Cumberland Division Chief Named in Meating Promotion
John E Edwards Jr is promoted to Cumberland Md division superintendent with headquarters in Grafton, after three years as Monongah division head. The move follows the death of Galloway and the promotion of Hoskins to general manager. Carver becomes Wheeling division superintendent. Edwards’ popularity noted as he takes Cumberland post.
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John Edwards, Jr
Monongah
Grafton
Cumberland
Edwards
Galloway
Hoskins
Manepstérma Lines
C.M
Bi Carver
Wheeling
Carver
Cumberfon Fds
Baltimore
Japan Faces Severe 1941 Material Shortages
Washington reports Japan struggles to purchase vital raw materials abroad after 43 months of war in China. Japanese buying power in the United States is limited to about 20 million dollars, roughly 15 percent of prewar volumes, with future U S purchases tied to Japanese exports and newly mined gold.
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Lloyd Lerrers
Washington
Japan
China
United States
Stik Liltes
Theatre Ticket for Grafton Sentinel Tonight
Mrs E M Mavoy of 444 Walnut Street is invited to attend tonight's Strand Theatre presentation Our Find Out featuring Kay V and His College of Musical Lodge and Escape to Glory with O'Brien and Constance Benit at the Dixie Theatre.
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The
Grafton Seniinel
E. M. M'Avoy
Walnut Street
Kay V
College of Musical Lodge
Strand Theatre
O'Brien
Constance Benit
Dixie Theatre
Ford Strike Threatens Ford Motor Company
Detroit December 31 United Automobile Workers CIO threatened a strike at Ford Motor Company accusing it of ignoring national defense needs and rehiring obligations The union seeks federal intervention and cites President Roosevelt fireside chat urging compliance Michael F Widman Jr said government action is needed to ensure Ford responds to the appeal The notice trails into continuation on page six
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers (Cio
National Defense
Uaw-Cio
Roosevelt
Michael F. Widman, Jr
Ford
John R. Steelman
Conciliation Service
Department of Labor
Widman
Less Meat For Britons Prospect In New Year
London December 31 Lord Woolton food minister in a broadcast urged Britons to eat more homegrown potatoes and oats and warned that we shall have to do with less meat in 1941 He warned the danger to food supplies now is greater than in the last war and appealed to housewives to go easy with the can opener He said he was counting on voluntary abstinence to avoid rationing The enemy is sinking food ships and the danger is worse than in the last war
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London
Lord Woolton
British Flag Torn Down in Nazi Riot at Hamburg Office
In Cristobal on December 31 employees of the Hamburg American Line tore down stamped on and spat upon the red ensign of the British merchant fleet hoisted by pranksters overnight above the Nazi premises. A noisy crowd watched as the flag was ripped from display and the workers retreated inside.
Wheeler Urges Peace Move by U S Senator Urges End to War
Senator Wheeler of Montana calls for immediate end to the war and accuses President Roosevelt of resisting peace efforts. He says the United States must pursue negotiations while warning that the nation is not marching toward war. Verne Marshall claims a Nazi peace offer was rebuffed, but a conference could still be arranged with approval.
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Washington
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Whaeeler
Verne Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
Marshall
State Easily Able To Fill Coming CCC Quota
Charleston reports that West Virginia can easily fill its January CCC quota of 1444 men. Wilma Holderby, who oversees CCC selection, said there is a backlog of over 2800 acceptable youths seeking forest camp entrance. Industrial Kanawha county and the northern panhandle show fewer applicants, but rural areas supply enrollees. Quotas reflect both applicants and county population.
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Charleston
CCC
West Virginia
Wilma Holderby
Noted Art Critic Named To Direct Camouflaging
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Homer Schiff Saint-Gaudens, director of fine arts at Carnegie Institute, recalled to active duty to assist in industrial camouflage. He will report to the army engineers in Washington, noting the army’s growth requires novices and ongoing plans on hiding. He cautions most schemes are useless but seeks the worthwhile tenth.
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Pittsburgh
Uncle Sam
Homer Schiff Saint-Gaudens
Carnegie Institute
Former Superintendent of Asylum Dies at 74
Dr. M. D. Cure former Weston State hospital superintendent died at home from a heart ailment aged 74. A World War II captain, he was a renowned physician and surgeon who practiced in Lewis county for 25 years. Survived by his widow and two sons Mortimer of Law Salvador Central America and Thomas of East Chicago Ind.
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M. D. Cure
Weston State Hospital
Cure
Lewis County
Mortimer Cure
Law
Salvador
Central America
Thomas Cure
East Chicago
Ind
Morettalian Prisoners Reported in Greek War Front
Athens December 31 More than 1000 new prisoners were reported marching back to Greek concentration camps from the Albanian battlefront. An Italian battalion officers and all were said to be among those captured as Greek forces continued steady advances. The fascist high command claimed renewed Italian counter attacks and some Alpine ski troops were among the prisoners. Details on sectors and captured guns were not provided.
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Athens
Spes
Ne ¢Command
Ne Grn
Ski
Thein
High Command
Independence Hall Bell Rings In New Year 1941
In Philadelphia the Independence Hall bell will peal 180 times at midnight to welcome 1941. Staff will ascend the tower to swing the clapper in the sequence 1 9 4 1, followed by 165 strokes marking the years since the Liberty Bell first rang in that tower for the Declaration. The bell itself now sits on the first floor encased for preservation.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Five Men Trapped in Mine Reported Safe
Five miners were trapped behind a 10 foot roof fall in the Kent No 2 mine near Indiana Pa about 18 miles southwest of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company community. Rescue crews worked through debris and maintained contact with the miners, with authorities hopeful they would be freed later today or tonight. The company said the five were receiving adequate air.
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Indiana
Kent No. 2
Rochester and
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Fear of Poison Gas Use in World War II
The piece discusses fears that poison gas could be used in World War II, noting no gas has yet been deployed. It cites DeWitt MacKenzie describing the London bombing as a brutal preview of wartime horrors and warns that desperate acts, including chemical warfare, could arise as the conflict intensifies.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
Police Seek Attacker Of Pretty Farm Girl
State police searched farm buildings near Yocumtown Pa after neighbors reported an earlier attack on Esther Firestone a 17 year old farm servant found bound and gagged in a ditch. A trapper George L Snyder found her condition described as satisfactory with no evidence of attack.
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Yocumtown
Harrisburg
Pretty Esther Firestone
George L. Snyder
National Defense Roads Urged for West Virginia Share
West Virginia to receive 1.55 million dollars in federal aid for highway improvements and grade crossing removals for the next fiscal year. Federal Works Administrator John H. Carmody urged prioritizing national defense roads, with states selecting projects and supervising construction under federal approval. West Virginia’s breakdown includes 1.095 million regular aid, 191 thousand feeder roads, and 264 thousand for grade crossings.
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Washington
West Virginia
Federal
John H. Carmody
Carmody
Iceland War Trade Sparks Island Prosperity
Baltimore dispatch reports Iceland a wartime boom driven by fishing and meatmeal exports. Hekla crew noted 30,000 residents aboard, 80,000 guards and bustling streets as Icelanders shift to aid England. Not a single able-bodied man is idle among about 130,000 natives.
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Baltimore
Reykjavik
Hekla
Iceland
England
Stump resigns as unemployment department head
Charleston dispatch reports John B. Stump Jr resigns as director of the department of unemployment compensation, accepted by Governor Holt to take effect January 13. Stump plans private practice in Clarksburg. Governor-elect Neely will appoint a successor at inauguration January 13.
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Charleston
John 8. Stump, Jr
Department of Unemployment Compensation
Holt
Stump
Clarksburg
M. M. Neely
Accused Man Ends His Life In Charleston Case
A 19 year old Floyd Hypes admitted with Earl Sanford that they beat Callie Hoffman a Charleston taxi driver to death near Spring Hill. Sanford shot himself Sunday in hospital. state police could not question him. Hypes slated for arraignment before Magistrate H G Thayer. (Continued on Page 4).
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Charleston
Smith’s Creek
Callie Hoffman
H. G. Thayer
J. Blackburn Watts
Floyd Frederick Hypes
Earl H. Sanford
Hoffman
Spring Hil
Sanford
C. F. Sayre
Deatherage Calls More Witnesses In Suit Big
In Charleston on December 31 additional witnesses testified in federal district court in a suit by Geo rge Deatherage of St Albans against American Rolling Mills. Deatherage, a construction engineer and former head of the Knights of the White Camellia, seeks an accounting for a metal piling design he says he submitted in 1932. He testified the firm returned his plans saying they were not interested and later advertised a product of the type he proposed, claiming no credit or value for his submission.
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Charleston
Geo | Tge Deatherage
Free nursing service cuts Wetzel County maternal deaths
Wetzel county mothers received help from a free nursing program described by Dr. Don V. Hatton in the West Virginia Medical Journal. The test targeted rural deliveries, with two full time nurses serving the western area and funded by the state health department and the child welfare program.
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Charleston
Wetzel County
West Virginia Medical Journal
Don V. Hatton
New Martinsville
State ‘Health Department
Australia Welcomes 1941 Fifteen Hours Ahead of U S
New York heard a CBS broadcast at 9 a m marking 12 midnight in Melbourne with a toast to the boys overseas. Australia’s clocks run 15 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. A restaurant in Melbourne reportedly transmitted the signal as a crowd sang Auld Lang Syne and God Save The King.
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New York
Australia
CBS
Melbourne
Merchant Shipping Losses Reported by London Admiralty
The Admiralty announced that 43,300 tons of merchant shipping were lost in the week ending December 22 due to enemy action. Eighteen ships were sunk, including 15 British vessels totaling 32,849 tons and three neutral ships of 10,451 tons. Naval circles noted a lower sinking rate lately, suggesting submarine counter-measures may reduce the impact of attacks.
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London
Admiralty
Berlin Nazi Press Dismisses Roosevelt Address as Weak
German press terms Roosevelt Sunday night speech undignified and weak in argument. Hitler reply deemed unconvincing and an appeal to American baser instincts. Berlin sources say comments reflect Nazi stance not to be provoked and anticipate Britain’s defeat. Jewish press blamed for provocation.
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Louis Lochner
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
United States
Front Pe
Germany
Bey
Thal
Jess
Britain
Em Press
Senators Call for Higher Taxes to Fund Deficit
In Washington on December 31, 1924, Senators Connally and Johnson proposed boosted taxes on personal and corporate income electricity cosmetics and industrial products to raise at least one billion dollars more revenue. Connally said the plan targets high earners with higher rates and will require substantial contributions from those earning over ten thousand dollars.
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Vts
Washington
Connally
D.-Tex
Johnsson
D.-Cole
My Congress
Ito
Grafton Sentinel Promotes Tonight's Opera House Showing
The Grafton Sentinel invites readers to Mrs Zada SroexObe at 2434 West Main Street to attend tonight's presentation of Seven Binners starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne, current attraction at the Opera House theatre.
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Grafton Bentinel
Zada SroexObe
West Main Street
Seven Binners
Eith Marlene Dietrich
John Wayne
Opera House
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Cumbe Cumberland Division
F.G. Hoskins
Pa Horn
Eastern Lines
Tokyo
Poe
Dixie
Ray Aten
Sen. Wheeler
U.S
Montana
Solon
Tive
Kingston
Tenn
Pleas Hickman
Geneva Powell
Rock Castle
Hitler
Brand
Undienigt
Italy
Senate
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Eo House
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