Allies Drive Toward Rome in Major Winter Line Breakthrough
Allied forces led by Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark reported a two mile penetration into the German winter line as American and British Fifth Army troops surged toward Rome. Heavy bombardment collapsed German fortifications near Monte Camino while the Eighth Army pierced toward Lanciano and Orsogna, severing rail and road links near the Sangro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pescara
Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Rome
Clark
el Alamein
Egypt
Fifth
Monte Camino
Mignano
Cassino
Camino
Maggiore
Eighth Army
Adriatic
San Vito
Rescara
Lanciano
Montgomery
Treslio
San Vilo
Orsogna
Sangre River
Orsogne
Sangro
Air Offensive Stepped Up Against Cape Gloucester
Allied forces intensified air strikes in western New Britain targeting Cape Gloucester. Liberators Mitch ells and Marauders dropped 179 tons of explosives on the Japanese air base, starting fires and inflicting heavy damage. Ground clashes continued as Australians pushed toward Warro and Nongora on the Huon peninsula, amid near Guadalcanal news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Japan
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Bergen Bay
Huon Peninsula
Warro
Nongora
German Envoy Von Papen Attacks Turkish Entry
German ambassador Franz Von Papen launched a campaign against Turkey joining the war after two weeks in Berlin and talks with Germany's satellites in southeastern Europe. He addressed the Turkish people, claiming he saved them from German attack in 1941 and 1942 and urged continued collaboration to salvage a corner of the world from disaster. He accused the Allies of seeking a peace that would leave Germany unhappy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ee Stanbol
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Berlin
Germany
Europe
von Papen
Weather in West Virginia Turns Warmer Tonight
Fair skies prevail in West Virginia with rising daytime temperatures. Tonight will be fair and not very cool, offering mild conditions for late evening planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Germany Tell Sweden To Mind Own Business
Berlin refused to recognize Sweden's protest over the arrest of 1,200 Norwegian students at Oslo University. Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop urged Sweden to mind its own business and said only Germany's defense against Russia saved Sweden from becoming a theater of war. Stockholm had made an urgent request to cancel arrests and deportations of students charged with illegal activity against Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asst
London
Germany
Sweden
Oslo Universiy
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Berlin
von Robbentrop
Russia
Stockholm
Squabble Among Democrats Bared Over Armed Forces Vote
A rift within Senate Democrats surfaced as Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania accused southern colleagues of allying with Republicans to deprive armed forces of voting rights. He threatened to resign as chair of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee as the chamber rejected the administration service member vote measure for a states rights substitute. The substitute by McKellar McClellan and Eastland would allow military ballots in 1944 but Guffey said it would strip voting rights. House Leader McCormack denounced the substitute as meaningless and signaled a fight to block it unless revised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Guffey
D.-Pa
America
Democratic
McKellar
D.-Tenn
McClellan
D.-Ark
Eastland
D.miss
Capitol
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Five Tons of Tin Scrap Collected in West Virginia
Charles Knapp reports October scrap tin totals in West Virginia with Monongalia County leading at 14 tons, followed by Kanawha and Wood counties each at 14 tons. Knapp, state salvage committee chairman, noted statewide shipments. Also from Moscow, news that Stalin met Roosevelt and Churchill at Tehran indicating improving Allied relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
West Virginia
Knapp
Knapp State Salvage
Monongalia County
Kanawha
Wood Counties
Bombing Blitz Hits Leipzig After Berlin Raid
British RAF heavy bombers launched a 1500 ton strike on Leipzig while a diversion tied up German fighters near Berlin. Fires raged in Leipzig as a night raid confirmed by aerial reconnaissance, with Berlin vowing retaliation and the Luftwaffe facing further pressure in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prose
London
RAF
Berlin
Leipzig
Reich
Air Ministry
New Pay Plan From OPA Modifies Coal Ceiling Adjustments
The Associated Press reports that the Office of Price Administration outlined a procedure for soft coal producers with high cost mines to obtain rapid adjustments beyond new ceiling prices. The general increase was authorized last week to offset wage boosts for miners under the UMW contract. High-cost producers may file a formal application by registered mail with a calculation of increases as per OPA instructions to prevent production disruption due to inadequate returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration Today
United Mine Workers
Interior
Ickes
O.P.A
End of race bitterness urged by Wallace in broadcast
Vice President Wallace declared that class and race bitterness will end when each person uses freedom more consciously in the service of general welfare. He spoke in a radio address for the United Church canvas urging a financial campaign in which Catholics, Jews and Protestants join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
United Church
Pearl Harbor Day Speaker to be Chaplain Rogers
Lieutenant Colonel Ralph W. Rogers senior chaplain at Walter Reed will be principal speaker for Pearl Harbor Day program at 2 30 PM in the Memorial building. He has spent most of his life in the army including five years in Hawaii and service in Iceland. The program features the National Anthem, invocations, choir performances, scripture reading, prayers, and a medley of service songs. Volunteers of the Red Cross and Navy Mothers are urged to attend the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Rogers
Walter Reed General Hospital
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Memorial Building
Hawaii
Iceland
Inis
Rogers
Chicago
Boston
Glenn W. Stewart
Methodist Temple
Woodrow Wilson High School Glee Club
Glenn Sallack
H.R. Nabrit
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Father John Halpin
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Clef Club
Negro Singers
D. D. Crawford
George Bright
Chaplain Rogers
Wood
Police Arrest Seven in City Gambling Raid at Cave Poolroom
City and state police raided the Cave poolroom on Neville Street at 10 30 last night arresting seven. Alex Michael and Charlie Wray charged with operating the gambling house. Five others listed for gambling include Allstock Bart Murdock A Mitchem H Woodyard and Robert Gray now jailed in Raleigh county. Officers found poker chips and cards and evidence suggesting horse race betting. All arraignments set for police court Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville Street
Poice
Tommy Roberts
Roberts
Alex Michael
Charlie Wray
Ed. Allstock
Bart Murdock
A. Mitchem
Hh, Woodyard
Robert Gray
Rileigh County
Big Three confer at Tehran delays on war plans
Allied leaders Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin reportedly held a landmark Tehran conference to map an Allied invasion of Europe and coordinate postwar plans. Berlin radio claimed Turkish leaders would meet Roosevelt and Churchill while Turkey faced disrupted communications and student evacuations. Speculation mounted on a master plan for Europe invasion and postwar constraints on Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Barone
Teheran
Iran
Moscow Radio
Washington
White House
Stephen T. Early
Ismet Ianu
Turkey
Cairo
Russia
Asis
Europe
Japan
Generatissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek
North
Africa
Balkans
Istanbul
Berlin
Inonu
Ffreign
Numan Menemencioglu
Ankara
Stockholm
Tidningen
Budapest
Huntington pool operator gets three years for bribery attempt
Dean R. Living, 35, a Huntington pool room operator, pleaded guilty to attempting to bribe a draft board official. Federal Judge Harry S. Watkins sentenced him to three years and a $1,000 fine after FBI arrested him for offering $500 to destroy his draft file. He pleaded guilty in Charleston federal court last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Dean R
Bus
I'ving Huntington Pool
Ramn
Draft Board
Harry S. Watkins
Viving
Charleston
Ten Given Jobs Charleston
West Virginia has provided home town employment to fifty physically handicapped individuals, according to State Manpower Director Andrew Edmiston. The announcement was made in Charleston as part of the state's employment program for disabled residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Andrew Edmiston
Meadow Bridge Youth Killed in Hunting Accident
Basil Earl Wickline a 16 year old Meadow Bridge resident died in a hunting accident near Fat Creek in the Grandview area police said he was killed instantly when a shotgun fired as he climbed a ledge while handing the gun to a companion. Wickline is reportedly the county's first hunting fatality this season with funeral plans not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Earl Wickline
Meadow Bridge
Fat Creek
Grandview
Young Wickline
George Wickline
W. W. Hulme
Communique To Be Issued On Monday From Tehran Talks
A communique detailing decisions reached at the Tehran conference by President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin will be issued at 1 p.m. Eastern War Time on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Choreht
Statin
Great Problems Thought Solved Great Problems Thought Solved
United States nears the end of its second war year as the War Production Board projects 75 billion dollars in arms production next year, 25 percent above 1943 output, while beginning conversion to civilian goods and easing industry restraints like nuisance orders. The West Coast is set to become a base for Pacific operations after Germany surrenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
United States
War Production Board
Germany
W.P.B
West
Pacific
Food conference seen successful reflects postwar hope
Herbert H. Lehman, director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, pictured the 44 nation relief effort as essential to a secure, lasting postwar world. He said the success of this first joint U N action in relief and rehabilitation could largely influence peace prospects in a broad east broadcast prepared statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert H. Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United Nations
Ickes Plans Coal Allocation to Meet Winter Crisis
Interior Secretary Ickes announced plans to allocate available coal this winter to counter what he called a fuel crisis unparalleled in U S history. He asked Congress for 4 million 550 thousand dollars to fund the program, and a special 2 million dollar supplemental appropriation was approved by the full appropriations committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Une
Senate
Partisan Yugoslavia forms provisional regime in opposition
The Yugoslav Partisans, backed by the Allies and Russia, announced a provisional regime led by Dr. Ivan Ribar with Tito elevated to field marshal. They report 300 Nazis killed in heavy fighting near Glina and Petrinja, with engagements along the Croat Slovenian frontier and a retreat from Debar near the Albanian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Frae
Yugoslav Radio Today
Cairo
Alles
Russia
United Nations
Hitter
Ivan Ribar
Constitutional Assembly
Yugoslavia
Serb Democratic Party
Josip Bron
Tito
Committee For
National Defense
Dream
Hevay
Gling
Petrinja
Croatia
Macedonia
Partisang
Debar
Fight For City Rages Unabated
Chinese communique reports heavy fighting in Changteh with the city largely destroyed by Japanese bombing and shelling. Tokyo says Japanese forces completed occupation after encirclement on Nov 29. Chinese high command cites attempts to enclose Japanese in northern Hunan and successful attacks after repelling counterattacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Changteh
Tokyo
China
Shanghai
Hanchow
Hunan
Speculation on Turley Entry in War Dented by Europe Talks
Reports from Europe indicate Roosevelt and Churchill are conferring with Turkish President on possible Turkish entry against the Axis. The chatter of Turley joining the Allies appears dampened by these diplomatic maneuvers and unclear shifts in Turkish stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turley
Europe
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Landon Opposes Identical Postwar Policy Plan
Former GOP nominee Landon criticizes the idea of Republicans and Democrats adopting the same postwar foreign policy. He urges vigorous GOP stance to balance world peace goals. Senator Vandenberg cautions that general agreement in policy may not fit a specific plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Phe
Associated Press
Washington
Alt M. Landon
Vandenher
R. Mich
Prictien Toe Pour
Landon
Landen
Vandenberg
Senate
Japs See Drive Toward Sumatra
Washington reports British amphibious plans for Sumatra, guarding Singapore approaches as Mountbatten prepares offensives in the Indies. Dutch sources say Sumatra, rich and strategic, could be attacked to retake Singapore, with pincers from the Malay Peninsula and northern Sumatra as possible routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Sumatra
Singapore
Netherlands Indies
Jonis Mountbatten
Nesia
Mount Badten
Matava Peninsula
Soviets Within Eight Miles of Zhlobin Base
Soviet forces reached within eight miles of Zhlobin on the Gomel rail line as German retreat from Gomel continued. Reports say hundreds of thousands of Germans withdrew through Zhlobin while Soviet units struck the Khalch railway station, routed German rearguards, and seized enemy booty. A separate push northwest of Propoisk moved toward the upper Dnieper near Moxley, with 12 towns captured and a fortified height taken as German resistance collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Zhlobin
Gomel
Ukraine
Kremenchug
Cherkasy
Moscow
Zmobin
White Russia
Hlobin Iself
Leningarad-Odessa
Minsky-Gomeleast-west
Cormans
Upper Dnieper
Change In Press Policy Expected Nazis Civen Break On Big Four Story
London sources report a drastic revision of Allied press policy and tighter liaison between British and American censorships. Brendan Bracken has told Parliament that action is needed and is examining leaks about the conference that began a week prior. John G. Winant plans a full report while Bracken eyes a censorship ambassador role in Washington to work with the U.S. Office of Censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civen
London
Goebbels
Brendan Bracken
House of Commons
Thhey
Ney
U.S
John G. Wincant
Bracken
Washington
U. S
Office of Censorship
Byron Mined
John S. Knight
Price
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hing
Canada
Southern Group
The
Joseph Stalin
R.A.F
Aftonbladet
OPA
Row Wilson Glee Club
A. H. Wilson
First Christian Church
Ean Red Cross
R. K. Rubush
Frank Clemens
Wall Navy
Chief Roberts
Earl Martin
Tom Jones
C. N. Hutchinson
Qsck Bowers
City Police Department
Jack Milam
State Police
Trenton Stover
Mabscott
RED
Beckley
Calfee
Rivielle
Zhlobin Base
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!