N Smith Heads Princeton Alumni West Virginia Chapter
N Smith Jr was elected president of the Princeton Alumni Association of West Virginia at an Edgewood Country Club dinner. Officers include Kemble White Jr Edward E Alexander and Francis W Archer as vice presidents and other leaders. War era talks covered student deferments and accelerated graduations as Yale Princeton game clips were shown. Panama eases some restrictions to attract desirable American business engagement.
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TN. Smith, Jr
Princeton Alumni Association of
West Virginia
Edgewood Country Club
Smith
Okey Summers
Clarksburg
Kemble White, Jr
Edward E Alexander
Parkersburg
Francis W. Archer
Bluefield
I. Ross Hunter
Siegel Workman
Thomas L. Horn
University Graduate Council
Thomas W. Montgomery
Wheeling
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Princeton
Montgomery
Montague Blundon, Jr
Joseph H. Gaines
Kemble White
Ebersole Gaines
J. E. Lee
Fayetteville
Alfred R
S. E. Reppert
Flemington
Herbert E. Jones, Jr
Warfront reports raid impacts and Pacific naval actions
Allied communiqués describe a large fire at a harbor with a transport steamship hit and a second ship explosion at Zuara. RAF strikes on Tripoli area and Spanish quays are noted. In Libya, Imperial Eighth Army reports few Axis units left near Benghazi to Agedabia. Philippine operations on Luzon continue with reinforcements and heavy air activity while U S and Filipino forces hold at the Agno river. Pacific naval countermeasures against Japanese submarines persist as joint Anglo American talks pause. Chinillas valued at $500 a pair are shipped to a US breeding farm.
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Homs
Zuara
Camp Munique
RAF
Tripoli
Neil M Ritchie
Imperial
Eighth Army
Middle East
Bengasi
Agedabia
Luzon
Dama
Lingayen Gulf
U.S
Douglas MacArthur
Agno River
1500 Useful Phrases Booklet Ad for Charleston Gazette
An ad promotes a 40 page booklet titled 1500 Useful Phrases offering social and business phrases and figures of speech to improve conversation. It instructs sending 15 cents to The Charleston Gazette Home Institute at 199 West 19th Street New York, with name and address.
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Hamlet
Charleston Gazette
Home Institute
West 19Th Street
New York
Watch Your Language Anti-Profanity Crusader Colborne
Colborne, founder of the Anti-Obscenity League, handed out over 5 million profanity exterminator cards since 1901 and led a crusade against foul language. He built a global network with chapters in several countries and kept letters from Popes Pius X and XI in his safe. His anti-profanity drive faced setbacks from prohibition and modern barroom slang.
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Calborne
Colborne
Europe
League
Australia
Cuba
Maly
Kingston
Jamaica
Pope Pius X
Pope Pius XI
Cathorne
Lady Barilies
Lewis Talks With District Aides in Charleston Visit
United Mine Workers president arrived by train to confer with district officers and local UMW leaders on signing union shop contracts for captive mines. He noted a master agreement exists and predicted automatic union shop adoption. Talks also covered Carter Coal's McDowell county operations and mediation board results. He planned a courtesy rail to Gov. Neely before returning to Washington.
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Montagah
Charleston
United Mine Workers District
Carter Coal Company
McDowell County
Lewis
Carter
United Mine Workers
Washington
UMW
Chemical Division
United Construction Workers
Neely
Aid Pledged Outposts By FDR and Navy
President Roosevelt pledged every Philips pine man to duty as the Navy denied idle status for the Pacific fleet amid Japanese propaganda. The White House convened a Sabbath war council with top military leaders to counter broadcasts urging Filipinos to resist and join the invasion. Combat on Luzon intensified with fresh Japanese reinforcements at Lingayen gulf and Damortis as allied air activity increased.
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Navy Department
U.S. Pacific
United States
Philippine Islands
Philippines
United States Navy
White House
Manila
Roosevelt
Navy
Knox
Harold R. Stark
Richmond K. Turner
Navy Joint Board
Ernest J. King
WA. S. Fleet
Stimson
George C. Marshall
Army
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
War Department
Philippine
Luzon
Damortis
Lingayen Gulf
Free Trial Asthma Remedy Offered by B C Lane Co
St Marys Kansas firm advertises a prepaid mail order asthma relief bottle for 1.25 dollars with no charge if not satisfied. They claim thousands have tried the remedy and offer to ship upon request with directions on the label.
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ST. Mary's
Kans
B. C. Lane Company
Lane
Wake Island Saga Recounted by Navy During Battle
The Navy recounts Wake Island defense recounting overwhelming odds faced by American forces. It notes 200 Japanese airplanes bombed the island as Pearl Harbor arrived, with 12 planes at launch and only one remaining by late December.
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The
Alamo
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Navy
Nipponese Reject Open City Status in Half Mile Reach
British prisoner tally climbs past six thousand by December 27 as Japanese forces press in Asia. Domei reports mopping up in southern Anhwei with two thousand two hundred twenty seven Chinese cited. Tokyo broadcasts claim Luzon landings near Manila and Nasugbu. Hongkong review grounds held by Nippon forces after December 18 landing.
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Queens Road
Domei
Anhwei
British Malaya
Philippines
Tokyo
Luzon Island
Manila
Nesugbu
Manila Bay
Nasugubu
Alabat
Lamon Bay
Luzon
Nichi Nichi
Malay Peninsula
Hongkong Island
Victoria
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Edgewood
Panama
May
Cienaira
American
Hawaii
Pacific
Anglo- American War Co. cl
Churchill
Joint War Council
Chile
Institute OF Life Insurance
East 42Nd Street
New York, N. Y
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
FDR
A. W. Cox
CME
Remington Reeves
R. Johnson Geauregard
Wade F. Hill
Bank OF Commerce
Julian R. Kaufman
Hay Fev
Atlas Bldg
Thenere
PFS
General Motors
GMAC
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Demeral Motors Acceptance Corporation
Broadway
Pontiac
Bueno
Calla
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
BUICK
Cadillac
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