War Fears Dull New Year Joy Worldwide
Across the globe war shadows darken celebrations as Hitler pledges victory for 1941 and leaders vow retaliation. Mussolini silent, Petain foresees hunger in France, and Sino Japanese fighting continues while the Americas hope for peace.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Burgland
Wilson Churchill
Germany
Benito Mussolini
France
Phillippe Petain
Pacific
Americas
Hemisphere
West Virginia Governor Sees Improved 1941 Prospects
Observances mark New Year as state eyes prosperity amid defense program expansion. Governor Homer A. Holt delivers a hopeful message noting improved economic conditions and stronger confidence for 1941, with many predicting gains from national defense efforts.
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Associated Press
Homer A. Holt
West
Local Theatre Notices At Dixie Strand Present Sidney Jer Sky Murder
The Gratton Sentinel invites Mrs W D Frey to tonight's Dixie Theatre showing of Sky Murder with Walter Pidgeon and Jeannie Chan, and the Strand screens Bittersweet starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
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He Gratton
Sentinel
W. D. Frey
Beech Street
Order
New York
Five rescued from coal mine disaster in Indiana Pa
Five miners survived an 18 hour entombment after a slate collapse three miles below the drift mine in Indiana Pa. Thirteen others escaped as the cave in trapped 18 hours earlier. The men, wrapped in blankets and exhausted, were led to safety around 8 o clock EST.
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Indiana
Louis Canton
Slayer of In Law Surrenders to Troops on Murder Charge
Walter Temple 38 of Montgomery waited in jail for grand jury action after surrendering to state troopers and being held on a murder charge for fatally shooting his sister in law Rosa Temple during a Christmas day family altercation.
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Montgomery
Walter Temple
Sstate
Grand Jury
W. R. Seal
Justice of the Peace
G. M. Hancock
Temple
Rosa Temple
Road contractor dies in accidental gunshot at Gauley Bridge
Richard Staples, 28, a road contractor, died from a pistol wound in a hotel room at Gauley Bridge. His bride of a few weeks claimed the weapon was accidentally discharged. Staples Construction, run by his mother Mrs Tom Staples, awaits the road job near Gauley Bridge.
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Staples
Gauley Bridge
Tom Staples
Richard
Staples Construction Company
Jon
Alcohol Tax Unit to Equip Cars with Radio
Donald B. Tydings, investigator in charge of the West Virginia federal alcohol tax unit, announced that short wave radio receiving sets will be installed in the unit's 10 automobiles. This will enable agents to receive broadcasts from the state police system.
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Charleston
Donald
Tydings
West Virginia
Reuther Plan Turned Down by Defense Experts
Washington reports defense production experts deem the Walter Reuther plan to convert idle auto plants and machinery to produce 500 warplanes daily impracticable. The plan, urged by CIO leader Walter Reuther and submitted to President Roosevelt by CIO chief Philip Murray, faced strong opposition from officials.
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Washington
Reuther
Walter Reuther
Organization For Cio
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Roosevelt
Philip Murray
CIO
Two Huntington Papers Receive AP Wirephotos
Huntington papers publish AP wire photos as the Herald-Dispatch and Advertiser inaugurate modern picture service for three papers. The Sunday Herald-Advertiser will also use the pictures gathered nationwide and transmitted by wire to the connected newspapers as Charleston Gazette notes.
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Huntington
Huntington, Herald-Dispatch
Huntington Advertiser
Associated Press
Huntington Publishing Company
Sunday Herald-Advertiser
Charleston
Roosevelt to Expand Views on War Issue
President Roosevelt planned to broaden his war policy as he prepared a state of the union message. He hinted at seeking authority to lend war supplies to Britain and to negotiate repayment in kind or in raw materials, with Monday delivery of the address expected to detail defense and international relations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
State of the Union
Britain
Petain Regime and Nazi Talks Ended in Lisbon
Reuters reports that Marshal Philippe Petain's Vichy government and Germany halted negotiations in Lisbon. Since December 14 Laval was ousted and Fernand de Brinon named as Petain's Paris representative. Laval was freed but not restored to official duties.
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London
Reuters
Lisbon
Philippe Petain
Vichy
Germany
Petain
Pierre Laval
Laval
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Otto Abetz
Adolf Hitler
Federal Reserve seeks powers to curb inflation in war finance
Washington January 1. The Federal Reserve asked congress for powers to prevent inflation from the defense program. Chairman Marriner S Eccles said the move is precautionary and has unanimous backing from the Fed board the presidents of 12 banks and the Federal Advisory Council representing 7000 member banks. The plan aims to curb idle money and balance the federal budget through higher taxes as vast wartime expenditures raise monetary challenges. Continued on page eight.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Congress
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Advisory Council
Review of 1940 Local News From Grafton Sentinel Year in Review
A 1940 month by month recap from the Grafton Evening Sentinel summarizes key local events of the year. Highlights include the death of retired letter carrier Jason Monroe Rogers, Kiwanis leadership change with R.Virgil Rahrbough, bearcats beating Parsons 27 to 18, the death of Bertha Custer Montgomery, repairs delaying the South Grafton bridge, and Grafton High cagers' first Big Ten win over East Port. Additional items mention bootlegger raids by the liquor commission, and ongoing water line issues with James E. Reed reporting.
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Grafton Evening Sentinel
Jason Monroe Rogers
R.virgil Rahrbough
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Grafton Bearcats
Trim Parsons
Bertha Custer Montgomery
Lincoln
Streak
Grafton Bridge
Grafton High Cagers
East Patrmont
Old Philadelphia Paper Sold To New York Group
The Evening Public Ledger, started by Cyrus H. E. Curtis, has been sold for an undisclosed sum to a New York group led by Robert Cresswell former treasurer of the New York Herald Tribune. Trustees of Curtis estate announced the sale last night naming Cresswell president and publisher.
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Philadelphia
Evening Public Ledger
Cyrus H. E. Curtis
Robert Cresswell
New York Herald Tribune
Curtis
Cresswell
Best American public speakers named by expert
President Roosevelt ranks third among the century’s orators, with Abraham Lincoln fourth. Prof. K C Hance of the University of Michigan lists Henry Ward Beecher as the top speaker for his 1863 English speeches that influenced views abroad.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
K. C. Hance
University of Michigan
National Association of Teachers of Speech
Hance
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
England
Defense Program Helps Keep Employment Good
In the fifth Federal Reserve district, November and December employment rose driven by defense contracts. The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reported very few skilled workers unemployed and noted clerical staff growth to manage new contracts. The district includes West Virginia and parts of Virginia with increasing office work to handle orders.
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Richmond
Fifth
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
New Officers Assume Posts In West Virginia Counties
Charleston January 1 Two weeks before the January 13 gubernatorial handover new officials began administering justice and fiscal affairs across West Virginia s 55 counties Herschel H Rose Fairmont and W T Loving Huntington join the state supreme court of appeals replacing Haymond Maxwell and John H Hatcher The 1941 term opens next week Several circuit judges were also elected with others reelected to office in a broad succession plan
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Herschel H. Rose
Fairmont
W. T. Loving
Huntington
Haymond Maxwell
John H. Hatcher
British Bombers Make Daring Daylight Raid
The Air ministry said British bombers attacked targets in Germany Belgium and the Netherlands in daylight yesterday despite unfavorable weather. Bombs were seen on a Cologne factory and objectives at Rotterdam Timuiden docks were attacked. a near Flushing anti aircraft ship was hit and put out of action. Two British aircraft were missing.
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London
Air Ministry
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Cologne
Rotterdam
Timuiden
Flushing
Tallman Reappointed Head of State Police
Tallman, former head coach at West Virginia University, has headed the state police since 1937 and was reappointed for a term ending December 31, 1944, announced a few hours before his term expired at midnight last night.
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Charleston
Holt
Tallman
West Virginia University
New Year in London Amid Bomb Threats and Blackouts
Londoners greeted 1941 with defiance as night streets stayed blacked out and raids scarce. The RAF observed quiet skies while revelers crowded night clubs near St Pauls Cathedral and sang defiant songs, marking a grim but determined start to the year amid ongoing bomb damage.
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London
Ben
St. Paul's Cathedral
Ahd
Hitler
Jess
Italians, Greeks clash as Albanian reinforcements arrive
Greek spokesman reports Italian forces attempting to turn the tide on the Albanian front meet heavy Greek resistance. Fierce fighting rages for heights along the coast near Chimara and toward Valona, with Greek counterattacks breaking up Italian counter offensives in Klisura. Continuation noted on subsequent pages.
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Chimara
Val‘ona
Klisura
Athens
Warren a In. Masked Wild Horse Range at Opera House
Jack Randall stars in the masked act Wild Horse Range at the Opera House theatre with current dourtech as the lead. The fragment references Warren and a performance titled Masked.
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Wild Horse Range
Jack Randall
Dourtech
Opera House Theatre
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