Trail Named City Police Chief In Beckley
Captain William T. Trail returned to command the Beckley police after unanimous approval by the new city council to succeed Captain Tommy Roberts. Trail, Raleigh county native, led the department from 1938 to 1941 and will hold the title captain in command with Roberts remaining captain. Other confirmations included Opie Hedrick as police judge and Robert Ashworth as city attorney.
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Tommy Roberts
Oppie Hedrick
Robert Ashworth
William T. Trail
Beckley
Robert Winston
Trail
Raleigh County
M. M. Gladwell
Gladwell
Roberts
Opie Tee Hedrick
Sterling See
A. K. Minter
Captain Trail
State Police
Lee Foster
Captain Roberts
Earl Martin
Tommy Jones
O. N. Hutchinson
O. Himmerman
Ross Cottle
Oscar Bowers
Lee
W. H. Weidensall
Bernard Martin
Otis Lyons
Harmon Manderville
Albert Allen
Poe
Winston
William P. Laren
E. D. Armstrong
Jasper Lilly
W. C. Mullins
J. 0. Freeman
Harry May
Jap Losses at Gloucester to Be Very Heavy
Allied forces report more than 1000 Japanese dead at Cape Gloucester New Britain with total enemy casualties described as many times that figure. MacArthur headquarters notes advances aim to deter counterattacks. Fifth Air Force bombs Madang New Guinea base. Solomons air force adds planes and strikes Arawe and Rabaul vicinity. Japanese counterattacks at Tauali repulsed.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
MacArthur
Fifth Airforce
Madang
Solomons
Rabaul
Arawe
Weather West Virginia Mostly Cloudy With Mild Temperatures
Mostly cloudy skies prevail across West Virginia with moderate temperatures today and tonight. Humidity remains comfortable as daytime highs reach the mid 60s and overnight lows stay in the 50s. A light breeze from the northwest is expected.
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West Virginia
Miners and workers start New Year on routine shift
West Virginia workers, including thousands of coal miners, begin 1944 with eight hour shifts as clerks and office staff observe a holiday. Six New York arrivals at Charleston hospitals mark the day, while Morgantown reports a single newborn. Governor Neely works on a speech for Monday's extraordinary legislative session.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
New York
Neely
Prices held in line by government controls in 1943
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins reported that price increases in 1943 were kept to the smallest margin since 1940 due to government controls.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Congress debates new anti strike laws in wartime
Washington reports stiffened anti strike proposals discussed at the Capitol amid wartime urgency and claims labor disputes delayed Germany victory. Officials and union leaders clash over responsibility while some lawmakers push Roosevelt to act or draft a simple penal anti strike measure after Congress returns.
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Eugene
Associated Press
Washington
Capitol
United States
United Nations
Germany
Roosevelt
Eighth Gains and Yankee Heights Seized in Italy Drive
Allied forces report American Fifth Army troops reach three more heights in the Rome front, while Canadian spearhead pushes toward Pesaro on the Adriatic. British raiders destroy a key Garigliano bridge, aiding retreat routes, as harsh weather hampers air support.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Rome
San Vittorio
Adriatic
Pescara
Garigliano
Appian Way
Harold Alexander
Italy
Vitienso
Cassino
Mt. Samuero
Bari
Budoxlco
Holiday Deaths Total 68 During New Year Week
The Associated Press reports the nation’s New Year’s half holiday period totals 68 violent deaths since Friday 1 p.m. Traffic crashes cause 40 fatalities and 18 arise from other causes such as fire gunshot suffocation and drowning. California leads with 1 traffic death.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
California
Marsland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
All-Out Naval Drive In Central Pacific In 1944 Halsey May Command
The Associated Press reports Adm. William J. Halsey may lead a coordinated all-out naval push through the central Pacific in 1944, aligned with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's southwest offensive to cripple Japan's empire. Admiral Ernest J. King says plans are ready to shift U.N. power into the Pacific, with Halsey promising sweeping blows that fast-track Japan's retreat toward Tokyo. Bougainville has been shelved as a base, part of a pincer to squeeze Rabaul, while a major push is anticipated even before Germany falls.
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Associated Press
Central Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
William J. Halsey
Ernest J. King
U. S. Theet
Washingto
United Nations
Pacific
Germany
Solomons
Halsey
Bougainville
Rabaul
T Ie
South Pacific
Twins Born In Different Years In Baltimore
In Baltimore Kathleen Rowan and her twin sister Mary Rowan were born in different years, with Kathleen born in 1949 and Mary in 1944, each arriving within minutes of the new year.
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Baltimore
Kathleen Rowan
Lea Rowan
Mary Rowan
Dawson Announces 1944 GOP Bid for West Virginia Governor
Dawson, Charleston mayor and three time GOP nominee for governor, declared on New Year’s Day he would seek the 1944 nomination. He plans to outline his platform later and argues the governor’s office is not for sale, citing his leadership during readjustment years ahead. His likely opponent is Raymond Funkhouser of Charles Town, who sought the U S Senate nomination in 1942 and lost to Chapman Revercomb.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Boone Dawson
Dawson
M. M. Neely
Raymond
J. “Funkhouser
Charles Town
Funkhouser
U. S. Senate
Chapman Revercomb
Byrnes Warns Inflation Key To War Effort In 1944
James F. Byrnes, director of war mobilization, says inflation must be stopped as the top civilian concern. He notes 1943 achievements in U S production and urges continued unity and effort to secure victory in Europe in 1944. The message stresses restraint at home and sustained wartime mobilization.
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Wasiington
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Europe
Byrnes
Pearl Harbor
United States
Congress Seals Victory in Fourteen Forty-Four War
Washington reports that congressmen anticipate a smashing victory for the United Nations in Furene in 144 though war with Japan may last into 1945 and perhaps into 1947. A cross section of senators shows a majority believes Germany will collapse within months if an Allied invasion of the continent occurs soon alongside Russian offensives.
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Washington
Congress
Furene
United Nations
Japan
Germany
War Food Administration to Release Pork Bans and Beans
Washington reports the War Food Administration plans to release about 440000 cases or twenty million pounds of pork and beans for civilian channels. The action aims to bolster food supply during wartime and ensure distribution beyond military needs.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Food Administration
Leaders hail prospects of coming year in United Nations aims
President Roosevelt and Secretary Stimson issued statements stressing imminent UN offensives in the new year. Roosevelt said Allies focus on postwar relief from unemployment and social distress while arming for decisive assaults to topple the Axis. Stimson warned of a titanic struggle and readiness to unleash force in Europe and the Pacific.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stimson
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Grippe
War Department
Europe
Far Pacific
Vandegrift Named Commandant of Marine Corps
Gen Alexander A Vandegrift sworn in as commandant succeeding Lt Gen Thomas Holcomb who is promoted to full general and retired Roosevelt assigns Holcomb to a new post. Vandegrift, a Guadalcanal victor from Charlottesville Va, assumes duties after returning from the Pacific.
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Washington
Alexander A. Vandegrfft
Guadalcanal
Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Van“uiff
Thomas Holcomb
Holcomb
Navy
Roosevelt
Vandegrift
Char- Hotlesville
Russians seize key rail hubs as they close on Poland
Soviet dispatches report Valutin's First Ukrainian Army driving toward Novograd Volynski less than 20 miles from Poland, capturing Belokoroyvichi and Barashi while Germans abandon guns and vehicles. Bagramian's forces reach near the Latvian border. reports claim 300 villages taken and heavy German losses.
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Red Army
Stalingrad
Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Belokoroyvichi
Kiev-Warsaw
Novograd Volynski
Poland
Novorad Volynski
Ukraine
Ivan Bagramian
Nevel
Rumania
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Belokurevichi
Korosten
Kiev
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Zhitomir
Belaya Tserkov
Bug
Vinnitsa
Auarters
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Sokolov
Batashi
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Novi-Zavod
AhiLamir
Soviet Journal Says Japan Lost Initiative in Pacific War
The Soviet trade journal War and The Working Class argues that Japan has lost strategic initiative in the Pacific. It notes temporary German backing is fading and Japan cannot rely on Germany for effective aid as Tokyo risks alliance with Hitlerite imperialism.
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Moscow
War
Pacific
Tapa
Germany
Soviet Union
Tadys
Japan
US Destroyer Perkins Sinks in Pacific Waters
The destroyer Perkins was sunk in a collision off New Guinea on November 19, with the navy also reporting the transport AP L G 2 sunk by enemy aircraft off New Britain on December 17. This marks a second American destroyer loss in New Britain New Guinea waters recently.
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Associated Press
Washington
New Guinea
Navy
New Britain
New Guinga
Knox
U.S. to Gain Japanese Mandated Isles Postwar
The Army and Navy Journal reports Allied leaders at Cairo Teheran agreed the United States should receive the Japanese mandated islands in the Pacific after the war. The Mariannas Marshalls and Carolines were former German colonies under League of Nations mandate. State sources said they had no information on the report.
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Pacific
Mariannas
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Caroline Islands
Japan
League of Nations
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
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Stalin
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Germany
Coal Rationing Ordered in South by Federal Officials
The Solid Fuels Administration directed southern Appalachian mine operators to suspend shipments for three days to satisfy urgent orders across eight southern states amid reported critical shortages as cold weather hits the region.
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Solid Uely
South
Appalachian
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