Taylor County school enrollment rises on first day
Enrollment in Taylor County public schools reaches 3402 on opening day, with gains across grades 1 through 6 and a countywide increase over last year. Gratton Senior High notes 608 students with about 20 more to come, while St. Augustine schools report 120. High schools show mixed totals, with shifts mainly in lower grades.
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Taylor County
R. Virgil Rohrbaugh
St. Augustine
Rohr Baugh
Kenneth Hall
Gratton Senior High School
Haun
Grafton Senior
Flemington High School
Turlock Rasmussen
Grafton Junior High School
Plemington High School
Dewey schedule shifts toward foreign policy focus in campaign
Dewey will depart for Louisville tonight to address the National Federation of Republican Women's clubs. He aims to stress foreign policy while noting progress at the Dumbar ton Oaks talks toward a non partisan peace framework. He cites letters with Dulles and Hull as showing national unity on peace. Osborne Brough team defeats Betz Hart and Bundy McNeill in tennis.
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Louisville
National Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Dewey
Dumparton Oaks
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Hull
Last Chance for Merit Examinations in 1944
Applicants rush to apply for typists stenographers clerks and machine operators for state and federal agencies. Beginning salaries range from 110 to 140 dollars monthly with permanent positions. Send applications by Saturday September 9 1944 to the Merit System office 212 Atlas Building Charleston.
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Department of Public Assistance
Department of Unemployment Compensation
Department of Health
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
United States Employment Service
Merit System
Atlas Building
Charleston
Red Army advances drive near East Prussia and Yugoslavia
Soviet forces drove toward East Prussia after capturing Ostroleka near the Narew fortress and recapturing Wolomin, while Marshal Tito’s headquarters announced the Red army breached the Danube into Yugoslavia. Red Star claimed German losses exceeded 791,000 on the summer eastern front.
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Narew
Ostroleka
East Prussia
Red Star
Red Army
Germany
Hitlerite
Marshal Tito
Danube
Yugoslavia
Wolomin
Warsaw
Narew River
West Virginia reports seven infantile paralysis cases
West Virginia health officials said seven more infantile paralysis cases were found last week, raising the period total to 21 and the year total to 90. Six new cases occurred in McDowell County, where schools are postponed to September 18, and others were in Pocahontas County. Lewis County near reopening after a quarantine lift, despite the health commissioner's view that school closures won’t curb spread.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Health Department
McDowell County
Pocahontes
Lewis County
J. E. Offner
Abor Control Relaxed After Fall of Germany
War Manpower Commissioner McNutt stated that current strict manpower controls will be relaxed after Nazi Germany falls. He urged continued voluntary cooperation and noted sanctions would be abandoned as war ends. The report cites Byrnes directives and policy committee recommendations toward reducing compulsory measures. The piece closes with unrelated notes on sugar syrup and worker bee speeds.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Nazi Germany
McNutt
WMC
Labor Management Policy Committee
Management
Cent
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Jess Essentia
Germany
Man From Moorefield Dies After Railroad Injury Near Bainbridge
29 year old resident of Moorefield West Virginia died in a Havre De Grace hospital yesterday after being found injured on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks near the Bainbridge naval training station.
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Moorefield
W. Vt
Havre de Grace
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Fighting In Italy Pfc Ray Setler Serves With 133rd Infantry
In Italy along the Arno River Pvt Ray mond F Setler son of Mr and Mrs Farris F Setler of 314 Pearl street serves as a rifleman with the 133rd Infantry of the 34th Red Bull division. The unit with two Congressional Medals of Honor and numerous Distinguished Service Crosses has seen heavy action from Tunisia to Cassino and Rome. Also noted is Pfc Howard Shaffer in the South Pacific, John G Ridenour promoted to corporal at Camp Gordon, and transfers or leaves for training at Camp Forrest Huntington and other posts involving Pvt James J Nestor Jr and Donald Poling William Watkins Joe Ett and Edgar Allen Poe.
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Italy
Raymond F. Setler
Farris F. Setler
Pearl Street
Arno
133Rd
34Th
Red Bull
Fifth Army
Tunisia
Hill 609
Cassino
Anzio
Rome
193Rd
Mediterranean
Ireland
South Pacific
Samuel Shaffer
Mica
Pfc
Howard Shaffer
U. S. Marine Corp
Shaffer
Paris Island
S. C
New River
N.C
John G. Ridenour
Grace M. Ridenour
Camp Gordon
Donald Poling
Harry Poling
Lincoln Street
William Watins
Merle Watkins
Maple ‘Avenue
Joe
Dett
Blueville
Edgar Allen Poe
Allen Poe
West St. Charles Street
Huntington
The War Today Continues Frontline Shifts and Resistance
The piece tracks German defensive struggles along the Siegfried line and toward the Oder River forts as Allied pressures grow. It notes German morale and manpower strain, Russian combat reports, and a slowdown in General Patton's rapid advance due to fuel shortages, signaling no immediate wholesale invasion of Germany.
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Siegfried Line
Oder River
Fuehrer
apThese
Germany
Europe
Patton
Americans Advance Amid Rhine Front Movements
American forces pushed north from the west bank of the Saone to the Doubs valley occupying Poligny Arbois and Bletterans while passing Chaumergy near the Doubs river. Arbois lies 26 air miles from Besancon 47 miles from Belfort as the main German force position remains uncertain. A naval communique notes a 14‑hour bombardment by destroyers on Sept 4 along the Seventh Army right flank. U S Ludlow fired 376 rounds at targets between Cape Marpin and Monaco with very good results. Clearing Toulon Marseille and other ports continues.
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Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Lomza
Ostroleka
Narew
Moscow
Danube
Bulgaria
Bucharest
Red Army
Wallachia
Transylvania
Campalung
Fallen Pitesti
Stalin
Rot
Narew River
The
Saone
Allerey
Doubs
Poligny
Arbois
Bletterrans
Chaumergy
Doules River
Rhone River
Besanco
Belfort
Germany
Chalon
Seventh Army
U.S
Ludlow
Cape Marpin
Monaco
Riviera
Toulon
Marseille
Seventeen Leave to Armed Service from Here Today
Seventeen Taylor county registrants were called for induction this afternoon and left by bus for induction. This was the first call for September, with a small pre induction group expected later in the month. Those called include John Richard Carr Robert Charles Loar Brady Lee Carroll Kenneth Edward Getz Donald Franklin Poling Joseph Harold Fawcett William Merle Watkins Edgar Allen Poe Howard Virgil Kines Carl Curtis Brown Carl Edward Manear Clarence Edward Grow Arthur James Stevens John Willan Spiker Clyde Nelson Travis Fred Gilbert Boyles James Charles Paige transferred from California.
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Taylor County
Ion
John Richard Carr
Robert Charles Loar
Brady Lee Carroll
Kenneth Edward Getz
Donald Franklin Poling
Joseph Harold Fawcett
William Merle Watkins
Edgar Allen Poe Howard Virgil Kines
Carl Curtis
Russia warns Bulgaria to halt German troop passage
Russia warned Bulgaria that allowing German troops fleeing Soviet forces in Romania would be direct support of Germany in the war. The note urged immediate cessation as two days earlier Russia had declared war on Bulgaria.
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Romania
Germany
Russia
Bugaria
Shoe demand boosts UN relief agency purchases
United Nations relief agency is buying over 15 million pairs of shoes annually. Analysts say pent-up consumer demand for new styles should push production to record highs after lifting government production limits, style restrictions, and rationing controls.
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United Nations Relief Agency
Monongah Division Sets New Coal Movement Record
FAIRMONT Sept. 7. Baltimore and Ohio officials disclosed an all time record for coal movement on the Monongah division in August. The division carried about 2,100 cars daily plus other heavy freight movements, marking a 12 percent rise from July.
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Fairmont
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Monongah
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