Witt Hancock Letters From India Chronicle Foreign Correspondent
Bluefield readers learn of Witt Hancock AP correspondent in New Delhi and wife recount life abroad. Notes Gandhi Wardha visit, trip hardships, interviews with the Viceroy, and Witt's speech at the Indian Institute of International Affairs. Describes servants, transport via tongas and rickshaws, hotel life, and costly supply shortages.
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Bluefield
Witt Hancock
Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Hancock
Daily Telegraph
London
Moscow
Istanbul
Ankara
Bombay
Calcutta
Simla
Sabib Witt
Witt
Mahatma Gandhi
Wardha
Gandhi
Indian Institute of International Affairs
Turkey
Go to Church Today Urges Community Call
A churchgoing message promotes attending services today and using the church as a place for gathering and assistance. The note mentions community ties and clothing purchases as part of church outreach.
Christmas Gift Preview at Local Stores
Shopping days left before Christmas highlight promotions for teens and family gifts. Fretwell’s offers plaid jackets at 3.95 and fur trimmed coats from Mademoiselle’s, with Bradley’s features new dresses, silk robes, nylon lace, and a range of evening wear.
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Mademoiselle's
Bradley's
FINNS TO FIGHT Continued from Page One
The piece reports on Allied reactions to Finland's stance as German satellite states refuse ultimatums against Russia. Britain says little military change but notes Finns Hungarians and Romanians may shift peace conference sides. Ryti blasts Soviet friendship with Britain and the United States as hypocritical. The Hungarian and Czech groups in Britain express solidarity with Britain.
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Russia
Britain
Pinland
Hungary
Rumania
Association of
Great Britain
London
Germany
Helsinki
Risto Hyti
United States
Soviet Union
Ryti
Germans Claim Phase of Libyan Fight Advances
Report notes the clash was entering a new phase with no details provided. German claims through December 1 state 9,000 British captured and 800 tanks plus 134 planes destroyed or captured in the Libyan campaign. Commentary cites Churchill aims to aid Russia and influence Europe.
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Britain
DNB
Churchill
Russia
France
Europe
Wera
Montcalm Man Dies by Suicide in Store Wareroom
Clayton E. White 35 of Lorton Lickroad shot himself with a 12 gauge shotgun in the back of the head in the wareroom of T. A. Warden's store at Montcalm yesterday morning around 8 o'clock. White, a Warden employee for four years, was found by Robert Riggs at 8:30. He leaves a wife and five children, funeral set for 2 pm at Montcalm Church of God with Bluestone Lodge Knights of Pythias pallbearers and Molly Conley class flower bearers. Burial at Sand Lick cemetery.
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Clayton E. White
Lorton Lickroad
Morton Wagner
White
T. A. Warden
Montcalm
Warden
Robert Riggs
Wagner
Sam M. Lambert
P. R. Fox
Justice of the Peace
Nelson
Billy
Joyce Ann
Jimmy Lee
Sammy
Nancy
Clyde
Ophir White
Edna Stevens
Lillian
Helen White
Montcalm Church of God
Preston Smith
Bluestone Lodge 162
Knights of Pythias
Mr. White
Molly Conley
Sand Lick Cemetery
Republicans Demand Strong Defense and Fiscal Reform
Party leaders urged rapid national defense funding while attacking New Deal waste and inflation. They pressed for labor responsibility and a insurgent stance against executive overreach, warning that inflation harms savers and workers as Republicans promise prudent, constitutional governance.
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Robert H. C. Kay
Ra Kay
Grant
Allott
Tle
Washington
Hallanan
Executive Department
America
Republian
Retired Narrows minister Charles A Brown dies at 84
Charles A Brown 84 a longtime Methodist minister and educator of Narrows died at St Elizabeths hospital Pearisburg He was an Emory and Henry College alumnus class of 1883 and held AB and MA degrees He served as co principal at Dolph Macon Academy and ministered at several churches including Staunton Princeton and Radford He is survived by two wives a son William H Brown and daughter Ednad G Brown plus stepchildren siblings and other relatives Funeral services will be held at Narrows Popes Church with interment at Pairview cemetery.
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Charles A. Brown
Narrows
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Pearisburg
Mr. Brown
Emory and Henry College
Dolph - Macon Academy
B. W. Bond
Baltimore
Second Methodist Church
Staunton
Princeton Collegiate Institute
Princeton
W. Va
Radford Methodist Church
Lillian Overholt
William H. Brown
University of Caifornia
Ednad G. Brown
Roanoke
Welders Face Lockout After Strike Threats
The text reports union leaders warning welders of a lockout at midnight as APL plans to pull welder accords and push companies to bar workers due to alleged bad standing with the union, signaling escalating labor tensions at the shipyards.
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Eaperere
Paul Gregory
Shipyards
APL
Coast Guard Seizes Finnish Vessels Amid Registry Battle
Coast Guard reports indicate ships under Finnish registry face seizure by Britain as enemy vessels after London rejects Finnish transfers. Among affected are ships from 1,098 to 4,965 gross tons, many decades old, with limited US credits previously extended to Finland. The Aurora suffered 50,000 in fire damage near Hudson River. Aagot, 3,939 tons, was seized in Patapsco River by harbor patrol. Angot identified as Panamanian registered, no action reported.
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Britain
Aurora
Hudson River
Carl H. Abel
Baltimore
Newfoundland
Patapsco
Canton
Coast Guard
Pisto's
Abel
Abe
Thorden
Roosevelt appeals to Hitler amid growing Indo China tensions
The article reports a personal appeal from President Roosevelt to Adolf Hitler regarding the European war. It notes troop concentrations in French Indo China totaling about 125 000 across Indochina and surrounding areas, with ships and transports described. Officials question Tokyo’s explanations and discuss potential implications for US policy and Asian stability, while noting naval base developments in Alaska and the arrival of Russian ambassador Litvinov for strategic insight.
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Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Amaterasu
Meiji
State Department
Indo-China
Cambanh Bay
Department
Point de Cameau
Gulf of Siam
Thailand
Hull
Tokyo
Orient
East Asia
Singapore
England
Bombay
Japan
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
America
Washington
Vichy
France
Yunnan
Dutch East Indies
China
Alaska
Maxim Litvinoff
Far East
Jimmy's Restaurant Pancakes Inspire Morning Wakeup
Bright description invites readers to start the day at Jimmy's Restaurant with a stack of brown fluffy pancakes and melting butter, topped by syrup and a cup of famous Jimmy's coffee. The scene emphasizes a cozy breakfast experience as a daily ritual.
Relious Wins Muddy Chateau Martin Handicap at Charles Town
Relious led a 2% length victory in the Chateau Martin handicap over 1 mile 16 in mud at Charles Town. Barby Du stood second and Five-O-Four took third as the finish was declared official after a stretch foul by Barley. It marked Relious’s third straight win following Bowie meetings.
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Charles Town
W. Va
E. J. Johnson
RelioUs
W. W. Waters
Barby du
B. T. Pitts
Chester Walters
Barley
Lis
Bowie
Soviet and German Front Movements Report in Moscow Area
Dispatches outline Russian counter moves along the Moscow front with bridgeheads on the Kalinin sector and a push near Klin. German efforts north of Tula and in the Donets basin region are described, with Soviet counterattacks near Mariupol and along the Taganrog peninsula amid fierce German resistance.
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Moscow
Volga
Kalinin
Klin
Tula
Berlin
Donets Basin
Don
Donets-Rostov
Mariupol
Rostov
Taganrog
Remizov
Automobiles Crash Near Fort Eustis Involving Soldiers
Seven area soldiers from Fort Eustis Virginia narrowly escaped injury when their car collided with a second vehicle two miles north of Bluefield. Miss Arlena Sizemore received a cut not serious. Taxi owner George Dixon of Williamsbere Virginia was hospitalized after the crash. Police report says Dixon, unfamiliar with mountain roads, allowed a soldier to drive. X rays showed no broken bones.
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Fort Fustis
S. 52
Bluefield
Arlena Sizemore
Powell Street
Miss Sizemore
George Dixon
Williamsbere
Providence Hospital
Bluefield Sanitarium
Dixon
Fort Eustis
Elks Memorial Service Set For This Afternoon at 2 30
Bluefield Elks will observe their 48th annual memorial service at the local lodge this afternoon starting at 2 30 o'clock. The program includes musical selections by the Bluefield College choir, opening by the exalted ruler, invocation by Rev J R Bene, roll call by secretary E Mark Kincaid, altar service by lodge officers, a talk by Rev E A Shugart, benediction by Rev Bene, with music directed by Gibson Morrissey. A total of 379 lodge members have died since organization. Officers listed include E Bernard Jarrett exalted ruler and other senior officers.
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Bluefield Elks
Bene
Gibson Morrissey
Bluefield Lodge
E. Bernard Jarrett
T. K. Shawver
Ralph E. Shupe
Charles A. Campbell, Jr
E. Kincaid
M. K. Otey
M. A. Krupey
M. 8. Smith
A. Se Honaker, Jr
B. W. Hughes
W. W. Clark
Report on Allied Aid Reported in Southern Counter-Offensive
Wording indicates allied support aiding the southern counter-offensive with shelling and contact with German units in retreat. The fragment implies coordinated action between allied forces and their operations against retreating German units.
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Retrea
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