German Attache and Bride Wed at Alexandria Then Honeymoon at Greenbrier
Baron Ulrich E von Gienanth and Karin von Vietinghott Riesche married in Alexandria, then joined a German delegation at White Sulphur Springs Greenbrier Hotel for their honeymoon. The ceremony relied on two FBI agents who crossed the Virginia line to witness due to a Washington waiting period.
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White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier
FBI
Ulrich E. von Gienanth
Seyad An Ae
Guayé
Karin von Vietinghott Riesche
New York
Alexandria
Germany
Washington
FHI
Virginia
Tham
Munich
Baron von Bulow
Last Stand Conflict Rages in Hongkong
Chinese reports claim Japanese forces numbering about 45,000 are poised for an assault from Kowloon as the battle shifts to Victoria on Hong Kong Island. Chinese detachments press from the Canton Kowloon line toward Shumchun and Canton defenses, while civilians endure siege with limited evacuations and a reported fatality.
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Phn
Kowloon
Mea
Pate
Victoria
Florence Webb
Shanghai
Colonial Office
Sir Mark Young
Hongkong
Goyeptoe
Britis
Canton-Kowloon River
Shumchun
Canton
Victoria Peak
Hongkong Island
Deane Dick
Kowloon Peninsula
Indictments Tie German Ties to General Aniline & Film
Indicted figures linked to I G Farben and German trust networks include Hermann Schmitz, Dietrich Schmitz, William von Rath, Hans W. Aickelin, and Ernst Schwarz. The group, with roots in Germany and naturalized Americans, held fast to leadership roles at General Aniline & Film and related subsidiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Aniline & Film Corporation
Hermann Schmitz
I. G. Farbenindustrie
Berlin
Dietrich A. Schmitz
General Aniline & Film
John E. Mack
U.S. Treasury
Schmitz
New York
William Vom Rath
General Anipline & Film
von Rath
Farberindustrie von Rath
Washington
Dyestoff
Hans W. Aickelin
Germany
I. G. Farben- Iindustrie
Ernst Schwarz
German Chemical Trust
Our Army at Valley Forge 164 Years Ago
Valley Forge, Pa. observed on December 7 as George Washington led the Continental Army into Valley Forge 164 years ago, a note recalling early military hardships and leadership. The excerpt mentions 7. E. K. Halbach of General Dyestuff Corp, an American citizen linked to Zeppelin interests.
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Valley Forge
George Washington
Zeppelin
U. S
MacArthur named full general as war plans advance
The Senate unanimously approved promoting Lt Gen Douglas MacArthur to full general. The Philippines said defense forces still controlled most provinces, with three Luzon beachheads Aparri Vigan Legaspi under intermittent U.S. air attack to prevent air bases and larger salients. Ground fighting reported but details were sparse.
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Roosevelt
Congress
U. S. Far Eastern
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
George C. Marshall
Senate
Commonwealth
Philippine Defense Forces
Luzon Island
Aparri
Vigan
Legaspi
U.S
Army and Navy seek aviation cadets for training
The Army and Navy announce broad openings for aviation cadets. Prospective officers must show adequate support for dependents, with immediate enlistment and ship out to training centers for qualified candidates. Navy seeks 15,000 aviators aged 20 to 26 with college educations, including single and some married men, with lowered physical requirements and allowances.
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Washington
Aviation Cadet Examining Boards
Navy
Saunders
Naval Reserve
LaGuardia Seeks 50 Million Gas Masks for Coast Areas
Civilian defense director F H LaGuardia proposed to supply 50 million gas masks for civilians along the coast extending 150 to 300 miles inland. He said the plan, costing about 3 75 dollars per mask, would be government funded with army judgment on need and types include infant and child sizes and a universal adult mask.
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Washington
F. H. LaGuardia
Roosevelt
LaGuardia
Barbers Required to Use State Approved Labs for Tests
Health Commissioner C F McClintic announced barbers and beauticians must have blood tests for licensure at one of 60 state approved laboratories. Letters were sent to physicians statewide clarifying the new requirement.
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C. F. McClintic
Obituary notices from West Virginia paper
A roundup of funeral notices for William Cash 68 of Griffithsville. Mrs Ollie J Sheppard 76 of Clintonville. Mrs Harry Gordon Waddell 67 of St Albans. George C Brogan 29 of Wilson Hollow. Lawrence Warren Be near of Roxalana. Mrs Ray McIntyre 58 of Bridgeport. Miss Eva Clare Collins formerly of Charleston. Robert Hulin 73 retired miner. Forrest Lee Wallace 77 of Williamsburg. Details include service times, officiants, burial sites, and surviving relatives.
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Harry Gordon Waddell
St. Albans
Bartlett Mortuary
Charlottesville
Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church
J. C. Thomas
Charles L. Brown
Alexandria
Robert B. Hiden
Stockbridge
Mass
Robert H. Waddell
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
E. T. Rodes
Greenwood
Charles V
Frank S Rodes
Charleston
William Rithwell
Hyannis
Neb
J. Warner Lewis
A. Watson Woodward
Clifton Forge
George C. Brogan
Newport News
Sylvester Brogan
Wilson Hollow
Gtho B. Smalley
J. DeWeese
Spring Hill
Bartlett Funeral Home
Lawrence Warren Benear
Otto Church
Spencer
Burl Benear
Roxalanna
Herbie Spencer
Guy
Otto
Eugene
Maford
Roxalana
Harold
Charles
Ravenna
Will Walbrown
Parkersburg
Ray McIntyre
Bridgeport
Clara ,Nichol
J. T. Hyers
John S. Hyer
Duck
S. E. Hyer
Obiion
Clay County
Eva Clare Collins
Columbus
AlHance
Harry G. Shhelenberger
Blanche Collins
J. Edward Collins
Miss Collins
Forrest Lee Wallace
Williamsburg
Greenbrier
East Rainelle
Presbyterian Eburch
Je. S. Ruff
Wallace
W. G. Arbo+gast
Huntington
P. A
Joseph E
Focatella
Idaho
Sidney E
Akron
Henry W
Guyan Field
Bica
Idato
West Virginia Council of Churches reelects officers
The West Virginia Council of Churches and Christian Education reelected all incumbent officers. Rev. William P. Cline of Charleston, now Army chaplain, serves as president. Other officers include Rev. H. H. Orr of Robertsburg as vice president and Rev. Ray N. Shaffer of Charleston as recording secretary. J. W. Merricks of Charleston is treasurer. Rev. T. P. Simmons of Racine will speak at 11 a.m. tomorrow on The Proper Attitude for a Christian in This World Conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Council of Churches and Christian Education
William P. Cline
Charleston
U. S. Army
H. H. Orr
Robertsburg
Ray N. Shaffer
J. W. Merricks
T._P. Simmons
First Baptist Church of
Racine
Army to Get Yule Turkey for Christmas Dinner
Philadelphia dispatch says the army plans a holiday feast for soldiers at 12,000 mess halls, cooking about one and a half million pounds of turkey at 70 cents per man. Menu includes celery olives fruit cup tomato soup roast turkey gravy cranberry sauce mashed potatoes squash peas rolls mince pie coffee tea and fruit and nuts. An informal entertainment session will follow the meal.
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Philadelphia
Quartermaster Corps
Job Bureau Transfer Accord With Neely President
Gov Neely wired to President Roosevelt on the request to transfer state employment services to the federal government to maximize war material output. The federal treasury now covers most administrative costs for the West Virginia employment service and its unemployment compensation division, while the state pays about 45000 of a 950000 annual total. Army camps plan festive decorations and Christmas services for troops with decorated trees crepe paper ribbons holly leaves and poinsettias in banquet halls and chapels.
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Neely
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Unemployment Compensation Department
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Last Chemical Trust
Cavite Naval Base
THE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company OF
Army
Coast
Witham Cash
Dry Branch School
William Cash
Griffithsville
E. K. Smith
McDowell Cemetery
Ollie J. Sheppard
J. Rhinehart
James Chapel
Tires
J. W. Sheppard
Clintonville
Church
Bluefield
Columbus School For ‘Girls
Salineville
James Collins
Pennsylvania
Ohio History Conference
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
Ohio State University
Columbus Genealogical Society
Verse Writers’ Guild of Ohio
Poets Round Table of Columbus
Robert Hulin
Montgomery
Washington and Caleman
Mcadams Monument
Alderson
Yule
Turkey
U. 8
Quartermaster
Fixin
Job Bureau
Electrolux
Bape
Morrison
Inca
the Diamond Bargain Basement
Defense Savings
Charleston Gazette
Defense
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