Treasury Head Opposes Wallace Parity Plan
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau voiced opposition to further consumer taxes and the proposed certificate plan to raise farm parity benefits. He noted the administration had not decided on Wallace's proposal and attended a fiscal committee meeting to discuss the idea. The plan would shift parity payments to processors, with consumers bearing costs through later crop purchases.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Survivors Describe Nazi Ships Sinking Their Own Vessels
Survivors from the German liner Columbus testified that Nazi orders forced crews to scuttle and burn ships rather than surrender. Captain Wilhelm Daehne and 576 others, rescued by the Tuscaloosa and landed at Ellis Island, said ship crews followed the Berlin directive with fatalistic obedience. The Columbus became the 12th Nazi vessel sunk under Hitler's policy of self-destruction before capture.
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New York
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelm Daehne
Ellis Island
U. S
Tuscaloosa
Rush Holt to Be Candidate in 1940 Primaries
Huntington December 21. Youthful Senator Rush D Holt plans to pay an entry fee for next May's primaries. He will decide later whether to seek the Democratic renomination or run for governor. Holt, whose U S Senate term ends next year, spoke of unresolved circumstances in an interview.
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Huntington
Rush D. Holt
Depen
Weston Democrat
Holt
U. S. Senate
Numbers Racket Is Hit Hard In Capital City
Charleston sheriff J M Sla and deputies report progress breaking up the numbers lottery. Ten negroes were arrested on warrants under the 1939 act, bringing weekly arrests to 20. Hearings were set for Justice H G Thayer.
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Capital City
Charleston
J. M. Sla
H. G. Thayer
Infantile Paralysis Reported in Logan County and Nearby Areas
Four new cases of infantile paralysis in Logan county and one in Wyoming were reported by the state health department. There were five new cases of tularemia, four in Wetzel county and one in Roazie, and one new case of spinal meningitis in Boone county.
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Charleston
Logan County
Wyoming
State Health Department
Wetzel
Roazie
Boone County
Pennsylvania Governor Slams WPA Over Pennsylvania Funds
Harrisburg Pa December 21 19 14 Gov Arthur H James accuses the Federal Work Programs administration of lying down on the job as to Pennsylvania asserting WPA failed to allocate funds properly based on the states needs the letter sent to Federal Administrator F C Harrington speeds toward his office and requests corrective action
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Harrisburg
Arthur H. James
Federal Work Projects Administration
Pennsylvania
F.C. Harrington
James
WPA
Keystone
Lepke Buchalter Faces Long Narco Crime Term
New York January 2 looms as Louis Lepke Buchalter 42 faces lengthy sentencing on conspiracy to violate narcotic laws and related bribery charges. He could receive up to 164 years in prison and fines up to 180000. Judge Knox urged defense to decide pleas by January 2 as a jury acquitted on one count.
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New York
Swarthy
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
John ©. Knox
William W. Kleinman
Buchalter
Kleinman
Six Swedish Sailors Rescued By Destroyer
London December 21 reports six Swedish sailors flashed lamp signals from a raft after their steamer went down in the North Sea. A British destroyer, guided by an accompanying patrol plane, rescued them. The 1,366 ton Lister presumably struck a mine yesterday.
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London
North Sea
Lister
Stalin Birthday Marked With Mass Tributes In Soviet Union
Moscow reports mark the sixtieth birthday of Joseph Stalin with a million copy biography by Kalinin and widespread praise in press and radio. The Supreme Soviet presidium awards Lenin Order and the title hero of Socialism for his services in organizing the Bolshevik party and building the Soviet state.
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Witt Hancock
Moscow
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Finland
Stalin
Michael Kalinin
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Poland
Baltic States
Presidium
The
of Lenin
Bolshevik Party
Friendship of Peoples of the
Soviet UN
Classmates of Senior Serve As Pallbearers
Six classmates of Charles Edwin Hartley 16 will act as pallbearers at his funeral tomorrow at 2 pm at Janes Memorial church Route 250. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors are his parents Mr and Mrs Paul Hartley and two sisters.
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Charles Edwin Hartley
Fairmont West Side High School
Janes Memorial Church
Route 250
Robert Currey
Jack
Robert Little
Charles Weaver
Edgar Ice
Emerson Corbin
Young Hartley
Paul Hartley
Cook Hospital
Fairmont
Canary Birds at Roberts Hardware Singers Promoted
Young male singers guaranteed to perform at Roberts Hardware Appliances and Phone 592 229 W Canary Birds press promotion lists local talent and venue contact details for booking and participation.
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Roberts
Christmas Leaves Given Crew of Victorious Sub
London reports special Christmas leave granted to the crew of a victorious submarine. The 27 sailors, beardful and happy, returned to land after arriving at port to cheers from sailors and dock workers. Berlin denied sinking a Koeln class cruiser prior to British claim that Ursula torpedoed and sank the warship in the Elbe Estuary.
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London
Sula
Berlin
Elbe
Fairmont Negro Woman Believed 115 Is Dead
Maggie King a Black matriarch in Fairmont is believed by relatives to be 115 years old and died of a heart attack with complications of old age. She often recalled the Civil War as a clear memory and outlived two husbands and all her children.
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Fairmont
Maggie King
Britain acts to guard her fishing fleet
Britain mobilizes ships and fighting planes to protect the unarmed North Sea fishing fleet after German aerial attacks that wounded or sunk 35 vessels in three days. Bonuses for minesweeps are announced and arming considerations rise for fishermen as Allied officials hold secret talks on wartime measures.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Admiralty
Evening News
Jean Darlan
Supreme Com
Rush Of Mail Reported At Grafton Postoffice
Postmaster James T. Murphy reports a record Christmas mailing rush at the Grafton postoffice with a 67 percent rise in receipts from Dec 15 to Dec 20. Current totals reach $1,442.79, versus $859.82 last year, while first class mail cancellations stand at 66,310 and may exceed 100,000 before the rush ends.
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Grafton
James T. Murphy
State November fire losses reported heavy
Charleston December 21 West Virginia saw thirteen deaths from fires and explosions in November up 111 percent from 1938. Five fatalities occurred in Wyoming county and one in Cabell Logan Greenbrier Mason McDowell Randolph Ritchie and Wetzel counties. Total fire loss reached 148 418 up 78 085 from 1938 while property exposed valued at 842 178 rose 660 293. Twenty six fires were suspicious and investigated.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Fred B. Watkins
Wyoming County
Cabell
Logan
Greenbrier
Mason
McDowell
Randolph
Ritchie
Wetzel
Watkins
Resignation urged for two NLRB members by Ramspeck
Rep Ramspeck called for the resignations of NLRB members J Warren Madden and Edwin S Smith and proposed two major Wagner Act amendments. He suggested abolishing the current three member board and creating a new one if they refused to quit. William M Leiserson remains the third member. Changes are advocated.
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NLRB
Ramspeck
Washington
J. Warren Madden
Edwin S. Smith
National Labor Relations Board
House Labor Committee
Madden
Smith
Congress
William M. Leiserson
Smiith
White Christmas Snow Blankets West Virginia Statewide
Snow in at least 27 counties halted travel toward a potential white Christmas. Depths reached up to six inches with sub freezing temperatures widespread. Preston county saw 1 to 10 inch accumulations and drifting. Roads open but caution urged as plows and cinder crews work. flurries reported in Morgantown Martinsburg Clarksburg Wheeling Charleston and Fairmont.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Panhandle
Preston County
Morgantown
Huntington
Ralph C. Mize
Weather Bureau
Road Commission
Webster County
Fairmont
Martinsburg
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Elkins
Hittington
Hancock
Brooke
Ohio
Marsh
Dutch Planes Fight Invading Aircraft Over Utrecht
Dutch planes engaged aircraft of undetermined foreign nationality today in Utrecht in a daytime air battle witnessed by hundreds. The fight began around noon and involved invaders reported to approach from the east near the Germany border.
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Tren
Petherlands
Utrecht
Netherlands
Germany
Coast Guard Seizes Vessel Arauca in Fort Lauderdale
Eight armed guardsmen boarded the German freighter Arauca after a federal libel attachment by a Texas sugar company. The vessel, fleeing a British warship, was searched by a Navy detachment from the U S Destroyer Philip as the Orion hovered offshore. The libel action for 38541 72 was filed in Miami, with the sugar company’s attorney claiming haste to prevent crew action.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Texas Sugar Company
U. S
Philip
Coast Guard
Orion
Port Everglades
Miami
James Dixon
Sugar Company
Germany Signs New Trade Pact With Romania
Bucharest reports Germany signed a new trade agreement with Romania granting a near twenty percent increase in German purchasing power of the mark. The pact lowers Romania oil prices to Germany by about 20 percent and raises Romanian prices for German finished goods. The deal commits Romania to ship 190000 tons of oil monthly, up from about 120000 tons the year to date.
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Bucharest
Germany
Rumania
Germany protests Argentine internment of Graf Spee crew
Berlin protested to Argentina over internment of officers and crew from the scuttled pocket battleship Graf Spee. A DNB communique said Germany cited the customary release of shipwrecked Belligerent crews at neutral ports and referenced the Netherlands’ precedent.
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Berlin
Germany
Graf Spee
DNB
Argentina
Netherlands
Prospects Bright For White Christmas Here
Snow blanketed Grafton as heavy flakes fell last night and continued today with more flurries forecast. Temperatures hovered just below freezing while icy streets posed hazards for drivers. Rural highways were dangerous without chains though the snow remains light for sledding on the hills.
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Grafton
Rescue Crews Endeavor To Save Entombed Men
Rescue crews working in relays tried to reach a coal miner artist and five companions trapped by a roof collapse in Nottinghamshire Ming after eighteen hours of digging little hope remained they were alive.
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London
Bombing of Helsinki Hospitals and School Wrecks City
Soviet air raid on Helsinki strikes hospitals, a dormitory, and a school for the blind. Fifteen bombs hit the five block hospital area damaging multiple buildings, with power lines down and fires under control as fire crews and police cleared debris. Casualties include two hospital patients and several deaths reported amid ongoing attacks on the capital and surrounding towns.
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Helsinki
Joseph ‘Stalin
Fiveblock
Copenhagen
Offeigis
School For Blind
Finland seeks fifty million war loan from United States
Finland reportedly seeks a fifty million dollar loan from the United States to buy war materials for use against Russia. Finnish representatives discussed the proposal with congressional leaders after failing to secure Wall Street financing. An RFC credit loan of ten dollars is noted, with officials stressing the need for material support to resist Russia’s superior forces.
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Washington
Finland
United States
RFC
Congress
Russia
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Grafton Sentinel Invites Mrs Rowland to Twin Bill
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs B J Rowland of 621 West Wilford Street to tonight’s presentation at the Opera House Theatre featuring Jack Randall in Oklahoma Terror and Panama Patrol with Leon Ames in a double bill for the evening performance.
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The
Grafton Sentifier
A. R. Williams
West Main Street
Alo
Kane Richmond
Dixie Theatre
Corrine Luchaire
Strand Theatre
Grafton Sentinel
B. J. Rowland
West
Wilford Street
Jack Randall
Panama Patrol
Leon Ames
Opera House Theatre
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U.S
Strand
Dixie
Rush Holt
Falcon
Wwe
Mel
Lepke
Grafton Postoffice
Internment
OBR
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