Rejected Brooklyn Cripple Now Valued At 75000
Hal Peck, once written off after losing toes in a vineyard accident, drew wide interest from major leagues as he thrived with Milwaukee in 1942. His bat and speed earned him a high price tag amid trade talks involving the Yankees and Cubs while he continued to star in the American Association.
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NEA
New York
Harold Arthur Peck
Brooklyn
Hal Peck
Milwaukee
Sean
Themen
Larry MacPhail
Dodgers
Peck
Ceeded
MacPhail
New York Yankees
Ed Barrow
Herschel Martin
Brewers
Athletics
Cubs
Chicago Nationals
Charley Grimm
American Association
Umbu
Norwegian Town Bodo Sees Polar Day Darkest December
In the first half of December the coastal town of Bodo experiences no sunlight at all. This unusual polar day highlights the extreme northern latitude and short daylight period during winter.
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Bodo
Visit to Jim My's Seafood at Bluefield Highlighted
Report notes visitors eating at a Bluefield restaurant named Jim My's offering choice seafood and charcoal broiled dishes. The piece praises the nationally known eatery with a slogan about wonderful food at no extra cost and mentions the passenger station as context.
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Bluefield
Jimmy
Guadalcanal Marine Hopes To Land With Brooklyn Dodgers
Red Durrett, a Guadalcanal veteran and Montreal Royals slugger, aims for a Brooklyn Dodgers tryout after a wartime path from Marine service to minor league success. He credits baseball with morale and recovery, recalling a 425 foot homer in Johnston and rising to leader in Montreal hitters. Other service members and families from Falls Mills to Bluefield are listed with assignments and duties at Amphibious and air force bases.
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Meres. N
Gaidelenbas
Elmer Varrett
Montreal Royals
Red
Guadalcanal
Marines
Brooklyn
Durrett
Dodger
Waco
Tex
Himith Johnston
Penn State
Johnston
Branch Rickey, Jr
Dodgers
Virginia Man Arrested Here as Draft Violator
Van Wingate 28 of Marion Virginia was arrested in Bluefield on charges under the 1940 Selective Service Act. He is delinquent with Selective Service Board No. 3 at Princeton and allegedly failed to file a questionnaire and keep address notifications. The FBI officer in Huntington called the case one of the oldest in West Virginia.
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van Wingate
Marion
Bluefield
National Selective Service and Training
Dalton
Wingate
West Virginia
Princeton
Hss
Man Arrested by FBI in Bluefield Held for Hearing
Dalton was taken into custody by FBI agents in Bluefield Friday night and is being held in Mercer County Jail Princeton awaiting a hearing.
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Dalton
Bluefield
FBI
Mercer County
Princeton
U S Service Men Diary Notes Furlough and Training
Cpl Fieldon A Dudley son of Mr and Mrs James Dudley on a 16 day furlough visiting Bluefield Princeton road home before returning to his tank destroyer unit. Pfc Robert H Sudduth completed para trooper training and earned wings June 23 at Camp Forrest Tennessee after a year at Camp Mackall North Carolina in Airborne Glider and Anti Aircraft battery unit. Walton Sudduth Jr R M 3 c listed.
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Billy K. Croy
B. K. Croy
Cumberland Road
Bluefield
RAF Training Command Radio School
Sioux Falls
Lloyd W. Absher
Raven, Va
Pvt
Camp Wheeler
Absher
Cpl
Fieldon A. Dudley
U.&. Army Tank Destroyer Unit
James Dudley
Princeton Road
Robert H. Sudduth
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Camp Mackall
North Carolina
Walton Sudduth, Jr
Tax Valuations Set On West Virginia Utilities In 1944
Charleston reports the West Virginia board of public works set 1944 utility valuations at 659.739 million dollars, granting Hope Natural Gas a 10 million tax relief while increasing Appalachian Electric Power by 2.4 million. The board left Baltimore and Ohio and other rail lines largely unchanged, and retained total tangible property at 629.8398 million with intangibles at 29.9009 million. Governor Neely argued against rate-related reductions, and the circuit and supreme courts had recent rulings affecting the Hope case.
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Hope Natural Gas Company
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Ope
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
Appalachian
Cabin Creek
Ohio Bridge Commission
Federal Power Commission
Hope
U. S. Circuit Court Ofpeals
Supreme Court of the United States
M. M. Neely
Iachian
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
Wheel Electric Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Or Gahela Railway Company
Japs Threaten to Encircle Hengyang
Chinese high command said Hengyang’s last barrier in the swift Japanese drive has fallen and enemy encirclement tactics may be used at the Hengyang rail junction. The communique notes positions four and a half miles below Hengshan, about 20 miles from Hengyang, a move seen as cutting China in two.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Changsha
Hengshan
Hunan
Chinese Forces Slow Japanese Drive In Central China
A Chinese communique reports heavy fighting along the Canton Hankow Milway and Liang river areas as Japanese troops press on both sides. Defenders engage near Leichishih and along the Mi river south of Hengshan with fierce battles and little positional change across a broad front north of Hengyang to south of Liling.
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China
Canton-Hankow Milway
Liang River
Leichishih
Mi River
Hengshan
Siang River
Siangtan
Siangjiang
Hengyang
Liling
Bombers Attack Rocket Ramps and French Coast at Dusk
Allied air forces launch a third mission of the day against rocket launch sites near Calais and Cherbourg. RAF bombers strike rocket ramps around Le Havre and Lognes while American Fortresses target Romania and German military objectives in Germany.
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Supreme Headquarters
Wsarisen
Assatl 5
Adolf Hitler
Nupp
Rhine
Calais
Air Ministry
Britain
England
Cherbourg
Italy
Proestei
Romania
Germany
Heade
Berlin
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Feller
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Billy Gray
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Ala
Gus Mancuso
Braves
Polo Grounds
Holmes
Ons
Jeman
Kluttz
Etchison
Wietelmann
Phillips
Eee Andrews
Seer
Rucker
Hausmann
Ardella
Teres
Medwick
Weintraub
Ib Jurges
Mancuso Melton
Reyes
Tb Adams
Seward
Kauemann
Moare
Ad Qeided
Mancuso
Ake Wietelmann
Nieman
Wright
Jurges
Ryan
Wietel
Yorork
Sowers
Ae Ion Ge
Pinel
Vistors
Brooklyn Dodgers
Frank Eck
Ben
Montreal
Mn Prance
Bruno Betzel
United States Navy
Walton 8. Sudduth
Waltondale Farm
Falls Mills, Va
Lacy Jennings Robertson
The
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Amphibious Ae
Camp Bradford
Kermit Praley
Boissevain
Camp Ord
Landon K. Williams, Jr
AAF
Eighth Command
Landon K. Wilters
Essex Street
Beaver High School
E. J. Douglas
U. S Infantry
United States
Lewis Douglas
Oswald
Aubrey Dickerson
Ruby Mae Dickerson
Worth
Guiter Corps
Virginia
U. S
Adam Straws and
Panamas
Richman Brothers Clothes
Princeton Avenue
Roberts
Johnson & Rand
H&m Star
Bluefield, W. Va
Arands
Aa and
Oho Central
Western Maryland
Chesapeake and Potomacophone Company
West Virginia Water Service Company
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertowns
Begoodrich
Silvertown Stores
Raleigh Street
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Vew Stephens
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Angrist Men’s Shop
Adam Hat Store
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Navy
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