Bridges Fight Ousting as Courts Test Deportation
Attorney General Biddle seeks a Supreme Court test of his deportation order against Harry Bridges, head of the West Coast CIO, after ordering Bridges sent to Australia for alleged Communist ties. Bridges vows to fight, aiming for habeas corpus in San Francisco and possible appeals to the Circuit Court and Supreme Court. Bridges urges workers to stay united and boost arms production.
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Associated Press
Washington
Biddle
Supreme Court
Harry R. Bridges
C.I.0
Board of Immigration Appeals
Bridges
Australia
Federal District Court
San Francisco
Circuit Court of Appeals
Communist Party
United States
Donald Nelson
Anniversary services mark church events in Beckley area
Local Colored News reports on anniversary services at First Baptist Greenville led by Rev R V Coger with sermon by Rev J M Davis and Garten choir. Other church activities include Church of God at Jonben, Mt Joy Baptist anniversary, Living Rose Missionary Society meetings, hospital patient updates, and numerous local pastor revivals and community gatherings through May and June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Greenville
R. V. Coger
J. M. Davis
Garten Choir
J. L. Monroe
Willie Neal
Church of God Apostolic
Jonben
John O. Stewart
Living Rose Misionary Society
R. C. Brown
Inez Mays
Henrietta Greer
The
Missionary Society
Willa Scales
Elizabeth Green
Beckley Hospital
C. H. Thompson
Lilly M. Logan
Neil Williams
Louise Moore
Mable Payne
Mary Clark
Willie Jackson
Mt. Joy Baptist Church
Stamford
New Era Baptist Missionary Society
G. Massie
P. Pore
Q. Cooper
J. Campbell
B. Carey
J. Waters
F. Singleton
B. E. Turpin
Kaymoor
New First Aid Classes Planned In Beckley
FE D Sharp a Red Cross field representative from Washington will teach a first aid instructor course in Beckley June 1 to 5. Two three hour classes daily cater to Negro teachers at Stratton High School 2 pm and a 7 pm night class at Beckley Junior High. Eligible are those who completed standard and advanced first aid. Register at the Bair Building office by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. D. Sharp
Red Cross
Washington
Beckley
George Bright
Stratton High School
Bair
Huffman dies at 61 from heart attack in Charleston area
Otho Clarence Huffman 61 of 610 South Kanawha street died of a heart attack at 6 30 p m yesterday at his home. Funeral rites will be held tomorrow at the Keyser Funeral Home chapel with Rev T Henry Petterson of Huntington officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by wife and two children Margaret Huffman at home and Clarence Huffman of Huntington and two brothers Harry Huffman of Mount Crawford Virginia and H D Huffman of Knoxville Tennessee.
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Otho Clarence Huffman
South
Kanawha Street
Keyser Funeral Home
T. Henry Petterson
Huntington
Sunset Memorial Park
Huffman
Raleigna- Wyoming Coal Company
Glen Rogers
Margaret Huffman
Clarence Huffman
Harry Huffman
Mount Crawford
Virginia
H. D. Huffman
Knoxville
Tennessee
Rally Service for Faith Hope and Charity Held at Gospel Tabernacle
A faith hope and charity rally will be held at the Gospel Tabernacle East Beckley on May 31 at 1 o'clock. Devotional services will be conducted by Mrs Bessie.
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Gospel Tabernacle
East Beckley
Bessie
Church Services and Local Social News Roundup
James and Mrs. Catherine Shearn and Mrs. Beatrice Dillard. The Rev J A Adams will preach at 2 and Rev Jacob Crit tendon at 3 with 4 o'clock sermonettes by visiting ministers. A sermonette service opens at 7 30 led by Mrs G M Crittendon. Services continue Monday evening June 1. Minden Activities Mrs Hester Lee Hague and little niece Thelma Jean Roundtree visit Charleston with Mrs S Brown. Mr and Mrs John Hawkins and nieces Juanita and Margaret Jones visit Ingram Branch with others. Mrs Florence Drumgoole and daughter Frances visit Charleston and Dunbar. Mrs Ruby Johnson visits from Charleston, guest of her brother John Herring. Mrs Annie Jeffries visits Bluefield area relatives. daughter Catherine Jeffries attends Bluefield State Teachers College. Mrs Virginia Mitchell and son Charles visit Okey Larkin last week.
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Bertha Mae Moore
Printer
Charles Morgan
Hazel Morgan
Conley High School
Charleston
St. John’s Missionary Society
Church Hall
Lillien Carter
Emma Johnson
Deacon Hyden Smith
Mary Turner
Fannie M. Smith
Mary Berger
Priscilla Minnis
Mary Davidson
Lizzie Nays
Bell Holland
Fila Cox
Timbers
Annie Graig
Etta Johnson
Laura Johnson
Daisy Hubbard
Ellen Mahan
Lottie Clay
Gladys Turpin
Lena Coles
Susie Carter
Glen Rogers
Crispus Attax
Robinson Hall
Royal Trumpet Singers
Lester Wil
First Baptist Church
D. FE. Smith
Eccles
Eccles Missionary Society
Annie Newman
Guiding Light Missionary Society
B. Patterson
Mary Jefferson
Lucille Fullwood
Ida Holland
Doris Taylor
Mary Epps
Patsy Hudson
Tula Mae Houser
Birmingham
Wetumpka
Ala
Massilon
Ohio
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Frank Lane
W. O. Cooper
Kimball
Studemier
Minnie McCoy
M. McHeard
Gaston, Ala
O. T. McHeard
East Beckley
Charles Raymond Early
Maryland
Gladstone Cunningham
Beckley
W. A. Tresenwriter
Stamford
Shelbyville
East Park
Church of God of America
Sarah Braxton
Church of God
Abingdon
Ida Bullock
R. L. Goins
Willie Henson
William Roony
Scarbro
Ocie Mae Patterson
Luther Gains
Hester Lee Hague
Thelma Jean Roundtree
S. Brown
Daisy Roundtree
John Hawkins
Juanita
Margaret Jones
Ada _ Rucker
Roosevelt Jones
Ingram _ Branch
Florence Drumgoole
Fran
Ces
Dunbar
Ruby Johnson
John Herring
Annie Jeffries
Spence
Fitzsimmons
Bluefield
Catherine Jeffries
Bluefield State Teachers’ College
Virginia Mitchell
Charles
Ferndale
Okey Larkin
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Bernice Dickerson
Mary Bradley
Mabscott
Mary Barringer
Sullivan
June Marshall
Florence Parsinger
Braddock
Mae Richardson
Della Russell
Atlantic City
N. J
Raleigh
Mundy
Minnie Gray
Mary Brown
Virginia Mae
Warren Gray
Lawton
W. M. Mosley
C. C. Corbett
Burnwell
Anna Corbett
M. R. Wright
Rosa Allen
Christine Riley
Claremont
Mrs
R. L. Gains
Mr. Curtis Johnson
Chester T. Bullock
Fort Huachuca, Ariz
Meadow Bluff
New Era
St. John’s Baptist Church
Welcome Baptist Church
J. T. Thompson
Otto C. Huffman
Modern Furniture CO
South Kanawha & McCreery Street
Dial
Milady
Jane Tuttle
Philadelphia
Central Press
Panamas
Holbrook
Horton Van-Heusen
Oe Star
Bayons Cottons
GLEN
Jersey
Leor
Gabardine
Royons
Rally Services
Farm Bureau Insurance
Farm Bureau Insurance Company Home Office
Columbus, Ohio
St.Joseph
Amere Gas Utilities Company
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