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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1946
Page
3
President Truman declined to reappoint Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire as surgeon general of the Navy. McIntire had served as Roosevelt’s personal physician, noted for ability and devotion, leaving the post amid political shifts and the end of an Roosevelt era influence.
Harold L. Ickes recalls Admiral McIntire as the President’s physician and Navy surgeon general who prepared the medical service for war. Commodore Vardaman allegedly forced McIntire’s ouster, later billing the Navy for his own travel expenses after an AWOL episode in New York and St Louis.
The Bavarian move to install Dr. Joseph Mueller as minister president hinges on legislative election tomorrow. Mueller, CCSU chairman, faces a denazification court over Nazi-era ties but asserts he sought peace via Vatican channels. The article also reviews naval appointments and leadership disputes surrounding Adm. McIntire and Adm. Swanson.
Londoners face high prices and scarce goods as black markets move fruit nuts and liquor amid postwar shortages. Retailers deny responsibility while undercutting dealers on under the counter items. Prices include bananas at about 20 cents, South African oranges around 10 cents, and nuts at $1 to $2 per pound.
In Chicago, 51 women passed final physicals for policewoman posts, narrowing from 450 applicants. Mothers including Dorothy Prescott and Ellen Hayes speak of pride and relief while youths imagine stable city protection. Standards and test details are described amid wartime era context.
Catherine Dalton a 32 year old former Marine and crack pistol shot wants to continue chasing shoplifters using wit not weapons Mrs Prescott skeptical of pistol use noting her approach relies on brains over firearms.
The speaker insists a hat pin can be a stronger tool than a gun, noting confidence in old fashioned restraint. The text also references prices of U S farm products as being about equal to those at a different time or place.
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