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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1941
Page
1
President Roosevelt delivers a White House Christmas Day address urging prayers and unity in a world at war. He calls for arming hearts, designates January 1, 1942 as a day of prayer, and highlights allied resolve with Winston Churchill standing beside him in spirit.
The Maritime Commission announced that members of crews on United States flag merchantmen have been covered by 5000 war risk insurance since December 22. Bonus rates for danger zone service will be set quickly and retroactive to December 7, while inland and Gulf of Mexico voyages remain uninsured.
In Buffalo on December 24, eight year old Myrtle Pickering won Roosevelt’s adoption in a drawing at a German Roman Catholic orphan asylum. Myrtle pledged to pray daily for the president’s safety, attend mass, and receive Holy Communion weekly for his intention as “my brave sailor.” She said all local children would pray for one of their soldiers or sailors.
The entire 1,000 employees of EDO Aircraft offered to donate one day’s pay toward building navy pontoons or to work without pay for one day to support the license. Miss Edna Taylor, secretary for the employees, presented the petition to company president Earl D. Osborne. The firm produces airplane parts floats and pontoons for the navy.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia warns city employees to expect limited holidays due to wartime needs. He says Christmas greetings extend now but New Year’s may be the last, with Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays to be observed by work as New York prepares for ongoing war duty.
Dublin reports Prime Minister Eamon De Valera reiterates Ireland will remain neutral unless attacked to preserve unity. He says Eire is united and will resist any change from neutrality, and pledges to keep Americans informed while hoping for success with God’s help.
The Navy informed Sidney Wimmer that his son Bernard Ramon Wimmer a fire controlman first class is missing in action. Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs sent the message from Washington noting the family’s concern and asking secrecy about his ship to avoid aiding enemies. Bernard has eight siblings, including Beatrice, Betty, and others in the local area.
Postmaster General Frank C. Walker urged Congress to grant free postage for letters written and mailed by soldiers sailors and Marines stationed outside the continental United States. He also announced immediate preferential reduced rates for air mail and parcel post for American forces abroad, with a 6 cent domestic air mail rate applying to aircraft mail to overseas troops.
The memo states air mail routes extend to fourth class postal and parcel post for service members at leased bases and ships outside the United States. Charges apply between the mailing post office and the port transfer office, covering mail to air routes.
Gov Keen Johnson announced Kentucky will lease the state employment service to the federal government for 1 a year to aid Roosevelt in coordinating manpower. He noted constitutional limits prevent transferring a legislatively created agency but said they will lease records and equipment or ask the legislature to assign the agency.
In Kentucky tire dealers hesitate to join county rationing committees as required by federal policy. Governor Johnson’s secretary Zellner L. Peal notes committees must include tire dealers to allocate tires and tubes, labeling service on wartime duty and essential to the war effort.
Iceland and surrounding areas staged the first blackout with U S and British forces in a drill. Anti aircraft guns and American soldiers simulated defense while police fired large firecrackers to resemble bombs during the exercise.
British lines in North Malaya held as Japanese forces stalled near the Malayan jungle front. RAF launched air raids on Sungei Patani and Rangoon with allied fighters destroying nine bombers and a fighter, while some damage and casualties occurred among RAF personnel.
Louisville works director Roy Burks says industrial plant whistles are too deep, proving Louisville must procure a shrill distinctive air raid warning siren. The report notes the test result and cites Burks.
Navy warns personnel to beware of female spies posted at naval offices in New York on December 24. The notice says enemies use women to obtain information from sailors, banking on reduced suspicion from male guards.
A fragment warns of wary vignettes about spying and silence as safety. It notes the Netherlands and United Union hold no mainland Asia territory and that their Pacific holdings are bound by seas.
Officials from the Kentucky Federation of Labor and the state Department of Industrial Relations pledged full cooperation to prevent work stoppages in defense industries. The agreement was reached in Louisville in a conference with William C Burrow, Alexander Jeffrey, and Edward H Weyler.
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