Larry Allen AP Reporter Injured in Mediterranean War Action
Larry Allen, 33, AP war correspondent, was injured and hospitalized in Alexandria after a 45 minute sea rescue in the Mediterranean. The German claim of torpedoing a British cruiser off Alexandria is noted. Allen had long covered naval actions with British forces and participated in major Mediterranean operations since 1940. He previously reported from Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and worked for AP in West Virginia and Washington, with earlier stints in Cumberland and Baltimore.
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Allen
Mount Ravage Md
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Italy
Britain
Africa
Valona
Albania
Barcelona
Rome
Associated Press
West Virginia
Washington
Mexico
Cuba
Nova Scotia
Naval Reserve Ensigns Promote Like Veterans
Secretary Knox praised Navy Reserve ensigns for handling Pearl Harbor stress as officers did. They steered a destroyer under heavy fire, answering emergencies with seasoned conduct. Knox noted the surprising level of responsibility for young reserves and cited the attack’s broader losses and a chaplain's death during a church call.
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Washington
Knox
Pearl Harbor
Poole
Speeding in Bluefield Va on Tazewell Road Draws Fines
Bluefield Virginia reports show officer A E Andes says on Sunday he had to push his own car to overtake a young man from Bluefield West Virginia at 100 mph near Five Oaks. The driver was arrested and fined 16 dollars for speeding. Andes also jailed 21 speeders and three intoxicated drivers that day on the Bluefield Tazewell road.
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A. E. Andes
Virginia
Bluefield
Andes
Five Oaks
W. Va
Tazewell
Dudley Pictured Making Radio Talk
The Richmond News Leader shows Bill Dudley All-American back from Bluefield Va pictured on the front page speaking on radio. Dudley travels to Chicago with East West game plans and coaching notes timing not fixed. He is son of J S and Mrs Dudley of Bluefield and will turn twenty on December 24.
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Richmond News- Leader
Bill
Chicago
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Tazewell Avenue
Dudleys
James Richard Paolleo
Pearlsburg
James 8. Dudley, Jr
Tom Ed Dudley
University of Virginia
Town Plans Condemn Hicks Street Hut In Bluefield Va
Bluefield Virginia. A Wil son family of seven or eight children lives in squalor described as a hut on Hicks Street. Officials report conditions are unfit for habitation and a condemnation action may proceed.
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Hicks Street
Bluefield
Lambert
Wilson
Virginia Sidelights W. C. T. U. to Meet
The West Graham W C T U will meet this afternoon at 2 30 with Mrs Bertha Dunn and Miss Eva Lane Montrose Street All members urged to be present Bluefield shows warmer weather with frost on grass and ice on pig trough Pork freezes quickly in cold snaps Weather notes mention no snow in Bluefield yet while Bland county vaccinates as a safety measure for illness testing drives and driver permits in Berefield Virginia
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Graham W. C. T. U
Bertha Dunn
Eva Lane
Montrose Street
Bluefield
Turner Seeks Meeting as Old Timer Town Plans Move
Turner from Coeburn, serving six months, asks where Old Timer town would like to meet him. He is described as a handsome young man making good. Also noted is R K Crockett, veteran Bank of Graham cashier, recently venturing out in balmy sunshine to visit the bank amid rheumatic pains.
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R. K. Crockett
Bank of Graham
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Harness relative reported safe amid Pearl Harbor attack
Charleston reports Henry L Harness said his nephew Chief Petty Officer Keith Harness, listed as killed in the Pearl Harbor strike December 7, is alive. The Harness family is connected to H G Kump of Elk and to Columbia University in New York, known for its many Morningside Heights buildings.
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W. Va
Henry L. Harness
Keith Harness
Pearl Harbor
Ae H. G. Kump
Columbia University
New York
Morningside Heights
Bluefield Churches Plan Yule Programs
Bluefield Virginia churches schedule Christmas programs with pageants cantatas choirs and carols across multiple congregations. Notable events include First Methodist Miss Lorraine Crockett leading a pageant and West Graham Methodist cantata directed by James Warden with additional celebrations at Graham Christian and Presbyterian churches.
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First Methodist
Lorraine Crocett
West Graham Methodist
James Warden
Graham Christian Church
Graham Presbyterian Church
Santa Claus
St. Mary’s Church
Church of God
North College Avenue
Holbrook Mission
People of Italy Praying for Peace
A Turin based letter from Turin reports Italians seeking peace as censors allow its passage after six weeks. Mrs Janutolo, a respected Turin native, and her kin are connected to the family here, enhancing the sense of shared concern.
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Italy
Nord
Turin
Janutolo
Janutolos
AFL calls for unity in labor amid war, proposes no strike policy
The AFL announces a push for unity in the labor movement and a no-strike policy for wartime. It urges creation of a war labor board to mediate disputes, comparing to arrangements from the previous world conflict and signaling readiness to mobilize AFL officers.
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America
Weria
War Labor Board
AFL
NLRB Orders Pause On Policy Enforcement Amid Labor Tensions
National Labor Relations Board directs a halt to formulating or enforcing any policy or decision that could deepen dissension within organized labor. The action targets procedures seen as exacerbating conflicts among workers and unions.
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National Labor Relations Board
Burns death after attempting to extinguish home fire
John D. Moore, 64, retired contractor from Alum Creek, Charleston area, died in hospital after suffering burns while trying to put out a house fire at his residence. Fire caused the incident earlier today.
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Charleston
W. Va
John D. Moore
Hawaiian Woman Stones Japanese Airman to Death
Honolulu reports a Japanese pilot crashed on Niihau on December 7 and, six days later, a native Hawaiian woman killed him by stoning. The pilot, hosted for six days, had not learned of Pearl Harbor attack news. The husband survived after being shot, and the tragedy occurred beside a stone wall in Niihau’s woods.
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Honolulu
Kauai Island
Harbor
Ad Ae
Shotanen
Kauai
Niihau
AFL Offers to Make Peace With CIO
The American Federation of Labor proposed peace with the CIO in a wartime labor policy declaration. AFL officers stated there is no place in the current emergency for rival labor aims and expressed regret over the destructive rivalry that has beset the labor field.
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Ae of Labor
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