German Warships Escape Brest to Raid Commerce
German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and cruiser Prinz Eugen slipped from Brest under air and sea attack, racing through the English Channel to rove Britain’s seas again. Britain admits a skilled German coup but losses include many planes and ships. full details await further reports.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Britain
English
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Prinz Eugen
Brest
R.A.F
Dover Strait
North Sea
Admiralty Air Ministry
Helgoland Bight
Friday the 13th Recruiters Jinx Hits Local Stations
Local recruiters report stalled business as updated Marine Corps age limits allow enlistment of men 17 to 50. Married applicants need wives’ non-dependency waivers while several named individuals travel to Charleston and Pineville for final enlistment steps at army and navy stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael F. Waczula
United States Marine Corps
Waczula
Earl M. Martin
Sophia
Charleston
Marine Corps
Rudolf Linek
Billy C. Deacon
Stephenson
Lark Elleson Cline
Eccles
Carl Noor
Beckley
Elmer W. Dean
Bluefield
Pineville
John Anthony, Jr
Navy
Norman B. Blake
Ronceverte
Sea Was Ours as German Ships Sail Through Channel
London reports Germany’s heavy ships Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen passed into the Helgoland bight after a Channel crossing. The raid questions British air and naval supremacy as RAF and fleet air arm faced blame for weak protection. The Evening Standard calls British sea power challenged and historic.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Britain
Helgoland Bight
English Channel
Mediterranean
Pacific
Atlantic
R.A.F
Fleet Air Arm
British Isles
Evening Standard
Straits of the Channel
Red Ski Troops Press Toward Polish Border
Soviet winter offensive presses into White Russia with ski troops penetrating German lines aided by guerrillas and parachute forces. Entry point unspecified but likely near Smolensk with advance units to the north. Russian marines seize a fortified hill at Sevastopol as the war widens.
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Associated Press
Moscow
White Russia
Old Poland
Smolensk
Dnieper
Red Army
Toropets
Kirov
Ukraine
Sevastopol
Herbert Wills Caught in School Heist Case
Herbert Wills a 23 year old Tank Branch Hillman is jailed awaiting a hearing on charges of breaking into Shady Spring High School on January 20. State Troopers C A Thompson and C H Padden arrested him yesterday and deputies Henry Brammer and T F Bartlett located him in the school. A hearing is set before Magistrate J P Meadows. Also arrested yesterday was Tom Cox of Tams on a fighting charge and released on bond after Conserver Arlie Taylor and Magistrate J A Farley handled the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Wills
Tank Branch Hillman
Shady Spring High School
Wills
C. A. Thompson
C. H. Padden
Henry Brammer
T. F. Bartlett
J. P. Meadows
Tom Cox
Tams
Putman Named On Salvage Group
Charleston reports a 21 member state advisory salvage committee named by defense coordinator Carl G. Bachmann to plan waste collection and disposal for the war effort. H. E. Clovis will direct, assisted by B. T. Mitchell. first meeting scheduled next Thursday. Members include Sam Montgomery, Major Hal Hughes, Sam M. Lambert, Paul W. Perrine, C. Stanley Hamric, John B. Easton, Tom Cairns, J. B. Farley, Marks Wiseman, George W. King, Raymond Lewis, Harry Silberstein, Mrs. A. L. Spalding, H. S. Vandervort, Mrs. H. S. Klein, Charles Manion, L. T. Putman, Oliver Pryor, and Herman Strauss.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Carl G. Bachmann
H. E. Clovis
Parkersburg
B. T. Mitchell
Union
Sam Montgomery
Hal Hughes
The
Salvation Army
Sam M. Lambert
M. H. F. Kinsey
Paul W. Perrine
C. Stanley Hamric
John B. Easton
Tom Cairns
J. B. Farley
Marks Wiseman
George W. King
Raymond Lewis
Harry Silberstein
A. L. Spalding
H. S. Vandervort
Wheeling
H. S. Klein
Huntington
Charles Manion
Follawsbee
L. T. Putman
Beckley
Oliver Pryor
Elm Grove
Herman Strauss
Bachmann
West Virginia
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
Washington, D. C
Mrs Hope Woman Dies at Home Mount Hope
Mrs F ea Smith 54 of Mount Hope wife of a city employee died at 2 30 this morning at her home after four years of heart illness. Survived by husband a daughter Mrs W W Brown of Charleston parents Mr and Mrs J B Snodgrass of Alum Creek four sisters and two brothers. Funeral 2 pm Sunday at home with Rev W W Pharr and Rev Clarence Figgatt officiating burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery at Oak Hill.
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Mount Hope
F ¥Ea Smith
W. W. Pharr
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Clarence Figgatt
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Oak Hill
Three Marriage Permit Applications Filed in County Clerk Office
Applications for marriage licenses are on file for Howard Luther Karnes Jr. 18 of Princeton and Beulah Angeline Wood 17 of Prosperity. Herbert C. Bolt 23 and Opal Thompson 19. Owen Albert Jessup 21 and Christine Johnson 18 both of Beckley.
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Howard Luther Karnes, Jr
Princeton
Beulah Angelene Wood
Prosperity
Herbert C. Bolt
Opal Thompson
Crab Orchard
Owen Albert Jessup
Christine Johnson
Beckley
Radio Makers Told to Stop and Convert Plants for War
The war production board ordered the $200 million radio manufacturing sector to convert all factories to arms production within four months or have unconverted plants taken over and reorganized for war needs. The meeting by 55 manufacturers with R. R. Guthrie outlined that civilian output was cut 40 percent in 1941 as defense contracts loomed, with most conversion expected in three months.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Production Board
R. R. Guthrie
P.B. Bureau of Industry Banches
Guthrie
Signal Corps
West Virginia Warmer Day with Mountain Snow Flurries
West Virginia sees a modest warmup today and tonight with lingering mountain snow flurries. Local temperatures rise slightly while a few flurries drift over higher elevations.
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West Virginia
Igorots Aid MacArthur Tanks In Bataan Counterattack
Igorot fighters from Luzon with bolos rode atop American tanks aiding General MacArthur’s Filipino troops in a tough Bataan flank counterattack. Japanese forces forced a wedge despite fierce resistance, and Igorots held trenches until overwhelmed before tanks and reinforcements restored the line.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Luzon
Forty-One Divorce Cases to Be Tried at February Term
Forty-one new divorce cases will be heard at the opening session of the February term of circuit court. Judge W. H. File returns from Florida to preside. Circuit Clerk Van Hunter, recovering from injuries, will oversee. Cases include Allen vs Allen, Adkins vs Adkins, Adkins vs Hager Adkins, Blankenship vs Blankenship, Bair vs Bair, Ballard vs Ballard, Bragg vs Bragg, Claytor vs Claytor, Cook vs Cook, Carthen vs Carthen, Dillon vs Dillon, Dixon vs Dixon, Fox vs Fox, Gelmer vs Gelmer, Graham vs Graham, Harris vs Harris, Hatcher vs Hatcher, Hubbard vs Hubbard, Lilly vs Lilly, Levicy vs Levicy, Meadows vs Meadows, Mills vs Mills, Merrick vs Merrick, Massie vs Massie, and others. The session begins Monday at 9 a.m. with the list continuing through the term.
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Circuit Court
W. H. File
Florida
Circuit
van Hunter
Sarah Allen
Ashley Allen
Garnett Clay Adkins
Levi Adkins
Yersie Athelene
Alma Weeks
Fox
Kenneth Elton Fox
Deletee Gelmer
J. W Gelmer
Belva Graham
Bruce Graham
Ella Robbins Harris
Levi D. Harris
A. G
Red) Hatcher
Mae Hatcher
Hester Hubard
John Hubbard
Violet Cole Lilly
Lanier Lilly
Lewis Howard Levicy
Ethel Levicy
Violet Meadows
Roy W. Meadows
Nova Lou Mills
Arless M. Mills
Elizabeth Irene Merrick
John Harrison Metrick
Mildred Irene Massie
Dewey Frank Massie
Wilda
Aliens Ordered to Surrender Radios and Cameras in War Emergency
Nationals of Germany Italy and Japan must surrender all radio transmitters short wave receivers and cameras for storage. Surrender dates are February 12 13 and 14. Local residents should take the equipment to the sheriff's office at the courthouse. others may turn theirs in to nearest local or county officers.
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Italy
Japan
Court House
Masseys Sell Marsh Fork Land Deeds Recorded
Deeds filed in the county clerk’s office show Frank and Ccie Massey sold about seven acres in Marsh Fork District. One acre went to Ralph Dickens, three to Harold and Charlotte Clay, two to Ray and Alma Massey, and one to Dewy and Shreda Keith. W. G. and Gloria L. Pierce Jr acquired Lot 251 in Beckley’s Mid-City Addition and part of Lot 250 on Ellison Avenue. Fannie Dove sold Lot 6 on Fifth Avenue in Lilly Heights. Arizona Tabor’s party and others sold over 69 acres in Marsh Fork District to Frank Massey.
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Frank
Ccie Massey
Marsh Fork
Ralph Dickens
Harold and
Charlotte Clay
Ray
Alma Massey
Dewy
Shreda Keith
Acme Loan Company
Incorporated
W. G
Gloria L. Pierce, Jr
Mid-City
Beckley
Ellison Avenue
Fannie Dove
Fifth Avenue
Lilly Heights
Ellis Albert
Arizona Tabor
Tabor
Frank Massey
U S Fleet Destroys 16 Jap Ships in Bold Pacific Raid
United States naval officers detailed the February 1 air and sea offensive that struck Japanese bases across the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. The operation destroyed four airbases and 16 ships, including a cruiser and two large submarines, with Americans losing five planes.
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U. S
Pacific Islands
Pearl Harbor
T. H
United States
mid-Pacific
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Australia
New Zealand
Taroa
Maloalap Atoll
Wake Island
Wake
Mili
British Flag Still Flies Over Island in Singapore Siege
British defenders resist two miles from Singapore’s heart as Japan tightens grip. Tokyo radio notes firm resistance while Dutch vow to fight on. Curtin calls Parliament as Pacific war worsens. Bataan anti-aircraft crews claim two dive bombers shot down. Java and Celebes faces renewed Japanese pressure, Macassar harbor burns, and Singapore’s siege enters a 14th day with heavy attacks.
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Associated Press
A. E. Percival
Singapore
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Demei
Australia
John Curtin
Pacific
Philippines
War Department
Bataan
N.E.I
Java
United Nations High Command
Batavia
Sumatra
Tropic
Archibald P. Wavell
Macassar
Celebes Island
Husband Fined After Threat In Foreground Arrest
After his wife’s arrest for assault in Helen, R Walthall threatened to kill Deputy Floyd Hayes in magistrate James A Farley’s presence. The charge was reduced to profane language. Walthall was jailed briefly, then released on a fine. Mrs Walthall had been arrested February 11 and fined $5 plus costs.
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R. & Walthall
Floyd Hayes
James A. Farley
Walthall
Farley
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Jinx
RED
Crimea
Tank Branch
Putman
Tokyo
K. J. Klaus
William Klaus
Klaus
Army Air Corps
Sikeston
Missouri
Mr. Hope
Fred Smith
War Board
Masseys
Islands
Hawaii
Kwajalein
Wotje
Enybor
Makin
Makin Island
Gilbert Group
Marshall Group
League of Nations
Woke
Yanks Bay
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