Army Seeks War Officers For Draft Duty
The Army accelerates training capacity and seeks 30 000 junior grade officers to meet the wartime expansion. It plans to recruit reservists veterans for nine to 12 months to train inductees and to accept about 1 250 reserve officers monthly for active duty.
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Army Department
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N. J
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Fort Ord
Cal
Fort Jackson
5. C
Armed Forces
Air Force
Navy
Guard
National Guard
Attlee Denounces Communists At England Rally
Prime Minister Attlee condemned Communists as mischief makers seeking to weaken Europe. Speaking to about 25 000 agricultural workers and families in Skegness, he warned against US denouncement by pro Communist critics and urged vigilance to protect Europe’s health. He contrasted Churchill’s Luton speech with a firm stand against Russia and Berlin blockade.
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Eng
Attlee
Europe
United States
America
Winston Churchill
Luton Hoo
Luton Hoory
Churchill
Russia
Berlin
Jssuca i
Munich
Britain
Hitler
Bandits Shoot Two Elude Police in Cook County Manhunt
Treasury agents traced gun numbers found near a quarry where a gang eluded police in a large Cook County chase. Investigators hoped stolen Army guns and a band about three miles area fled toward Blue Island after robbing an alleged handbook and wounding two officers.
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Chicago
Treasury
Cook County
T-men
Treasury Department
Cook
Chica
Blue Island
Western Springs
Des Plaines
Third Round Pay Rise Wins Half of Unionists
Washington dispatch reports more than half of unionized workers gained third round postwar raises. John L. Lewis led a $1 a day increase for 400,000 soft coal miners, reinforcing prior gains across electrical, meat, rubber, atomic and automobile sectors. Remaining major holdouts are shipping, telephones, railroads, and ales. Government experts remain optimistic about industrial peace. Cyrus Ching, 72, director of the federal service, won a one year contract in the soft coal industry and left Washington for Canada.
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UMW
Cyrus
Ching
Federal
Ete
Washington
Canada
Page
Coal Operator Aims Price Cut Pending 12 Month Mine Guarantee
Washington June 27 An operator says the new contract with John L. Lewis will not raise prices and he hopes to announce a cut soon as mines are guaranteed to operate for the next 12 months. The deal affects operators through the South not represented by the Southern Coal Producers. De Cook backs freeing the $45 million welfare fund and notes a wage rise for his workers. Steel company holdouts weigh whether to sign or challenge this week.
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Knoxville, Tenn. Coe
John L. Lewis
H. K. Cook
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de Cook
Communists absorb Czech Social Democrats in Prague merger
In Prague an integrated ceremony at Lucerna hall ratified the union of the 60 year old Czech Social Democratic party with the Communist party. The merged body now numbers over 1.15 million members, with Gottwald remaining as chairman and the Communist name retained.
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Frague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Social Democratic Party
Lucerna
Prague
Horder
Klement Gottwald
Soviet Edits Dewey as Wall Street Aide in Editorial
Moscow dispatch notes the Soviet press denounces Governor Thomas E. Dewey as aligned with Wall Street planners. The Socialist Agriculture adds the Republican platform supports expansionist policy and anti democratic measures and cites Marshall Plan UN unrest and Western Germany rebuild. It praises a Walace third party as changing pre election choices for peace and democracy.
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Moscow
Thomas E. Dewey
Plana
United Nations
Germany
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Parking ban eyed to ease rush hour traffic downtown
Residents and workers discuss a 4 to 6 p.m. downtown parking ban from Broad to Court streets and from Kanawha Blvd E to Washington St BE to curb congestion. A Carbide and Carbon employee and a housewife advocate restrict parking to reduce delays while some call for nighttime street work to avoid peak flow.
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I Court Sts
Kanawha, Blvd
Washington St
W. H. Houchings
Venable
Houchins
Angel
Jooks
Charleston
Dickinson St
Budget Surplus Near Eight Billion Set Historic High
Washington reports a near eight billion dollar budget surplus for the fiscal year end, the highest on record. Much of the funds have reduced the federal debt to about 251.6 billion, with 1.4 billion kept in cash reserves boosting banking balances to about 4.8 billion. The surplus reflects income minus spending, with accounting moves planned to shift 5 billion for foreign recovery as an expense this year, affecting the apparent balance.
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Washington
Treasury
Truman
Congress
Tramanca
McGrath Accuses Grundy of Controlling GOP Choices
Democratic national chairman J. Howard McGrath said Grundy of Pennsylvania influenced GOP presidential nomination and national chairman picks. He cited Grundy’s role in Dewey’s nomination and a Pennsylvania congressman being named GOP chair despite key votes. In Cairo, Nekrashi Pasha rejected Bernadotte’s plan to designate Jewish settlements as municipal areas during the Arab Jewish truce.
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Washington
Joseph MR. Grundy
Pennsylvania
J. Howard McGrath
Joe Grundy
McGrath
Grundy
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Crat
Cairo
Nekrashi Pasha
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Bernadotte
Arab League
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
League
Ragel Defeats Carper to Win City Golf Title
Ragel defeated Gay Carper 2 and 1 to capture The Gazette's 1648 City Wide Golf championship at Meadow Brook on a par 72 course. The new champion posted a 69 four under par in the morning while Carper led early rounds. Rugel finished strong, securing the title on the 35th hole of the 16-hole final.
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Joe Raget
Gay Carper
Gazette
Meadow Brook
Carper
Beller
Meadow Bronk
Kenawha
Rugel Elso
Rugel
Ruefel
Mediator to Offer Basis for Palestine Peace Talks
United Nations mediator Trygve Lie told reporters in Rhodes that his suggestions for a basis for further discussion on Palestine peace will be given to Arab and Jewish leaders tomorrow or Tuesday. He said both parties must be notified at the same time and urged no comments or publication until they respond. He indicated the suggestions aim to spark further talks rather than present a full peace plan and left open possible counter proposals from either side.
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Folk Bernadotte
Palestine
United Nations
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Holy Land
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U. N
Palese i
Ballot One Polls Open in Charleston Annexation Vote
Residents prepare to express views on joining North Charleston to Charleston in a February 5 1947 referendum. Voting opens at 6 30 am with aims to improve fire protection and access to city equipment amid post fire safety concerns.
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Charleston
North Charleston
West Virginia
J. Louis McLane
North
Pease
Virginia Trooper Beaten Five Jailed Near Carfax
A Virginia state trooper, Catton Williams, was beaten into unconsciousness and left in a 40 foot ravine near Carfax Wise county. Five men from Carfax were arrested on felonious assault charges as part of a manhunt by state and county police.
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Virginia
Carfax
Wise County
Catton Williams
Tuck
J. J. Lindsay Almond
Buchanan County
Hagan Tieche
Williams
Allen Hale
Arnold W. Hale
Douglas F. Hale
Fred M. Hall
William Davis
Tieche
Boys Hunt For $10 Bill as Thief Finds Gems
In Hollywood two youngsters aged six and a playmate played hide and seek with a stranger who offered $10 to each boy. The man disappeared with a platinum bracelet encrusted with 287 diamonds and a valuable ring worth $17,500. The boys reported the incident to their parents.
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Hollywood
K. T. Belcher
Ben J. Weinberg
Robbins
Howard
U S Air Force Orders Sky Masters to Frankfurt Mission
The U S Air Force ordered about 38 Sky Masters to the Frankfurt area to augment Europe air power and fly food and medicine through the RusHan blockade into Berlin. Planes will leave bases within 24 hours, detached from Alaska Caribbean and tactical commands at Gen Lucius Clay’s request.
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INS
U. S. Air Force
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Europe
Berlin
Alaska
Carribbean
Tactical
USAF
Lucius Clay
Air Force
Vandenberg backs Dewey Warren ticket bid rally
Senator Arthur Vandenberg and other Republicans rallied for the Dewey Warren GOP bid. Vandenberg praised the Philadelphia platform as a clear pledge to international cooperation and peace. MORSE and BALDWIN hailed liberal, constitutional protections, while McGrath warned of old guard influence in the party.
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Arthur Vandenberg
Republican Congress
Democratic
CIO
Sen
Vandenberg
Washington
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
GOP
Baldwin
Conn
Democratic Party
Berlin Rationing Tightens as Allied Crisis Grows
Berlin in June 27 reports partial rationing for American and British sectors as Western supply routes dwindle. British and American authorities announce cost-saving measures and emergency air deliveries while Russians permit some barge movement. Western powers consider a direct three‑way approach to Moscow as Britain and France seek assurances.
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Berlin
Germany
E. O. Herbert
Ar and Control Commission
Officeiak Motor Transport
Army
Last Call For Security Loan Prompts Savings Bond Push
An editorial urges Kanawha County West Virginia residents to start a month by month Savings Bonds plan as a future retirement and emergency fund. It notes past Security Loan quotas and explains United States Savings Bonds accrue 3 1 3 percent when held to maturity and can be cashed in instantly for emergencies.
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Kanawha County
The
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Alate
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