Greeks Push Toward Valona In Albanian Campaign
Greek forces pressing from Argirocastro toward Valona fight the Italian rearguard to cover retreat. The line toward Tepelini narrows as Greeks chant Tirana by Christmas and capture parts of Argirocastro. Italian losses include 12 full artillery batteries amid six weeks of fighting.
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Mak Harrelson
Athens
Argirocastro
Greece
Italy
Valona
Tepelini
Tirana
Albania
Porto Edda
Italy Faces New Trouble Under Mussolini's Command
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports Italy's military and economic disarray creates a new war element. The upheaval in Mussolini's high command signals emergency measures possibly beyond the Greeks defeat. British observers in London sense political strains in Italy, with indications of turmoil.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Italy
Mussolini
Il Duce
London
The Mark of Zorro at Strand and South of Pago Pago at Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs W J Madden of 331 West Washington Street to tonight's showings. The Strand theatre presents The Mark of Zorro starring Tyrone Power. The Dixie theatre features South of Pago Pago with Victor McLaglen and Frances Farmer.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
W. J. Madden
West
Washington Street
Tyrone Power
Strand Theatre
Pago Pago
Victor McLaglen
Frances Farmer
Dixie Theatre
German freighter Idarwald fails to run sea blockade
The 5033 ton German freighter Idarwald, trying to break the British blockade off the Cuban coast, was intercepted by a British cruiser near Havana. Conflicting reports say she sank after torpedoing or that her crew scuttled and burned her before British forces boarded and hauled down the flag.
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Havana
Cuba
Cuban
Tampico
Mexico
Spain
Washington
Navy Department
Idarwald
Runee i
London
Two Infants Found Slain in Princeton Illinois Farm Home
A 33-year-old mother, Agnes Borg, stood under sheriff guard in a hospital after her husband found her in three feet of water in a cistern and the bodies of their two babies, Rachael Elaine six months and Martin Theodore, in the farm house. State's Attorney Joseph Peterson planned to question her for clues in the shotgun slayings, with continued coverage expected on Page 4.
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Princeton
Ill
Joseph R. Peterson
Bureau County
Agnes Borg
Rachael Elaine
Martin Theodore
Peterson
RAF Starts Great Fires Along Docks of Bordeaux
London reports a raid by British night air raiders set fires among Bordeaux docks in German held France. The Air Ministry bulletin says RAF bombers struck across the Duesseldorf area, Lorient submarine base, and the harbors of Bordeaux, Brest, Flushing, Dunkerque and Gravelines, with Bordeaux described as heavily attacked by coastal command aircraft.
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London
Bordeaux
Air Ministry
Duesseldorf
Germany
Lorient
Brest
Flushing
Dunkerque
Gravelines
Coastal Command
Loveint
Scarlet Fever Raging In Southern West Virginia
Charleston reports 38 new scarlet fever cases for the week ending December 7 with 19 in Summers county. The prior week had 43 cases. November 1939 saw 91 cases. Three new infantile paralysis cases bring the yearly total to 568, concentrated mostly in the July to October period.
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Charleston
State Health Department
Summers County
Charleston Man Chosen Manager of New Plant
R M Evans of Charleston named manager of the E I Du Pont de Nemours proposed 15 000 000 ammonia plant at Morgantown announced the first of three units would be in operation within 10 months For the last three years Evans has been assistant manager of the companys plant at Belle near here.
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Charleston
R. M. Evans
E. I. du Pont de
Windsors Visit Miami Guarded By Police Escort
Windsors arrive in Miami as 80 police guard the pier for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. A 20 motorcycle escort will accompany them to Miami Beach hospital where the Duchess will have a major dental operation. Authorities gave no reasons for the arrangements.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Nassau
William N. McCarthy
Southern Cross
Miami Beach
State Stores Unable To Import Any Champagne
The state liquor commission cannot import champagne due to war and shipping hazards, leaving state stores without French brands. Secretary William E. Hughes says December sales rise as consumers spend more on higher priced alcohol during the holidays.
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Charleston
State Liquor Commission
William E. Hughes
Hughes
Commission
Martinsburg Publishing Co Granted Charter
A charter was granted to the Berkeley Printing and Publishing company of Martinsburg with $10,000 capital. The firm is authorized to operate a daily, weekly, or semi weekly newspaper. Incorporators are John G. Bryer Freddie T. Byrer and S Wood Byrer all of Martinsburg.
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Charleston
Berkeley Printing and Publishing Company
Martinsburg
John G. Bryer
Freddie T. Byrer
S. Wood Byrer
London Hit by Nazi Air Raiders
London suffered the heaviest German air raid since Britain entered the war. German sources claim 700 tons of explosives and 100 tons of incendiaries ignited vast fires as London defenses faltered. CBS and NBC offices in London were damaged, with reports of ruined premises and disrupted communications. Larry Lesueur and John McVane described shattered offices and broken windows.
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Berlin
London
Britain
Western Reich
High Command
New York
National |Air
Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting Company
John McVane
NBC
Liquor Ferry Gang Goes On Trial In U S Court Huntington
Twenty five of forty two defendants charged with illegally ferrying liquor from Lawrence county Ohio across the Ohio river to West Virginia and Kentucky customers were called to trial in federal court. Three pleaded guilty. fourteen have not been apprehended. U S District Marshal L R Via called the trial the largest in Huntington district court by number of defendants.
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Huntington
Lawrence County
Ohio River
West Virginia
Kentucky
U. S
L. R. Via
Huntington District
Pope Sees Brighter Future for France, Pontiff Hopes
Vatican City dispatch: Pope Pius XII received French ambassador Leon Berard and offered encouragement to France, expressing hope for better and happier days. The pontiff recalled Catholic France and Lourdes as he spoke of Europe’s evolving spiritual and outward lines amid current events.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
France
Leon Berard
Berard
Europe
Lourdes
Law Enforcement Meeting Called At State Capitol
Charleston dispatch reports a statewide conference in the state capitol tomorrow called by Harry Cooper supervising agent for the Treasury department. Federal judges U S district attorneys and state county and municipal law enforcement representatives were invited to attend in the state senate chamber.
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Charleston
State Capitol
Harry Cooper
Treasury Department
C. C. Tallman
U. S
Constable Is Arrested For Shooting City Patrolman
Arthur Holmes of the Poca district stable was ordered to appear December 17 for a hearing on charges including shooting City Patrolman Ray Munson driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest. Munson remained in hospital with a bullet wound but is too weak for surgery. Police Chief W A Tully said Patrolmen Munson and Williams went to a west side establishment after reports Holmes caused a disturbance and arrested him there.
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Charleston
Arthur Holmes
Poca
Cyrus Hall
Ray Munson
Munson
Key Defense Plants Urged To Speed Job
National defense officials press to accelerate production of planes ships and munitions for Britain Greece China and the Americas. William Knudsen called for blitz production in Detroit and urged industry to push speed and output to secure peace and deter war. Secretary Hull backs urgency as cabinet and defense commission push for all out wartime tempo.
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Lloyd Leheras
Washington
American
Europe
Asia
National Defense Commission
Knudsen
Britain
Greece
China
United States
William
Defense
Detroit
George
Hull
Secre
West Virginia Society Plans Installation Meet
West Virginians in Washington will gather at a hotel on December 17 for the 26th annual cider party under Col. J William Degrange. New officers to be installed include Chester M M Smell president and vice presidents Lee F Hamm David B Davison Sada C Shinn Henry C Walborn James P Moriarty Welty White, with Robert S Carr recording secretary Pearl Roberta Barrows financial secretary and John W Smith treasurer. Degrange serves as historian.
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Washington
West
Three Cabinet Members Are Called War Hawks
Senator Holt labels three cabinet members as war hawks, naming Secretary of War Stimson Secretary of the Navy Knox and Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau. He argues strong intervention is linked to cabinet involvement and notes Harold Ickes as a minor figure in their circles.
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Washington
Holt
D.-C. Va
Congressional
Stimson
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Treasury
Morgenthau
Secretary of War
Congress
Harold Ickes
Interior
Fry
War Hawks Organization
British forces say they contact Italians on broad front in western desert
Cairo Dec 9 British forces report contact with Italian forces on a broad front in the western Egyptian desert. In an engagement south of Sidi Barrani they say they have taken 500 prisoners. The front has been dormant as British aim to halt Italian advances into Egypt from the frontier 70 miles inside.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sidi Barrani
British African Command
Farm Bureau finds relief costly under big farm programs
The American Farm Bureau Federation says New Deal farmer aid programs create costly bureaucratic control. An Ogg directed report claims seven Agriculture Department agencies run similar programs with overlapping staffs. Officials note potential multi million dollar annual savings by decentralizing administration and increasing state college involvement.
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Ovid A. Mart
Baltimore
American Farm Bureau Federation
New Deal
W. R Ogg
Farm Organization
Washington
Federation
Claude Wickard
AAA
R. M. Evans
Agriculture Department
Wickard
Evans
Ogg
Resolutions Committee
Legislature To Be Asked To Raise Teachers Pay
State School Superintendent W. W. Trent announced the education department will seek a 1941-42 appropriation of 15.8 million dollars, up 1.9 million, to fund $1.2 million in straight salary raises, $150,000 for higher certificate ratings, $150,000 for qualification by experience, and $400,000 for an improvement fund. For the second half of the biennium a 16 million dollar budget would include 200,000 for teachers with increased experience.
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Charleston
Education Department
W. W. Trent
Trent
Trent Heads Delegation To Two School Sessions
State School Superintendent W. W. Trent led a West Virginia educators delegation at the council of chief state school officers in Chicago. The group, including W. A. Williams Lena Charter and T. P. McHenry, will proceed to San Francisco for the National Association of Directors of Vocational Education meeting Friday and Saturday.
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Charleston
W. W. Trent
West Virginia
Chicago
W. A. Williams
Lena Charter
T. P. McHenry
State Department of Education
San Francisco
National Association of Directors of Vocational Education
London Under Heaviest Night Raid Since September
German air raiders launched a night long assault on London, causing widespread destruction. Nine hospitals were struck, with staff and patients casualties, and fires raged across sections of the capital as waves of bombers attacked from Holland, Belgium, and France. Damage extended to dwellings, shops, and churches, while fog produced a pre dawn lull. Continued on page five.
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London
Berlin
Holland
Belgium
France
British aid debate hinges on empire balance sheet
Washington discussions focus on Britain’s financial balance sheet as Treasury and Capitol Hill weigh fresh arguments for or against increased aid. Secretary Morgenthau and Sir Frederick Phillips resume talks after a weekend review of UK finances to gauge possible credit assistance, with Senators Cole and Nye weighing defense aircraft needs and American commitments.
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Hitler
Washington
Treasury Eement
Capitol Hill
Britain
Morgenthau
Bir
Frederick Phillips
Frederick
Cole
England
United States
Nye
R.-N.d
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Aato
Strand
Dixie
Greenwich Observatory
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RAF
Windsors
Duke
Duchess
Martinsburg Publishing Company
Given
Liquor Ferry
DSEN
West Virginia Society
Farm Bureau
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