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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1941
Page
2
A veteran journalist warned wartime policy hinges on U S entry and total mobilization. Knickerbocker assessed Soviet weaknesses, Japanese aims, and potential postwar Germany under occupation, noting underproduction, purges, and a forced reevaluation of a Nazi era.
House leaders push a defense measure with a note of holiday cheer in remarks about Christmas songs. The bill includes a scarce change on employment rules and a provision relating to relief funds, while lawmakers warn defense work remains a grim business.
Mrs. Uriah Vermillion of Athens is recovering at Bluefield sanitarium after two weeks as a patient with tularemia. City health officials warned residents not to handle rabbits and other small game carrying the tularemia germ, which can be contracted by handling or eating affected game.
Local notices promote piano tuners, hotel contact, and business services. Bradley's department store advertises new underwear, handkerchiefs, suede bags, gloves, dresses, hats, coats, and special rack items at bargain prices.
Local postal officials urged Bluefield residents to send Christmas greetings by first class mail. They cited advantages such as sealing, forwarding, and return handling, noting first class postage is 2 cents locally and 3 cents elsewhere.
Charleston West Virginia December five. President Paul Chambers of the state Young Republican league declares the United States is already at war and urges party members to back the nation s foreign policy. He cites Roosevelt commitments to many countries and predicts policy cannot be made without complete unity. Chambers notes about 300 members are expected for the off year conference opening session. Robert A Grant will speak at the banquet. Gordon Allott National President of the Young Republican Federation speaks tomorrow. Luncheon speakers include state Republican Chairman Robert H Kay and Walter S Hallanan. Chambers criticizes Republican congressmen for talking of reading Wendell Willkie out of the party. He says the GOP needs leaders who have broad respect.
Evangelist Robert L. Boothby urged living for God not dying for Him during a Tabernacle address on Bluefield avenue. The talk highlighted martyrs and faith, with a baptism today at 2 40 p m and a Bible school at 1 30 p m. Sundays lectures include a provocative question about Jewish world influence and a two session format at 6 p m and 8 p m.
German forces pierced the Soviet line along a sector toward Dmitrov about 40 miles above Moscow on a route toward Leningrad. Simultaneous attacks created a Salient west of Moscow with a Mozhaisk breakthrough toward Naro-Fominsk, 40 miles southwest of the capital. North of Moscow the advance touched Klin and Volokolamsk region as two villages were reportedly overrun.
Berlin reports Russian attacks over the Sea of Azov have been pushed back by a solid German line with fighting paused at the front. Germany claims its positions lie east of Taganrog as Russian losses mount in the south, while Italian and Slovak troops are mentioned near Rostov. Leningrad endures heavy artillery with notable fires, and a thin Russian reinforcement column crossing Lake Ladoga is bombed by German aircraft.
A powerful quake shook the central plateau and southern border area near Panama, causing property damage and injuries. Santo Domingo Heredia reported destroyed houses, with additional damage in Guadalupe Corralillo Cartago and Puerto Jiminez. In Panama, shocks toppled a municipal building and a school near Santiago and David, with lines down and no immediate casualties.
Chicago December 5. General chairmen of the Big Five railway operating brotherhoods ratified the proposed terms for settlement of wage demands, removing the last threat of a strike on the nation’s railroads. The strike was set to begin at 6 am Sunday. Spokesmen said workers were willing to make reasonable concessions to assure national unity and support for the president and the country in this critical time.
Constantinos H Vlachos of Washington DC claims his compact engine can drive a plane to Berlin and back in six hours for about ten dollars. The device runs on a fuel mix of crude oil and water ignited by compressed air, with no electrical system and a tiny two by three inch motor. He has targeted Roosevelt and Congress with letters and press clippings, seeking RFC funding for further testing amid mixed official support.
Tomokazu Hori disputed U S claims of aims in the far east while negotiations continue. He said both sides must negotiate with sincerity to avert a lasting misunderstanding. The Taruta Maru will call at Manzanillo to repatriate Japanese. Miura sails for Los Angeles with transit visas for officials.
Mr and Mrs Hoback parents of 16 year old Pete Hoback of Bluefield say State Senator Aubrey Weaver of Front Royal has been retained as counsel for their son charged with murder alongside Herbert Porter of Brentwood Md in the Loveless case last November 23. Weaver will defend Porter as well. The Hobacks returned from Leesburg Va where they visited their son at Leesburg jail and spoke with Commonwealths Attorney Harrison. They left Bluefield Monday and the youth said little on the visit.
A defendant accused of murdering someone at a Loudoun county estate and concealing the body in a china closet will be presented to the Loudoun county circuit court grand jury at the opening of the term of court on Monday.
Private Victor Golas of Company H 104th Infantry Camp Edwards Mass stood at a Baltimore railroad crossing from 1:30 p m until the convoy passed. In rain he kept watch, hungry and tired, then built a fire and rationed beef as he awaited further orders.
Private William E. Johnson of Richlands Virginia completed the air mechanics course at Cha nute Field Ir branch of the U S Army Air Corps Technical Schools. He enlisted January 28 1941 and is assigned to Lowry Field in Denver.
Charleston West Virginia December reports House Speaker Malcolm R Arnold appealing his conviction as an accessory to grand larceny of 180 dollars in state funds. He argues the state failed to prove theft by principals and asks Kanawha county circuit court to set aside the conviction on 26 grounds.
The dispatch notes Britain’s looming war move and Finns warn of fallout from Finland’s position while celebrating the recapture of Hango. Berlin radio says Finland Hungary and Romania accept Britain’s war declaration with confidence and Canada is expected to join.
Commodore J H Edelstein chief of staff for naval operations in the eastern Mediterranean said aboard the Queen Elizabeth that a percentage of Axis supplies were sent to Libya. Meanwhile 1000 Axis prisoners arrived for transfer to the Valley internment camps where 7000 others have been sent since the invasion began November 18.
Dr. William Greenspan, member of the executive council of the American Academy of Optometry, left last night for Chicago to attend the annual meeting of the academy and the council. December 7 9 He will return to Bluefield next Thursday.
Hudson Huffard introduces H R Knickerbocker the keynote speaker as Bluefield hosts a tribute to long service by local firms and professionals. The ceremony recognizes Ninety plus veterans and lists recipients from Norfolk Western to Bluefield Daily Telegraph with notes on civic efforts and plans for area development.
Tokyo states that Chinese troop concentrations on the French Indochina border prompted precautionary Japanese reinforcement in the northern area and some troop shifts southward. No steps breach the Japan France protocol. Envoys Nomura and Kurusu delivered the reply to Secretary Hull.
A bus carrying Union High School basketball players from Webster County to a game collided roadside. Skeeter Newsom of the Boston Red Sox and Riddle described a grim scene with girls scattered along fog soaked grass. A man was pulled from the wreckage and rushed to Americus hospital.
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