Improvements Needed After Inspecting Three WV Mines
The Associated Press reports federal inspectors found three West Virginia mines producing 6 050 tons daily show safe practices but require improvements. Mindenos 3 4 5 at New River and Poca may suffer ventilation and dust control gaps. 700 workers at 2 800 ton daily suffer a higher accident rate than the national average. Crab Orchard mine 1 250 ton daily highlights above average safety. Galloway No 3 mine receives a similar safety assessment.
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Associated Press
Washington
West Virginia
Bureau of Mines
Mindenos
New River
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Fayette County
Gulf Mining Company
Raleigh County
Simpson Creek
Barbour County
Sailor Hoskins and the Salerno Landing Tragedy
In the Salerno beach assault at 2 55 a m a Higgins boat carried American troops as Germans used a loudspeaker to lure attackers into a deadly crossfire. Hoskins aided the wounded on the front and was wounded himself before being evacuated. He previously fought in the Coral Sea aboard the Lexington where torpedoes and a bomb struck the deck and he spent four hours on a life raft before rescue by USS Boise.
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Salerno
Hoskins
Mediterranean
Pacific
Lexington
Coral Sea
Sea
Boise
Coal Industry Faces Task Of Meeting Huge Coal Quota
West Virginia coal industry nears year end 1943 with a goal of 162 billion tons for the year. Despite stopages, producers hope to hit the target or come close, amid unsettled wage talks and disaffection in the Southern Coal Producers Association. Some companies sign with United Mine Workers as WV Coal and Coke Co integrates seven Logan county mines, seeking about $1.50 daily raise pending OPA price approval.
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Associated Press
Southern Coal Producers Association
Washington
United Mine Workers
West Virginia Coal and Coke Company
Logan County
O.P.A
Roosevelt Family Observes Old Fime Christmas at Hyde Park
The Roosevelt household kept a long standing Yuletide pattern with seven grandchildren eager for gifts under the tall tree in the library. Franklin Roosevelt presided over a family dinner featuring turkey and plum pudding after a day of private visits from old friends and relatives.
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Associated
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelts
James
Elliott
Franklin, Jr
John
Lynchburg Buses Run East as Slippery Highways Halt West
Snow and ice cripple highways across Lynchburg and Norton leaving the west and south blocked while buses continue to Richmond. A fatal crash near Franklin now ties Christmas travel to Nottoway River dangers as six adults die and two children are critically injured when a car skidded at a bridge and struck a bus. None of the bus passengers were harmed.
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Lynchburg
Richmond
Lynchburg City
Lmits
Norton
Portsmouth
Milwaukee
N. C
Nottoway Ruiver
Franklin
Local sailor recalls war deeds from Coral Sea to Salerno
Proctor Hoskins, a U.S. Navy veteran, recounts battles from the Coral Sea to Sicily. He describes torpedo and aerial attacks, amphibious landings near El Alamein, Palermo, and Salerno, and a hospitalization before marrying Josephine Willerton in Newark. He joined an amphibious division and survived two LST ship bombings while caring for wounded on beaches. Now at Beckley after Christmas honeymoon, he and Ralph Bailey share memories during a Mount Hope stopover.
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Sampson
N. Y
Sicily
North Africa
Africa
el Alamenin
Tunisia
Lacata
LST
Hoskins
Palermo
San Stephano
Delando
Messina Straits
Salerno
United States
St. Albans
St. Michaels Catholic Church
Newark
N. J
Josephine Willerton
Beckley
Proctor Hosking
Italy
William Hume Hoskins
Local magistrate confined by illness. Williams serves in court
Jess Hutchinson, a magistrate in Lewisburg, is confined to his home with illness. In his absence, Squire A. B. Williams presides over Hutchinson's court and also runs the Fort Union hotel. Williams was appointed by the county court to fill the unexpired term of the late Noah A. Russell, who died last fall.
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Lewisburg
Jess Hutchinson
Here
Squire A. B. Williams
Hutchinson
Williams
Fort Union
Noah A. Russell
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues Featured
Readable crossword clues listed aloud including across and down entries with numbers and theme hints. Entries cover common nouns verbs and abbreviations from 1 to 47 with related cryptogram puzzle and last line noting yesterday's cryptoquote by Frode.
Great Battle Leaves Changteh' Twisted And Shattered City
Chinese forces under Maj. Gen. Chong Wan were crushed at Changteh as Japanese troops burned, killed, and drove refugees from a 160000 population city. Report from bishop Gerardo Herrera details eyewitness accounts of battle, Japanese occupation, and missionary grievances amid the Chinese war effort.
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Changteh
Clyde A. Farnsworth
Courier and Telegraph OF
Changking
Chong Wan
Yuan River
Shingsze
Changcha
Kiwang
Gerardo F. Herrera
China
Shanghai
Herrero
Fierce fighting shifts as tanks clash near Kiev frontier
Reports say 58 Russian tanks were knocked out in a single sector amid a renewed German push. The observer suggests a major tank battle may be under way in the region surrounding Romania and the Dnieper bend, with the Kiev area central to winter eastern front developments.
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Romania
Boland
Kiev
Russia
Dnieper
Invasion Air Chief Yet To Be Selected By Allies
Washington reports that General Dwight D. Eisenhower will lead the Western invasion from the west and center, with General Carl Spaatz commanding the American strategic bombing force against Germany. Names of the overall Air Commander remain secret as Allied decisions unfold.
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Hitler
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Centi
Carl Spaatz
Germar
Spiatz
United States
Air Force
Bngland
Wil
Nerican
Bomfrom
Econl
Rusaa
Tfme
RAF
Germany
Steel unions face possible walkouts in western Pennsylvania
About 2 000 workers across four district mills including Oliver Iron and Steel Corp face possible strikes as Burke and other union officers warn of action by Monday. Joseph A Gonex, leader of a 24 000 strong union district in 37 plants, says he fears a work stoppage unless the war labor board acts differently. The board rejected the steel workers bid to keep rent contracts in force and retroactively raise pay. Philip Murrey, president of both unions, calls the move a grave situation. Headquarters of the union issued a brief remark on the Ohio walkouts.
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Oliver Dron and Steel Corp
Burke
Joseph A. Gonex
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
Steelworkers
Philip Murrey
CULO
Steelworkers Union
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