Air Patrol Wing Formed by West Virginia Boy Scouts
The first Air Scout Patrol in the world was formed by Troop 23 in Southern West Virginia. Eight members organized as the Air Scout Patrol with Joe Lowder as reader ace and Bob McGhee as transport. Wayne Rhoady serves as pilot with Dick Connell as private pilot. Bobby Ratliff holds an amateur rating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Scout Patrol
West Virginia
Boy Scouts of America
First Christian Church
Flying Eagle
Joe Lowder
Unior
Bob McGhee
Wayne Rhoady
L. C
Dick Connell
Bobby Ratliff
Dickie Fowlkes
Douglass Walters
Jack Ferguson
John Warden
Rinard Thornton
Church
Sea Scout
J. B. Galbraith
Andy Peters
Dale Kersey
Ned Bryan Jr
Harvey Amos
Pocahontas Flying Service, Inc
Entertainer Held in Blackfage Slaying Case
Police questioned two men after the murder of Mrs. Castle, a woman entertainer. A doctor claimed he treated the victim, while her boyfriend denied involvement. A staged scene, scribbled clues, and a boat ride confession tied to a New York salesman named Robert Taylor were noted.
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Sailant
Res
Black Legion
Robert Taylor
New York
Jones Leaves for Parkersburg After Son’s Death
G M Jones traveled to Parkersburg Sunday after learning his 11 year old son had been killed when a bicycle was struck by an automobile. The boy was a nephew of Mrs J C Lavinder who departed for Christiansburg Virginia where the body will be brought for funeral services and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Jones
Parkersburg
J. C. Lavinder
Christiansburg
City and Coalfield Items Undated Classifieds
Local ad blurbs list clothing sale items sizes 14 to 20 at Fretwell s with prices cut from 3 95 to 2 98 and furniture offers at EB and Warlick Furniture. Mary Lee Beauty Shop advertises permanents shampoos and waves with phone 2760 and cleaning and press services. Citizens Coal and Supply Co urges winter coal orders with price on application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lee Beauty Shop
Citizens Coal & Supply Co
Miner Admits Buried Baby Boy Near Pea Branch
Joe Martinez a Wyoming county miner told state police he buried a baby boy whose body was found by Tom Cox of Pineville near an abandoned CCC camp on Pea Branch early Sunday. Martinez said he buried the child himself due to funeral expenses. no charges will be filed.
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Joe Martinez
Wyoming County
Pea Branch
Tom Cox
Pineville
E. D. Platt
Martinez
Platt
Cox
CCC
William Rutherford
J R Woods Band Plans Old Fiddler Contest July Fourth
J R Woods and his hillbilly group, regulars on WHIS, outlined plans for an Old Fiddlers Contest at the Municipal Fle rt on Saturday afternoon July Fourth. Woods to run the event open to all, with free parking offered by the airport and ample space for picnics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Woods
WHIS
Municipal Flert
Ourth
Woods
Mrs Harman Improves After Self Inflicted Wound
Marked improvement was reported yesterday in the condition of Mrs. J. M. Harman 25 year old wife of an Abb s Valley miner who shot herself at her home Saturday evening. A bullet from a .32 calibre revolver entered the left breast and passed through the lung. She is patient at Bluefield sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Harman
Bluefield Sanitarium
Last Rites Held for Morris W. Lusk
Last rites were performed Sunday afternoon at 1504 Jefferson Street for Morris W. Lusk 42 former Norfolk and Western railroad brakeman who died Friday evening. The Rev. I. C. Coon of Princeton officiated with assistance from the Rev. Mr. Eckland. Burial followed at Monte Vista Park. Lusk had been an invalid for two years after a train accident.
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Jefferson Street
Morris W. Lusk
Norfolk and Western Railroad
I. C. Coon
Princeton
Eckland
Monte Vista Park
Lusk
Ywo
Steel Institute Declines Comment on Unionization Efforts
The American Iron and Steel Institute declined to amplify yesterday's statement that all resources would oppose unionization by groups not connected with the industry. A spokesman said the situation is quiet at the moment.
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The
American Iron and Steel Institute
Chamber pushes plan for Bluefield bridge project
Bluefield chamber leaders Easley and Brevick returned from Charleston with Governor Kump and the State Road commission after discussion on the Poplar street bridge. They say delays are minor and work should begin soon with federal funds. the bridge is key to U S Route 52 and to trimming travel time to the coalfield towns.
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Frank S. Easley
Bluefield
Easley
Bluefield Bridge
Roosevelt
Norfolk and Western Railway
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Road Commission
Brevick
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. 52
Maybeury
Coalfield
McDowell County
Zioncheck Hides in Office After Flight From Asylum
Zioncheck fled asylum and hid in an office after reaching Baltimore area on June 24. Romney recalled Zioncheck walked 18 miles and rode in a truck to safety. Police prepared an assault warrant as Zioncheck resisted arrest, claiming he would be protected by his allies.
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Towson Hospital
Romney
Zioncheck
Baltimore
Metropolitan
Brown
Representatives
Seattle
Gallinger Hospital
Baldwin Regime Faced Criticism in House Debates
In a heated session, Attlee warned of no lull in ministerial indiscretions while Sir John Simon noted the war secretary’s remarks clashed with Eden and Baldwin’s publicly stated policy. The draft speech was shown to the foreign office then altered, and Eden had not read the final version before his Paris address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attlee
John Simon
Eden
Baldwin
Foreign Office
Paris
McCarl May Quit to Aid Byrd Probe
McCarl signals possible resignation to join a congressional probe into the financial systems of foreign governments. He asserts the comptroller general must be independent from politics and praises his staff while pledging a thorough review of more than 40 federal departments and agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarl
Byrd
Crash Victim Curtis Saunders In Critical Condition
Curtis Saunders aged 23 of Montcalm remained in critical condition after his car plunged down a high bank between Bluewell and Montcalm early Sunday. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. Luther Parsons of McComas reported the crash occurred soon after his vehicle passed Saunders. Three other occupants escaped uninjured.
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Curtis Saunders
Montcalm
Bluewell
Saunders
Bluefield Sanitarium
Luther Parsons
McComas
Little Hope Held For Guy Altizer
Guy Altizer a 23 year old from 321 Allen street remains seriously wounded after Charley Vito Galati owner of City Candy store shot him with a real bullet during a toy pistol bluff. At Bluefield sanitarium doctors report no improvement with perforation of the liver making recovery unlikely. Galati is free on 2500 bail after police and a prosecutor questioned him and witnesses.
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Guy Altizer
Allen Street
Charley Vito Galati
Altizer
Bluefield
Galat
F. Morton Wagner
Heat Waves and Crop Loss Dispatch From Midwest Farms
Federal and state officials and WPA head Harry Hopkins join governors and regional officials to assess drought damage across Nebraska Iowa North Dakota and Kansas as western heat dries crops and sparks wind and hail losses in North Carolina with relief measures under way for spring wheat belts.
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St. Paul
Nebraska
Iowa
Topeka
Dresden
Phillipsburg
Kan
North Dakota
North Carolina
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Dakotas
Wyoming
Spring Wheat Belt
Beaver Defeats Graber On Mat In Dramatic Bout
Beaver, labeled a top “villain” in the muscle-head scene, wins the first fall while Graber, a German ex-sailor, takes the second. A dramatic third fall ends with Graber knocked down as Beaver pins him amid much showmanship.
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Beaver
Graber
Henry Graber
Bluestone River
Germany
White Swan Celebration In San Francisco Parade
Officer David Flamm captured a stag white swan on a downtown street and described it as pickled after a whiff of breath. The swan and mate Susie reside at Tommy's Island Lagoon in Golden Gate Park, where they celebrated with four newborn swans.
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San Francisco
David Flamm
Flamm
Tommy
Island Lagoon
Golden Gate Park
Ewann
Susie
Breakfast Club and Bluefield College Trio Programs Updated
The Breakfast Club program with Red Clark and Stooge Odell moves from 7 30 to 8 00 and runs to 9 00. Red and Stooge invite requests for favorites. Bluefield College Trio performs at 4 15 this afternoon with rhythmically arranged popular selections by three versatile young ladies.
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Sense Today
Binefield College Trio
Red Clark
Stooge Odell
Red
Stooge
Bluefield College
Red Clarke
Southern Singers
Salon Melodies World Salon Orchestra
the Merrymakers
World Review
Bluefield Hardware Company
Ian Cliff
Chicago House
Clark Poem Company
Jack Clark
Bluefield Supply Company
Golden Star
Groun
Catholic School of the Air
Kew-Bee Bakers
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights From Bluefield
A dense list of program slots from morning to night features J R Woods Harmony Band Lilly Land Ray Nobles music and many dance and light classical segments. Notable acts include Benny Goodman and his orchestra, Bluefield College Trio, Rubinoff and his violin, and World Salon orchestra with multiple dance programs throughout the day.
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Benny Goodman
Dorothy Hendrix
Chain Program Tuesday Schedule Across Time Zones
Central and Eastern Standard Time notes outline all programs to key and basic specified coast to coast designation. Stations reserve the right to change programs without prior notice across all available stations.
Radio Network Schedule Highlights and Programs
NBC WEAF and NBC Blue list daytime and evening lineups across regions with multiple time slots featuring concerts dramas news and serials. Notable entries include Manhattan Guardsmens Flying Time Adventures Amos n Andy Wayne King and Waltzel and Xavier Cugat Orchestra across networks with regional blocks and recurring music and talk shows.
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Nbc-Weaf
RED
Kaet
Weal
Weai
Mid
Kid
Wmaq
Weil
Wdaf
Wtmj
Hime
Kstp
Webc
Wray
Kfyr
Erct
Efe South
Wrva
Wptf
Wwne
Wave
Wjax
Wila Weun
Wiod
Wam
Wemb
Jana Kibs
Kon Kdyl
Kgir
Kgw
Manhattan
Guardsmen
Ford Bond Weaf
Billy and
Betty
Weaf
Amos ‘N’ Andy
Voice of Experience
Chain
Leo Reisman
Wayne King
Waltzel
Voice of the People
el Wynn
Graham
Meredith Willison
Barry McKinley
Roy Campbell
Royalists
Ciem McCarthy
Sparta
Amos
Andy—west
Nano Rodrigo
F. Henderson
Orches
Jesse Crawford
Henry Busse
Xavier Cugat
Princeton Driver Charged With DUI and Impounded Car
Edwin Steele of Waynesboro was arrested on Honaker Avenue for driving while intoxicated. He was fined 25 dollars, costs, and his Ford was impounded for six months. license surrendered to the Virginia motor vehicle commissioner. Karl Privette of Giotto faced a similar DUI charge, fined 50 dollars, car impounded, and license revoked for six months.
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Edwin Steele
Wayne Avenue
Waynesboro
Honaker Avenue
S. C. Ballard
Dale Bailey
D. T. Carr
Steele
Virginia Motor Vehicle
Karl E. Privette
Giotto
Buailard
C. Elmore
Kegley
Carr
Privette
Nineteen Commitments To Jail Over The Weekend
Nineteen persons were committed to the county jail over the weekend. On Saturday thirteen people were jailed including three charged with driving while drunk and ten others for being drunk. On Sunday three men faced charges of trespassing on the Virginia railway one for attempted maiming one for being drunk and another for non support.
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Virginia
Princeton Personalities and Weekend Visit Highlights
Local social page lists Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Pridgen from Waco visiting Hale avenue, with Beckley travel planned. Charlottesville guests Peggy Lilly and Lucy Barksdale spent the weekend with P. I. Lilly. Bluefield visitors T. W. Chambers and K. B. Thomas joined Mrs. Fred Dyer for dinner.
Evening Radio Schedule with Various Orchestras
A listing of NBC string and dance programs includes 9:00 NBC string symphony 10:00 News and Dancing Orchestra 10:30 Ruby Newman Orchestra 11:00 Dancing Music Orchestra 11:30 Phil Levant's Orchestra.
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Wabc Wade Woko
Weao
Waab
Wnac
Wer
Wkbw
Wkrc
Whk
Wjr
Weau
Wijas Wean
Wtb
Wspd
Wisv
Midwest
Wbhbm
Wfbm
Kmbe
Kmox
Whas
Kfab
Krnt
Wbas
Wpg
Whp
Whec
Wibz
Wfea
Wore
Wicc
Efrb
Ckac
Wibx
Wmas
Wesg
Dixie—West
Wsfa
Wbre
Wgam
Wdod
Kira Wree
Wlac
Wwl
Wtoc
Krid
Ktrh
Ktea
Waco
Koma
Wdbo
Wht
Wdae Whig
Wdbj
Wwva
Wmbg
Wsjs
Wmbr
Wala
Ktul
Kgko
Weoa
Wdac
Wnox
Kwkh
Widwest—Wel
Wmbd
Wisn
Wibw
Kth
Wamk
Wkbn
Weco
Wsbt
Kspj
Wnx
Kwor Kiz
Khj
Koin
Kfre
Kol
Kfpy
Kvi
Kmi
Kwe
Kdb
Kgmb
Kgb
Billy Mills and Company
Wilderness Road
Benny Venuta
Organ—Dixie
West
Wabe
Alexander Cores
Chain
Renfrew
The
Mounted
Eddie House
Jack Miller
Boake Carter
Lazy Dan
Ken Murray
Pennsylvania
Willard Robinson
Joe Reichman
K. B. Cummins
Frank Dailey
Basic
Jacques Fray
NBC String Symphony
Ruby Newman
Dancing Music Orchestra
Phil Levant
Dandruff Vanishes After Cuticura Soap Trial
Miss E Kennedy of Pasadena California reports years of heavy dandruff and itchy scalp ended by using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She says flakes diminished and hair looks fine after trying the products prompted by an advertisement.
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Mss K
E. Kennedy
Grand St
Pasadena
Calif
Malden
Mass
Openings for Forty Skilled Tradesmen in Ka Nawha Valley
The Charleston district office of the West Virginia Employment Service reports openings for skilled workers due to expansion by major Ka Nawha valley corporations. Positions include forty farm carpenters, forty pipe fitters, twelve gas welders, two electric welders, twelve coppersmiths, eight fabricators, ten millwrights, six tinsmiths, twelve machinists, ten electricians, two locomotive crane operators, twenty-five riggers and steel erectors, three draftsmen. Wages range 82 to 98 cents per hour, with draftsmen at $200 a month. age limit forty-five. second-rate applicants rejected.
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National Employ Service
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
West Virginia State Eployment Service
Bulletin
Local Social Notes From Lynchburg Area Visits and Travels
Mrs. H. D. Hawes of Lynchburg visits her mother Mrs. B. Z. Prince in College avenue. Buddy Witter returns to Columbus Ohio after visiting his parents on Norfolk street. Clarence Brown and family vacation at Craig Healing Springs. Nancy Sloan of Blacksburg visits Miss Mary Ann Payne on North street. Ellis Cruise returns from visit with Buck Blackstock in Richmond. Mrs. A. J. Angel leaves for Clifton Forge after returning from Big Stone Gap and Norton. Mrs. EB. Northen travels to Fauquier county to be with her ill father. Mrs. E. C. Snead discharged from Lake's hospital and heads home to Tamla. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Morris return with children from visits to J. M. White and H. A. Tilton. Alvin Martin of Matooka spends weekend with the Morrises. Mrs. M. Hall of Hilleville visits mother Mrs. Virginia McHone on Albemarle street. Mrs. sy Riddell returns from Silver Creek visit.
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H. D. Hawes
Lynchbug
B. Z. Prince
College Avenue
Buddy” Witter
C. M. Witter
Norfolk Street
Columbus
Ohio
Clarence Brown
Ramsey Street
Clarence Jr
Craig Healing Springs
Nancy Sloan
Blacksburg
E. C. Snead
Lake's Hospital
Tam Fla
J. G Morris
Glenn
Jimmie
Betty Bobby
Morris
J. M. White
H. A. Tilton
Alvin Martin
Matoaka
J. G. Morris
Lyndale Avenue
M. Hall
Hilleville
Virginia McHone
Albemarle Street
Sy Riddell
Walker D
Silver Creek
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Auduts
AIR Patrol
Scout Organization
AUTO
NORGE
Lowman Music Co
Bluefield, W. Va
Bland and
Princeton Avenue
Warlick Furniture
Carl Henderson
Miner
M.w.lusk
Sia
Nature
Conquerine
Conquerine Co
Lynchburg
Cenfer
West End
McArl
PROBE
Charley Galati
Bond
Wet
Phe Hotel Preehts Blahaa Wats Reid
Bailey
Flintrote
CBS
WABC
NBC
W47
Wiz
Whbz
Wbza
Wham
Kdka Wear
Wxyz
Wiw
Wsyr
Wmal
Wfil
Wsky Wear
Kwk
Roil
Wren
Kso
Wmt Wood Wire
Northwest & Canadian
Wiba
Webec
Wday
Wie
Wfia
Wsun
Wsm
Wmc
Wsb
Wapi
Widx
Wsbm
Kwoo
Wsk
Wsoc Wave Wese
Wbfc
Mountain
Kex
Kga Weca
Meeting House
Press-Radio News
Frank
Flo
Easy Aces
Tony Russell
Lum
Abner
Vivian Della Chiesa
Spence Dean
Welcome Valley
B. Bernie
Lads
J. H. Pridgen
Tex
Fred Dyer
Hale Avenue
Beckley
Peggy Lilly
Lucy Barksdale
Charlottesville
P. I. Lilly
Center Street
T. W. Chambers
K. B. Thomas
C. L. Thomas
Wickam Avenue
F. C. Cunningham
Helen
Huntington
W. E. Cunningham
May Slaven
Staunton
W. S. Dangerfield
Ida Kennedy
Walker Street
Jean McCutchen
Virginia Cunningham
Ruth Elliott
Orris Sensabaugh
Mary Abell
Cumberland
Mary Etta Belcher
W. Cody Fletcher
Pearisburg
A. W. Cox
Employment Bureau
Dodge
George Dewitt Sheets
Cranford, N. J
Detroit
Dodge Division
Chrysler Corporation
W. R. Keesee & Co
Bluefield Ave
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