Germans Admit Retreat Westward From Rostov
German high command reports Rostov withdrawal due to Soviet numerical superiority and aggressive push. They claim Russians threaten Rostov and Moscow, with further gains near Klin Volokolamsk and DNB reports. Western fronts note battles near Tobruk with repulsed British counterattacks and RAF raids on Hamburg and Emden causing civilian casualties.
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Rostov
Red Army
Moscow
High Command
Soletschnogorski
DNB
Klin
Volokolamsk
Leningrad
Kronstadt Naval Base
Mostow
North Africa
Tobruk
Hamburg
Emden
Nazis abandon Rostov as Russia presses toward Azov
Pravda dispatches from the southern front report a second Russian counter-offensive northwest of Rostov threatening a Donets Valley corridor to the Sea of Azov. German forces retreating from Rostov say they are outnumbered but will fight from stronger positions. Russian advance leaves fields littered with Nazi dead and wrecked German tanks. Meanwhile a note on American wildlife interest appears.
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Pravda
Moscow
Rostov
Donets
Sea of Azov
von Kleist
Taganrog
Rostovy
poLiuanential Hikesas
Future Tokyo Action Linked to Nazi Effort
U S officials said Japan’s reply to a document handed to Nomura and Kurusu had not arrived but was expected. Hull’s talks with Tokyo focused on subordinate issues as Japan seeks to gain U S reconsideration of Pacific questions. Observers note Japan’s continued negotiations amid ominous Far East military moves and Axis fortune factors.
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State Department
Japan
Hall
Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
U. S
Pacific
Hull
Tokyo
U.S
Far East
Dutch East Indies
Bangk
Thailand
Indo-China
Philippines
Britain
Hong Kong
Singapore
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Orient
Europe
Marshal Peirin
Reichsmarshaal Gorring
Germany
Hitler
Mediterranean
Africa
Libya
Sacred Heart parish history published for diamond jubilee
A parish history prepared for Sacred Heart’s diamond jubilee is distributed this week after printing delays. The volume measures 8 by 10 inches, contains over 40 pictures of the church, parish schools, convent, popes, bishop, pastors, and parish groups, and includes a comprehensive West Virginia Catholic history back to 1748 with a priest accompanying a French expedition down the Ohio River.
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Sacred Heart
Knights of Columbus
West Virginia
Ohio River
Jap Menace Finds Asian Forces Alert
Asia warfare news reports Japanese forces preparing to depart Hongkong while Malaya volunteers are called up. A Chinese government spokesman forecasts intensified actions if talks fail, as German diplomats meet in Nanking amid Japan’s rising influence.
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Malaya
Singapore
Carl Riggs Named State WPA Head by Consolidation Coal Co
Carl Riggs is appointed new state WPA head by Consolidation Coal Co. He has also worked in insurance and real estate locally. The administrator-designate’s family includes his wife Isa Hawk ins Riggs and two sons George M. and John M. George M. works for Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. in Charleston and John M. for Owens-Illinois Glass Co.
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Consolidation Coal Co
Mra
Isa Hawkins Riggs
George M
Charleston
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
John M
Owens-Minois Glass Co
Marmet Police Chief Released From Hospital
Marmet Police Chief Charles Howard was discharged from Charleston General Hospital yesterday afternoon to convalesce at home from a leg wound sustained Sunday during an arrest. Loss of blood was the most serious factor. Troopers with the Chelyan detachment continued the investigation. The chief’s pistol discharged during a struggle with Harry Babe Harless and Ted Harless, a brother said to have interfered. The Harlesses were slightly wounded and jailed in Kanawha County after treatment.
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Charles Howard
Marmet
Charleston General Hospital
Shome
Chelyan
Harry
Babe) Harless
Ted Harless
Kanawha Firm Plans To Build Navy Ships
A Kanawha firm plans to construct navy ships with stock offerings of 1,000 shares. Incorporators include John Beatty, Harry J. Coleman, and attorney Philip H. Hill. Senator Harley Kilgore suggested reopening the Ward plant opposite Charleston on the Kanawha River to manufacture craft for the defense program.
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John §. Beatty
Harry J. Coleman
Charles Ward Engineering Company
Philip H. Hill
Sen. Harley
M. Kilgore
Beckley
Ward
Charleston
Kanawha River
West Va Farmers Win National Lamb Honors
Chicago December 1 M F Li Walker and son of Union West Va won first prize for fat dorset wethers at the International Livestock exhibition and also took top honors for a pen of three dorset lambs.
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West Va
Chicago
F. Li Walker and Son
Union
W. Va
West Virginia
Dallas Higbee Elected Kanawha Phi Kappa Nu Leader
Dallas Higbee was elected president of the Kanawha chapter of the Phi Kappa Nu Alumni Association at a meeting in the Argonne apartments. Max Simmons for Clendenin was chosen vice president and Duncar Sturm became treasurer.
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Dallas Higbee
Kanawha
Phi Kappa Nu Alumni Association
Argonne Apartments
Max Simmons
Clendenin
Duncar Sturm
Judge Ben Moore to address Charleston High PTA tonight
Federal Judge Ben Moore will speak to the Charleston High School Parent Teacher Association at the school auditorium this evening. The event aims to update parents and teachers on school affairs and community education goals.
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Ben Moore
Parent-Teacher Association of Charleston High School
Seeing-eye Dogs Gaining Access To Government Buildings
Washington action grants seeing-eye dogs entry to federal buildings when accompanied by their blind owners. The measure passed after a Senate approved bill cleared the House debate, ending a prior federal ban on dogs in government facilities.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Vichy and Reich Close Ties Grow Amid War Moves
As British drive west into Italian Libya France seeks coal and raw materials. Petain and Darlan traveled in civilian clothes and crossed the demarcation line at Moulins after spending the night at La Ferte-Hautecive Awaiting Germany's sealed orders. Krug von Nichols, the German consul, was summoned to Paris as the French group departed. Observers link this to Marshal Petain.
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Libya
France
Petain
Darlan
la Ferte-Hautecive
Germany
Moulins
Here
Krug von Nichols
Paris
Three More Stores Sell 14 Cent Milk
A local milk rounder, Spurlock, recalls a confrontation with a man claiming to be a city health inspector seeking Gov. Neely. The governor, via the state anti profiteering committee, oversaw changes to the city milk ordinance allowing 14 cent milk after local dealers raised prices.
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Spurlock
Gov. Neely
Feirton Steel Truckers Postpone Wage Walkout
Weirton and Steubenville truckers delay threatened wage strike pending settlement of a dispute. A retroactive raise of seventy cents, effective November 1, was noted as already granted by Wheeling Steel and local employers.
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Feirton Steel
Wheeling
Weirton Steel
Steubenville
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