kingrea’s Mill
Narrows
Otlock
Thompson
Hazelwood Construction Company
Pete Cooper
Cooper
A. W. McNeal
Thfe
Cers
Asa le
Thom
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Glen Lyn
John
Aay
Riffe Funder al
Ridgeley
Jimmy Tilson Hurt After Fall From Tree Near Cumberland
The seriously injured boy, son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Tilson of Cumberland Road, fell from a tree near his home late Monday afternoon. He sustained a ruptured spleen and liver injuries. condition reported satisfactory by Bluefield Sanitarium staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Tilson
Raymond Tilson
Cumberland Road
Bluefield Sanitarium Hium
New Arrival Born to Mr and Mrs James Marshall
A girl Rae was born to Mr James Marshall and Mrs Marshall at Blufield on Sunday June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marshall
Brusiork
Rae
Blufield
Troops Restore Order in Detroit Area Amid Racial Clashes
Federal and state forces manned armored cars and jeeps in a wide tri county zone after violent street fighting between whites and Negroes. More than 1,000 troops on duty with reserve forces patrolled main streets while debris and damage from the outbreak lingered in the city’s east side and surrounding counties. Governor Kelly proclaimed a state emergency to back civil authorities and curb further violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roose
Kelly
Redross
Wayne Unty
Detroit
Eland
Macomb
Wil Br, Gardner
Upper East Side
Negro Area
Albert Hartsig
Harisig
Deaths and funeral notices for Isaiah Jones in Tazewell
Isaiah Jones aged 78 died at his son's home in Tazewell after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Ruth Elia Holmes and five sons and three daughters. Funeral services were held at Main Street Methodist Church Tazewell with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Isaiah Jones
G. Cleve Jones
Tazewell
Mr. Jones
Elk Garden
Russell County
Stuart
Smith
Jones
Ruth Elia Holmes
Washington County
F. L. Stinson
Glenn Helmandollar
Beckley
Ballard Martin
Plasterco
H. B
GOP Group Hears Stirring Address At Women’s Club
Jerome Katz, local attorney, spoke at a reception for the Woman's Republican club at Mrs. Cal Houchina's Giles Street home. He warned of government waste citing Senator Byrd's article and Readers' Digest, urging business leaders to guide the nation toward a Republican administration amid high living costs and labor unrest. About sixty attendees included prominent Republicans from outside the city.
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Jerome Katz
Cal Houchina
Giles Street
Woman's Republican Club
Svoboda
Liberty Magazine
Katz
America
Mr. Kats
Readers’ Digest
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
OPA
United States of America
Kats
Herbert Hoover
Kate
Mies Mae Maynard
Deat
Fall Defends Elk Hills Oil Contract as Government-Standard Partnership
Albert Fall, then secretary of the interior, touted an Elk Hills 8,300 acre oil deal with Standard Oil. The arrangement split oil revenue: one third to Standard and two thirds to the navy, with a cap on drawn barrels. Fall claimed the contract surpassed Fall contracts, while other defendants faced acquittals in related Teapot Dome probes.
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Standard
Navy
Albert Fall
Interior
Harding
Teapot Dome
Red Elk Hills
Wated
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service
Mr and Mrs G W Comer of 1500 Highland avenue report their son Staff Sgt Hubert G Comer has arrived safely in North Ireland He has served in the army for two years Lt Richard Fowler Gills 20 son of C T Gills Bluefield has earned Wings of Gold and will join a navy air training center before active duty Corp James Pritchett son of J E Pritchett Cumberland road has been promoted to sergeant after training at Camp Shelby and posting to Panama Pvt Walter G Leffel of Camp Maxey Texas visited his parents in Shawver Mill Va during an extended furlough for his mother’s illness She was recently discharged from St Luke's hospital.
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G. W. Comer
Highland Avenue
Hubert G. Comer
North Ireland
Comer
United States Army
Richard Fowler Gills
C. T. Gills
Jefferson St
Bluefield
Marine Corps Reserve
Naval Air Training Center
Pensacola
Pia
Gills
Navy
Pvt
Walter G. Leffel
Camp Maxey
Texas
W. M. Leffel
Shawver Mill
Leffel
St. Luke's Hospital
Coal strike rages as WPB warns of steel shortage impact
White House silent on a miners strike and WLB contract demand. WPB chair Nelson warns the stoppage could disrupt war production. Ickes notes coal stocks have fallen since May 1, with 1,700 plants near or below ten days supply, risking next winter if stocks cannot be rebuilt. May 1 stockpile estimated at 78.7 million tons. June estimates to follow.
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Wadsworth
White House
WLB
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Ickes
Nelson
Meetap
Meetap Wid H. Davis
Teeter
City and Coalfield Items Have Your Piano Tuned
Harry Haffen of Roanoke will be in town at least one week every month. Phone or write West Virginia hotel. If in a hurry write Box 2455, Roanoke, Va.
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Harry Haffen
Roanoke
West Virinian Hotel
Coal Miners Return to Work Under U S Government Directive
The union orders a two year contract proposal with concessions about 20 cents a day and a no strike pledge. UMW policy committee instructs 250000 miners to resume production under Harold L. Ickes as custodian of mines until Oct 31 1943, with government wage protections and potential legal action to preserve member equity. Lewis defers broader predictions.
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Balke
Lewis
Davis
War Labor Board
United States Steel Corporation
Interior Ickes
UMW
Ickes
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
United Mine Workers of America
Harold L. Ickes
United States
International Union
Disastrous Strike Threatens Air Power and War Production
Washington reports WPB chairman Donald M Nelson warned that the miners strike crippling steel production could have a disastrous effect on air craft ships and all armament. He stressed national needs over coal miners concerns and said no group has a right to hamper war production.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Nelson
Dmeison
Daily Doings At SMC With Area Women And WWI Veteran Donors
Area women including Mrs. H L Lazenby Mrs J Frank Fox and B A Grimes hosted a club event with flowers donated by Mrs Bernard McClaugherty and Cole's Flower Shop. Forty three service men from eleven states visited along with two WAACs and one WAVE. Mrs W A Richards and Mrs George Richardson Jr chaired. assistants included Phyliss McCue and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Lazenby
J. Frank Fox
B. A. Grimes
Bernard McClaugherty
Cole's Flower Shop
WAAC
W. A. Richards
George Richardson, Jr
Phyliss McCue
Roland Hudson
Reece T. Bowen
Alice Suea
Nancy Cray Tazenby
R. H. Moore
Marshall Shake
T. M)oole
A.S. Kemper
John T. Wilson
W. W. Walner
A. & Booker
WPRB Drive May Cut Deficit But Faces Uproar
WPRB plans a drive to boost reel output by 1,000,000 tons in July through September to meet a third quarter munitions shortfall reported by the army navy and maritime commission. Nelson warned that instead of increasing output a sharp decrease may occur. He stressed the necessity of every ton of steel for war programs during a critical production period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPRB
Army, Navy and Maritime Commission
Nelson
Miners Express Dissent Over UMW Back-to-Work Policy
Bellaire Ohio June 22 Adolph Pacifica vice president of district 6 of the United Mine Workers said it will be hard to get many men to return to work under the union policy committee order while contract talks continue. He noted widespread dissatisfaction with how the administration has handled the contract and that miners fear federal mediation.
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Bellaire
John L. Lewis
Miners From West Virginia Arrive in Washington Over Contract Delays
A nine man delegation from McDowell county arrived in Washington to press for a quick settlement of a contract negotiations begun last March. A Logan county group urged Roosevelt veto of anti strike legislation while miners hope for an early return to work. Bluefield and coalfield residents expressed relief at orders to resume, though full staffing may wait until week’s end.
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Portsmouth
McDowell County
Washington
Logan County
Marvin McIntyre
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Pond Creek Pocahontas Company
Bartley
Solid Puels
Ickes
Bluefield
Charles Stuart Dies in New York at 61
Charles Edward Stuart 61 a consulting engineer who revitalized Soviet coal mining and advised U S strategic planning died Sunday at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center New York after a long illness He lived in Bluefield and worked with Westinghouse before founding Stuart James Cooke Inc He contributed to the 1971 Donets Basin report influencing Premier Stalin’s efficiency edict and led the Fuel Administration skip stop system during WWI His funeral was held in Alexandria Virginia He was connected to the Vernon Stuart family line and survived by his widow Dorothy Sanders and three daughters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edward Stuart
Columbian- Presbyterian Medical Center
New York
Christ Church
Alexandria
Mr. Stuart
West Virginia
Virginia
Bluefield
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company
Stuart, James & Cooke, Inc
Washington
Stuart
W. C. Yeaton
Russia
Soviet
Donets
Stalin
Fuel Administration
Alexana
Charlies . Stuart
Ruth Yeaton Stuart
Gabriel Duval
United States Treasury
United
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Export-Import Bank
Roosevelt
T Uar
United States
Allied bomber, 15 Zeros clash over Buka in Solomons
June dispatch reports a major air battle over Buka in the northern Solomons between a large Allied bomber and 15 Zeros. The bomber returned to base with five casualties. A newer communique says an injured pilot and navigator have recovered enough to relay that at least five Japanese fighters were shot down in flames and others damaged. Our plane will be in action again.
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Buka
Solomons
Bombers strike Italian targets in coordinated raids
A Cairo communique reports American bombers hit San Giovanni harbor and sunk a ferry with a direct hit. They claimed 20 of 40 enemy fighters shot down and damaged railway sidings. At Reggio Calabria bombs struck the mole area ferry terminus railway siding and station with some bombs falling in town.
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Cairo
San Giovanni
Reggio Calabria
Federal jurors continue testimony on illicit distilling case
Federal jurors heard testimony about a hidden still and a jacket with payroll notices. Witnesses described gloves and a list of purchases for running a still, while defense witnesses claimed Phillips was uninvolved and crippled at the time. The jury deliberated briefly as other related cases linked to illicit liquor operations proceeded.
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Phillips
Lennie Phillips
Steve
Ulice
Onete Oo
Sony Flinee
Oak Atle Meadows
Nellie Crutt
Alan Loared
Tralee
Corp
R. D. Platt
Cpermnens of Public Safety
R. L. Tabscott
Mullens
Tabscott
Searine Logwood
Platt
Logwood
West Virginia
Tams
Edwight
Ullets
Camp Pickett
Russell Garner Rose
Arley Joseph Harley
Beckley
Convict Mathews Detained After Home Confrontation
Mathews, a former inmate from Kanawha who served 15 years for robbery, is in custody after an incident at Mrs. Patterson’s home. He denies slashing her with a knife, admitting only to slapping her when she drew a rifle. she and her 6 year old son were at the house.
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Mathews
Patterson
Wheeling
Bluefield
Kanawaha
Charleston
Knox says invasion plans are moving forward
Secretary of the Navy Knox stated preparations for an allied invasion of Europe are proceeding. He declined specifics but affirmed no cessation of amphibious attack plans, noting the front would open when ready, and found no new Pacific developments affecting the Russia scenario.
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Washington
Knox
Europe
Germany
Pacific
Russia
Japan
United States
Bilveris
McKinzie Pioneer Merchant Dies at 70 in Falls Mills
G MecKinzie a Falls Mills merchant and Mercer County native died at Bluefield sanitarium at age 70 after a heart ailment. Born May 14 1863 at Wolf Creek New River he led a long Mercer County life and built a filling station and general store in Falls Mills. He is survived by his second wife Emily and seven children plus siblings and relatives. Funeral at Falls Mills church Thursday at 2 30 pm with interment Monte Vista Park cemetery.
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G. MecKinzie
Ew River
Banda
Bluefield Sanitarium
Falls Mills
McKinzie
Mills
Wolf Creek
New River
M McKinzie
John A. McKinzie
Bowling
Mercer County
John McKinzie
G. McKinzie
Princeton
Fails Mills
Mary Ruth Bird
Frank McKinzie
A. Mod McKinzie
Christiansburg
Lawrence G. McKinzie
James P. McKinzie
Camp Bowie
Texas
Emily McKinzie
Emily Ruth
Maxin
Elizabeth
Fall Mills
M. W. Christie
Chas, McKinzie
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
Roanoke
Chester McKinzie
Louisville
Wagner+ Hawkins Undertaking company
Pails Mills
W. & Barbary
Stanley Humble
Monte Vista Park
Reat
Soviet Air War Tally Claims and Front Actions
Soviet reports claim 17 German planes shot down with no count of discard, while Red air force and Allied raids target German factories. Sevsk area gunners wipe out enemy infantry and destroy columns, with an ammunition dump blown and two Focke Wulf 190 fighters seized.
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Moscow
Red Air Force
Sevsk
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7 Thompson
Ridgeley, Va
Mill Dam
Cal Houchins
Elk Hills OL
Ernest Mathews
C. C. Weddle
Oakvale
U. S
John L. Lew
SMC
Charles Stuart
FB. Mpkinzie
Holal
Bern
Switzerland
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
Wit Canada Dry
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