Russians Reach Deep Into Finland Threatening Swedish Border
On the 22nd anniversary of Finnish independence Soviet Russian forces allegedly pushed 36 miles into northern Finland toward Kuolajarvi, aiming to bisect the country and reach the Swedish border near Me Sweden’s iron mines. Finnish reports warned of strong resistance as Red units advanced from Kandalaksha, signaling a broader cross country thrust.
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Kirkenes
Norway
Finland
Kuolajarvi
Sweden
Kudajarvi
Kandalaksha
Kiwanis Divisional Training School Held In West Virginia
The largest West Virginia Kiwanis divisional training school for officers-elect in recent years concluded with over 50 club officers and leaders from nine clubs. Lt. Governor-elect Jesse Riley directed the program featuring Past District Governor A. T. Post and other officials. Local president Joe Evans welcomed guests as Porter Marsh spoke for Parsons club. The group toured Tygart Dam at day’s end.
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West Virginia
Kiwanis
Jesse E. Riley
Parsons
A. T. Post
Jack Cruise
Cliff Martin
J. J. Kauffman
Paul Ware
Eph Lazarus
Joe Evans
Porter Marsh
Parsons Club
Tygart Dam
Stop Look and Love at Dixie and The Angels Wash Their Faces
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs J M Stemple of 29 East Bluemont Street to tonight's shows. Presentations include Stop Look and Love with Jean Rogers at the Dixie theatre and The Angels Wash Their Faces with Ann Sheridan and the Dead End Kids at the Strand theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
J. M. Stemple
East
Bluemont Street
Jean “Rogers
Dixie Theatre
Ann Sheridan
Strand Theatre
Financial Help For Finns Planned By U S
The United States moves to aid Finland as Soviet actions draw condemnation. Morgenthau orders that Finland's debt payment be held in special account and Roosevelt may seek authority to use the funds for Finnish relief. State Department to denounce the Russian invasion with Latin American republics and consider credits to Finland for military supplies. Red Cross survey underway to assess needs. Hoover plans national appeal for homeless Finns.
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Andrue
Washington
United States
Finland
Soviet
Russia
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Congress
State Department
Little Republic
American Red Cross
Palo Alto
Calif
Hoover
Dewey Opens Midwest Bid Push with Farm Fairs
Thomas E. Dewey arrives in Minneapolis to launch his Republican presidential bid and probe farm problems. He plans a 9 p.m. CST rally at Municipal Auditorium and a Thursday meeting with farm leaders to gather facts for his campaign.
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Minneapolis
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Midwest
Municipal Auditorium
NBC Blue
Northwest
Dewey
Driver Pays Fine for Passing Stopped School Bus
H. E. Gray of Thornton was arraigned on a charge of driving past a stopped Taylor County Board of Education school bus on Lincoln street on November 28 as it discharged students. He pleaded guilty and, on the prosecutor's recommendation for the minimum fine, was fined $10 and costs, which were paid.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Lincoln Street
H. E. Gray
Thornton
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Murray Goodwin
Gray
Francis L. Warder
Murder charge filed in gas station shooting death
Princeton reports Prosecutor Roscoe Pendleton filed a murder charge against 63 year old Jim Tolliver after a gun battle with 40 year old John Agee at a gas station. State Police reports say witnesses saw Agee wounded twice during a quarrel over Tolliver's son Orville. officers James Childress and K G Davis Jr noted the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Roscoe Pendleton
Jim Tolliver
Camp Creek
John Agee
James Childress
K. G. Davis, Jr
Agee
Tolliver
Orville
First Political Entry Is Made By Fred Kelley
The first formal announcement for the 1940 Taylor County primary was made by C Fett Kelley of Flemington who seeks the Republican nomination for assessor to be decided on May 7. This notice suggests more declarations will follow in coming weeks.
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Taylor County
C. Fett Kelley
Flemington
Hull Defends Tariff Pacts Amid Economic Shift
Secretary of State Hull argues reciprocal tariff bargains should aid postwar reconstruction with economic security. He defends the program before Congress faces GOP and Democratic opposition, framing the policy as a tool on the agricultural front.
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Chicago
Hull
Former State Senator of Oak Hill Succumbs
Josph S. Lewis, 65, a former state senator and coal operator from Oak Hill, died of a heart attack in Reading, Pennsylvania. Born in Virginia, he served in the Pennsylvania Senate 1919 to 1921 and held leadership roles in four coal firms, was a bank director, and a Mason Shriner and Knight Templar. He is survived by one son, Stewart Lewis.
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Oak Hill
Reading
Josph S. Lewis
Lewis
L. H. Fitzgerald
Temple
Virginia
Fayette County
State Senate
Stewart Lewis
Pensions Drive Aimed For World War I Widows Orphans
Washington dispatch notes plans to push pensions for widows and orphans of World War I veterans in 1940. American Legion leaders say cost must include dependents of non disabled veterans, with 221,60 more into the pension fold under the proposed expansion. The drive follows the pattern set by prior veterans’ benefits and may mirror past rent aid efforts.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Raymond J. Kelly
American Legion
John Thomas Taylor
Legion
Ex-Insurance Executive Tried in Harrison Court
Irk King, a 60 year old former Clarksburg executive, faced trial on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Prosecutors alleged he fraudulently collected 682 dollars while falsely presenting as an agent of Kansas City Life Insurance, though no longer connected with the company. He also faced three additional indictments for similar counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Irk King
Clarksburg Negrettee
J. Philip Clifford
King
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Japan lists U S as No 1 possible foe
Tokyo reports press view the United States as a growing potential foe for Japan while Moscow remains a threat. Japan cites U S naval moves at Manila and a Mikyako editorial urging reconsideration of American policy as proof of intimidation. Weirton robberies and a Circleville bank heist tie to a green car escape. Police also release a New Cumberland car theft suspect.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Russia
Yakichiko Suma
Foreign, Office
Orient
Mikyako
America
Manila
Miyako
Wheeling
Senaca
Ville
Weirton
W. Va
Bettor
Threeville
Circleville
New Cumberland
County Court Set To Review 1940 Officer Budgets
Taylor county court will take up budgets for 1940 submitted by county officials at a called meeting tomorrow. No changes from the 1939 budgets are expected. A delegation from the Taylor County Board of Trade is to confer with commissioners on reopening the South Grafton bridge, currently closed as unsafe.
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Taylor County Court
Ed St Clair
Taylor County Board of Trade J
South Grafton
Jobless Insurance In State Increases Fund
Charleston reports November receipts to the unemployment compensation fund rose by 114 223 03 over October while disbursements to unemployed persons fell. Initial claims rose to 2409 in November from 1902 in October though fewer checks were issued, 18876 versus 25545, due to a three week waiting period before benefits.
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Charleston
State
Speed Decorations For Christmas In Downtown
Stringing of Christmas lights across downtown was underway today with work expected to finish before Saturday night’s light turning on. Merchants cooperate to fund decorations placed under the Taylor County Board of Trade direction.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Federal Government Moves to Protect Shipping Rights
Federal officials said the government will safeguard its international law rights even at cost and delay to American shipping lines. The navicert system involvement with Great Britain could affect exports to neutral European countries, prompting government action.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
State
Treasury Department
Great Britain
Finns honor heroes of first war on independence day
Helsinki reports heavy snow clears to reveal flags and wreaths as Finland marks 22 years since independence. Government cites 2000 Russian captures and 64 tanks destroyed since invasion began. Eight Russian tanks felled on Karelian isthmus. authorities warn planes seen near Esbo.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Helsinki
Finland
Fighters For Freedom
Karelian
Russia
Hert
Esbo
Monongalia County Man Dies of Hunting Wound
Morgantown dispatch reports Arlie Wolfe a 58 year old miner from Star City died in a hospital after being accidentally shot in the right leg by hunting companion Andy Taft of Morgantown outside Terra Alta Preston county. Wolfe lost his leg to amputation but did not recover. The state’s 1939 deer season fatality count also includes Harvey Moore 25 of Davis Tucker county who was killed near Davis by a bullet from an unknown hunter.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Arlie Wolfe
Miner
Star City
Wolfe
Andy Taft
Morganstown
Terra Alta
Preston County
Harvey Moore
Davis
Tucker County
Civil Service Board Refuses Police Inquiry in Huntington
The Huntington Police Civil Service commission rejected a city council request to probe the municipal police, stating the inquiry falls outside its jurisdiction. Chairman Judge F C Leftwich said the panel lacks authority under the law to conduct such an investigation and urged the council to proceed themselves. The request followed patrolmen rebelling by conducting independent raids after a string of liquor gambling and vice actions by state police and sheriffs deputies.
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Huntington
Municipal Police Department
Police Civil Service Commission
F. C. Leftwich
Commission
Civil Service Commission
Sheriff's
Liquor Commission
German plane crashes off coast of England
A twin engined German airplane presumed to be mine laying crashed into the sea off Sheringham Norfolk today. Wreckage and the pilot’s body washed ashore. The pilot apparently lost control as British fighters were unable to engage due to bad weather.
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London
Air Ministry
Sheringham
Norfolk
Blockade halts Nazi oil shipments via Romania
British French naval blockade tightens around Constanza to Hamburg trade, leaving Germany with only rail and Danube routes. Romania aims to avoid provoking a German push into its oil and wheat fields, while war curbs Romania’s oil exports to Germany from prewar levels. Germany’s share of Romanian oil has risen since the war began, but overall volume falls short of earlier deliveries.
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Edward Kennedy
Bucharest
Germany
Constanza- Hamburg
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Straits of Gibraltar
Romania
Reich
Czechojeevekie
Young Man Sentenced For House Robberies In Barbour County
Lawrence Humphries, 18, of East Grafton, pleaded guilty to a series of house robberies in Barbour County. Judge Herbert W. Dent sentenced him to two to ten years in the state penitentiary at Moundsville. He previously served time at Pruntytown and was not given extra punishment due to being a second offender.
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Lawrence Humphries
East Grafton
Barbour County
Moundsville
Herbert W. Dent
Taylor Barbour
Grafton
Pruntytown
Barbour
WPA Plans Airport Upgrade At Elkins West Virginia
The WPA authorized 102 784 for Elkins airport improvements and released 13 776 for project work with Elk ins city contributing 50 891. The WPA also released 2 848 for walls and shelters for automatic water stage recorders in the Potomac river basin in Hardy and Pendleton counties.
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Huntington
Elkins
Office of
J. N. Alderson
Work Progress Administration
City of
WPA
Potomac River
Hardy
Pendleton
Allied navies sink five German subs this week
Winston Churchill told the House of Commons that five German submarines were sunk by French and British navies this week, with destruction rates exceeding Germanys capacity to replace losses. He predicted expansion of the anti U boat effort if Germany can produce 400 submarines next year and captains and crews by the belt system. He noted British ship losses and ongoing naval build up nearing a million tons, with magnetic mines and counter measures already advanced.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Germany
Churchill
Britain
Hei
Russia warns Balkan state over pact urged by Comintern
Moscow broadcasts in Communist International argue a male assistance pact with a Balkan nation is needed now. The article likens it to the U S R treaties with Latvia Estonia and_Venania that granted naval bases. It warns such moves could draw Britain and France into war with the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Ania
Soviet Union
Communist ‘International
International Communist Organization
Latvia
Estonia
Ven Ania
Baltic States
Comintern
Iiv
Russia
Rumania
Great Britain
France
Prairie
Britain
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Fred Kelley
Legion Commander
Harrison Court
Speed
Monongalia County
Civil Service Board
Twurner
Efit of
Matthias Deo
England
Humphries
Big Randolph Co
Clara Fawyer
House
Balkan
George Cassell
Parkview
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