Transportation Sags as Roads Reopen in Mercer County
West Virginia roads slowly freed from a fierce snowstorm as buses resumed limited service. Bluefield routes operated to Roanoke and Bristol with Greyhound planning Charleston and Winston Salem runs. Road crews cleared two to three feet of snow, but many areas remained impassable and long distance lines faced delays.
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Mercer County
State Road Commission
Bluefield
Consolidated
Roanoke
Delco
Tennessee Coach Company
Bristol
Greyhound Bus
Charleston
Charles
Winston- Salem
Hound
Bo Uefield
Wytheville
East River Mountain
W. Va
West Virginia
Road Commission
Bluefield Beckley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Beckley
Flat Top Mountain
Celco
Welch
Bluefields
Knoxville
O. C. Keeney
Official
Siege Guns Pound Budapest Fringe
Russian troops push within seven miles of Budapest from the north and five miles from the south as Soviet siege guns pound the Budapest suburbs Ujpest Rakospalota and Kispest and shell the city. Moscow reports progress on a 50 mile front northeast of Budapest with heavy infantry and artillery action shaping a deciding phase of the battle.
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London
Szendro
Hungary
Budapest
Moscow
Jin
Ujpest
Rakospalota
Kispest
Miskolc
Acre
Christmas greetings from Burma draft board V mail
From Burma along the Ledo road J. H. Colby sent a V mail Christmas greeting to his draft board. The message included the line wishing “glen you were here” and reflected wartime morale.
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Philadelphia
Ledo Road
Burma
J. H. Colby
Glen
West Virginia Fifth in War Loan Sales
West Virginia ranks fifth nationally in the sixth war loan drive with sales at 150 percent of its $69 million quota. State Chairman A C Spurr notes WV trails New Hampshire North Carolina and Maryland and possibly another state withholding figures. Latest report totals $103,699,243 with E issue sales at 58 percent of 21 million, individuals at 116 percent of 39 million, and corporations at 195 percent of 30 million.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
A. C. Spurr
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Maryland
Spurr
Virginia
World War II Fronts and Movements Across Theaters
Western Front sees U.S. Seventh Army near German border and targeting the Siegfried Line and Karlsruhe. First and Ninth Armies hold a 15 mile front along the Roer north of Duren. Third Army moves into Saar near Sarreguemines. Pacific updates report high Japanese casualties in the central Philippines and gains by U.S. divisions on Leyte and Luzon air operations, with bombings in Bangkok and Rangoon. Eastern Front notes Budapest under siege. Southern Front covers Greek-British fighting in Athens with Churchill asserting no withdrawal. Asiatic Front details Chinese pursuit near Hochih in Kwangsi and Tonkwa capture near Lashio on the Burma road.
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Associated Press
U. S
Seventh Army
Siegfried Line
Karlssruhe
Roer River
Duren
Third
Saar
New Point
Sarreguemines
Hochih
Kwangsi
Burma
Tonkwa
Lashio
Nominees Win Senate Approval for State Posts
Chairman Connally reported the foreign relations committee's favorable action on six state department nominations. Archibald MacLeish, named as one of five assistant secretaries, received a proxy from Senator Wagner. The panel had earlier tied 10 to 10 on his appointment.
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Washington
Dec
Connally
Tex
Senate
Foreign Relation Committee
State Department
Wagner
D N. Y
Archibald MacLeish
Conally
Joseph C. Grew
W. L. Clayton Nelson Rockefeller
James C. Dunn
Julius Holmes
Macleish
Nye
R N. D
Six Nominees-See Page 2
Pvt. George Ralph Boswell is seriously wounded in action in Germany on December 1 and hospitalized. He entered service on December 12, 1942 and trained at Camp Howze Texas and Camp Claiborne Louisiana. Boswell, served with the supply department of the field artillery and is from Bluefield Virginia.
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George Ralph Boswell
Germany
War Department
G. M. Boswell
Bluefield
Boswell
The
Field Artillery
Camp Howze
Texas
Camp Clybourne
Montgomery Ward Company
Bristol
Columbus, Ga
Armory Nomination Approved as Ambassador to Spain
The senate confirmed Norman Armour of New Jersey as ambassador to Spain. He succeeds Carlton Hayes.
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Washington
Senate
Norman Armour
New Jersey
Spain
Carlton Hayes
Brotherhood to Call Strike on Seaboard Air Line
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers announces a noon strike tomorrow on Seaboard Air Line. About 900 engineers firemen hostlers and hostler helpers will walk out over failure to gain representation in grievances. Seaboard runs south from Richmond and Norfolk to Florida with lines to Lee and Birmingham and trains to New York City.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Inemen
Seaboard
D. B. Robertson
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Richmond Va
Norfolk
Railway Mediation Board
Robertson
Brotherhood of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Seaboard Railway
Locomotive Engineers
Represen
Swift move to ban poll tax and registration for armed forces
Virginia special session advances governor's plan for a referendum on a constitutional convention limited to removing poll tax and registration requirements for armed forces members. Bills introduced by Sen. Vaden and Del. Massenburg, joint committee hearing held, action set for tomorrow.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Darden
Robert C. Vaden
Pittsylvania
G. Alvin Massenburg
Hampton
Senate
House
House Committee
Stuart Campbell
Wythe
A. P. Staples
Robert Whitehead
Nelson
Charles W. Crowder
Richmond City
B-29 Raid Hits Nagoya and Southeast Asia Targets
Allied air force units from India blasted Japanese outposts in Thailand and Burma after a Saipan launched strike. The 20th Air Force reported large fires at Nagoya plus direct hits on Mitsub ish isha aircraft plant and noted heavy damage with one B-29 missing.
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Thailand
Burma
Nagoya
Washington
India
Saipan
20Th Air Force
Japan
Mitsubishi Aircraft
Haywood Hansell, Jr
Marianas
Bangkok
Rangoon
Curtis. Lemay
20Th Bomber Command
21St Bomber Command
Note Found On Bed Beside Body Of Star Lupe Velez
Beverly Hills reports Lupe Velez, famed film actress, died by suicide. Two notes near her bed mention an expected baby and forgiveness for Harold. Autopsy confirms pregnancy about four months. Secretary Beulah Kinder found her body. friend Estelle Taylor recounts talks of the baby and motive.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Lupe Velez
Miss Velez
Victor Cenalu
Harold
Lupe
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Lane
Beulah Kinder
Lane Gayly
Lawmakers seek postwar study including veterans and displaced workers
Charleston WV December 14 A joint legislative committee opened an interim study on veterans rehabilitation and postwar job needs noting displaced defense workers require attention as well. Dr L V Cavins reported surveys show wartime women workers from coal regions largely intend to stay in West Virginia and require economic absorbing measures.
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Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
L. V. Cavins
State Planning Board
West
Cavins
W. Broughton Johnston
Mercer
Fred C. Allen
Pocahontas
Lieutenant Willis Killed in Action in Germany
The article reports Second Lt. Herbert A. Willis Jr. 27 son of the late Rev H A Willis former Memorial Baptist pastor Bluefield Virginia killed in action December 1 in Germany with General Patton's army. His mother resides in Richmond where she teaches piano. He served about three years and recently went overseas after graduating from Graham High School and attending Richmond College and Washington University majoring in mathematics.
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Herbert A. Willis, Jr
H. A. Willis
Memorial Baptist Church
Bluefield
Germany
Patton
Willis
Richmond
Graham High School
Richmond College
Es Bo Aeington University
Beckley Faces Coal Shortage Amid Winter Storm
Beckley West Virginia known as the smokeless coal capital of the world reports a coal shortage as heavy snow blocks roads. Retail dealers say county mines are cut off and trucks are bringing in scant supplies to meet orders from homes hospitals and construction sites.
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Beckley
W. Va
German Attempt Set Up Greenland Base Is Smashed
Three Nazi weather reporting expeditions to northern Greenland were smashed and 60 prisoners captured during a coast guard campaign in ice packed waters. An enemy vessel was captured and towed to Boston by an American prize crew. another ship scuttled by its crew. the Northland was damaged but towed 3,000 miles to an American base.
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Washington
Greenland
Coast Guard
Navy
Boston
Allied armies launch major Rhine and Roer crossings
U S Seventh, First, Ninth, and Third armies press 15 mile front along the Rhine plain driving toward Germany. They bombard Karlsruhe and Duren while German bridges are destroyed near Duren. Habkirchen, Gurzenich, and Riedseltz fall as Wyche leads the 79th division toward the border. Allied air forces pound Saar area and Siegfried line.
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The
Reich
Duren
Wissembourg
Seventh Army
Siegfried
Saar
U. S
Germany
Rhine
U. S. First Army
83Rd
Gurzenich
79Th
I. T. Wyche
Lauterbourg
Riedseltz
Pioneer coal man Garnett Williamson dies at 72
Garnett Williamson, a veteran coal executive in Vivian and vice president of Peerless Coal Co, died of a heart attack at his home. Born in Leesburg Virginia in 12 years ago, he leaves a wife Ellen Killey Williamson two daughters and a son. He had early business ties with brothers Tom and Robert in Graham and is uncle to R B Williamson Jr. at Spring Garden Drive. He served as a vestryman of the local church.
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Garnett Williamson
Vivian
Williamson
Pocahontas Field
Peerless Coal Company
Tom
Robert
Graham
William Garnett Williamson
Leesburg
Thomas Nelson
Eliza Burrourghs Williamson
Ellen Killey Williamson
P. W. Haake
Homer
N.Y
Joseph James
Alexandria, Va
W. G. Williamson, Jr
Arlington, Va
R. B. Williamson, Jr
Spring Garden Drive
R. B. Williamson
Bluefield, Va
Death of Sergeant Henry Clay Osborne in France
Mrs. C. E. Kirby of this city learned on Wednesday that her nephew Sergeant Henry Clay Osborne died of wounds suffered in France. He had served four years overseas, with the last six months in action. Surviving are his mother Mrs. Ollie Osborne of Albany and formerly of Gratton Va., and grandparents Mrs. W. H. Crabtree of Narrows and Floyd Osborne of Pearisburg.
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C. E. Kirby
Set
Henry Clay Osborne
France
Sergeant Osborne
Ollie Osborne
Albany
Gratton
W. H. Crabtree
Narrows
Floyd Osborne
Pearisburg
American raids raise toll on Japanese in Luzon and Iwo Jima
U S Pacific Fleet reports 91 Japanese planes destroyed in carrier air strikes against Luzon and three land-based hits at Iwo Jima. Nimitz notes losses and emphasizes raids north of Ormoc. Returns from raids show all aircraft involved survived despite heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Luzon Isles
Jima
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Luzon Island
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Adm
Chester
Nimitz
Luzon
Manila
Saipan
MacArthur Reports Leyte Campaign Losses and Advances
General MacArthur announced Japanese losses of 82 554 in Leyte Samar campaigns with American casualties totaling 10 409. He cited high Japanese deaths from convoys and many prisoners, while U S forces push one mile north of the western Leyte port as the Yamashita line weakens.
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MacArthur
U. S
U. S Tith Division
Leyte
Isla
77Th
Ormoc
Churchill Must Go Says Wells in Weekly Tribune
British novelist H. G. Wells calls Prime Minister Churchill a would be British fuhrehr and argues he has outlived his fighting symbol role. Wells accuses Churchill of pro royalty snobbishness and limited ideas amid Greece crisis and fading national will.
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London
Church
Fuehrer
H. G. Wells
Churchil
Weekly Tribune
Wells
Greece
Winston
Churchill
India
Geout
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U.S
Athens
Pvt. Boswell
Seaboard Air Line
T. L. F. and
E. To
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Frontier
Opecial DE Dalor
Lieut. Willis
Earloruae
By Austin Bealmear
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Karlsruhe
U. S. First
Ninth
Roer
Cologne
Third Army
Habkirchen
W. G. Williamson
Sgt
H. C. Osborne
M'Arthur
Samar
By Leif Erickson
Paul Churchill
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