Initiative Ours Completes 1944 Graduation at Academy
Seven hundred sixty six members of the class of 1944 received diplomas today, a full year early due to accelerated courses at the academy. Twenty five graduates were commissioned second lieutenants in the Marine Corps and about half of the remainder will report to naval air training stations. after a two week holiday the rest will be on active duty as ensigns. This week ends with the class of 1945 ring dance in McDonough Hall.
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South Pacific
North Pacific
Russia
China
Academy
Marine Corps
Naval Air Training Stations
Navy
McDonough Hall
Reds Claim New Offensive To Capture Moscow Reported
The report states a Russian front plan to mass about 70 divisions totaling roughly one million men for an imminent offensive toward Moscow. The German high command says 141 Soviet warplanes were shot down over the eastern front yesterday.
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Moscow
Solons Hear Sikorsky Vision for Postwar Helicopters
The inventor predicts helicopters will serve military uses now and become common within a decade after the war. He envisions hundreds of thousands in operation, possible daily traffic jams over New York, and suburban heli bus routes landing businessmen at street corners. Models push 100 mph, 600 pound payload, with later increases in speed and lift.
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Sikorsky
New York
Byrnes Seeks Unified War Practices Probe Control
Byrnes says he wants to work quietly and establish closer relations with legislative committees investigating war practices. He plans talks with Sen Truman and seeks a conference with a House group via Speaker Rayburn. He urges bringing issues to light before public airing and favors a single investigating committee to save time. He questions any uprising over his presidency.
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Byrnes
Sen
Truman
D.-Mo
Senate
Rayburn
Executive Branch
Test Air Raid Drills Under Civilian Defense Plan
The alert drills test siren tones and shelter procedures for motorists and pedestrians. Citizens are urged to cooperate with air raid wardens and defense personnel as red flares designate bombs and lessons assess response speed and communication. Maneuvers span St Albans Dunbar Nitro and nearby towns with officials praising local Civilian Defense units.
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Aux- Mary
Umbires
South Charleston
Dunbar
St. Albans
Nitro
Iistitute
OCD
Gasland F. Wilkinson
South
Charleston
Institute
Dunbar and
James P. Eastey
Air Corps
Helson
Virgil F. Fr
Coal wage settlement sparks inflation fears across producers
In Charleston, officials debate a proposed War Labor Board settlement tied to the central Pennsylvania agreement. Critics warn a $1.30 portal to portal rise implies about 20 percent miners’ pay, risking a nationwide inflation cycle and widespread strikes if not approved by the WLB, OPA, and Bituminous Coal Division.
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Charleston Gazette
Ives
War’ Labor Board
D. W. Martin
Wyatt Coal Co
UMW
Central Pennsylvania
Kanawha
WLB
OPA
War Labor Board
WLH
Pennsylvania
Conference Report Strikes Provisions On Labor Strikes
The conferees omitted penalties for urging strikes and for using union funds for strike benefits. A house amendment requiring union registration and public receipts was dropped. A provision limiting campaign contributions by labor unions was kept, while a prior limited court review of WLE decisions was eliminated. general-law avenues for appeal remain available.
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Secretary of Labor
WLE
Connally
Byrnes Denies Vice Presidency Ambition and Other Job
Coordination from Page 1.1 quotes Byrnes denying any political ambition after leaving the Supreme Court last fall. He says he has no aim for vice president and would not seek the nomination under any circumstances, while coyly addressing questions about an “other job.”
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Byrnes
Supreme Court
Mayor Turmoil and Zoot-Suit Clashes Reported
Widespread disorder linked to zoot suiters as Officer Medley, 35, in Vernon district, is hospitalized in critical condition after a car run down incident. A decoy in the street led the assailants to flee. State Sen. Tenney to probe foreign influence amid unrest. Mexican consul Callez distributes Spanish notices urging quiet at night.
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C. D. Medley
Vernon
Medley
Med
Jack B. Tenney
Legislative Committee On
Alfreds Callez
Senate Battles Price Controls and Black Market Probes
Lawmakers examined monopoly concerns over producer pricing and opened a probe into meat and poultry black markets. Rep Ploeser cited 25 million pounds weekly diverted beer to retail black markets at higher prices, while Bert F Lewis in Cambridge argued OPA failures fostered a vast poultry market black market.
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Small Business Committee
Ploeser
f-Mo
Ls A
Bert F. Lewis
Cambridge
Mass
Office of Price Administration
Heavy Raids Continue Across Pantelleria Assault
Allied dispatches report heavy raids on Pantelleria with Italian claims of a British cruiser hit, dust and shock waves from Fortress bombers, and continued attacks across Sardinia Sicily and the Aegean. Two Allied planes lost, one enemy craft downed, and renewed strikes on Greek shore targets.
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Rome
Pantelleria
U.S
Sardinia
Middle East
Messina
Aegean Sea
Greece
Gulf of Corinth
Kypartisia
Sicily
Itaby
Group Bolts Near Pact With UMW On Coal Pay
ONeill and Lewis stated an accord with the United Mine Workers is nearly in place as discussions with the War Labor Board proceed. The board set a 10 a.m. hearing for preliminary action while details remain to be penned and await government agency approvals and price conditions. The UMW meeting will address the Appalachian joint wage conference.
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O'Neill
United Mine Workers
WLB
UMW
Central Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Group
Lewis
Sprets
Arcome
WLA
Weld
Chinese Report Halt Japanese Push Near Taihong Area
The Chinese high command said a Japanese attempt to push south in the Taihong area of Shansi province was halted and that an offensive was launched against the Japanese-held city of Yingchiao, about 75 miles northwest of Hankow.
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Taihong
Shansi
Yingcherl
Hankow
Japs Retreat Miles Below Ichang in Heavy Casualties
Allied forces report Japanese retreat miles below Ichang with heavy casualties. Destruction of enemy units south of Sungtze near the river is noted, indicating significant losses as operations continue in the theater.
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Ichang
Sungtze
Porg Be
Central Pennsylvania miners reach wage agreement with operators
At a press conference ONeill announced a deal between Central Pennsylvania coal producers and United Mine Workers after three months of talks. The agreement follows War Labor Board directives, grants earlier concessions, and sets a fixed period with no further liability accumulation. Secretary Ickes may have influenced the temporary arrangement while underground travel studies are pursued. The industry aims to return mines to owners and stabilize operations for a defined term.
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War Labor Board
O'Neil
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Assn
United Mine Workers
Central Pennsylvania
O'Neill
War Labor
WLB
Inc
Ickes
Alsa
Lewin
Pennsylvania
Azst
Rubber plant tour honors wartime rubber drive leaders
Jeffers and Secretary Jesse Jones lead the Rubber Reserve Corp in inspecting Carbide Carbon Chemicals and United States Rubber Co plants. Undersecretary Patterson Forrestal and Gen. Sullivan attend with Navy aids. British supply mission members Baillieu O Donnell and Vinnings join executives, congressmen, and rubber industry officials for a high profile event. An afternoon CBS broadcast covers the plant tour while Jeffers speaks at the Chamber of Commerce dinner over Mutual stations.
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Ducer
Manemide Rubber
Commerce
Jesse JH. Jones
Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp
United States Rubber Co
Robert PF. Patterson
Quartermaster, Supply and Chemical Warfare Services
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Arthur M. Hill
Knox
Com. J. £. Sullivan
Bureau of Aeronautics
Ministry of Supply Mission
Clive Baillieu
D. J. O'Donnell
Walter Vinnings
Congress
Washington
Airair
CBS Stallions
Jeffers
Chamber of Commerce
Mutual
The Newspaper's Part In the War Talk at Rotary Lunch
Frank Knight of The Gazette will outline the newspaper's role in the war during the St Albans Rotary Club luncheon at noon today in the Methodist church.
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Frank Knight
The
Gazette
St. Albans
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