Heavy Snow Delays Holiday Football at Greenbrier Military School
Snow up to six inches covered eastern and southern West Virginia with light rain elsewhere. Greenbrier, Grant and Mineral counties saw the heaviest falls, delaying the Thanksgiving game at Lewisburg between Shinnston and Greenbrier Military School. Traffic remained mostly passable as other areas reported lighter accumulations.
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Greenbrier Military School
Bluefield
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Allegheny Mountains
Panhandle
Greenbrier
Grant
Mineral
Lewisburg
Shinnston
Martinsburg
Elkins
Jefferson
Berkeley
Morgan
Hardy
Hampshire
Tucker
Randolph
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Fayett
Raleigh
Mercer Counties
Snowy pattern crosses broad region with mixed weather
A northern storms system brought light snow and frigid conditions across the Bluefield area and into Newland while much of the nation observed a Thanksgiving stretch with fair weather in other regions. Snow flurries and freezing temps were forecast for parts of the northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
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Newland
North Atlantis Seaboard
Midwest
Sec
Ohio aid funds face food relief crisis amid tax limits
In Ohio the push against taxes collided with hunger as relief agencies report thousands lacking food fuel and clothing. Toledo shows 5193 employable residents in need. Cleveland halts most relief, others seek state action as deficits mount. Attorney general allows some fund use, easing relief temporarily.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Buckeye
Toledo
Council of Social Agencies
Cleveand
Columbus
Lima
Youngstown
Harold J
Killer Wins 15 Cents But Loses Fight To Dodge Death
Oklahoma desperado Jack, aged 39, was convicted of kidnapping and killing Scott. He admitted he swore he would beat the chair and won a nickel from three deputy marshals in bets. Judge Charles E. Woodward set November 29 for a new trial hearing. if denied, the sentence would be carried out then.
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Killer
Renate
Jack
Oklahoma
Kuhn Admits Lying to Shield Woman Known as Golden Angel
New York on November 22 Fritz Kuhn testified he lied to protect a woman he called his golden angel later distancing himself and admitting affection turned cold. He faced hours of testimony during grand larceny trial tied to alleged thefts from his German American band and described relations with Mrs Camp as very friendly not romantic.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Angel
Florence
Camp
Kuhn
New Donors Boost Old Home Fund Campaign
A local fund drive to preserve the old Davidson home attracts new donors including Edwards and Luther G. Scott. The appeal urges timely checks to surpass the goal while listing several named supporters and residents in the city.
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Fea
Zemere
Vidson
Edwards
Eral Street
Ott
Mary Davidson
E ‘ B. Dungleson
Pose
Easley
Luther G. Scott
City
Stee Ad
John Kee
Mine warfare adds strain to Nazi link
Germany profits from Poland split cargoes to the Reich while wartime friction grows with its partners. France supplies Britain in retaliation moves, widening tensions amid coastal trade disruptions.
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Germany
Poland
Reich
France
Britain
Mine Warfare Strain And Allied Economic Pressure Rise
The piece links British and French retaliation to German mine warfare in waters, arguing it burdens Germany by cutting export traffic and chok ing imports of gold and oil through neutral channels. It notes Rome Berlin Italy and Japan as adversaries and contends Nazi aims falter under allied sea power.
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Rome-Berlin
Ber
And
Italy
Japan
France
London
Nazi Germany
Scandinavia
Soviet
Russia
Nebelnsors
Kidnaper in Topeka shoots self after tear gas raid
Floyd C. Wadden, a Davenport automobile salesman, identifies a man linked to a Tuesday kidnapping who, barricaded in a Topeka hotel room, shoots himself as police fire tear gas. The wounded man, about 35, is not expected to live. details about identity and origin are incomplete due to damaged report.
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Topeka
Kas
Davenport
Floyd C. Wadden
Charles D. McEnaught
Wadden
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Des Moines
The
Penne
Loot From Charleston Bank Robbery Traced to Columbus Bank
Federal agents announced $3,800 of the South Charleston bank loot was found in two Columbus banks. The first National Bank robbery on November 13 saw $19,000 taken. Police note the bandits fled in a red ten year old car.
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Charleston
W. Va
First National Bank of
South Charleston
Columbus
FBI
C. W. Ray
James Fillinger
Infonetic World War News From London and Berlin
The report notes the destroyer Gipsy beached after a mine strike with 40 missing and 21 injured as Nazis allege raids on the east coast and Shetland. A 6,600 ton Italian freighter Fionana hits a mine but remains afloat and British intercepts a 4,110 ton German freighter off Iceland. Berlin vows retaliation against Britain�s blockade while claiming nine merchant ships blocked. Japanese forces press toward Nanning in China as shippers in Amsterdam suspend sailings on government advice.
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Associated Press
London
Gipsy
Shetland Islands
Fionana
Bertha Fisser
Iceland
Sir John Simon
Berlin
Britain
Churchill
Munich
Amsterdam
Netherlands
New York
Associated Press Ag
Belfast
Jiengkong
Nanning
Admiralty
Fionona
Italy
Brit
Nationwide Thanksgiving Split Across Dates
The country debates holiday timing with Roosevelt backing a week-ahead observance. Colorado Mississippi and Texas join neutrals in mixed celebrations while West Virginia plans on the later date. Festivities proceed with church services, sports events, and a White House meal at Warm Springs.
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Roosevelt
Colorado
Mississippi
Texas
Ice test fatal to Los Angeles woman
Mrs. Rufus Nugent, 30, died in the refrigeration chamber at Queen of Angels hospital while undergoing an experimental ice pack therapy to test if the heart could endure a five day cancer treatment. The patient was among the first on the Pacific coast to receive the procedure, which lowers body temperature by more than eight degrees.
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Los Angeles
Rufus Nugent
Queen of Angels Hospital
Old Barkentine Bear Heads for Little America
Boston reports the 68 year old Barkentine Bear sails south toward the Antarctic as part of a government exploratory fleet. The ship, revived for the voyage, will refuel at Panama after picking up an airplane in Norfolk and Philadelphia supplies, then head to an eastern base along a 1000 mile coast to establish a presence. The North Star leads the expedition with earlier Arctic rescue history aboard the Bear.
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Boston
Antarctic
Navy
Arctic
Greely
North Star
High Seas
Panama
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Richard Age
Army to Form Fast Moving Regimental Scout Unit
Army plans a rapid reconnaissance regiment to be formed December 1 at Fort Oglethorpe by reorganizing cavalry. The unit will include motorcycle units light armored cars and cavalry horses moved by motor trucks to improve fast movement and scouting capabilities.
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Fort Oglethorpe
Officers stage new raids in Huntington
Huntington W Va Nov 22 A city raid by deputy sheriffs the fifth in 25 days netted 15 persons on state warrants charging gambling law violations Most held were charged with sale of tip book tickets One was accused of taking bets on a number lottery
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Huntington
W. Va
Neely Promises Liberal Candidate for West Virginia Governor
Fairmont WV November 22 Senator M M Neely said he unconditionally guarantees that there will be at least one liberal Democratic candidate for governor in 1940. He did not confirm plans to seek the nomination himself and noted his Senate term runs until 1942. The remark follows intra party splits between a federal faction led by Neely and a statehouse faction backing Governor Homer A Holt.
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Fairmont
W. Va
M. M. Neely
Neely
West Virginia
Feotien
Democratic
Statehouse
Homer A. Holt
Senate
Fed
Charleston
United Mine Workers
Betoereen CS Sans & Tington
CIO
Germans hold British agents identified by Gestapo
Gestapo named Captain Richard Henry Stevens and Sigismund Payne Best as British secret service leaders captured with two others near the German Dutch frontier. They allegedly aided the Munich beer hall bomb plot and were captured while attempting to enter Germany from Venlo.
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Secret Service
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Sipcameves
Bre Tly
France
Esler Munich
Gestapo
Richard Henry Stevens
Sigismund Payne Best
Setz
Germany
Stevens
Best
Venloe
Netherlands
Athens
Germans Hold See Page 10 Keeps Fish Alive on Wine and Bread Bits
Boston, Nov. 22. Captain Peter Marino of the dragger Eddie and Lulu M arrived with a 30-pound sturgeon kept alive out of water since yesterday on a diet of wine and bread crumbs. He also had 71,300 pounds of other fish and claimed the sturgeon drank a gallon and a half of wine, worth $3, as part of the tale. The fish brought $9 plus $2.80 for two pounds of roe for caviar. Marino says it is not unusual in Italy to bring a fish home alive, albeit somewhat inebriated.
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Boston
Peter Marino
Eddie
Lulu M
Captain Marino
AFL Chief Blasts Arnold Over Anti-Trust Use
President William Green of the AFL charges Thur man Arnold assistant attorney general with grave misapplication of anti trust law to curb union activity. Green notes Congress exempted labor from anti trust laws in the Clayton act and urges Attorney General Murphy to address the issue and define limits on union boycotts strikes and coercion.
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Washington
William Green
AFL
Thurman Arnold
Murphy
Green
Congress
Arnold
Department
Frank
Nazis challenge British claim of defeating submarines
Berlin reports Germans rebut Britain's claim that U boats were beaten and warn of swift retaliation against the unrestricted German blockade. The agency says 11 ships, eight British, have sunk or been torpedoed in two weeks and accuses Britain of piracy by shielding convoys.
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Berlin
Britain
DNB
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Arlington Court
Agen
Atlantic
Iceland
CNB
Shetland Islands
Germany
England
North Sea
English
Guard dies after pickaxe attack at prison camp
E G Hardman a Grantsville prison guard died in Winchester hospital after being struck by Dewey Holbrook at the McCauley prison camp. Warden Leo P Callison said Hardman had grown careless and allowed the prisoner to get behind him. Holbrook later died near Moorefield after a car chase and thefts.
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W. Va
E. G. Hardman
Winchester
Leo P. Callison
Hardman
Grantsville
McCauley
Dewey Holbrook
Moorefield
H Man
Holbrook
Mollohan
Park
Destroyer Gipsy IO Reported Lost In Sea Warfare
London reports the destroyer Gipsy 1335 tons lost after striking a mine off the east coast. 21 officers and men injured and 40 missing from a crew of 140. Also, Italian freighter Fiorona hits a mine with no crew losses reported.
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Fiorona
Train wreck kills engineer on Winnebago near North Chicago
North Chicago Illinois November 22 192? The Chicago and Northwestern Winnebago passenger train derailed while returning Northwestern University students home for the holidays. Engineer Harryerson died pinned between the engine and tender fireman Stanley Mack Elmhurst was injured severely. Deputy Sheriff Rauss said rails parted and a handcar tried to intervene. No other passengers were seriously hurt.
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Chicago
Ill
Chicago and Northwestern
Northwestern University
Charles Rauss
Thomas Kennedy
Page Deputies
Anderson
Ed Poeny
Hg Ane
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