Retired B and C worker McDaniel dies at 80
James William McDaniel, about 80, a retired Baltimore and Ohio storeroom helper, died at his South Grafton home after a brief illness. He was a Taylor County native, survived by his widow Rozella Hardin and three children, with siblings in Ohio and Cleveland. Funeral services Saturday at Bartlett Funeral Home with interment Bluemont Cemetery. body to lie in state Friday night.
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James William McDaniel
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
South Grafton
Taylor County
McDaniel
Alpheus
Lucinda Keller McDaniel
Church of the Nazarene
Park View
Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
Wayne ©. Jones
Bluemont Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Holt Defends Policies on Limiting War Involvement
Rush Holt spoke at a Y M C A forum and criticized the New Deal, stating he is not an apologist for the administration. He defended isolationism and argued that domestic needs dwarf foreign trade, adding the way to keep America out of war in Europe is to keep out of Europe. He noted confusion within West Virginia Democrats and discussed potential gubernatorial bids by M M Neely of Fairmont.
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Pase
Holt
West Virginia
U. S
M. M. Neely
Fairmont
Neely
America
Europe
Stolen Checks Found in Abandoned Car in Charleston
State police report discovery of 1025 dollars in James Campbell's checks in an abandoned car. Campbell was kidnapped at Connellsville on December 3 and robbed of the checks and 500 dollars. Lieutenant Ray said three 19 year old suspects were arrested in Texas for questioning and will be returned to Connellsville.
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Charleston
James Campbell
Connellsville
C. W. Ray
Criminal Identification Bureau
Texas
Ray
Campbell
Conference of Liberal Leaders Is Proposed
Secretary Ickes said liberals from both parties may call a national convention before the 1940 campaign to back a liberal for head of the ticket. He noted discussions with Senators Noris and Lafollette and left the timing open regarding Roosevelt's term decision.
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Washington
Ickes
Noris
Ind.-Neb
Lafollette
Wis
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hints Army Soup Kitchens For Ohio
John Owens of the Ohio CIO said President Roosevelt told him he was prepared to dispatch army soup kitchens to Ohio if needed to prevent starvation among relief clients. Owens, returning from a meeting with the President, criticized relief spending as unequal to zoo animals’ care and stressed the proposal would occur only if necessary.
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Washington
John Owens
Ohio Cio
Roosevelt
Owens
Ohio
Grafton Christmas Program at B and O Station
Under Cooperative Traffic program sponsorship, Grafton hosts a 7:30 Friday night Christmas program at Baltimore and Ohio station square. John T. Evans directs the Grafton Glee Club in carols beside a beautifully lit white pine tree, with Miss Leota Griffith and Russell G. Dotson organizing. The event invites railroad workers and the public, especially children, to attend and enjoy the tree and performances.
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Cooperative Traffic Program Committee of
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Station Square
John T. Evans
Grafton High School
Grafton Glee Club
Leota Griffith
Second raid on capital drops bombs over wide area
Hospitals reported few fires as eight planes conducted two raids, eight aircraft over the city. One bomb cratered rock beside a school and damaged gas mains, ten patients to ill to move, while stones shattered by a blast injured another. Warning sounded before bombs fell, anti aircraft fire followed as planes vanished.
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Lappvik
Hyvinkaeae
Keraya
Finland says coast batteries hit Soviet battleship near Koivisto
Finnish officials report a direct hit from Koivisto coast defense batteries on the 23,265 ton Soviet battleship Oktaybrskayya Revolutsiya. The war raged as air raids hit western towns while Helsinki citizens sheltered quickly and calmly.
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Helsinki
Haakow
Finland
Koivisto
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Christmas Stealing Leads Five to Grand Larceny Charges
CATLETTSBURG Ky Dec 21 Five Ashland residents were held on grand larceny charges after Sheriff E K Rose found stolen merchandise valued over 700 wrapped as Christmas presents under a tree in a suspect’s home. The items were taken in burglaries across Boyd and Grayson counties.
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Catlettsburg
Ashland
E. K. Rose
Rose
Boyd
Grayson
Fifth Set of Twins for Couple in Six Years
London dispatch reports Mrs Bud Chaffin, 24, and husband, a West Virginia coal miner, welcomed their fifth set of twins in six years. Lola Mae and Don weighed six pounds each. Dr D B Smith said mother and twins are doing fine.
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London
Orn
Bud Chaffin
West Virginia Coal and Coke Company
No. 5
D. B. Smith
Lola Mae
Don
Factographs and medical notes from midcentury shows trends
The clipping notes plastic playing cards introduced as washable. Mayo Clinic surgeons in Rochester perform about 17,000 operations yearly. Early wallpaper hung with an air space from the wall. In the United States there is one truck for every seven families.
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn
United States
Death by own action seals Landsdorff fate at Montevideo
Buenos Aires reported that Captain Hans Landsdorff killed himself after the Graf Spee battle and that a naval commission ordered a letter to be impounded. His body lay in state at the naval arsenal, with three hundred crewmen to attend funeral services. Otto Langmann, the German minister, arrived to pay tribute amid ongoing negotiations over the ship’s refuge.
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Buenos Aires
Hans Lanesdorff
Adolf Hitler
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Otto Langmann
Uruguay
Berlin
Langsdoree
New Window Lighting Installed at Lear Jewelry Store
A new fluorescent window lighting system is being installed at Lear Jewelry, 72 74 West Main Street, designed to emulate sunshine. The work is by Carlos H Estep of the Grafton Electric Co and attracts favorable comments from shoppers as completion nears.
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Lear Jewelry
West Main Street
Carlos H. Estep
Grafton Electric Company
Grafton
Bank outlook bright for West Virginia banks in 1940
Banking Commissioner George Ward called the 1940 outlook for West Virginia banks extremely good and described prospects for the new year as bright. He spoke as Charleston observers noted a favorable banking climate ahead.
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Charleston
George Ward
West Virginia
Soviet Chief Award Prizes For Outstanding Work
The council of people’s commissioners resolved to institute in his honor 16 annual prizes of 100000 rubles each for outstanding work in science art literature and other fields as part of a continued effort to recognize exceptional contributions on the eve of the annual prize ceremony.
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Council of People's Commars
Stalin and Soviet Leadership Cited in Official Biography Fragments
The article notes awards and scholarships across medicine, law, sciences, arts, and military science while quoting that over 270 million copies of books in Stalin were printed in multiple languages. It mentions a reader in Russians with a German accent and an official biography listing comrades in arms in a semi official ranking including Molotov Voroshilov and others.
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Stalin
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Elementi E. Voroshikil
Miller's Shoe Store Galoshes At Unematch Prices
Miller's Shoe Store promotes rubber footwear with new Bal Band and Goodyear Glove galoshes. Prices range from $1.35 to $2.05, offering a broad selection and low costs.
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Miller's Shoe Store
Selby
Freeman
Daniel Green
Goodyear
Miller's Shoe
Stalin’s Russia Consolidates as Kalinin Endorses Rule
Fragmentary passage notes Lazarus M. Kaganovich and Supreme Soviet President Kalinin, stating no open opposition to Stalin, described as the son of a shoemaker, maintaining autocratic control.
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Lazarus M. Kaganovich
Supreme Soviet
Kalinin
Russia
Stalin
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Opera House 'Berly
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Leon Ames
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John Trent
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Tommy W
SUN
Dynamite
Baby Sandy
Hugh Herbert
Raphael
Raphael Rush
Los Angeles
Cal
Bookinga Corporation
Washington, D. C
Bookniga
Conference of Liberal Leaders
Army
Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
B& O
Eve
Detroit
Detroit Jewel
Robert’s Appliance Store
East Main Street
Brands Cash Feed Store
LOAR
Bill
Silverware—Community
Holm Edwards
Stieff, Wallace, Gotham & Lunt
Norge & Electrolux
RGA
C. Ton
Whitman
MAT One's Drug Chemical CO
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