Parliament Rejects Demand Britain Move to End War
The House of Commons voted 341 to 4 against a motion urging Britain to seek immediate peace terms. The debate centered on fear of Coventry style bombing and the question of clear war aims, with independent and pacifist Labour MPs opposing further fighting.
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House of Commons
Britain
Associated Press
London
Coventry
Clement R. Attlee
Dopaty
Official
Labor Party
Independent Labor Party
Roosevelt sees naval base sites in Jamaica during Caribbean visit
President Franklin D Roosevelt inspected potential U S naval base locations in Jamaica aboard the Tuscaloosa. He surveyed Portland Bight Goat Island and adjacent quays, the Bakers canal site, and Port Royal with joint Anglo American use plans.
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Magrant
Kingston
Amaica
Roosevelt
United States
Caribbean
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Europe
Portland Bight
Goat Island
Bight
Britain
Bakers Canal
Jamaica
Port Royal
Kingston Harbor
Mr. Roosevelt
Mayrant
Pope
Tuscaloosa
London Air Raids Report Heavy Losses Across Coast
Reports mark heavy bombing across the south coast and London districts with 14 Axis planes downed and British losses. Incendiaries and high explosives hit towns, fires started, and several areas suffered casualties though some counts remain unclear. A mental institution was hit as the day’s daylight hours brought renewed air activity.
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London
Anny London
Taft Attacks England Loan Notion in Senate Discussion
Senator Taft called England a good risk for loans nonsense and urged congressional approval for any aid to China while Sir Frederick Phillips visited Washington to discuss British finances. Morgenthau echoed the good risk claim but Taft pressed for a formal study of British resources before extending credit.
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Taft
China
Washington
England
Senate
Ohio
Clark
Frederick Phillips
Morgenthau
Jones
Lohn
Treasury
Stabilization Fund
House Banking Committees
United States
Shylock
Jesse Jones
Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
Seeland
Air Canada
Sir Frederick
Paul Tross to be Hanged at Moundsville Prison Tonight
Charleston W V December 5 Paul Tross 41 year old Keyser Negro lost today in final attempt to escape the gallows for criminally attacking a white school teacher when Governor Holt refused further clemency. Warden Callison said at Moundsville he would be hanged tomorrow night. Tross maintained innocence and had exhausted appeals to state supreme court U S Supreme Court and the governor. He was sentenced June 11 and the original execution date was August 12. Attorneys had stated they would seek U S Supreme Court review and clemency until December 6. Tross is the first person ever to be executed in Mineral county.
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Charleston
W. Va
Paul Tross
Keyser
Holt
Leo Callison
State Penitentiary
Moundshe
Tross
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Circuit Court of
Mineral County
Meres
Robert McV. Crane
U. S. Supreme Court
Caaneel Ay Dee Ie Taieeck County
British Planes Pound Nazi Supply Cities
London reports a twelve hour raid by British bombers on Duesseldorf and other targets. The attack focused on rail yards, armament works, coal gas plants, docks, and shipping at several Ruhr sites, with additional strikes on Turin Dortmund Antwerp Ostend and Calais.
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Associated Press
London
Duesseldorf
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Rhineland
Derendorf
Mannesmann Rohrenwerke
Turin
Italy
England
Mediterranean
Dortmund
Antwerp
Ostend
Calais
Snow and Ice Sweep East in Early Cold Wave Old Weather Warnings
The eastern seaboard faced snow and sleet as a new cold wave loomed. Battering seas and high gales sparked distress calls from four vessels. Fatalities rose with at least nine deaths linked to the storm, while New York area treacherous roads slowed travel and snow fell from Buffalo to New England. Temperatures plunged into the 20s to 30s with more snow forecast locally.
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Maine
North Atlantic
New York
New York City
Long Island
Virginia
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Appalachian Rates Will Be Decreased
Charleston West Virginia December 5 The Public Service Commission ordered Appalachian Electric Power to further cut rates for southern West Virginia customers effective January 1 The commission estimates annual savings of not less than 400300 for residential commercial industrial rural and street lighting users Previous reductions totaled 1845169 29 in annual savings The company offered revised rates at the commission suggestion.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
Appalachian Electric Power Company
P.S.C
President seeks Senate approval for Seaway power project
President Roosevelt announced he would seek earliest Senate approval of a Canada backed treaty to complete the Great Lakes Seaway and power project. The move aims to speed defense production and ensure ship construction in wartime. Canadian officials report negotiations proceeding satisfactorily.
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Senate
Detroit
Roosevelt
Canada
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
A. A. Berle
Great Lakes Basin
John C. Beukema
National Seaway Council
Ottawa
Ont
School speaker from Daniel Boone at Kentucky Hotel association event
Creel of Daniel Boone Charleston W V speaks at the Kentucky Hotel association meeting set for Friday and Saturday in Ashland Kentucky.
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Ashland
Dee
Creel
Daniel Boone
Charleston
W. Va
Bulgaria Closes Border as Emigres Limit Reached
Bulgaria shuts its frontier amid limit reached for emigres under the Cara agreement. Romania reports new mobilizations of reservists as authorities order foreigners in Romania to surrender passports by December 20. Turkish radio hints Germany may restore some lost territory to Romania, signaling potential regional tensions.
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Bucharest
Romania
Bulgaria
Dobi
Dobruja
Rumania
Beg Wert of Interior
Ision
Ankara
Germany
Ice conditions blamed for eight dead in United Air Lines crash
Chicago witnesses testified at a coroner's inquest that icing conditions were present as a United Air Lines mainliner crashed near a Chicago airport killing eight. An officer in the control tower said the plane appeared to descend with a left turn and struck power lines. Officials and UAL spokesmen disputed reports the craft carried heavy ice.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
Thomas F. O'Hara
Florence M. Little
O'Hara
UAL
Keller F. Meiton
Two Key Cities See Page On Greek Albanian Front
Greek forces pressed into Porto Edda and Ar girocastro as Italians abandoned the towns. Greeks reported fires set by retreating Italians to slow advance, with material valued around £2,000,000 seized and over 500 machine guns among the prizes. General HQ noted progress on the Albanian front despite enemy air attacks. Italian raids on Corfu caused no casualties.
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Athens
Porto Edda
Argirocastro
Alania
Italthen
Ochrida
Elbasani
Tirana
Corfu
Koritza
Pogradetz
Hutton Dies at Edisto Estate Near Charleston
Franklyn L. Hutton father of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hut ton dies at his plantation 30 miles from Charleston after weeks of illness. He is 64. Private funeral services set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Prospect Hill on the Edisto River estate. Burial to be announced. body expected to be sent to New York.
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Charleston
D. C
Franklyn L. Hutton
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
Haugwitz
Here
Prospect Hill
Hutton
Edisto River
New York
Justice Department and Dies Team Up On Nazi Propaganda Exposure
The Justice Department and the Dies Committee agreed to disclose Nazi and Fascist propaganda circulated by mail. Attorney General Jackson told Rep Voorhis there is no objection to publicizing the flow of propaganda, noting much is legal in character. Both sides see a shared role in exposing subversive activity while avoiding prejudice to ongoing investigations. Indictments are anticipated from evidence the department received, related to German agents sabotaging a California flight order.
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Washington
Justice Department
Dies Committee
Jackson
Rep. Voorhis
Calif
Voorhs
California
Dies
Commie
Los Angeles
Lowell H. Smith
Army Air Corps
Santa Monica
Mac
Greek Forces Claim Entry Into Porto Edda in Albania
Greek sources say troops entered the southern Albanian port of Porto Edda and captured about 1,500 Italians as they push toward Elbasani. Reports also claim imminent seizure of Anglrocastro with Italians withdrawing toward Tepeleni while new Italian divisions arrive elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Ochrida
Yugoslavia
Albania
Porto Edda
Elbasani
Anglrocastro
Vogusa
Tepeleni
Athens
Rome
Argirocastro
Kamla
Mokra
Tirana
Italy
Ioannina
Greece
Bluefield Wholesale Trade Totals Reach 1939 High
Wholesale trade in Bluefield in 1939 reached 16.935 million dollars with 55 establishments employing 612 people and paying 1.07 million in payroll. Virginia side town added 1.384 million in trade with 84 workers earning 103 thousand. Combined Bluefield totals span 18.319 million in sales, 696 employees and 1.173 million payroll. Groceries led with 3.812 million, general groceries 2.351 million, coal and coke 2.255 million.
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Bluefield
Census Bureau
Department Commerce
Bluefi Vn
Bluefields
W. Va
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