Powder blast destroys plant near Tacoma killing four workers
Four men were reported killed or seriously injured when a powder mixing plant at Columbia Powder company, 15 miles south of Tacoma, exploded early today. Officials said coroner crews were summoned, but identities remained unreleased. It was the second powder works blast in the area in a week, following a Du Pont incident nearby last Thursday.
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Tacoma
Wash
Columbia Powder Company
Here
Clyde Knowles
Tam
Smubholding
Knowles
du Pont Powder Works
Farm bloc vows fight as economy cuts loom
Senators Capper and Ellender threaten resistance to cutting farm benefit payments tied to farm income, signaling opposition to Roosevelt's plan to slash ordinary government outlays. The debate centers on farm subsidies as annual appropriations exceed one billion dollars amid defense costs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Farm Bloc
Capper
R.-Kan
Wheat Belt
Vand Ellender
D.-La
George
D.ga
Grafton Sentinel Announces Strand Theatre Shows Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites readers to Strand Theatre in Breville for two tonight's presentations. Strike Up the Band features Rooney and Judy Garland, while My Coming Back stars Olivia and Jeffery Lynn.
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Grafton Sentinel
Maxine, Watking
Breville Strand
Rooney
Judy Garland
Strand ‘Theatre
Olivia
Jeffery Lynn
Mexico's Avila Camacho launches pan American solidarity push
Mexico inaugurates General Manuel Avila Camacho for a six year term and declares a continental solidarity policy. He says the continent will unite to strengthen economies and become an invincible force. Henry A Wallace voices full agreement with the pan American aims during a broadcast.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Manuel Avila Camacho
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Avila Camacho
First of 31 blast victims buried in Cadiz mine disaster
Cadiz Ohio December 2 rescue crews continued a gas filled search for eight bodies after workers at the Nelms Coal pit buried the first victim Pete Speicher. John Mullen of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company said eight men were killed outright in Friday’s explosion. Funeral services were set for 2 p m.
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Cadiz
Nelms
Pete Speicher
John Mullen
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company
Dryden Takes Over New Post As Second In WPA
Washington December 2 The regional WPA director for Maryland became assistant commissioner of the Works Progress Administration succeeding Colonel Edmund H Leavey recalled to the army corps of engineers. Dryden learned the routine from Leavey's son who remains at the WPA until December 5.
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Dryden
Washington
WPA
Maryland
Works Projects Administration
Edmund H. Leavey
Army Corps of Engineers
Leavey
Vital Coast Port Bombing Target Again
Britain reports Southampton on the vital south coast as the main objective of German air raids for the second night running. The government says fires were started but controlled by daybreak. British bombers hit Lorient Brest Kristiansand and Norway during related operations.
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London
Southampton
Britain
England
Lorient
Brest
France
Norway
Demark
Air Ministry
Kristiansand
Three Convicts Plead Innocent In U S Court
In Charleston on December 2 three convicts pleaded innocent at the start of their U S District Court trial over the $19227.23 daylight robbery of the First National Bank of South Charleston on November 13, 1939. Ivan Phillips 33 Elmer H Whitt 30 serving life terms for robbery and Arthur Russell Howell 28 with a Leavenworth narcotics sentence faced the counts. Judge George W McClintic denied a bid for separate trials despite defense requests tied to Phillips and his divorce case.
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Charleston
First National Bank of
South Charleston
U.S. District Court
Ivan Phillips
Elmer H. Whitt
Ohio
Arthur Russell Howell
Leavenworth
Kan
George W. McClintic
Sam Lopinsky
Lopinsky
Phillips
Columbus
Bridgeport Boy Honored At Livestock Exposition
Four boys named as nation's outstanding 4-H club meat producers in a Thomas E. Wilson sponsored event. Jack Summers Dayton Rose Robert Zielinski and Robert Nixon won scholarships trips to the 10th 4-H congress and connected livestock judging showmanship awards. Nixon handled numerosos cattle sheep and poultry, with livestock sales totaling over seven thousand four hundred dollars.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Wilson
Jack Summers
New Berlin
Dayton Rose
Bearden
Okla
Robert Zielinski
Salem
Ore
Robert Nixon
Bridgeport
Nixon
West Virginia Livestock Marketings Association
November Loadings Same As Last Year Totals
The Baltimore and Ohio reported a November freight handle of 225 504 cars with 146 831 loaded on line and 78 673 received from connections. The November 1939 handle was 226 441 cars and October this year 251 762 cars.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Chinese loan proposal to face battle in China stand
Washington December reports show congressional hostility to a proposed five million dollar loan to the Chun king government from the stabilization fund to aid its stand against Japan. Senator Adams opposes the use of this fund, Morgenthau to explain loan details before the Senate Banking Committee.
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Washington
Japan
Adams
D.-Cole
Morgenthau
Wilhelmshaven Base Bombed by British RAF Bombers
London dispatch reports British bombers raided the German naval base Wilhelmshaven last night targeting shipyards the Air Ministry said. Submarine construction yards at Marinewerft Wilhelmshaven with six drydocks were emphasized as key targets in a series of recent raids.
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Wilhelmshaven
London
Air Ministry
Germany
Marinewerft Yard
Two Lewis Hunters Make Early Morning Deer Kills
Weston report notes two Lewis county deer hunters taking eight point bucks before 8 a m on opening day of the 1940 season. O C Smith, Weston automobile supply manager, brought down a 190 pound buck on a farm near Weston. Claude Brown, a farmer, checked in an 185 pound eight pointer.
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Weston
Lewis County
O. C. Smith
Weston Automobile Supply
Claude Brown
Roosevelt to Combine Work and Vacation
President Roosevelt leaves Washington today for an undisclosed destination, likely Miami Florida, for a defense inspection and Caribbean recreational cruise aboard a warship. Stephen Early says the trip follows a White House conference and signing of papers, with transport by train to the vessel.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Miami
Fla
Caribbean Sea
Stephen Early
William Leahy
France
Britain Carries Fight In Southeast Europe
Cairo reports observers foresee intensified British operations in the Grecian war sector with Britain likely to extend the fight into southeastern Europe. They say Hitler may be needed to aid Mussolini if Italian reinforcements to Albania fail to turn the tide against Greece and restore prestige.
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Cairo
Egypt
Great Britain
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Albania
Greece
Rome
German Divisions Rushing Into Rumania Front
Four fresh German divisions moving by rail through Slovakia and Hungary head toward Rumania to restore order and protect oil fields amid reports of rising unrest tied to the Iron Guard. The force totals about 60,000 troops, with German strength in the region previously estimated up to 500,000.
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Hungary
Rumania
Bucharest
Carol II
Slovakia
Cousin of Cordell Hull Enlists As Army Rookie
In Savannah Georgia Elbert Hull, cousin of Secretary Cordell Hull, has joined the army for a three year term. He recently completed basic training and is assigned to kitchen police this week. Reporters note the shared name elicits calls of Cuz and Little Cordell as he adapts to military life.
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Cordell Hull
Uncle Sam
Savannah
Air Base
Dell Hull
Elbert
Moend
Guay
Finanza
Pla
Knoxville
New Legislature Opens Duties Ahead of Jan 8 Session
Charleston December 2 Workmen vacate and tidy legislative offices as the new legislature formally comes into being Sunday but will not meet officially until January 8. The 94 member House of Delegates includes 44 new faces and 38 holdovers from 1939 with 12 others. Democrats outnumber Republicans 74 to 20. Eight of the Senate's 32 members are new to oath taking. Capitol preparations including increased custodial staff and fresh paint accompany the transition as Gov elect Neely and Holt shape inaugural plans.
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Charleston
Legislative Branch of State
House of Delegates
State Senate
House
Koontz
Capitol
Senate
Charles Lovely
Annapolis Appointee Is Victim of Broken Neck
Tucson reports George Gordon Seeley a University of Arizona senior aged 20 was paralyzed by a diving accident. Senator Carl Hayden had nominated him for the Naval Academy eight months of hospital treatment followed, but Seeley died from pneumonia complications.
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Tucson
Ariz
George Gordon Seeley
University of Arizona
Carl Hayden
Spen Pt
Academy
Seeley
Berlin Hails Air Victories Over British Coast
Berlin reports heavy air raids on Southampton and nearby shipping centers during the night. German officials claim continued success in bombing harbor facilities, drydocks, and industrial targets while disrupting rail links between Southampton and London.
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Berlin
Southhampton
DNB
Britain
Southampton
London
Ger
Bigger Income Forecast For Farmers of Country
Federal farm officials predicted a higher national cash income in 1941. They estimated 1940 total at 74.999 billion dollars and forecast 1941 to reach 83.6 billion. They cited defense spending boosting consumer buying power for meats dairy fruits vegetables fats and oils, with farm incomes rising by at least 600 million despite possible lower export volumes for cotton wheat tobacco and fruits.
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Washington
Kennedy resigns as U S ambassador to Great Britain
Washington December 2 The resignation of Joseph P Kennedy ambassador to Great Britain opens a new gap in U S diplomatic posts in Europe. Kennedy said he would not return to England and the appointment of a successor may be delayed with Roosevelt holding his designation. Only two posts remain filled abroad.
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Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
United States
Kennedy
London
White House
Roosevelt
England
William C. Bullitt
France
John Cudahy
Belgium
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Soviet
Russia
Alexander Weddell
Spain
Agnew Promoted to New York Post for Overseas Service
Ernest Agnew longtime Associated Press Huntington bureau chief departed for New York this day to begin training for overseas work with the AP foreign staff. He joined AP in 1935 after leading telegraph desk at Charleston Daily Mail. Richard K. Boyd succeeds him as Huntington AP correspondent.
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Huntington
Ernest Agnew
Associated Press
New York
Agnew
Telegraph
Charleston Daily Mail
Richard K. Boyd
Wheeling Intelligencer
Mine Accident Deaths Dip in West Virginia in November
Charleston December 2 The state mines department reports 14 fatalities in West Virginia coal mines during November, a new 1940 monthly low, though the production-to-death ratio remains below August. November output averaged 602000 tons per death versus 768739 tons per death in August when 15 were killed.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Mines Department
Victory Report From Athens Promises Greek Advance
Athens dispatches say the Greek army captured 5,000 Italians on the northern front, triggering a broad Italian retreat and creating a large gap in the Fascist center. Greek fronts claim important advances along the Albanian theater as Italian troops rush to shore up defences. Details of the exact front location were restricted by authorities.
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Athens
Mrtg
Jenemy
Yuboslav
Gray denies state harm in coal price dispute
Howard A. Gray, dean of the Bituminous Coal division, denies a claim that Pennsylvania mine price policies harmed other states. He says the assertion by Jeane V. Sullivan of the West Virginia Coal Association is unfounded and cites stockpiling and consumer gas costs as unrelated factors.
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Washington
Howard A. Gray
Deeskor
Bituminous
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Illinois
Jeane V. Sullivan
Charleston
W.2.a
West Virginia Coal Association
Sullivan
Virginia
Nois
Gray
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