Bluefield Red Cross Gift Council Plans Ashford General Aid
Sixteen Bluefielders led by Bernard Gates organize the Bluefield Red Cross gift council at White Sulphur Springs. The group pledges gifts and supplies for Ashford General Hospital including cards, trays, canes, wrapping, and playing decks. Next meeting set for April at White Sulphur Springs.
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Bluefield
John Rodman
E. P. Kenney
Ashford General
Artea
American Red Cross
Andpitals
Ital
Ashford
White Sulphur Springs
C. Brae
Laurence B. Tierney, Jr
Motor Corps
P. D. Woods
Red Cross
J. W. Warner
Irman Ler
R. R. Stewart
E. P. Kinney
Camp and Hospital
8. C. Douglas
J. McMullin
Sewroom
Elsia Thomas
Man of Home
J. Warner
Millie Ps
Marion Gooch
Fields Receives Combat Infantryman Medal For Normandy to Falaise
Pfc F H Fields son of Mr and Mrs Walter Fields of Bluefield Va has been cited by his armored infantry battalion and awarded the combat infantryman medal for actual participation in combat with the First army in Germany He trained at Camp Lee Camp Roberts Camp Cooke Camp Forrest and Camp Pine and landed in France on D day He fought in Normandy Vitre Le Mans Argentan Caen and Falaise before entering Germany prior to his service he worked at Seyler lumber Co in Bluefield Va Pvt Robert Fields serves with the Fifth army in the theater
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Pic
Frazier H. Fields
Walter Fields
Pouetlied
Y Va
Germany
Fields
Camp Lee
Camp Roberts
Calif
Camp Cooke
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Camp Pine
England
France
Belgium
First Army
Normandy
Vitre
le Mans
Argentan
Grace
Caen
Falaise
Seyler Lumber
Bluefield
Robert Fields
Fifth Army
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion and Mood
A retro health ad touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to improve digestion and energy. It claims quick relief within 30 minutes by increasing digestive juice flow, promising better mood and comfort after meals and symptoms of headachy, upset, tiredness.
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Carter
Lolten
Erti
Deaths and funerals detail Stone and Bowling cases
Mrs. Mary Belle Morrison Stone formerly of Creek Virginia died at her Vermilion Canada home. Funeral plans for Muriel Diane Bowling eleven months old of Bluefield are announced. E L Day of Princeton WV, water company manager, died last night with arrangements pending at a local funeral home.
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Mary Stone
Mary Belle Morrison Stone
Creek
Vermilion Canada
George H Stone
George L. Carter
Stone
Bluefield
R. R. Waltz
Hancock Street
John Shelton
Union Street
Muriel Diane Bowling
E. L. Day
West Virginia Water Service Co
Princeton
Memorial Hosps
Predeking Seaver Funeral Home
Holdren Receives $600 Damage Award in Circuit Court
A Prince County circuit court jury awarded Cecil Holdren $600 against William McCroskey for loss of his left arm from a wound allegedly inflicted a year earlier. The case joins other damage actions listed for continued trials and judgments in progress.
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Cecil
Earl
William McCroskey
Prince
Holdren
McCroskey
Martha Winston
R. Ashworth
Mary Frances McGugh
John R. Day
Joe Watkins
Neal Bone
Dasnella Manns Hurts
Neal
Scoutmasters Plan Meeting To Aid Ashford Hospital
J C Acuff urges all Scoutmasters to attend tonight at 8 at the municipal Boy Scout HQ Bluefield to finalize plans for troops and packs to support Ashford General hospital through the Ford General camp committee. Scouts will collect old cloths cotton prints wash dresses aprons buckles zippers and 144 ear bob components for reuse by servicemen. Call 5517 for pickup or delivery to aid soldiers.
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J. C. Acuff
Boy Scout Headquarters
Bluefield
Ford General Camp
Ashford General Hospital
Boy Scout Ey
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Sunk ship saga ends with heroic rescue and loss
The Princeton’s skipper Captain Buracker recalls the disaster as the ship sank after a magazine explosion. Captain John Hoskins was badly wounded with a severed leg. Dr. Roland Sala performed amputation and helped hoskins reach safety. Ten officers and 98 men died. Hoskins later recovered in hospital.
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Bur
Princeton
Buracker
John Hoskins
Bethesda
Roland O. Sala
Rock
Hoskins
Hoskin
Tor
Sala
Dr. Sala
Hitler Reemerges in Propaganda Spread by German Press
London reports German press and radio massed coverage of Adolf Hitler’s actions presented as a staged return to prominence. The accounts claim Hitler personally carried out political and military acts from consulting foreign officials to awarding war decorations, linked to his recovery from July 20 assassination injuries.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Hitler
Senate Revolts Continue on Nomination in Senate
In Washington on December 6 a party line split emerged over the nomination of Joseph C. Grew and three others to ten ranking state department posts. Motions to recommit were debated as Democrats from Tennessee and Maryland weighed in. Kilgore West Virginia and Stewart Tennessee supported recommit. Glass and Byrd did not vote.
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Washington
Marland
Tennessee
Virginia
Joseph C. Grew
State Department
Kilgore
West Virgina
Stewart
Nessee
McKellar
Cliffe
Tych
Maryland
Ducan
Revercomb
Glass and
Byrd
Randolph King Listed Wounded In Battle Near Brest
Private Randolph King 20 of McComas West Virginia was wounded by shrapnel in the right knee while his 315th Station Hospital unit advanced toward Brest France. He received first aid and is recovering at a U S army station hospital in England. King has been awarded the Purple Heart. His brother Cecil D King serves in the navy and the King family resides in McComas.
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England
Pvt. King
American Coal Company
McComas
Cecil D. King
Navy
Dave King
Minstrel Show Brings Free Entertainment to Ashford Soldiers
The Ashford visit by a Lions Club sponsored minstrel show, featuring Otis Bivens Bob Lazenby Jr Frank Roberts and Dick Morgan with Bill McDougle at the piano, drew a packed hospital theater for wounded soldiers. Proceeds from the Bluefield performance support the Lions Club blind fund. D E Templeton led the group to Ashford to report the event.
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Charleston
Mt. Hope
Bluefield
Lions Club
Ashford
Lions Club Blind Fund
Otis Bivens
Bob Lazenby Jr
Frank Roberts
Dick Morgan
Bill McDougle
Fire damages Charleston chain of commerce annex
A fire in Charleston West Virginia damaged the commerce annex early today destroying the Kanawha Players workshop on the third floor. Fire chief Louis McLane said six companies fought the flames and the workshop was a complete loss. Loss to stock and fixtures was placed at $15,000 or more with additional thousands from other shops and the COG Supply company.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chain of Commerce
Eveuinaen
Kanawha Players
Louis McLane
Players
Richard Gage
Morris Berkeley
Union Clothing
COG
Scout reports surge of pocket compass requests
J. Acuff scout executive said many service men overseas are writing to parents asking for small pocket compasses. No compasses are for sale in the city and parents are calling headquarters seeking volunteers who can supply them.
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J. ©. Acuff
Scout
Acuff
Morale Builder Links Red Cross To Soldiers’ Families
The American Red Cross arranged direct communication between Red Cross field directors in Europe and U S home office via Army radio to speed emergency message transmission to servicemen and their families.
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U. S
Europe
American Red Cross
Cross
Army Radio
Two U S Soldiers Charged With Fatal Shooting Of Briton
Two American soldiers arrested at a U S camp in Norfolk will be charged before an army court with the fatal shooting of Sir Eric Teichman, a former British diplomat in the Far East. Capt Van Neck said the arrests followed a joint civil police and military investigation. Teichman’s body was found after he drove off a poacher. A 37 mm anti aircraft gun can fire about 1,000 pounds of copper per minute.
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Honingham
Norfolk
Eng
U. S
Eric Teichman
Far East
H. van Neck
van Neck
Pvt John Evans Killed In Action In WWII
Private John Evans of Princeton was killed in action in France on November 21 1944. He trained at Camp Walters Texas and served overseas with an infantry unit after joining the army last March. He worked for City Traction in Aceton and is survived by his wife and two children.
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John W. Evans
Princeton
Frince
South Walk
War Department
Evans
Army
Camp Walters
Texas
Ci Ty Traction Company
Aceton
World War II policy tensions shape European futures
The article surveys postwar strategy as Churchill and Roosevelt map Europe during Britain's darkest months before Pearl Harbor. It notes a Tito Stalin pact, Yugoslav tensions, Czechoslovakia with Russia, Poland’s split loyalties, Italian leadership debates, and British vetoes while pressing for self determination and an end to violence in Greece.
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Atlantic
Churchill
Roosevelt
Britain
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Marshal Tito
Peter
Tito
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Poland
Lublin Committee of National Liberation
Italy
Maritain
Washington
Carlo Sforza
Anthony Eden Rooe
Greece
Reece
Allied schedule through Belfort and Saar pressure
The report notes Allied advances along the Cologne plain breaking the Saar line to let Patton reach the Saar region, with the Ruhr as a key German industrial center. Von Rundstedt faces a choice between defending the Cologne plain or closing other invasion routes to the Reich. one move will force a decisive outcome soon.
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Cologne
Belfort
Vosges
Saar
Patton
Ruhr
Germany
Fiéki Marshal von Rundstedt
Reich
Yanks Report Air Activity Over Tokyo At 1:30 A M
American sources say no U S planes were over Tokyo today NBC reported and the enemy flight went eastward without dropping bombs The brief note notes Japanese air units engaged in the action during the early hours while Allied forces did not confirm any American sorties over Tokyo.
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Tokyo
United States
NBC
Passenger Freight Train Collision Injures Twelve in Charleston
An eastbound Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train rear ended freight No. 92 in South Charleston yards. Twelve people were injured, including William W. Venable 71 and Pfc. Charles Rohr 21. No cars derailed and investigation continues.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio
South Charleston
William W. Venable
Charles Rohr
Cincinnati
Hinton
H. FE. Webb
Huntington
Webb
Planes Attack German Convoy Off Bohuslan Coast
Allied planes attacked a southbound German convoy off Bohuslaen north of Gothenburg early Thursday according to a Reuters dispatch from Holm. One vessel was sunk and others damaged in the engagement.
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London
Bohuslaen
Gothenburg
Reuters
Holm
Virginia review notes mixed signals in construction and demand
Richmond December report from the federal reserve bank highlights that while consumption and goods distribution rise, construction lags due to material and labor limits. coal output up four percent year to ten months, public works designed to bridge reconversion gap, and home loan programs expected to expand residential building.
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Richmond
Commars & FG
Virginie Curacote
Federal Reserve Bank
Ceroain
West
G. L
Local War Bond Sales Update In West Virginia
West Virginia reports total bond sales reaching 106 percent of the state quota as of December 4. Series E sales are at 39 percent of the 21 million dollar goal, with individuals at 78 percent of 39 million and corporations at 144 percent of 30 million. Total state sales amount to 51.75 million, about 75 percent of the objective.
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Mercer County
National Biscuit Company
New York
C. B. Houston
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
Pitts H, Pa
West Virginia Ater Service Company
Charleston
West Virginia War Finance Committee
State total at three-quarter post for WV war loan drive
Charleston W Va Dec 6 The sixth war loan drive in West Virginia reached the three quarter post with hope to top the 69 million dollar target by Harbor Day. State war finance chairman A C Spurr said sales reported Thursday may push the total beyond the goal as the third anniversary of the Japanese attack nears.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
A. C. Spurr
Hunter Not Lost But Friends Were
Weston West Virginia December reports a 36 hour deer hunt for Howard Jarrett 62 of Clendenin ended without his return to his car from a Lewis County hunt. A note found in his car indicates he was well and wished no worry, while searchers scoured the area for him.
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Weston
W. Va
Howard Jarrett
Clendenin
Seaton County
Lewis Ney
Vstar
Jarrett
Kingwood
Packages Distributed To Prisoners Of War
International Red Cross official W. W. Meyer reported in San Francisco that after delays Christmas parcels of food clothing and care are being distributed to American prisoners in Japan. Japanese send a large parcel program including books while the exchange of food supplies books and games proceeds.
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San Francisco
International Red Cross
W. W. Meyer
Bac
Meyer
Stalin and De Gaulle Hold Key Talks in Moscow
Premier Stalin and General De Gaulle opened discussions on political and military matters after their arrival in Moscow. The two leaders met in early evening sessions to review allied positions and future cooperation.
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Moscow
Stalin
de Gaulle
Allied six ton bomb drills through concrete fortifications
The new six ton bomb of the Allies combines penetrating power with a massive blast. It drills into targets then releases a very powerful explosive charge. In attacks on Nazi fortifications it has drilled through 144 cc of concrete before detonation.
Wounded Pfc Coulling Hurt Overseas in Infantry Unit
Wounded Pfc Sidney M B Coulling, son of Mr and Mrs Louis of Tazewell, was seriously wounded. He trained at Camp Lee Virginia Western Land College Westminster Maryland and Camp Loydbourne Louisiana before being sent overseas in September to serve with an infantry unit.
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Sidney M. B. Coulling
Louis Or
Tazewell
Camp Lee
Western Land College
Westminister
Camp Clybourne
Allied and German Forces Clash Across Siegfried Line Margin
Allied units in the Aachen area push forward with U S Ninth Army attempting Roer crossing while Bergstein resists German counterattacks. Seventh Army advances into Wimmenau Mertzwiller and Laubacherhof as Patton's troops widen a Saarbrucken Saarlautern bridgehead and seek further gains toward the Rhine.
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U. S. Ninth Army
Roer
West Bank
Ninth
Julich
Linnich
William Sim
Cologne
Holland
Jmegen
Waal Rhine
Seventh Army
Alsace
Wimmenau
Saverne
Wimmeenen
Mertzwiller
Laubacherhof
Haugenau
Siegfried Line
Patton
Saarlautern
Nine West Virginia Infantrymen Awarded Bronze Star
The war department reports nine West Virginia soldiers in infantry units have received the Bronze Star. Named are Lt. Othio R. Williams Jr. of Marys, Tech. Sgt. Robert Campbell of Glenville, Cpl. Benny Canaday of Pemberton, 5th Gr. Willard D. Ford of St. Lasbane, Pfc. Benjamin F. Leary of Keyser, Pvt. Rome E. Serrano of Summers, and Pvt. Irvin Holmes of Kernneysville.
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Washington
West Virginia
War Department
Othio R. Williams
dJr
Marys. Tech
Robert Campbell
Glenville
Cpl
Benny
Canaday
Pemberton
Willard D. Ford
St. Lasbane
Benjamin F. Leary
Keyser
Rome E. Serrano
Summers
Irvin
Apparent Prison Break Investigated at Eastern State
Philadelphia reports all inmates confined to cells as officials probe an apparent outside attempt to breach Eastern State Penitentiary last Sunday. Three sticks of dynamite were hurled over the walls, powerful enough to blow a hole, and a guard James J. Donahue recovered the explosives in an exercise yard.
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Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary
James J. Donahue
Parkersburg official named to Parkersburg board of commerce
Robert B. McDougle of Parkersburg, head of the State Bar Association, assumed duties as president of the Parkersburg board of commerce succeeding Donald P. Fleming. Also in Martinsburg the Rev. John I. Byler announced his resignation from Grace Church of the Brethren to become pastor at University Park Church in Washington, D. C. Mullens saw Robert Miller Smith surrender after four to five months of absence without leave, with authorities noting forged discharge and later dismissal from the Mullens police force.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Robert B. McDougle
State Bar Association
Parkersboro
Martinsburg
John I. Byler
Grace Church of the Brethren
University Park
Mullens
Robert Miller Smith
Lemoyne
Platt
Blatt
Smith
Mercer Lodge to Hold State Communication Tonight
There will be a stated communication of Mercer Lodge No. 160 A F and A M at 7 30 o clock tonight. Work in several ees Visitors welcome. B F vely W R E Thompson Secy.
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Mercer Lodge No
A. F
B. F. Vely
R. E. Thompson
Secy
Radio WHIS programs aid Tree Fund in Bluefield
The first WHIS broadcast for the Community Christmas Tree association raised 200 dollars to help Santa visit underprivileged Bluefield children. Tonight at 6 30 an all colored cast performs with Genoa quintet Cordellia Ross Virginia Harris Idonia Holt Maxi Byrd Phyliss Robinson and accompanist Oliva H Canaday. The Smalls sisters trio Juanita and Leatrice also perform. H L Dickason president of Bluefield State College opens with appeal. A Capella choir directed by Elizabeth Shelton with Charlie Arnett Daisy Mac Woody Williams and Marian Shewey present the skit Boy of Mine.
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WHIS
Community Christmas Tree Association
Santa Claus
Bluefield
Elizabeth Shelton
Charlie Arnett
Daisy Mac
Woody Williams
Elizabeth Morgan
Boy of Mine
Marian Shewey
Neg 4
H. L. Dickason
Bluefield State College
Genoa
Cordellia Ross
Virginia Harris
Idonia Holt
Maxi Byrd
Phyliss Robinson
British and Polish troops establish Lamone bridgehead south of Faenza
Allied forces smash through German resistance and hold a Lamone river bridgehead four miles southeast of Faenza. Fifth Army under Lt Gen Truscott captures Penzola on the Bologna Faenza route while Eighth Army clears Ravenna Godo road and advances toward the Lamone. Patrolling fronts push toward Bologna as German positions are shown to be collapsing along the northern Italian front.
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Rome
Lamone River
Faenza
Bologna
Fifth Army
Lucian K. Truscott, Jr
Penzola
Italy
Pearl Harbor War Damage Toll Across Years
Pacific Fleet notes the December 7 1941 attack sank or damaged 18 U S ships. Six Japanese carriers now sunk with 11 U S ships active in the Pacific and another in Atlantic operations. Utah rests at Pearl, five battleships fired back later. Pennsylvanias group helped sink Japanese ships in Surigao Strait. Nevada later fought at Normandy.
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Charles H. McMurtry
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Atlantic
Utah
Japan
Surigao Strait
Philipines
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Essee
California
West Virginia
Mississippi
U.S.S. Nevada
Normandy
D-day
End of Glashes II Greece Sighted in Athens Clash
British and Greek regulars clash with Elas leftists as government clashes threaten civil war. In Athens the center held under Maj Gen Scobie while Elas units moved toward the capital. British troops battened Eam headquarters, capturing 42 armed communists, with one British soldier killed.
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Athens
Elas
Piraeus
Eam
National Liberation Front Party
Crise
George Papandreou
R. M. Scobie
Athe
Flas
Communist Party
Constitution Square
Zeus
Hadrian's Gate
Patras
Salonika
Sailors Refuse Sea Duty Over Cigarettes Shortage
Boston reports a cigarette shortage delaying coastwise coal carrying vessels. Harrington Pike, port representative for the War Shipping Administration, says many merchant seamen refuse to sail without an adequate supply of smokes. He notes sailors cannot go to sea without cigarettes.
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Boston
Harrington Pike
War Shipping Administration
Pike
States Prepare Postwar Highway Plans Worth Over 400 Million
State highway departments announce postwar construction plans totaling more than 400 million dollars. Projects cover extensive roadway improvements and new alignments aimed at modernizing the highway system in the coming years.
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Postwa
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U. S. First Army
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