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BRISTOL NEWS BULLETIN, BRISTOL. VIRGINIA-TENNESSEE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 3, 1948. 44-Year-Old New Yorker Plays Cupid For GI, French Bride NEW YORK, (AP) A fortyish Cupid, armed" with $500 and lots of June wishes, smoothed way from Ellis Island to the altar for a pretty French woman today. The woman, 41-year-old Georgette Bertaud, a war widow, married her GI fiance, PFC Graydon Moffitt, titter The ceremony took place the Manhattan Cupid had helped the couple comply wtih official restrictions. bride arrived last Thursday on the Queen Elizabeth.

Moffitt, of Houston, did not arrive from his post at Fort Jackson, S. in time to meet her, and she sent to Ellis Island. He was told he would have to post a $500 bond for her release, but he couldn't raise the money. Mock Raid Staged Over Air Base DETROIT, June 3. (AP) Young pilots who defended Selfridge Field against the nation's mightlest peacetime horde of bombers were confident today they had saved their dense from becoming a theoretical rubble.

But the air force waited for pictures to tell the story. mock bombing raid over the Michigan base came with Then scant warning. It was the biggest the air force has staged since day, Target for the 200 B-29 bombers and 150 escort planes was the strategic Selfridge air base, located about 30 miles from Detroit's industrial arsenal. Defenders Enthusiastic The air force announced that bombers and the P-51 escort craft had assembled from all over the nation for the test. remained mum, however, on results.

the' Meanwhile, members of Selfridge's 56th fichtes, gave their own froup, assault and the defense they put up with their P-80 jet planes. Their reports were enthusiastic. "We gave them a real working over," one pilot reported after returning from the flight. "We intercepted the bombers very suecessfully and made a lot of passes at them." Lt. Col.

David Schilling, group commander and a wartime fighter ace, termed the defense action "a successful Payroll Growth Cited By Byrd WASHINGTON, June 3. (AP)The number of civilian employes of the federal government increased at the rate of 650 a day during April, Senator Byrd (D-Va) reported today. Byrd, in a report for the joint committee on the reduction of nonessential federal expenditures, said 19,559 persons were hired during the month, bringing civilian employment to 2,050,420. New civilian employes of the national military establishment a accounted for 7,666 of the April increase, the postoffice for 6,447, agriculture for 3,710, interior for 1,876 and the new economic cooperation administration for The War Assets Administration dismissed 1,537 employes, Veterans' Administration 693, Federal Works Agency 218, Panama Canal 257, RFC 131. Richmond Univ.

Finals Monday RICHMOND, June 3. (AP)Approximately 260 students the largest graduating class in the institution's history and almost double last year's total- will receive degrees at University of Richmond commencement exercises Monday night. Eighty-nine per cent of the male graduates are veterans of World War Il who are completing war interrupted, rights. educations under the Datebook Movies Paramount: "Iron Curtain" with Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney. Features at 12:55 p.m., 2:45, 5:58, 7:48, and 9:38.

State: "Tight with John Howard and Broderick Crawford. Features at 11:50 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:42, 4:08, 5:34, 7, 8:26, and 9:52. Columbia: "North of the Rio Grande," with William Boyd and George "Gabby" Hayes. Features at 1 p.m., 3:28, 5:56, and 8:24. Secand feature: "My Dog.

with Ted Donaldson. Features at 2:19, 4:47, 7:15 and 9:43. Cameo: "The Gangster," with Barry Sullivan Belita. Features at 1:12, 3:17, 5:22, 7:27 and 9:32. University of Virginia Alumni meeting, Hotel General Shelby, 7 p.m.

Roanoke Wholesalers, Hotel Bristol, 7:30 p.m. Sports Bristol Twins vs. Elizabethton, Shaw Field, 8 p. m. Other Events Patton Crosswhite VFW meeting.

7:30 at post home. Dandridge Lady Adds Praise For VITAGA "VITAGA sure has done a great deal for me, states Mrs. Nancy Edmonds, Route 1, Dandrige, Tenn. Mrs. Edmonds' praises for VITAGA one of countless hundreds which are received voluntarily joyous users daily.

Many report that VITAGA brought them quick relief and benefit after other medicines had failed. No cure-all, VITAGA is meritorious medical preparation bining selected medicinal plants with blood- -building iron and nerve ing Thiamin. VITAGA is recommended and guaranteed by COLE DRUG STORE THE WEIZMANNS SAIL FOR FRANCE PRESIDENT of the Provisional Government of Israel, Dr. Chaim Welzmann, and his wife, are shown just before they left New York on the liner Mauretania for France. In a brief interview, Dr.

Weizmann expressed his gratitude to "President of the U.S., the Government of the United States and the people of the United States who have been sympathetic with our aims." The Israeli President said that the new State was particularly anxious to have, friendships with Great Britain and the Arabs. The Weizmanns are British subjects. (International) DEATHS, FUNERALS LS Ronald E. Jones Ronald Eugene Jones, 2-monthsold son of Mr. and Mrs.

Luther Jones of Bristol, Route 1, died at his home at 7:30 o'clock yesterday, Surviving are his parents, one sister, Betty Jo, three brothers, James Clayton, Charles David and William Frazier; his paternal grandfather, Joe Jones of Bluff City; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bowman of Blountville.

He was a great grandson of Mrs. Mandy Goodman of Bristol The body was moved from Blevins Funeral Home to the residence at 10:30 this morning. Funeral services will be conducted at the Weavers Church at p.m. Friday. The Rev.

Dan Graham will officiate. Burial will take place in Florence Union Cemetery in Holston Valley. Mrs. John E. Merritt Mrs.

John E. Merritt, 62 life long resident of Bristol, died yesterday at her home at 211 Hadon Street following an illness of three days. Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. A. W.

Wolfe, Brooklyn, N. Y. and Mrs. Mary Lawson, Bristol; three sons, John W. Merritt, Brooklyn, and Oscar and Tom Merritt, both of Roanoke, four sisters, Mrs.

Lizza Anderson, Bristol, Mrs. Hayes Mrs. Myrtle Emmick, DaMoore, Mrs. Cora Zachery, and mascus, two brothers John E. and W.

M. Ryan, both of Bristol; and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Blevins Funeral Home. Earl V.

Shafer June 3. -Earl Shafer, 47, died suddenly at his home here Tuesday morning. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Beulah York Shafer; his mother, Mrs. M.

G. Shafer, Johnson City, one brother. Edward W. Shafer, Philadelphia; and three sisters, Mrs. James M.

Goeble, Bristol, Mrs. R. W. McCown, Charlotte, N. and Mrs.

W. C. Allison, Jonesboro, Tenn. Funeral services will be conducted at the Baptist Church of Erwin today at 3 p. m.

Dr. Meaddors, pastor of the church, will officiate with Dr. Riggell of Johnson City assisting. Mrs. Margaret Howard LEBANON, June 3.

-Mrs. Margaret Howard, 76, of Carterton, died at her residence Wednesday at 1 p.m. Surviving are one adopted daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Potter, Big Stone Gap, two brothers, J. A.

and Bob Bartee, both of Carterton. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Friday. The Rev.

W. E. Mabe will officiate. Interment will be in Carter Cemetery, The body was removed to the residence from Finney-Easterly Funeral Home at 10 a. m.

today. TRUSTWORTHY SERVICE Paul Cook FUNERAL HOMES Thomas Helton PLASTERCO, June 3. Thomas Helton, 69, died yesterday morning at his home in Plasterco. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Sisk Helton; one son, A.

G. Helton, Plasterco; and the following brothers and sisters: William Helton, Saltville, Governor Helton, Mrs. Alice Aistrop and Mrs. R. H.

Ball, all of Elizabethton, and Joe Helton of Ohio. Funeral services will be held at Mahaniam Methodist Church at Clinchburg at 2 p. m. Friday. Elders Hugh Blevins and C.

R. Dancy will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pvt. Pearlie Ellis Smith PENNINGTON GAP.

June body of Pvt. Pearlie Ellis Smith, killed in the invasion of France, will arrive here Saturday and will be taken to the home of his parents in the Robbins Chapel community. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Sunday at the Robbins Chapel church, and burial will follow in the family cometery.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith; twb broand two sisters, Violet and Rocithers, Paul, and Wayne Smith; lee.

He is also survived by a young son, Merle. Cecil-Estis Funeral Home is in charge. State Awards Dorm Contract NASHVILLE, June 3. (AP) -The state has awarded a contract to Johnson and Willard, Knoxville contractors, to build a $1,084,000 women's dormitory at Eastern State Hospital. The state building commission decided recently to award the contract after weeks of delay.

The delay reportedly was caused by the bid's far exceeding the state's original estimate of the cost. The federal government will pay onethird. Purchasing Agent Robert Oakley said after the contract was awarded yesterday that work would begin immediately on the 179-bed building. One and a half dozen lemons will make enough lemonade to serve twenty-five people. -------5 Flowers Howerdan better! it A WIDE RANGE OF REASONABLE PRICES based on our established fair-profit policy.

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(P) -I The "Old Forts" bill has cleared Congress but repercussions are still plaguing the Senate. The bill, now awaiting President Truman's action, is intended establish a formula for disposition of surplus lands formerly used by the armed services. Senators Morse (R-Ore) and Saltonstall (R-Mass), who had a hand in framing the measure, told the Senate Tuesday that this formula or at least some formula should applied to disposal of any federal land. 20 Acres Involved ground, Morse blocked consideration of a bill to transfer 20 acres of land from the Veterans Administration to Johnson City, Tenn. The "Old Forts" bill got its name because it would apply to many midwestern military reservations, established in early days on land about which cities have since grown up.

British Peddle Jet Equipment To Soviet Army WASHINGTON, June 3. (P) "The British made a mistake" in selling jet plane equipment to Russia," Assistant Secretary of Commerce David K. E. Bruce told the House appropriations committee. In foreign aid testimony made public today, Bruce commented: "I have a very strong personal impression that the British made a mistake in selling (jet equipment) to Russia." But he said he did not know whether the jet apparatus "was significant or not" and added: "I am certain the air force people are fully aware of what has been sent by Great Britain or any other country to Russia in the way of aviation equipment." Clerk Wields Pen To Build Combat Record CHICAGO, June 3.

(AP) -A former Pentagon Building clerk pleaded guilty today to falsifying government files to give himself an impressive war record. He is John Andrew Keller, 21, of Peotone, Ill. He told Federal Judge William Campbell he was motivated by his 4-F draft status caused by an arm disability suffered at birth. He said he never wore an army uniform or obtained any money from his scheme. Judge Campbell set June 23 for a hearing and asked for investigation by the probation department.

Keller was employed as a clerk in the casualty and reserve branch of the War Department in Washington from June, 1944, until July, 1946. He substituted his name for that of a cadet in a record file, selected a serial number and wrote out a history of campaign engagements and service behind enemy lines. His undoing was his for promotion from second request, first lieutenant. A routine investigation of the application disclosed the falsification. Chopped fresh cucumbers and radishes added to mayonnaise make a delicious salad dressing.

IN MEMORIAM In memory of a beloved husband and father, "Charles Henry who passed away one year ago third, and who is ever with us in loving rememberance. Mrs. C. H. Redwine and Daughters.

TRY White Seal HOG FOOD and POULTRY MASHES SHANKEL MILL. CO. The areas of locations are such that the army feels they are inadequate for its present type of organization. The Johnson City tract is not one of these. The city wants to build a fairground there.

Under the Old Forts bill, a payment of 50 per cent of fair value is required for lands to be used for recreational purposes. Cites Other Cases Saltonstall said: "In my opinion, it is not fair to state of Utah, for instance, for the University of Utah to have to pay for land (Ft. Douglas) owned by federal government, close to Salt Lake City and needed for its university grounds. It is not fair to the city of Detroit to have to pay 50 cents of its fair value for land in the Ft. Wayne area, and then permit Johnson City, for the purpose of recreation and fairgrounds, to get land valued at $16,000 for nothing." TOWN TATTLE Reckless driving charges were dismissed in Bristol, police court this morning against two drivers involved in an automobile collision at 7 a.

m. at the corner of Oakview and Chester streets. There was no evidence that either had violated any provision of the Virginia motor code, Judge Robert Davis ruled. J. D.

Morgan of New York, driver of one of the automobiles, was proceeding east on Chester Street and preparing to turn into Chester Street stopping at the sign at the intersection, when his car was by a vehicle driven Thomas C. Johnson of Bristol, going west on Oakview Street. Both machines were damaged. City Manager Robert L. Morison of Bristol, left last night for Richmond on official city business.

He will return Sunday night. While there Manager Morison will confer with officials of State Health Department, the Water Control Board, and of the State Highway Department. Arch Ramsey of 613 College Street needs several blood transfusions of type or four blood. He is now a patient King's Mountain Memorial Hospital. W.

G. Dutton, Abingdon Highway, reported to Bristol, police yesterday that someone stole an electric drill and some bits from his pick-up truck while it was parked at Aronhime Packing Company. United Commercial Travelers will hold their regular monthly meeting here Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock. Reports from the Grand Council will be heard at this time. All members are urged to attend.

WESTERN ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS Achievement of Bell Telephone Co Ever- Read; Hearing Aid Batteries For Any Type Hearing Aid SAM W. BOOHER 1016 Carolina Ave Bristol. Tenn Phone 681-W WE SERVE 7 ADEQUATELY SINCERELY! FRED D. WEAVER FUNERAL HOME ANDERSON ST. TEL 1473 BRISTOL TENN, We will accept Huff-Cook Mutual Burial Policies in Good Standing Rug Cleaning Laundry Sanitone Dry Cleaning WANTED MEN'S SHIRTS! For the FIRST time in the history of this area Men's Shirts are being returned in "Crush-Proof" cardboard Shirt Boxes.

No extra charge. It's just another FIRST in Service at "EVIER'SLaundering and Dry Cleaning Make One Call Do It All, Laundry- Dry Cleaning West Memphis Racing Plant Fought By Crump MEMPHIS, June 3. (P) -Vigorous disapproval of a proposed West Memphis, horse racing track has been expressed and by Mayor James Pleasants Shelby County Political Leader E. H. Crump.

The mayor said yesterday he regarded the proposed racing plant as "a Memphis Crump agreed. "If this proposed track is for Arkansas alone why don't they build it in Little Rock," he said. The Memphians' statements were made in reply to Arkansas Gov. Ben Laney's charges that political leaders here were "meddling" in Arkansas, affairs. Laney Memphis officials were trying to "high pressure" him.

He charged after a telephone conversation with Pleasants Monday that the mayor told him political leaders here would not participate in a forthcoming "states rights" meeting unless he promised not to a franchise for the West Memphis track. Parents Of Dead American Will Educate Chinese able him to sail the world. The Canadian pulp and paper industries supply 80 per cent of all newsprint for U. S. news- SAN FRANCISCO, June 3.

(AP) -A young Chinese arrived in San Francisco today, the living memorial to a dead American soldier he knew only for a day in their boyhood. Zee ing-tao, 18, came on the liner General Meigs from Shanghai, headed for Memphis, home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.

Cook. He is going to an American college at the Cooks' expense. In halting English he told newsmen this story: Ten years ago the Cooks were traveling in China with their son Mack, then 13. In Shanghai, their Chinese interpreter invited Mack to play with his small son. The boys spent a day together.

Later the guide and Mr. Cook kept up a correspondence. In 1944, Mack Cook was killed in action in France. The Tennessee businessman was think of some proper memorial to his son when he recalled his old Chinese guide's son. So Cook sent for young Zee.

He will enroll this summer at Harding College in Searchy, to study basic courses for a career in the Chinese merchant marine. Today Zee got his first taste of navigation, one of his main interests. He learned to use a sextant on the bridge of the Meigs as she passed the Golden Gate. He said he hoped his education would en- U- TOTE-EM SUPER MARKET Fruits Vegetables daily. VISIT OUR VEGETABLE MARKET FUNERAL Services From Yoar Home.

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BRISTOL, VIRGINIA TENNESSEE Girt Changes Story About Fatal Shot Ther James Mont, 44, a widowed furniture designer, read about their plight, and promptly went to work. Within a hours he: Put up the $500 pond for the bride-to-be. Bought a Tiffany wedding ring, a gown and orchids for the bride, a carnation for the groom, and a bottle of champagne. Arranged for the couple's license and arranged for a preacher. Mont became best man and stood beside the couple as they took their vows in the garden of his first-floor apartment.

Then he packed his bags and moved He is turning the apartment over to the Moffitts for a two-day, honeymoon. His only instructions: "Just be happy." BRISTOL RECORDS Real Estate Transfers Bristol, Tenn. Gordon E. Morley and wife to McCorson Ramsey and wife, house and lot at 1733 Windsor Avenue and part of lot 13 in block 6 fronting on Windsor avenue in the Land Company's addition, $6,250. Clifton, Bristol, Va.

W. George and Ardis H. Carter and M. R. and Lillian L.

Westmoreland to Edgar V. and Mattie Odia Caldwell, house and lot on west side of Fairview Street, $3500. Cocke Brothers Supply to William Earl and Mary H. Harrington, lots on west side Road, feet north of northeast corner of Lot 13 of Crescent Sites Addition, $2,200. Building Permits Bristol, Tenn.

K. Delaney, frame house, Spruce street, $5,000. Hensley-Stone, house, corner of Broad and Twentythird, $2,500. Bristol, Va. E.

R. Brewer, frame rear porch at 201 Kingsolver, $45. D. E. Hauser, frame dwelling at 217 Carter, $4000.

Robert Bowman, block dairy house at 1018 Vermont Avenue, $30. R. L. Hall, frame porch and wall at 2432 Bradley Street, $300. Vouchers Bristol, Tern.

Southern Railroad Company, freight on car of coal $103.53. Bristol Public Library, June appropriation, $150. Agency, insurance premium, Super Service Motor Freight Company, refund on tax, $12.02. Company, street Hobart Greene Construction, $21,275.04. Southern Railway Company, freight on coal for schools, $98.51.

Troy Laundry Company, fire department expenses, $5.79. Chamber of Commerce, advertising, $50. Brant Automatic Cashier pany, parking meter expenses, $285. Bristol, Va. None.

Marriage Licenses Bristol, Tenn. Foye Edward Lowe, 28, Mountain City, and Anna Mae Waltham, 21, Chilhowie, Va. Bristol, Va. Gene Lewis Moore, 22, Bristol, and Betty Jeanne Almany, 17, 1917 Lawrence Avenue. Rawley Daniel Fair, 30, Route 3, Bristol, to Helen Louise Wiley, 32, Drakesboro, Ky.

Martin Home Being Moved Miss Nancy Elizabeth Martin announced this morning that the Martin Convalescent Home, formerly of Lee will be moved to a new location and the site will be chosen within the next few days. She said that persons interested in making donations to the home can do 50 by mailing them to postoffice box 926, Bristol, Va. FALLS FIVE FLOORS MANILA, June 3. -Elevator Operator Diele Cruz, 30, getting a breath of fresh air from a fifthfloor window, heard his buzzer sound and rushed back to his post. But someone already had taken the elevator to the basement, and he fell the whole distance.

He was able to walk from the hospital shortly afterward. badly bruised. SOLDIERS AID CHARITY TOKYO, June 3. (P)-The U. S.

Army's Far East command stopped to count up today, and discovered its soldiers and civilian employes had contributed $266,028.07 to the March of Dimes. The .07 is presumed part of the gift of someone who simply tossed in his loose change. "Turniture Company 814-816 State St. (Nexi to Faucette Co.) RAY CLOTHING COMPANY 710 STATE QUALITY CLOTHING ON EASY TERMS! PITTSBURGH, June 3. (P)- Detective John Dorsey said today a young brunette changed her story of a Kentucky shooting to say that her male companion was "only wounded." Dorsey reported Ethel Wooding, 21, of Winthrop, explained she gave a new version after her mother, Mrs.

Ernest Wooding, pleaded with her in a long distance telephone conversation to "tell the truth." The detective said Miss Wooding recounted in a signed statement: While she and Gilbert (Lucky) Taylor, 24, of Winthrop were walking in a wooded glen along highway Middlesboro, 119 two miles outside of on May 25, he was accidentally wounded. "Lucky took his gun from his pocket and was fooling around with it," she said. "He always carried a gun. Police Seek Taylor "He threw the gun me, fooling, and said 'here, stinky, catch it. It went off and the bullet hit him in the left leg below the knee.

"He took off his shirt and told me to tear it up to make a bandage and then told me to get a doctor. I was frightened and instead of getting a doctor I got a bus to Indianapolis and stayed there three nights. Then I got a bus to Pittsburgh." She said she previously told police she killed her boy friend because she was, afraid of what might happen Taylor found her. "He beat me five or six times because I told him I wanted to go home," she said. "I was deathly afraid of Middlesboro police are seeking Taylor.

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