NYA to Gear Projects for Defense on Home Fronts
West Virginia NYA plans defense orientated projects in sewing child care clerical work and hospital service to aid the home front. The program expands for girls emphasizing nutrition food preparation lunch distribution and blackout sewing while about 270 NYA girls are already employed in defense work statewide.
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Charleston
National Youth Administration
West , Virginia
Glenn 5
Callaghan
Victory Service
NVA
Thirough Price
NYA
G C Murphy Store bans sale of Jap toys nationwide
Beckley officials said the G C Murphy company banned Japanese made toys across its five and ten cent store chain. Managers Fisher and Skidmore said goods were removed from counters and stored in basements awaiting further instructions. They noted American made knick knacks remain available and toy stocks are not seriously affected. The policy is described as national.
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Beckley
G. C. Murphy Company
J. 8. Fisher
G. D. Skidmore
Mullens
Wyoming’ County
Married men may volunteer for Army under draft rules
Charleston, Dec 16. Carleton C. Pierce announced that married men aged 21 to 36 may volunteer for Army service under the draft if certain conditions are met. The brigadier general’s message requires immediate willingness to be inducted and assurances to local boards that indepth hardship on dependents will not occur. Pierce reported no rewards for such volunteer attempts thus far.
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Charleston
Carleton C. Pierce
State Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service Executive
Pierce
Hawley Brother Dies After Long Illness in Charleston
Charles Austin Hawley 61 of Charleston, brother of WVU Athletic Director Roy M. Hawley, died at Kanawha Valley hospital after long illness. He was Laun dry manager there for 10 years and survived by his widow and three daughters. Funeral Thursday with burial in Wildwood cemetery Beckley. pallbearers include Charles L. Heaberlin.
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Charleston
Charles Austin Hawley
Roy M
Hawley
West Virginia University
Kanawha Valley Hospital
W. P. Hawley
Bluefield
Bruce Marshall
Cleveland, O
James Lewis
Texas City
Tex
Anne Hawley
Wildwood Cemetery
Beckley
Charles L. Heaberlin
Non-Support Hearing Set for Next Monday
Oliver O. Michael of route 50 faces a not support charge and is to stand trial at 10 a m Monday before Justice of the Peace George L. Jolliffe. The case was moved from this morning by agreement and Michael remains at liberty on a $200 bond.
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Oliver O. Michael
Justice of the Peace
George L. Jolliffe
Michael
Liberty
Martinsburg Plans First Air Raid Alert Practice
Martinsburg will stage its first wartime alert tomorrow at 12 30 p m under Berkeley County Defense Council plans. The exercise aims to familiarize citizens with the up and down fire siren signal and the two minute steady all clear. The council assigns civilian defense tasks in the interim.
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Martinsburg
Berkeley County Defense Council
British RAISE continued from Page own
Japanese troops under dive-bombers smashed into southern Kedah as British and Indian defenders withdrew after a five day offensive. The thrust pushed along the road to Singapore, with Hongkong seen as vulnerable though well-armed. UK press urged readiness for Hongkong’s possible fall, citing its limited strategic value.
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Kedah
Malaya
Thailand
Singapore
Kota Bharu
Hongkong
Ward Price
Daily Mail
Japan
The
Daily Express
Tobruk
Former Local Man Mack McDaniel Dies at 60 in Enterprise
Leonard Mack McDaniel 60 a Grafon native died at his home in Enterprise at 10 20 last night after a long illness He was born March 5 1881 at Grafton a Spanish American War veteran Surviving are his widow six daughters five brothers and three sisters Funeral services are set for 2 20 Wednesday at the First Methodist church Enterprise with burial in the Odd Fellows cemetery Enterprise
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Leonard “Mack McDaniel
Grafon
Enterprise
Grafton
Chapin
Loretta McDaniel
Julia Sites McDaniel
John Christina
Eldie Pigott
Harry Titchner
W. V. Martin
Nutter Fort
Margaret
Helen McDaniel
Dee McDaniel
Missouri
I. W
Clarence McDaniel
Fetterman
Walter McDaniel
Clark McDaniel
Oklahoma
Sarah Kellar
Philippi
Dora Rapp
Alberta McDaniel
Odd Fellows
December disbursement totals to county schools in Charleston
Checks totaling 1,229,100 were issued to 45 county school boards to cover December expenditures as most districts plan two weeks of holiday break. Ten counties did not participate due to no request or sufficient funds.
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Charleston
Board of School Finance
Tojo States Japan’s early war successes claim
Tokyo reports Premier Tojo told the Diet that the bulk of the American fleet in Hawaii was destroyed and the main British Far East fleet crushed. He claimed rapid Japanese gains within ten days and warned against over optimism while stating war would continue. Foreign Minister Togo echoed backing from Asiatic peoples and Japan’s neutral stance with the Soviet Union. Royal Navy losses, sinking the Prince of Wales and Repulse, were noted with a carrier immediately pursuing the British fleet.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Diet Today
Hawaii
Tojo
Japan
United States
Britain
Shigenori Togo
United Staten
Far East
Russia
Toyosai
Repulse
Navy
Shigetaroenas
Singapore
Sinip
Malayan
Arrest German Alien Impersonating Army Officer in Los Angeles
FBI agents arrested Ernest Frolich de Meyer a German alien who posed as a U S Army officer near harbor defenses. Police found Army Navy and Marine uniforms at his Hollywood apartment along with a short wave broadcasting set and what appeared to be coast defense data.
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Los Angeles
Dec
Ernest Frolich
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
de Meyer
U. S. Army
Harbor
Hollywood
Navy
Hero Tells of Bagging Japs in Pearl Harbor Attack
Lieutenant George Welch, 22, Army flier from Wilmington Delaware, recounts shooting down four Japanese planes during the December 7 attack on Hawaii. He describes returning to base with three bullet holes in his ship after engaging multiple foes near Wahiawa.
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Olongapo
Marine
Naval Base
Philippines
Manila
Clark Field
Central Press
Honolulu
George Welch
Wilmington
Del
Hawaii
Welch
Army
Wahaiwa
Abe
Taylor
Barbers’ Point
Eam
New Battle in Libya Raging Across Desert Front
British desert armies have advanced 70 miles west of Tobruk and struck deep into Axis positions in Libya in a major tank battle. Allied forces reportedly engaged all remaining German tanks, threatening Rommel as he may retreat toward the northern coastal road, with Cairo and London asserting the likely withdrawal.
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Associated, Press
Britain
North Africa
Tobruk
Cairo
Libya
Erin Rommel
London
Rommel
Gaudy Blackout Curtains Spark Holiday Demand
New York reports a surge in blackout curtains as department stores create special counters for the season. A shopper requests "Blackout cloth" with flow, signaling a trend toward bold, privacy oriented decor during Christmas shopping.
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New York
Skaggs & Co Offers Full Line Toilet Sets at AL Prices
A brief notice states Skaggs and Co advertises a full line of toilet sets priced low. The item emphasizes affordable AL style pricing and catalog availability for customers.
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Skaggs & CO
Lincoln County Clerk J M Marcum impeachment trial opens
In Hamlin on December 16 special prosecutor Lucian Blankenship and witnesses testified that Lincoln County Clerk J M Marcum owed 5220.76 in his accounts, but he reportedly paid the full amount after the impeachment filing. Sheriff Walden and E H Cochran of Marshall County were to testify.
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Hamlin
J. H. Walden
E. H. Cochran
Marshall County
Lincoln
J. M
Jake) Marcum
John W. Hereford
Lucian W. Blankenship
Marcum
Coastal Gunners Fire as Hawaii Remains on Edge
Honolulu reports window rattling artillery bursts from west and south Oahu marking a four week old war threat. Army orders civilians to build shelters with home materials while food supplies remain ample and gasoline is rationed. Morale praised as tremendous despite panics and suspected fifth columnists being rounded up.
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Honolulu
Oshu Island
Jas
the of Hawaii
Roosevelt Urges 19-Year-Old Draft Turns 2.4 Million Ready
President Roosevelt reportedly urged the Senate military committee to lower the selective service ages to 19. This would bring approximately 2,400,000 additional men under draft registration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
Women and Children Removed From Darwin Port
The Australian War cabinet decreed that women and children not essential to services be evacuated from Darwin, the northern Australian port, as soon as possible. The move aims to secure civilians ahead of military operations toward lands Indies and various theaters.
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Darwin
Lands Indies
Melbourne
Australia
Australia Eyes Alliance To Counter Japan War Threat
Canberra reports quoted official statements by Australian foreign minister Herbert Evatt on Britain and the United States pursuing a reciprocal wartime pact with Russia. Evatt said such an agreement would commit Britain and Russia to declare war on Japan if aggression occurs, a plan aimed at shaping Japan’s long term threat to Vladivostok and Eastern Siberia once military conditions favor the Soviet Union. He stressed Australia’s desire for early political and military alignment to support this strategy.
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Canberra
Australia
British Empire
United States
Japan
Hebert Evatt
House of Representatives
Britain
Russia
Uis
Vialivatok
Siberia
TYPHUS RAGES Invasion Report From Moscow Radio Dispatch
Pravda dispatch broadcast by Moscow radio notes prisoner exchange talks near Moscow. Klin, 50 miles northwest, reported Russian advance within hours. The Tula zone near Moscow and Walshaya Polvarta are mentioned with plans and troop movements. Turkish participation at Ankara on prisoner exchange was reported, but Moscow did not reply.
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Ci Party
Pravda Sali i
Moscow
Ask
Klin
Walshaya
Polvarta
Net
Bogorak
Ankara
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