House panel approves 8.24 billion for defense ships and arms
The House Appropriations Committee approved a total 8.243 billion dollar defense outlay largely for weapons and lend lease aid to Britain and Russia. The package raises defense funding since July 1 1940 to nearly 68 billion dollars, with loans and transfers limited and Marshall emphasizing needed production to secure superiority over the Axis.
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Washington
House
Wer Department
George. C. Marshall
State Road Commission ready to patrol WV highways
Charleston December 3. Commissioner Ernest L. Bailey announced the State Road Commission maintenance division is prepared to start its annual snow and ice patrols when winter weather strikes. A special $50,000 allocation supplements regular funds to keep more than 4,000 miles of primary and secondary highways open, with additional funds available as needed.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
West Virginia
Ernest L. Bailey
Bailey
Navy Blue and Gold at Strand. Great at Dixie theaters
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Mary C. Madera of 425 West Main Street to tonight’s Strand showing of Navy Blue and Gold, opening there, and notes Great is playing for the last time at the Dixie theater with satisfaction may be required.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Smiss Mary C. Madera
West Main Street
Strand Theater
Dixie Theater
Italy Plot to Overthrow Government Before Trieste Court
Rome December 3. A vast revolutionary plot aimed at toppling Italy’s government and killing Mussolini was charged to 60 defendants before a Fascist court in Trieste. Prosecution said the plan involved a Slavic-leaning rebellion in the northeast, espionage, bombings, and an assassination attempt in 1938. The 11 others reportedly fled.
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Rome
Mussolini
Trieste
Austria
Italy
Austrian Carinthia
Yugoslavia
Caporetto
Piezzo
Oltresonzia
Twenty Five Lose Lives In Mines During Month
Charleston reports 25 miners died in November in West Virginia mines while output reached about 19.0 million tons. Fatalities fell from 26 in October as production neared a record 14.6 million tons. For 11 months total output stood at 127.5 million tons with 268 deaths, versus 348 fatalities during the same period in 1940.
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Charleston
G. P. Nalderson
West Virginia
State Department of Mines
H. G. Houta
Engineer Dies in Wreck on Shenandoah Run
East Chicago December 3 The engineer of a passenger train died in his submerged cab after reversing to keep six derailed coaches upright near an open bridge over the Indiana Harbor ship canal. Jack O Conor 70 Garrett Ind engineer of the Shenandoah Balti more and Ohio rail line perished. A E McCurdy Pittsburgh mechanic and Rush B Moody Garrett fireman escaped. The locomotive nose was buried under water after the crash. fog may have blinded signals and contributed to the disaster.
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Chicago
Indiana Harbor Ship Canal
Jack O Conor
Garrett
Ind
A. E. McCurdy
Pittsburgh
Rush B. Moody
McCurdy
O'Conor
Ford outlines world federation to end wars
Detroit December 3 Henry Ford urged in an interview that war’s end would require a world federation with barriers removed and universal currency economy and markets. He argued nations would join voluntarily to avoid armies and conflicts, citing the United States as a federation model and referencing Tennyson’s Locksley Hall predicting a parliamentary federation. He said America must play a major role.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Europe
United States
Ford
Tennyson
Locksley Hall
Federation of the World
America
World Union
Hedy Lamarr Adopts Pigtails for Tortilla Flats Role
Hollywood surprise as Hedy Lamarr slips into braided pigtails for her part as Sweets in Tortilla Flats. Roy Rogers performs the conga in Western, Red Skelton debuts a leopard suit, while Lamarr keeps the center part.
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Hollywood
Hedy Lamarr
Roy Rogers
Red Skelton
Hedy
Bob
Miss Lamarr
Nothing to Be Excited About Scoffs Private
CAMP BLANDING FLA Dec 3 Sergeant Conner Stikes of Company H 167th infantry recounts a private bite on a leafy wing asking what plant it is the reply is poison ivy the private says do not get excited I am not going to eat it
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Camp Blanding
Fla
Conner Stikes
167Th Infantry
Nazi retreat from Rostov still unhalted
Pravda reports Germany has lost over 21 000 men killed or wounded in the Rostov battle. Soviet forces recapture villages near Mozhaisk and Stalinogorsk as the Red Army presses the retreating enemy across the central front. The Moscow radio quotes Pravda noting the enemy is in flight while Soviet cavalry flanks seal the rout.
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Germany
Pravda
Rostov
Red Army
Mohaisk
Stalinogorsk
Communist Party
Moscow Radio
Mozhaisk
Pravada
Mos
Sims Denies Fraud Guilt At Charleston
State Auditor Edgar B. Sims and 12 others denied involvement in fraud tied to Fidelity Investment association. The 13 faced a 12 count mail fraud securities exchange act indictment from 1920 to 1938 alleging a window dressing scheme using the mails to misstate the firm’s finances.
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Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Detroit
Fidelity Investment Association
Susidiaries
Ber
Railroad Pay Increases End Nationwide Strike Threat
President Roosevelt announced a compromise wage settlement granting 80 cent daily raises to 900000 non operating railroad workers and 76 cent raises to 350000 operating workers. The plan, expected to add 300 to 325 million dollars yearly to carrier costs, stems from emergency fact finding and mediating board work last weekend, and the gains are to be permanent rather than temporary.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago
Steiermark Sinks Australian Cruiser Sydney in Battle
In an engagement on November 19 off Melbourne the German raider Steiermark scored a direct hit on the Australian cruiser Sydney, then was ablaze from a broadside. German survivors say 320 were captured or wounded. Sydney was missing and presumed lost. Two raider crewmen landed at Carnarvon, and the Steiermark reportedly sank after the clash.
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Melbourne
Australia
Steiermark
Sydney
Carnarvon
West Australia
Atlantic
Indian
Preacher Forgets Final Score of Stirring Sermon
In Dubuque Iowa Dr Max Strang of First Congregational Church recalled a head coach who inspired Lubbock High in a football game against Waco Texas The sermon built to a climax with Lubbock leading 7 to 6 at halftime but he forgot the final score Parishioners called within an hour to learn Lubbock won 13 to 7.
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Dubuque
Max Strang
First Congregational Church
Lubbock
FDR Questions Japan on Indo China Aims in Pacific
President Roosevelt asks Japan for a clear explanation of its aims in increasing forces in French Indo China. The simple query, delivered to Tokyo via envoys Nomura and Kurusu after a briefing with Undersecretary Welles, could push toward a Pacific showdown or a temporary accord.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
Pacific
Thailand
Wheeling Boy Goes Berserk Ends in Tragedy
Wheeling youth Clarence Winesburg 17 killed his companion and killed himself after wounding Vera McKnight 17 of Raven Rocks near St Marys. Richard Benson 18 also of Wheeling shot Vera four times and was wounded himself. Detectives report the incident occurred after he returned to a city officer.
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Wheeling
Harry Wolfe
Clarence Eugene Winesburg
Vera McKnight
Raven Rocks
St. Marys
Richard Benson
Town Becomes Financier To Keep Factory Running
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN Pennsylvania Dec 3 Town of 6500 sponsors a 35000 rescue for three generations of Millers who have served locally If the money is not raised by December 11 the W Miller Shoe Co Inc may be turned over to trustees to liquidate 138 workers may face job loss though some hope for defense job surge
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Schuylkill Haven
W. ¥. Miller Shoe Company, Inc
Russians claim pushback near Moscow and Rostov in winter drive
Allied and Soviet reports describe German retreat of 12 to 24 miles on the Moscow front while in Ukraine Soviet dispatches report panzer forces in headlong flight near Rostov. Hitler headquarters claims fresh gains in tank battles as winter frigid conditions test both sides.
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Associated Press
Russia
Moscow
Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
Heinz Guerian
Adolf Hitler
Donets River
Strike curb vote moves toward first test on labor bill
A House vote nears on strike curb legislation with six proposals to curb work stoppages. The Smith plan, a broader substitute for Ramspeck’s bill, would extend voluntary arbitration, require a 60 day waiting period, and keep open and closed shop issues in limbo during emergencies. The administration offered no final predictions as debates continued.
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Washington
Peete Smith
F Smith
D.-Va
Rep. Ramspeck
D.-Ga
Labor Committee
Ramspeck
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