West Virginia and Ohio leaders clash on postwar finance
Washington debate on postwar programs centered on who should fund state development. Gov Bricker of Ohio and Sen Taft argued for state financed programs with limited federal control, while Gov Neely and Sen Kilgore urged federal aid, predicting mass unemployment and the need for coordinated industry and government action after the war.
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The
Charleston Gazette
West Virginia
Ohio
Washington
INS
Joan W. Bricker
Republican
Bricker
Robert A. Tait
Gay
Matthew W. Neely
Harley M. Kilgore
Neely
Sen. Kilgore
Puoblic Works Public Works
Sen
Taft
Wallace Praises Russian People in Novosibirsk
Vice President Henry A. Wallace spoke in Russian to a large Novosibirsk audience praising “our five great peoples” and urging joint peace and war effort to rebuild devastated areas. He compared the U S northwest with Siberia and lauded Siberia’s rapid industrialization and agricultural strength. Wallace noted U S states North Dakota Montana Washington and Alaska share common goals with Siberia as he travels toward China.
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Wallace
Moscow
Henry A. Wallace
Novosibirsk
United States
Siberia
Northwest
North Dakota
Montana
Washington
Alaska
China
Officers Are Honored For Attempted Rescue
SAN FRANCISCO June 14 Maj Gen W E Lyndh commanding general of the fourth air force and Maj Erwin G Morrison of San Francisco a staff member received the soldiers medal for the attempted rescue of six men trapped in a burning B 17 bomber at Fort Worth Texas last January 13 They were treated for facial burns after the incident A rocket flare came close to General Lynch head as he entered the wreckage He and Morrison removed five bodies and aided in recovering a sixth.
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San Francisco
W. E. Lyndh
Dth Air Force
Erwin G. Morrison
Fort Worth
Tex
Delos C. Emmons
Western Defense
Lyndh
Maj
Morrisson
Lynch
Morelson
One Line Can Serve Great Lakes to Florida Route
American Airlines argued before the Civil Aeronautics Board that a single carrier can adequately serve the Detroit to Miami corridor. The CAB weighed multiple applications from nine airlines for the route including stops in Detroit Toledo Columbus Charleston Roanoke Winston-Salem Greensboro Charlotte Columbia Savannah Jacksonville and Miami with opposition from Chicago and Southern Greyhound and local civic groups.
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Washington
Guns
H—e. W. Jacobs
American Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Great Lakes
Florida
Detroit
Miami
American
Delta Air Corp
Eastern Airline, Inc
National Airlines, Inc
Pennsylvania Central Airlines, Inc
Southeast Airlines
State Airlines
Wyne
Virginia Central Airlines, Inc
Colonial Airlines
Toledo
Columbus
Charleston
W. Va
Roanoke
Safeguards for Workers and Industry in Demobilization
Wendell Willkie argues postwar demobilization demands balancing protection for workers with private enterprise. He warns Europe moves toward state ownership and predicts rising unemployment pressure at home. A cooperative mechanism among industry labor and government should coordinate capital goods, public works, and plant location to stabilize the economic cycle, with federal countercyclical measures as needed.
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Wendell Willkie
Republican Party
Associated Press
Europe
Russia
France
Great Britain
Lord Woolton
Conservative Party
Industr
United States
Drop in WV highway traffic shown in four year span
Road Commissioner Ernest L Bailey reported a 43.9 percent drop in West Virginia highway traffic from April 1941 to April 1944. A War Transport Division survey counted 743,130 vehicles in 1941 and 416,760 in 1944, with the largest 55 percent decline on State Route 2 along the Ohio River at Bens Run.
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West Virginia
Ernest L. Bailey
Commission
War Transport Division
Ohio River
Bens Run
Stoop Inn on Coral Island Built by Two Soldiers
At U S Army base on Coral Island Marshall Talands reports two soldiers built a pride filled hut dubbed Stoop Inn. First Sgt Walter Cash of Hartwell Georgia and Pvt Robert Craft of Charleston West Virginia used captured Japanese supplies and scrap to create a low ceiling shelter with unique features including an army helmet washbow, a beer-cane water wheel shower, a windmill laundry, and a canvas bag refrigerator hung from a coconut tree.
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Charleston
Stoop Inn
U. 8
Marshall Talands
Republican Answer to Postwar Demobilization Crisis
The speech argues for government and private sector collaboration to stabilize the demobilization economy. It calls for public works funded privately, tax reform to attract risk capital, measures against monopolies, and coordinated effort from industry labor and government. It asserts postwar prosperity depends on production, new markets, and responsible enterprise.
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Republican Party
Marshall Islanders Boom in Trinket Trade at U S Base
Marshallese men mind babies and do housework while women craft mats bags and coral trinkets for souvenir-hungry GIs. Liberation from Japan sparks the greatest boom yet, but men keep cash from sales under a program by Col. Clifford R. Jones, garrison commander, paying cash for native goods.
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Marshall Isle
U. 5S. Army Base
Marshall Islands
Marshalla
Clifford R. Jones
Burlington, N. C
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