Coal Miners Dismiss Five Women in Labor Shakeup
ALCOMA Five women employed as tipple workers are discharged by Alecoma Coal and Coke company following a union ultimatum. UMW district 29 president Titler says firing violates wage classifications for men. Dates cited include November 16 as a deadline, with government labor investigation pending. The workers include Viola Vickere and Alice Fulford among others.
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Associated Press
Alcoma
United Mine Workers District
Beckley
William Beary
Alecoma Coal and Coke Company
Beury
George J. Titler
U. M. W. District 29
U. S. Labor Department
Algoma
Viola Vickere
Alice Fulford
Minnie Saunders
Julia Power
Fannie Turner
Bombers hunt eight Japanese destroyers off Buna coast
American heavy bombers sought the Japanese destroyer force off the New Guinea coast near Buna as Allied ground forces closed within 25 miles of the Papuan beachhead. U.S. B-25s and Australian Beaufighters renewed attacks on Lae and Salamaua while MacArthur’s airmen pressed hard across the Southwest Pacific.
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A. P
MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Buna
Milne Bay
Pacific
Lae
Salamaua
Laval May Put France Back Into the War
Paris and London report Vichy designer Laval gains unlimited powers after Petain names him heir and chief of state. Petain declaims Laval's authority to legislate and decree while Darlan’s successor plan is cancelled. Berlin radio notes Petain remains France’s sovereign.
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Laval
France
Petain
Paris
Associated Press
London
Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Marcel Dent
Vichy
Marshal
Jean Darlan
Africa
Berlin
Generals Expect To Lose The War
A London diplomatic source claims a German general staff junta opposes Hitler and seeks alignment with the Allies in case of stalemate. It names Walther von Brauchitsch, Fedor von Bock, Franz Halder, Fritz Erich von Mannstein, Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, and Johannes Blaskowitz as leaders who disagreed with Hitler and favored withdrawal and a more pragmatic approach. The move signals internal discontent over Nazi influence on army strategy and leadership.
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Associated Press
London
Hitler
Fuehrer
Walther von Brauchitsch
Moscow
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Franz Halder
von Bock
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Johannes Blaskowitz
Germany
Allied push tightens on Tunisia as 150000 troops converge
Allied forces from Algeria advance into Northern and Southern Tunisia with 150000 British American expeditionary troops along the Mediterranean coast. British 8th Army presses Rommel toward Tripolitania while Eisenhower reports first phase of Tunisia battle has begun with parachute and French forces entering at several points.
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Lake Chad
Tripolitania
North Africa
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Algeria
8Th Army
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Libya
Vise
Dwight D. Fisenhower
First Army
Eisenhower
Chad Holds Africa Key to Mediterranean War
DEWITT MACKENZIE explains French Equatorial Africa as a strategic center in the North African theater. He notes Chad as the military key against Italian Libya and details General Eboue’s role in aligning French Equatorial Africa with the Allies after France fell, shaping the Mediterranean campaign.
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Mangin
Chad
Africa
French Equatorial Africa
French West Africa
Allret
Equator
Mediterranean
Libya
Negro
Hitler
North Africa
France
Eboue
Case Continued in Mary L Barringer vs Consolidated Bus
Circuit court jurors were dismissed today after the case of Mary L Barringer against the Consolidated Bus Company was continued to the next term. Driver Kyle Lilly was in Huntington being inducted into the army and could not attend. The incident occurred in September and the plaintiff claims arm injury with no other passengers hurt. The case of E H Crouch doing business as Crouch Lumber Co against Etta M Stover was dismissed with defendant paying court costs.
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Mary L. Barringer
Consolidated Bus Company
Kyle Lilly
Huntington
E. H. Crouch
Crouch Lumber Company
Etta M. Stover
Local Men Sign Up for Marines Near Blue Jay and Beaver
Griffin Pettry Lilly of Blue Jay and Howard Clyde Grimmett of Beaver were accepted as Marine Corps applicants. Sergeant Howard George, head of the local recruiting office, announced this morning. Sergeants Thomas Edgell and Charles P. Renick, on the local staff, will be in Hinton tomorrow to seek enlistment applications. The officers are in Mullens today.
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Griffin Pettry Lilly
Blue Jay
Howard Clyde Grimmett
Beaver
Marine Corps
Howard George
Thomas Edgell
Charles P. Renick
Hinton
Mullens
Men Leave for Navy Examination
Four men left this morning for Charleston for the navy final examination before enlistment. Four others were accepted as applicants. Those going to Charleston are Clyde James Morris of Kilsyth, George Barbour of Jonben, Leslie Earl Farley of Crab Orchard, and Levin Glenn Pegram of Jonben. Accepted are Sherman Shirley McComas of Edwight, Eugene Hoffer of Hinton, Carl Edward Walker of Eccles, and Columbus Prevoyd Thomas of Glen Jean.
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Charleston
Navy
Johnny McDorman
Clyde James Morris
Kilsyth
George Barbour
Jonben
Leslie Earl Farley
Crab Orchard
Levin Glenn Pegram
Sherman Shirley McComas
Edwight
Eugene Hoffer
Hinton
Carl Edward Walker
Eccles
Columbus Prevoyd Thomas
Glen Jean
Spain Refuses Bases to Nazis
A Reuters dispatch from Ankara quotes diplomatic sources saying Generalissimo Francisco Franco refused to grant Germany naval and air bases. Spain, neutral yet friendly to the Axis, has begun partial mobilization to avoid direct involvement in the war.
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Spain
London
Reuters
Ankara
Francisco Franco
Germany
Gibraltar
Strait
Africa
Axis
Weather West Virginia: Moderately warm today in west region
Moderate temperatures prevail across West Virginia with warmer air expected in the western sector tonight. Forecasters note a mild day ahead as northeast breezes ease and coastal influences remain limited.
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West Virginia
West Portion
Japs Need 3 Weeks or More To Pull Selves Together
Washington naval experts say it will take Japan at least three weeks, possibly longer, to assemble another major armada after last week's Guadalcanal losses. They note eight Japanese destroyers sighted off New Guinea as routine patrol but stress the need for time and organization to mount a new force. Meanwhile US forces can rebuild strength and press toward round 3 of the Solomons fight, with Marines and Army potentially exploiting the enemy's setback.
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Associated Press
Washington
Guadalcana
New Guinea
Knox
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Roosevelt Orders Ward to Include Union Clause
President Roosevelt directed Montgomery Ward and Company to comply without delay with a war labor board order. The firm must add a maintenance of membership clause in a contract with the employee union, deemed essential for the war effort in a letter to Sewell Avery.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward and Company
War Labor Board
Chicago
Sewell Avery
Halsey Sets War Formula On Guadalcanal Visit
Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr arrives on Guadalcanal to award medals to 13 heroes after raids. He cites a blunt strategy to win the Pacific War by sinking ships and killing enemy forces, and discusses battleships and carriers at a press conference.
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Associated Press
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
William F. Halsey, Jr
Halsey
Jans
Judge Painter Critically Ill in Huntington Hospital
Judge Martin L. Painter of South Heber Street is critically ill at Saint Luke's hospital in Huntington after being moved for treatment on Tuesday. His wife has been summoned to Huntington as doctors informed him of the serious condition.
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Martin L. Painter
South Heber Street
Saint Luke’s Hospital
Huntington
Scrap Sabbath To Collect Balance of Metal
County salvage chairman E. J. Fourney and Jack Nuckols plan a second Scrap Sabbath to gather metal left from the first event ahead of December 1 gasoline rationing. Schools chief E. M. Ashworth surveys remaining metal, with November 29 set for the harvest and Nuckols supervising. Only about 400 tons moved from the Prince street heap as tin remains, lights are to be installed for night work, and junk firms ask no more scrap until the current load ships to Kentucky mills.
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E. J. Fourney
Jack Nuckols
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fourney
E. M. Ashworth
Prince Street
Kentucky Mills
Six Day Week Pacts To Be Made Here
Charleston district UMW headquarters says it has not been appraised of any individual six day working agreements yet expects discussions to begin in District 17. In New York a union spokesman cited contracts with U S Steel subsidaries including U S Coal and Coke in McDowell county providing time and a half for the extra day. Federal government has urged a six day week to boost production. Provisional President Percy Tellow has not yet returned from New York where talks ended in a stalemate. McDowell county operations lie in District 29 with Beckley headquarters.
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Associated Press
Charleston
United Mine Workers
New York
U. S. Steel Company
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
McDowell County
Harry Moses
U. S. Coal and Coke
District 17
Percy Tetlow
District 29
Beckley
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Eighth Army
Rommel
Bengali
Bengasi
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Fl Aghelia
Lake Shad
By Dewitt MacKenzie
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