City Board Reconsiders Abandonment Of Right Of Way
The Bluefield city board voted to abandon a 30 foot street right of way through the old Borden area reversing earlier plans to lease it to Norfolk and Western for 15 years. A new ordinance will be prepared. The session also discussed air service development, alley repairs, and tax adjustments for female dog licenses set at 2 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borden
Norfolk and Western Railway
S. C. Douglas
Bluefield
Mitell
Lynne
Larch Street
T. Courtney Tanner
Luther G. Scott
Walton Sudduth
Bluefield Avenue
Sudduth
Montuly 5
Chinese Counteroffensive Advances Near Yangtze River
Chinese troops report encircling areas near the Yangtze river have broken into a town 40 miles south of Shasi. The high command says Japanese forces suffered severe losses and show signs of collapse while Hwajung county seats and Owchihkow remain contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Lows Pond Inlet
Yangtze River
Shasi
Hwajung
Yangtze
Tungpase
Owchihkow
United States
WPB Declares Wood Pulp Use Arbiter in War Era
The War Production Board acts to control wood pulp usage amid military and newsprint demands. Officials warn late year supply prospects are bleak and suggest possible further cuts in newsprint in Q4. The ruling covers pulp and power allocations for mills and paper producers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Anivision
Funeral services for Mrs McKinley Pauley
Mrs. McKinley Pauley 46 of Anawalt died Saturday night in a Welch hospital. Funeral at Tip Top Methodist church Wednesday at noon with Rev. Stanley H directing and Mathena cemetery burial at Tip Top. Survived by husband, 13 children, step mother, sister, and multiple half brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Anawalt
Welch Hospital
Tip Top Methodist Church
Top
Stanley H
Mathena
Tip Top
Pauley
Church of Goi
Northfolw and Western Railroad
Donald Pauley
Nashville, Tenn
James Walls
Lebanon
Evelyn Pauley
Elkton, Md
Harvary Pauley
Anawast
Earl Scarberry
Sylvia
Janice
Joyce
Audrey
Betty
James
Ann
J. C. Johnson
Bluefield
C. M. Pucket
Marvin Johnson
Lincoln
Nebr
John J. Johnson
South Pacific
Beecher Johnson
Camp van Dorn
Thurman Johnson
Hampton
W. A. Scott
Wade Siuss
Anawal
Taft Wagner
Price Mathena
Thelma Johnson
Death of Mrs Rosa R Newbold 83 at Son’s Home
Mrs Rosa R Newbold aged 83 died suddenly yesterday at 5 45 pm at the Bramwell home of her son J C Newbold. A Washington DC resident for 25 years she leaves four daughters Olive Christina and Iva C Newbold of Washington Clyde Means of Frostburg and one sister Mrs Elizabeth C Bode Denver. The body will be taken to Frostburg for funeral services Thursday at the Methodist church with the family asking flowers be omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa R. Newbold
J. C. Newbold
Bramwell
Newbold
Washington, D. C
Panera
Frostbure
Funeral rites for Mrs Aman da Witten at Pisgah Church
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Aman da Witten who died Saturday evening at the home of her son Henry Witten near Tazewell. The Rev. Foote conducted the service at Pisgah Church, with interment in Tazewell's new cemetery. Survived by two sons Henry and Andrew J Witten and several daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Born in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Witten
Henry Witten
Plum Creek
Tazewell
Pisgah Church
Foote
New Cemetery
Hays. Kans
B. B. Tunnell
Bluefield
John H. Witten
Betty Jean Smith 11 Dies at Bluefield Sanitarium
Betty Jean Smith 11, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith of Maybeury, died Sunday night at 1 o clock after a brief illness. Survived by parents two brothers Bily and Taylor Smith two brothers died in infancy grandparents Mr and Mrs John Wolfe of Maybeury and Mr and Mrs J W Smith of Maybeury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Smith
Clarence Smith
Maybeury
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bily
Taylor Smith
John Wolfe
J. W. Smith
Validity Dates of Red Stamps Announced by Office of Price
Ration dates show Stamp P valid June 27 to 31 and Stamp Q from July 4 to 31. Stamp R from July 11 to 31 has 16 points along with Stamp S from July 18 to 31. Stamps K L M N expire June 30. Questions about rationing to call the rationing board at phone 93.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price SS
Focal Rationing Board
Phone 93
West Virginia Soldiers Reported Captured by Axis Powers
Two area men among West Virginia soldiers listed by the War Department as captured and interned by Axis powers. Pvt. William L. Pinson of Red Jacket is held by Germany, while Pvt. Fitzhugh W. Brincefield of Crumpler is a Japanese prisoner. Brincefield, missing since May 18 1942 on Bataan, was inducted January 1941 and trained at Fort Knox. Other interned West Virginians include Pfc. Virgil J. Holt and Pfc. Fred M. Wroten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
War Department
William L. Pinson
Betty Pinson
Red Jacket
Pvt
Fitzhugh W. Brincefield
May Cordelis Brincefield
Crumpler
Brincefield
Bataan
McDowell County
Fort Knox
Philippines
Northfork High School
Carter Coal Company
Caretta
West
Inductee Groups Headed to Fort Thomas Today
Mercer and McDowell counties dispatch select service units to Fort Thomas for active duty with the U S Army. Mercer board No 1 meets at 8 AM to issue travel orders. groups include numerous named members and an aviation cadet. Additional squads depart July 2 and 3, with nineteen colored men from board 3 and transfers to board 1 for Fort Thomas deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer and
McDowell
Ft. Thomas
U. S. Army
Mercer
McDowell County
Selective Service Boards
Fort Thomas
Saintes
United Stats Army
Mercer County
Selective Service
Draft Board
Fortas
James Adrian Eubank
Burchell Hoyston Ratiliffe
Warren Lee Frye
Keister
Burton Looney
James Edward Farley
James Richard Rash
Arthur Sidney Lester, Jr
Amos Reginald Lambert
Arthur Nash
William Cleveland Snyder
Troy Thomas May
Harold Gordon Peery
Robert Eugene Crowder
Milton Wilton Robbins, Jr
William Robert Akers
Irwin Cecil Magruder
H. M. Heidreth
William Oscar Chandler
William Thomas Gilley
Cecil Clayton
Granville Cassel Houchina
Billy Mitchell Rudder
Donald Hoge Davidson
Lewis Drayton Mitchell
Edward Foresman
Wael Mamend Sumpter
Donald Stewart Adkins
Ralph Ramey
Hunter Coleman Harris
Robert Pranklin Cox
Leonard Kilgore
William L. Ridinger
Board 3
Wiliam E. Bilagman
Loris R. Henderson
Isiah Toler
George 8. Valentine
Joseph C. English
Glen R. Calloway
William Shelton
Mack Hale
Rufus R. Linville
Mickens Jr
James
Fade James H. Strain
James W. R. Edwards
Prince Nett
Vid Horton
Joseph Pinkard
Marvin E. Bryant
Isaac T. Poster
Charlies L. Brown
Junious L. Withion
Block A. Martin
Hezekiah
Thomas
Charlies E. Thomas
Thomas Graham
Samuel H. Mason
James Padget
Fort Benjamin Harrison
James Stacey
Donald Ea Roy E. Carter
Robert E. L. Rethford
Wade Duncan Jr
Mishia Prederick
Donald E. Addison
William D. Henthorn
James E. Wiley
George Wargo
Lewis Raisovich
Edward W. Busko
Willie E. Hall Jr
J. D. Tolliver
Daniel J. Rose
Dominick Oliver
Willam J. Nieto
Martin W. Parrish
W. Parrish
Judge W. Graham
Lillard E. Tankersley
Thomas M. J
General Ll. Ruddle
Forrest Johnston
John £. Dinkins
Marcid R. Powell
John W. Tosh
Alex Bacho
Phillip T. Holb
City and Coalfield Items Want-Ads
Want-ads offer inexpensive help and services with playful phrasing. The note invites readers to call 2400 for want-ad service and lists piano tuner Harry Haffen of Roanoke visiting monthly. Roanoke readers are told to contact West Virginia hotel or P O Box 2455 Roanoke Va for inquiries. Four women taxi drivers needed for day shift age 21 or over apply at oral Employment Agency Commerce St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
Oral Employment Agency
Commerce St
Wallace charges BEW misled on RFC funding of BEW
Wallace accuses Jones of routing BEW programs through RFC and claims BEW bought strategic materials with little BEW initiative while RFC funds paid for admin costs. He cites a table showing no pre BEW contracts for key imports and says RFC failed to build stockpiles before Pearl Harbor. He asks Congress for independent BEW funding.
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BEW
RFC
Congress
Wallace
Jones
Board of Economic Welfare
Defense Supplies Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cress
RFC H
Pearl Harbor
Local Personal News From Talbot Street And Beyond
Mrs. W. B. Walk remains confined to Bluefield sanitarium for injuries from a fall at home. Mrs. J. B. McMuillin and her son Iena return from a visit with Mrs. Ernest Witt in Fairmont. Miss Ann Witt accompanied her home after the visit. Mrs. Jan and son Bobby of Larydille Tenn return after visiting Ann's parents. Mrs. Doreen Hancock, wife of AP news correspondent Witt Hancock, who had been reported missing, will arrive today from Canada and New York to visit her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. BE. Walk
Talbot Street
Bluefield Sanitarium
J. BE. McMuillin
Iena
Ernest Witt
Witt
Fairmont
Ann Witt
Jan
Bobby
Larydille
Tenn
Ann
Morrison
Doreen Hancock
Witt Hancock
Associated Press News
Canada
New York
C. D. Hancock
Coal Production Stoppages Ebb as Mines Reopen Nationwide
A nationwide back to work movement gains momentum with 139,000 miners still on a no contract no work stoppage. Kentucky and Ohio resume pull scale operations while West Virginia mines run. Alabama and Pennsylvania see mixed reopenings and idle capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Yestern
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corporation
Gadsden
Ala
Birmingham
VA. 8. Steel Corp
Shenango Furnace Co
Sharpaville
Republic
Alabama
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Wilkes- Barre
J. J. Forbes
Midland
Pittsburgh Coal Company
John L. Lewis
Epperson Rites This Afternoon
The funeral for John B. Epperson Jr., 19, first class seaman in the Navy, who died from injuries after a highway accident on the East River Mountain Road, will be held at 3 Baptist church this afternoon with Rev. R. presiding. Pallbearers are eight fellow seamen on leave. Burial follows in Woodlawn Cemetery. The body will arrive at the church at 1 o'clock and remain until the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Epperson, Jr
East River Mountain Road
Baptist
Suday School
Coney Smith
Calvary
Woodlawn
Judge Wagner urges full time child welfare worker for Bluefield
A Bluefield meeting debated curtailing Mercer county DPA activities and the impact on juvenile cases. Judge Wagner backed a full time child welfare worker, praising Mrs Hildebrandt and noting state cooperation. the position would be $136 monthly with a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Alexander
Department of Public Assistance
Bluefield
Mercer County
DPA
Rice
Wyoming County
Child Welfare Department
Hildebrandt
Kenney
Weddle
Wedille
Owen
Seer Wagner
Axis Prepares Against Invasion Nervousness Rises
Bern reports Axis nerves grow as Rommel concentrates about 350000 troops in central Rhone valley areas of Italy and France The Gazette de Lausanne notes an allied fleet may target Sicily while Lyon and surrounding regions show military buildup and massed air and sea forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Italy
France
Rhone Valley
Pield Rommel
Europe
Gavette de
Lausanne
Sicily
Lyon
Rhone
Rommel
Africa Corps
Tribune
Frankfurter Zeitung
Istanbul
Balkans
Rome
County Blackout Showed Finest Civilian Defense Cooperation
The Marion county defense council praised the blackout as a model of public and civilian defense worker cooperation. The test began with a 9 p m alert from the South Charleston police radio and darkened the state from 9 45 to 10 15 pm without incidents or accidents reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Ward Lanham
Fairmont
Marion County Defense Council
South Charleston
Wytheville Livestock Market Report
Wytheville Virginia market records 2086 head with lambs mainly steady. Prices list ranges for lambs from 89 to 66 per hundred pounds and cattle, vealers, hogs with varied weights and conditions. Cows and bulls also noted with multiple price bands across weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wytheville Livestock Market
Wytheville
Bryce
Workers Quit at Two New Jersey Steel Plants
About 1,000 Crucible Steel of Harrison workers and a portion of John A Roebling’s Sons of Trenton employees walked out in unauthorised wildcat strikes. Spokesmen said February wage requests and delayed releases to take other jobs led to resignations while Roebling workers cited general dissatisfaction.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Crucible Steel
Harrison
John A. Roebling
Sons
Trenton
Crucible
John A. Dutchman
Pittsburgh
United Steel Workers of America, Cio
Roebling
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service
Local servicemen receive silver navigators wings during graduation at Hondo San and San Marus. Inductees include L L Lowder, Lt P. Carlton, Lt H Leffel, Lt Eugene Ba, Clyde E Collins, Richard Collins, and others assigned to medical training at Camp, with furloughs and home visits noted. William Farmer flies to Australia for service. Victor Montgomery begins Navy basic training after Duke studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hondo San
San Marus
Et L. Lowder
Victor Montgomery
E. Montgomery
Melrose Street
Great Lakes
United States Navy
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Allied Raids Hit Leghorn and Sicily Airbases
Allied air forces struck Leghorn with Fortresses in a May raid causing major damage to ships and rail facilities while targeting Sardinia airfields and Licata in Sicily. Axis broadcasts claimed heavy damage, but reconnaissance photos showed hits on the cruiser and storage depots as Allied planes pressed the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leghorn
Giornale d'Italia
Associated Press
London
Pla
Sicily
Malta
Licata
Comiiso
Allied Mediterranean Air Command
Air Victor
Sardinia
Olbia
Messinia
Jones takes over as war food administrator director
Judge Marvin Jones begins a three day tenure as war food administrator amid assurances shortages will be relative and that Americans eat more and better than ever. He vows to use available tools to serve a healthful diet through the duration while Chester Davis’s resignation and authority disputes swirl in Washington. Senate and House conferees press on subsidy limits and CCC life extension as lawmakers seek rollback funding for meat butter and coffee prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marvin Jones
Chester Davis
Davis
Roosevelt
Jones
Capitol
Senate
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Wagner
Radcliffe
War funding comparison cited as double previous disbursements
The article notes that current war-related disbursements are more than twice the amount previously spent, highlighting a significant surge in funding.
Cologne Bombing Report Highlights RAF Saturation Raid
Cologne, Germany, a major war plant hub, has endured another heavy RAF saturation raid reaching 117 attacks. Reports state the Hohenzollern bridge near the cathedral was struck, with conflicting accounts of collapse or temporary closure, hindering traffic between central and western Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Germany
The
Daily Express
Stockholm
Hohenzollern
Geremany
Rhine
Ruhr
WAACS to Be Integrated as Women Army Corps Members
Senate approves legislation renaming the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps as the Womens Army Corps and extends member age limits from 45 to 50. The corps will be placed under Army regulations and serve until six months after the war ends, with details sent to the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WAACS
United States Army
Senate
White House
Wen's Army Auxiliary Corps
Women's Army Corps
WACS
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East End
W. H. Mulor
Stewart Street
East River Avenue
Shenandoah Avenue
WPEB
Mrs. McKinley Pauley
Mrs
Axis
Norfolk and Western Territory
Pocahontas Operators Association
Mondar
Epperson
John B. Epperson JR
China
India
Wytheville Livestock
J. W. Waters Co
the Reliable Jewelers
U. S
Herbert Taylor
Richard Collins
Princeton
Medical Cabinet Center
Camp
Branard B. Pitzer
Charlies Frazier
United States Army Engineer Trains Corps
Fort Leonard B Wood
John C. Hall, Jr
College Avenue
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
William Farmer
Tazewell, Va
Australia
Jones Takes
Riverside Market
Bluefield, Va
Humphreys - Sites Drug CO
Princeton Ave
W. Va
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