Edmundson Seeks Bus Certificate for Raleigh Transit
James K. Edmundson traveled to Charleston to obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission for Raleigh Transit Company to operate city buses. The Raleigh schedule was approved by the city council after a special meeting on January 6 and last night's session amid no-show by Consolidated Bus Lines. If granted, service could begin in about two months.
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James K. Edmundson
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Raleigh Transit Company
Edmundson
Consolidated Bus Lines
A. K. Minter
George Foresman
Consolidated
E. S. Pugh
Red Cross War Relief Campaign Totals Reach $2190
Raleigh County records show donations totaling 2190.56 for the Red Cross war relief drive. Contributors include Koppers Coal Helen division 125.50 and American Eagle Collieries Ameagle 50, plus groups and individuals such as Lilly Ice and Bottling Works 10 and Crab Orchard residents listing many names.
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Koppers Coal Company
Helen
American Eagle Collieries Company
Ameagle
Red Cross
Raleigh
Winding Gulf Baptist District Association
W. J. Carter
Lilly Ice and Bottling Works
Pemberton
Community of
A. W Deck
J. E. Canaday
R. C. Egnor
T. S. Cook
D. W. Miller
H. 9. Reed
C. P. Hicklin
Keith Bobbett
Knapp Brothers
Thurbon Cash Market
Ida Malagrida
James W. Patton
May Coates
Golda Crawford
W. G. Hopkins
I. C. Edmonds
A. G. Stevens
Lillian Lilly James
Joe Mobila
Dorothy Wells
Lucille Ballard
Ruth Hanna
Leona Ballard
Bill Wright
Bill Cook
Edna Little
Analian Honaker
Republican Speaker Attacks Isolationists Within Party
Boston Massachusetts Republican Attorney General Robert T Bushnell told the Young Men's Republican League that the party erred by cultivating isolationists and fence sitters. He commended Roosevelt wartime appointees Stimson and Knox and urged fair criticism of the administration while noting both parties erred in past leadership.
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Associated Press
Boston
Massachusetts
Young Men's Republican League of Boston
Robert T. Bushnell
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Republican Party
Bushnell
Stimson
Knox
Autos Yet to be Built Will be Held for a Year
Washington price chief Leon Henderson told the House small business committee that 600000 to 700000 new cars would be rationed and new cars produced this month held for at least a year to meet future needs. Production for the rest of the month is forecast at 130000 to 140000 units. Rationed stock includes 550000 to 600000 cars on January 1 and 65000 to 75000 cars produced this month. The plan, pending approval by the Supplies Priorities and Allocations Board, largely follows the tire rationing method. Henderson and Floyd V. Odlum of the OPM testified.
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Associated Press
Washington
Leon Henderson
House Small Business Committee
Henderson
Floyd V. Odlum
O.P.M
Bluestone Job Set Defendants Must Appear Tomorrow
The January term docket will be called at 9 a m tomorrow in the Lawrence court room. Prosecuting attorney Ned H Ragland and Judge Clay S Crouse announced all defendants named in the indictments and their counsel must attend the tentative docket reading and any necessary changes. The Lawrence Ward murder trial is listed for the third time in three terms.
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Ned H. Ragland
Ragland
Clay S. Crouse
Lawrence Ward
Gonorrhea Clinic Opens With Small Attendance
State police were unable to round up patients for the county health department’s first gonorrhea clinic yesterday. Only about six people were treated, as staff were diverted to assist at Richwood. A larger turnout is expected at future clinics and next week’s session will start at 2 PM due to a crippled children’s clinic.
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J. M. Coram
Richwood
Bluestone Dam Contract Awarded to Dravo for West Virginia Project
The Army Engineers award the Bluestone Dam contract to the Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh for about 10 million dollars. The project on the New River near Hinton WV aims to flood control and hydroelectric power for the Kanawha and Ohio valleys with total costs around 22 million dollars. Sluse gates and hydro equipment are not included in the initial dam price.
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Associated Press
Washington
West Virginia
Army Engineers
Drava Corporation
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Judge Advocate General's Office
Kanawha River
Ohio Valley
Dravo Corporation
Huntington District
Huntington
W. Va
Seaboard Construction Company
Mount Kisco
N. Y
F. H. Falkner
New River
Hinton
Iams Reelected Recorder In New Martinsville Vote
John V. Iams a People's Party nominee was reelected recorder of New Martinsville with 729 votes to Higginbotham's 664. Police Chief Lester Johnson and Street Commissioner Thomas Lemon were reelected unopposed. Henry Schamp Ernest Black and Joe Burgess won city council seats.
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Associated Press
New Martinsville
John V. Iams
People’s Party
Recorder of
A. G. Higginbotham
Lester Johnson
Thomas Lemon
Henry Schamp
Ernest Black
Joe Burgess
People’'s Party
J P Riley Clendenin Ex Postmaster Dies at 86
J P Riley, 86, a former Clendenin postmaster and retired merchant, died yesterday at his home after a brief illness.
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The
Associated Press
Clendenin
J. P. Riley
Nelson to lead U.S. war production program
Donald M Nelson, 53, of Hannibal Missouri, named chairman of a new war production board to unify U S industrial mobilization. He will wield final procurement and production authority, reporting only to President Roosevelt, and will head a merged panel with members from SPAB to speed arms output.
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Nelson
Sp.a.b
Big Bluff
Defense
Thomas Morgan Named Official of New River
Thomas Morgan, longtime coal executive and former superintendent at Glen White and Stotesbury mines, resigns to become general manager of The New River Company Raleigh District. He will report later this month and will assist J A Hunt as VP and GM. A Fayette District manager is named to coordinate with Morgan in Raleigh County. Morgan and family reside in Beckley. workers honor him with a gold watch at a Glen White dinner.
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Thomas Morgan
Glen White
Koppers Coal Company
Koppers C. C. B
Raleigh
New River Company
Morgan
J. A. Hunt
Beckley
Fayette
Register
Stotesbury
Koppers Company
Glen White Club
Donald Blake
United Mine Workers of America
W. M. Hunter
Mount Hope
Hunter
John Lindley
A. E. Barrett
Frank Barrett
W P. Dickenson
C. A. Dickenson
William Dickenson
Clarence Lee
J. H. Flesh
Virgil Gunter
E. B. Wray
W. D. Hawley
J. W. Milkus
P. B. Kyle
A. G. Bowles
R. B. Engle
Charles Hodges
Earnest Tymonds
C. O. Gallaher
Mother and Three Children Perish in Dearborn Farm Fire
Detroit tragedy as Mrs. Mabel Tardiff aged 26 and her three children die in a Dearborn Township home fire. Neighbors found the blaze at 4 a.m. and deputy sheriffs could not reach them through heavy smoke. The mother and two younger children were found near the kitchen door while Clara May, three, died in bed. Clarence H. Tardiff, 32, was at work. cause of the fire undetermined.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mabel Tardiff
Dearborn
Dotty Jean
William Joseph
Admissions to Beckley Hospital Yesterday
Admissions to Beckley Hospital included Mrs. James Lilly of Jonben, Everette West of East Gulf, Mrs. L A Hornsby of Odd, Mrs. J Hurt of Stanford Road, and Clyde Crew three year old son of Herman Crew of Stanaford.
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Beckley Hospital
James Lilly
Jonben
Everette West
East Gulf
L. A. Hornsby
Odd
J. Hurt
Stanaford Road
Clyde Crew
Herman Crew
Stanaford
Dutch and British Forces Engage in Far East War Fronts
Allied lines report Dutch troops moving into Sarawak and Celebes as General Wavell and Lt Gen Brett direct operations. Japanese advances press Singapore defense with British withdrawals and heavy air raids causing casualties but limited damage.
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Associated Press
Archibald P. Wavell
Far East Command
Dutch East Indies
Rajah
Sarawak
Kuching
Wavell
George H. Brett
United States Army Air Corps
Indies
Dutch Indies
Lake Tondano
Celebes Island
Tokyo
Kakas
Menado
Minahassa Peninsula
Celebes Sea
Borneo
Full Allied Air and Ground Actions Reported in World War II News
Washington reports three American bombers with Dutch Indies forces attacked a Japanese naval force near Tarakan in Borneo. Two enemy fighters were destroyed and American planes returned undamaged. Mindanao and Jolo bases are being established to support Malaya and Indies campaigns. In the Philippine theater two Japanese attacks were repulsed with heavy enemy losses and small American casualties.
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Associated Press
Washington
Netherlands Indies
Tarakan
Borneo
Mindanao
Luzon
Jolo
Sulu
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Philippine
Douglas MacArthur
Artil
Samll
Beckley
Netherland Indies
Taraskan
Church Leader Quits Amid Wife Fraud Arrests
Newark New Jersey Clarence Carr a 70 year old realtor and church trustee chairman plans to seek an annulment of his five year marriage to Amelia Mildred Carr 66 now jailed on 50000 bail for defrauding a church member of 4700. Prosecutor says she has long history including more than 100000 in county frauds over six years and 20 arrests with prison terms.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
J. Clarence Carr
Roseville Methodist Church
Amelia Mildred Carr
Essex County
William A. Wachenfeld
Carr
Wachenfeld
Federal Bureau of Investiation
Waecenfeld
George Everett
Louis Sklarey
Man Pleads Guilty to Driving Under Influence
Robert Lee Hoops pleaded guilty before Magistrate J P Meadows to driving while intoxicated. He received a $25 fine plus costs, his license was revoked and his car impounded. Homer Bailey of Sophia had a preliminary hearing on maiming Ashley Allen, was cited to the grand jury and released on a $500 bond.
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Robert Lee Hoops
J P. Meadows
Homer Bailey
Sophia
Meadows
Ashley Allen
Mead elected president of National Exchange Bank Wheeling
Charles P. Mead Wheeling city solicitor and ex bankruptcy referee was chosen president of the National Exchange Bank of Wheeling replacing Joseph R. Naylor who had led the bank for 13 years.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
Charles P. Mead
The
National Exchange Bank of
Joseph R. Naylor
Naylor
Mullens Committee Plans Red Cross Garment Cut
Mrs. F G Damewood heads a committee set to meet tomorrow at Ben Dunman School to cut garments for the Red Cross.
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Register
Mullens
F. G. Damewood
Ben Dunman School
Red Cross
Raleigh Negress and Cobb Admitted to Beckley Hospital
Mrs. R. L. Pollard a Raleigh resident and W. L. Cobb of Os. G Street were admitted to Beckley Hospital yesterday in a brief medical report from the city.
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R. L. Pollard
Raleigh Negress
W. L. Cobb
G Street
Beckley Hospital
Circle Will Meet Byister Mission Circle
Mullens The Baptist Mission Circle will meet at the church at 7 30 p m Thursday with Mrs N Clark in charge of the business session and Mrs W W Dailey overseeing the program in charge
Weather turns colder in western region tonight
Fair skies give way to colder air as western areas experience fresh to strong winds shifting through the night. Strong gusts may impact coastal and inland locales as temperatures drop.
Red Troops Close On Hitlers Smolensk HQ and Kharkov Fronts
Soviet dispatches report Red Army forces nearing Hitler’s Smolensk winter headquarters within 100 miles as they storm Kharkov’s gates. A collapsed German flank on the Moscow to Mozhaisk road ends positional warfare near Moscow while the front moves. In North Africa British HQ notes Axis air activity and advances against Ev Emels retreat south of Bi Agheila 90 miles from Agedabia.
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Associated Press
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Seremban
Negri Sembilan State
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Red Army
Kharkov
Russia
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Moscow-to-Mozhaisk Highway
Moscow
Erwin Emel
Bi Agheila
Agedabia
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D.-Tex
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William S. Knudsen
Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce
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Sears Roebuck Company
Old Defense Advisory Council
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Tarakan Island
Dutch North Borneo
Japan See
Philippines
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