Americans arrive in Dakar to join Allies in Africa
Allied forces disclose American arrivals in Dakar, linking supply bases as campaign against Axis moves toward Tunis. Aircraft, land and sea components join French allies. Population reportedly welcomes Americans. French officials vow cooperation with dignity.
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London
Dakar
North Africa
Naples
Lampedusa
Sicily
Tunisia
Associated Press
Joseph Morton
Africa
Libya
Morton
William Glassford
Henri Honore Giraud
Pont du Fahs
Tunis
Writer Finds Manger In Bethlehem
A travelogue style piece by a correspondent for The Associated Press reflects on Bethlehem and Jerusalem during Christmas. The writer tours ancient sites including King David's palace walls, the Mount of Olives, Gethsemane, and the Jordan river as Jesus’s life is traced amid modern crowds. He recalls childhood images from Vermont and notes the similarity between past and present scenes as he follows Jesus’s path along Via Dolorosa.
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Bethlehem
Associated Press
Judea
Jerusalem
Jesus
Vermont
King David's Palace
Old City
Gethsemane
David's
Mount of Olives
Army and WPB Chairman May Differ Again
Capitol Hill reports speak of a renewed undercover clash between military and civilian production authorities. A congressional source says War Production Board Chairman Donald M Nelson plans to extend civilian jurisdiction over army and navy contract placements, while Army officials resist. The source notes Nelson aims for mandatory control over certain munitions contracts and for the WPB to bar contracts into labor shortage areas or factories needing new tooling.
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Donald M. Nelson
Army
Navy
Nelson
W.P.B
Frances Grimes Becomes Ferry Pilot For War Planes
Frances Grimes of Morgantown has been accepted as a ferry command pilot and will soon fly warplanes in transit for the armed services. She trained at Morgantown Municipal Airport and will report to Houston for final checks before joining the ferrying organization. A former state tennis champion in 1935, she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Bushrod Grimes, now of Richmond Virginia.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Frances Grimes
Ferry Command
Miss Grimes
Houston
Tex
F.C.P.S
Stonega Company Must Pay Back Rentals and Fees
Federal Judge Ben Moore ordered Stonega Coal and Coke to pay $3,496.22 to Samuel Price and others who sued three years ago for back rent on coal lands in Fayette and Raleigh counties. Plaintiffs had a 1940 judgment of $115,000, with subsequent rights affirmed by the circuit court and further awards totaling $21,492.92 in 1941 and $9,496.22 this year. The suit claims the company leased land and abandoned mining without proper notice.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Ben Moore
Stonega Coal and Coke Corporation
Samuel Price
Fayette
Raleigh
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Price
FDRs Yuletide Greeting Opens Wartime Christmas
President Roosevelt will deliver a five to six minute Christmas message at 4 p m EST launching a nationwide wartime observance. He speaks as four of his sons are away at war and only two of twelve grandchildren visit the White House. Lights on the national tree were omitted and the ceremony moved to daylight hours.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
White House
Pacific
North
Africa
Father of 11 Gets More Than Average Furlough
In McKeesport Pennsylvania Private Thomas Halaszynski a 37 year old W B A worker who volunteered last August will spend Christmas at home with his wife and 11 children after his commanding officer at Camp Campbell Kentucky granted a seven day extension to his 10 day furlough The extension came as the officer believed Halaszynski needed a longer leave to be with his larger family There were 10 children when he left and now there are 11 Helen Ann was born eight days ago and the baptism occurred Sunday He would have returned that night without the extension describing the extra furlough as the most welcome Christmas present a fellow ever received.
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Associated Press
Mckeesport. Pa
Thomas Halaszynski
W. PB. A
Camp Campbell, Ky
Kalaszynski
Halaszynski
Helen Ann
Papa
Bethlehem
Vatican Radio
Reds Sweep Toward Rostov After Breakthrough Drive
Soviet forces push 12 to 18 miles daily across the Middle Don steppes, capturing Cos sack towns and narrowing the 130 mile gap between Millerovo and Rostov. Pravda reports German units in disorder as 17 intact Messerschmitts remain at one airfield. The Red Army arcs toward Millerovo and Voroshilovgrad, deep in the Donets Basin, with Rostov on the Don as a key objective.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Don Steppes
Red Army
Millerovo
Rostov
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Pravda
Communist Party
Don
Sea of Azof
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Dollar List Totals 927 80 From Various Individuals
A historical ledger or acknowledgment lists numerous names and amounts totaling 927 80. Entries include Raleigh Hardware Co 10 00 EM Gate 2 and multiple individuals such as Jacqueline Danbury Ensign Joe Rahall and Catherine Mae Armstrong with small payments. The tone resembles a donation or contribution record from a community or club.
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Raleigh Hardware Co
Hesee
Chorge Moss
Jacqueline Danbury
Ensign Joe Rahall
Williams Tire & Battery Employes
Douglas Schwank
Jayton Schwank
R. Schwank
Luther Hartong
Embees Berra Ra
H. T. Calfee & Son
Catherine Mae Armstrong
Brown W. Payne
C. D. Crawford, Jr
B. K. Peter
W. C. Griffith
W. A. Wtow
Sophia Club Reorganized With Eighty Members
Sophia's Four H club the Wide Awakes was reorganized last night with 80 members. Officers named include Viola Hartson president Norma Conner secretary Donald Adams treasurer Velma Denny publicity representative Lornie Angle song leader Virginia Vines leader Maude Broyles assistant leader.
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Sophia
The
Wide Awakes
Viola Hartson
Norma Conner
Donald Adams
Velma Denny
Lornie Angle
Virginia Vines
Maude Broyles
Miners Mourn W F Tams Death At Gulf Smokeless Coal
A resolution from United Mine Workers Local 5952 Tams West Virginia expresses deep sympathy for W F Tams late death after a mine accident. The note honors him as a kind cooperative superintendent and friend to the community. Signed by union officers and mine committee members. Pope Pius XII broadcasts a Christmas message urging internal peace and unity, warns against political subordination, and reaffirms church opposition to Marxist socialism.
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United Mine Workers Union
Tams
W. F Tams
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Nick Aiello
District 29
U.M.W.A
W. Va
Glen Cottle
Joe Matini
Joe Alcontra
Mine Committee
Aiello
Hitler loot sent to Treasury by eight Nazi saboteurs
Attorney General Biddle directed the FBI to turn over to the treasury seventy four thousand five hundred eighty eight dollars and sixty two cents seized last June from eight Nazi spies and saboteurs who brought the money into the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hitler
Biddle
Treasury
Princeton Soldier Killed in Wreck
Phoenix report says Private Earl A. Waddell 21 of Princeton West Virginia was killed when his motorcycle collided with an automobile during an escort of army trucks to Luke Field. The incident occurred today as the unit moved through Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Earl A. Waddell
Princeton
W Va
Waddell
Luke Field
Japs Reported Ready for Kill in New Guinea
Allied headquarters in Australia says Japanese forces in Buna area of New Guinea are desperate. Fortifications breached, reinforcements cut off, and hundreds of Japanese dead buried as U S and Australian troops pound the area from air and sea.
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New Guinea
Associated Press
Australia
Buna
Douglas MacArthur
Buna Village
Cape Endaiadere
Cape Sanananda
Two Gamblers Forfeit Bonds Leave Beckley
Police Chief Tommy Roberts said two gamblers arrested earlier this week in Beckley, James Robert Kanade of Coatesville Pennsylvania and Chris Nicholas of Washington DC, forfeited bonds of 33 dollars each and left the city stating they wanted nothing further to do with Beckley. A telegram from Washington DC confirmed they were not wanted elsewhere.
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Raleigh County
Tommy Roberts
James Robert Kanade
Coatesville
Pennsylvania
Chris Nicholas
Washington, D. C
Beckley
Roberts
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