King to Talk on Christmas
New York December 17 King George VI will broadcast Christmas morning with a U S relay and tight security. The studio location is secret and anti aircraft crews patrol the area. The address continues his father’s tradition and is part of an hour program titled Christmas Under Fire.
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New York
George VI
United States
M’nutt
NBC Red
MES
CBS
WJZ
NBC
WEAF
Karl Compton
Bob Hope
WABC
Helen Menken
Paul V. McNutt
Joseph E. Davies
London
Hold youths spree ends in car chase and robberies
Two Huntington taxi drivers aided police by spotting Wyatt and another youth in a restaurant and alerting authorities. Wilson, 20, reported that the trio forced him to drive 170 miles from Huntington to Wayne, robbing filling stations in Chesapeake and East Huntington before abandoning the car after eluding police. One suspect remains at large.
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Said
Huntington
Wyatt
Wilson
Wayne
Chesapeake
East Huntington
West Virginia Farm Incomes Over 38 Mark
West Virginia farm income for 1939 reached 69.5 million dollars with crops providing 11.0 million, livestock and products 2.68 million, and truck crops 1.95 million. Apples led cash crops at 3.19 million. dairy 19.09 million, mostly cash. Cattle cash receipts 8.59 million. tobacco 383 thousand. government aid 1.8 million.
Central West Virginia Radio Schedule Highlights
A dense listing of w eekday broadcast slots across stations WMMN NBC WJZ WEAF WEPP CBS and others detailing programs from 5:30 PM to midnight. It notes sketches news sports music orchestras and variety acts with multiple stations listed per time slot.
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NBC
WEAF
Jack Armstrong
CBS
Accent On
WJZ
Scattergood Baines
WBLK
Tom Mix
KYW
WLW
Bill Stern
Jose Bethencourt
Ted Steele
WMMN
Nbc-Weap
Reveres
Paul Sullivan
Nbc-Wblk
Terry Shand
Lowell Thomas
The
World Today
Fort Pearson
Amos ‘N Andy
Nbc-Weaf
Fred Waring
MBS
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mr. Keen
John W. Vandercook
Lanny Ross
Sam
Stanley Meehan
Abe Lyman
Fairmont Woman's Club
H. V. Ealter
Horace Heidt
Grand Central
wWe
the People
Glenn Miller
Orch
Bob Hope
Raymond Gram Swing
Gordon Jenkin
Art Kussell
Uncle Walter
Paul Pendarvis Orch
News of the World
Artie Shaw
KDKA
Don Armando
Mal Hallett
Sammy Kaye
Emil Coleman
Small Loss During Fire Season Forester Reports
Charleston December 17 The fall forest fire season was among the best in history for wood land loss and suppression cost State Forester Dan B Griffin reported During the two month period ending December 15 only 443 fires were reported compared with 1521 in 1939 The damages dropped from 654000 to 42055 Labor suppression costs were 7303 25 versus 60590 Acreage burned totaled 8411 with an average of 19 acres per fire while last year 131000 acres averaged 97 per fire Each fire caused under 95 damage compared with 430 last year Griffin credited good weather and hunter cooperation for the reduction.
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Charleston
Dan B. Griffin
Griffin
Homesteading Plan Aimed at Eagle River Valley
Satko proposes eight by eight mile homestead in the Eagle River valley thirty miles north of Juneau. He envisions a cooperative settlement with a school a church stores and a dock, pooling resources for tractors and land clearing, with economic support from farming and fur farming amid a sparsely populated region and a national forest nearby.
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Eagle River
Juneau
Satko
Washington
Interior Department
Forest Service
Armour Named Best Qualified For London Post
Kennedy announced his resignation to focus on keeping the United States out of war. Armour, recently back in Buenos Aires then Washington, is praised by insiders as among the best qualified for the London posting with a long record including minister to Canada and Haiti and ambassador to Chile and Argentina. He has also held roles in Rome and Paris.
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Defense
Austin
Roosevelt
Willy Austin
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Green
AFL
William Green
House
Hoffman
R.mich
Sidney Hillman
Defense Commission
Hillman
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Great Britain
London
Kennedy
United States
Florida
Washington
Lord Lothian
Armour
London Post
Canada
Haiti
Chile
Rome
Paris
Walter-Logan bill veto vote looms in Congress
Non acting Speaker McCormack indicated lawmakers would return for a roll call on overriding the Walter-Logan bill. If two thirds present vote to override, the matter moves to the Senate, which approved it 27 to 25. The bill sets uniform procedures for federal quasi judicial boards and bureaus.
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D.mass
Walter-Logan
McCormack
House
Walter Logan
Nouse
Senate
Greeks Press Forward After Italian Setbacks in Albania
British forces report Greek progress against Fascist lines in Albania as cold and snow slow operations. Italians retreat in the Dyinos valley with heavy losses, 200 soldiers and one officer captured. Greek advances threaten Tepeleni and Valona areas near Skirovik heights.
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Skirovik
Tepeleni
Argirocastro
Valona
Chimara
Dvinos
Modena Divis
English raid claims on Hamburg and Basel bombs
Conmen from page one warned air alarms to prove failures of British night raids on Hamburg. Reports say raids crippled Hamburg and the Blohm and Voss shipyards. Informed sources state last night’s British raiders dropped bombs on Basel Switzerland.
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Page One
Wal
Germany
Hamburg
Blohm
Bomb raid devastates Basel on Swiss border
Basel Switzerland was struck by an air raid last night killing four and injuring many. Bomb fragments are analyzed to identify the attackers as authorities inspect multiple hits along the railway east of Basel central station. Basel, a major rail link among Germany, Alsace, and Switzerland, was alleged by Swiss officials to have possibly been mistaken for a Nazi objective during a British raid.
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Roosevelt II
William S. Knudsen
Britain
Arged Knudsen
Defense Commission
Basel
Switzerland
Basel Central
Rhine
Germany
House Plans Vote To Inform Voters If Congressman Is On Job
The article describes a vote aimed at showing constituents back home whether their congressman is serving. It notes questions about the general situation and the push to clarify the lawmaker’s job status and performance.
Coal Mine Rescue Efforts After Crash Near Beckley
Ambulances rushed to the scene as two rescue crews were dispatched from Kilsythe and Glen White. The mine tipple lies about a mile and a half from the office with no communication reported. A Beckley hospital sent two ambulances and crews were ordered out immediately.
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Beckley
Kilsythe
Glen White
West Virginia mine accident near Beckley sparks confusion
The Charleston mines department could not confirm a dust explosion or fire at the No. 4 tipple near Beckley while witnesses nearby insisted it was an explosion. Ellsworth Shriver, mine superintendent, was alerted and en route to Charleston. The site lies close to U S highway 21 between Beckley and Bluefield in the southeastern coal field.
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Charleston
City
Ellsworth Shriver
Tipple
Beckley
Bluefield
West Virginia
Spy duo alleged as German agents in Britain radio plot
Jose Waldberg and Karl Meier identified as 25 and 24 year old suspects, both claiming German and Dutch ties, who allegedly entered Britain as refugees. They are said to have built a portable German radio transmitter in a rural area, light enough to be carried in two black camera bags, used to send messages to Germany. The note also mentions van den Kieboom’s execution and his portable radio transmitter.
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Conusue
Babe
Jose Waldberg
Karl Meier
Netherlands
Waldberg
Meier
Britain
Germany
van den Kieboom
Minister Ducknall Passes at Berkeley Springs
The Rev. J. McCarty Ducknall aged 85, retired Presbyterian minister since 1896, died at his home in Berkeley Springs on December 17. He served pastorates in Petersburg Burlington and Bluefield. His widow and six children survive.
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Berkeley Springs
J. McCarty Ducknall
Petersburg
Burlington
Bluefield
Linens Sale Ad From Turners 220-41
Local catalog style notice announces a large linen shipment with prices from 25 cents to 5 dollars. Turners department at 220 41 offers a wide range of linens including tablecloths napkins and sheets. The ad emphasizes value and quick availability of the fresh stock.
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Just
Turners
Held by Nazis Etta Shiber Detained by German Authorities
U S officials in Washington disclose that American citizen Mrs Etta Kahn Shiber widow of a New York editor and long time Paris resident is held by German authorities in occupied France. The U S Embassy cannot learn the charges against her.
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Washinton
Etta Kahn Shiber
France
New York
Paris
U. S
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