War Fund Totals Reach 2776 75 in Bluefield Drive
Bluefield workers press toward a new goal in the A C War Relief Drive led by Jim Ed Wagner. Donations yesterday pushed the total to 2776 dollars 75 cents as businesses and individuals donate via a hotel booth and a city canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Nee
Pearl Harbor
Red Cross
Jim Ed Wagner
West Virginian
Lsted
Ivy
Peerless Flour & Feed Co
Russell
Ritz
Tri City Traction Co
W. McNeal
Hugh Hancock
P. D. Bratton
Junior Daughters
American Revolu
Bluefield Prod. & Pro. Co
A. B. Mahood
Gres
A. Joyce
Citizens
G. Taylor
Taylor
Florence Baker
M. C. Calahan
J. H. Kabler
J. BE. Wagner Jr
Gordon St. Clair Perkins
W. Woolworth Co
Daislet
Pacific War Rises On New Phase As Allied Forces Hold
The article argues the American Pacific fleet remains the strongest offensive power in the theater, with key bases like Wake and the Philippines stubbornly resisting Japanese advances. It notes Lingayen Gulf operations and MacArthur’s strategic outlook, while Malaya braces for monsoon rains that may hinder Nipponese assaults.
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Pacific
China Sea
Poong
Wake Island
Manila
Lingayen Bay
MacArthur
Deaths and Funerals Report Infant and Man
The infant Clarence Lawson Jr. died shortly after birth and was buried at Maple Hills with a service by Rev. M. C. Hughes. James Quesenbery, who shot himself with a borrowed revolver, will be buried at Woodlawn Cemetery after a Methodist church service conducted by Rev. T. W. Hayes.
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Clarence Lawson Jr
Clarence Lawson
Bland Street
Maple Hills
M. C. Hughes
James
Quesenbery
McDowell County
Greeny
T. W. Hayes
Woodlawn
Quesenberg
Maybeury
Lingayen Gulf Threat Faces Invasion Attempt
The piece notes a Japanese invasion fleet estimated at 80 000 to 100 000 troops and 80 troop transports ready to strike Manila via Lingayen. It warns American submarines could inflict heavy losses and stresses Tokyo’s desperation to beat reinforcements and secure a foothold before relief forces arrive.
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Tima
Tokyo
Philippines
Japan
Manila
Hitler
Pacific
Hitler takes personal command as winter holds on Russian front
In a speech dated December 19 1941 Field Marshal von Brauchitsch expresses pride and faith in German troops while Hitler announces he will assume direct command of the armies citing inner call and linking military political and economic factors. He urges soldiers to endure the winter and promises decisive measures and new arms in spring.
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Germany
von Brauchitsch
Army Headquarters
Dec
Hitler
Santa To Toys and Games Catalog Listing Continues
Santa to continues listing games and toys including logs scooters toy stores and various play sets such as chemistry sets play doctors kits Lone Ranger sets and mechanical items in a continued page one column.
Community Christmas Tree Fund Receives Slow Contributions
Officials report contributions to the annual Community Christmas Tree fund were slow after a recent radio show. With Christmas two days away, donors were asked to mail or deliver contributions to E. Elliott or the Daily Telegraph immediately.
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E. Elliott
Daily Telegraph
Toy Show Offers Wide Range of Goods for Children
A colorful display features trains Buck Rogers sets dolls doll furniture and beds toy soldiers tanks planes wagons sleds and tricycles plus roller skates. Each child attending will receive fruit candy raisins and more at the event.
Tanzania Thwarted Attempt in Hidden Bags Near Tunnel
A local constable describes a thwarted attempt involving bags found near the Mary Branch tunnel on the Virginian railroad. The concrete tunnel, about 500 feet long, sits roughly one and a half miles east of Matoaka on the main line. Built around 1920s, the structure is noted in the report as the scene of the incident.
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Mary Branch
Matoaka
Virginian Railroad
Wanted 100 Youths for National Defense Training
Three hundred young men aged 17 to 23 are invited to examination for national defense training with placement in a defense program job after a 80 hour month period. Dabney Trice of the local employment office urges applicants to report at the Bradmann building today for preliminary tests. Training lasts three 80 hour months with a nominal salary and bus transportation provided. Hot lunches are served and no textbooks are required. The drive is part of a national effort to recruit five million trained defense workers.
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Dabney Trice
Bradmann
Employment Service
Trice
Glenwood
Heroes recall Pearl Harbor raid from ship officers
Officers described the minutes of the Pearl Harbor surprise, including the captain mortally wounded, fire and flooding aboard, and crews fighting to reach safety. They recounted diving planes, torpedo attacks, evacuations by line and boat, and the finish of the battle as navy reporters listened at Pearl Harbor.
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Arizona
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Fall and Winter Hats on Sale at Sue's Millinery
Special sale offers hats from $1.00 with values to $7.50 at Sue's Millinery Estees Pastel Millinery. New season styles in black straws and combos. Mid Season Hats and Mimeograph Paper available from Telegraph Commercial Printing Co. Also a listed lodge meeting for Bluefield Lodge No. 85 A F and A M at 7:30 with first degree work.
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Sue's Millinery
Estees
Sue Drinnen
Bluefield Lodge
A. F
A. M
L. M. Carper
Christmas Observance at Bluefield Commandery No 19
Master Masons invite members and guests to a Christmas observance at the Asylum of Bluefield Commandery No 19 Temple at noon on Christmas Day with L. D. Wilmore as Eminent Commander and M. F. Thompson as Recorder. Bradley's department store promotes gifts and clothing including gloves bags hats coats evening dresses and cruise merchandise.
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Asylum of Bluefield
L. D. Wilmore
M. F. Thompson
Bradley's
Hitler centralizes command amid moving war fronts
Broadcasts insist no rift with von Brauchitsch and claim Hitler will personally sign off on key signs of war. Officials say army restructuring will concentrate German forces, with campaigns in Norway and the west credited to the Fuehrer. A London informant predicts efforts to close the Mediterranean and salvage Libyan operations.
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Hitler
von Brauchitsch
Germany
France
Otway
Crete
Norway
West
Fuehrer
London
Mediterranean
Russia
Back Pay Distribution for NW Employees Opens War
Approximately $80,000 in back pay was mailed to 1,600 Norfolk and Western employees in Bluefield. The payments cover wage increases retroactive to September 1, based on board recommendations of 134 percent for ten operating staff and 7 percent for others. January 1 checks will include the December increases for non operating and operating workers.
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Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Railway Emergency
Motive Power Group
Chicago
Churchill Arrives in Washington For War Coordination
Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington to confer with President Roosevelt on united Allied war plans. Lord Beaverbrook accompanied Churchill and a British technical staff as early reports noted joint planning extended to Russia China the Netherlands and other Allied governments.
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Robin G. Cruikshank
Churchill
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Lord Halifax
Philippine
Luzon
Malaya
Russia
Libya
Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Lord Beaverbrook
Netherlands
Stephen Early
Moscow
Barry
Washington
Gerald C Ll
Bri Information Service
London
Onfor
China
Pravda Reports German Losses on Moscow Front
Pravda claims German casualties exceeded 1 117 000 on the Moscow front between November 16 and December 20 with Russians seizing 2 113 tanks 12 204 trucks and other war materiel. It says Germany has weakened after six months of war and that the Red Army continues to win due to vast reserves and training.
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Pravda
Moscow
Communist Party
Germany
Red Army
Red Cross Seeks Office Furniture for Chapter HQ
Bluefield American Red Cross seeks donations of two desks one table two locking filing cabinets one typewriter and several chairs for its new chapter headquarters. Donors may contact chapter chairman D C Duncan.
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Bluefield
The
American Red Cross
D. C. Duncan
Elgood Man Is Held For Criminal Assault
Clarence Hazelwood 26 of Elgood is held on criminal assault charges. He was arrested by Constable C C Christian, Corp Charles Childers, and deputy. The alleged assault was on his sister in law Nancy Blankenship Hazelwood. A hearing before Magistrate Elmore is scheduled for this morning in Prince.
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Clarence Hazelwood
Elgood
C. C. Christian
Charles Childers
State Police
Nancy Blankenship Hazelwood
Hazelwood
Elmore
Prince
Fractured Jaw After Horse Kick At Farm
Sam Skatimo of Abb valley was kicked by a horse on his farm last evening fracturing his jaw. He is a patient at Bluefield sanitarium.
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Sam Skatimo
Abb's Valley
Bluefield Sanitarium
Preliminary hearing continued for Virgil Snead in fatal crash
Virgil Snead a 25 year old Flat Top resident faces two counts of manslaughter and a second offense for driving while suspended after a crash on U S Route 19 two youths Robert Lilly 19 and Mac Moye 27 were killed four others injured Snead was treated at Beckley hospital and held for hearing before Judge Elmore in Prince.
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Virgil Snead
Flat Top
Young Snead
Pen Pad Cc
C. Elmore
Prince
G. T. Davis
Snead
Yevis
Robert Lilly
Mac Moye
Beckley
Clyde Lilly
Ray Green
Green Thompson
Dunns
C. B. Taylor
British drive deeper into Cyrenaica trapping Axis forces
British thrust advances into Cyrenaica with rear guards of Italians and retreating Germans under pressure. Front lines report the British clear 280 miles into Cheraia as they execute encirclement tactics. More than 10,000 Axis prisoners taken in five weeks, including 4,000 Germans, with substantial arms and mechanized equipment seized.
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Cirenaica
Tripolitania
Cheraia
Libya
Lingayen Gulf battle line narrows toward Manila
In the Lingayen gulf region allied forces press toward Manila amid reports the main action centers on a 20 mile coastal strip from Lingayen to Agoo. Lingayen lies about 110 miles northwest of Manila and controls routes into the capital through coastal and interior corridors.
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Gulf
MacArthur
Gulf of Lingayen
Lingayen
Agoo
Manila
Luzon
Submarine Shelling Off California Coast Reported
Navy says an enemy submarine fired on a steamship Samoa near California on Saturday but all shots missed. A tanker Agwiworld near Monterey evaded capture, yet five sailors are missing after a separate attack near Cape Mendocino. Thirty-one survivors were brought to Eureka, five injured. The S S Lahaina was later sunk near Hawaii with two dead and two missing. thirty survivors landed at Kahului.
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Navy
Samoa
Californ
Agwiworld
Cypress Point
Monterey
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cape Mendocino
Eureka
Calif
S. S. Lahaina
Hawaii
Kahului
Honolulu
Mail volume peaks near Christmas decline begins
Hal said the flood of mail probably has hit its crest and will begin to decline today. Unusual volumes will still be moved over the next two days before Christmas with two carriers on city routes and twice daily deliveries. About 15 workers worked the night shift, up 10 from the usual, and special delivery mail was extremely heavy.
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Hal
Hall
Battle updates amid Japanese activity in Asia and Malaya
Reports say Japanese forces were very active all day while British sources doubted long resistance. A Tokyo radio claimed British resistance had narrowed to street fighting and guerrilla warfare as the anti imperial drive in China neared its end. Air raids on the Malay peninsula began a new phase as the British faced an enemy push north of Singapore.
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Comei
Tokyo
China
Singapore
Col T J Tate 73 Dies in Savanna Georgia
Col J D Tate a prominent southwest Virginia business and finance figure for 50 years died Sunday night in Savanna Georgia. A Chilhowie resident for 39 years he served as a director of Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Co Bluefield and held roles as banker merchant manufacturer farmer and coal operator. He was on the state conservation commission and earned his colonelcy on the staff of Gov Vance Trinkle. Funeral services set for 2 30 this afternoon at Chilhowie Methodist church.
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J. D. Tate
Southwest Virginia
Savanna
Tate
Chilhowie
Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company
Bluefield
State Conservation Commission
Ted
V. Bi Lee Trinkle
Chilhowie Methodist
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Red
Layen
James Quesenbery
Santa
H. B. Kitts, J.P
Beaver Pond District
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
Wilve
Roanoke Va
Sue’s Millinery
Princeton Avenue
Postedsians
Ipre
General Printing and Engraving
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Phone
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Bland St
Knights Templar
Royal Arch
Bradley
Bradleys
Florida
Cthariens Midestop
Schenley
Schenley.Distillers. Corporation
WANG
MOST
Ruthless
Peres Loree
Bob Hope
Vera Zorina
Col
T. J. Tate
George Washington
Sonnty
Rhea
WAMP
Seinday Evening Post
Vereee Sell
Walter Brennan
Walter Huston
Anne Baxter
Dana Andrews
Virginie Gilmore
John Carradine
Mary Howard
Eugene Pallets
Guinn
Williemel
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