Auction of Cunningham estate items draws fifty bidders
The sale of Wade H. Cunningham’s estate in Bluefield attracted about fifty people. Debts owed by students to The Professor’s business school sold for 25 dollars, along with items from his Masonic life, music gear, books, Bible volumes, stock in a local printing firm, typewriters and study tables. An old nonworking alarm clock was the only unsold item.
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Otto Whittaker
Wade H. Cunningham
Bluefield
Peery
Cunningham
Akron
Tennyson
Longfellow
Bill Morrison
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Southernaires Set To Perform At Ramsey Auditorium
The NBC Southernaires will perform at Ramsey auditorium tomorrow evening at 8 with Spencer Odum as accompanist. The group includes Homer Smith, Lowell ters, J. Stone Tobey, and William Edmondson. Tickets are sold by Kingslow Drug, B S T C staff, and local sellers until Friday 4 pm. Doors open at 6 30.
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NBC Southernaires
Ramsey Auditorium
Spencer Odum
Homer Smith
W. C. Handy
St. Louis
Christ Will Give Strength To Obey Evangelist Declares
Evangelist Robert L Booth asserts Christ provides strength to obey when men and women commit to following all of His commands He states Christ will stand by to supply the needed strength for obedience and faithful living.
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Christ
Evangelist
Robert L. Booth
Deaths at Home and Funeral Rites Reported
Obituaries note the death of Thomas B. Henly at his Preston street home from a heart attack. Survived by wife Clara Hare, two sons, siblings, and in-laws. Funeral plans pending. Also listed are funeral notices for Mrs. Montie Butt of Cumberland road, Mrs. Thomas Parker Newbill of near Roanoke, and extended notice of Emmie Whitsell of Knoxville.
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Thomas B. Henly
Preston Street
Henly
Air Brake
Norfolk and Western Railway
Clara Hare
Richard C
W. F. Henly
Patterson
N. J
H. S. Hen
Montie Butt
Arch L. Butt
Superior Sterling Company
Cumberland Road
Butt
Bluefield
James and
Katherine Bailey
Bland Street
H. W. Matthews
Fulton Street
Trinity Methodist Church
E. E. Wiley
Walnut Grove Cemetery
F. C. Johnson
Raleigh Ashworth
O. T Powers
R. L. Croy
W. C. Croy
E. A. Crawford
R. H. McDaniel
Luther Butt
Bailey
Oscar Powers
Margaret Harmon
Joan Harmon
Claudine Stevens
Letha Thomison
Kenneth Smith
T. K. Buchanan
John Oberlin
Edward Johnston
J. A. Croye
T. P. Newbill
Thomas Parker Newbill
Roanoke
Thomas Parker Newbill Jr
Clarence
Eugene Newbill
Wirtz
J. E. Nelson
Richard Bailey
This City
Charles Dudley
Boothby Evangelist Urges Faith Through Trials At Tabernacle
Evangelist Boothby addressed a Tabernacle audience on Lynn Street last evening urging Christians to live by faith during trials. He cited converting experiences from his campaigns and promised a Bible prophecy study on Revelation 11 tonight at 7 30 p m titled The Two Witnesses That Were Slain in the Street and Could Not Be Buried Who Are They.
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Avenue
Lynn Street
Isreal
Mr. Boothby
Tabernacle
Evangelist Boothby
Bell Airacobra
Air Ministry
U. S. Army Air Force
England
Berlin
U. S
Britich and U. S. in Plane Clash
London article details rising friction between British Air Ministry and U. S. plane makers over imported fighters and bombers. It notes British modifications, delayed readiness, and disputes over American engine servicing and windshields, with U. S. officials wary of British redesigns.
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London
Royal Air Force
United States
England
RAF
U. S
China
Russia
U. S. Army
Air Ministry
Ministry of Information
Americar
Bell
AP Olow
Von Ribbentrop Warns USA Battles War Strain
The German foreign minister asserts America will bear the burden of Britain’s war and warns of an economic crisis from continued aid to the Allies. He claims Europe can endure a further thirty years of conflict and links a new European order with Japan’s rise.
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America
Churchill
United States
von Ribbentrop
Roosevelt
Germany
Europe
East Asia
Japan
German Push Near Moscow Intensifies as Front Shifts
The dispatches describe a maneuver to encircle Tula and cut the Moscow highway south of Serukhov, forming a southern arm toward Moscow. West of Moscow, German attacks near Mozhaisk and Maloyaroslavlevets were repelled while Klin areas saw villages taken. Soviet officials claim German losses surpass Verdun with 330,000 dead and wounded and note 7,000 killed at Rostov and about 30,000 casualties northwest of Rostov.
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Tula
Serukhov
Moscow
Mozhaisk
Maloyaroslavets
Klin
S. A. Lovovsky
Kuibyshev
Verdun
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov
Germans Fine City of Paris in War Reprisal
German commander Col. Gen. Ernst von Schaumberg announced Paris was fined 1,000,000 francs for bombing a Nazi requisitioned restaurant. The act serves as a reprisal replacing hostage shootings. All Latin Quarter restaurants and cafes will close 5 p.m. Nov 27 to 30. consequences warned for further attacks.
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Paris
France
Ernst von Schaumberg
Saint
Bordeaux
11Th
Paul Friedrich Hotz
Nantes
Shopping Days Until Christmas and Local Notices
A collage of retail blurbs and events lists items for sale at Fretwell's including Sleepy Sally and Sleepy Sammy dolls for a dollar and piano tuning by Harry Haffen of Roanoke. It also notes a Sisterhood Charity Cabaret December 3 at a West Virginia hotel with advance and door ticket prices and contact details.
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Fretwell’s
Sisterhood
West Virginia
Benjamin Lazer
Jeffries Pharmacy
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
Yugoslav Premier Warns of German Plans for Belgrade
The Yugoslav premier Gen. Dusan Simovic reportedly warned that Germany plans to wipe out Belgrade as reprisal. He said Yugoslav envoys in Washington and the Vatican were told to urge the US government and the Holy See to press Nazi leaders to abandon such plans.
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Sabac
Belgrade
Early
Germany
London Daily Mail
Dusan Simovic
Washington
Vatican
United States
Holy See
Kirby gun tested in Australia wartime innovation
Canberra reports the Australian government is testing a wartime propulsion mortar named the Kirby gun. Inventor says its use of compressed air causes no flash, an advantage in combat conditions. The device is undergoing official evaluation with wartime applicability noted.
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Canberra
Australia
House Debates Inflation Bill as Farmers Push for Power
Lawmakers clash over an administration bill aimed at curbing inflation. Gore calls the measure weak and warns it could cause inflation, while Rep. McCormack defends the bill as emergency legislation needed to protect the consuming public and agriculture. He cautions defeat could provoke public indignation and harsher future measures.
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Gore
Rep
McCormack
D-Mass
House
Trade talks and looming Japan-U.S. relations under strain
Reports describe ongoing discussions among Hull Nomura and Kurusu about commercial relations with Japan as Indo-China tensions feed concerns over Japan's Burma road threats to Singapore and vital imperial territories. The fate of resumed talks remains uncertain with a special envoy possibly returning to Tokyo for a full report.
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Japan
United States
Burma
Singapore
Britain
Hull
Nomura
Kurusu
Tokyo
Neely Addresses Moose Gathering in Harrisburg
Governor Matthew M. Neely of West Virginia addressed a 4,500 person Moose Lodge banquet in Harrisburg after an induction ceremony. He framed the world conflict as a choice between fraternalism and anti fraternalism tracing it to Cain and Abel and warned democracy rests on the right to join a chosen organization. He noted probable Pennsylvania governor candidates Jim Davis and Joe Guffey and described a mix up with Governors Arthur H. James and Neely, resolved by telephone.
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Harrisburg
Matthew M. Neely
West Virginia
Neely
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Abel
United States
Pennsylvania
Jim Davis
Joe Guffey
U. S
James J. Davis
Joseph F. Guffey
Arthur H. James
Mine union shop dispute dominates New York board sessions
In New York a presidentially named board faced the UMWA CIO and U S Steel in a carrier mine shop dispute amid a weeklong 53 000 miner strike in captive pits. Major parties pledged continuous sessions to reach a decision with hearings set to resume and a Monday report deadline for the railway labor dispute.
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New York
John R. Steelman
Federal Conciliation Service
John L. Lewis
Miners
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel
AFL
St. Louis
Great Lakes
Oilers Protective Association
August A. Wolf
Buffalo
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
U. S. Conciliation Service
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
John Ino Lewis
Steelman
States To Observe Thanksgiving Day Across teen states and Congress
Washington reports that sixteen states and the House of Representatives will observe Thanksgiving Day on the traditional last Thursday in November. The Senate will meet tomorrow while President Roosevelt plans another dinner at Warm Springs after carving at the White House. Georgia is among the states observing, with others listed as Arkansas Delaware Florida Iowa Kansas Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Dakota Tennessee Texas and Vermont.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Warm Springs
Georgia
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Iowa
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
March to the sea in Libya spurs stalemate near Rezegh
Forces in North Africa clash near Rezegh as British aim to cut off Axis troops and coastal routes to western Libya. Axis counterattacks tighten the fight while Allied tanks show stronger performance and speed, signaling a tough showdown ahead.
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Libya
Rezegh
Alan Cunningham
Imperial
Derna
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Asar
Messerson
Lockheed
Borings
Boulogne
Whitley
Hampden
East End
Norfolk and Western
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A. L. Rhoads
West Virginia Water Service
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Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
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Princeton Avenue
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