Atomic Scientist Will Head WVU
Dr. Irvin B. Stewart of Washington DC, 46, named president of West Virginia University by the board of governors after a year long search of about 100 candidates. He will take office July 1 after preparing an administrative history for the Office of Scientific Research and Development. The appointment followed his prior roles in government and academia including at the University of Texas and various treaty and communications positions.
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Stewart
Washington, D. C
Office of Scientific Research and Development
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University Board of Governors
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Holden
University of Texas
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
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Goverors
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Changchun Falls to Nationalists After City Recaptured
May 23 government dispatches say National troops formally recaptured Changchun at 11 a.m. after fighting communist remnants in the city. Gen. Tu Li-Ming's Northeast China headquarters reported the resistance was overcome and that Gen. Cheng Tung-Kuo’s First Army entered the capital. Communists, seen near Changchun yesterday, reportedly headed for Yung and Kiring, while defensive efforts at Kungchuling and Szepingkai fell. Citizens lined streets to welcome the advancing forces.
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Changchun
Tu Li-Ming
Northeast China
Manchuria
Cheng Tung-Kuo
Ew First
Yung
Kiring
Cheng
Volun
Ton
Meral Marshall
Jion
Nanking
Kungchuling
Szepingkai
Changchi
Lin Piao
Democratic Unioh-Army
Kuochiatien
Chanchun
Death toll of babies aboard GI brideships climbs
A five month old girl, Divian Smith, died in Pittsburgh as the death toll among babies aboard the Brazilian ocean liner Zebulon Vance rose to six. The ship carried Brazilian brides to the United States after sailing from Le Havre, with overcrowding and unsanitary conditions cited as concerns. Four deaths occurred in Fort Hamilton hospital and one in Paris. another baby, Robert Ball, died in Paris from malnutrition developing into pneumonia. The ship had docked in New York after a 13 day voyage.
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Pittsburgh
Divian Smith
Howard Smith
Burbank
Calif
Brazil
Zebulon Vance
Atlantic
le Havre
Fort Hamilton —Hospital
Paris
Army Hospital
Robert Ball
John Alibert
Keerbergen
Belgium
Vance
Strand or Dixie theatres show Blondie film bill
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Russell Currey to attend tonight’s film presentations. At the Strand theatre the feature is Blondie’s Lucky Day starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. At the Dixie theatre a second double bill offers Throw a Saddle on a Star with Ken Curtis and Jeff Donnell and Burma Victory.
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Grafton Sentinel
Russell Currey
Warder Avenue
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Strand Theatre
Ken Curtis
Jeff Donnell
Dixie Theatre
Pearl Harbor inquiry ends as Stimson cites possible 1941 war plan
Washington May 23 The congressional Pearl Harbor investigation closed with former Secretary of War Stimson saying Roosevelt likely considered striking Japan before Pearl Harbor. He recalled a meeting November 28 1941 when a war cabinet advised intervention if Japan moved against British and Dutch territory in South Asia.
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Pearl Harbor
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South Asia
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Senate House Inquiry Committee
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R.mich
Congress
Barkley
D. Ky
American Legion Nears 50 000 Membership Goal
The American Legion in West Virginia has reached 47 000 of its 50 000 member goal set for May 28, announced by Department Adjutant C A Tesch. The department aims to hit the target in time for a June 2 aerial roundup report with Legion officials from states flying to Indianapolis for a membership meeting.
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Charleston
American Legion
West Virginia
C. A. Tesch
Legion
Indianapolis
Ind
Tesch
Hazel Atlas box plant excavation to start Monday
The Hazel Atlas box factory in Grafton will begin excavation Monday morning for a $450,000 plant. The Washington Engineering Co will handle initial work, with about 90 workers to be employed permanently once completed. Construction may face minor railroad strike delays but is expected to proceed as materials arrive.
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Robert T. Knotts
Civil Production Administration
Washington, Pa
Grafton
Clarksburg Paper Box Company
Hazel-Atlas Glass
OPA Raises Four to Eight Percent on New Cars
The OPA keeps doors open for a possible further price boost while ceilings remain at 1941 production levels. An anonymous official said no plans to cut prices after factories resume pre war output, but another increase could come as production climbs. The Civilian Production Administration reports 433,766 passenger cars produced in ten months through April, roughly a normal one month pre war figure, with results tied to strikes and scaling to 1941 rates.
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Washington
Hances
OPA
West Virginia Senators Split on Labor Health Vote
Revercomb and Kilgore voted along party lines as the Senate rejected Pepper’s plan to fund union health programs. Democrats for Kilgore in West Virginia supported the measure, while Revercomb’s Republicans opposed it.
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Washington
West Virginia
Senate
Pepper
D-Fla
Kilgore
W. Va
Revercomb
Demmy Whips Say Merger Talks Illegitimate
Democratic whips of both chambers criticized naval committee chairmen for advising against a merger compromise. Senators Hill and Sparkman from Alabama said Walsh and Vinson overstepped by pressuring Secretary Forrestal and defying President Truman on Army Navy unification. They predicted bipartisan legislation on unification this year.
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House
Senate
Naval Committee
Forrestal
Hill
Rep
Sparkman
Alabama
Walsh
D-Mass
Vinson
D-Ga
Truman
Demmy
Wane of Shutoowang in Coml Area Noted
Washington May 23 With over a third of soft coal miners idle despite seizures a White House conference seeks a wage contract acceptable to John L Lewis and coal operators The meeting includes Interior Secretary Krug Labor Secretary Schwellenbach reconversion chief Snyder and others The end of the two week truce looms as many miners return to idle pits and thousands quit 243 mines shut down bringing mobilized mines to over 2100 of 4500 as federal estimates show. SPREADING page 3.
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White House
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Interior Krug
Schwellenbach
John R. Steelman
Truman
John W. Snyder
Ben Moreell
Krug
Eben Ayers
Lewis
Coal Production State Varied as Miners Suspect Work Stand
Charleston May 23 West Virginia bituminous mines showed above average production but UMW officials warned miners may strike without a contract starting Monday despite federal operation. District 29 chief George J Titler voiced doubt about continuing work after the two week truce, while operators reported most mines open with few closures and about 14 mines idle statewide, totaling roughly 3500 workers.
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West Virginia
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Beckley
George J. Titler
United Mine Workers District 29
UMW
John L. Lewis
Titler
New River and
Winding Gulf Coal Operators Association
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Titlers
Monongalia
Kanawha
John Baynard
Former Grafton Pastor to Get Honorary Degree
Martinsburg reports Rev. John Ward Brown former pastor of First Baptist Church Grafton will receive an honorary Doctor of Divinity at Salem College commencement on May 29. A Bucknell and Crozer Theological Seminary graduate, he has led churches in Fairmont Grafton and Idaho.
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John Ward Brown
First Baptist Church
Grafton
Salem College
Bucknell University
Crozier Theological Seminary
Fairmont
Idaho
Grim trial of Franco regime opens at UN hearing
United Nations sub committee holds first public hearing on Poland’s charges against Generalissimo Franco’s regime. Jose Giral, exiled Republican premier, testifies with written evidence alleging Nazi scientists conduct atomic research in Spain and criticising Franco forces’ size at about 840,000. U.S. memo puts armed forces over 600,000 and questions war readiness. Basque clergy persecution claims also cited. Andrei Gromyko submits notes on 47,000 Spaniards who fought in See SECURITY page 2.
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United Nations
Poland
Franco
Spain
Jose Giral
Giral
United States
S. A
Australia
France
China
Brazil
Jose Antonio Aguirre
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
Russia signals continued talks on one billion loan with US
Washington officials said Russia sent a new note over the weekend expressing interest in starting negotiations toward a one billion dollar American loan. The United States prepares its third reply, while no agreement exists on topics for loan talks, with prior discussions focusing on eastern Europe economies in Hungary Romania and Bulgaria.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Europe
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
White House seeks to avert railroad strike
The White House sent Labor Advisor John R. Steelman to talks with railroad leaders and operators to head off a 4 PM strike set to involve 250,000 trainmen and engineers. Steelman declined to comment as negotiations continued after a noon deadline fixed by President Truman.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Crcal Conte
Steelman
Truman
Railroad Strike Looms as Walkout Imminent at 4 P.M.
Local situation says no official notice of settlement or postponement. B F Davisson, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, warns engineers and trainmen on the Baltimore and Ohio system may strike at 4 p.m. Officials report no orders changing prior actions. Last week’s response was 100 percent. Monongah division has 275 engineers and about 825 trainmen. Train traffic may be disrupted. travelers warned of possible delays after 4 p.m.
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B. F. Davisson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Davisson
Monongah
Steelman silent on possible higher wage increase figure
In New York, engineer representative Thomas J. Harkins voiced cautious hope that the government seizure of lines would be called off, saying he hopes he is wrong. The report notes Steelman declined to specify whether a larger wage boost than 18 1/2 cents an hour might be proposed as a compromise discussed by Truman. He spoke before entering the Motion hotel suite of A F Whitney, president of the trainmen's brotherhood.
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Truman
New York
Thomas J. Hatkins
Engineers
Motion Hotel
A. F. Whitney
Hood
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Grafton Theatre Presents The Hitler Gang and Fever
The Grafton Sentinel invites K B Menear of 276 Market Street to attend tonight's double feature at the Grafton Theatre House, showing The Hitler Gang and Fever starring Kay Keyser and Marilyn Maxwell.
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Grafton Sentinel
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Market Street
Kay Keyser
Marilyn Maxwell
Grafton Theatre
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