Richwood strike ends as Lumber firm resumes work
Police guarded Richwood as Cherry River Boom and Lumber moves toward normal after a nine week walkout. Two CIO organizers were detained for questioning after a rifle salvo greeted reopening. About 60 percent of 1,000 workers reported for duty with full operations to take days. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RicHwodd
Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company
Charleston
John W. Bosworth
Oy ‘Lebel
Thomas Hicks
Thurmond Farmer
Bill Estep
United Construction Workers
Nicholas
Webster
UCW
Richwood Loggers and Lumbermen's Union
W. H. Powers
Independent
CIO
Grafton Club Hosts Fairmont Guest Art Talk
Members of the Grafton Woman's club Art and Literature Department hostesses welcome a Fairmont Woman's club delegation tomorrow at 2 15 PM at Mrs H L Noble's Beech Street home. Ernest Bradfield Freed of Fairmont State College will present the program, introduced by Mrs W P Samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Woman's Club
Fairmont Woman's Club
H. L. Noble
Beech Street
Ernest Bradfield Freed
Fairmont State College
W. P. Samples
Freed
University Oflinois
Flagstaff
Arizona
California
Feragils
New York
Grafton
American Legion Auxiiary
Legion
Moose Home
Music Department
Grafton Woman’s Club
Paul H. Malone
Dewey Avenue
Kings Daughter Bible
Blueville
T. N. T. Club
Earl Bennett
Grand Street
Ladies Society of B. R. L. F. & E
W. F. W. Hall
Redmen’'s Hall
Woman's Missionary Society of
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Earl Jenkins
Washingtontreet
Ladies Aid of United |Brethren Church
Kings Daughters
Hoc
Nellie Cook
West Main Street
Delta Nu
Tau Phi Lamba Sorority
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
Marjorie Delaney
Senior 4 H Club Meets Mary Roof For Birthday Cheer
Senior 4 H club members gathered at Mary Roof’s home Monday evening for their regular meeting and to celebrate her birthday. Plans for a Christmas basket were made, a brief program featured readings and songs, and a local health ad for Ru-Ex Compound appeared amid the readable text. The event listed many attendees and concluded with the sale pitch for Ru-Ex by Malone’s Drug & Chemical Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Roof
Flora Helle Floyd
Frances Yates
Margaret Alice Waggoner
Miriam Friedman
Betty Purinton
Betty Fisher
Earline Todd
Natalie Dowdon
Flora Belle Floyd
Betty Lou Miller
Jane Chrislip
Dotty Lou Sterling
Vesta Floyd
Dorthea Boyce
Petty Hammer
Mary O'Dell
Ann
Lee Davis
Margaret Penrod
Waugh
Delores Kincaid
Ida Dorsey
Miss Cora
Miller
Sui
Malone's Drug &Chemical Company
Nipponese Land Continued From Page One
Article notes interrupted communications across Luzon including Aparri Vigan and Tuguegarao. Vigan with about 19939 residents is Locos Sur province capital and a rice sugar cane and cotton producing agricultural hub. Aparri at Luzon’s northern tip is a safe port with a river mouth town of about 20000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Aparri
Vigan
Tugegarao
Locos Sus
Luzon Island
Knottsville PTA Sets December Meeting at School House
The Knottsville P. T. A. held its third meeting Friday evening December 5 at the school house. President Mrs. Gay Boyles called the meeting to order. Four H girls sang Christmas songs. Banks Road was elected vice president. Mrs. Banks Roach and Mrs. Casper Bartlett were appointed to plan the January 16 program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knottsville P. T. A
Gay Boyles
Banks Road
Banks Roach
Casper Bartlett
Compton announces birth of son Donald King
Mr and Mrs Donald K Compton of Clarksburg announce the birth of an eight pound son named Donald King at St Mary's Hospital on Friday November 5. The mother is the former Geraldine Sturm of Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald K. Compton
Clarksburg
Donald King
St. Mary's Hospital
Geraldine Sturm
Fairmont
Mrs. Frazier Hosts Weekly Sewing Club Evening
Mrs Myrtle Frazier entertained members of the Weekly Sewing Club at her home in a holiday decor theme. Refreshments were served, with Mrs Ralph Shahan winning the club prize and Mrs Robert Whittman taking the stunt prize. Other attendees included Mrs Fred McFarland Mrs Roy McCue and several others. visitors included Miss Marion Gough and Mrs Christine Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Club
Myrtle Frazier
Fog and Blackouts Blur London Street Sightings
Report notes apparent fog thick enough to obscure visibility while blackout orders may prevent residents from noticing the haze. Citizens express uncertainty about actual conditions as city authorities weigh nighttime restrictions.
Japan Jubilant Over Sinking Two Battleships
Tokyo reports jubilant crowds as Imperial forces claim sinking of British Prince of Wales and Repulse off Malaya, plus landings in the Philippines and Guam occupation confirmed. Japanese communiques say King George V sunk, though no independent confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Britain
Philippine Islands
Pacific
Malaya
Imperial Headquarters
Far East
United States
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Army
Navy
Philippines
Man Qa
Guam
Hongkong Bay
Berlin
Chesterfield Gift Cartons Featured For Christmas
A tobacco company promotes Chesterfield and Liggett & Myers products as ideal Christmas gifts. The ad highlights Chesterfield cartons in 10 packages, four tins of 50, and new three-pack cartons, with festive packaging designed for holiday gifting and mentions Liggett & Myers tobaccos as well.
Skaggs & Co Sells Toilet Sets At All Prices
A full line of toilet sets is offered by Skaggs and Co with prices listed across the range. The display emphasizes available varieties and affordable options for every budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skaggs & CO
Holiday pipe tobacco gifts in festive packaging
Prands presents holiday wrapping for pipe smokers with Velvet and other tobaccos packed in Humi-Seal jars, Sounce tins, or 1-pound tins. Granger Rough Cut offers shaggy flakes, while Sounce options suit both rolling and pipe smoking. The gift cartons wish Merry Christmas to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prands
Welders Brought In From Outside Morgantown
Welders from across the country were summoned to Morgantown to replace striking workers at the ordnance works who had protested AFL local fees and alleged an AFL lockout. General Organizer George W. Storm said enough newcomers will resume near normal construction of the $40 million anhydrous ammonia plant. The strike began November 24 by the Morgantown local of an independent Welder Catter and Helpers union, with workers from Riggs-Distler Pipe Company as subcontractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Morgantown Ordnance Works
Mit
AFL
George W. Storm
United Association of Journeyman Plumbers and Steamfitters
United Brotherhood of Welder Catters and Helpers
Riggs-Distler Pipe Company
Charter Granted to Young Farmers Cooperative Association
CHARLESTON Dec 10 The secretary of state issued a charter to the Young Farmers Cooperative Association of Martinsburg capitalized at 75 000 and authorized to operate in the eastern panhandle. It will market and deal in members agricultural products. It plans to issue 25 000 shares of 1 par common stock and 2 000 shares of 25 par preferred. Incorporators include John De Baugh Shepherdstown Clayton Canby Hedgesville and Ted Snyder Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Young Farmers Cooperative Association of
Martinsburg
Panhandle
John DeBaugh
Shepherdstown
Clayton Canby
Hedgesville
Ted Snyder
Army relies on new pool of men for draft after 28 limit
The Army points to a million younger volunteers aged 21 as a fresh pool and about a million with LA classifications not yet called. After 28 became the top draft age, the service began releasing those over 28 who were already in, about 200000 men, though the discharge halt reduces impact. Most have gone home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Army
Congress
B O Freight Loads Show Steady Increase
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad reported 60,006 cars of freight in the week ended December 6, 1941. Of these, 39,300 were loaded on line and 21,606 were received from connections, up 9,804 from the prior year. The preceding week total was 62,455 with 41,310 loaded and 21,245 received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail at Opera House
The Republic Three Mesquiteers film Outlaws of Cherokee Trail plays two nights at the Opera House. Tom Wyler joins Bob Steele and Rule Davis replacing Bob Livingston. The Rangers capture bandit Tele Lamar after an innocent man is killed, leading to a controversial trial and execution amid jury safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Trail
Republic
Opera House
Tom Wyler
Bob Steele
Rule Davis
Bob Livingston
Stony Wake
Capain Thuothy Weldon
Cherokee
One Man Starts. (Continued from Page One
A fragment from a wartime dispatch explains a lack of enemy plane reports in a department, an inquiry to Mitchel Field from Governors Island, and Mitchel Field reacting by sending planes aloft. The press was told the alert was not confirmed by Washington but treated as a possible raid threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sociation Press
Governors Island
Mitchelfield
Washington
Will Organize Continues Across State For Defense Work
Defense production factories across the state stepped up guard measures and revived protective activities in line with announced plans as students were urged to organize.
Kiwanis Club Speaker Discusses Gypsum Uses
A large Kiwanis meeting at Cozy Best featured Howard Nasser of Certainteed Products describing gypsum uses in industry and home. He noted gypsum in china molds, dental work, yeast production, and wallboard, with the audience reacting favorably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Laurel Frey
Howard Nasser
Certainteed Products Company
Nasser
China
Senator Kilgore Volunteers for U S Army Service
Senator Harley M Kilgore of West Virginia announces his willingness to serve the U S Army. He is a lieutenant colonel in the judge advocate general department of the national guard and was released from alive duty with the state staff to join the senate earlier this year. He offers his services to Major General B H Adams the adjutant general of the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harley M. Kilgore
DW. Va
West Virginia National Guard
Senate
Adams
Army
Kilgore
Judge Advocate General's Department
Naional Guard
Two Closed Banks to Get Dividends Soon
Dividends totaling 236274 from two closed state banks will be available for the Christmas shopping of depositors. Banking Commissioner H D Vaughan announced the Bank of the Monongahela Valley at Morgantown will pay 10 percent dividend of 227000 and the Bank of Williamsburg Greenbrier county a 7 percent dividend of 8745.51.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
H. D. Vaughan
Bank of the
Monongaheli Valley
Morgantown
Bank of
Williamsburg Greenbrier County
General Meeting Called To Discuss Red Cross
Rev Ben F Donley chairman of the Taylor county Red Cross chapter announced a general meeting to discuss wartime needs. He urged leaders from every city and county to join in expanding the Red Cross program during the war and to attend the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben F. Dbnley
Taylor County
Red Cross
Donley
Too Many Relatives at Lawson Center December dates
The Taylor County Playground association presents a three act farce Too Many Relatives at the Lawson Community Center auditorium on December 19 and 20. Admission is 15 cents for children and 25 cents for adults. Tickets available at the center. Director is Joseph Fy Snider under WPA Adult Education Act supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Playground Agsociation
Lawson Community Center
D. m
Works Project Administration
Joseph Fy Snider
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Richwood
Dorothy R. Beavers
PTA
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Baptist Church
Pruntytown Methodist Church
Georganna Bennett
Bettye Flesher
Ida B. Dorsey
AIR Force
Legae
Wendel Coal
Outlaws
Jack Larue
Guy
Wallace Fordender
Sun
Radio Lulabelee
Mrs. Frazier
Carter Peters
Orchith
Mary Alice Palmer
Crescent Club
Nippon
YALE
Pha
America
Liggett & Myers
Morgantowns
Vital Defense
Tei Cooperativerroup
America’s
National Defense Program
Mendelson Junk Co
Evans Furniture Store
U. S. Army
Malone's Drug and Chemical Co
Vetam Oi
Altman
Cash Feed Store
Latrobe St
Mids Oates
Cape
Iws
Pratts and Lees Stock and Poultry Remedies Ca
Ram
Eng Gael
Ae Charles Betterworth
Patey Helly
George E Stone
Witte
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