Illinois wins Central Collegiate track title at Great Lakes
Illinois defeats 14 other teams to claim the 19th Central Collegiate Conference title before 8000 sailors. Buddy Young earns Most Valuable Athlete honors after three firsts and leading legs in the mile relay, contributing to Illinois' high score and securing the Nichol son Memorial trophy.
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Great Lakes
Notre Dame
University of Hainois
Claude
Buddy) Young
Miia
Young
Buddy
Ilini
John P. Nicholson
Sports Writers’ Jury
Northwestern
Bill Madden
Hank Allepeter
Purdue
War Veterans Disdain continued details on training and hiring
The piece notes disabled veterans prefer radio engineering, followed by electrical engineering and accounting, with OWI data citing training and employment patterns. It lists shipyards and major firms like Lockheed and General Motors, plus Republic Aircraft employing blind veterans and rapid trainer programs.
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Casablanca
OWI
Lockheed
Boeing, Douglas
Curtiss-Wright
Gruman
Budd Manufacturing Co
Luders Marine Construction Co
General Motors
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
International Business Machines
Bethlehem Steel
Ford Motor Co
Caterpillar Tractor
Republic Aircraft
Arma Corp
Henry J. Keiser
Vancouver
Portland
Richmond
Los Angeles
Republic Aircraft Corp
Evansville
Ind
Republic
Republican State Meet Hails Bid For Victory In Fall
Jim Shott and party leaders rally at a Parkersburg gathering naming eight electors and a July 22 platform decision. Delegates totaling 959 will be chosen June 22, with a five to fifteen member committee drafting a tentative platform. State figures praise momentum, while district appointments fill gaps as Republicans push toward the fall election amid strong party enthusiasm. Over 12,000 Queensland State pupils grew vegetables at home with school plots yielding 6640 dollars in sales last year.
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Queensland
Yanks Occupy 2 More From War Front
Allied reports detail further advances in Burma and China theater. American and Chinese forces press toward Myitkyina from the north and south near the railway, using airborne bazookas and rocket-equipped fighters to disrupt Japanese lines. In China, Japanese forces push toward Changsha along the Canton-Hankow railway, with American aircrews striking Kwelyi and Pingkaing targets to aid the pursuit.
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Ceylon
Burma
Myitkyina
Mogaung Valley
Rsmazking
Otter
Mandalay- Myitkyina
Mogaung
Chungking
Canton-Hankaw
Changsha
Hunan Province
Changshouthieh
Pingkiang
14Th Air Force
Kwelyi
Milo Tiver
Pingkisng
Joseph W. Stilwell
Shuttle Raid Shows Soviet American War Bond In Flight
The scene closed with Lt Gen Alexander Perminov explaining Russia and American gestures differ as the two sides united after the landing. Gen Deane thanked Soviet cooperation that helped keep German efforts split among the Allies. Perminov received the Legion of Merit with a Roosevelt citation praising his outstanding services and strong Allied cooperation.
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Alexander R. Perminov
Russia
Deane
American Legion of Merit
Perminov
Roosevelt
Soviet Union
United States
Obituary Mrs Dellie Mae Lipscomb Passes Away
Mrs Dellie Mae Lipscomb 43 died yesterday at 2204 Elmwoog Ave. Her body lies at Owen and Barth mortuary. Surviving are her son Sgt Robert Lipscomb in the army two daughters Anna Mae and Mary Lou her father E M Posey and a brother Elmer all of Charleston.
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Dellie Mae Lipscomb
Elmwoog
Owen & Barth
Sgt
Robert Lipscomb
Anna Mae
Mary Lou
E. M. Posey
Elmer
Charleston
Allied Air Blitz Over Europe In May Reaches Climax
Bombers from Britain and Italy pounded coastal defenses in France and German targets in a sustained offensive. Fortresses and Liberators, aided by heavy escorts, conducted double-barrel raids across the West Wall with up to 1,500 tons of explosives, while Eisenhower’s invasion plans continued with no halt after 16 days of heavy action. The Paris outskirts and Rouen suffered fires and casualties as nightly raids intensified.
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Spain
Turkey
Churchill
France
Germany
Russia
North Africa
Patton
Bloracco
United Nations
Frankfurt
Britain
Pagete-Calaizs
Boulogne
Italy
U. S
Romania
West Wall
RAF
Great Trappes
Paris
Dwight D
Eisenhower
Europa
Mediterranean
Danube
Giurgiu
London
Karl Zeppelin
Rouen
Major Clark Gable Leaves RAF After Service
Maj Clark Gable, who joined the RAF as a private on Aug 13 1942 and rose to major after serving as captain, retires from the RAF. He trained at Officers Candidate School in Miami Beach and was commissioned on Oct 28 1942. His retirement surprised MGM which had no film plans for its top star.
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Clark Gable
The
Reich
Gable
RAF
Miami Beach
Fila
Americans Tighten Noose as Rome Nears Fall in Italy
Allied columns press along the Alban Hills and outer rim of Rome as German resistance stiffens near the capital. American and Canadian forces push toward Valmontone and Anagni while encircling key routes on the Via Casilina. New Zealand units reach Veroli and Pescosolide, closing escape corridors and moving within striking distance of Avezzano.
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Coltijr Lavali
Rome
Mount Cayo
Lake Albano
Eternal
Rimini-Pisa
Italy
Clark
34Th Army
Campagna
Tiber River
Linuvlo
Velletri
Alban Hills
Appian Way
Lake Nemi
Valmontone
Labico
Via Casilina
U. S
Care
Sacco River
Cilina
Ferentina
Anagni
Highway 6
Sih
Breakhrough
Nere
Vellete
Valmont
Doughsoys
Mauynt Castellacio
Lidlali
Cave
Lake Atoano
Lanuvio
Sth
Allied
Fo Tgnt
the Alban
Casilina
Appenine Mountains
London
CBS
Aletri
New Zealand
Pescosolide
Sora
Ath
Litte
Avezzang
Daniel McKinney Killed Crossing North Page Trestle
Daniel McKinney 84 of North Page was instantly killed yesterday when struck by a northbound Virginia railway freight train at Robson while crossing a trestle over a highway. The body lies at B C Hooper mortuary Montgomery. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Mary Boone and Mrs Rasie Dart of Ronceverte. four sons D B of Beards Fork The of North Page Charles of Page and Bruce, address unknown.
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Daniel McKinney
North Page
Virginia
Robson
B. C. Hooper Mortuary
Montgomery
Mary Boone
Rasie Dart
Ronceverte
D. B
Beards Fork
Charles
Page and
Bruce
House and Senate Leaders Seek No Summer Recess
Washington June 3 The House and Senate Republican leaders agreed there should be no congressional recess until legislation creating machinery for settling cancelled war contracts is enacted. The minority will follow a policy of no recess during summer, decided at a conference of Senate Republican steering members and House Minority Leader Joseph W Martin Jr and Minority Whip Earl Michener. The House earlier added an amendment to the Lend Lease UNRRA bill banning use of lend lease funds for nations whose troops have not fought in the present war, adopted 82 to 14 with Democrats largely abstaining.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate
Republican Steering Committee
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Earl C. Michener
Calvin Johnson
United States
Ward Is Elected at State Banking Convention
Delegates at the two day West Virginia banking convention adopted policy endorsing gradual war era regulation abandonment, urged trimming government loaning agencies, and discussed pay scales and deposits. Nadler predicted no major shifts in long term rates for years as postwar deposits may reach 150 billion dollars. New officers included Defwacher as trust division president and Timberlake, Harter, Howard, Bentz in key posts with Crickerd Moore Raike Whelan Powers McConnell named to executive and state committees.
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Congress
Nadler
A Defwacher
Huntington
Association
Trust Division
R.A. Yarbrough
Bluefield
John G. Timberlake
Clarksburg
L. C. Harter
Wheeling
J. W. Howard
Welch
Prsident
State Bank
W. A. Powers
Romney
Savings Bank
John C. McConnell
Trust
AI Panic Flash Mistake Triggers Global Reactions
The AP explained a false flash stating Eisenhower announced Allied landings in France was sent by an unauthorized teletypes operator in London. Errors caused crowd silence at New York polo grounds and alarms in Ciudad Trujillo before editors and censors shut down the transmission.
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London
America
New York
Polo Grounds
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Associated Press
Ebixenhower
France
Joan Ellis
Anh
Miss Ellis
Waaf
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Blacklists Implicate Finnish Firms in Nazi War Effort
U S authorities name Finnish companies supplying Nazi war machine with chemicals, wood, copper nitrates, paper products and more. The firms, linked to IG Farben and Swedish troops, are cited as vital suppliers to German forces in Finland, Norway, and Denmark. Exports from Peru portland cement rise to 1,227,054 barrels in 1943 as wartime demand grows.
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Finland
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Farben Chemical Cartel
State Department
Erik Ramsay
Hamburg Shipping Trade Agency
Nez Fropagania
Finante
Peru
Supervisors Named At County Shelter In Kanawha
Mr and Mrs L B Whitehurst of Loudandale are placed in charge of supervision and recreation for boys and girls at the Kanawha county child shelter below Dunbar and will live there. The announcement came from Carl C Calvert president of the county court. Mont C Melton remains superintendent but will not handle discipline. Whitehurst couple have public school and juvenile court roles and are approved by Judge Charles Ritchie to improve the shelter’s program after prior mismanagement charges by federal officers.
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L. B. Whitehurst
Loudandale
Kanawha County
Dunbar
Carl C. Calvert
Calvert
Kanawha County Public Actoors
Mont C.melton
Whitehurst
A. 5. Alexander
Ritchie
NYA
South Charleston
Common Pleas
Charles Ritchie
Juvenile Court
Joe Smith Likely To Lead Democrats
Members of the Democratic state executive committee in Parkersburg meet today with indications that Joe L. Smith of Beckley will be chosen state chairman. Smith, retiring after eight terms in Congress, is backed by Clarence W. Meadows. If elected he would succeed A Hale Watkins, now a navy lieutenant, who may attend. The committee will set the July convention site, apportion delegates, name eight presidential electors, and likely reelect Arthur B. Koontz as Democratic national committeeman.
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Parkersburg
Joe L. Smith
Beckley
Smith
Éth
Clarence W. Meadows
A. Hale Watkins
Fairmont
Senate
Watkins
Mid-West
Arthur B. Koontz
Charleston
Red Cross Officers To Be Elected At Tuesday Meeting
Nitro News reports a Red Cross meeting set for Tuesday at 8 15 PM in the N SC building with officer elections and yearly reports. The surgical cosseing room will be open as usual. Also notes social events and local visits, including Mrs Clarence Rogers returning to Akron and Ruth McClain visiting Concord Ky.
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Red Cross
N. SC
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Weiner
Sleepy Hallow
Harold
Romine
Great Lakes
Chicago
Clarence Rogers
Akron
Mes
L. Burdette
le L Jarrett
Babcock State
Farmer Kills Four in Louisburg Area Farm Shooting
Four persons were shot and killed on a Faulkner farm near Louisburg, Kansas. Marshal Tom Higgins said Max Kettler allegedly killed his wife, her parents, and then shot himself. The victims include Mrs Ellie D Faulkner and her daughter Mrs Georgis Kettler, who lived near Paola.
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Louisburg, Kas
Louisburg
Tom Higgins
Ellie D. Faulkner
Georgis Kettler
Paola
Max Kettler
Kettler
Higgins
Slai
Faulkner Farm
Delegates Named To Illinois Meeting By WVHRC
Carl M. Frasure chair of the West Virginia Human Relations Commission designates Nate Harrison of Wheeling and Prof. W. O. Armstrong of Fairmont to represent the commission at a national meeting on America Democracy and Social Minorities. The meeting sponsored by the Dilnels Interracial Commission will be held in Springfield DL June 8.
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Carl M. Frasure
West Virginia
Germans Fortify and Crackdown Reported in France
An Algiers radio dispatch noted Germans left for Germany today and would meet high German personalities. In France, goaded by sabotage, German arrests were running at about 1,000 per week with another report stating 200 railway targets were hit in one week of sabotage.
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Fage
Germany
Algiers
France
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