Deaths and funeral rites for Rev G K Patty
Burial services were held in Knoxville for the Rev G K Patty of Grace Methodist Bluefield who died Sunday at St Luke's hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services conducted from Grace Methodist with district superintendent J T Browning and pastors C G Eastwood and J M Helm assisting. Patty was a well known and popular minister who came to Bluefield last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
G K. Patty
Grace Methodist Church
St. Luke's Hospital
Frank Y. Jackson
J. T. Browning
C. G. Eastwood
Trinity Methodist Church
J. M. Helm
Bland Street
Hawkins Funeral
J. M. England
Bluefield
Highland Avenue
A. B. Moore
Athens Methodist Church
Concord College
Athens Masonic Lodge
Town
Monroe County
Bricker Nomination Dominates Republican Convention
Delegates back Bricker while Dewey secures the nominating support. Ohio Governor Bricker lauds a vigorous campaign as Dewey seeks the presidential bid with Stassen losing traction amid roll call and speeches from Martin Stewart Kelly Willis and Danaher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Joseph H. Ball
Minnesota
Harold B. Stassen
Stassen
Bricker
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Dewey
Leverett Saltonstall Ofusetts
Leonard W. Hall
Alabama
Wisconsin
MacArthur
Puerto Rico
New Yorker
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Martin
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Harry F. Kelly
Michigan
Simeon S. Willis
Kentucky
John Danaher
Connecticut
Wisconsin Farmer Sparks GOP Row Over Dewey Mac Arthur Vote
Grant A Ritter, a Wisconsin farmer, stood alone as the sole dissenter among 1 057 Republican convention delegates voting for Dewey. He cast for Douglas Mac Arthur, saying he acted from the heart to represent those he believed in, despite pressure from colleagues and delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grant
Ritter
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
Douglas MacArthur
Beloit
George F
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Obituaries of Hazel Bradshaw Earl Wimmer and J M England
Death notices for Hazel Bradshaw of Charleston and Bluefield VA. Earl Isaac Wimmer of Bluewell dies from a mine accident and funeral plans set in Bluefield area. J M England aged 79 of Bluefield, noted real estate figure and former WV congressman relative, with services by Hawkins Funeral Home and Athens Masonic Lodge.
Martin of Massachusetts Seeks Wisconsin Nominations Timing
Martin of Massachusetts said he gave Wisconsin time to offer MacArthur's name as nominations opened but no one spoke up.
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Martin
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
MacArthur
Virginia Committee Members Are Named
Curtis M. Dozier of Richmond was named Virginia Republican national committeeman and Mrs. H. H Logan of Woodstock national committeewoman at a delegation caucus. The vote was 11 for Dozier and 8 for J. W. Parsons of Independence. Logan 10 to 9 for Mrs. B. F. Goad of Hillsville.
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Chicago
Curtis M. Dozier
Richmond
Virginia
H. H Logan
Woodstock
Dozier
J. W. Parsons
Independence
Hunger strike ends? REA agent protests agency status
REA field representative Ches ter Lake in St Louis declares hunger strike after his $5 800 yearly post as assistant to REA administrator Harry Slattery is abolished by the Agriculture Department effective Saturday. He plans to continue working until then and then rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chester Lake
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Lake
Harry Slattery
Department of Agriculture
Services Set For R. F. Compton Of Rocky Gap Va
R F Compton of Rocky Gap Virginia died yesterday morning after a brief illness. Funeral services are at 2 PM today at Pine Grove Bland County with Rev W B Tazewell and Rev E G Smith officiating. Interment at Compton family cemetery. Survived by wife three sons J W Compton overseas in US Army B G and J B Compton of Rocky Gap two brothers R Compton Tulsa and W B Compton Rocky Gap and sister Helen Hinkle Tulsa. Wife remains Miss Kate Wohlford. Pallbearers named. Known as a prominent farmer and businessman.
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Hazel Bradshaw
P. N. Bradshaw
Charleston
Bluefield
Eghe
Aera Bradshaw
P. Bradshaw
U.S
Bradshaw
Joveradshaw
Charles Mooney, Jr
Charlesa 1St Church
Ummins
Bluefield, Va
Chanterment
Leston Cemetery
Earl Isaac Wimmer
Bluefield Sanitarium
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Jenkin- Jones
Lawrence Wimmer
Bluewell
Gullion Cemetery
Mercer Funeral Home
Wimmer
Keeley
Granger Wimmer
Harriet Belcher Wimmer
Tazewell County
Kathleen Wimmer
Betty
Mack Wimmer
Sidney Wimmer
Speedway
Ed Wimmer
Kegley
Morris Wi
Mr. England
Jackson County
Margaret Daugherty
Major Welch England
United States Army
Staunton
James England
T Royal
Pearl E. Peters
Highland Avenue
George England
Lillie Prince
Beckley
England
E.T. England
West Virginia
Major England
Masonic Lodge of
Athens
Robert Brams Compton
Rocky Gap
Compton
Comn
J. W. Compton
J. B
B. G. Con
R. Compon
Tulsa
Okla
W. B. Compton
Helen Hinkle
Mar. Compton
Kate Wohlford
Charlie Rudder
Wright Thompson
Other Gregory
John Kinser
Beauford Wright
B. E. Tabor
M. H. Bower
Mr. Compton
Dewey outlines postwar cabinet and unified American public opinion
The 42-year-old Michigan-born nominee attacks the current administration as old and divided while pledging a cabinet of the ablest Americans, with no civilian interference in military matters. He calls for total victory, a united foreign policy, and full employment after the war, warning against a continued war economy.
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America
Congress
Dewey
Germany
Japan
United States
Mackinac
Lewey
Raleigh County men found guilty in liquor tax conspiracy case
Federal jurors convict Roy Rodney Patrow Jr and Tony William Jackson of Raleigh County on conspiring to violate the liquor tax act by selling untaxed whiskey in Fireco. The Rakes gasoline ration case proceeds as witnesses testify. Hatmaker case ends with guilty plea from Christian and acquittal on five counts for Hatmaker. George Durham pleads guilty and receives 18 months in Ashland Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Rodney Patrow, Jr
Tony William Jackson
Raleigh County
U. S. District Court For
Raleigh
Jac
Moon
L. E. Shrewsbury
Beckley
Carl Nutter
Lester Groves
Fred Cole
Lillybrook Conservator of the
Edith Inez Rakes
Hemphill
Kes
Resene
Maybeury
Timmons
Lad
Teak Bowles
Tiamensa
Rakes
M. Burgess
John A Oe A Simpson
Wil Grenshaw
Justin Geryr
Hig Nash Bailey
H. Houck
Randolph Fee Dieton
B. Bird
Edgar Rose
Jerry Hie Roderfield
McDowell County
Hatmaker
Willard French Christian
Roderfield
Christian
Lee Wright
J. H. Lawson
Pete W. Johnson
Nash Bailey
William Sim
Martin Hayduck
Robert Affey
C. E. Simmons
William R. Cranshaw
Joe Hasen
Saint Sauveur le Vicomte Devastated After Bombardment
ERNIE PYLE reports Saint Sauveur le Vicomte badly wrecked by bombing and shellfire with cut buildings and rubble strewn streets. He recalls Verdun like scenes and compares two wars while noting Americans advance into France without landmark moments and a joking ack ack gunner questions the Normandy beachhead reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Sauveur le Vicomte
MacArthur reports capture cuts distance to Aitape area
The campaign shrinks the gap between Australian and American forces near Aitape, with Wewak included in the area. Thousands of Japanese troops are believed trapped as Allied operations press toward the sky port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Aitape
Wewak
Jacob's Fork Child Bitten By Snake at Home
Billy Caudill four months old, son of Mr and Mrs Ray Caudill of Jacobs Fork, was bitten by a snake on his front porch in Jacobs Park last night and is reported to be improving at Bluefield Sanitarium with satisfactory condition by hospital staff.
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Billy Caudill
Ray Caudill
Jacobs Fork
Bluefield Sanitarium
Jacobs Park
Son of Bluefield man earns air medal Oak Leaf Cluster
Pvt. Nick Pullano, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Pullano of Bald win avenue Bluefield Virginia, is now in France. Pvt. James Ewell Erwin Jr has returned to Hillsgrove Army Air Base Providence Rhode Island after furlough at home. The report notes Princeton born tail gunner from Flying Fortress unit at an Eighth RAF base in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Joe
England
Joe Pullano
Baldwin Avenue
Bluefield
Pvt
Nick Pullano
France
James Ewell Erwin, Jr
Hillsgrove Army Air Base
Providence
R. I
Caen Offensive Expands as Allies Grip Surrounding Areas
British and American forces push toward Caen and surrounding towns as German resistance tightens near the Orne. The Rauray clearing and Cherbourg airfield gains boost Allied momentum. Caen’s canalized position makes it a key logistics hub despite weather hindrances. The campaign targets large German formations in the 15th and 11th armies amid ongoing heavy fighting.
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Oden
Orne River
Caen
Rauray
Fontenay
Cherbourg
Maupertus
U. S
Bille Guard
Téchrpanzer
Miles C. Dempsey
Eighth Army
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Summer sale at Bradley's arms clothes and hats
Town notices advertise a broad sale at Bradley's offering dramatic reductions on hats priced at 1 and 2 dollars and cotton dresses arriving daily. It also lists minor notices about hotels in Roanoke and fashion items for toddlers and summer handbags.
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Rose-Carol
Bland Street
Bradley's
American and Allied Air Attacks Hit German Targets
Bomber raids struck Saarbrucken near the German border and Paris area targets while a third raid hit Laon 70 miles northeast of Paris, unloading explosives on three air bases. Halifaxes pummeled Pas-De-Calais installations for a fourth time in 24 hours as weather allowed fighter bombers to attack Normandy lines and disrupt convoys and dumps. Allied powers then noted Britain based American Flying Fortresses bombed Berlin heavily and rushed to Russian bases, striking an oil refinery on the same mission.
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Saarbrucken
Paris
Laon
Pas-De-Calais
Normandy
Flyings
Berlin
Russia
First White Army Surrounds Forces Near Minsk Railway
Reports say Osipovichi, sixty miles southeast of Minsk, was captured in a deep outflanking move by General Rokossovsky's first White Russian army, as announced in his second order of the day.
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Osipovichi
Minsk
Konstin K. Rokossovsky
Police Hold Two Juvenile Runaways
Two juvenile runaways were held in the city jail last night after police picked them up yesterday morning. One boy fled from Pruntytown and the other from Salem, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruntytown
Salem
Jenkinjones Child Burns Suffer Burns
Donnie Gene Presley a 3 year old of Jenkinjones remains at Bluefield sanitarium for treatment of burns from clothing catching fire at home. Hospital attaches report his condition last night as satisfactory.
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Donnie Gene Presley
Harold Presley
Jenkinjones
Bluefield Sanitarium
Service Men's club hosts guests from across 12 states
One hundred men and their families visited the Service Men's club yesterday. Donations included five cases of country dry goods from Dairy Bluefield Virginia and six cans of blackberries and one can of peaches from Coles Flower Shop. Mrs. Mattie P Pool and Mrs. C W Pace led the organizing team assisted by multiple ladies including Mrs. F L Black Mrs. A M Thompson Mrs. R L Shelton Mrs. W H Linkous Mrs. Ida Clark Miss Grace Pearson Miss Cleon Heller Miss Margaret Borden and Mrs. Nancy Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eever
Service Men's Club
Sis
Country Tier
Dairy
Bluefield
Coles
Mattie P. Pool
C. W. Pace
Alsabrooks
F. L. Black
A. M. Thompson
R. L. Shelton
W. H
Ethel Linkous
Ida Clark
Grace Pearson
Cleon Heller
Margaret Boreden
Nancy Tayor
Preamble to the United States Constitution
The text presents the Preamble of the U S Constitution outlining aims to form a more perfect Union establish justice ensure domestic tranquility provide for common defense promote general welfare and secure liberty for current and future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States of America
Raymond Atwell Missing in England War Report
Mr and Mrs Bob Atwell of North Tazewell Virginia learned from the War department that their grandson Raymond Atwell is missing somewhere over England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Atwell
North Tazewell, Va
War Department
Raymond Atwell
England
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service
Cpl. Earl H. Cathers at Fort Meade and Pvt. Princes E. Cathers at Fort Des Moines spent a week with parents before returning to bases. Lieut. Sammy V. C. Snider writes from Italy about his twenty fifth mission. His brother Pvt. Charlies N. Snider arrived in Africa. Roy L. Houchins 18 of Bluestone recently completed an electricians mate course at Great Lakes. Set. Francis H. Douglas 20 of Elkins, son of Mrs. F. B. Springer, ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Earl H. Cathers
Fort George G. Meade
Pvt
Princes E. Cathers
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Earl Cathers
Sammy V. C. Snider
J. F. der
Italy
Charlies N. Snider
Africa
Roy L. Houchins
Rebecca FP. Houchins
Bluestone
Great Lakes
Francis H. Douglas
Elkins
F. BE. Springer
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G. K. Patty
Soverstriaher Fs
Oll
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Pest
Ocrlon Party
Thomas Pers
Joseph W. Martin
New York
GOP
M’arthur
St. Aear
Worle
Miss Hazel Bradshaw
Isaac Wimmer
J. M
Virginia Committee
R. F. Compton
Thry
Ernie Pyle
Ison
Lafayette
London
Nere
Jacob
The
Odeon
Orne
Supreme Headquarters
Harry
Roanoke
P. O
Bradley’s
Hamburg
Odon
Todt Engineers
Drohobycz
Old Poland
SMC
Isa
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Convention of States’ Delegates
Lincoln
Duquesne Brewing .Co
Duquesne Pilsener
Tay
Fifa
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