Wounded GIs Speak On Postwar Plans From Halloran Hospital
Wounded American soldiers at Halloran hospital Staten Island share capsule interviews describing their postwar goals and career plans. Pvt Charles Dohremwend a Bronx paratrooper recounts injuries and contemplates shipyard work and future trades while awaiting prosthetic fitting and rehabilitation. The piece notes general war effects on veterans including education and training paths.
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Halloran Hospital
Staten Island
Buick Sedan Stolen Truck Recovered in Kanawha City
Frank E. Neely of 4914 Washington Ave reports his 1923 Buick sedan license 236-660 stolen Tuesday night in Kanawha City. A pickup truck owned by 7-Up Bottling Co and a car owned by Venice Nally of 613 Brooks St were recovered, the truck by state police on Mill Creek and the car by the owner in Donnaly Hollow.
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Frank E. Neely
Washington Av
Kanawha City
Mill Creek
Venice Nally
Brooks St
Donnal- Ty Hollow
John L Lewis retirement age candidacy announced
Kay Edmundson, former president of Illinois District 12 United Mine Workers of America, announced today his candidacy for UMWA international vice president. He said the next vice president will need to assume the responsibilities of international president, as that section of the union prepares for leadership change.
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John L. Lewis
International
Edmundson
John O'Leary
Pittsburgh
Springfield
Kay Edmundson
Ilinoig Dist
United Mine Workers of America
Umwa International
Sailor Seeks Lost Luggage in Charleston Cafe
John E. Lloyd, a coast guard motor machinist's mate, arrived June 2 for a Charleston tour and asked police to help locate a black traveling bag he left in a local cafe. He does not recall the cafe name or location, and the bag bears his name in gold. Contents include two sailor suits and other apparel. Horse-drawn cab fares in Dublin are to be regulated.
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John E. Lloyd
Charleston
Coast Guard
Lloyd
TB Discharges Hit 500 A Month For Tuberculosis
Washington June 194- Surgeon General Parran said five hundred armed forces members are discharged monthly due to tuberculosis. He told a senate subcommittee that deaths from TB rose this year, urging a federal program with 10 million dollars for TB prevention and eradication.
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Washington
Thomas Parran
United States Health Service
Senate
America
Triplets Bre Beckley Father Delbert Parker Died
Last surviving triplet Melvin Delbert Parker died at his parents home in Sun Sun mining town. He and his brothers Melvin Ray and Marvin Wayne were born yesterday at the Parker home their father a mine worker. The Chilean aviator day marked the 25th anniversary of Dagoberto Godoy’s first crossing of the Andes.
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Bre Beckley
Melvin Delbert Parker
Delbert Parker
Sun
Melvin Ray
Marvin Wayne
Parker
Chile
Andes
Dagoberto Godoy
Wallace Sees Asia Policy As Freedom Diminishes Divisions
Vice President Wallace urged a postwar policy of freedom for Asia’s subject peoples and a time-limited occupation of Japan toward an Asiatic Sweden of peaceful, high- tech pursuits. He warned against imperial entrenchment and called for an orderly transition to broader self-government across Asia, citing China, the Philippines, Korea, and Thailand as key members of free Asia.
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Wallace
Asia
United States
Japan
Sweden
China
American Council
Institute of Pacific Relations
Churchill
Uncle Sam
Simon Legree
Santa Claus
Asis
Free Asia
Soviet Asia
Philippines
Korea
Thailand
United Nations
French Committee of National Liberation
America
Phillippines
Pacific Islands
Southeast Asia
India
Dutch East Indies
Burma
Malaya
Indo-China
Negro Knights of Pythias to Renovate Washington St Lodge
Building Inspector George E. Hendricks issued a permit to Franklin Calloway authorizing the Negro Knights of Pythias lodge to make general repairs to their building at 910 Washington St. E. for an estimated cost of 200,000. Calloway said the plans include.
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Negro Knights of Pythias
George E. Hendricks
Franklin Calloway
Negro Knights of Pythias Lodge
Washington St. E
War Service Training Committee Enlarged
Three additional members were named by State School Supt. W. W. Trent yesterday to the committee evaluating military and war service training in terms of state college credits. New appointees are J. E. Long registrar at West Virginia University A. A. Schecraft dean of West Virginia Wesleyan and S. L. McGraw registrar of Concord College.
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W. W. Trent
J. E. Long
West Virginia University
A. A. Schecraft
West Virginia Wesleyan
Cavalry Veteran Completes 25-Mile Hike Ahead of Main Force
In Van Dorn Mississippi T Sgt George LeBlanc 47 a former cavalry sergeant with 24 years service finished a 25 mile hike in 5 hours 1 minute 15 seconds faster than the main unit though his age might have led to a slower pace.
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van Dorn
George LeBlanc
LeBlanc
Aviation in Grade Schools to Teach Flight History
Boulder Colorado will introduce aviation education in grade schools. The course covers history of aviation plane structure and identification airways airports civil regulations communications meteorology and flight theory. Nearby notes mention increasing popularity of Russian motion pictures in Australia.
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Boulder
Colon
Colorado
Snake kills itself in museum exhibit incident
A timber rattlesnake at the Charleston museum died by its own action after sinking a fang into its belly. This marks a second self poisoning incident in the museum exhibit, as the pickled reptile is retained in its crisis position with other specimens.
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Charleston
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