Supreme Court Restores Shields To Water Board
The Supreme Court ruled 4-1 to restore Patrick H. Shields to the Clarksburg Water Board pending full disposition of the case, ordering two acting members to relinquish their posts. The decision followed ouster proceedings by local citizens alleging misconduct, and directs appointment changes tied to Shields’ past removal and board vacancies.
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Supreme Court
Water Board
Clarksburg Water Board
Charleston
Patrick H. Shields
Shields
Jo N. Kenna
Clarksburg
Sean
Harrison Circuit Court
Fred H. Scanes, Jr
J. Ransel Romine
Romine
James 8
Rodney
March L. Pritchard
Italian Surrender Reported as Greeks Advance Front
Greek forces push along the front in Albania and dislodge Italian troops. Reports say left wing made strong gains north of Premet and Pogradetz while advancing toward Elbasani. Prisoners tower over 13,000, with up to 5,000 in a single day, as Italian resistance tightens around Porto Edda.
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Athens
Porto Edda
Albania
Premet
Pogradetz
Elbasani
Delvino
Santi Quaranta
Mussolini
Greece
Progradetz
Lake
Ochrida
Yugosla
Eight States to Gain Seats in House Representation
The census bureau advised President Roosevelt that based on the 1940 census California would gain three seats and seven other states one seat each, while ten states mainly in the Mississippi Valley would lose one seat. Final tabulations show continental population at 131,669,275, up from 122,775,046 in 1930.
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Washington
South
Census Bureau
Roosevelt
California
House of Representatives
Mississippi Valley
United States
The Grafton Sentinel Theatre Invitation Cards
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Thomas O. Moore of 431 Walnut Street to tonight's Strand Theatre showing Strike Up the Band starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland and My Love Came Back at the Dixie Theatre with Olivia de Havilland and Jeffery Lynn.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Thomas O. Moore
Walnut Street
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Strand Theatre
My Love
Olivia DeHavilland
Jeffery Lynn
Dixie Theatre
Zero Weather Grips Midwest As Ice Deepens
Chicago December 3 The central region faced subzero temperatures as a cold air mass pressed east from the plains. Frigid conditions were forecast to continue with Milwaukee logging eight below zero, surpassing the prior record of six for the date.
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Chicago
Plains States
Milwaukee
Trains Collide in Spain Killing Dozens at Velilla De Ebro
A collision between two express trains near Velilla De Ebro between Madrid and Barcelona left 40 to 50 believed dead and about 80 injured. The Barcelona bound express struck the Madrid bound train at a way station, overturning a locomotive and wrecking wooden cars as rescuers worked to reach survivors.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Velilla de Ebro
High School Pranksters Lectured Over Nazi Flag Incident
In Moundsville, Police Chief Jacob Underdonk lectured a group of high school students after a cemetery incident at Moundsville High. Principal Delmas Miller said several honor students burned oil-soaked rags in urns and raised a crude Nazi flag over the American Legion plot. Students faced discipline including ousting from clubs and loss of honor ranks.
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Moundsville
Moundsville High School
Jacob Underdonk
Delmas Miller
American Legion
Roosevelt to Board Vessel This Evening
President Roosevelt rides the Atlantic coast toward Miami aboard the Roosevelt to sail into the Caribbean for rest, fish, and intelligence on defenses guarding the Panama Canal and parts of North and South American coasts. The Tuscaloosa waits at Miami with two escort destroyers to transport him on a trip kept officially secret. He may inspect some bases and could attend maneuvers near Puerto Rico next week.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Roosevelt
Miami
Fla
Atlantic Seaboard
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Tuscaloosa
South Atlantic
Great Britain
Puerto Rico
Five Acquitted in Union Seizure Case in Chicago
Five defendants including Murray Humphreys and Frank Nitti were acquitted of conspiracy to seize control of a bartenders union after the state's key witness declined to testify. George B. McLane, agent for the union local 278, initiated the prosecution. The case collapsed when McLane refused to testify.
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Chicago
Murray Humphreys
Frank Nitti
al Capone
George B. McLane
Bartenders and Beverage Dispensers Union
Local 278
American Federation of Labor
Convict Claims Alibi On Day of Bank Holdup
Ohio convict Arthur Russell Howell testifies in federal court that he was not in West Virginia when the First National Bank of South Charleston was robbed for about 19228 dollars. Howell and co-defendants Ivan Phillips and Elmer H Whitt argue they were not in this state on the crime day.
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Charleston
Ohio
Leavenworth
Kan
West Virginia
First National Bank of
South Charleston
Arthur Russell Howell
Columbus
Howell
Ivan Phillips
Marion, C
Elmer H. Whitt
Ohio Penitentiary
Alberta Wheat King Again Crowned at International Show
Francis Lloyd Rigby of Wembley Alberta was named wheat king for a second year after winning the 41st international live stock exposition grain show. Judges praised his hard red spring wheat sample as the best in the exhibit, with a reward wheat yield of 67.7 pounds per bushel.
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Chicago
Francis Lloyd Rigby
Wembley
Alta
Petain Power Increased by Shrewd Moves
Chief of State Petain plans to seat his French government at Versailles, a move seen as extending his authority over France. From Versailles he would cover northern occupied areas and coordinate with Vichy, while Laval reportedly advised remaining in Vichy until Laval’s own position was secure.
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Charles S. Foltz
Bern
Switzerland
Petain
Versailles
France
Trianon Palace
Vichy
Laval
Pierre Laval
Royal
Mekong Border Tensions Rise Between Indo China and Thailand
French IndoChina reports severe retaliations along the Mekong river valley border with bombings and patrol skirmishes straining ties with Siam. The valley area was isolated after alleged fifth columnists severed communications and the entire Indo China Thailand border was closed.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Mekong River
Thailand
Siam
Mekong Valley
Indo- China
Young Vanderbilt and Wife Separate by Mutual Agreement
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, 28, president of Pimlico and Belmont Racing associations, announced with a spokesman that he and his wife Manuelle Hudson have separated by mutual agreement. Vanderbilt spoke from the Plaza hotel. Mrs Vanderbilt was registered at the Waldorf and unavailable for comment.
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New York
Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt
Pimlico
Belmont
Manuella Hudson
Vanderbilt
David Woods
Plaza Hotel
Waldorf
Luftwaffe Hammering Coastal Cities In Six Hour Bristol Raid
London, Dec. 3. German bombers attacked Britain's west coast port of Bristol for six hours then shifted to London. Two raids hit London before noon with significant damage and casualties. A fourth alarm sounded in the afternoon as German planes were reported near a west England town. The Bristol assault left a trail of destruction on a vital shipping center.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Bristol
All Clear
West
England
Hardesty Chosen Head Of Potters Association
D D Hardesty of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania was named president of the United States Potters Association at the annual Cleveland convention. He will preside in place of ill Charles S Ray of Paden City West Virginia. Hardesty is general manager of Mayor China Co. The nominating committee also backed Robert T Hall of East Liverpool Ohio and W H Hebenstreut of Sebring Ohio as vice presidents and urged reelection of Charles F Goodwin of East Liverpool as secretary treasurer for 28 years.
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Cleveland
United States Potters Association
D. D. Harde
Beaver Falls
Hardesty
Charles S. Ray
Paden City
W. Va
Ray
China Co
Robert T. Hall
East Liverpool
W. H. Hebenstreut
Sebring
Charles F. Goodwin
German Subs Sink Ships in Convoy Reported
Berlin reports German submarines hit at least 15 ships totaling 110000 tons and the 17065 ton auxiliary Caledonia during a convoy attack. Two more ships totalling about 16000 tons may have been sunk. Identification of Caledonia was later questioned.
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Berlin
Caledonia
High Command
Germany
Scotstoun
American Fliers Deliver Huge Bombers To England
Baltimore dispatch reports that American pilots are delivering large bombers to England with no German opposition. George R. Hutchinson says regular deliveries have occurred since early November, taking about ten hours to cross the North Atlantic at high altitude. About 90 were in the first flight, all handled by the Hutchinsons and their goodwill flight network.
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England
Baltimore
North Atlantic
George R. Hutchinson
Holt Charges Leaders Planning For War
Senator Holt of West Virginia accused national defense officials of preaching peace while planning for war. He sought to insert a newspaper account in the record reporting that many Army officers expected an overseas conflict.
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Washington
National Defense Program
Holt
D.W. Va
Pope Pius XII calls for Christmas truce amid war
Vatican City December 3 Pope Pius XII urged all warring powers to observe a spontaneous or mutually agreed Christmas truce to let the angel chorus of peace prevail. The motu proprio frames the appeal, hoping belligerents avoid new bloodshed during the holy night.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Three Named By Jurors In Holdup Murder Plot
Greene county grand jury indicts 49 year old Robert Headley and two women acquaintances for plotting to kill his wife during a holdup. Headley gas field worker, Mrs Otis Cumberledge widow 36, and sister Mrs Elizabeth Pettit 25 named on charges of assault with intent to kill and conspiracy. Mrs Headley shot five times in garage last August 13. she recovered. Trial date not set.
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Waynesburg
Greene County
Robert Headley
Headley
Otis Cumberledge
Elizabeth Pettit
Huge defense contracts boost West Virginia totals
A six month period ending November 15 saw West Virginia receive $5,002,038 in national defense contracts. The figure excludes a $15,000,000 War Department contract for an ammonia plant at Morgantown awarded November 30 to E I Du Pont De Nemours and Co. Private firms benefited with $4,764,387 of the authorized expenditures. Government agencies provided $40,685 in Miscellaneous Work Projects Administration work.
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Charleston
West Virginia
War Department
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Morgantown
Office of Government Reports
Cargo Vessels Ordered By England From U S
London reports Britain has ordered 60 cargo vessels from the United States and will continue to hire serviceable American ships. Shipping Minister Ronald H Cross said efforts aim to secure ships quickly to counter axis raids, as a German communique claimed submarines sunk an auxiliary cruiser and up to 19 merchantmen totaling about 160,000 tons.
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London
Ronald H. Cross
House of Commons
Britain
United States
Cross
High Command
Army Intensifies Drive To Get More Enlistments
Captain R N Ott chief of the West Virginia recruiting service announced the Army has intensified its enlistment drive in the state. Eighteen men were added to the recruiting unit with six assigned to stations, bringing the district’s force to 41 men the largest since the opening of the district on June 1.
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Charleston
R. N. Ott
West Virginia
Ott
Dies Appeals To U S Public Over UN American Activities
Chairman Dies of Texas urged the people to support a continuance of the House committee on un American activities. He cited sabotage at a major plant and pledged to continue the probe while declining to name the company involved.
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Washington
Dies
D.-Tex
House Committee On UN
Cen
Mrs Hufford Attends Night Showing of A Little Bit of Heaven
Mrs H G Hufford of 331 West Francis Street plans to attend the Opera House tonight to see Gloria Jean in the film A Little Bit of Heaven. The presentation is scheduled for the evening at the local theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
H. G. Hufford
West Francis Street
Gloria Jean
Opera House Theatre
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