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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1945

Page

2

Eastern College Directors Plot Schedules and Coaching Rumors

Eastern college athletic directors gathered for their ninth annual convention in New York to set football schedules while rumors of coaching changes dominated lobby chatter. Syracuse plans. Ossie Solem's resignation. Lafayette seeks a new coach. Bud Svendsen or Mel Hein considered for Hamilton. Fordham and others undecided on 1946 policy. Navy director search ongoing. regatta at Annapolis May 1. nine crew championship, and track and wrestling awards announced with Lehigh hosting in Bethlehem.

New York Eastern College Syracuse Post Ossie Solem Lew Andreas Lafayette Ben Wolfson Buff Donelli Duquense Navy Tom Hamilton Annapolis Columbia Cornell Harvard M. I.T Penn Princeton Rutgers Wisconsin

Baseball's Big Doings Mixed With Fresh Trade Talk

Major League owners and Commissioner Happy Chandler reached concessions at the joint meeting while minor leaguers faced questions. Trade chatter tied to Stirnweis and Stirny prompts jokes about moving players to football roles. Indirect notes cover Hartung Brantt options, White Sox color plans, Nat tress potential, Cavaretta's weight gain, Notre Dame adding Riley, and a lobby mix up misnaming Horace Stoneham as Holman.

Hugh Fullerton Chicago Happy Chandler Columbus Chandler Evansville Terre Haute

Boxing Results From The Associated Press

Boxing results list several fights with decisions and scores from Brockton New Haven and Binghamton. Pat Demers outpointed Joe Celletti in Brockton while Julie Kogan defeated Frankie Donato in New Haven. Tommie Mills beat Eddie Smith in Binghamton.

Associated Press Brockton Mass Pat. Demers Joe Celletti Providence New Haven Conn Julie Kogan Frankie Donato Philadelphia Binghampton N. Y Tommie Mills Valley Stream Eddie Smith Rochester

Chinese forces in Manchuria and western mountains

Fragmentary text notes Chinese government drive into Manchuria and potential Russian involvement in rugged western mountains. Mentions Kalgan forces and a large stock of Japanese ammunition. References Lt. Gen. Tu Li Ming.

Manchuria Russia Kalgan Tu Li Ming

For sale at all drug stores everywhere in Grafton

An item is offered for sale at Malone's Drug and Chemical and at all drug stores throughout Grafton. The notice highlights availability in local outlets and directs readers to purchase from these locations.

Grafton Malone's Drug & Chemical

Chiang leaders move forces as divisions ship to Changchun

Upper commander in the northeast conferred with the Generalissimo in Chunsking and Peiping then returned to Mongolian headquarters and ordered troops into Mudien. The fifth division of the 49th army was loaded onto former American planes for the flight to Changchun. Reports of Chiang’s surprise Pieping appearance mention none of Madame Chiang or Premier Soong. Marine Maj. Gen. Keller Rockey, commander of the U S Third Amphibious Corps, has been in Peiping for days, likely meeting Chiang and his party.

Chunsking Peiping Mudien 49Th Army Changchun Chiang Pieping Madame Chiang T. V. Soong Keller Rockey U. S. Third Amphibious Corps Peipine

TyDing Continues Trampage Witness List Names Parons

The report notes the ongoing TyDing coverage and states Whoever shoots first wins. Today's witness list includes Commodore W. S. Parons who served on the first atomic bombing over Hiroshima.

Tyding Commodore W. S. Parons Hiroshima

Phillies Shoppers Lead Busy 1946 Market Moves

Chicago December report notes the Philadelphia Phillies emerged as the most energetic buyers at the 1945 46 major league sessions. They spent about 67000 on three players including Johnny Humphries Frank McCormick and Skeeter Newsome plus 7500 for Lou Novikoff. Managers predict a surplus talent glut next season due to new income tax rules.

Chicago Philadelphia Phillies Phillies Lou Novikoff Chicago Cubs Phils Johnny Humphries Chicago White Sox Frank McCormick Cincinnati Reds Lamar Skeeter) Newsome Boston Red Sox Nevikoff Los Angeles Jimmy Dykes

Nazi crimes detailed in Dodd evidence at postwar trial

U S Assistant Prosecutor Thomas K Dodd presented four secret American orders showing the German high command directed that prisoners who escaped and were recap tured be sent to Manhausen camp with their fate hidden from the Red Cross American prisoners exempted from the treatment The Red Cross inquiries were to be answered that escapes and not captured Some camps brutality was ordered from 1933 including death for agitators Wilhelm Frick former Nazi minister of justice testified Gestapo expanded control over camps and ordered protective custody for enemies of the state

U.S Thomas K. Dodd Manhausen International Red Cross Red Cross Fof Dodd Dac Fiyau Wilhelm Frick Gestapo

Nazi camp officials executed after war crimes trial

Thirty six defendants were sentenced to death, including SS officer Martin Weiss, Dachau camp commandant, and Klaus Karl Schilling who conducted prisoner experiments. Schilling, who asked for time to finish his records, reacted with blinking and bowing as the judge announced death by hanging.

Volu Pege Johann Schoepp Dachau Klaus Karl Schilling S.S Martin Weiss Schilling

Pittsburgh Hornets Trail First Place Caps in AHL Race

The Pittsburgh Hornets trail the first place Indianapolis Caps by three points in the Western division of the AHL. They earned two points last night by a 7 3 home win over the Cleveland Barons, while Indianapolis lost 7 2 to the Providence Reds. Pittsburgh's offense overwhelmed Cleveland with 6 saves by the Cleveland goalie, 27 in the first period and 23 in the third.

Associated Press Pittsburgh Hornets Indianapolis Caps Hornets Cleveland Basons Indianapolis Providence Reds Rhode Island Pittsburgh Cleveland

Alabama Finishes 13-Year Best in History

New York December 13 Alabama, Rose Bowl bound, posted the best record of any defending college team over 1933 to 1945. Army led with an 8 89–17–7 mark. Tennessee ranked second at 8 17, Duke third at 4 02, Notre Dame fifth at 7 81, with Santa Clara and Ohio State also among the top ten.

New York Alabama Crison Army Associated Press West Point Tennessee Duke Tenn’ H Rdham Notre Dame Anata Santa Clara Ohio State Minnesota Boston College Santa Iquesne Fordham

Ireland’s wartime kindness and looming fuel crisis

The column notes improved Irish life in the war years with Dublin drawing British and American visitors for relief from rationing. It contrasts abundant liquor and meat with a coal shortage and growing use of peat as fuel, describing Ireland’s reliance on imported coal and peat piles lining the countryside.

Coninaea Ireland Dublin Britain England London

Ireland’s wartime shift boosts agri output and neutrality

The passage notes Ireland’s economic shift from coal reliance to agriculture under Eamon De Valera’s reforms starting in the early 1930s. It describes dual effects: Northern Ireland’s food production rising, wartime due to special wheat prices and compulsory measures, and Ireland maintaining neutrality while many Irishmen served with British forces. It cites prewar and wartime national income figures and emphasizes the broad transformation in Eire’s economy.

Dublin Eire Eamon de Valera Ireland

State deer kills reported today in West Virginia

Incomplete reports from 12 of 24 counties show 1443 bucks slain during the period, up from 1304 in 1944. Counts vary by county with Preston 333 (589 last year), Tucker 280 (231), Monongalia 200 (130), Pocahontas 200 (196), and others: Barbour 74, Greenbrier 77, Lewis 35, McDowell 16, Raleigh 24, Randolph 86, Taylor 53, Wyoming 66.

Charleston W. Va Dee West Virginia The Conservation Commission W. R. DeGarmo Preston Tucker County Monongalia County Pocahontas County Barbour Greenbrier Lewis McDowell Raleigh Randolph Taylor Wyoming

Dublin eyes postwar growth with improved attractions

The article notes Dublin can offer visitors better entertainment and dining as widespread poverty wanes. It highlights ongoing improvements in the postwar period and mentions a large debt figure of 41 million, suggesting focus on economic recovery and future development.

Dublin Bire

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