Trial Glimpse of Miss Berry and Chaplin Case Reveals Letters
Joan Berry's testimony unveils a series of letters to Charles Chaplin from Tulsa in 1942. She describes love for Chaplin, desire to marry, and guilt over actions amid a wartime intrigue. Boulder Castle? (Note: The text mentions Mayo hotel in Tulsa and dates November 1942.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Berry
iCharles E. Millikan
Chaplin
Atttorney
Joan
Scott
Millikan
Mayo Hotel
Tulsa
New York
Bridget
Charles
74 Virginians are reported wounded in action
The War Department named 74 Virginians among 2,845 U S soldiers wounded in action. Next of kin have been notified of changes in status. The list includes Staff Sgt George W Bandy Roanoke Sgt William H Barbour Colimore Crewe and many others with Virginia addresses and kin.
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Washington
War Department
United States
George W. Bandy
Lonelle Bandy
Greenbrier Avenue
Roanoke
William H. Barbour
Anna May Barbour
Margaret Lucille Colimore
Crewe
Tech
William J. To Gollie, Jr
Nannie L. Cole
Martinsville
William H Cooke
Marian W. Cooke
West Twenty-Ninth Street
Norfolk
Harvey F. F. Copal
Wipe B. Landsey
Saxe
Herman ©. Crawford
Cana
Pic
David F. Eaton
Effie Eaton
New Market
Fred Edmonds
Matilda Edmonds
Fosters Falls
George T. Faller
George Faller
Law
Miilie
Sticholas J. Frazier
Mattie
Pulaski
Cecil H. Frizzell
Grace Saunders
West Thirty-Second Street
Houston R. Fry
Sara K. Fry
Staunton
A. Gately
James James Roev
Nansemond Street
Gaston Gee
W. Gee
Crozet
Benjamin , Jr
Thelma L. Gibbs
Hampton
Ernest O. Green
Lillian Green
Lovettsville
Albert H. Griffin
Christine V. Griffin
Woodbridge
L. Grigg
Regenia Fene
Rt. 3
Buena Vista
Amos Hurley
Mary Hurley
Blackey
Charles F. Hurley
Mamie B. Muriey
Portsmouth Avenue
Bristol
Armond J
Devil V. Isabelle
Avon Street
Charlottesville
Driver RR. Lamb
Etta EB. Lamb
Douglas BE
Pond
South Street
Portsmouth
Arlington D. Preston
Eleanor C. Preston
Richmond
Pie
A. Rickman
Dorothy M. Rickman
Redosk
Warren J Fiecoelite
Eunice E. Riley
Am- Pic
William EB. Russell
Fannie M. Russell
Waterford
Lewis C. Smith
Minnie Smith
Schoolfield
Sands Smith
Mattie B. Smith
George E. Stone
Lee Lee Stone
Spark Street
Martins
Howard C. Suthers
Gaesenee Suthers
West Main Wytheville
Russell O
David Swift
Hurley W. Testerman
Norma R. Testermen
Marion
Otis L. Thompson, Jr
Goldie Thompson
Star Route
Fredericksburg
Frank B. Tillotson
May Tillotson
Rt. 1
Buffalo
Dexter L. Vance
Gertrude Vance
Mavisdale
L. Vaughan
Essie I
Willis
Ray J. Vaughen
Mosver
Fieldale
George M
Matthews G. Vergakis
Maury Cresent
Wil
Walker
Hattie FP
Twenty-Second Street
T. Pas
Nathalie
Tonk I. Workman
Spasy Leon
Frank Charlottesville
Post Postpones Scheduled Meet
The regular meeting of Pinnacle Post No. 3856 Veterans of Foreign Wars is postponed due to bad weather and holidays. W. P. Hewkins, commander, announced the next meeting will be on January 12.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. P. Hewkins
Fay Rites For Plane Crash Victim Set
Funeral services will be conducted for Ensign Claude Shrader foster son of Mr and Mrs W L Painter of Tazewell at 11 this morning at the Tazewell Presbyterian church. Burial follows in the Painter plot Jeffersonville cemetery. Shrader and Ensign Coggins of Somerset Mass died in a plane collision during a routine training flight at the U S naval station Deland Fla. Shrader was accompanied to Tazewell by Ensign Amond Agricola of the naval air station.
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Claude Shrader
W. L. Painter
Tazewell
U. S. Naval Station
Deland
Fla
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
T. A. Freeman
Painter
Jeffersonville
Funeral services for Andrew Holdren of Mercer County
Funeral services for Andrew Lois Holdren 70 of Pipe Stein West Virginia will be held at 2 pm today at Elgood church with Rev. Z F Mayberry officiating. Interment in Elgood cemetery. Survived by widow Zora Dunn Holdren and several children and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Lois
Dad) Holdren
Pipestein
W. Va
Hinton Hospital
Elgood Church
Z. F. Mayberry
Elgood
Holdren
Mercer County
Zora Dunn
Pettry
John Holdren
Killarney
Abe Holdren
Mary Blankenship
Hazel Shumate
Paphne Alvis
Athens
C. W. Holdren
Walter S. Holdren
Princeton
Greeley Holdren
Oyna Thompson
W. A
Mercer County Medical Society Elects Officers
Officers for the coming year were elected at the Mercer County Medical Society annual banquet at the West Virginian hotel. Elected were Dr. F. C. Goodall president Dr. A. C. VanReenan vice president Dr. Frank Holroyd secretary Dr. H. G. Steele treasurer Dr. Wade St. Clair delegate Dr. W. C. Slusher alternate delegate and Dr. Hampton St. Clair censor. Hudsom Huffard was the principal speaker and Miss Marjorie Horton sang four solos. Herndon Slicer from Roanoke provided entertainment and music for the dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Medical Society
West Virginian
F. C. Goodall
Matoaka
A. C. VanReenan
Bluefield
Frank Holroyd
Princeton
H. G. Steele
Bluefiled
Wade St. Clair
Parkersburg
Rites For Mexican Actress Lupe Velez Draw Big Crowd
In Beverly Hills hundreds gather at a mortuary to view Lupe Velez's body after she died by suicide. The actress wears a white robe with gold slippers and a diamond bracelet. flowers—gardenias and chrysanthemums—surround the casket. Her mother Josefina Velez y Villa-Tiobos of Mexico City and sister Josefina mourn, daughter Hipita Mia’s voice is heard as plans set for a 2 p.m. funeral and transport to Mexico City for burial at the Pantheon de Dolores.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Liype Velez
Gerald Ramond
Lupe
Senora
Josefina Velez Y Villa-Tiobos
Mexico City
Josefina
Fgt
Gordon Anderson
San Antonio
Tex
Hipita Mia
Southern Pacific Railroad
el Paso
Pantheon de Dolores
Gandhi in London Showing Improvement Despite Illness
Mohandas K. Gandhi, who has influenza, was reported to be better though still weak in London on Friday via the all-India radio.
Megredy Receives Combat Infantryman Badge in Pacific AOR
Pvt. A W Megredy of 629 Shenandoah Avenue Bluefield is awarded the Combat Infantryman badge for exemplary conduct in action against Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific. He has served 14 months overseas as a rifleman with a veteran infantry regiment of the Americal Division.
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Southwest Pacific
Alien W. Megredy
Shenandoah Avenue
Bluefield
Megredy
Pacific
New Caledonia
Americas
Local Soldier William Waddell Killed in Action
Pvt. William Edward Waddell of New River Virginia was killed in action on November 20. He entered the service February 3, 1944, trained at Camp Blanding Florida, served in Italy and France with the infantry, and was overseas since July. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Prences Brooks Waddell of Thorpe, his parents, and one brother James Foley Waddell of New River.
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William Edward Waddell
A. F. Waddell
New River
Edward Waddell
War Department
Waddell
Radford High School
Fort Thomas
Camp Blanding
Fla
Fort Meade
Italy
France
U. 8 Coal and Coke Company
Gary
W. Va
Dorothy Prences Brooks
Thorpe
James Foley Waddell
Newver
Enemy advances threaten Ardennes front as rush nears Meuse value
Allied lines report a major German drive into Belgium Luxembourg pressing toward the Meuse valley. U S First Army and Hodges forces halt the northward push along Malmedy Stavelot and the Luxembourg border near Echternach. German claims of large prisoner counts and tank losses are disputed by Allied dispatches.
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Belgium
Luxembourg
U. S. First Army
Meuse
Berlin
Third Army
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Germany
Habiemont
Liege
Supreme Headquarters
Verbomont
Eneny
Bastogne
Ardennes Forest
Federal Communications Commission
Vianden
Wiltz
Clervaux
Sedan
Maginot Line
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Malmedy
Stavelot
Doughboys
Monschau
Rocherath
Echternach
Wman
Echch
Consdorf
Schlossberg and Bradley offer holiday gifts and fashions
The ad pages promote Schlossberg’s jewelry hats and travel trunks with clearance prices and varied items at 530 Princeton avenue. Bradley’s department store highlights robes gowns hats coats fur scarves and perfumes. The article notes German resistance and American withdrawals at Nieder-Schletternbach Bundenthal and Bien Wald forest near Wissembourg and Colmar.
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Dillingen
Saarland
Seventh Army
Nieder-Schletternbach
Wissembourg
Bundenthal
Buchelberg
Bien Wald
Alsace
Colmar
Bombers Strike German Freight Yards Cologne and Bonn
RAF heavy bombers hit freight yards at Cologne and Bonn after a daylight raid on Trier. Weather remained poor as dawn and night missions dropped about 1,800 tons of bombs, with crews using night bombing instruments through heavy fog.
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London
RAF
Germany
Cologne
Bonn
Rhine
Trier
Clare Booth Luce Stranded by Fog Misses Boat
Clare Booth Luce was delayed by fog in Italy causing her to miss the boat back from Europe. House military committee members corrected earlier earache reports and said she left Rome for a one woman inspection of the 12th Airforce HQ and rejoined the group at Naples, but fog thwarted travel.
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Washington
Clare Boothe Luce
Italy
Colling
Europe
Connecticut
House
12Th Airforce
Adriatic
Automobile Stolen At Princeton In West Virginia
A 1936 black Dodge owned by Ray mond Huffman of Princeton was stolen in Princeton, West Virginia, according to a Bluefield police report dated September 18. The incident was logged by the Bluefield police department.
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Raymond Huffman
Princeton
Bluefield
West Virginia
State Sees Warmer Winter Forecast Revised
The weather bureau revised upward Midwest highs to about 20 above zero and lows near 12 above for tonight, 5 to 10 degrees warmer than earlier. Despite warmer temps, Great Lakes Ohio Valley and Atlantic coast remain very cold after sunset, with no extreme drops expected. Little precipitation anticipated as the return to normal winter weather proceeds.
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Midwest
Great Lakes
Ohio River Valley
Atlantic Coast
Bemidji
Minn
Charges Against Women Dismissed After Hearing
Charges of robbery against Virginia C. Morris and Gertrude Burnette were dismissed after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate J A Douglas Bailey. Testimony showed insufficient evidence to hold them for grand jury action. The two women were arrested Wednesday morning at the Matz hotel by a local police officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia C. Morris
Gertrude Burnette
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Matz
Speedy B 17 Repairs At Eighth Air Force Base
S Sgt Orrin W Bullio of Bluefield Virginia speeds repairs on battle damaged B 17 Flying Fortresses at an English bomber station. He serves with an VIII Air Force Service Command sub depot and has been overseas 18 months. He is son of E Bullie and a Graham High School graduate who entered service January 1942.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Orrin W. Bullio
Bluefield
Viii Air Force Service Command
E. Bullie
Virginia Avenue
Graham High School
Local pair charged with robbery following employer report
The employer J. E. Kade of Princeton Oakvale Road reported two men robbed him of a pocketbook containing $250, lock box keys, drivers license and about $50 in change from a cigar box. Jerome Katz, a local attorney, acted as defense counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Kade
Princeton
Oakvale Road
Jerome Katz
Three Apply For Navy Enlistment
William D. Pendleton of Bluefield Hunter K. Evans of McComas and John Edward Mattox of Bluefield Va have applied for enlistment in the U S navy Carl Porath officer in charge of the local navy recruiting station announced yesterday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Pendleton
Bluefield
Hunter K. Evans
McComas
John Edward Mattox
U. S. Navy
Carl Porath
Darden replies on unlimited constitutional convention issue
The article notes Darden’s reply framing the convention question as arising from a wish to give service members a voice in big changes. In Norfolk, the Hampton Roads labor council condemned the legislature, saying poll tax repeal shows Virginia citizens want a vote. Ralph E. Wilkins condemned delays in a new war voters law, while Arlington treasurer John Locke Green seeks a mandamus to force printing of an informational referendum statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Ralph E. Wilkins
John Locke Green
Arlington County
Green
State Supreme Court of Appeals
W B M Haffa Retired After 52 Years With Rail Line
W B M Haffa a longtime North and Western railroad employee, retires effective December 21 after 52 years five months of service. He began June 17 1892 at Ada Oklahoma as a laborer, moved to Pocahontas division December 23 1897 as a brakeman, promoted to conductor July 11 1901, earned the diamond year pin in February 1943 for 50 years of service.
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W. RB. McHafga
Frederick Street
North and Western Railroad
McHaffa
Nana W
Ada
Pocahontas
Superforts Hit Japanese Aircraft Plants Amid China Raids
US B 29s continued air offensive against Japan from bases in China bombing an Omura plant and a Nagoya factory. The raids reflect a central aim to destroy Japanese airpower at its source and show improved fuel logistics enabling frequent China based raids.
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China
Omura
Japan
Nagoya
Mindoro Operation Supports Allied Landings
American air power ranged over the northern Philippines and offshore areas in support of the Mindoro operation. Heavy bombers hit Legaspi and caused large fires and explosions as a long range patrol attacked a Japanese convoy 300 miles west of Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Mindoro
Legaspi
Minoro
South China Sea
Manila
Transpo
Nazi lines threaten Zekesfehervar garrison front
A Nazi commentator claimed Russian forces move toward Lake Balaton and the Tihany peninsula to strike at the Zekesfehervar garrison from the rear. The peninsula lies on the lake’s west bank near the center and extends under a mile toward the eastern shore.
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Balaton
Tihany
Zekesfehervar
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A. W. Megredy
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William E. Waddell
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Louis D. Wilmore
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Veterans Home Loans
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Commerce Bank
Rose-Carol
Bland Street
Priday
Schlossberg’s
Princeton Avenue
Dial
Bradley's
Bradley’s
Bradley
Hattie Carnegie
Clare Booth Luce
Donard Sullivan
Potsdam
Mildred Reed
Conn
O. W. Bullio
Navy
Darden
W. B. M’haffa
NAZIG
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