Winners In Sentinel Circulation Drive Announced
Miss Helen Plum of Grafton District One won the top $800 prize in the Grafton Sentinel expansion drive with 1500 points and a $100 special award. District Two winners included Mrs Pearl Gawthrop and District Three winner A E Lemmons. Cash awards totaled across districts with multiple $50, $25 and $10 prizes and all paid today.
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Helen Plum
Grafton Sentinel
Miss Plum
Pearl Gawthrop
District Two
A. E. Lockard
Grafton
J. G. Lémions
Araen
District Three
Lloyd Waddell
Harry Haislup
Mary Pembroke
Nellie Tucker
Mary Lourdenour
Draft class system urged in defense planning debate
Washington December 23 Amid calls for wiser planning of defense and its finances a congressional clash grows over proposals to adopt an annual draft class system Senator Adams Colorado says the law should train youths of 16 18 or 20 each year rather than force men aged 21 to 35 into service He adds that early career men should not be deprived of jobs to serve in the military Senator Vandenberg Michigan favors the idea noting its fairness Continues on page two.
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Washington
Jong-Rance
Adams
D.-Colo
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Theatre notice for Strand and Dixie showings in Grafton
The Grafton Sentinel invites L. W. Clayton of 204 East Washington Street to tonight's screenings of Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton in They Knew What They Wanted at the Strand and Dr Kildare Goes Home with Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore at the Dixie.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
L. W. Clayton
East
Washington Street
Carole Lombard
Charles Laughton
Strand Theatre
Dr. Kildare
Lew Ayres
Lionel Barry- More
Dixie Theatre
Final Count Names Winners in Grafton Sentinel Campaign
The December 21 1940 statement of judges in Grafton West Virginia lists prize winners from the Expansions Circulation Campaign. Helen Plum leads with 36 182 800 credits and 800.00, followed by Pearl Gawthrop Lance A E Lockard and others with specified credits and cash prizes.
Yule Business Best in Years Charleston
Swarms of shoppers filled department stores and shops as 1940 Christmas trade rushed to peak levels. Trade officials pegged dollar volume as likely the largest on record, with merchants in Huntington agreeing package totals would surpass 1929.
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Charleston
Charles E.hodges
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Huntington
Frank Snyder
Second Draft Call For 5th Corps Area Issued
Selective service announces a second draft call for 15,823 men in the Army 5th Corps Area. Ohio includes 9,958 draftees to report January 20 at centers in Cleveland Toledo Fort Hayes and Fort Thomas Kentucky. Indiana Kentucky and Virginia draftees assigned to Fort and city centers with January 13 to 14 dates.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Army
Fifth Corps
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Unio
Cleveland
Toledo
Fort Hayes
Fort Thomas
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Louisville
Fort Knox
Virginia
Huntington
Huntington Flier Killed In Alabama Plane Crash
Flying Cadet James C. Cavendish, 22, of Huntington West Virginia, was killed when his training plane crashed two miles from Maxwell Field. The aircraft fell in a field near the Maxwell control tower after a 370 mile training flight over Alabama and Mississippi. An investigation was begun.
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Montgomery
Ala
James C. Cavendish
Huntington
W. Va
Maxwell Field
Maxwell Control Tower
Alabama
Mississippi
Dollar Bills Adorn Christmas Tree At Rockford Post Office
Paul Varble’s Christmas tree in Rockford Illinois displays 150 dollar bills placed by fellow post office employees. Varble has been ill for a year, and the ornaments symbolize support and goodwill from coworkers.
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Rockford, Ill
Paul Varble
Varble
Four Injured In Wreck Of Crack Western Train
Four passengers were injured when 14 cars of Union Pacific City of Los Angeles derailed near Julesburg Colorado after a broken rail. Victims include Mrs. H. M. Ridgway and daughter Sandra, Mrs. Esther H. Croft 55 of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Wright H. Prickett Jr. of Long Beach. Injuries were cuts and bruises. units affected were power cars baggage car coaches and Pullmans.
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Julesburg
Colo
Union Pacific
City of
Los Angeles
H. M. Ridgway
Sandra
Esther H. Croft
Wright H. Prickett, Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Chappell
Neb
Roosevelt to Address Nation In Fireside Radio Talk
White House press secretary Stephen Early said President Roosevelt plans a fireside radio address Sunday night to discuss “the present emergency.” The broadcast time is not fixed but likely about a half hour around 9:30 to 10 o’clock EST, to be carried by major networks.
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Morgantown
J. H. Grady
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Grady
War Department
Washington
Stephen Early
White House
Roosevelt
Early
E.S.T
Highway Chief Sawyer Dies in Gas Accident
Columbia Maryland reports Ben M. Sawyer state highway commission chief died by asphyxiation from a gas leak in a chiropractor office while a nurse also died during treatment. Sawyer, 50, a National Guard lieutenant colonel, had been active in politics and led the highway department since 1926. Coroner John A. Sargeant called it an accidental death with Weekend treatment noted.
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Columbia
D. C
State Highway Commission
Ben~m. Sawyer
National Guard
John A. Sargeant
Lucife ‘Haggood
Wens
Sawyer
Fort Jackson
National
Olin D. Johnson
Coastal town taken as Greek forces advance on Adriatic
Athens announces the capture of Chimara a coastal Albanian town near Valona. Greek reports say troops skirted the port and artillery has complete control, with works under fire to force Italian retreat along the Adriatic coast.
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Athens
Caimara
Valona
Adriatic
Chimara
Mine Inspection Bill Sabotaged by Shannon Say
Representative Shannon of Missouri charged in the house that a bill for federal inspection of all coal mines was sabotaged. He said petition signers were withdrawn due to local commercial bodies valuing dividends to mine shareholders over miners' lives.
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Washington
Shannon
D.-Mo
Mannheim Hit New Blows by Bomb Raiders
RAF planes blasted Mannheim and Ludwigshaven last night and attacked Flushing Dunkerque and Calais ports. It followed a weekend of raids on the Rhineland rail hub, with only one RAF plane lost. Swiss reports hinted possible strikes into Italy.
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London
Mannheim
Ludwigshaven
Flushing
Dunkerque
Calais
Air Ministry
Rhineland
Italy
Switzerland
More Italian Prisoners Are Captured By British
Cairo reports that 35 949 Italian prisoners have been moved to the rear from Sid Barrani in North Africa and several thousand more await transfer. British reinforcements press toward Bardia as 20 000 Italian survivors of the tenth army are trapped in the Libyan port. The general headquarters says artillery harasses Italians in Bardia while preparations outside advance.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sid Barrani
North
Africa
Bardia
Italy
Tenth Army
Associated Press
North England
Manchester
Greece
Chimara
North Africa
Libya
Rumania
Rodolfo Graziani
Balkan Kingdom
Valona
Adriatic Sea
Luftwaffe
Leahys Leave On Naval Vessel For Vichy Post
Admiral William D. Leahy sails from Norfolk aboard the Tuscaloosa for Lisbon en route to Vichy to assume ambassador to France. Mrs Leahy accompanies him as Rear Admiral King and Captain Badger greet them on departure.
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Norfolk
William D. Leahy
Leahy
Naval Operating
Tuscaloosa
Lisbon
Portugal
Vichy
France
Admiral Leahy
Ernest J. King
Atlantic
Oscar Badger
Santa Claus Post Office Feeds Holiday Mail Surge
Santa Claus Indiana faced a burst of tourists and mail as the town’s one-room post office, run by Postmaster Oscar Philipps in Mrs. Annie Martin's General Store, swelled with half a million pieces of mail. Roads into the village of 100 residents were jammed with autos as Christmas approached.
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Santa Claus
Indiana
Ind
St. Nicholas
Annie Martin
Chicken Pox Epidemic Reported in West Virginia
State health department reports eighty nine chicken pox cases in West Virginia for the week ended December 21. Nine counties are incomplete with Harrigan county at 38 cases and Wheeling recording 30 cases. Clarksburg remains unreported while other counties show scattered totals.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Health Department
Harrigan County
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Spies Executed as Network is Exposed in Rome
In Rome two men Aurelio Cocozza and Francesco Ghezzi were executed by firing squad at dawn after being condemned for espionage. Twenty two others, including two women, were imprisoned as authorities crushed an alleged informer network possibly tied to the Taranto raid. Virginio Gayda warned of axis complications if the United States acts.
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Rome
Taranto
Aurelio Cocozza
Francesco Ghezzi
Gayda
Virginio Gayda
Tokyo
United States
Aeronautical Lab Established at Louisville Campus
A new 150000 Wenner Gren aeronautical laboratory will open at the University of Kentucky in Louisville. funded by Axel Wenner Gren Swedish industrialist it will focus on aircraft engine research and teaching. The facility will be ready in early January and will be available to US Army and Navy testing equipment.
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Lexington
Wenner-Gren
University of Kentucay
Axel L. Wenner-Gren
Viking Corporation
United States Army
Navy
Eden Makes Halifax Post as Foreign Secretary
London reports Anthony Eden assumed the foreign secretary role, moving Halifax to ambassador to Washington. Eden's quick cabinet shift signals a potentially tougher British diplomacy and possible closer ties with Soviet Russia after Halifax guided the office through appeasement. Eden, seen as anti-Nazi, had previously visited Moscow, while Halifax departs for Washington early next year.
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London
Anthony Eden
Russia
Lord Halifax
England
Washington
Eden
Halifax
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Foreign Office
Holt Says British Won't Ever Repay Uncle Sam
Senator Holt says aid to Britain should be an outright gift not a loan because repayment is unlikely. He criticizes reductions in relief spending and argues hungry American children are forgotten while billions are proposed for foreign aid.
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Holt
Uncle Sam
Washington
D.-W. Va
Britain
Coal Miner Kills Wife and Himself Near Christmas Services
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on December 23 a 57 year old coal miner Joseph De Marco fatally wounded his estranged wife as she walked from church services then shot himself. De Marco died within thirty minutes and Mrs De Marco died later in hospital from abdominal wounds.
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Connellsville
Andrew W. Thomas
Joseph de Marco
de Marco
Manchester Devastated in Raid Amid Global War News
Allied and Axis positions fill a dramatic war update. German bombers devastate Manchester leaving heavy casualties as Italy and Greece push toward Valona and Chimara falls to Greek forces. British reinforcements surround Bardia in Libya while German divisions pour into Romania and Hungary.
Rome Blamed for Reversal in Africa War
Marshal Rodolfo Graziani blames Egyptian and Libyan reverses on tanks and armored cars not reaching him from Italy. He rejects defeat in North Africa and cites British crush superiority as the cause of retreat from Egypt while noting Italian forces were outnumbered. Continued on page ce.
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Richard G. Maslock
Rome
Rodolfo Graziani
Egypt
Libya
Italy
North
Africa
Mussolini
Annibale Bergonzoll
Bardia
Send Flowers or Stevens' Home Made Mt dy Always Fresh
Local shop promotes fresh flowers and Stevens home made mountain dew style beverage with emphasis on freshness and regional sourcing. Customer options highlighted include bouquets and homemade drinks advertised as daily specials.
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Stevens
Mt Dy
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Dixie
Mary Lou Ridenour
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Dupont
South Carolina
Royal Air Force
Leahys
Oscar Philipps
Executive
Washington, D. C
U. S
Marshal Graziani
Turner
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