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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1941
Page
5
Axis forces claim a massive 1,500,000 troop assault with 8,000 tanks and 1,000 guns aimed at Moscow as winter grips Russia. German air losses and Soviet countermoves mix with reports of fighting on multiple fronts around the capital and in the Tula sector.
Axis forces push toward the Don river area 200 miles southeast of Moscow as temperatures drop to 31 degrees below zero. The Red Army allegedly sustains a united offense while German positions hold Mozhaisk and Klin. Reports cite captured towns and a shift in North Africa as a broader German push develops around the capital.
The United States ordered Finnish ships in American ports placed under protective custody as Britain declares Finland, Hungary and Romania belligerents. The Navy said coast guard will seize six Finnish vessels in U S ports, including Olivia in Boston and Saimaa in New York, amid shifting wartime alignments.
Helsinki announces it will not wage war beyond vital security needs after receiving a British ultimatum threatening war unless Finnish hostilities against Russia end by December 5. In London, war begins as blackout clocks strike and police arrest over 200, including 150 Finns, amid mass detentions and concentration camp plans.
Members of the Blue Field Community Christmas Tree association will meet on the mezzanine floor of the West Virginian tomorrow evening at 7:45 to discuss plans for the forthcoming Community Christmas Tree. All former workers are urged to attend.
An arbitration board led by Dr. John R. Steelman and including John L. Lewis signaled a near completion of work on the union shop dispute in the steel industry’s captive coal mines. The board aimed to finish within 48 hours, with Roosevelt’s appointee noting uncertainty about the exact timetable.
Maxim Litvinoff, newly appointed Russian ambassador, arrived in San Francisco aboard a clipper plane from Honolulu. He pledged the Red Army would continue fighting, though he declined to discuss politics on arrival.
Welders across the nation prepare a Tuesday walkout over the AFL dispute for a separate union and high dues. The United Brotherhood of Welders, Cutters and Helpers says 75 000 workers may quit ships yards and defense projects, tied to a $40 million ordnance plant strike.
Dispatches from Kuibyshev report continued Soviet advances despite snow and sub zero cold. Elsewhere Finns and Germans contest Medvezhya Gora with failure claimed. Kola Peninsula stalemate persists. Red Army gains near Moscow while Nazi pressure holds at Mozhaisk and Orel regions.
Nineteen officers of the Mantle club a self styled national social and fraternal association were indicted by a special grand jury two nights ago alleging a gigantic money making scheme. The charges include illegal securities solicitations and conspiracy involving five Ku Klux Klan officers including National Imperial Wizard James A Colescott of Atlanta Ga.
Axis prisoners pile up in Libya as British reports count 7 500 captured and growing. Cairo reports Britain says Axis and Italian forces are being hunted in North Africa with ongoing patrols and no large tank battles yet. Weather hints at potential scale fighting resumption.
National figures including Wal ter S. S. Hallanan and Rep. Robert A. Grant assail what they call nondefense spending and inflation fostered by the present administration. Gordon Allott warns the public fatigue with waste and predicts a favorable turnout for the 1942 elections. The piece notes British gains in Africa and Axis losses as Libyan fighting continues with air and ground actions.
William T. Lovins dissents from a four to one decision that coal miners idle due to a labor dispute are not eligible for unemployment benefits. He argues the stoppage stems from a contract terms failure, not a labor dispute.
In Rome, testimony from the Trieste trial of 60 alleged revolutionaries outlines the spy kit of a blonde woman, invisible ink, coded passwords, and other tools. The proceedings describe Mussolini escaping an assassination attempt and a Communist baker testifying about receiving spy materials in 1939 from a Yugoslav agent.
A German radio report claimed King Leopold III of Belgium wed Mary Lelia Baels, daughter of a former Belgian minister. Stockholm confirms a sister-in-law reference, noting a possible civil ceremony planned for Monday near Laeken Castle in Brussels.
Tokyo reports a shift from appeasement to an offensive stance in East Asia as Japan warns the United States and Britain of conflict. Dispatches say Tojo Togo and Shimada will speak on the crisis amid recalls of embassy attaches and a possible pacific settlement short of war. Count Kaneko urges a commissioned examination while newspapers note Washington actions and press questions over French India raids and Roosevelt replies.
The United States will provide lend lease assistance to Bolivia with funding ranging from 100000 to 15000000 dollars. Details of the seed end and tear lease agreement were reported, outlining the aid program and allotment framework.
Washington reports say President Roosevelt dispatched a personal message to Emperor Hirohito as 125,000 Japanese troops reportedly mass in Indo China and two convoyed ships head toward the Gulf of Siam. The move follows prior U.S. protests over Japanese actions and echoes the 1937 Panay incident in tone.
Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King announced Canada’s declaration of war effective at midnight Ottawa time. Britain’s declaration began four hours earlier. King said the action is to defend the British Commonwealth and freedom of all. Australia New Zealand and South Africa were expected to follow.
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