Mrs Berry's Tears Mark Trial Day as She Read Letters
Joan Berry burst into tears during testimony as she read two letters from Tulsa dated November 1942. The messages praise Chaplin and confess longing, guilt, and plans to return to New York, revealing personal turmoil amid the trial proceedings. Her mood shifted with court recesses and a juror’s sympathy as Millikan read the letters aloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Miss Berry
Merry
Scott
Millikan
Miss
Chaplin
Mayo Hotel
Tulsa
New York
Arto
Bridget
Puewietee
Joan
Charles
74 Virginians Are Casualties
The War Department lists 74 Virginians among 2 845 U S soldiers wounded in action with next of kin notified. The notice names soldiers and their addresses from Roanoke, Winchester, Norfolk, Bristol, Lynchburg, Richmond, and other Virginia communities, detailing family contacts and home routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States
Steff
W. Bendy
Lorelle
Greenbrier Avenue
G. BE. Roppe
William H. Barbour
Apnia Mey Barbour
Ridgete
William B. Beckner
Mary M Beckner
Shenandoah Street
Roanoke
Alfred L. Bly
Ureule B. Bly
A. Winchester
Pvi
Charlie G. Boui
Lula Bourne
Osian
Bratton
Grace L. Bratton
Pri
Elliott
Burton
Mamie L. Cassada
Crewe
David B. Cofer
Daisyer
Forest Start
Linden B. Coffmen
Alesse
Coffman
Wood- Stock
Pte
William H Cooke
Marian W. Cooke
West Twenty-Ninth Street
Norfolk
Tech Or
Harvey F. F. Copal
B. Landeey
Saxe
Crawford
Pearawford
Salem
James H. Crees
Mary B. Cress
Coeburn
Steff Herold J. Davis
Langley H ¢Mette
Farmer
Lebanon
K. Ferrell
Ferrell
Mville
Frasier
Mattie
Pulaski
Cecil H. Priscell
Jace Saunders
West Thirty-Second
Houston
K. Fry
Steunton
James James Nansemond Street
Ports ‘Plas
Gaston Gee
of Crozet
Benjamin Jr
Mra
Theimer Girds
Ernest O. Green
Lillian Green
Lovetteville
Griftin
Chrisv. Tm
Woodbridge
Stef
L. Grigg
Lois Grigg
Petersburg
Grogs
Mary F
Chulhowle
James A. Guth
Mary Guthrie
Joe Haleyay
Mannas
Rose Ro
Mall
Virginia M. Mall
Rt. 5
Verna
Bristol
Pic
Armand J
Devil V. Isabelle
Yor Street
Charlottesville
Driver
Soa
Etta EB. Lamb
Avenue
Waynesboro
L. Morris
Madisonville
Tech
Peel
An. Momen
Eal
Crawfor Street
Douglas EB. Pond
Poe
S. Gare Ee Ree
Post Postpones Scheduled Meet By Veterans Group
The regular meeting of Pin nacle post No. 3856 Veterans of Wars is postponed due to bad weather and holidays. W. P. Hawkins, commander, announces the next meeting will be January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Wars
W. P. Hawkins
Rites Planned for Ensign Claude Shrader in Plane Crash
Funeral services set for Ensign Claude Shrader foster son of Mr and Mrs Shrader at 11 AM at Tazewell Presbyterian Church. Burial in Jeffersonville Cemetery Panter plot follows at the Jeffersonville cemetery. The crash occurred during a routine training flight at the U S naval station Deland Florida killing Shrader and Ensign Coggins of Somerset Center Massachusetts. Raymond Agricola of the naval air station attended the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Shrader
U. S. Naval Station
Deland
Fila
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
T. A. Freeman
Panter
Jeffersonville
Ensign Shrader
Ensign
Funeral services set for Andrew Holdren in Elgood
Funeral services for Andrew Lois Holdren 70 of Pipestine W V will be conducted at Elgood church this afternoon at 2. Rev Z P Mayberry will officiate interment will follow at Elgood cemetery Holdren died Wednesday morning at 10 30 in a Hinton hospital after a short illness of pneumonia He is survived by his wife and several brothers and sisters including Dr C W Holdren Walter Holdren Greeley Holdren Mrs Lee Thompson and others from Elgood and Athens names appear in the obituary record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Lois
Dad) Holdren
Pipestein
W. Va
Hinton
Elgood Church
Z. P. Mayberry
Elgood
Holdren
Paphne Alvis
Athens
C. W. Holdren
Walter 8. Holdren
Princeton
Greeley Holdren
Lee Thompson
W. A
Mercer County Medical Society Elects Officers for Year
The Mercer County Medical Society held its annual banquet at the West Virginian hotel electing officers for the coming year. 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 to the state meeting Dr W C Slusher alternate delegate and Dr Hampton St Clair censor. Hudson Buffard gave the keynote address and Miss Marjorie Horton sang four solos with Miss Mary Follow assisting at the piano. Herndon Slicer from Roanoke provided entertainment and music for the after banquet 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
W. C. Slusher
Hampton St. Clair
Hudson Buffard
Marjorie Horton
Mary
Ace
Herndon Slicer
Roanoke
Mexican actress Lupe Velez dies by suicide in Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills on December 21 Lupe Velez Puerto Rican? death by her own action is reported. The Mexican actress lay in state with gardenias and a cross topped casket. Mourners include her mother and sister. Funeral planned for 2 P.M. with body to be sent to Mexico for burial at the Pantheon Dolores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Ray 3
Liype Velez
Garald
Pamec
Lupe
Senora
Josefina Velez Y A Tobos
Mexico City
Josefina
Gordon Anderson
Tex
Mia
Mexico
Southern Pacific
Joan
Paso
Pantheon É Dolores
Gandhi in London Reports Improvement From Flu
Mohandas K. Gandhi, who had influenza, was reported in a weak but improving condition in London on Friday by all-India radio.
Pvt A W Megredy Awarded Combat Infantry Badge
Pvt Alien W Megredy of 629 Shenandoah Avenue Bluefield is awarded the Combat Infantryman badge for exemplary conduct in action against the Japanese. The badge is worn above the left breast pocket and features a silver rifle within a wreath. Megredy, a rifleman with the Amerie Division, has overseas service in the Pacific with campaigns including Guadalcanal and Bougainville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Alien W. Megredy
Shenandoah Avenue
Bluefield
Amerie Division
Ru Nn Fy
Pacific
New Caledonia
Americas
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Killed in Action Pvt William Waddell of New River Va
Pvt William Waddell son of Mr and Mrs A F Waddell of New River Va was killed in action on November 20 his wife Mrs Edward Waddell notified by the War Department He graduated Radford High School and entered service February 3 1944 at Fort Thomas Ky He received basic and technical training at Camp Bland Ford He was transferred to Fort Meade Md and sent overseas in July He served in Italy then France with the infantry Before entering service he was employed by U S Coal and Coke Co of Gary W Va He is survived by his wife Dorothy Frances Brooks Thorpe his parents and one brother Foley Waddell New Creek
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Dward Waddell
A. F. Waddell
New River
Edward Waddell
Waddell
Radford High School
Fort Thomas
Camp Bland Fila
Fort Meade
Italy
France
U. 8 Coal and Coke Company
Garv. W. Va
Dorothy Frances Brooks
Thorpe
Foley Waddell
New Cr
German offensive presses into Belgium and Luxembourg
Allied lines report a major German push into Belgium and Luxembourg as 150000 troops racing armored divisions drive toward the Meuse. U S First Army holds Malmedy and Stavelot while Verbo mont and Liege Bastogne corridor remain contested along a shrinking bulge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Luxembourg
U. S. First Army
Meuse
Berlin
Third Army
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Germany
Weyre
Habiemont
Supreme Headquarters
Verbomont
Rom Liege
Bastogne
Holiday shopping at Schiossberg's and Bradley's across town
Pearle items diamonds bridal sets and locket gifts at Schiossberg's with prices from $4.95 to $1,250 plus old glass china prints and Victorian wares. Bradley's offers dresses robes hats fur scarves raincoats and perfumes with a store wide clearance and new gift stock.
German Resistance Rises on Seventh Army Front
In the western region German resistance stiffens as the Seventh army advances. American forces withdraw from Nieder-Schletternbach near Wissembourg and Bundenthal east of it while moving toward Buchelberg in Bien Wald forest. South Alsace sees savage resistance with limited French gains northwest of Colmar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingen
Seventh Army
Nieder-Schletternbach
Wissembourg
Bundenthal
Buchelberg
Bien Wald
Alsace
Colmar
Bombers Strike Cologne Bonn and Trier Rail Targets
RAF heavy bombers hit freight yards at Cologne and Bonn on the Rhine 20 miles south after a daylight strike on Trier. Weather worsened with dense fog forcing daylight raiders to rely on night bombing instruments for the missions delivering about 1,800 tons of bombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
RAF
Germany
Cologne
Bonn
Rhine
Trier
Clare Booth Luce Stranded by Fog Misses the Boat
Clare Boothe Luce was delayed by heavy fog in Italy and did not meet the four week European battle area inspection group at Naples. She had left the Rome group for a separate inquiry near the 12th Air Force headquarters and could not rejoin due to fog, causing the committee to depart without her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clare Boothe Luce
Italy
Colling
Europe
Connecticut
House
12Th Airforce
Adriatic
Automobile Stolen At Princeton
A 1936 black Dodge owned by Ray mond Huffman of Princeton was stolen on December 18 in Princeton, according to a report filed with the Bluefield police department. Virginia license No. 16. Pineapples are not a single fruit but a consolidation of many small fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Huffman
Princeton
Bluefield Ice Department
Virginia
Midwest Warm Up Topped By Overnight Cold Snap
The forecast calls for highs near 20 degrees above zero today and tonight's lows around 12 above in the Midwest. Temperatures run 5 to 10 degrees warmer than earlier projections, with no extreme chill except recent D days. Precipitation remains light as normal winter patterns return.
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Midwest
Great Lakes
Ohio Rive Valley
Atlantic Coast
Bemidi
Minn
Charges Against Women Dismissed After Preliminary Hearing
Robbery charges against Vir pats C. Morris and Gertrude Kette were dismissed after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate J A Douglas Bailey. Testimony showed insufficient evidence to hold the two for the grand jury. The two women were arrested Wednesday morning at the Matz hotel by a local officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virpats
C. Morris
Gertrude Kette
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Matz
Speed Repair Of Damaged B 17s At Eighth Air Force Base
S Sgt O W Bullio of Bluefield Virginia works as an aircraft mechanic at an Eighth Air Force bomber base in England. He is part of VIII Air Force Service Command sub depot and aids Fortresses to return to combat quickly. His father E Bullie lives on Vine Avenue and his son Graham attended Bain High School before his overseas service, now 18 months abroad.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Setreeks — Bullio
Bluefield
Battle Dams
Viii Air Force Service Command
E. Bullie
Vire Avenue
Ray Bane Graham
Robbery Charge Involving Local Employer and Suspects
The employer J. E. Kade on Princeton Oakvale road reported two men robbed him of a pocketbook containing 250 dollars and keys to a lock box and about 50 dollars in change. Jerome Katz, a local attorney, acted as defense counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Kade
Princeton
Oakvale Road
Jerome Katz
Three Men Apply For Navy Enlistment in Bluefield Area
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
Navy
Darden Replies and Virginia Poll Tax Contention
The piece notes Darden’s continuation on calling an unlimited constitutional convention to ensure service members have a say in changes. In Norfolk, the Hampton Roads labor council protests the legislature’s actions as contrary to Virginia citizens’ wishes on whether poll tax remains. Secretary Wilkins deplores delays in a new war voters law amid a test of referendum provisions led by Arlington treasurer John Locke Green seeking a mandamus to print an informative statement on ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Long-serving railroad employee W B McHaffa retires after 52 years
W B McHaffa of Frederick street retires from Norfolk and Western after 52 years and five months of service. He joined Nana W railroad June 17 1892 at Ada West Virginia as a spberer on tracks and later moved to Pocahontas division. He was promoted to a con dor in 1901 and earned the diamond year pin in February 1943 along with the 50 year pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. McHaffa
Frederick Street
Norfol and Western Railroad
McHaffa
Nana W. Railroad
Ada
W. V
Pocahontas
Airmarshal Bombardment Targets Japanese Plants
The article reports Superforts bombing an aircraft plant at Omura and another factory at Nagoya in Japan as part of a strategy to destroy Japan's airpower. It notes improved fuel supplies at China bases, enabling more frequent B 29 raids from China-based units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Omura
Japan
Superf
Nagoya
Mindoro Operation Supported by US Air Power
American air power ranged over the northern Philippines and offshore areas in support of the Mindoro operation. Heavy bombers struck Legaspi and surrounding areas starting large fires and explosions. A long range patrol attacked a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea about 300 miles west of Manila. a medium freighter was damaged by direct hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sistance
Philippines
Mindoro
Legaspi
Minoro
South China Sea
Manila
Nazis Press Drive as Red Forces Rally Near Balaton
A Nazi commentator claimed strong Russian formations planned to strike Balaton from the Tihany peninsula to encircle the Zekesfehervar garrison. The peninsula lies on the lake's west bank near the center, within a short distance of the eastern shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balaton
Tihany
Zekesfehervar
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Andrew L. Holdren
Mortunites
Flattless
Pvt
A. W. Megredy
Combat Infantry
William E. Waddell
Ardennes Forest
Laixembourg
Federal Communications Commission
Vianden
Wiltz
Clervaux
Sedan
Maginot Line
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Malmedy
Stavelot
Doughboys
Can
Monschau
Rocherath
Luxem
Echternach
Beh
Pearle
Schiossberg
Schiossberg’s
Louis D. Wilmore
Bland Road
Sheffield
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Pocahontas Fuel Stores
Veterans Home Loans
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Commerce Bank
Rose-Carol
Bland Street
Priday
Bland Street Reductions
Schlossberg's
Schiossberg's
Princeton Avenue
Dial
Bradley's
Bradley
Hattie
Clare Booth Luce
Donard Sullivan
Potsdam
N. Y
Mildred Reed
Tate
O. W. Bullio He
Darden
W. B. M’haffa
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