Nationwide Welders Strike Hits Nation Dec 6 7
A nationwide walkout of welders was called for Tuesday amid an AFL dispute over autonomy and work permits. About 1000 workers in shipyards and defense projects could join, with estimates of 75 000 to 125 000 welders potentially affected. Leaders warned of broad disruption unless foreman intervention or negotiations alter the stance.
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Morgantown
American Federation of Labor
United Brotherhood of Welders, Cutters and Helpers
Payne
Brotherhood
Washington
Hector Jaroes Brown
Oakland
Calif
Independent
Roosevelt
AFL
Ammoenia
Prac
Preburgh
John Ford
Morgantown Council
I Crafta
Ford
Fe L
Jeber Brown
M. A. Brown
Parva
Lucky Shopper Featured Shopper Among Early Christmas Buys
A Gazette photo captions a Christmas shopping crowd in Charlestown with Mrs. Anna Strain of Malden named among early shoppers. The paper notes a daily photo feature of early shoppers leading up to Christmas and urges readers to shop early for a chance to be photographed.
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Charleston
Andy
Gazette Business Office
Hale Street
Gazette
Anna Strain
Malden
Russians Push South as Axis Resists Across Front
Soviet forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko expanded a 75 mile wide front from the Azov coast toward the Donets in pursuit of German, Italian and Hungarian units. Pravda reports villages reclaimed and heavy fighting along Moscow fronts with reported German losses and Soviet counterattacks.
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Taganrog
Mariupol
Rostov
Semyon Timoshenko
Azov
Donets
Pravda
Moscow
Red
Dmitrov
Leningrad
Biden
Rome
NBC
Volokolamsk
Oiga
Kelinin
Red Army
Klin
Mozhaisk
Nata River
Sentipogorsk
Crimea
Admiral Zhukov
Sevastopol
New Moscow Peril Reported by Reich
Berlin reports a German advance between Moscow and the Donets basin with Orel and Kursk as hubs. Five junctions captured at Malo-Archangelsk Livny Novossil Misensk and Chern as heavy losses are claimed and operations face severe cold. Klin and Mozhaiskfall under German control.
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Berlin
IINS
Moscow
Donets
DNB
Orel
Kursk
Morscow- Kharkov
Malo-Archangelsk
Livny
Novossil
Misensk
Chern
Kuibyshev
Russia
Klin
Mozhaisk
Shoppers Buy Gifts Amid Record Holiday Spending
Retail activity rises as debits climb nearly 32 percent week over week and banks distribute about 626000 in Christmas savings funds. Wholesale houses report strong volume since 1820 inflation era, with inventory shortages due to previous payback, while wintry goods lag and gift sales surge this season.
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Bank Deblin
Yoo
Frank A. Thomas
The
Thomas 'Field Company
Kanawha Valley
Max Frankenberger
Frankenberger
McCain
Charleston
Roosevelt Pleads With Japanese Emperor To Avert War
In December 1937 amidPanay bombing tensions, President Roosevelt sent a personal message to Japan’s emperor to avert conflict over Indo China and Thailand. The note demanded cessation of aggression, troop withdrawal, and a halt to the Axis alliance. Japan’s reply appeared unsatisfactory, prompting zero hour alerts across the Far East as British, American, and Australian actions tightened wartime posture.
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Rooosevelt
U. S
Thailand
Far Pacific
Alate Department
Indo-China
Roosevelt
White House
Indo- China
Japan
Far East
Tokyo
Hull
U.S
Talice
Cata
Pacific
China
Herlin-Rome
Japaris
Singapore
Far Eastern
Manuel Quezon
Manila
Mants
Douglas A Mac
Hospital Petitions Circulated by Coordinated Groups
The executive board coordinates petitions through West Side churches and Catholic groups. They plan widespread circulation with signable public placements and expect several thousand signers, aided by temple sisterhood and Catholic Daughters leadership.
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Pat Withrow
Joseph Perry
Edward V. Adkins
Montague
Hinsendo
West Side
Pany
Silverstein
C. R. Levine
Te Sacred Heart
Church Catholic Daughters
C.B. Vance
FDR Purges Axis Holdings in U S Firms
Reports say the Roosevelt administration will seize and control voting shares of General Aniline and pursue Americanizing its operations amid war asset measures. Hearings in Wilmington on December 10 will address a stockholder suit by Swiss and Dutch interests with Treasury and Justice Dept. involvement. The Lofing and Sofina groups face SEC scrutiny over European and Latin American holdings tied to Axis nations.
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Man Chemical and Dye Trust
Justice Mack
Roosevelt
General Aniline
Weasury Ready
Treasury
Justice Department
Wilmington
Del
U. S
SEC
Latina
Latin America
Wall Street
Congress
Rep. Voorhis
Cal
House
Sofina
Judge Lovins Dissents In Mine Benefit Case
Judge Lovins dissents in a mine benefit dispute, arguing that certain provisions the other side would not accept do not convert a negotiation into a dispute, as the issue simply reflects a failure to agree on contract terms.
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Lovins
Friday Naturalization Day in Federal Court
Fifty six petitioners will take preliminary examinations in federal district court on Friday, following Wednesday and Thursday sessions conducted by Edward J. Kennedy of the Cincinnati immigration and naturalization office.
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District Federal Court
Edward J. Kennedy
Cincinnati Office of Immigration and Naturalization
Eastern Star and related fraternal meetings and talks
Tiskelwah Chapter No 45 meets at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Shrine mosque with Dr Ratcee Vining of West Virginia Tech speaking on Human Relations in the Community at the Daniel Boone hotel tomorrow evening the Senior and Junior Hadassah sponsor and the public is invited. Charleston Chapter 88 meets for initiation at 1 p m tomorrow at the Shrine mosque. White Shrine 7 holds a Wednesday night initiation and Christmas party with donations under the Sunshine committee and carols with Mr and Mrs Santa Claus. Refreshments provided by Mrs Elmer Anderson. Woodrow Wilson Study Club meets Thursday at 8 p m at Mrs Harry Wines home in Red Oak Street.
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Ratcee Vining
West Virginia Institute of Technology At
Montgomery
Daniel Boone Hotel
Hadassah
Charleston
Order of the Eastern Star
Shrine 1
White Shrine 7
Shrine Mosque
C H. Rawson
Sunshine Committee
Mesdames J. M. Perkins
Monte J. Kennedy
Santa Claus
Elmer Anderson
Woodrow Wilson Study Club
Harry Wines
Red Oak Street
Seventh Cesarean Births Stun World Record Claim
Aurora Tl reports John Diereski announcing a world record after his wife delivered her seventh child by cesarean section. All but one of the cesarean babies survived, highlighting a remarkable birth sequence tonight.
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Aurora
Dec
Ins
John Diereski
Fiercer Battles Loom In Libyan Campaign
British air power and artillery report heavy action in Libya with Axis prisoners counted in the thousands. An Axis column was routed, a mobile British force destroyed dozens of vehicles, while Indian troops claimed victories including tanks and fuel losses near Bir el Gobi.
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General Headquarters
Bardia
Bir
Girl Motorcycle Rider Is Injured in Crash
Miss Betty Martin aged 18 of 1103 57th Street SE was injured at 1 a m when her motorcycle collided with an automobile at South Malden. She suffered multiple cuts on hands face and legs but is not considered seriously hurt. Passenger Dames Spencer 24 of Kanawha City escaped with minor bruises and cuts.
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Betty Martin
57Th Street
S. E
Mountain State Hospital
South Malden
serioun _ dames Spencer
Kanawha City
Principal Richardson to Speak on Planning at PTA Meeting
BE. C. Richardson, principal of Charleston high school, will address planning and scheduling for high school and college Tuesday at 3 30 p m during the Thomas Jefferson junior high school Parent-Teacher association meeting. Woodrow Wilton junior high PTA will meet December 18.
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BE. C. Richardson
Charleston High School
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School
Parent-Teacher Association
Woodrow Wilton Junior High School
Births at Charleston General and McMillan Hospitals
A son was born at Charleston General hospital at 8 85 p m Friday to Mr and Mrs Robert E Alfred of 1893 Quarrier street Alfred is clerk of the state board of public works. Mr and Mrs Curtis Ryan of Nellin are the parents of son. James Elvin born Thursday at McMillan hospital.
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Charleston General Hospital
Robert
Alfred
Quarrier Street
State Board of Public Works
Curtis Ryan
Nellin
James Elvin
McMillan Hospital
U.S. Seizes Finnish Ships in War Move
The United States seized 26 Italian and 14 French ships as part of a broader move to support Britain in the war. Officials indicated possible moves against Romanian and Hungarian assets and the withholding of Finland’s licenses, while New Zealand joined Britain in declaring war against Finland Romania and Hungary over their Nazi invasion role. Finnish President Ryti commented on friendship with the Soviet Union, hoping it avoids injuring Britain and the U.S.
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State Department
Romania
Hungary
U. S
Finland
New Zealand
Britain
Rumania
Procope
Rista Ry
Tampere
Ryti
Soviet Union
Great Britain
GOP League Lays Out Defense Focus and Inflation Critique
The speech targets New Deal policy, calling inflation caused by emergency powers since 1933 and criticizes White House spending. Speakers, including Walter Harlawan and Robert H. C. Kay, urge Republican unity, accountability in defense contracts, and limits on political influence over national security.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Walter
Harlawan
Republican National
West Virginia
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Hitler
Empire Ordnance Company
Charles West
Tommy Corcoran
Jackson
Logan
Alle
Rehearsals For Yale Festival Arranged
Rehearsals for the annual Christmas festival of Kanawha County schools will be held at Charleston High School auditorium. 27 elementary schools with about 600 pupils will rehearse at 3:18 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Eight junior high seniors with 300 voices rehearse, and 200 high school chorus members rehearse at 4 p.m. Sunday. George Steadman is building the scenery for the pageant.
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Kanawha County
Charleston High School
George Steadman
Camp Fairchance drive seeks gifts for Boone county children
Groups from Fairchance and Logan mobilize to aid Camp Fairchance at Low Gap Boone county from now to Christmas. Ben Rammond announces, Merry Stern coordinates, and donors from Charleston and nearby districts are urged to supply listed items including toys equipment clothing and books for wards of the state in hospitals and county centers.
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Ben Rammond
Merry Stern of
Logan
Tte
Low Gap
Boone County
Charleston
Boone County Center For
Stern
Sid Games
William F. Tormey
Clyde G. Buckland
Belle Post, American, Legion
Marmet Hospital Arty
Homer K. Holly
Quarrier Street
Allan McClain
McClain
United Fuel Gas Company
Quarrier and
Dunbar Streets
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Kun
FDR
Arthur
Quezon
Philippine Defense
Dap
Jepentes Puto
Hong Kong
Malaya
British Borneo
Kokumin
Ihe U
Asiatica
Australia
Dutch East Indies
Melbourne
Australien
Herald
Parent
Rydl
GOP
Yale Festival
Aaltergee
Raymond D. West New York Life Insurance ‘Co
Kanawhs Vailey
Avic — Life
Luttrell Robson General Insurance
Commer Capital
Virginia Streets
Anal
Temaei
Drs. Collins & Collins
Remington
C. R. Johnson
SER Hospital
ARES
Bladestun
Hover
Burke
Wade F. Hill
Bank OF Commerce Lld
Every Therdey
FBI
the Empire Diner
Bummers Street
Arn W.s
Goshorn Hardware CO
Virginia St. E
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