Victory Garden Contest Attracts Many Entries In Bluefields
The Victory Garden committee of the chamber of commerce reports a high number of entries for the contest to select outstanding gardens in two Bluefields. Carl Haner says entries must be in this week as judges plan to review gardens early next week. committee members and a prize structure including three mercantile prizes per section and a grand prize war bond are noted.
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Mene
Bluefields
Carl Haner
Luther Scott
D. C. Davis
Joe Cofer
Dick Woods
North Side
East End
West End
Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Victory Garden Committee
Railroad Club Meet Broadcast Highlights Wartime Efforts
A Norfolk and Western wartime broadcast linked 23,000 employees across 19 stations in six states. The 30 minute program featured on the job interviews, sound effects of trains, and songs by the N and W Negro Male Chorus. Officials including Frank H. Pitman and E M Dudley explained freight rates and traffic movement while President W J Jenks reviewed the railroad’s wartime record and boosted home front transportation gains.
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
WHIS
Tom Slater
Mutual Broadcasting System
WSLS
Roanoke Va
Better Service Clubs
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Ernal McCann
Sardinia
McCann
Frank H. Pitman
Roanoke
Chicago
E. M. Dudley
Traffic Department
Shaffers Crossing
C. W. Parrish
W. J. Jenks
N. & W. Employes
Jenks
Norfolk and Western
United
Apples to Move From Martinsburg by July Nineteenth
Transparents the first variety of the eastern panhandle apple crop will start moving out of Martinsburg around July 19. Most will be shipped by rail due to tire and gasoline shortages. Growers expect this year’s crop to match 1942 in volume and note no market uncertainty, so apples may stay on trees until fully sized and developed.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Transparents
Panhandle
Passing Parade Returns Tonight On Radio With Nesbitt
John Nesbitt revives The Passing Parade on radio tonight at 9 30 for 13 weeks taking over McGee and Molly while on vacation. Opening episode titled Second Memo to A Hiller features Carmen Dragon orchestral settings and notes on Johnny Mercer Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer’s career. Tune into WHIS for Johnny Mercer’s Music Shop at 10 to hear potential new hit.
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John Nesbitt
WHIS
Nesbitt
Fibber McGee and
Molly
Elsia
Neebitt
I and Queen of
Bber McGee and
Nesbitts
A. Hiller
Hitler
the McGees
Redw
Carmen Dragon
Johnny Mercer
Bob Hope
Savannah
Gade
Woodbury Forest
Virginia
King of Jazz
Johnny
Hoagy Carmichael
Mercer
Skylark
Angels
Harold Arien
Warner
Johnny ‘Mercer
Music Shop
Chicago House Furnishing Company News Schedule Expanded
The Chicago House Furnishing Company introduces a six daily news blocks at 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30, 3:30, 5:30 p.m. WHIS Newsroom adds a 6:30 a.m. early morning slot for early risers starting today.
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Chicago House
WHIS
Radio Schedule Highlights Full Day of NBC CBS Programs
A detailed evening into the night lineup lists Fred Waring in Pleasure Time at 7, Ginny Simms at 8, and Beat the Band at 10:30 with Joe Em Vocelist Grant. Johnny presents, news blocks, devotional segments, and musical selections fill the schedule across NBC and CBS networks with multiple guest stars and sponsored acts.
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Johnny
Ginny Simms
Joe Em Vocelist
Grant and His
Cole Compan
BC Wits
NBC
Vice and Sade
Crisco
Chicago House Company
Chicago House
Purnish Company
General Mills
Guiding Light
Krogers
Ma Perkins
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Right To Happiness
Ivory
Mountain Music
Lilly Land Company
Warrick Furniture Co
Allied Kentuckians
Allied Drug Company
Bill Stern
Nbc—Newsroom
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Phillip Morris
WVII
Port Pitt Brewing Co
Johnny Mercer
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company
Witcette
Farrell
Nbe
Shrednik
Nbe News
Henry Taylor
Blu Quincy Howe
Cbs
Lulu
Joe Rines
Edwin C. Hill
Charlotte Deeble
Mario Berini
Nire
Jack Armstrong
West
John B Kennedy
Cbs-Basic
Clubmen
Lowell Thomas
News
World News
Fred Waring
George Hicks
Patton Lewis, Jr
Victory
Blu
Harry James
Johnson Family
Nbe-Basic
Orch
Arthur Hale
Kaltenborn
Arthur Dale
Hollywood
Earl Godwin
Cisco Kid
Lum & Abner
Gerial
Leo Cherne
Horace Heidt
Burns and Allen
Gabriel Heatter
Mbs-Basic
Fibber McGee
Mollynbc
the Nation
Nick Carter
Raymond Gra Swing
John B. Hughes
Gracie Fields
Congress
Paul Schubert
Bobby Tucker
Nbc-East
Nbc-West
Blund Dhs
Virginia Side News Fractures Leg in Domestic Accident
Mrs. J. F. Gillespie of Virginia avenue Virginia avenue fell at home Monday afternoon and fractured her leg. She was taken to Bluefield sanitarium for treatment. Also notes about fox terrier puppies seeking homes and several local family updates from Bluefield W Va and Alpaco W Va. Margaret Ann Michael born Saturday morning June 26 at Bluefield sanitarium to Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Michael. Pfc Eugene Perdue visiting wife and baby on Highland avenue. W S H Prazier ill from poison oak after working in Victory garden. Mrs. W O tg of Mt Sterling Ky visiting Mrs C W Fa aturginale avenue returned home.
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J. F. Gillespie
Virginia Avenue
Bluefield Sanitarium
Clarence Jones
Bluefield
W. Va
Jones
Highland Avenue
R. E. Michael
Augusta Street
Margaret Ann
Michael
Margaret Tate
This City
Logan Street School
Pfc
Eugene Perdue
A. C. Stinson
Perude
Mrs Rogers Dies In Pocahontas Funeral Planned At Pocahontas
Mrs Gwendolyn Sanders Rogers of Pocahontas died at Providence hospital Bluefield. Funeral at First Baptist Pocahontas Tuesday at 2 30 conducted by Rev St Clair Taylor with other ministers. Friends with cars meet at J T Sanders home at 1 PM. Birth announced for William McKinley Douglass III June 22 weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces. Health for Victory club meets Princeton Appalachian room this evening at 7 30 with old and new members.
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Health For Victory Club
Appalachian Room
Princeton
Meeting notices for youth scouting at John Stewart Church
Boys in the city interested in Boy Scouting will meet at John Stewart Church this morning at 10 o clock. Circle 3 of the church will meet at 8 p.m. at the church for ages 12 to 16.
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John Stewart Church
Plenty Of Meat Assured At State Guard Encampment
West Virginia state guard prepares for Camp Dawson encampment August 8 to 15 with 1700 pounds of ham ordered and additional bacon and beef. Col. Paul V. Myer says six steers have been arranged to ensure beef, with supplies sent from Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. The piece notes Minnesota as the geographic center of North America.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia State Guard
Camp Dawson
Preston County
Paul V. Myer
Myer
Pierce
Carleton C. Pierce
State Must Dip Into Cash Surplus For Fiscal Year
Charleston June 28 West Virginia will dip into its cash surplus to cover operating needs for the 1943 44 budget year. Bailey said the board of public works reports an unencumbered cash surplus on June 3 1943 of 10 3 million dollars nearly all earned in the past two fiscal years with 446 000 on hand July 1 1941. The surplus funds will be used as required under the 1943 appropriation bill approving 29 251 212 50 from general revenue while estimated revenues totaled 35 200 000.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Bailey
Board of Public Works
Auto use sticker sales surge at Bluefield post office
Bluefield West Virginia post office reports about 200 federal auto license stickers sold daily with roughly 700 total purchased to date. Deputy collector C E Graybell says only six stamps were bought through the station while Postmaster R K Bailey notes sales should reach 2000 by now.
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Bluefild
W. Va
R. K. Bailey
Final Dividend Authorized for Merchants and Mechanics Bank
Charleston banking officials approved a 3.5 percent dividend totaling 1748.87 for depositors of the closed Merchants and Mechanics Bank of Man Logan county. The payment brings the total disbursements to 73 percent of 36642.35 since the bank closed August 3, 1933.
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Charleston
W. Va
Banking Commisal
A. W. Locke
Mi Bank of Man
Logan County
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RADIO
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L3rd Ae Lion
Camp Walters
Texas
Nbc—News
Harkness A
Louis Serenade
Eael
Little Boy Blue
Merica
Studebaker
Baker Dealers
Studebaker Truck Division
Dept. N
South Bend
Indiana
Stude- Aewsshold
K.erney
Woods-Brevick Motor CO
Bluefield Avenue
Palermo
Italy
Sicily
Virginia Side
W.s H. Prazier
Mr. Frazier
Victory Garden
News of the Colored People
Tiffany
William M. —— Lass, Jr
William MecKinley Douglass
State Guard
North America
Minnesota
Europe
Appalachian
Electric Power CO
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