War Crime Trials Urged with Allied Court Plan
The United Nations War Crimes Commission discussed moving from material collection to action. Lord Wright announced inter allied courts could be formed by treaty to handle trials outside existing military or national courts. The commission prepared to publish about 800 German names with 185 suspects, though Goering remains the sole name publicly released.
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United War Crimes Commission
United
H. B. Kent
Lord Wright
United Nations
Far East
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Commission
Seek Enlistment of Pfc C E Clark and Others
Marshall Johning Carper of Edgewood Road Bluefield and Rae Addison of McDowell joined a Navy enlistment process via the local recruiting station as L R Black announced yesterday at the recruiter's office.
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Marshall Johning Carper
Edgewood Road
Bluefield
Iy Rae Addison
McDowell
U. S. Navy
Navy
L. R. Black
Torecruiter
Yester
Governor Proclaims Shut-ins Day in West Virginia
Governor Meadows signed proclamations urging West Virginians to observe Shut-ins Day on the first Sunday in June. Citizens are asked to remember veterans and civilians deprived of normal joys by visiting writing or other means to show support.
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Charleston
Meadows
West
Area service men news brief highlights local and overseas
Mr and Mrs W B Walk of this city report their son Kyle W Walk has reached staff sergeant in the signal corps now in Athens Greece with prior service in North Africa Italy France and Corsica earning three battle stars He was overseas since September 1943 and previously worked for the National Electrical Company Advanced Ninth Force Service Command in Germany announces Lt John M Bence Bluefield has earned the Meritorious Service Medal for outstanding devotion to duty and exceptional tasks His mother Mrs A S Studebaker of Bluefield notes Studebaker has two bronze campaign stars overseas in Europe since October 1943 and has served in six theaters Rose G C of Jaeger W Va reports son 22 year old Sgt Rose promoted to staff sergeant in Italy with the 459th Bombardment Group He has flown 242 combat missions and earned the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster along with three European-African-Middle Eastern campaign stars Sgt Clarence H Yost of Courtland Army Air Field Don De-Sar Fla has been reassigned after discharge from the Convalescent Hospital and is a veteran gunner on an A-20 in the European Theater.
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W. B. Walk
Kyle W. Walk
Signal Corps
Athens
Greece
Walk
North Africa
Italy
France
Corsica
National Electrical Company
Ninth Force Service Command TT
Germany
Ninth Air Force Ordnance Com
John M. Bence
Bluefield
England
Europe
Minor C. Wood
Studebaker
Raf
Rose
G. C. Rose
Jaeger
W. Va
Geant Rose
459Th
H. K. Mooney
New Yyemo
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Clarence H. Yost
Virginia E. Yost
Courtland Army Air Field
Courtland
Ala
Army Air Forces Convalescent Hospital
Don De-Sar St.ee Fia
Richard E. Elvins
Yost
Air Medal Recipient Recovers at RAF Convalescent Hospital
The wearer of the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters is recuperating from operational fatigue at the RAF convalescent hospital here.
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RAF
Better Quality Gas May Be Available Soon
Dr. Robert E. Wilson of Standard Oil told stockholders at the annual meeting in Whiting Indiana that civilians can expect better quality gasoline soon but little prospect for increased civilian rations until after Japan's defeat. He said the government will likely release more tetraethyl lead and other constituents to raise gasoline quality.
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Whiting
Ind
Robert E. Wilson
Board of
Standard Oil Company
Better
Indiana
Japan
Wilson
Supervisor A J Gibson to attend aviation education conference
A J Gibson state high school supervisor will represent the West Virginia Education department at an eleven state conference in Gatlinburg Tennessee on aviation education June 5 to 8. The meeting was arranged by Tennessee agencies with cooperation.
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Charleston
W. Va
A. J. Gibson
West Virginia Education Department
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Tennessee
Aviation program study to reorganize peacetime lines
From Tennessee Gibson will attend a meeting of the No Schecke Association of Secondary Schools as part of a plan by the American Council on Education to assess current aviation programs in public schools and realign them toward peacetime purposes.
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American Council On Education
Tennessee
Gibson
No Schecke Association of Secondary Schools
WFA Offers Loans On 1945 Wheat Crop
The War Food Administration announced loan offers for the 1945 crop of wheat at an average rate of $1.38 per bushel nationwide. Loans will cover grain stored on farms or in terminal markets and apply to suitable storage facilities. Price details include Number one red winter at Chicago and Baltimore at $1.70.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Chicago
Baltimore
Eighth Air Force To Add B-29 Superfortresses
General H H Arnold announced that the Eighth Air Force will add B 29 Superfortresses to its units. The move places three B 29 formations with Doolittle's 6th Air Force already operating Liberators and fighters, linking Europe based units to Pacific theater operations.
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Eighth Air Force
Washington
Sth Air Force
Dership
Dames i. Donte
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Force
Arnold
Doolittle
Tokyo
6Th Air Force
War Department
8Th Air Force
Germany
Europe
Pacific
Veteran Ends Life in Pineville by Dynamite Detonator
Dallas Thomas a 53 year old World War I veteran ended his life in Pineville West Virginia by placing a dynamite charge in his clothing and wiring a detonator to a battery Magistrate Arnold Cline reported He is survived by his widow and six children.
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Pineville
W. Va
Dallas Thomas
Arnold Cline
Thomas
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