Two youths admit attack on barrister Loveless killed
Cumberland Kentucky patrolman said two 16 year old boys Suspected in the killing of Ward Loveless 51 year old Washington attorney. Officers said the youths Ho bac k 16 Bluefield West Virginia and Je Peters 16 Norfolk Virginia were arrested near dawn at a motel in alachia Virginia and brought to Cumberland. Police found magazines for an automatic pistol in their possession. The youths were held pending arrival of Virginia authorities.
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Cumberland
Cumberland City
Jimmy Johnson
Virginia
Ward Loveless
Washington
Johnson
Paul Bernard Hoback
Bluefield
W. Va
Je Peters
Norfolk
Alachia
Loves
Rules on Gas Tax Refunding
Harleston November 27 The state court of claims ruled in its first gasoline tax refund case that it would not recommend payments when the claimant failed to file a refund application within 60 days of purchase or delivery. The 60 day period is provided by the tax law. The opinion denying Del Balso Construction Corp 133.65 dollars for taxes on gasoline bought in 1941 was among three handed down. Only Aspinall and Co Weston was recommended for 50.54 dollars for damages to a company car damaged by a State Road Commission snowplow truck March 8 1941 while parked on a Weston street. Also rejected was 350 dollars sought by Harold R Harper and wife Belmont county for damages to their car in a collision on route 290 near Hundred See page 4.
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Harleston
State Court of Claims
del Balso Construction Corporation
Neely
William JH
Belmont County
Steel board asks firms if arbitration decision will be binding
President Roosevelt's three man arbitration board sent telegrams to nine steel company executives asking if they will accept the forthcoming decision as binding and whether they want to reaffirm or clarify their positions and appear before the board. Reports said Republic Steel and National Steel had not agreed to abide by the board's ruling.
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New York
Roosevelt
John R. Steelman
Steel Company
Full National Defense Board
Republic Steel Corporation
National Steel Corporation
Theatre notices invite Barbara Peacock to two local showings
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Barbara Peacock of Florence Street to tonight's Strand showing Life With Caroline and to the Dixie’s current double bill Riders of the Purple Sage and Private Nurse.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Barbara Peacock
Florence Street
Caroline
Strand Theater
Dixie Theater
Charges After Meter Feeder Nets 50 Cent Fee
In aStoria Oregon Patrolman Jack Peavy pins a man for a coin scam at street meters. The suspect charged a 50 cent fee for every over time parking, a conduct now under review by Judge O K Atwood.
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Astoria
Ore
Jack Peavy
O. K. Atwood
Nazis Press Moscow Front as German Forces Tighten Ring
London dispatch says German armored units pushed at the Moscow defenses from Stalinogorsk east of Tula and in the Volokolamsk sector. Reports claim German gains near the town of Venev while Russian lines claim some Red army successes on Moscow’s critical flanks. News notes the blockade around Moscow remains unresolved with heavy fighting and high German losses in recent days.
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London
Germany
Moscow
Stalinogorsk
Volokolamsk
Red Army
Tula
Venev
Welders Wait Work Order In Morgantown
In Morgantown on November 27 striking welders of the United Brotherhood of Welders discussed resuming work under an open shop pact with no dues. They seek a separate AFL charter and threatened to halt further ammonia plant construction if no agreement with Pittsburgh’s Steamfitters Local 449 is reached by week’s end.
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Morgantown
American Federation of Labor
Riggs - Distler Pipe Company
Pittsburgh Union
Riggs Distler Company
Waynesmurder indictments advanced for two defendants
Wayne circuit court will docket today the murder cases of Ottie Null a 43 year old Kenova housekeeper and Garfield Frazier 60 a deaf mute named in Wayne county grand jury indictments. Null linked to the September 7 death of 11 year old Roberta Reynolds. Frazier tied to the October 25 shooting death of Dan Hill at his uncle’s farm. The indictments were among 38 true bills.
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Frazier
Dan Hill
Louisa
Glenhayes
Hill
U S Ambassador Arrives Back From Moscow Route
United States ambassador to Russia Lawrence A. Steinhardt lands at La Guardia after flying from Moscow via Africa. He heads to Washington to report on Soviet stance and the impact of U S lend-lease aid under the Nazi threat.
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U. S
Russia
Laurence A. Steinhardt
LaGuardia Airport
New York City
Moscow
Africa
Washington
Fear call of second strike rocks harbor yards
Independent welders voted to strike again if needed and threaten action as Atlantic Shipyards brace for possible walkout. California Shipbuilding reported an agreement to avoid a strike while Navy officials urged restraint to preserve public support for wartime labor solutions. Welders demanded autonomy amid union dues burden.
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Los Angeles
Harbor
California Shipbuilding Corp
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
11Th Naval District
San Diego
United Welders, Cutters and Helpers of America
AFL International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor
California
Maritime Commission
Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp
Scott Turns V for Victory Into Valuable Patent
Tulsa based Pratho P Scott, sales manager for a Tulsa boat company, patented a V for Victory emblem after designing a V-for-victory pennant. The design, once used in jewelry and clothing, may now require royalties from commercial users.
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Scott
Tulsa
Okla
Pratho P
Beatty
Scotty
Britain
Tuls& Boat Company
War or Peace Issue Put Up 10 Japanese Envoys Cable
The United States put the peace or war issue in the Pacific to Japan, offering basic principles essential for peace and security in the Far East. Secretary Hull presented the U S position to Japanese ambassador Nomura and Saburo Kurusu, seeking common ground at a critical juncture.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Japan
Far East
Tokyo
Greater East Asia
Hull
Hichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Swindler Gets Three Years For Counterfeit Fraud
Charleston, Nov 27. William H. Milam 51 real estate man South Charleston sentenced to three years in Atlanta penitentiary and fined 1000 dollars after Convicted of taking 425 dollars from an aged couple by posing as a federal officer seeking counterfeit money. Harry L Bryant 38 St Albans admitted participating. John Curtis 76 and his wife were sentenced to two years in Lewisburg federal prison after a five minute jury deliberation. Curtis said a man came to his home last June claiming counterfeit reports and asked to see savings. ten days later the man returned took the bad money and left an envelope claimed to contain good money which proved to be newspapers.
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Charleston
William H. Milam
South Charleston
Atlanta
Harry L. Bryant
St. Albans
John Curtis
Lewisburg
Curtis
World War II Fraternal Contret Neely Says
Governor Matthew M. Neely of West Virginia speaking at a Moose lodge initiation supper in Harrisburg frames the current global conflict as a battle between fraternalism and anti fraternalism dating to Biblical times. He argues democracy in the United States tests the right of a man to join an organization, not his own choice, tracing the fraternal wars to Cain and Abel.
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Harrisburg
Matthew M. Neely
West Virginia
Neely
Loyal Order of Moose
United States
Cain and
Abel
Price Control Faces Battle in House Pushback
The administration backed price control bill faces new obstacles as house groups seek to send it back to committee for study and possible revision. A Thanksgiving recess paused a Friday vote on allowing government buys and sells to stabilize prices, while Republicans oppose licensing dealers and farm states balk at excluding wage controls. The farm bloc was warned recommital could yield a far more drastic measure.
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Washington
House
Farm Bloc
McCormack
D-Mass
International Crisis For Typical Britisher
A wireless telegram to British Vice Consul Michael Robb in Miami reports a king's courier staying at a hotel before boarding a Pan American clipper to Bogota Colombia. The courier left no papers but his monocle is described as the clue, with Robb paying $3 for the express.
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Miami
Michael Robb
Bogota
Colombia
Robb
Solon Norris favors break with France
Senator Norris of Nebraska calls Marshal Petain the tool of Hitler and urges severing diplomatic relations with the Vichy regime. He questions current Franco German talks and warns France may be an enemy, while Senator Connally warns of betrayal if Vichy yields North Africa or the French fleet.
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Washington
Norris
Ind
Marshal Petain
Hitler
United States
France
New York
Iit
Connally
Senate’ Foreign Relations Committee
Vichy
North Africa
Drunk Canary Battles Dog in Atlanta Party Tale
Mrs. Clint Hager claims her pet canary Dopey has a taste for whisky and tobacco and sometimes fights. The featherless bird hatched a year ago after a nest fall and was revived with whisky in a shoe box incubator. Dopey now swoops in for a drink during parties and helps himself from guests.
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Atlanta
Dopey
Clint Hager
Longies Coming Back Due To Army And Navy Styles
New York reports a revival of long underwear in modern two piece woolly form. The design is streamlined and lightweight to prevent scratching, weighing about a pound and a half with roughly 50 percent wool. Army Navy influence boosts 1941 civilian demand by about 150 percent over two years ago.
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New York
Credit Army, Navy
British relief column joins Tobruk garrison in Egypt
Cairo dispatch reports Nov 27 that a relief column recaptured Rezegh and linked with Tobruk defenders. New Zealand forces with tanks advanced northward to meet the column, as a ten day battle continued with stiff fighting around Rezegh and along the frontier into Egypt.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Rezegh
New Zealand
Egypt
Tobi
New
Zealand
T 7
Hamed
War's Future in Near East War's Future in Near East
War’s future hinges on the Near East theater with William C ee named special presidential server, stressing its growing importance alongside the Russian front. The article suggests a decisive land operation may come from eastern Germany via Russian routes, as allies aim to deliver the coup de grace to the Geninagis.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
William Cee
Near East
Germany
Miss Viola Hedrick Sees Double Feature at Opera Holise
The Grafton Sentinel notes 102 year old Miss Viola Hedrick attending tonight's double bill at the Opera Holise theater featuring Lone Hider Fights Back and Criminals Within.
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Grafton Sentinel
Viola Hedrick
Holise Theater
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Petain
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