Fuehrer Ousts General to Lead Army in Person in Russia
Russian reports claim week end victories deep in the Tula region threaten German hold near Moscow and ease pressure around Leningrad. Plavsk recaptured between Tula and Orel, plus Krapyino and Volokolamsk area gains cited as the Red Army presses German forces. Russians say German withdrawal turned panicky retreat as wedges into their lines undone Hitler’s claim of orderly withdrawal.
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Tula
Leningrad
Plavsk
Orel
Krapyino
Turg
Volbkolamik
London
Hitler
Tikhvin
Bogotsch
Gruzino
Chudovo
Leningrad- Moscow
Von Brauchitsch Sacked as Hitler Takes Command
Bern reports that Field Marshal Von Brauchitsch, famed for campaigns in France the Balkans and Russia, was ousted from leadership as Hitler assumed personal command of German armies. Observers in neutral Bern cite a profound strategic shift and a turning point in the war.
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Bern
Switzerland
Walther von Brauchitsch
France
Balkans
Russia
Adolph Hitler
Thefuehrer
Germany
Berlin
von Brauchitsch
Roosevelt signs bill to enlarge selective service plan
War bulletins report Roosevelt signed a bill enlarging the selective service program extending registration to ages 18 to 64 and liable service for ages 20 to 44 as demands grew to halt recruiting and rely on the draft for a 6,000,000 man war machine. The reports also note a British carrier sunk and Japan's forceful actions at Hong Kong as the conflict widens.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Grafton Sentinel Invites Mrs Clark To Tonight’s Showings
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Icie E. Clark of 798 Pearl Street to attend tonight’s presentation of Be Good at Etrand Theater and In New York Town at Dixie Theater in New York Town.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Icie E. Clark
Pearl Street
Etrand “Theater
New ‘York Town
Dixie Theater
Hitler uses scapegoat as explain campaign failures
A London foreign office commentator says Adolf Hitler has found it expedient to blame soldiers rather than politicians for his failed 1941 campaign. He notes Hitler replaced von Brauchitsch with himself and relies on a mystic reputation to restore German confidence, but the outcome remains unclear. Page 3.
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London
Foreign Office
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Walther von Brauchitsch
Hitler
Germany
Mains
Two Flat Top Men Die In Auto Truck Wreck
Funeral services were held today in Fairmont for William Edwin Brooks 49 division manager of Monongahela West Penn Public Service and former Morgantown city manager. Brooks died Saturday in Clarksburg where he resided.
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Fairmont
William Edwin Brooks
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
Morgantown
Brooks
Clarksburg
Defenders of Hongkong Still Battle Grimly
Weary British troops defend rock hewn strongholds on Hong Kong peaks fighting Japanese land air and naval power. A British commentator said Hongkong likely still held but no confirmation. Domei cited fierce street fighting while predicting the fall of imperialism in China. Messages from King George VI and officials praised the garrison as governor Sir Mark Young urged endurance. Fierce fighting around Shumchun on the outer mainland border was also reported.
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London
Hongkong
Britain
China
Domei
Tokyo
George VI
Lord Moyne
Mark Young
Hong Kong
Chungking
Shumchun
British Line Foils Japanese Push Toward Ipoh
British forces positioned along a new Malay peninsula line about 300 miles north of Singapore reportedly repelled Japanese troops gathering for an Ipoh assault. A war bulletin said the clash near Grik on the main highway ended with heavy Japanese partial losses as Britons held a reinforced river route despite the fighting.
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Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Ipoh
Grik
Perak
Last Rites Today for West Penn’s Manager
BECKLEY West Penn’s manager is reported to have died as a car crash on U S route 19 21 near Flat Top. State Trooper A E Martin said Robert Lilly 19 and Mack Moye 27 both of Flat Top were killed and four others injured when their car struck a truck trailer, throwing the men under the trailer.
West Virginia forms enemy alien hearing board in Charleston
The southern West Virginia enemy alien hearing board met in Charleston to finalize its organization as officials urge rapid civilian defense unit formation in all 55 counties. The board includes Thomas C. Townsend and W. E. Chilton Jr. from Charleston Gazette, and James M. Donohoe of Huntington. Six aliens have been taken into custody by the FBI. State Defense Coordinator Carl G. Bachmann pushes statewide defense councils and authority to organize a state guard.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Francis Biddle
Thomas C. Townsend
Charleston Gazetteb
Townsend
W. E. Chilton, Jr
Charleston Gazette
James M. Donohoe
Huntington
C. Howard Hardesty
Fairmont
James Paull
Wellsburg
Cecil B. Highland
Clarksburg
Carl G. Bachmann
Bachmann
State Liquor Control Commission
Socks
U. S
L. R. Via
U.S
Plan to Enter Stock In Cattle Show at Mill
Morgantown December 22. Eighty seven purebred Aberdeen Angus and Hereford heifers and bulls consigned by producers in West Virginia and Maryland will compete in the eighth annual stock show at Jackson's Mill. The entries come from 36 beef cattle herds across 21 West Virginia counties and one Maryland county.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Maryland
Jackson's Mill
British drive axis headlong toward sea in North Africa
Cairo dispatch reports British forces sweeping around Bengasi and pushing Rommel's main army toward Tripolitania. German and Italian units retreat inland toward Soluch while remaining enemy forces linger in Bengasi and Barce. Italian commentary warns the battle could decide Italy's fate as Gayda claims all sea and air forces are being thrown in to halt the advance.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bengasi
Erwin Rommel
Tripolitania
Ere
Soluch
Tripoli-Bengasi
Barce
Italy
Circenaica
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
Middle East
Gayda
Bengast
Rommel
Brothers Die in Jap Attack at Pearl Harbor
In New London Wisconsin Pastor Rev Raymond Fox told his church that Mr and Mrs Peter Barber learned three of their sons Malcolm Leroy and Randolph were missing in action since Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The congregation fell silent as the news sank in.
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New London
Wis
Raymond Fox
Most Precious Blood ‘Catholic Church
Navy
Peter Barber
Malcolm
Leroy
Randolph
Pearl
Barbers
State plans purchase of bridge over Ohio
Charleston December 22 The state expects to complete negotiations for the purchase of the Point Pleasant Silver Bridge over the Ohio River on Wednesday Road Commissioner Ernest J L Bailey announced Financing for the 1 040 000 bond issue will be settled in technical details Three Cincinnati firms will underwrite the bond issue
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Charleston
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Ernest JL. Bailey
Bailey
Cincinnat. O
Colonel Confined After Hawaii Address Attacks Navy
Col. H C Kress Muhlenberg former commandant of Hickam Field Hawaii was ordered confined to quarters in Columbus Ohio after an address criticizing the U S Navy. He said the Pacific air power was lacking and blamed Japanese stupidity for saving Hawaii.
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H.C. Kress Muhlenberg
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Navy
Pacific
Army to Keep Yards Running in Bay Area
The Army prepared to back up workers at Bay Area shipyards with troops to keep plants operating during wartime. Rear Admiral Greenslade requested troops to ensure non striking welders can access their jobs peacefully amid tensions with independents who split from AFL unions.
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San Francisco
John L. DeWitt
Fourth Army
Presidio
Bay Area
AFL
J. W. Greenslade
12Th Naval District
Navy
Greenslade
Army
Union Refrains From Strike at Fairmont
Washington reports the CIO United Mine Workers Gas Coke and Chemical Division will refrain from striking the Domestic Coke plant in Fairmont West Virginia while pursuing negotiations for a new work contract. George J. Titler of Charleston regional director stated this after talks before a special conciliator panel.
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Washington
CIO
United Mine Workers Gas, Coke and Chemical Divisions
Domestic Coke Corporation
Pairmont
W. Va
George J. Titler
Charleston
Ey Union
Iene Ceeatoatt
Americans Hold Own Against Major Jap Attack
Washington reports the 88 Samoa and the Lahaina were attacked by submarines off California and near San Francisco. Lahaina survivors and casualties are noted while Samoa escaped damage with no casualties. Explosions rattled Maryland resort towns as Japanese divisions pressed on Luzon, met by fierce American and Filipino defense along Lingayen Gulf.
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Washington
Navy
Samoa
California
Bny
San Francisco
Kahului
Hawaiian
Maui
Associated, Press
Luzon
War Department
Agoo
Lingayen Gulf
Manila
United States
U S Forces Sinks Fourteen German Submarines
United States naval forces are credited with sinking or damaging fourteen German submarines and several Japanese subs, a rate of undersea losses four times World War I levels. Secretary Knox announced the figures to reassure the public that the Navy has already dealt with multiple submarines as Axis subs hunted shipping off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. A Japanese torpedo struck the tanker See, twenty miles off California.
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Washington
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Knox
California
Claims Court Sets Hearings for State Road Claim
The state court of claims schedules hearings for January term including a $50,000 claim by Hatfield Construction of Charleston against the State Road Commission. The suit by R. E. Hatfield seeks reimbursement of expenses for removing slides on a highway project on U S Route 60 near Cedar Grove.
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Charleston
State Court of Claims
State Road Commission
R. E. Hatfield
Hatfield Construction Company of
Cedar Grove
Reach Crisis in Philippines by Dewitt Mackenzie
Reach Crisis in Philippines reports Japanese landings by eighty transports near Lingayen Gulf about 100 miles northwest of Manila. General MacArthur’s forces defend strongly delaying the invaders as American troops hasten toward the Pacific front.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Philippines
Linegayen Gulf
Manila
MacArthur
Pacific
Bersons
REACH
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