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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1943
Page
2
The local war price and rationing board released ceiling prices for poultry eggs and butter at City Market on Commerce Street. Live and dressed turkeys and roosters have defined per pound prices, butter tops at 1.00 a pound, and eggs are priced weekly from late June to late September with rising per dozen costs.
RAF and American air forces achieved clear aerial advantage with multiple defeats of German fighters and bombers. British and allied losses totaled one bomber and four fighters, while Americans reported no losses. Poles and Norwegians supported raids on occupied targets including Flushing Antwerp and St Omer as fighters escorted Venturas and Bostons.
The analysis notes a shift in German broadcasts from boasting invincibility to warning of disaster at home and portrays allied air supremacy as a strategic factor. It observes German messages aimed at both domestic and overseas audiences and cites references to postwar U S influence in Europe.
Two toll bridges in Parkersburg are toll-free at a public ceremony today as the governor M. Neely and state officials lead a scrap drive. The toll houses were donated to the scrap drive along the Ohio River amid a crowd.
Word has been received of the death of W. M. Kell in Rochester Minnesota on Wednesday. He was formerly a Bluefield Virginia merchant. No particulars of arrangements were announced. His wife is the former Miss Minnie Gillespie of Bluefield Virginia.
News reports the death of Mrs. Riddie at her Augusta Georgia home on Wednesday. She is the mother of Mrs. FP Lawrence and Miss Pansy Riddie of this city. Mrs. Lawrence and Miss Riddie hurried to Augusta after learning of their mother's illness. Lawrence left Bluefield yesterday following receipt of the news.
William Mercer died at home after a long illness that began April 23. Born June 21 1865 at Lookout Kentucky he lived in Bluefield seven years. He is survived by his wife Lucy Turner and multiple children across Kentucky Ohio West Virginia California and Mississippi. Two children from the first marriage preceded him in death. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Funeral services for Mrs Florence Louise Asbury were conducted at 2 pm yesterday at the Baptist church in Richlands with Rev. Nelson Barker presiding. Burial was in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. Mrs Asbury, 74, wife of Clint Asbury, died Tuesday night in a Richlands hospital after months of illness. She had lived with her children and is survived by her husband, six sons George Raven Jess Richlands Marvin John Albert and Mrs C C Fox Jewell Ridge Va, and several daughters including Mrs Lena Trent Washington DC and Mrs Edd Jewell Swords Creek Va, plus 34 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild and a brother Bill Griffith of Jewell Ridge.
The 1937 opening led to early freeing a year ahead of schedule due to unexpected toll revenue. Neely declined to collect the final ten cent charge, saying he feared that collecting it would prompt a legislator to view him as extravagant.
Sidney Walker Jr. of West Milford faces trial in U S district court on a charge of failure to report for induction. He changed his plea to not guilty and elected to defend himself. In the same session Fannie Barb was found guilty of forging a treasury order. Four other defendants on selective service charges were placed on five year probation suspended during military service. they will enter the armed forces.
Sherri Culver of Hebron was elected president of the Maryland State Firemen's Association at the close of the statewide convention at the Hotel Orson. More than 800 delegates and alternates from about 200 fire-fighting organizations attended, choosing other officers as follows.
Donations to the Service Men's Club were given by Mrs. A. M. Wilburn Mrs. W. Bane and Miss Grace oe. Forty six service men from 14 states and Panama visited the club yesterday. Two were with their wives. Mrs. E. N. Dudley chaired the event with assistants listed.
Robert 3 Moss of Burkes Garden Virginia died at his home last night at 10 o clock from a heart attack. He chaired the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Board of Visitors Blacksburg and served on the board for years. Moss and his son Joseph farmed and leased the Lawson estate known for its Hamp shire sheep line. He directed county farm affairs and was a director of the Tazewell Farm Bureau. Survived by his wife Carrie Dunn Moss and son Joseph.
About 75 percent of the states district’s 45 900 miners resumed first shift duties after a truce. Earling and Rita mines planned to restart while Island Creek and Mallory still idle. Union leaders urged workers to meet obligations to the war effort despite dissent and rumors of covert resistance.
Charleston reports about 450 workers at Kingst on Pocahontas Coal in Fayette County remain idle after a dispute over absenteeism investigations. Union officials say management ended the home inquiry program after government takeover and that a discharged investigator faced eviction threats. the union demands reinstatement of the employee before production resumes.
Unionists in at least ten eastern Ohio coal pits vote not to return to work without a new contract. An official estimates under 15 percent of about 9,000 area workers entered the mines. Reports from the Hocking valley show roughly half of local miners heeded the plea for federal supervision during contract talks aimed by October 31. Ohio has about 21,000 union miners. Roughly 6,000 miners were affected by the no-work vote.
The record lists matches or visits among Florence at Martins Ferry, wees at Bellaire, Willow Grove at Nefis, Stewart and Powhatan at Powhatan, and Ohio Strip and Nelms at Cadiz. Miners at four Ohio River pits in West Virginia vote to return, including Windsor Richland Elm Grove and Hitch man.
Pittsburgh reports that United States Steel will shut five blast furnaces tomorrow due to a coking coal shortage. Earlier this week ten furnaces in the district were already closed, cutting output by roughly 8 000 tons of pig iron per day from the total of 37 furnaces.
The defendant claimed to have befriended a girl posing as a violinist, renting her a room on credit. She denied knowledge of married men among her acquaintances and said any payments from men were not in her presence. She recalled receiving many presents from suitors, including gifts around her wedding. The defense rested after testimony. jury deliberations expected next morning.
Allied Headquarters Australia June 25 General MacArthur voiced strong support for Major General Lewis Brereton and his air forces in the Philippines at the start of the war. He rejected criticism and noted Brereton faced overwhelming odds with a token force of five heavy bombers and 72 fighters and limited airfields including Clark Field.
Secretary of War Stimson warns heavier losses ahead as the Army and Navy announce a combined total of 90,860 casualties to date. Army casualties total 63,958 with 7,?killed and 16,615 prisoners, while Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard losses reach 26,902 including 7,604 dead and 11,010 missing.
New York June 24 The FBI reports draft law violations nationwide about 60 percent below World War I levels. E E Conroy chief of the New York office says stronger enforcement and stiffer penalties reduce delinquencies. Through June 15 this year 171,642 violations were reported versus 474,861 in the WWI period.
Early arrivals for the West Virginia VFW encampment in Fairmont are greeted by Ensign Gay Forester and Yeoman Mary MacBride of the WAVES at a dance for members and the ladies auxiliary.
Local men with U S service records are noted. Lieut Carmen Torrie of the air force is stationed at Florence S C and heads a bomber crew after training in Lake City Texas. Several soldiers sailors and marines from Bluefield Stephenson Welch and Tazewell are listed with postings promotions enrollments and transfers across bases in California Virginia Arkansas and Florida.
The three day meeting opens tomorrow morning with about 200 expected. Department Commander Emmett C. Jeffrey of Parkersburg will preside at the business meetings which will conclude with elections of officers for both groups. Mrs. F. C. Peverede of Clarksburg, national representative of the auxiliary, will speak. Rep. James E. Van Zandt of Altoona, a three time national commander, will address delegates at the annual banquet Saturday. Judge Frank C. Haymond, Fairmont post commander, will be toastmaster.
Washington June 24 The senate appropriations committee approved a house plan to abolish the Depression era National Youth Administration NYA reversing a subcommittee that favored a 46 million dollar appropriation for the NYA youth training and student aid program for the coming fiscal year. The bill carries a 3 million dollar house allowance with liquidation of the agency by January 1 1944 Senators M and Byrd commented on possible floor action and support for reducing federal nonessential expenditures.
Pittsburgh June 24. U S Dept of Agriculture reports moderate demand from producers. Potatoes listed. 28 cars. Carolina bleers 3.75 for 100 pound sacks, California Lona Whites 4.35, South Carolina C bleers 3.50.
Blonde Representative Clare Boothe Luce charged in the House that President Roosevelt has shifted from isolationism to interventionism, calling for a postwar policy including a strong military alliance with Britain and the commonwealth. Her speech sparked catcalls and sharp rebuttals from both parties as Rep. Luther Johnson and others debated policy and the 1939 neutrality act.
Interior Secretary Ickes says government may act through War Mobilization Director Brynes to pressure the union, including dues suspensions and freezing treasury. He foresees possible temporary government operation of mines and calls for 29 major mine owners to meet as production losses widen. Thousands of miners stay away despite UMW policy committee instructions.
In a West Virginia area report the UMW moves to resume mining until October 31 as government policy mixed with labor talks. Ickes discusses rationing plans and possible area restrictions while miners face underground travel pay debates and penalties.
The United Mine Workers back-to-work drive expands to ease coal rations but fails to bring thousands back to pits. In Pennsylvania many locals voted to strike. about 40 percent of UMW workers remain idle nationwide amid disputes over contract terms and portal to portal pay.
Not more than 58 percent of normal forces were at work as mining resumes began in multiple companies. Jewell Valley Coal, H E Harman Coal, three mines of Anan Coal, Syca more Coal, Tal Black Coal, Page Pocahontas, and Keen Mountain Red Jacket units resumed, while Clinchool district yards saw idle operations under Norfolk and Western. Kenova and Thacker districts reported improved back to work response.
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