Morris Magrill of Pocahontas Dies at 46
Morris Magrill 46 a Pocahontas Virginia resident died in Bluefield sanitarium after a three year illness. He was born October 24 in New York City and moved to Pocahontas about 30 years ago. He was a longtime insurance agent and active in Masonic and veterans groups. Funeral services Monday at 3 30 from his home with Dr Selig Auerbach of Hebrew Union College presiding. Interment Monte Vista Park Cemetery beside his sister Mollie.
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Morris Magrill
Pocahontas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mr. Magrill
New York City
Pocahontas High School
L. Magrill
Surance
Magrill
Pocahontas Lodge
Lodge of Virginia
Scottish Rite
Beni Kedem Shrine
Pocahontas Post No
Raleigh Miners Rally Ahead of War Wage Talks
Blizzard plans three worded rallies urging miners to stay on the job despite terms of a new bill passed over Roosevelt’s veto. Key speakers include Jim Farley, Pete Chapman, O C Ballard, Paul K Reed, and Charles Kiser as miners head to Logan Smithers Whitesville Williamson War Made Pickan to pressure wage increases amid wartime coal production.
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Mortongalia
Blizzard
Roosevelt
UMW
Charles Kiser
Williamson
Blizard
War Labor Board
Logan
Millard Cassidy
Melvin Triola
Neilson Battey
Dis- Lee Hall
Pickan
Reed
Es Allison
Acton
Payne
Union
Coharteston
Mrs Kizzie Hoskins Dies at 86 in McComas
Mrs Kizzie Hoskins aged 86 died yesterday afternoon at her son George Hoskins home in McComas after years of illness. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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Kizzie Hoskins
George Hoskins
McComas
Deaths and Funerals: Compton Richards Crigger notes
Funeral notices from Falls Mills and Bramwell detail the deaths of Mrs. C W Compton age 65 and Mrs Nor Ris Richards age 24, with services in Brush Fork Methodist, Bramwell Methodist, and the Crigger home Bluefield. Surviving relatives include spouses, children, and multiple siblings. Russell Crigger, infant son of W P Crigger, died en route to hospital. services set for Bluefield.
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Puneral
Russell Crigger
Pearlsburg
Bluefield
Petersburg
Crigger
Portsmouth
Wagner-Hawkins
Bluefield, Va
Pearisburg Railroad Operator Jess Charlton Dies in Pearisburg
Jess Charlton a well known N and W operator of Pearisburg died suddenly in a Pearisburg restaurant yesterday morning at about 8 30. He was a widower and is survived by two sons now in the armed forces. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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Jess Charlton
Pearisburg
Pearisbure
Mr. Charlton
Puneral
Funeral notices for Mrs John W Jones and Mrs Katherine Levis
Funeral services for Mrs John W Jones were held at Five Oaks with burial in Maplewood Cemetery Izewell. She was born November 17 1871 in Grayson county Virginia and survived by several children and grandchildren. Mrs Katherine Levis 64 of New York City died at Bramwell. She had lived with her daughter since illness and is survived by her daughter Mrs Leo Peraldo and son Emil Levis. Interment will be in St Raymonds cemetery New York.
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C. W. Compton
Falls Mills
Methodist
Brush
Floyd Furrow
Bufial
Compton
Missy Victoria Aoe
Bailey Hager
Mercer County
Claude Hager
Lon Hager
Rush Shrader
War Eagle
Sarah Daugherty
North Keney
Ohio
John Paces
McCar
David Hager
Dun
Norris Richards
al Mann
W. Va
Mann
Bramwell
Bramwell Methodist Church
Woodlawn
Richards
Bramwell High School
Little French Beauty Academy
Bluefield
Michael
W. B. McLellan
Don Mayhew
Paul E. Tabor
Sydney A. Tabor
Detroit
Mich
Hugh Coulter
John Burroughs
Maryville
Tenn
W. O. Cofer
Gordon Tabor
W. D. Shupe Jr
Vivian Tabor
June Tabor
Huntington
John W. Jones
Five Oaks
Maplewood
Iizewell
Jones
Betty Shuler
Grayson County
Virginia
William Marshall Shuler
Raymond Jones
Tazewell
Bane Vanddyke
Jewel Ridge
W. FP. Kinder
North Tazewell
Thomas Walk
John Kinder
Katherine Levis
New York City
N. Y
Leo Peraldo
Lawrence Levis
New York
St. Raymond's Cemetery
Madame Chiang Kai Shek Receives Honorary Degree at Wesleyan
Madame Chiang Kai Shek was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Wesleyan College in Macon Georgia. The ceremony praised her as a world Christian leader and international advocate of human brotherhood. Two former American volunteer fliers who had served China stood with her as she accepted the degree.
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Macon
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Wesleyan College
Drowning of 17YearOld Negro Swimmer in Elk River
Charleston report states Leon Dickenson a 17 year old Negro drowned while swimming in the Elk River on June 26.
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Charleston
W. Va
Leon Dickenson
Elk River
Black bass burrows in mud during cold season
The black bass digs into mud to hibernate when temperatures drop. It seeks shelter beneath damp sediment to endure winter conditions and reemerge when warmth returns.
Ascue Rites Highlight Tazewell Farmer’s Death
John L. Ascue 72 a Paint Lick area farmer in Tazewell county died at home after a yearlong illness. Survived by wife Mae Steele and 8 children, plus a brother and two sisters. Services Monday at 1:30 with multiple local ministers officiating. Burial in family cemetery near Cedar Bluff. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
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John L. Ascue
Paint Lick
Tazewell
Mr. Ascue
Cedar Bluff
Mae Steele
Dewey Ascue
John Harold Ascue
Sarah Ellen Ascue
Faith Ascue
Robert Ascue
United States Army
Nebraska
Anna Mae Ascue
Kentucky
Charlie DeBoard
Grace Porter
Thompson's Valley
Russell Aschie
Nel! Beavers
Washington, D. C
Alafair Jones
Abingdon
Ross
Bristol
Foote
Mr Freenor
Lebanon
James Harold Steele
Will Jones
Douglas Jones
Charles Martin
Harvey Taylor Ascoe
Joe Ed DeBoard
John DeBoard
Sam Baylor
Harvey G. Gillespie
Jim Sam Gillespie
Fred C. Gillespie
Williom Gillespie
Sam Thompson
Harry Thompson
Sheriff Bowen Thompson
Jeff Brown
H. G Brown
W. 8. Whitt
C. H. Steele
Clarence Steele
H. O. Pratt
Frank Taylor
Albert Taylor
Garnet Taylor
Hugh Taylor
Cummings Taylor
Charlie Taylor
Beecher Jessee
Jack Wagner
Raymond Wagner
G. Waamer
Alex Whitt
Josephu
Senate votes to extend subsidies for war vital production
The Senate upheld subsidies to support agricultural and mineral production and to offset wartime transport costs for oil and coal communities. It replaced Clark’s amendment with Aiken’s plan to stop meat, butter, and coffee rollbacks while continuing subsidies through June and extending payments for canning crops and potatos, hemp, and sugar. The vote also shifts subsidy authority from Brown to Vis with the OMahoney amendment.
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Senate
Clark
Aiken R. Vto
Aiken
Congress
O'Mahoney
Brown
Vis
Leaders Study War and Foreign Policy Debates Rise
Leaders study war and foreign policy while housing and food policy clashes unfold. Ramspeck derides OPA as a lousy outfit and calls for reform. Congress votes to cut OPA funding and bar the food subsidy. The house agriculture committee defies Roosevelt by backing a single food czar. OWI roll calls face criticism as Roosevelt meets Wallace and Byrnes in the White House. Butler urges rapid veto burial to calm term prospects. Minnows breathe 150 times a minute.
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Ramspeck
Office of Price Administration
OPA
House
House Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Prentiss Brown
Congress
Butler
R-Neb
City and Coalfield Items Highlight Local Services
Roanoke piano tuners visit monthly by Harry Haffen with contact options at the West Virginia hotel and Roanoke PO Box 2455. Bradley's advertises travel dresses wedding gowns bridesmaids gowns and attractive skirts and lingerie including Rhythm Slips and rack of dresses $6.50 to $86.95 with sizes 9 to 48.
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Harry Haffen
Roanoke
Bradley's
Gentry Heads Local Insurance Group in West Virginia
Carlisle W. Gentry was elected president of the Life Underwriters' association at a breakfast in the West Virginian hotel. C. D. Rhodes became vice president, D. E. Templeton secretary, and Sam C. Bush treasurer. The local group, active for nine years, was praised for growing membership. Harold Clench outlined state plans for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle W. Gentry
Life Underwriters’ Association
West Virginian
Mtry
Isadore Cohen
C. D. (Dusty) Rhodes
D. E. Templeton
Sam C. Bush
Gentry
Harold Clench
Bolling E A Heads West Virginia State College Alumni
E A Bolling superintendent of the State School for Colored Deaf and Blind was elected president of the West Virginia State college alumni association at a campus meeting last Sunday. He succeeds Captain B B Gordon of St Albans. Other officers include Lucie McGhee Fontaine as vice president and Mary L Williams as general secretary. The group backed the NVA program and federal aid to public schools.
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E. A. Bolling
State School For Colored Deaf and Blind
West Virginia State College Alumni Association
Bolling
Gordon
St. Albans
Lucie McGhee Fontaine
Huntington
Mya E. Fairfax
Mary L. Williams
Charleston
Alberta Cornwell
Frank Marshall
Institute
John W. Davis
West Virginia
NVA
Two Elkins Youths Killed In Mishap
Crawford age 18 was instantly killed and William Lester Currence age 19 fatally injured when an automobile carrying four companions wrecked near Dailey eleven miles south of Elkins. Both were members of the 1942-43 Tygarts Valley high school football team and were soon to enter the armed services. The crash involved two cars and was the first auto fatality in Randolph county that year.
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Elkins
W. Va
Ivan Nei) Crawford
William Lester Currence
Mill Creek
Dailey
Tygarts Valley High School
Armed Services
Randolph County
Military Police Claim Prisoner Escapes From Fort Story
Pvt Charlies Gwinn, AWOL since March 27 at Fort Story Virginia, escaped yesterday with a military police escort to return to his station. Gwinn, arrested in Bluefield June 15 for snatching three $50 bills from a Northfork resident, was taken to McDowell County and sent back to Bluefield jail for army authorities.
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Pvt
Charlies Gwinn
Fort Story
Gwinn
Bluefield
Northfork
McDowell
Allied Bombers Hit Ruhr Core as RAF Heightens Night Attacks
Report describes seven straight nights of RAF strikes on the Ruhr aimed at coal and steel centers, with 30 bombers lost and German defenses, including 100 fighters in two daylight raids, unable to stop the onslaught. Nazi propaganda denounces American airmen while Ruhr towns on the perimeter see disruption to traffic and production.
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Ruher
RAF
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Ruhr
Essen
Duesseldorf
Dortmund
Great Arsenal
Germany
Goebbels
Associated Press
Chicago
San Francisco
Duerer
Berlin
Autoists Face Loss Of Rations If Drive In Restricted Zone
West Virginia autoists risk losing gasoline ration books if caught pleasure driving in a pleasure ban zone. W. R. Cayke of the local war price and rationing board warned that gasoline regulations apply regardless of home address. Several people have been summoned to show cause why their ration should not be recalled. Cooke noted a new price panel was added to the Bluefield board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
W. R. Cayke
War Price and Rationing Board
Cooke
Loce Board
Bluefield Board
Coal Mines Idle Across Regions Amid Contract Dispute
Saturday exertion varied with about half to two thirds of the normal workforce in the area. In Thacker district Eastern Coal No. 3 idle while No. 7 runs. Tierney idle. Norton Coal at Norton idle. No single reason given beyond a contract dispute and a $50 vacation pay. Norfolk and Western rail region shows morale uplift hoping for Monday normal resumes. Pocahontas field locals hold meetings and mass gatherings planned in several towns.
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Thacker District
Eastern Coal Corporation
Clinch Valley
Norton Coal Company
Norton
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Pocahontas
Diners To Serve Economy Meals on Rail Dining Cars
The Office of Price Administration caps rail dining car prices starting July 1 with economy meals at 85 cents for breakfast 1.00 for lunch and 1.10 for dinner. Prices must match those from Feb 1 to Apr 10 and desserts removed from standard meals on most cars.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Otchers
Anti-strike law deemed unconstitutional by socialist leader
New York June 26 National chairman of the Socialist Party Maynard Krueger urged a court test of the Connall Smith anti strike law. He argued it violates the 13th Amendment forbidding involuntary servitude and would curb union independence while praising Roosevelt appointees if they strike down the measure.
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New York
Maynard Krueger
Socialist Party
Connall- Smith
Workers of America
Supreme Court
Kruger
America
Items Missing From Car Reported In City
Leonard Harmon of Harry Street reported to the Bluefield police that several items were stolen from his automobile while it was parked on Cherry Street yesterday. Missing are a federal auto use sticker tire inspection papers his registration card and his A and B gas ration cards.
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Leonard Harmon
Harry Street
Bluefield
Cherry Street
Wife-slayer case deferred until after funeral services
Ruth Lilly 26 native of Tazewell County was slain by husband Clarence Lilly at their Thorn street Princeton home after an argument over children. He was jailed after being picked up at a local drug store. Funeral arrangements for Ruth Lilly were incomplete with four children and several siblings named. Action against Clarence Lilly was postponed until after the service.
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Ruth Lilly
Clarence Lilly
Craighead
Thorn Street
Princeton
Tazewell County
J. 8. Caudill
Memorial
Willie
U. S
Sam Caudill
James Alexander
Philadelphia
Farris Caudill
Mack Martin
John Tait
Norfolk
William Mullins
Dublin
Raymond
Lilly
Hal Harmon
Labor anti strike act provokes mixed reactions nationwide
The Smith Connally act bans aiding or promoting strikes in war plants and mines under government control. Violators face fines up to 5000 dollars or a year in jail. Labor leaders Green and Murray defend restraint, while warnings arise about disruptions to war production as coal miners vote on continued work stoppages.
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Justice Department
William Green
APL
Philip Murray
CIO
Roosevelt
Congress
Green
Death claims J P Davidson veteran and Nemours pioneer
Joseph P. Davidson 51 a Nemours pioneer descendant died last night at Huntington veterans hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage eight weeks earlier He served in World War I with the Veterans of Foreign Wars and was wounded twice He leaves wife Sallie Litz two sons Joseph P Jr and Sutter Davidson a sister Mrs C M Fisher brothers Ancil C Davidson Kemp Morton and J M and W S Davidson The Davidson farm at Nemours is well known in the county
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Joseph P. Davidson
Davidson
Nemours
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
Mr. Davidson
Huntington Hospital
Bluefield
Graham Pharmacy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ruby Sutter
Graham
Joseph P. Davidson, Jr
United States Army Air Forces
Wendover Field
Utah
Sutter Davidson
United States Navy
Great Lakes Ti
Sallie Litz
Forllowing
C. M. Fisher
Ancil C. Davidson
Kemp Morton
Charleston
J. M. and
W. 8. Davidson
Kentucky
Navy Man on Furlough Injured in Mountain Road Crash
John Epperson Jr. 19, on furlough from the United States Navy, was critically injured in a head on collision on East River Mountain near Bland County. He suffered a fractured skull and did not regain consciousness. a Dodge overturned after the crash as he traveled with his sister and another young woman. The two accompanying youths escaped with minor bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Epperson, Jr
United States Navy
Bluefield Avenue
East River Mountain
Young Epperson
Bland County
Bluefield
Pennsylvania Miners Show Mixed Return To Work
The report tracks labor shifts among coal miners in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky as walkouts ease or spread. Union leaders forecast a Monday return with some districts predicting 80 percent back in the pits while others see continued absences in eastern Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
UMW
West Virginia
Winding Gulf Operators Association
Beckley
W. Va
Charleston
Uniontown
United States Steel Corporation
Michael Honus
UMW District 4
John Gnizzoni
Union
International Board and Policy Committee
Bombings Hit Messina and Other Italian Cities
Allied reports say Messina suffered considerable damage after bombs fell. Reggio Calabria San Nicandro on the Adriatic and Vizzini near Catania were also bombed. Italians report 18 Allied planes shot down with only two Italian aircraft lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messina
Reggio Calabria
Sicily
San Nicandro
Adriatic
Vizzini
Catania
Rigid Slaughtering Rules Tighten WFA Permits
The War Food Administration issued strict orders to bring slaughter under tighter control. Local slaughters and butchers with WFA permits must submit evidence by July 15 substantiating base period slaughter totals from 1941 or 1942 to determine quotas, after reports that some overstated base figures to secure higher slaughter quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Veteran Denny of Indiana Dies After Long Line of Wives
Civil War veteran Denny of Ville Indiana dies at age claimed based on report. He reportedly outlived multiple spouses with twelfth wife surviving. Local authorities uncertain on exact dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sVille
Ind
Denny
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CC. W. Compton
Mrs. Norris Richards
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Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
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Kimball
Jean Giampocaro
Lake Shawnee
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Ops
Kattie Larry
Hazel Church
Ann Taylor
Alice Gilliam
Hilda Lake Dudley
Gladys Lesler
Raymond Adkins
Manuel Giampocaro
Glen Cornett
Lois Duff
Hazel Yates
Trouseau
Bradley
C. W. Gentry
Insurance Group
Alumni Association
Hum
Gelsenkirchen
P. T. Saunders
Howard Jarrett
Clark Peck, Jr
Appalachian Electric Power Company
W. T. Elliott
Elliott
Hawley Building
LABOR
Murray
Daily Mail
Rep
J.P. Onidson
Navy
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