Rings in Our Noses and the Centralized Education Pull
An opinion page column condemns federal and state control of schooling, arguing that formulaic policies ignore local needs. It cites weather closures delaying classes, pay rules to make up days, and critics the lack of local input in education decisions. It calls for more local decision making and warns against further uniformity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
J.P.A
D.P.A
Uncle Sam
Hollows
W. We. Trent
Boards of Education
Putnam
Wirt
Pears
Richmond
Devensher
Raleigh County Board of Education
L.A
Plane speed and sound barrier may drive future fighter limits
A report notes new war rackets surpass sound speed, prompting talk of altimrate aircraft achieving similar velocity. With combat ceilings of 80,000 to 35,000 feet, sound varies from 663 to 860 knots per hour. Admiral DeWitt C. Ramsey predicts fighter top speeds may soon approach the sound barrier as aviation advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gahter
GSO Niles
Dewill C. Ramsey
Bureau of Aeromatics
Uiat
End of an Eventful Year and War Hopes
A year in review reflecting on 1944 as a turning point in World War II with Allied successes in Normandy and the Pacific. It notes Roosevelt’s era, home-front sacrifices, and the grim prospects ahead amid Belgian setbacks and ongoing battles.
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Sam
North Africa
Italy
Normandy
MacArthur
Philippines
Islands
Fort Moresby
Leyte
Pacific
Japan
China
Belgium
English Channel
England
Roosevelt
Hull’s Long Service as Secretary of State and Negotiator
Washington recalls Cordell Hull as the longest serving secretary of state. The article credits him as a great negotiator, notes his retirement from active diplomacy, and highlights his key achievements in reciprocal trade treaties and the Moscow Conference leading to the Tehran alliance.
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Washington
Department of State
Benjamin Franklin
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Hull
Fourth
Tennessee Infantry
Tennessee
Congress
Adolph J. Sabath
Ilinois
Hulls
Congressman Tull
United States
Japan
Spain
Portugal
Argentina
Harald T. Lekes
Teheran
Warriors of the Pacific Pride Homeward Hopes
War era profiles feature Howard Finley in the South Pacific aboard U S S Nashville bound for home in 1945 after joining in August 1943 at 18. Other sailors and soldiers from the area include Lowell Bailey from Temple Street and James Kay Walker Skeens serving in the Pacific.
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South Pacific
Howard Finley
Tom Finley
Resaco
Finley
Pacific
Lowell Bailey
G. C .Bailey
Temple Street
U.S.S
Nashville
General Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Bailey
Woodrow Wilson High School
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Illinois
James F. Kay Walker Skeens
B. J. Adkins
Mount Hope
Ron
Marine Corps
Marshall
Wotje Atoll
Marshall Islands
Coxswain
Skeens
German surrender ultimatum reaches American lines
On the same day a German major and captain, displaying a white sheet, approached American lines with a surrender ultimatum. They were met, blindfolded, and held as a battalion command passed by. McAuliffe received the message while the Germans waited.
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McAuliffe
Old Crock
1944 Paratrooper Aide of Roosevelt Era Military Dispatch
Passage recalls 1943 44 events with Churchill and FDR Stalin guiding final victory. Lists para trooper Frederick D Starrell Maine aide to General and wartime notes. Mentions Outfitting Furniture Sophia owner Pauline Carnohan and family, and Pvt Charles Lynch Woodrow Wilson graduate now in New Guinea with army paratroopers after training at Camp Blanding and Fort Benning.
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Pasety
Berlin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
New Guinea
Charles O Lynch
G. O. Lynch
East Prince & J. Carnohan Street
Charles Lync
Woodrow Wilson High School
Triangle Roofing Company
Army
Camp Blanding
Florida
Fort Benning
Georgia
Weathered Front Day Sees Mixed Operations Across Front
The report describes limited daylight progress as British air strikes targeted enemy communications and supply hubs while fighters and bombers hit similar targets. A northern front remained relatively quiet with patrols advancing up to miles before facing any resistance. Armor and improvised pillboxes appeared as the opposing side dug in.
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Longchamps
Britain
Glider pilots aid 101st in Belgium and Hancock family noted
Pfe John Hancock, shot in Holland, recalls the Bastogne nuts moment by Brig. Gen. McAuliffe as the 101st airborne, glidered into action in Belgium. His brothers in service include Pfc Paul Hancock in the Pacific, with four more Hancock siblings in military roles across France and Alabama. Squire John R. Smith retires after 12 years on Raleigh County Court, leaving a legacy of debt liquidation, a new courthouse, and public works amid turbulent times.
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Pfe
John Hancock
Holland
Bastogne
McAuliffe
Pfe. Hancock
Pfc. Hancock
Pearl Hancock
Five Fighting Sons
101St Airborne Division
von Rundstedt
Belgium
101St
Pfc
Hancock
Augusta
Paul Hancock
Pacific
Cpl
Bill Hancock
Paul
Clarence Hancock
France
Pvt
Lewis Hancock
Fort McClennan
Ala
Squire
John R. Smith
Raleigh
Squire” Smith
Shady Spring
Jim Shrewsbury
Crow
Court House
Little Beaver Creek
Health Department
D.P.A
Squire Smith
Soviet Interrogator Went Toward German Lines With White Flag
A Soviet officer with an interpreter set off toward German lines on the west bank of the Danube bearing a white flag. He was killed by German fire as he returned after the ultimatum was rejected. The interpreter escaped to Soviet lines by sheer luck. The claim said the Germans used premeditated murder and violated war rules. Soviet forces near Budapest pressed a bid to reach Vienna with heavy fighting and claims of German and Hungarian forces being cleared from key locations.
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Danube
Moscow
Europe
Austria
Cet
Alfred von Osberg
Budapest
Reich
Vienna
State Plants Get $8 133 748 In Contracts From SWPC
West Virginia small plants under the War Production cz SWPC have placed 8.1 million dollars in prime and subcontract orders since June 1942. District chief Q O Marsh notes the program aids small firms with under 500 employees, loans, and production help, totaling 625 465 loaned to local factories over 15 months.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W.P.B
War Plants Corporation
West Virginia
S.W.P.C
QO. C. Marsh
Terriory
Marsh
Logan News Man To Montgomery Logan Banner Editor Resigns
Kel Holliday, editor of the Logan Banner for 14 years, resigns to become publisher of the independent weekly Montgomery He ald. Sam Penninton of Princeton to fill vacancy on acting basis. Holliday from Coal Grove Ohio, long a Logan County Republican figure.
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Associated Press Logan
Kel Holliday
Logan Banner
Montgomery Heald
Holliday
Montgomery Business Ma
C. H. Frey
St Banner
Pendir
Sam Penninton
Princeton
Beckley stores to close for New Year holiday
Local merchants will suspend operations as New Year’s Day is included in the board approved holiday list. Beckley general stores will close tomorrow along with the West Virginia Liquor Control store planned for Monday and Tuesday January 2.
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Beckley General Stores
Beckley Mercatile Board
West Virginia
Japanese lines falter as British forces close on Rathedaung
A military communique reports worsening Japanese positions along the Kalapanzin river in Arakan and gains by British and West African units on the Maya coast. Allied forces push toward Rathedaung, 24 miles north of Akyab, as northern operations unfold under Lt Gen Sultan's command.
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Kalapanzin
Arakan
Maya Peninsul
Rathedaung
Enem
Akyab
Daniel I. Sultan
Namhkam
Lotwingami Paghkey
Kand
Ceylon
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Beckley
Thomas Maynor
Bertha Maynor
Harper
James FE
13Th
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Trap Hill High School
Welch
95Th
7Th Army
Jesse Ray Halsey
Bess Halsey
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East Gulf
Germany
East Gulf Company
Camp Breckenridge
Kentucky
Sloco High School
Fred Halsey
California
Betty
Nancy
Tommy
Lay Walker
United States Navy
O. L. Walker
Oakwood Avenue
West
Prince Street
Walker
Mount Hope High School
Kingston and Sabine Company
Armed Guard
Naval Training
Great Lakes
Palau
Guam
Saipan
Pacific Islands
Chester W. Walker
W. C. Walker
Spring Dale
Toll
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Fort Thomas
Chester Walker
Karl Walker
Karl
Fort Hueneme
Hawaii Islands
Norfolk
Virginia
Portsmouth
Parris Island
South Carolina
Camp Davis
Rhode Island
Joseph BF
Carnovan, &. K. 3 C
Lapua
Frederick D. Starrell
Maine
SWPC
Logan
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