Bitter Cold Wave Paralyzes Transport Across Nation
Bitter cold and winter storms slowed transport from coast to coast with snow fog and subzero temperatures. Deaths were reported in New Jersey and Colorado while western Pennsylvania saw blocked roads and grounded planes though some areas began to resume travel. Head winds delayed arrivals at LaGuardia as conditions shifted and warnings urged extreme caution for motorists in mountain regions.
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Lewis Puzzle in Next Race
Washington December 28 One of the political riddles of 1940 will John L. Lewis back President Roosevelt for a third term May be answered by eloquence or silence when Lewis and his United Mine Workers union meet next month in their golden jubilee convention The miners chief leans to Wheeler in the last three years and has been critical of Roosevelt policies amid unemployment suffering Continued on page six.
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Theatre invites Snider to view Jones family film at venues
The Grafton Sentinel invites Jos F. Snider of 623 Walnut Street to attend tonight's screenings. The Jones family picture Too Busy to Work plays at the Dixie theatre and Shipyard Sally is showing at the Strand theatre, with identification possibly required.
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Pope Visits State Ruler in Historic Papal Perfume
Pope Pius XII visited King Vittorio Emanuele and Queen Elena in Rome marking nearer ties between the Vatican and Italy. The papal procession drew tens of thousands as the Holy Father received benediction, signaling a final easing of Rome’s role as a papal enclave and the modern Italian capital.
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Russia Presses for Black Sea Bases Amid Bulgarian Visit
Moscow reports speculation that Soviet Russia may renew calls for naval bases on the Black sea as a Bulgarian trade delegation arrives. Russia fears its position after Turkey's mutual aid pact with Britain and France. Russia also called more men to service, quantity undisclosed, for the Finnish campaign.
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Japan Suffers Big Losses In China In December
A Chinese army spokesman claimed Japan endured 100000 casualties across fronts in December and that three Japanese vessels were damaged weekly on the Yangtze river. He dismissed Japanese reports of successes as fear and anxiety over heavy losses.
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German protest turned down over internment
BUENOS AIRES December 28. Germany’s protest against internment of the crew of the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee was rejected by the Argentine government last night. The crew, numbering more than 1090, remain in the naval arsenal awaiting transfer to inland provinces.
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Berlin Press Blames Britain France for Finland Slant
Berlin reports that the German foreign office mouthpiece accuses Great Britain and France of urging Finland to resist Soviet Russia to disrupt northern Europe and hinder Germany’s supply lines. The Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz says western powers sought to provoke military and material confusion to block shipments to Germany.
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Steel Magnate Dalton Dies After Bronchial Pneumonia
Cleveland dec 28 Henry G Dalton 77 longtime chairman of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co and head of a major iron ore shipping firm died of broncho pneumonia after a stroke last year and an operation on dec 20 funeral services set for tomorrow he was a leader in the 1930 stock buying push to merge Youngstown Sheet and Tube with Bethlehem Steel and form a company rivaling U S Steel Cyrus Eaton Cleveland financier blocked the merger in court until it was dropped
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Finns Begin Second Push Toward Murmansk Railway
Finland expands defense drive against Soviet Russia with a second thrust aimed at the Murmansk railway. Finnish ski troops and air units press the offensive, with patrols moving toward the railway in the Salia area while Mannerheim line holds against Russian tank assaults.
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Insurance Agent Admits Armed Night Robberies
Cincinnati police released that a 26 year old college graduate employed by day as an insurance agent confessed to participating in 11 armed robberies at night. He was identified as Worth Creech formerly of Richmond and Ages Kentucky. Walter C. Chumley, 24, was arrested with him and both remain jailed on robbery charges. Creech said he graduated from the Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College at Richmond and had taught in Ages before moving to Cincinnati.
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Condemned Slayers Kill Guard On Death Row Attempt
In Raleigh on December 28 a 65 year old state prison guard J S Chesser was bludgeoned to death during a failed escape by two condemned inmates Clarence Rogers and William Young. Superintendent Oscar Pitts said the pair bound and gagged Chesser and beat him fatally hoping to win freedom. Young faced imminent gas chamber execution for a murder and burglary in Hoke County, while Rogers awaited Supreme Court action on a Durham County murder conviction.
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Italians Reported In Finland To Join Fight
British dispatch from Helsinki says unconfirmed reports that 2000 Italian volunteers have arrived at Tornio to fight for Finland against the Soviet Union. Tornio is a Finnish port at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia.
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Hull says trade pacts aid state job growth
Washington reports that reciprocal trade agreements will boost West Virginia employment as demand for American exports rises. The statement notes increased labor needs in export industries and stronger consumer purchasing power, while coal and pottery sectors and some lawmakers oppose the program as unfair competition.
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Production Tieup Ends At Nash-Kelvinator Detroit Plant
About 1000 workers returned to the Nash-Kelvinator plant in Detroit after a one day production tieup caused by internal dissension in the Mechanics Educational Society of America. Seven Kelvinator locals were ejected and blocked the plant before police and union leaders restored order.
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Modern Army Needed Says War Secretary Woodring
War Secretary Woodring declares in his annual report that the United States must maintain an army in being, fully manned and equipped, trained to full efficiency. He argues modern weapons and world conditions require defense not measured by money or manpower alone.
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Many Benefit Claims Will Be Received From Widows, Orphans
The social security expansion will distribute federal benefits in 1940 to about 400,000 wives widows and orphans based on the family wage earner’s retirement annuity or what he would have received. State efforts were previously more individual in scope. The social security board estimates filings will rise as the first old age and survivors payments approach in 1940.
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Police Court Docket Reveals Another Raid at Sports Center
Discovery shows police visited the Sports Center on West Main and seized punchboards. Robert J Reed of 1d Beech Street was docketed in city court, fined 25 dollars with 1 dollar costs paid. the case was reopened with Reed seeking remittance. L C Phillips, tied to Reed, posted a 26 dollar bond for a police court hearing at 6 pm. Officials blamed lack of communication with Sentinel or local papers on the raid. Patrolmen Norman Smith and Paul Sturm were mentioned.
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British Claim Success In Another Mass Flight
London reports a successful reconnaissance over northwestern Germany with one British plane lost. Earlier notes claimed bombers damaged three Dornier aircraft and a patrol ship disabled, while a North Sea coast raid was blocked and a British plane shot down amid heavy German fire.
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Senate Doorkeeper Dies At West Virginia Home
William N. Cole 73, longtime Senate doorkeeper, died at his daughter’s Charleston home after a heart attack. A former U S marshal, Huntington detective agency head, and 1927 bank bandit capture, Cole served Williamson postmaster under Wilson, was a lifelong Democrat, and survived by three sons and three daughters.
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Tremor Toll Soars in Eastern Anatolia After Quakes
Reports from Ankara indicate fresh tremors raise the casualty count to around 9,000 across eastern and northern Anatolia. Fires rage in hundreds of villages as communications fail and towns like Tokat and Erzincan suffer massive destruction with hundreds killed or injured and large military facilities wiped out.
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Russians Put Up Game Fight on Northern Front
At Salmijarvi in the far north of Russia and near the Norwegian frontier, Finnish forces attacked but reportedly failed as Soviet troops mounted a determined stand in the bottleneck to the Arctic outlet. Reinforcements were signaled as Soviets cut toward Salmijarvi then moved south past Nautsi, before being forced to retreat.
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Two German Attacks On West Front Beaten Back
Paris reports French troops repulsed two German assaults on the north flank of the western front. The first attack targeted a hamlet between the Saar River and Vosges mountains, ending in hand-to-hand fighting. A second raid followed an hour later with artillery and mortars, but the German forces were driven off as French advance posts remained in place.
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Five Tularemia Deaths Reported In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh health chief I Hope Alexander said five tularemia deaths occurred this month in the city linked to out of state rabbits with seven other deaths this year. He urged an ordinance to ban sale of rabbits from other states and cited state law on safe wild Pennsylvania cotton.
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Dies Probers Move to Bar Ross from U S
The Dies committee urged blocking Colin Regs, labeled a Nazi propagandist, from reentering the United States. Ross, listed by the State Department as an agent for German interests, was accused of wartime spying and secret service work. He last sailed to Japan in March and is believed in Germany now.
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Theatre Invitation for Mrs Plante and Guests
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. WM. Plante of 109 E. St. Charles Street, Lucille Ball, and Johnnie Mack Brown along with Fury Knight and Bob Baker to a double feature at the Opera House Theatre. The show includes Panama and Trails.
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