Ration Units Formed in State Defense Plan
State Defense Coordinator Carl G. Bachmann announced civilian defense units will be perfected before a home guard. The rationing units begin functioning in 55 counties on January 5 under the new defense commission, with administration coordinated through the speaker's chamber and acting Adj. Gen. Pierce. Gov. Neely's 1941 defense objectives include organizing a home guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl G. Bachmand
Defense Commission
Bachmann
Adj
C. Pierce
House of Delegates
Neely
German advance halted as Red armies push 50 miles east
Soviet reports say German forces were driven back and encirclement attempts around Moscow faltered. Red armies led by Gen. Meretzky claimed 50 mile westward advances from Tikhvin amid bitter cold and blizzards while Leningrad’s supply situation improved with aid from the U.S. and Britain.
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Moscow
Tikhvin
Red Army
Kirkill Meretzkoy
Leningrad
U. S
England
Archangel
Volkhov
Lakesmen
Ladoga
Leningrad-Moscow
Pravda
Kalinin
Tula
Maloyaroslavets
Meloyaroslavets
Sea of Azov
Crimea
Sevastopol
Sevastopal
State Fire Loss Rises in November West Virginia
Fire loss in West Virginia totaled $49,322 in November, up $13,532 from the same period last year. Fire Marshal Fred L. Watkins announced the figure. Nineteen deaths occurred in fires and related hazards, including five in Kanawha County.
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West
Virginia
Fred
Watkins
Kanawha County
Santa Visits Tots At Marmet Tonight
Santa Claus arrives to deliver gifts to crippled and underprivileged children in Charleston hospitals. The Forty-and-Eight oversees arrangements with Mike Levison and local volunteers coordinating gifts and timing around eight o clock Christmas morning. Donations from Arcade cigar store, United Fuel Gas, Montgomery lodge, and others support the effort as General Chairman Homer Holley urges late remittances to close the books.
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Charleston
Santa
Santa Claus
Mike Levison
Capitol Street
Forty-and- Eight
Homer
Holley
Quarrier Street
Arcade Cigar Store
United Fuel Gag Company
Montgomery Lodge
Order of Zaglets
McJunkin
S. A. Hawkins
A. ¥. Barney
Man and Wife Injured When Car Leaps Bank
Delbert Woodrum of Ridgeview Boone county suffered a collar bone fracture and his wife a brain concussion and broken right ankle when their automobile went over an embankment on the highway near Madison late yesterday morning. Both are in McMillan hospital and reported last night as in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Woodrum
Ridgeview
Boone County
Madison
McMillan Hospital
Greyhound Workers Receive Year End Bonuses and Turkeys
Atlantic Greyhound company distributed cash bonuses and turkeys to all employees. George Engle, vice president and general manager, announced the plan. Fixed salary staff received a month’s pay while hourly workers with overtime earned a five percent bonus on their yearly wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Greyhound Company
George Engle
Meanest Thief Again Harries Christmas Gifts
A Huntington resident reports a thief pried a window to enter and stole 30 gifts worth about 200 dollars from a Christmas tree at the home. Another home lost gifts valued at 15 dollars.
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Huntington
Students seek conga aisle at Lawson school graduation
Eighth grade pupils at Victor Lawson school presented the principal with a petition asking that the next graduating class be allowed to enter the aisle to the conga instead of the traditional march from Aida.
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Chicago
Victor Lawson School
Young Patriot Boy Buys Defense Stamp Album
Atlanta December 23 a remarkable 11 year old boy James Allen brought home a defense stamp album and a dollar worth of stamps saved from half of his 10 cent daily allowance for school lunch showing early wartime thrift and patriotism by a child of L J Allen and his wife.
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Atlanta
L. J. Allen
James
City Gift4daden trucks roll to aid juvenile homes
Roll Out of City Gift4daden trucks rolled from Charleston yesterday bound for six communities to brighten Christmas for inmates of juvenile homes. A governor named committee raised 1409 from a 200 gift to provide tailored presents after a quick survey of institutions. Pruntytown received 300 sweat shirts. Camp Fair Chance got volleyball and table tennis gear. St. Marys training school inmates got harmonicas, clothing, games and books.
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Charleston
Neely
Raymond Kenny
Pruntytown
State Industrial School
Kenny
Camp Fairchance
Boone County
DPA
West Virginia
St. Marys
Long Distance Call Delays Expected During Holiday Volume
Irvin C. Wildman of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone warns of delays on long distance calls to and from Charleston tonight and tomorrow despite added holiday circuits. Special holiday lines will be staffed to handle the record Christmas volume.
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Charleston
Irvin C. Wildman
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Wildman
Red Cross Motor Corps Ends Volunteer Need
Miss Dorcas Dickinson chairman of the Charleston Red Cross chapter motor corps announced no more applications will be accepted at present. The unit will reopen applications in the spring as the current enrollees are being trained efficiently.
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Dorcas Dickinson
Charleston
Gassaway Defeats Alumni in 38-31 Victory
Gassaway high school defeated its alumni 38 to 31 in a post with Schumacher, Sergeant and Frame fueling the local attack. Schumacher led the scoring with nine, Sergeant and Frame added six apiece, Benny Hitchenck totaled 11, and West contributed seven for the alumni.
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Gassaway
Gassaway High School
Schumacher
Sergeant
Frame
Elks
Benny Hitchenck
West
Sissonville Indians Rout Reds 96 to 44 in Home Victory
Sissonville Indians upset Charleston Reds 96-44 as Lynn Patrick led Reds with 20 points. Galphy Fisher and Jimmy Beane paced Sissonville with 13 and 17 points, with Brillhart adding ten as the locals built a strong first half lead.
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Sisbonville
Joe Sawyers
Sissonville Indians
Charleston Reds
Lynn Patrick
Indians
Sissonville
Galphy Fisher
Jimmy Beane
Brillhart
Harry Claxton
Reds
Blesonville
Ralednie Gs
Shafer G
Bashi
Bcora
Bissonville
Ghernie Thom
Washington
Dutch Bombard Japanese Tanker In Pacific Raid
Dutch forces pressed home a heavy attack sinking a 10 000 ton Japanese tanker with a 440 pound bomb and leaving it in flames. Other ships in the southern Philippine area were attacked and raids on a Dutch air base were reported. Dutch aircraft repelled an enemy bombing at Sorong with no damage there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Post
Dutch East Indies
Sorong
New Guinea
Red Cross Center Closes for Christmas Holidays
The Red Cross production center at the Masonic Temple and the surgical dressing room at Charleston high school will close at noon today for the Christmas holidays and reopen Monday at 10. Costs and details announced by Mrs Harry S Longley last night.
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Red Cross
Masonic Temple
Charleston High School
Harry S. Longley
Mack Pauley Rural Choir Leader Dies at 75
HAMLIN Dec 23 Mack Pauley long time church worker and rural choir leader died at his Woodville home Sunday. Survived by widow 14 children sister and five brothers including G L Pauley former Lincoln schools superintendent. His death leaves a large rural community mournful.
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Hamlin
Mack Pauley
Woodville
G. L. Pauley
Lincoln Schools
Leonard Priestley
Julian Church
Lincoln County
Pauley Cemetery
Obituaries and funeral notices from Charleston area
A lengthy list of obituaries and funeral services for Michael O Keeff Pearl Lee Rowsey Clarence E Sturgeon Joseph Lockhart Minnie W Easto Mrs Rachel Viers Braxton Calloway Mack Pauley Mary Agnes McDonald Frank Thomas Martin Mrs Missouri Saunders Samuel James Brewer John L Shafer and others detailing death dates, burial sites, service times and attending pallbearers across Charleston and nearby towns. Surviving relatives are named for several individuals. Burial locations include Mount Olivet Cunningham Memorial Park Elkview and Forren cemetery.
Obituary notices for James B. Owen and William Lee Upton
Obituaries list funeral plans and survivors for James B. Owen 84 of Marfrance with service by Rev. Joe B Brown at his residence and burial by Wallace and Wallace mortuary End of Trail cemetery. It also notes William Lee Upton 69 Ansted merchant who died at home with services by Rev. J F Brown at his residence and burial at Westl ake cemetery. Surviving relatives are named with spouses and children.
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Rachel Viers
S. S. Viers
Hughart
Rev. M. Westlake
Samuel James Brewer
Charles Brewer
Columbia Avenue
Offer
Earl and
Alvin Brewer
Louisville
Samuel Brewer
Huntington
George Brewer
Culver City
Calif
Mere
W. L. Harrison
Mr Brewer
Catholic Church
Bartlett Mortuary
James B. Owen
Greenbrier County
Matfrance
Joe BE. Brown
Wallace
William Lee Upton
William Lee
Ansted
J. FE. Brown
Quinwond
Army
Annie Thomas
Alderson
Frank R. Upton
British Cut Behind Fleeing Axis Units
British forces press from the Egyptian frontier into Libya as Axis air power ebbs. Approximately 680 enemy aircraft have been destroyed since November, with RAF raids on Tripoli causing explosions and fires and targeting retreating columns and Axis airstrips.
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Libya
Tripolitania
Rommel
RAF
Tripoli
Marshall star Jackie Hunt tops upcoming North South game notes
Sport Notes surveys Mandel point as Jackie Hunt from Marshall College earns high praise as a premier back. Bears scouts pursued him before graduation and may land him after the draft. Kerr Whitfield of Marshall resigns as athletic business manager amid a Wesleyan dispute. Arden Skidmore publishes a Mountaineers basketball book set praised for detail and utility.
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Phere
Montgomery
Ala
Marshall ‘College
Jackie Hunt
Jackie
Chicago Bears
Army
Bears
Marshall College
Kerr Whitfield
Big Green Athletic
Marshall
Wesleyan
Kerr
Arden Skidmore
West Virginia University
Mountaineers
Bowl results and coaching changes dominate December sports notes
Daily summary covers Bowl selections for December 1 including No 1 AP team Minnesota and Cotton and Orange Bowls with Alabama Texas A&M Georgia TCU. Also notes Giants managerial change Mel Ott replacing Bill Terry and multiple Giants trades and acquisitions through December 12, plus Feller entering Navy reserves and other baseball moves.
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Chicago Bears
Cardinals
Green Bay
N. Y. Giants Lnst
Brooklyn
Andy Scanlon
Holy Cross
Joe Sheeketski
New York Giants
Bill Werber
Cincinnati
Chicago White Sox
Jack Hallet
Mike Kreevich
Philadelphia A's
Wally Moses
Don Padgett
John Rizzo
Philadelphia Phillies
Bob Feller
Cleveland
U. S. Naval
Joe Luis
Eddie Neil
Vernon Kennedy
Washington
Giants
Johnny Mize
Bill Lohman
Kee O'Dea
Pittsburgh
Luke Hamlin
Babe Phelps
Pete Coscavart
Jim Wasdei
Ark
Cox Zivic in Knockout Draw and 1942 Coaching Changes
Welterweight bout between Kid Mec Cox and Fritzie Zivic ends in a 10 round draw. The report notes Washington U suspends football coach Kim Phelan for 1942. Chicago Bears beat Green Bay 33 14 to lead the Western division and loom in the NFL title race. Byron Nelson wins the Miami Open with 269. Rose Bowl moved to Durham NC due to war. Santa Anita cancels 142 California racing season. East West game shifts to New Orleans for Jan 2. Ben Hogan earns the Vardon Trophy for top scoring average in 1941.
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Vaughan
Kid Mec Cox
Fritzie Zivic
Washington U
Kim Phelan
Chicago Bears
Green Bay
New York
Byron Nelson
Pasadena
Durham
N. C
Santa Anita
California
San Francisco
New Orleans
Bey
Ben Hogan
Poca High Defeats Rockets in 69 24 Victory
Poca high school dominated the Poca Rockets 69 to 24 at home. Melton scored 22 for the winners while Belcher led the Rockets with 12 points as the game stayed close early before a strong second half.
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POCA
Poca High School
Poca Rockets
Melton
Belcher
Rockets
Winfield Five Defeats Barboursville B Team
Winfield high school posted a 26 to 19 win over Barboursville B team in a afternoon matchup. The halftime score was 13 all with A Hazlett F Hazlett and Hodge scoring all Winfield points, while Allen led Barboursville with nine.
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Winfield
Winfield High School
Barboursville
A. Hazlett
F. Hazlett
Hodge
Allen
Juvenile burglary ring tied to Grand Jury
James McPherson, 23, of Waynesburg Virginia, waived a hearing in municipal court and was bound over to the Grand Jury. Cecil Miller, 20, of Charleston, alleged to have aided McPherson in four juvenile lootings in November and early December pleaded innocent but was bound over. The youths have been in juvenile court supervision since arrests last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McPherson
Waynesburg
Cecil Miller
Charleston
McPherson
Cyrus W. Hall
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Greyhound
Young Patriot
Christmas Boulevard Recreation Center, Inc
PATA
Samaritan Treatment, Inc
Broad ST
Neely Committee
Red Cross Motor Corps
Victor
Pt Hiats
Michael O'Keeff
Sacred Heart Church
Clendenin Street
Mt. Olivet
Owen and Barth
O’keeff
Biddie O’keeff
Lawrence
John O Keeff
Harry Doughty
W. H. Donovan
Elmira
P. J. Daugherty
Pearl Lee Rowsey
Nitro
Nitro Church of God
J. H. Burchett
George Hartwell
Cunningham Memorial Park
James Whittington
Emory Hedrick
Jay McGill
Roma Hedrick
Howard Hedrick
Arnie Hedrick
Fred Cooke Mortuary
Clarence E. Sturgeon
Kanawha River
Diamond
Bancroft Baptist Church
Brady Duncan
Odd Fellows
Joseph Lockhart
D. H. Eagie
Fairview Avenue
Parkersburg
Criss Shaver
Second Avenue
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Minnie W. Easto
H. Lloyd Parkinson
Puna
Fifth Avenue
South Charleston
E. B. Garrett
Eli Pendleberry, Co. B. Cank
Cecil Martin
Walter Jeffers
Earl Hacket
Braxton Calloway
MacDonald Cemetery
MacDonald Loday
Mount Hope
Mary Agnes McDonald
Clothier
Mifflin Cemetery
Frank Thomas Martin Tank Thomas Martin
Belle
Lewis Martin
Fred B. Martin
Glasgow
Carl G. Martin
Cedar Grove
Clayton H. Martin
Lewis E. Martin
U. S Army
J. A. Bennette
Bartlet and Wynns
Missouri Saunders
Bownemont
Snodgrass
Saunders
Romie
Thomas Conrey
Theodore Conley
James Smith
Cynthia Lowe
Charléston
Sallie White
Elkview
James Sith
Earl Hissom
Elkview Cemetery
Smith
John L. Shafer
Crawley
Rainelle
Baptist Church
MacDonald Tl
Wesley
Forren
Smoot
Annis Shafer
Song
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Houston
Alfted
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Tommy
May Rose
Langdon, N. H
Odessa Kelly
Jes of
Beckley
Rufus
Nola Call
Della Knapp
Rupert
Maggie Lambert
Morris Jones
East Rainelle
John McIntosh
Curtis Jones
Lester Snafer
Mert Harrigar
Lawson Judy
Clyde Chapman
Nickell Mortuary
Thomas W. Montgomery
Wheeling
Princeton University
Princeton Alumni Association of
Edgewood Country Club
Tunisia
Metican
Sport
Poca High
Thompson
Ida
Glenmore
Kentucky
Gremmore Distilleries
CHL
Louisville, Reatecet
Wohlmuth
America
Virginia Street
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