WVU board resignations reshape university oversight
Governor Neely pushes reforms at West Virginia University as two board members resign and others consider stepping down. The changes follow a demand to strengthen local education, research progress, and state employment of WVU graduates.
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News Publishing Company
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Halsey Relieved in South Pacific Command Change
Admiral Halsey relinquished his post as commander in chief of the South Pacific to Vice Admiral John Henry Newton in a ceremony at Allied Headquarters. Halsey had led forces to victory at Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal and was assigned to a new role in the Pacific.
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Guadalcanal
Nazi Fliers More Eager To Fight Allied Pilot Says
London reports a veteran U S Army Air Forces Mustang pilot says German fliers have improved markedly since D day. He notes they seem more eager to engage than before, though outnumbered four to one except in some combats. The unnamed pilot has 17 aerial kills in 15 missions since the invasion.
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War Department Announces Bombing of Japan by B 29s
Elmer Davis says the War Department’s notice of bombing by B 29s marks the first time America has beaten Japan in an official announcement close to the Japanese home. He offers no explanation for Tokyo radio’s silence, guessing the enemy may be crafting a story.
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Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
War Department
Japan
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Davis
Tokyo Radio
Game Refuge to Be Proposed to State Commission
Charleston West Virginia June 15 1944 Game Technician W R Degarmo announced a proposal to establish a 4000 acre cooperative game management area in Barbour and Taylor counties to be presented to the conservation commission at its July 3 meeting. The plan grew from a Pleasant Creek farmers meeting who urged a five year refuge with cover planting and restocking.
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Taylor Counties
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Battle Report Updates From European Front
The report notes German efforts to hold the Cherbourg peninsula while Allied forces push inland. U S troops deepen the bridgehead to thirteen miles, facing fresh German reinforcements amid heavy combat near Monte and Gaon town as control tightens around the Ty gateway.
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Gaon
Nort
Germans Attempt to Bottle Up Allies on French Beachheads
German forces push to seal off Allied beachheads in France with 15 to 20 divisions, as new reserves move in to meet the invasion thrust. Reports describe rising intensity and savagery in the fighting along the coast.
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France
OPA Seizes Large Quantity Of Gas In Charleston Area
Charleston district OPA investigators seized 1 200 gallons of drip gasoline and arrested Joseph Allen Stewart 41 of South Charleston for unlawful acquisition and possession without surrendering ration coupons. Fuel was found in 22 gallon drums under brush on a farm near Charleston. Stewart posted 5 000 bond and awaits grand jury action.
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OPA
South Charleston
Joseph Allen Stewart
Olcott
U. S
William H. Belcher
Stewart
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