War time labor strife at Cherry River lumber mill
Telegrams from editor B E Thompson of Nicholas Republican claim Cherry River Lumber Co Richwood WV employs about 1000, is at Pearl Harbor order ship, with two labor groups vying for representation. Gunfire and firings after war entry reported, governor urges arbitration. company cites 180 percent operations and defense orders amid saboteur fears.
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B. E. Thompson
Nicholas Republican
Richwood
W. Va
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company
Missisnippi
Pearl Harbor
C. I. QO
C. L QO
Puuity
Japan
M. M Neely
West Virginia
Copany
Manos Organization
Frank Knox
Navy
Mr. Knox
Stimeon
J. Edgar Heever
W. H. Wilson
Six Hurt in Multiple Monroe Accidents Christmas Eve
Six persons were injured in separate accidents and two fires occurred Wednesday night as Monroe residents marked Christmas Eve. Mr and Mrs Jolissaint of 100 Montgomery Street West Monroe suffered back injuries and a sprained ankle in a collision at Washington and North Sixth. Robert Be Doit 13, son of EB Be Doit at 616 North Sixth, cut lip. Dorothy Benoit 12 and Joycelyn Jolissaint were uninjured. James Regal 19 of 106 North Seventh, taxi company truck driver, bruised leg. Except Regal all injured were treated at St Francis Sanitarium and released. The Jolissaint car was struck by the taxi while returning from midnight mass. Continued on Seventeenth Page.
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Monroe
R. €. Jolissaint
Montgomery Street
West Monroe
Joclissaint
Washington and
North Sixth Streets
Robert BeDoit
EB. J BeDoit
North Sixth Street
Dorothy Benoit
Joycelyn Joissaint
R. C. Jolissaint
James Regal
North Seventh Street
Regal
St. Francis Sanitarium
Watcher Ends Life in Observation Post in Connecticut
The body of Herbert Thompson Jr an air raid watcher was found at his observation post in Stonington Conn. The medical examiner said he committed suicide. Thompson a retired New York auditor was due off duty but volunteered to cover the shift for two women who were to take over. His family offered no reason for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonington, Conn
Herbert Thompson, Jr
Thuran P. Maine
Thompson
New York
Two Japanese Vessels Sunk In Luzon War Report
Manila reported that two Japanese naval vessels were sunk and two more likely sunk by U S submarines in Far Eastern operations. Philippine defense lines held largely unchanged as Japanese troops continued to arrive. Admiral Hart confirmed submarine successes and noted a large transport and minesweeper destroyed or likely sunk. Land fighting saw fresh reinforcements. Manila considered an open city.
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Manila
Dec
United States
Far Eastern
Philippine
Luzon
Thomas C. Hart
United States Army
Japanese destroyer sunk by Dutch submarine in Java waters
A Dutch submarine torpedoed and sank a Japanese destroyer of the Amagiri class in Batavia Java. The Dutch sub escaped depth charges from another destroyer and reported its success through the Aneta news agency.
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Batavia
Java
N. E
Aneta
Marines Hold Wake Island After Epic Siege
Wake Island defenders, 378 Marines, repelled three earlier landings amid heavy bomber raids. Japanese assaults intensified on December 23 as most ordnance was exhausted. only a lone three-inch battery remained, yet bravery and resilience defined the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wake
United States
Alamo
Pacific
John Paul Jones
Navy
Woman killed by two shotgun blasts in Kalamazoo
Mrs Mila dred Whipple, 29, was killed at her home near Kalamazoo while placing Christmas gifts for her two children Delores, 5, and Billie, 8. Sheriff Struble said Joseph Salpatrick, a former professional boxer, confessed to shooting the woman because she had been seeing other men. The incident occurred shortly after midnight on Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Mildred Whipple
Charles W. Struble
Kalamazoo County
Joseph Salpatrick
World War II Dispatches From Across Fronts
Tokyo reports surrender of Hong Kong ending an 11 day siege. Philippines fighting continues with a Christmas lull. Japanese invade new beachheads near Manila. U S troops plus hold lines and destroyer actions against Japan. British stiffen on Singapore drive and capture Bengasi. North Africa shows Italian and German movements. Roosevelt and Churchill plan Christmas war hours. Philippines outlook grim with possible Archipelago loss. Russians report gains on central and southern fronts. Newly captured prisoners testify to German morale decline.
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Tokyo
Hongkong
Philippines
Manila
United States Army
United States
Kuching
Sarawak
North Borneo
Singapore
Bengasi
Libya
Roosevelt
Churchill
War Department
Honolulu Remains Under Martial Law on Christmas Eve
Honolulu observes a blackout on Christmas Eve for the first time in modern history as authorities enforce martial law banning hard liquor. Service members stay at post amid ongoing alert following the December 7 attack, with the memory of that strike still fresh.
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Honolulu
Placid
Good Fellows Complete Best Year's Work
After the 1941 campaign ends, Salvation Army leaders Major and Mrs. Hammer and B. B. Martin coordinated the fund. Otis Passman, Robert Gryder, and C. L. Grimsley aided with meat and distribution. All baskets were filled at 110 South Grand, then delivered by city trucks within Monroe and West Monroe. In Monroe 220 baskets went to white families and 150 to colored families under Dr. A. J. Chandler’s supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Martin
Otis Passman
Robert Gryder
C. L. Grimsley
Salvation Army Good Fellows
South Grand Street
Monroe
A. J. Chandler
West
Baxters Receive Finest Christmas Gift
Davenport Indiana December 25. The F H Baxter family celebrates as Eldon Baxter 21 from Honolulu sends airmail so he survived the Pearl Harbor attack. His father calls the letter the greatest possible Christmas present and Mrs Baxter agrees. The family had learned on December 16 that he was killed in the Pearl Harbor attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
F. H. Baxter
Roosevelt and Churchill Busy on War Plans
Roosevelt and Churchill devote Christmas to war planning as the Philippines fate hangs uncertain. The war department warns of possible further bad news and the likely loss of the islands, while Japan shifts from holding attacks to a full assault on the Philippines.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
W Shington
Philippines
War Department
Japan
Singapore
America
Far East
Christmas War Echoes From Bethlehem and Moscow
War time Christmas unfolds with Bethlehem’s soldiers at worship and sentries guarding the Church of the Nativity while Moscow’s Red Star papers depict a grim Santa delivering a calendar to Hitler. In Washington, Christmas is observed as a workday at the White House after ceremonies marking a wartime holiday.
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Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
Britain
Household Cavalry
Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
Red Star
Santa Claus
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Washington
White House
British seize Bengasi port as axis supply hub falls
Britain reports capture of Bengasi the key axis supply port east of Tripoli after a 340 mile Libyan desert sweep begun November 18. British forces occupy the gulf city while Rome claims Mussolini’s command repelled a British attempt to overrun the region. German high command notes only that North Africa operations continue.
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Britain
Bengasi
Tripoli
Cirensica
Libya
Gulf of
Sirte
Tripolitania
Middle East
Gulf City
Rome
Mussolini
Bengali
North Africa
King George VIs Christmas Message Broadcast
King George VI issued a brief Christmas message from Windsor, sending remembrance and sincere good wishes to the empire. He thanked service members and those suffering, delivering the address from his country home as Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret listened nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George VI
Empire
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Freighter Torpedoed Off U S Shore Near Long Beach
A submarine torpedoed the 5,696-ton lumber freighter Absaroka off the California coast causing one death, with a second torpedo misfiring. Joseph Ryan, 63, of San Francisco, died in a lumber collapse aboard the McCormick line vessel. The Absaroka was towed to port after jettisoning cargo as planes and depth bombs roared nearby.
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California
Absaroka
Joseph Ryan
San Francisco
McCormick Line
Navy
Dorothy Phillips
Four in family killed in Dixie Flyer crash near Evansville
An Evansville father Garfield Burden and his three grown sons Avery 32 Billy and Basil were killed when the car they rode in returning from a hunting trip was struck by the Dixie Flyer train a mile north of Evansville Indiana.
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Evansville
Ind
Chicago and
Eastern Illinois
Here
Garfield Burden
Avery
Billy
Basil
Britain loses Hongkong in Far East siege surrender
Imperial Tokyo announced the British garrison in Hongkong surrendered after 11 days of siege. Hongkong, a major port with over a million residents, falls 750 miles from Manila as Japan expands its foothold in the Philippines area. Free French report de Gaulle’s forces seize St Pierre and Miquelon off Newfoundland as U.S. and Allied actions press in the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Imperial
Tokyo
Hongkong
Britain
Far East
Japan
Manila
London
Charlies de Gaulle
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Newfoundland
Philippines
United States Army
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Free French occupy St Pierre and Miquelon
Free French warships landed forces to seize the fishing islands of St Pierre and Miquelon off Newfoundland and called a plebiscite on allegiance to Free France. Vice Admiral Emile Muselier announced the occupation in the name of the Free French committee, stating it reflected the wishes of the population. General Charles de Gaulle was noted as leader.
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Associated Press
London
Free French
St Pierre
Miquelon
Newfoundland
Free France
Vichy
Emile Muselier
Free French Committee
Muselier
England
Canada
Charles de Gaulle
Torrance to be freed then re arrested in murder case
In Monterrey Mexico a federal judge ruled insufficient evidence to detain Dr Arthur Torrance 54 author and explorer on murder charges of his wife State Judge Jesus B Santos ordered immediate rearrest claiming new evidence not shared with the federal court Santos said he would comply and re arrest the British born explorer Torrance contends his wife died in an accident
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Monterrey
Mexico
Arthur Torrance
Jesus B. Santos
Torrance
Santos
Ramirez Viella
Terrance
Emanaly
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Wayne Record
Bourbon
Edith Feck
Donald Graham
Peter Sahaida
Mary Sabana
Filia Herberger
Lowise Kirtan
Carl Michalka
Ernest Netsel
Edward Janie
Albert Paul Hammer
Ule
Ninth and
Allen Streets
James Fowler
Fowlers
Margaret Brethold
Westbrook
Pegler
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Spirit of America
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