Plan to widen train yards in Bluefield
Seven new parallel tracks will extend the departure yards of Norfolk and Western in Bluefield under an expansion announced by Assistant Engineer E H Roth. The project aims to extend yards about 4400 feet, reroute street car rails, and add a highway bridge approach, with bids sought for about 70000000 cubic yards of dirt. Completion is expected within four months to reduce operating costs by allowing 60 car trains to stay intact through yard passage.
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Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Buefield
E. H. Roth
Roth
Roanoke
Fidelity indictment details Wheeling case and officials
A federal indictment from December 14, 1938 alleges ownership of investments through the Fidelity company defrauding about 60,000 investors of roughly 276.5 million dollars. Receivership and voluntary reorganization actions followed in federal courts at Wheeling and Chattanooga, naming numerous Fidelity executives and associates across West Virginia Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Association
Wheeling
Chattedton
Ben ‘Mhore
Sistant
Raymond T. Cragin
Cleveland, O
Fidelity
Ralph V. Wilson
National Sales Agency, Inc
West Virginia Corporation
Marston Corporation
West Virginia
Cleveland. Paul Company
Cleveland
Marietta Company
Trial reveals Smith act convictions in 1941 case mix
The article lists defendants tied to a sedition act case, including Fidelity executives and several West Virginia and Ohio corporations. It notes deaths by self-inflicted actions of some defendants, acquittals of others, and convictions of SWAP affiliates led by figures such as James P. Cannon and Grace Carlson, highlighting the crackdown on alleged efforts to undermine US military loyalty.
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Leon ‘Trotsky
Mexico
United States
Grant Dunne
Minneapolis
Miles Dunne
General Drivers Union 544-Cio
Vincent R. Dunne
Kelly Postal
Ray Organ
Ray Rainbolt
Harold Swanson
Goldman
W. R. Dunne
Harry DeBoer
Carlos Hudson
Clarence Hamel
Emil C. Hansen
Jake Cooper
Edward Palmquist
Carl Skoglund
SWAP
James P. Cannon
New York
Grace Carlson
Felix Morrow
Japan Claims Allies Move Delays and Burma to Thailand Fears
Tokyo papers report delays in Tokyo remarks as US policy clarifications are sought. ABCD forces gather in the South Pacific while Manila cites a Philippines state of emergency. Rangoon notes a major military vehicle column moving for British defenses, amid Thai invasion fears and Bangkok air raid shelter buildup. Singapore sees thousands of volunteers enlisting as tension in the region rises.
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Wan
Cordell Hull
Tokyo
ABCD
South Pacific
America
Britain
China
Dutch East Indies
Manila
Philippines
Reuters
Rangoon
Burma
Thailand
Domei
Bangkok
Asmues
Orient
Singapore
Threat of Bail Battle Shapes Labor Legislation
A new labor bill debate unfolds with Senator Smith pushing for a measure to restrict labor actions during emergencies while a second bill drops controversial mass picketing. A separate Senate panel approves a 30 day cooling off period and a three member disputes commission to mediate and arbitrate.
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Smith
Labor Committee
Virginian
Sram
House
Senate Labor Committee
Labor Disputes Commission
Nazi Airplane Survivor Notes Calm Resolve Before Rescue
A 23 year old former Marshall College student recalls not fearing death aboard a Nazi airship craft stating they expected only three or four days to reach land. Survivors hid at sea for 19 days in Freetown before a steamer from Alcoa picked them up for the journey home. Loesetz, formerly with the FBI, will attend two months of naval training at Fort Schuyler after enlisting with the Navy last September.
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Marshall College
Freetown
Aluminum Company of America
Loesetz
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fort Schuyler
N. Y
Navy
Army to Get Fire Baptism in 1942 Training
General Lesley J. McNair announced a 1942 program where all artillery units will fire live shells over troops and infantry will be shot over within four months. He spoke after a two week exercise between the First Army and IV Corps in the Carolinas, stressing a return to fundamentals to meet a German threat.
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Rice Yahner Monroe
N. C
Lesley J. McNair
Army General Headquarters
First Army
IV Corps
Carolinas
McNair
France
Disc Dope KKK A Record Review
A reviewer praises Victor records Christmas selections including Messiah items with Toscanini hailed as great. Highlights include Oh Little Town of Bethlehem with Richard Crooks and organ, Cesar Franck Symphony in D minor by Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony, plus Schieffer Pen and Pencil Sets as a gift idea, from SKAGGS & CO.
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Victor Records
Santa
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Richard Crooks
Clarence Dickinson
Victor
Cesar Franck
Pierre Monteux
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Schieffer
Skaggs & CO
D Minor Symphony and French Music in Fresh Readings
The article reviews the D Minor Symphony’s initial poor reception in 1899 and praises its later rediscovery in Monteux’s authoritative reading. It notes the revolutionary use of English horn and other winds, plus the performer eo as a fine interpreter of French music. It also highlights Chadwick’s Christmas sketches and the National Symphony Orchestra under Hans Kindler recording American contemporary works.
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Pierre Monteux
Mr. Eo
San Francisco
Ravel
Victor M
National Symphony Orchestra
Hans Kindler
George Whitefield Chadwick
Noel
Economy Experts Would Bite Hands That Feed
Salt Lake City report shows commissioners paid $2,500 to a firm of experts to study city government. The panel recommended abolishing the commissioners' jobs in favor of a new form of administration.
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Salt Lake City
Has Enough Continues Aerial Escapes And Names Rommel
A fragment describes a moment where Englander questions being out of it and learns the sergeant in a CBS broadcast identified Rommel. It notes the German unit reaching a camp damaged by allied bombardment and a trio under British attacks that night who then edged away and escaped on the third day.
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Englander
Rommel
CBS
Old Fashioned Habits and Humorous Quips in December
A fragmented, satirical collage remarks on old fashioned household badges, mustache cups, season politics of All-Americans, and idle musings on December frosty dunks, Canadian ducks crossing into the U S, and social contrasts. It notes quirks of readers, pros and cons of wealth, and a physician’s odd health tip for men over forty.
Would Be Film Star Dreams End in a Burbank Detour
A teen from Cincinnati Mary Palumbo 16 was flown back to Cincinnati by Culver City police after a one day bid for Hollywood ended in Burbank. She said she wanted to enter the movies and her plan to reach Hollywood didn't come to pass. In a separate dispatch Soviet reports claim heavy German setback in the Rostov region with 118 tanks 210 guns 306 machine guns 178 mortars 4050 rifles and many arms captured by the Red Army along with 102 enemy aircraft shot down and other damage as the Soviet front advances toward the Sea of Azov.
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Mary Palumbo
Cincinnati
Culver City
Calif
Mary
Hollywood
Burbank
Moscow
Karelia
Sea of Azov
Lon Unuts
Mariupol
Rostov
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
Ewald von Kleist
Welders End Dispute Over AFL Charter Demand
Riges-Distler Pipe company called the walkout after a jurisdictional dispute with the Pittsburgh local. The Brotherhood demands a charter from the AFL. Brown said no contract would be signed until the charter demand is settled by negotiations now under way in Washington.
Nazis Routed Continues Across Front In Bold Offensive
Lozovsky says new strike delivers devastating blows to the German army as Soviet forces halt a further advance. The continued Nazi rout underscores the widening success of Allied operations on the Eastern Front and signals a turning point in the campaign.
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Lozovsky
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Charleston
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State Insurance Commission
Howard E. Reed
Pittsburgh
Walter G. Grosscup
Philadelphia
Carroll
D. Evans
Indict Corporation
Fred, Small, Risley
Pleasantville
N. J
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Thomas B
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W. ‘Va
Austin Leander King
Grafton’ Printing Company
Latrobe Bt
U.S
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London
Winston Churchill
U. S
W. Sterling Cole
Melvin J. Maas
Minnesota
William Hill
Colorado
Richard P. Gale
Joseph Clark Baldwin
Henry Munson
Malaya
The
New Militant
Oscar Coover
Alfred Russell
Oscar Schoenfeld
Max Geldman
Farrell Dobbs
Carl Kuehn
Japan
Baltimore
Grafton
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Grafton Printing Company
Sentinel
KKK
Franck
N. Richard
Castor
Norman S Castor
Zadek Dumbkop
Ice
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