Out Building Deal Completed at Bland and Raleigh
The Scott building at Bland and Raleigh streets, once St. Luke's hospital, was sold to S. S. Kresge Co. with terms reportedly about six months ago. Kresge plans a two story addition and reshaping the site, delaying the plan until leases running to 1943 are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Bland and
Raleigh Streets
St. Luke’s Hospital
S. S. Kresge Company
Shea Company
Comee
Raleigh and
Oral Streets
Kresge
Pete Pappas
Bluefield Restaurant
Nick Apostalo
Charlesn
George Greenacre
Jeweler
Cole Flower Shop
Nunnally's Photographic Studios
Postal Telegraph
Maytag Washing Machine Company
Ely Reality Company
City election details and city board actions
City election precinct clerks listed for wards six to eight and votes to be canvassed next Wednesday. City offices to close next Tuesday per charter. Bills and payrolls approved. Building permits issued for several residences and a church. City Manager reported street patching underway and weed control. drain clog and missing manhole cover forwarded for action. drainage inquiry near B S Collins property referred to manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Akers
L. D. Francis
E. L. Clark
D. C. Lilly
George Smiley
Walter Adkins
W. C. Houchins, Jr
W. M. Snead
J. O. Mangus
John Gregory
R. A. Hale
H. T. Goforth
Vannie Woods
F. O. Holt
Vergil L. Currence
H. L. Moore
S. R. Anderson
C. M
J. D. Honaker
DD. &. Lilly
Jimmy C. Borden
Clark M. Brown
Cinda Hughett
Otto Whittaker
Page Wooldridge
James Faulkner
Union Street
Emma V. Martin
Bluefield Avenue
F. R. Christie
Rockbridge Street
Rm S Alexander
College Avenue
A. E. Holst
Lynn Street
T. E. Kahle
Woodrow Street
E. P. Mitchell
T. L. Brown
Park Street
Allen Street
S. O. White
B. S. Collins
Carolina Avenue
Soviet Queries on Supplying Air Power and Gear
The article notes U.S. debate on exporting aviation gasoline to the Soviet Union and the potential delivery of heavy equipment including airplanes or tanks. President Roosevelt cites long lead times and uncertainty about Soviet needs before any aid. Ambassador Constantine Oumansky has not visited the state department since the German invasion, awaiting Moscow instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siaw
Russia
Ted
Roosevelt
Constantine Oumansky
State Department
Moscow
Wytheville Livestock Prices June Market Report
Wytheville Va June 24 division of Market Va Dept of Agri lists totals for 2 751 head. Lambs show bids from 12.00 for 84 lb choice to 6.00 for culls, with varied grades and wet ewes at 3.85, thin ewes 2.60. Cattle quote steer ranges 5.50 to 8.80, lighter and heavier weights 9.80 to 10.50, sows 9.10 to 9.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wytheville
Market Va
Dept. of Agri
Aden
Canner
Deaths and Funerals Aboard Mercer County
Funeral notices list James I. Poe of Smith's Chapel aged 77 with wife and two daughters among survivors. Also announced are services for Mrs. Fannie Stultz of Bellaire Ohio and Mrs. Virginia Dessinger of Kermit with interment in Wool Lawn Cemetery. Virginia Louise Butt of Pocahontas dies after brief illness, with services at First Methodist. Jennie A. Ainsworth of Princeton dies at 77, with arrangements pending. J. M. Wallace of Maryville Tennessee dies, funeral this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I. Poe
James I
Jim” Poe
Smith's Chapel
E. H. Kahle
Garnet Tiller
Mercer County
P. A. Smith
S. W. Pasley
Ira Poe
Mary Poe
J. H. Kennedy
Fannie Stultz
H. G. Steele
Bellaire
Ohio
Virginia Dessinger
Thos. A. Shewey
Kermit
J. A. Wright
Woollawn
Charles G. Gunn
Bulefield
Dessinger
Virginia Ann Ellison
Flat Top
Ann Bremmer Ellison
Burley A. Ellison
Mercer
Raleigh
Granville Pettrey
Hinton
C. M. Pettrey
Roanoke
Virginia Louise Butt
Pocahontas
David and
Elizabeth Shutt
William E. Butt
Jennie A. Ainsworth
Center Street
Princeton
Fredeking-Seaver Mortuary
J. M. Wallace
Charles H. Dudley
Bluefield
Maryville
Tenn
Dudley
Tennessee
Finland Holds Neutral Line as War Expands
Finland remains officially neutral as Germany and Russia wage war. A Rome radio report claims Finnish soldiers fight with the Germans from the Arctic Ocean to the Baltic Sea, while Finland intensifies defense preparations and watches for further developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linder
Finland
Rome
Arctic Ocean
Baltic Sea
New York
NBC
German advances and Soviet losses dominate eastern front
The agency reports heavy German success across the eastern front with 280 Soviet tanks destroyed in two operations and a 180-tank breakthrough at a key position. Another report notes 100 tanks in a smaller sector as German air power and mechanized units push through Poland, Ukraine, and into Bessarabia, with aerial bombardment and armored assaults shaping the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DNB
Fuehrer
Ankara
Baltic
Black Seas
Reuters
Black Sea
East Prussia
Soviet People Rally Against Fascists on Front Line
Reported mass demonstrations indoors see girls seeking to join the red army as schooling and high school students volunteer for early enlistment. Pravda warns anyone disrupting discipline will be treated as wartime enemies. German drives claimed near Sia itoluiai and Rawa Ruska suffer heavy losses while advances reach Vilno and Odess a region amid air raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Army
Pravda
Communist Party
Sialuiai
Shavl
East Prussia
Lithuania
Rawa Ruska
Government
Poland
Siasaid Toluiai
Kaunas
Grodny
Volkovsky
Volkovisk
Kolno
Lomza
Kobryn
Brest-Litovsk
Ankara
Turkey
Russian Ukraine
Russian
Bes-sarabia
Odessa
Civilian Rally on National Flag Day For Defenses
Civilians manned eastern frontier and coastal outposts defenses preparing for worst. They filled sand bags boarded windows and mounted anti aircraft guns to strengthen defense posture.
Patched city stroll brims with familiar faces and gossip
Ralph Weinberg debates his Jaycees contract as George Richardson's trio strolls to a Rotary luncheon. Walter Ross shuttles between pals, Ruth Hall and Mrs. Ralph Shupe grab mid day bites while many locals, from Cosmo Sergi to Dan Rogers, share brief banter and plans for Friday events around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph
Weinberg
Jaycees
Lou Breese
The
George Richardson and
Geo. III
Bob
West Virginian
Rotary
Walter V. Ross
Abe Lubliner
Isabelle Pollock Bailey
Ruth Hall
W. A. Pankey
Leslie
Ralph Shupe
Gene
Blake
Bailey outlines road plans tied to Bluestone dam progress
Bailey says Route 20 from Mercer county to Hinton will be reconstructed only after army engineers begin Bluestone dam work. A first class highway is deferred due to heavy traffic, flood risk, and dam construction. Route 21 is named a national defense highway with cross state backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Ohio
Virginia
C. E. Hundley
The
Road Commission
C. E. Boggs
Joe Crockett
J. P. Gills
Eddie Steele
Bluefield
UMW Plans July 8 Action On Contract Review In 90 Days
The United Mine Workers set July 8 and a 90 day window after signing to reassess their contract under the machinery for settling disputes. A protective wage clause allows strikes to protect contract integrity and competitive parity. A memorandum clarifies the clause not to enable tonnage allocations like in the anthracite field. The Harlan operators consider the issue, with turnover plans for talks in Kentucky and a Thursday meeting with Turnblazer and other negotiators. A nationwide shutdown could impact about 140,000 miners producing 150 million tons annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Lewis
Harlan Association
Kentucky
William Turnblazer
Southern
Appalachian
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Rayburn
D-Tex
Vinson
House Military Committee
Senate
House Committee
Eden Says Britain to Seek War Funding in Fall
Eden cites Britain's stalled Moscow talks and Russia's fear of offending Germany as reasons for slow progress in trade and diplomacy. He accuses Hitler of seeking to break the Soviet military to free his eastern front, while urging action to reassure Turkey amid new alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Britain
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Hitler
Turkey
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Baltic States
Soviet Union
Telegraph Printing Co and Local Goods Advertisements
Local notices list Telegraph Commercial Printing Co offering mimeograph paper and printing services at 2400, 412 Bland St. Vogue’s Storage advertises Bluefield frigid vaults with on site repairs and piano tuning by Harry Haffen from Roanoke. Retail items include 60c Alka Seltzer, Gray’s Cut Rate on Princeton Ave, and New Tailored Satin Slips at Fretwell’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Call Telephone
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Bland St
Conductors Endbacks Rallies for Next Year's Birmingham Convention
The convention voted to empower the executive committee to choose the 1943 meeting place, with Birmingham, Alabama receiving a friendly invitation. Banquet entertainments included songs by Mrs. Woodyard and a 75 year old Columbus Ohio performer, plus a drum-like drill by Mrs. Wertzbacker and her 33 member drill team. T. R. Smith of Bluefield was elected chairman of the Conductors Association of America, with several officers and board members re-elected or newly elected. The program included a post banquet dance and a planned sight-seeing tour for delegates and the auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
William Woodyard
W. H. Burnett
Elizabeth Mozelle
Columbus
Ohio
Ella Staph
L. A. Root
Louisville
T. R. Smith
Bluefield
Conductors Association of America
West Virginian
Smith
Association
N. W Cobb
Atlanta
Belle Montgomery
H. A. Robertson
R. L. Marshall
Ladies’ Auxiliary
J. S. Fulford
Memphis
B. H. Boyle
Washington
Morris Fleagle
Harrisburg
A. E. Hicks
Etowah
Tenn
Daniel Skinner
Baltimore
George Wells
Oneda
N. Y
Order
Tax Dues Due July Fifteen For West Virginia Taxpayers
The state tax department prepared notices for about 1700 taxpayers showing the second installment of income tax due July 15. Division Head Hugh Ferrell estimated the collection at around $110000. The article also notes inflation of front tires as a common cause of hard steering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Tax Department
Hugh Ferrell
Allies Push in Syria Fronts From British and Free French
Allied forces including British and Free French pressed multiple fronts in Syria on June 24. Beirut faced bombardment while Australians advanced on the Lebanese capital along the coast. A British column neared Damascus routes and a British air effort hit Rayak station as two French destroyers were damaged in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Egypt
Syria
Russia
Palmyra
Homs
Damascus
Henry Maitland Wilson
Beirut
Qatana
RAF
Rayak Station
Baalbeck
Talia
Two Clarksburg Young Men Drown At Highland Dam
In Clarksburg West Virginia two youths die at Highland dam near West Milford amid an undertow. Carl Kickel 16 drowns after falling in while attempting to save George Sedon 25 who also disappears. Sedon drowns while aiding Kickel and rescuers seek a rope to pull him out but fail. An unrelated note mentions an elephant drinking 14 gallons at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Sedon
Mary Sedon
Moundsville
Rickel
Kickel
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Kresge Company
St. Luke’s
Soviet
Wytheville Livestock
Glain
Western Front
Bulgaria
Slovakia
Europe
Helsinki
Sanomat
Vilno
Vilna
Hanga
Leningrad
Wilno
Warsaw
Automobile
TAG Service
Luefield Automobile Club
Scott Street
Paul Muni
Hudson
Disney
Af. Ila
Otto
Federal Street Line
Cosmo Sergi
Jerome Katz
Ray Evans
Cosmo
Serg
Henry
Rodgin
Ray
Vic DeVault
Dave Lowman
Shirley Waters
B. Peters
Joe Cofer
Jack Breth
Horace Bolen
C. W. Jackson
Horace’s
Chevry
Dan Rogers
C. A. Clyborne, Jr
Lin Kirk
Jim Kahle
J. H. Kahler
Princes Andrews
Perky
Kaye Trippy
Whittakers
Iker
Simon's
Willard Early
Fred Hawley
Thetys Martin
Zephyr
United States
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Vogue
Harry Haffen
P. O
Princeton Avenue
Erich Maria Remarque
Fredric
Glenn Ford
Agaret
Sullavan
Frances Dee
Erich von Stroheim
Tom Thumb
Olonial
Robert Porterfield
Barter Theatre OF
Conrad Nagel
Colonial
Barter
Colonial Office
Nevy
Beck
O'Brien
Devil Dog OF the
Margaret Lindsay
Frank McHuge
Lloyd Bacon
Warner Bros
Metenin
Rohethom
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