Auto Crash Fatal To Mill Point Farmer
Delbert McMillion 25, farmer of Mill Point, died yesterday at a Ronceverte hospital from injuries in a Friday night auto crash near Renick. Services will be at his home at 2 p m tomorrow with Rev. L B Shires officiating. Burial in Mountain Gate cemetery near Renick. Wallace and Wallace mortuary of Lewisburg in charge.
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Japanese advance in Malaya forces Britons from Alor Star
British reports describe heavy Japanese pressure in Kedah and Alor Star with mechanized units driving toward the Singapore route. Allied troops retire in good order amid severe losses while defenders hold some lines and the jungle fighting continues in difficult terrain.
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Alor Star
Singapore
Kedah
Alor J Star
29 Killed in Mines During November
Accidents at coal mines caused 29 of the state's 35 industrial fatalities during November, the workmen's compensation commission reported yesterday. There were 6,664 non fatal accidents last month as compared with 3,134 in November 1948. Three hundred miles north and somewhat west of the Kedah sector, Japanese troops striking west across Thailand's Malayan Christmas were reported to have taken Point Victoria on the southernmost tip of Burma, disrupting aerial communications.
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Workmen’s Compensation Commission
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Singapore War Bulletin
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Tobruk
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CBS
Tiny two man submarines join Pearl Harbor raid reveal
Washington reports Navy Secretary Knox disclosed two man submersibles used in the Pearl Harbor attack. One approached an American seaplane tender and was sunk by a destroyer. Japanese losses included three submarines with one captured and one sunk. The subs’ range is likely under 308 miles.
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Pearl Harbor
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Naval
Captive Mines Sign Union Shop in Coal Pact
John L. Lewis of the CIO United Mine Workers and Harry Moses of three U S Steel captive coal subsidiaries signed a union shop agreement for the mines. The pact runs to March 31, 1948 and matches wage and conditions of the Appalachian agreement. Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. will sign separately. Moses heads H C Frick Coke Co National Mining Co and U S Coal and Coke Co.
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CIO
United Mine Workers
Harry Moses
Captive Coal Company
U. S. Steel Corporation
UMW @ union
UMW
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
U. S. Steel
Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Co
National Mining Co
U. S. Coal and Coke Co
Japanese pressure intensifies in Malaya Hongkong siege
BBC and British reports describe heavy Japanese bombardment and artillery duels as forces press toward Singapore and Hongkong. British defenses hold Kowloon area while Hongkong fortifications brace for possible landings and attempts to disrupt water supplies.
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Hongkong
Crown
Winston Churchill
Canton
Hangikw
Canton-Kowloon
Henan
Chekisang
Shensi
Malaya
Singapore
Kowloon
Hongkong Island
Fongkong
Downtown stores set nine p.m. shopping hour
Charleston downtown shops will stay open until 9 p m on Thursday to aid Christmas shoppers, announced by the Charleston Chamber of Commerce retail division. The report also mentions submarines near Pearl Harbor and carrier operations, but the core note concerns extended evening shopping hours.
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Charleston
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
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