Probers Quiz Ohio Region Labor Official Phillips
A House committee questioned Cincinnati region labor director Philip G. Phillips over an official report claiming the CIO owed an obligation to Communists. Phillips explained one dismissed worker was linked to Communists. he avoided broader admission as lawmakers pressed for clarity amid expected publicity.
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Phillips
CIO
Johnson City
Washington
House
Labor Board
Philip G. Phillips
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Millingachive Company
League Change Under Way Probers See Page 12
A sweeping reorganization of the League of Nations is under way and may bring the United States into closer cooperation with Geneva. A Bruce committee draft calls for a central autonomous body directing economic and social work with 24 reps plus eight delegates including Americans.
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Washington
League of Nations
United States
Geneva
Council
League
Stanley Bruce
Australia
Bruce
State Department
Central Committee
Representatives League
Annual Christmas Tree Program Tops All Previous Shows
The Granada theatre in Bluefield hosted an eight hour radio broadcast raising over 3000 dollars for the Community Christmas tree. Thousands in person and at home listened as about 200 performers including choirs bands and skits entertained while volunteers received 2500 plus individual gifts. Police and fire units managed crowding as ushers struggled to handle the rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bonner Sams, Jr
Granada Theatre
Bonner Sams
Junior
WHIS
Santa Claus
Bluefield
Semi-Centennial Bluefield History Seeks Christmas Buyers
The Daily Telegraph offers its Semi Centennial edition and History of Bluefield and the coalfield development as a gift. Copies are available at newsstands and the Telegraph office or by mail for fifteen cents. The edition serves as a complete reference and answers hundreds of annual inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Coalfield
Daily Telegraph
Monopoly Group Hears Broker Washington Hearing
Chicago broker recounts starting at age 13 as monopoly committee probes J P Morgan and Co involvement in an $832 million telephone financing deal. Harold L Stuart, president of Halsey Stuart, testifies about insights gained during the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
J. P. Morgan and Company
Harold Leonard Stuart
Halsey, Stuart and Comy
Celanese Plant To Start Production Within Week
The Celanese Corporation of America will begin production at its new plant between Narrows and Pearisburg within a week. Celanese officials praised Giles county for support as Bluefield and Princeton delegates attended a banquet in Pearisburg with speeches by local leaders and a Roanoke dance troupe providing entertainment.
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Celanese Corporation of America
Narrows
Pearisburg
B. Roberts
Giles County Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
Princeton
Celanese
Pearisburg P.T. A
Anderson Shumate
E. G. Otey
Shepeonie
Glee
Giles
Hudson Huffard
Otey
Princeton Chamber
J. H. Lilly
Virginia
Mercer
H. E. DeJarnette
J. P. Giles
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Giles County
Creed Taylor
Giles Chamber
Pea
Roanoke
Russian Planes Bomb Viipuri Suburbs in Finnish Gulf Alert
Finnish dispatch reports a Soviet air raid in two Viipuri suburbs with warnings along the gulf. One Soviet plane was shot down near Viipuri and damage details remain unclear as a 20 plane squadron operated in the action.
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Helsinki
Viipuri
U S Cuba Sign Trade Accord
Secretary Hull and Cuban Ambassador Martinez Fraga signed a supplementary trade agreement to restore tariff concessions on sugar and tobacco from Cuba in exchange for Cuban concessions on American exports. The agreement supplements the 1934 U S Cuba pact and aims to restore reciprocity amid postwar developments.
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U. S
Washington
Hull
Martinez Fraga
United States
Cuba
State Department
Roosevelt
Graf Spee captain reveals disguise tactics and end of ship
Captain Hans Langsdorff told the Associated Press that the Graf Spee used camouflage and even resembled British ships like the Renown and Scheer at times to mislead enemies. He described sinking his own vessel near Montevideo rather than let it fall to British cruisers, detailing the final explosion and deliberate fuel fires to destroy the ship.
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Graf Spee
Montevidees Harbor
North
South Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Argentina
Langsdorff
Uruguay
Montevideo
British Commonwealth
Maritime Provinces
British Columbia
Sergi
Bernard Gregson
St. Stephen
New Brunswick
Graf Spee Destroyed as Crew Surrenders in Atlantic
The Nazi pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee lies sunk off Montevideo after Captain Hans Langsdorff scuttled her to avoid internment. Argentine authorities report the crew held in Buenos Aires while salvage and explosions continue to rattle the wreck.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Hans Langsdorff
Associated Press Today
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Graft Spee
Montevide Harbor
Guardsmen Seize Georgia Highway Board Office in Dispatch
Atlanta report says Governor Rivers used National Guardsmen to bar W L Miller from the highway department chairman’s suite. A martial law proclamation cited protection of the department after a three judge court injunction limited interference with Miller. The dispute follows multiple ejections and Miller’s bid to regain his desk via court order.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Highway Department
E. D. Rivers
W. L Miller
Miller
National
State Highway Department
Highway Board
Rivers
Holt criticizes union tactics in West Virginia dispute
Gov. Holt denounces union leaders for using tactics like Hitlerism and intolerance. He releases a 79 page message to West Virginia miners detailing CIO criticism and union actions during last spring’s Appalachian coal mine shutdown. He names Van A. Bittner and John B. Easton and accuses some leaders of pressuring mines to reopen without union shop contracts while urging others to let idle miners return. He asserts he has not injected himself into union conflicts and urges miners to consider whether leaders serve or harm them.
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Charleston
W. Va
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers District 17
William
John B. Easton
State Industrial Union Council
CIC
Holt
West Virginia
Woman crashes into Capitol during driver license bid
Harrisburg authorities report a woman driver failed to get a license as a collision with the state capitol occurred. State Policeman J. P. Heck witnessed the incident and noted the disrupted application process amid confusion and stray documentation.
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Harrisburg
State Capitol
J. P. Heck
Britain Claims Big North Sea War Rally With Sub Sinking German Cruiser
London reports a major North Sea battle with a British submarine sinking a 6,000-ton German cruiser and a heavy cruiser hit by torpedoes. Twelve German Messerschmitt fighters shot down while seven British bombers unaccounted for amid fierce Helgoland air battles. Churchill says Canadian expeditionary force landed safely and German shipping attacked by fishing boats.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Helgoland
North Sea
Air Ministry
Messerschmidt
Helgoland Bright
Graf Spee
Uruguay
Churchill
Admiralty
Mother Accused of Killing Son in Philadelphia
Police guard 35 year old Tillie Irelan a governess and maid as detectives probe possible other children after she admits suffocating and dismembering her 20 month old son and disposing of the body. She said she killed him because she could not support him and he interfered with her freedom.
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Philadelphia
Tillie Irelan
Sereant
Bernard O'Donnell
James Ryan
Irelan
Ryan
Germans Claim Big Sky Victory
Berlin reports a major air battle near Helgoland with German fighters shooting down 34 of 44 British planes. German scouting planes claim sinking four British steamers and damaging three warships in a convoy raid. British losses include four ships in the North Sea.
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London
Berlin
Heligoland
Germany
Melvin Whitleather
Helgoland
North Sea
Ish
Air Ministry
Messerschmidt
Bight
First Canadian Units Land in Great Britain
Canadian and American volunteers arrived in Britain as Major General Andrew G. L. McNaughton led the first contingent. Officials greeted them aboard and Scots cheered as the force, including a hospital corps from British Columbia, began training for a long engagement. The mood mixed pride with resolve.
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Great Britain
Warcn
United States
Andrew G. L. McNaughton
McNaughton
Anthony Eden
Dominions
T. A Crerar
Vincent Massey
High Commission
London
T. 8
Riddell- Webster
Fae
Bien
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House Committee
Phillip H. Phillips
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By Goldie Perry
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Thomas H. Hawkins
U.S
Rice
Eac F
Leta
Camoflage
Deutschland
Admiral Scheer
Rrue Scheer
Spain
Montevites
Harold K. Miles
Georgia Road Row
Edwin Stout
Lord of the Admiralty
Win
Ston Churchill
Coast
Elbe
Drew Middleton
Great
Brition
Hitler
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