Motion To Sue For Peace Rejected In Parliament
In London the House of Commons rejected 341 to 4 a motion by three Independent Labour Party members to state Britain war aims and seek peace immediately with possible compromise. The four votes for the motion came from Maxton Salter Gallacher and Kirkwood. McGovern and Sapien were tellers.
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London
House of Commons
Independent Labor Party
Britain
J. McGovern
Campbell Stephen
James Maxton
Glasgow
Samuel Silverman
Liverpool
Churchill
Labor Movement
Maxton
Alfred Salter
William Gallacher
David Kirkwood
McGovern
Sapien
Plan for $100 Million China Credit Pact Urged on St Lawrence
A historic plan calls for a $100,000,000 China credit to back a St Lawrence Seaway pact, with the United Kingdom pressed as a key participant. Proponents say the project is greatly needed to spur trade and secure strategic access amid postwar tension.
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China
ST. Lawrence Seaway
U.K
Exposition Exhibitor Showcases Unusual Corn Varieties
Chicago barber Frank Whipple, known as a “city feller” farmer, displays 100 ears of unique corn at the International Livestock Exposition. His exhibit highlights a personal farming hobby amid news that President Roosevelt will ask Congress to revive the St. Lawrence seaway treaty to boost defense and production.
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Detroit
Roosevelt
Congress
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
A. A. Berle, Jr
Great Lakes Seaway
St. Lawrence Treaty
Senate Clerk Battle Looms In Fairmont Speculation
In Fairmont on December 5 the Fairmont Times reported Democratic State Chairman A Hale Watkins of Fairmont may run for state senate clerk against eight-year incumbent Charles Lively. The piece also notes Malcolm Arnold, Boone County delegate, plans to seek the House speakership alongside James Kay Thomas and other contenders Fred Shinn and Lester Perry. J R Alitt aims for House clerk.
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Fairmont
A. Hale Watkins
Senate
Fairmont Times
Watkins
Grafton
FBI
Charles Lively
Arnold
Malcolm Arnold
Boone County
James
Kay Thomas
Charleston
Thomas
Fred Shinn
Glarksburg
Lester Perry
Logan
House
J. R. Alitt
Beech Street Woman Invited to Tonight's Strand Dixie Show
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Jed M Sapp of Beech Street to tonight's double feature at the Strand theater including Gold Rush Maisie with Ann Sothern and Lee Bowman or Wildcat Bus with Pay Wray and Mystery Sea Raider at the Dixie theater.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Jed M. Sapp
Beech Street
Maisie
Ann Sothern
Lee Bowman
Strand Theatre
Pay Wray
Dixie Theatre
More Guards 10 Join Soon
Approximately 160 National Guard officers from West Virginia units will report to Charleston December 10 for physical exams as a prelude to federal induction next year. Brig. Gen. William L. Horner said exams run through December 23 at the Charleston armory and General hospital. Inductions for the 150th and 201st Infantry are tentatively set for January 6, with the 150th to Camp Shelby Mississippi and the 201st to Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana for a year of training. The 150th comprises about 78 officers and 1,290 enlisted men, up from roughly 50 officers and 938 enlisted in the 201st.
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Charleston
National Guard
West Virginia
William L. Horner
Charleston General Hospital
Horner
The
War Department
Camp Shelby
Miss
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Another Effort Is Made For Neely Coal Bill Action
Washington December 5 chairman Smith announces another attempt to convene the house mines inspection committee before Christmas to enable action on the Neely coal mine inspection measure. Quorum absence stalled the bill yesterday. Backers seek 218 signatures to bring the bill to the floor. 202 have been pledged. The bill by Senator Newly Jb W Way would require annual federal inspections of all coal mines.
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Washington, Des
Smith
D. W. Va
House Mines Inspection Committee
Neely
House
Jb W. Way
National Commander To Give Charleston Speech
About 450 American Legion members are expected at a Charleston dinner where Milo J. Warner, national commander, will speak. Governor Homer A. Holt Mayor D. Boone Dawson and Kenneth Heyl are among the scheduled introducers.
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Charleston
Milo J. Warner
National American Legion
Homer A. Holt
D. Boone Dawson
Kenneth Heyl
Cheylan
West Virginia 40 and 8 Society
Three Children Die As Fire Sweeps Garfield Home
In Pittsburgh on December 5 three children of John Cornelius a 31 year old Navy petty officer perished when a Garfield district house burned. Wayne and Russell Cornelius aged three were trapped with six-year-old John Jr. Passersby saw the flames and forced entry but could not reach the children. The father was found unconscious and badly burned. Mrs. Cornelius was away. Cornelius had served in naval hospitals in Washington and Annapolis.
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Pittsburgh
John Cornelius
Navy
Garfield
Wayne
Russell Cornelius
John
Cornelius
Naval Hospitals
Washington
D. C
Annapolis
Large Ammonia Plant Proposed Near Morgantown
In Morgantown an E I DuPont plant, described as the sixth largest ammonia facility in the world, is planned to open within 10 months with the final unit ready in about 18 months. A 3,400-strong crew will arrive in coming weeks to begin construction, as reported by the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce and Community Association.
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Morgantown
E. I. Dupont DeNemours
Third Thanksgiving Is Observed In Pottsville
POTTSVILLE Pa Dec 5 This city of 25000 in Pennsylvanias anthracite region took the day off to give thanks for a third time this year this time for two new industries. Mayor Claude A Lord personally distributed free 1000 chickens to help those who could not afford a big meal. Some observed Roosevelt s November 21 day plus Arthurs December 5 day for a free holiday.
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Pottsville
Pennsylvania
Claude A. Lord
Roosevelt
Arthur H. James
Accused Slayer Admits Crime On Witness Stand
William J Earnest testified in his murder trial at Norrisville Pennsylvania that he struck his ex wife Ethel Atkins 34 in self defense during an argument at a vacant farm house near Horsham The deafening cry I hit her Dont ask me again echoed as he declared the death accidental after the confrontation in the secluded setting
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Norrisville
William J. Earnest
Ethel Atkins
Earnest
Duke Tobacco Family
Horsham
Atkins
Police Cooperation With FBI Needed Against Spies
Attorney General Robert H Jackson said that concerted action between municipal officers and the FBI is essential to counter espionage and sabotage. He urged cooperation among city, state, and federal offices in national defense law enforcement matters as indispensable.
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Washington
Robert H. Jackson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jackson
National Institute of Municipal Law
Big spending for defenses begins to loom large
Washington report estimates defense needs for five years at 350 billion dollars, about double prior appropriations. Agriculture economists warn the total could rise if world tensions worsen, with only rough estimates possible and a continuation noted through 1941.
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Ovid Martin Washington
Congress Defense
Agriculture Department
Lady Astor Predicts British Victory With U S Aid
London dispatch reports Lady Astor addressing Eagle Squadron volunteers in the Royal Air Force. She said the British empire, backed by the United States, cannot fail. She forecast that 30 American volunteers now training will be followed by thousands. She urged America to recognize this as the greatest hour of trial for English speaking peoples.
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London
Royal Air Force
Lady Astor
United States
America
Virginia
Baby Dies After Fire Destroys Morgans Home
Connie Morgan, 18 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Morgan, died in a fire that destroyed their home in MAN W VA. The parents, absent a maid, left the infant near a grill they operated. Morgan suffered severe burns attempting a rescue.
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Man
W. Va
Connie Morgan
Fred Morgan
Morgan
Deer kill likely below last year in West Virginia hunt
West Virginia deer hunters wrap up a three day season and report fewer kills than 1939, with two hunters killed in accidents. Officials say incomplete reports from tagging stations leave totals uncertain, but preliminary figures show lower buck counts in Preston Tucker Pocahontas counties and across eight counties where hunting occurred. Continued on page six.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Congress May Act on British Loan Debate
Sir Frederick Phillips visited Washington to present Britain’s financial position to Morgenthau and discuss potential U S aid. Senator Johnson predicted swift congressional push to restrict loans to Britain, insisting only a miracle could avert war and vowing to fight to the last ditch.
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Washington
Frederick Phillips
Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
Britain
Congress
Frederick
Johnson
R.-Calif
President Roosevelt Visits New U S Defense Base in Jamaica
President Roosevelt arrived aboard the USS Tuscaloosa at Kingston Jamaica to inspect a possible U S defense base site in the British West Indies as part of wartime naval strategy. The visit signals plans to evaluate air and naval base locations in exchange for 50 destroyers transferred to Britain.
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U.S.S. Mayrant
Kingston
Jamaica
Roosevelt
British West Indies
U. S
United States
Tuscaloosa
Roosvelt
World Calendar Urged By Methodist Bishops
The Methodist bishops approve a world calendar with fixed dates for roving holidays and fixed weekdays for dated holidays. Christmas would be Monday each year and Easter set on April 8, with other changes including a December extra holiday and a leap year day added every four years.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Methodist Council of Bishops
Bishops’ Council
Communists Said to Organize NYC Teachers Union Cells
Professor Bernard D N Grebanier testified before a Manhattan Supreme Court legislative committee, claiming nine Brooklyn College professors were members of the Communist Party at the same time he spoke, and described groups as “cells” in a bid to dominate the city’s teachers union.
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New York City
Bernard D.N. Grebanier
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Brooklyn College
Communist Party
Two Big Bases Ready to Fall in Albania Coup
Greek dawn attacks target Porto Edda and Argirocastro in Albania as forces push to seize the two southern bases. Reports say the main road through Porto Edda is controlled by Greece while an escape route remains via a coastal path. one dispatch notes Porto Edda cut off from Albania.
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Athens
Porto Edda
Argirocastro
Italy
Albania
Santi Quaranta
Forty Saints
Mussolini
Count Ciano
Argirocasjro
Posit
Fourteen Officers Used In Raid On Mine
In Clarksburg on December 5 a Meadow Brook coal mine raid used fourteen officers from a federal stock in tax unit to arrest six men caught operating two stills. The detainees, Meadowbrook residents, were jailed in Marion County awaiting arraignment before U S Commissioner L T Eddy on federal liquor law violations.
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Clarksburg
James Bonnell
Federal
Stocial
Meadowbrook
Bonnell
Marion County
Fair Mont
U. S
L. T. Eddy
United Airlines Crash Kills Two More at Chicago Airport
Eight people died in a United Airlines mainliner crash near Chicago Municipal airport with eight others injured. Survivors described a nose first descent from about 150 feet as the craft struck a three story structure and knocked down a power line. Flames erupted and the plane rested in a bungalow and garage area. Pilot and four passengers were found dead or dying. one survivor is in critical condition. Officials cited missing icing reports from the crew and Civil Aeronautics Authority investigators prepared a preliminary note.
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Chicago
United Airlines
J. H. Hearlihy
Half Million Build Planes From Expanded Factories
American aviation plants will employ about 500000 workers after expansion programs finish next June. Industry spokesman and non governmental surveys project capacity for more than 350 warplanes weekly, or over 18000 annually, with payrolls rising from 60000 to 10420 a month in the period tracked.
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Devon Francis
New York
John H. Joulett
Opeaed
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Strand
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Neely Bill
U.S
California
President Roosevelt
New U.S. Defense Base
Thespians
Bernard D. N. Grebanier
Aje
Ening Papers
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Philip ©. Scott
Grafton’ Sentinel
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H. D. Leach
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Rocky Mountain
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