Nimitz Honored at City Parade and Dinner in Charleston
Adm Chester W. Nimitz honored in Charleston with a city parade, an annual Chamber of Commerce dinner, and a tour of the South Charleston naval ordnance plant. Gov Meadows and notable officials greeted the admiral, amid a ceremony that followed a Beckley airport arrival and a 3:20 p.m. parade through Kanawha Boulevard.
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Nimitz
Charleston
U.S. Navy
Pacific
Chester W. Mimits
Tears Naval Front
South Charleston
New Navary
B. Flackey
USN
Kennedy
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Oe v Meadows
Fain
B. Stump
Naval Air Technical Training Bureau
Memphis
Tenn
James KK. Davis
Naval Ordnance
Philip H. Hill
Ernest Gilbert
Stump
Lexington
Earl Benton
Bis
Adm
Charles R. Hassan
Clarksburgh
Gov. Meadows
Capt
and Hill
Beckley
Hinton
Capitol St
Chester W.nimitz
Carl C. Calvert
Meadows
Dawson
F. G. Bannerot, Jr
Nimitz Visits Please Terate Page Namesake Village
Admiral Chester Nimitz visited Malaame Namesake Village in Summers County West Virginia after traveling from Beckley. He spoke from the post office steps noting the town’s wartime name and recalled the battleship West Virginia and other ships raised and refitted for battle.
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Pag Nimitz
Chester
Nimitz
West Virginia
Pacific
Charleston
Beckley
Summers County
Maryland
Colorado
Mississip
State health survey finds jails lacking sanitation
The West Virginia health department disclosed a survey of sanitary conditions in city and county jails, reporting poor sleeping accommodations and sanitation across counties. Health Commissioner N H Dyer said the study, the department’s first thorough review, aims to correct deficiencies and will be followed by a federal jail survey at the legislature’s request.
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Health Department
N. H. Dyer
U. S Bureau of Prisons
Imade
Dyer
West Virginia
Admiral Nimitz urges large Navy keeping housing policy linked
Adm Chester W Nimitz told Charleston Chamber of Commerce that a sizable fleet is essential at least until UN arms limits are settled and warned against a push button war. He noted atom bombs are destructive but ships remain vital for protecting commerce and U.S. diplomacy.
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Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Navy
Charleston
Adm. Nimitz
West Virginia
Charles E. Hodges
Adra
Nimitz
Bilbo Friends Report Favors Bilbo Friends Report Favors
War contractor friends of Senator Theodore G Bilbo testified they gave him a Cadillac a dream house a lake and other benefits totaling about 68000 in Mississippi politics while also aiding a campaign with 31000 to 40000 in cash for Walt Doxey. They said Bilbo helped no contracts though some debts lingered. A separate loss involved Abe Shushan with 80000 alleged tax dispute and a 7000 adjustment.
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Washington
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Bilbo
Walt Doxey
Senate
Abe Shushan
Shushan
V. P. Winchell
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Winchell
Unified Command Plan Creates Seven Theater Leaders
The government announces a new setup placing every American military theater under a single top commander to avoid Pearl Harbor style confusion. Seven areas are defined with Douglas MacArthur leading the Far East and John H. Towers guiding the Pacific theater, plus Alaskan and other regional commands.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
William H. Arnold
Joint Chiefs of Staff
War
Navy Departments
Truman
Arnold
Congress
Senate
House’ Committee
War and Navy Departments
United States
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
John H. Towere
Alaskan
H. A. Craig
Albanian Denies Greek Accusation and Civil War Claim
Albania charged that the Greek government seeks war and urged a United Nations Security Council on spot investigation in Greece. Albanian minister Hysni Kono called the situation a civil war and accused Greece of upheaval against its own people. Bulgaria’s Vladimir Sloybert rejected Greek accusations as slanderous and trivial.
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Lake Success
Albania
United Nations Security Council
Greece
Jnbout
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Hysni Kono
Vladimir Sloylbert
United States
Baruch to Push U N Atomic Control Plan Vote
Bernard Baruch will call for a United Nations atomic energy commission vote on the U S plan to control bombs. Delegates expect possible delay from speech making while a full commission meeting may decide on a policy before December 31 report deadline. The Soviet Union is urged to participate amid changes in inspections stance as Andrei Gromyko’s delegation weighs in.
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Lake Success
Bernard
M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Security Council
Baruch
United States
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
Christmas Basket to Be Broadcast Over WCHS Today
The Christmas Basket program features a 15 minute sample at 4 45 p m on WCHS with a 5 hour show Saturday night from the station’s auditorium co sponsored by The Gazette. The fundraising event benefits the Salvation Army including a party for 1800 children at the Shrine Mosque and food baskets for destitute families in Kanawha County. Maj. Harry Ward notes over 100 volunteers and more than 1000 families aided through donations.
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Shrine Mosque
Kanawha County
Gram
Harry Ward
Salvation Army
WCHS
The
Gazette
Leah Sloman
Nazi Arms Maker Flick to Face U S War Crimes Trial
Fried rich Flick, a 62 year old German armaments magnate, will go on trial February 1 as the first Nazi industrialist to be tried by an American war crimes tribunal. He built a vast empire through forced Jewish property sales and employed thousands of slave workers in plants producing aircraft, tanks, submarines, and V 1 bombs. The case places Flick as a central figure in the Nazi economic machine, with ties to Krupp and other major combines.
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Mernberg
Germany
United States
Friedrich Flick
1. G. Farben
Krupp Steel
Dresdener Bank
Hermann Goering Werke
Flick
U. S
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Nuernberg
Krupp
Hermann Goering
Alfred Krupp
Gustav
Krupp 1
Basket Turn to a theater event
A brief note about a basketball themed theater event showing a game or performance. The piece mentions a venue and date with limited readable details from the OCR, highlighting a local community gathering centered on basketball entertainment.
Industry Urges Wage Revisions to Avert Strikes
Pittsburgh December 16 Philip Murray leader of the CIO and United Steel Workers says industrialists must act to save the nation from crippling strikes after a clearing house conference with Albert Fitzgerald president of the Electrical Radio and Machine Workers and Walter Reuther head of the United Auto Workers. Murray states industry must meet economic conditions and pursue collective bargaining for a peaceful economic solution. Page 4 Cal 2.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steel
Albert Fitzegerald
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Murray
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Long
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