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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1940

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Nazis Claim Seven More Ships Sunk At Sea

Berlin reports seven additional armed merchant vessels sunk by German sea war operations. One submarine scored direct hits on six ships while a bomber attacked a long convoy 250 miles off the Irish coast. The high command cites 25 British merchant ships sunk since Monday, totaling 285000 tons.

Associated Press Berlin Germany Great Britain High Command Atlantic Trish DNB Irish Britain London

Last Body Removed From Wrecked Nelms Mine

Cadiz Ohio December 4 rescue crews recovered the body of Robert Dinger Jewett drill er from the Nelms mine of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal company. He was the last body removed after the mine explosion last Friday. Coroner J B Tubbs of Harrison county will open the formal inquest tomorrow.

Cadiz Robert Dinger Jewett Nelms Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company J. B. Tubbs Harrison County

London Reports 1. 5. Ship Deal

The Daily Mail reports Washington plans place 150 American merchant ships at Britain's disposal. Officials say the aid is part of a plan to mobilize all available U.S. merchant shipping to meet Britain's urgent needs with more destroyers and aircraft likely to follow. President Roosevelt reportedly laid out the broad aid plan before his Caribbean cruise.

London The Daily Mail Washington United States Britain Roosevelt Caribbean

California Epidemic Slackening Amid Heat Wave

In Los Angeles a reported slackening of the influenza epidemic emerged as 23 pneumonia deaths were tallied since Sunday, bringing November’s total to 132. Southern California endured a winter heat wave with highs near 68 degrees, while several San Francisco Bay Area communities closed due to the outbreak.

Los Angeles California San Francisco

West Virginia Guard to Enter Federal Service in January

The West Virginia National Guard unit from Bluefield and other companies of the 150th Infantry will be inducted into federal service likely between January 1 and 9. The call, possibly for a broader 38th division mobilization, comes from Fifth Corps area at Fort Hayes. Company M in Bluefield, with 85 men and 2 officers, is led by Lieut Edmunds and supports a 40-man band under Warrant Officer Ramage.

National Guard Bluefield 150Th Infantry Rifles West Virginia Indiana Kentucky Fifth Corps Fort Hayes War Department W. E. Eubank Ira J. Barber Huntington Charles R. Edmunds John . Hildebrand Richard Ramage Edmunds Welch Walter Co. Finley

Fascists Apparently Abandon Defense Of Two Albanian Bases

Greek spokesman reports Italian forces withdrawing northward from Porto Edda and Argirocastro in southern Albania, signaling a retreat from key bases. He also notes Italian counterattacks repelled and asserts the Fascist command struggles to reorganize as winter weather hinders operations.

Athens Porto Edda Argirocastro Premet Tirana

Britain Loans Debate Intensifies In Washington

Washington reports link two events to Britain loan talks as Jesse Jones calls England a good risk and Morgenthau confirms a British mission to present finances. Senator George urges wartime 24 hour production for arms, tying to swift help for Britain.

George Jesse Jones Commerce England Morgenthau Sir Frederick Philips Treasury United States

Romania and Germany Sign Broad Ten Year Trade Pact

Berlin announces a ten year economic agreement with Romania to boost agriculture transport finance and industry while German capital and technicians will be used in Romania. The pact aims to develop Romanian resources deliver large quantities to the Reich and integrate Romania into a new European economic system.

Associated Press Berlin Germany Rumania Dition Umania Reich Romania Europe Britain Balkan

Nazis Point For See Page 2

Romanian press cites Currntul as Nazi mouthpiece claiming smaller nations will lead axes armies and use their territory for a spring offensive. The piece hints at a drive likely through Bulgaria or Yugoslavia toward Greece and Turkey with a broader Axis coalition spanning Europe and the Middle East.

Bucharest Europe Weday Axis Turkey Near East Suez Berlin Rumania Romania Germany Cuerentul Hungary Slovakia Mance Rome Tokyo Amania Axia Bulgaria Yugoslavia Greece Middle East Spain Gi- Curental Axis League of Nations Vienna

Greeks Use Redskin Tactics To Take Peak From Italians

In Salonika a Greek sergeant described using mist stealth and bayonet charges to seize a fortified Italian position in the Koritza-Pogradetz sector with 40 men. He noted heavy casualties, capture of guns, and a prisoner escape after an amputation left him at war’s end. Another sergeant, wounded and later amputated, recalled dividing his force to attack guns from two sides as Italian defenders teased by bayonet fear.

Salonika Greece Koritza-Pogradetz Morova

British Turkish Financial Accord Aims to Boost Trade

London reports a financial agreement between Britain and Turkey to raise trade. Payments between Turkey and sterling area nations will use the current exchange rate, with "far accounts" created to ease Turkish British payments. Diplomatic circles call it a strategic move and a challenge to German influence in the Balkans.

London Foreign Office Turkey Balkans Berlin

Nazi Air Force Raids Midlands and London

German air force conducted heavy raids across the midlands including eastern and western areas with incendiaries and high explosives. Casualties reported in at least two Midlands towns, with damage to homes, a church, and a police station. London endured bombs striking a school and a facility for incurable children. anti air defenses active but weather reduced effects.

Britain DNB Bristol Brighton Grantham England London Birmingham Germany Associated Press Midlands Wales Jow Junkers

Italian Fliers Strike British In Crete and Taranto Raid

Italian high command reported two British cruisers torpedoed in Suda Bay Crete and a destroyer sunk possibly, with an Italian submarine damaging a British ship. Mussolini acknowledged damage to three warships, while Albanian front actions and air force sorties against Preveza Levkas and Tirana are noted.

Rome Taranto High Command Jones Crete Suda Bay Britain Mediterranean Gibraltar Atlantic Greece Mussolini Italy Ibasani Tirana

President Roosevelt Cruises Cuban Coast on Caribbean Tour

President Roosevelt aboard the U S S Magrant steamed along the Cuban coast on the first leg of a Caribbean voyage. He planned to inspect naval and air bases recently acquired from Great Britain as two neutrality patrol seaplanes circled the Tuscaloosa. The journey from Miami to the Caribbean remained secret with little fishing expected.

Magrant Roosevelt Cuban Caribbean Sea United States Great Britain

Police Killed In Native Uprising In Cochin China

In western Cochin China twenty native police were killed nine missing and twenty one wounded in a new uprising. French authorities arrested leaders and planned gun boat demonstrations while diplomacy sought settlement. The Indo China Siam border lull continued with only a Thai flight reported yesterday.

Hanoi Indo-China Cochin China Siam Poipet

Ten Killed and Ten Injured As Plane Crashes Near Airport

A United Airlines Mainliner crashed in murky weather near the municipal airport killing six aboard and injuring ten, with at least three in critical condition. The crew included Captain Philip Scott and First Officer George Young. other names and injuries are listed, while power lines and a nearby apartment were affected.

Chicago United Airlines Philip Scott George 8. Young Lee F. Haneline Coleene UAL Wilabert J. Austin Cleveland Austin Company, Engineers and Builders W. Moore Ordnance Engineers Jane Selby

Norfolk and Western to build five streamlined locomotives

Norfolk and Western officials said the railroad plans to spend 987000 dollars on passenger equipment in 1941. Five new streamlined passenger locomotives will be built in Roanoke at 150000 dollars each. The program includes modernizing 10 passenger coaches and air conditioning four combination cars, with total costs around 212000 dollars.

Roanoke Norfolk and Western Southern Railway Memphis Washington N. and W Lynchburg Bristol Cincinnati

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