Armistice Day Program Planned by Bluefield Post 9
Bluefield Post No 9 American Legion plans Armistice day events with an 11 p m start on Saturday at the West Virginian hotel. Congressman John Kee will speak on foreign affairs as two Distinguished Citizenship awards are presented. Beaver High School A Cappella choir will perform under Miss Elizabeth Shelton. A buffet luncheon follows at 1 p.m. for veterans and their families.
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American Legion
West Virginian Hotel
John Kee
Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Bluefield
Beaver High School
Elizabeth Shelton
Legion Auxiliary
Early 1944 Cabinet Shakeup Speculation and Election Totals
Postwar agenda rumors swirl on new ambassadors and cabinet jobs as FDR weighs possible resignations. Hull and Ickes discuss health and standby steps while Walker may yield to Hanegan. New York and Ohio vote totals show Roosevelt close in New York and Dewey leading Ohio.
AERIAL HELP CONTINUES FORCES OVER GERMANY
Reports indicate half of 42 fighter planes are safe after yesterday's strike. An airforce spokesman confirmed 19 pilots reported forced landings from fields in France today.
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Germany
Airforce
France
Dewey Returns To Gubernatorial Desk
Governor Dewey resumes full time duties in New York at his desk in Albany. He plans a family vacation to Sea Island, Georgia, for rest after the election. He inaugurates the annual Christmas Seal drive and observers expect him to shape the loyal opposition while weighing future plans.
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N. Y
Dewey
New York State
Sea Island
Georgia
Albany County Tuberculosis Association
Allied forces seal Maes River rearguards and Vosges advance
Allied troops wipe out German rear guards south of the Maas at Moverdijk, taking 350 prisoners and seizing self propelled guns. On Walcheren Island a few hundred Germans still fight near Middleburg but signal surrender. U S Seventh Army pushes into the Vosges, capturing Les Baraques and nearing St Die, guarding a main Rhine pass.
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Maas River
Moverdijk
Walcheren
Middleburg
U. S. Seventh Army
Vosges
Wreckage Of Lost Bombers Found In Montana
Great Falls Montana November 9 Four crew members survived a bomber crash. wreckage of the twin engined Army craft found in Little Belt mountains by a rancher. Pilot Second Lt Winston Lindsey Jr Royce Virginia perished in the wreckage hidden since May 4 1943.
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Mont
Great Falls Air Base
Montana
Little Belt Mountains
Russell L. Meredith
Winston
Lindsey, Jr
Royce
Washington Boxers Clash in Madison Square Garden Bout
Sammy Angott of Washington, Pa., faces Jimmy McDaniels of Washington, D C, in a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden. Angott weighs about 142 pounds, McDaniels 145, with Angott favored. Angott is a former NBA lightweight champion who retired in 1942 and returned in 1943 to win the title.
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New York
Washington
Sammy Angott
Jimmy McDaniels
Washington, D. C
Madison Square Garden
Angott
Garden
McDaniels
West
Los Angeles
Aaron Perry
Boston
Ralph Zannelli
Garden Frays
Mexico
Juan Zurita
Lejune Unveils Secret Weapon Hirsch for Navy Gridiron
Camp LeJeune Marines unveil Elroy Crazy Legs Hirsch as a key back after a brief debut last week. The team, unbeaten besides a loss to Bainbridge, defeated Bogue Field 41-0 and eyes a rematch with Bainbridge on November 19.
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Bainbridge Navy
Camp Lejeune
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Crazy Legs
Hirsch
Wisconsin-Michigan
Bogue Field
Marines
Bainbridge
Mercer Group Of Registrants Sent To Huntington For Induction
A local board No. 1 Mercer county selective service group left yesterday for Huntington for the pre induction physical. Wallace Tinder led the group with Pred LeNoir as assistant. One registrant, Harry Vinson Meads, did not report. After Huntington acceptance, they return to Bluefield for a 21 day furlough before active duty. The next call is November 17 for white registrants.
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Huntington
Wallace Winfrey Tinder, Jr
Pred White LeNoir
Harry Vinson Meads
Bluefield
Armed
Dean Gildersleeve Faults Women War Effort At Barnard
Virginia Gildersleeve head of Barnard College criticizes American women for not fully serving in the war effort. She notes many have served heroically but many others focus on leisure like bridge. She urges equal responsibility with men now that women vote. She urges action and discipline and cites Barnard occupation data for 1943-44.
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New York
Virginia Gildersleeve
Barnard College
Columbia University
Milbank
Dean Gildersleeve
Barnard
George W Helton Killed Overseas in England
George Wilbur Helton nephew of Mr. and Mrs. G W Helton of Lindside was killed in England on September 19 after six weeks in France following the invasion. Survived by his sister Mrs Danese Carver and brother Nevil Helton. He had lived with his aunt and uncle before enlisting.
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George Wilbur Helton
G. W. Helton
Lindside
England
Helton
France
Danese Carver
Nevil Helton
Gong
Women War Workers Shortage Despite Jobs Available
The Occupation Bureau logged 3113 orders and placed 1197 workers including 245 alumnae and 924 undergraduates with roles in engineering, chemistry, welfare, education, and support services. Officials lament the continued shortage of workers among young women despite abundant job demand and urge national service parity.
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WACS
Red Cross
Bennet to sit with Republicans while voting independently
Augustus W. Bennet says he will sit on the Republican side in the new House but vote independently. He notes his victory came from Republican votes and thanks the Democrats for their support, having run on Democratic American Liberal and good government tickets after losing the GOP primary in New York's 29th district.
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N. Y
Augustus W. Bennet
Hamilton Fish
House of Representatives
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Fife
29Th
Liberty ship named for the Poppy Lady launches in Georgia
A Liberty ship honoring the Flanders poppy memorial is launched in Savafitiahy Georgia. Miss Moina Michael’s great niece Mary Michael christens the vessel. The Poppy Lady died in May at 74 in Athens. Global poppy sales total about 125 million dollars for U. S. veterans.
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Savafitiahy
U. S
WPB Loosens Rules on Golf Equipment
The War Production Board authorized golf club manufacture to fulfill army navy and veterans administration orders and lifted the ban on golf club parts. Production will be controlled via material allocations. The board called golf highly valuable for accelerating wounded men's recovery and return to combat fitness.
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Washington
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Veteran's Administration
WPB
Thanksgiving linens and prints on display at Pret wells
Thanksgiving linens and printed cloths on display at 116 Bland street offering gift ideas for Christmas. Large 63 by 80 print cloths priced at 5.95 with items from Dia and coalfield listings.
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Bland Street
Dia
Clintwood Motorist Sidewipes Three Cars in Bluefield Ave
Clintwood resident Howard Clark about 40 is jailed on a driving while intoxicated charge after allegedly sidewiping three automobiles on Bluefield avenue near Thomas street. No injuries were reported as police noted the crash occurred about 7 30 p m and involved vehicles owned by Glen Linkous H W Arrington and an unnamed owner.
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Clintwood
Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
Thomas Street
Clark
Glen Linkous
H. W. Arrington
McComas
Greece Plans New Drachma To Stabilize Currency
Athens reports Greece will introduce a new drachma on Nov 11 at 600 old drachma per pound, making one new drachma worth about two thirds of a Tennessee cent. About 59 billion old notes would buy one new drachma backed by 43 million pounds of gold and foreign exchange.
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Athens
Greece
Better Grade Shoes To Get Priority
Washington reports the War Production Board relaxed rules to allow better grade footwear sales. Expected market prices run about $4 for men $3 to $3.50 for women and $2.75 to $3 for children. Dealers say women avoid ration stamps for dress shoes under $3.95 and many under $3 move slowly. Men pay $4.50 to $5.00 according to retailers.
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Washington
War Production Board
Georgian Gives Away His Winnings
A well dressed man about fifty, identified by the Atlanta Journal as A. Graying, handed out several thousand dollars today in Atlanta. The event appeared spontaneous and drew attention from onlookers and local reporters.
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Atlanta
A. Graying
The
Atlanta Journal
Traveler bets and big winnings at the railway terminal
An account notes travelers at the terminal station exchanging bills of 10 20 50 and 100 as wagers. A quoted remark claims a man woke to Roosevelt's victory and a $10 000 win, with onlookers estimating total giveaways between $3 000 and $4 000.
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Roosevelt
Japs Use Poison Gas Near Kweilin Asserted
Chinese military authorities alleged Japan used large quantities of poison gas at Kweilin in Kwangsi but failed to drive Chinese defenders from the city. They reported violent attacks around Kweilin and said four Japanese assaults along the Hunan Kwengsi railway were repelled.
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Kwangsi Province
Kweilin
Liuchow
Hunan- Kwengsi
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service
Pfc Harold P es has notified his parents Mr and Mrs 641 Albemarle Street of his arrival in England. Lightning is the visible flash accompanying an electric discharge between two clouds or between a cloud and the earth.
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Harold P.es
Albemarle Street
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Cubs Chattel Inducted Into Army Down Texas
Chicago Cubs announce pitcher Claude Horton 29 inducted at Fort Worth Texas last week now stationed at Fort Sam Houston Horton won nine games and lost four for Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast League earlier this season after a one and four record for Minneapolis in the American Association.
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Chicago Cubs
Claude Horton
Los Angeles
Fort Worth
Tex
Fort Sam Houston
Horton
Minneapolis
Deserter gangs rounded up by Roman military police
Rome November 9. Two gangs of deserters from the American Canadian forces and the French Foreign Legion terrorized Rome and Naples for weeks. One gang of six Americans and two Canadians led by a Pennsylvania soldier was all AWOL. the second included Legion deserters, another American, and Italian and Spanish civilians. The US and Canadian members face court martial after raids, thefts, and violence including the theft of Lt General Anders's car. Police overpowered attackers who tried to free detainees and arrested four more deserters at a Rome cafe. Lt Col Geoffrey White cited AWOLstranded men with no funds as a motive.
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French Foreign Legion
Naples
Pennsylvania
Legion
Wladyslaw Anders
United States
Geoffrey White
Surrender Demand From Yamashita To MacArthur
Japanese army commander Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, in the Philippines, is reported by Tokyo radio to plan an unconditional surrender demand to Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Yamashita, who led campaigns in the Malay peninsula and Singapore, conveyed to Philippine official Jose Lauriel that negotiations with the British included the line that all negotiations were for surrender.
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Associated Press
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo Radio
Yamashita
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Jose P. Lauriel
Philippine
Nobel Prizes Awarded amid wartime shifts and shared honors
Stockholm reports four prizes worth about 29000 dollars awarded with laws and reserve notes. Winners include Johannes Jensen of Copenhagen for literature and Isidor Isaacs of Columbia University for physics now in the United States. Otto Stern and Georg Hevesy receive 1943 and 1944 chemistry and medicine honors, with shared prizes noted for two years.
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Stockholm
Lay
United States
L!iterame
Johannes Y. Jensen
Copenhagen
Isidor Isaacs
Columbia University
New’ S
Otto Stern
Lines Pinstitute
Technologttsburgh
Georg Hevesy
Jensen
Rabi
Austria
Cambrid Mass
Phys
Stern
Germany
Hevesy
Fire department responds to false alarm in Bluefield
A false alarm last night at about 10:30 triggered Bluefield firemen from box 19 at Bluefield avenue and Sprug street. No fire found and units stood down after investigation.
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Bluefield
Trees as sacred origin for many primitive cultures
The passage states that numerous primitive peoples revere trees and hold the belief that humankind originated from trees, reflecting a widespread tree worship motif across ancient cultures.
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Earth
San Bernardino County Larger Than Three New England States
The article notes San Bernardino County in California covers more area than the combined lands of Vermont Massachusetts and Rhode Island, highlighting its vast size relative to New England states.
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San Bernardino County
California
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
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