Kilgore opts not to run for governor in 1946
U S Senator Harley M. Kilgore will stay in the Senate and not seek the Democratic nomination for governor. Charleston strategists say his decision follows Washington discussions with the Truman committee. several other candidates are weighing bids, including Judge Clarence Meadows and Rush Holt, with Thomas, Partlow, and McLaughlin also signaling possible runs.
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Associated Press
Charleston
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Washington
Beckley
Kilgore
Holt
Weston
Statehouse
Clarence W. Meadows
Mead
Allied French Drive Puts Pressure Near Cassino Italy
Allied forces push two miles into German positions guarding Cassino and seize Acquafondata and nearby high points. French troops under Gen Juin gain from two to five miles against stiff resistance, capture 250 prisoners, while American troops draw nearer Mt. Trocchio on the Gustav line. In New Guinea, Australian and American forces close on Sio mission as Japanese withdraw, and Marines near Hill 660 on New Britain anticipate a fall.
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Associated Press
Allied
Algiers
Europe
Italy
Cassino
Acquafondata
Mark W. Clark
Alphone Juin
15Th Army Group
Vilicuso
Mt. Trocchio
Gassino
New Guinea
Sio
Huon
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Saidar
Madang
Sio J
New Britain
Americans Get Japan Flag After Wotje Raid
Pearl Harbor report from Adm. Mimitz states Seventh Army Air Force bombers sank a medium cargo ship at Wotje in a low level raid as part of four new attacks on Japanese held Marshalls. A crewmember brought back a Japanese flag fused to the fuselage of a plane. the cause remains speculative.
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Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Airforce
Wotje
Marshalls
Adm
Chester W. Mimitz
West Virginia Readies 43000 War Loan Volunteers
Charleston reports about 43000 volunteer bond salesmen are preparing for the fourth war loan drive, opening in West Virginia Tuesday with a $75 million goal. A. G. Spurr of Fairmont urged counties to adopt the slogan Yet's give 'em a chance to buy, noting West Virginia led in the prior drive and must not rest on laurels.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Spurr
Fairmont
State War Finance’ S
Quake Wrecks Part of City in Andes Region
Unofficial reports claim an earthquake shattered a large part of San Juan Argentina, an Andean city 75 miles north of Mendoza, with tremors felt across Argentina and Chile. The reports remain unconfirmed.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chile
San Juan
Mendoza
Red Army Urgency Drives Polish Boundary Talks
The Soviet Union seeks rapidity in settling Poland Russia differences as Red Army pushes west. Kremlin studies mediation with Britain and the United States and may require Moscow allied groups for talks. Polish leaders including Rackiewicz face pressure to form a Moscow acceptable cabinet and coordinate with Soviet forces against Germany.
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Associated Press
London
Poland
Russia
Red Army
Kremlin
Moscow
Union of
Kasimierz Sosnkowski
Kerritoy
Wladislaw ‘Rackiewicz
Underground
Germany
Wage dispute over unions tells Stimson
Washington three rail roads operating brotherhoods which had held out on signing a wage agreement entered into by the majority of other rail unions notified the war department that the wage dispute has been settled and that the strike vote has no further force or effect. The action announced by the White House was sent to Lt Gen Brehon Somervell as governing officer for army service forces after the carriers were taken over by the government. The unions named are the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen the Order of Railway Conductors and the Switchmen Union of North America. The agreement calls for a nine cent per hour wage increase and a week's vacation. Meanwhile hearings continued on overtime benefits in the wage dispute involving 15 non operating unions representing more than 1 000 000 clerical mechanical and laboring employees.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
White House
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Stimson
Somervell
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Switchmens Union of North America
Hamilton Attacks Willkie Managers On Delegates
Former Republican National Committee chairman John D. M. Hamilton accused Wendell Willkie’s organizers of pressuring party leaders nationwide to pledge support before alternatives could be heard. He described the effort as a “Willkie blitz” aimed at foreclosing the Republican nomination and rendering the nominating process a farce.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Wendell J
Willkie
Sub Menace Licked By Allies Says Sub Menace Licked By Allies
Amersham England German submarines have almost stopped harassing Allied convoys in the Atlantic. Air Vice Marshal R H M Saundby deputy chief of the RAF bomber command said the RAF coastal command and escort carriers with Azores bases cover the Atlantic making submarine attacks very difficult and they have largely given up flying.
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Associated Press
Amersham
England
Atlantic
R. H. M.S. Saundby
R.A.F. Bomber Command
RAF
Coastal Command
Azores
German Troops Reported Along Bulgarian Turkish Frontier
London dispatches claim German troop concentrations along the Bulgarian Turkish border. Reports from Sofia note strengthened garrisons and rising tensions as Bulgaria questions Turkey's neutrality. Budapest radio says Sofia residents flee after air raids that killed hundreds and damaged ministries and theaters.
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Associated Press
London
Stockholm
Sofia
Bulgaria
Ismet Ionu
Turkey
Cairo
Roosevelt
Churenil
Budapest
Ministries of Interior and Finance
AFL Acceptance Of Miners Seen
Washington sees the United Mine Workers likely to reaffiliate with the American Federation of Labor next week as the AFL executive council heads into its Winter meeting in Miami. Favorable action is anticipated amid railroad unions’ dissatisfaction with White House wage case handling, following a prior 6-8 tie that sent the issue to the Boston convention for terms negotiation.
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Associated Press
Washington
John
Lewis United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Um.w
A.F.L. Executive Council
Miami
White House
A.F.L
Boston
Executive Council
Big Postwar Income Outlook Mentioned by Wallace
Vice President Wallace forecast a postwar national income exceeding 130 billion dollars to cover interest on the national debt and ensure full employment. He also warned a reduction in war production of about 340.9 billion dollars is likely when Europe finishes, potentially costing over 1,100,000 jobs.
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Associated Press
New York
Wallace
Europe
Group Favors New Boost In Discharge Pay
Washington bipartisan blog backs higher mustering-out pay for servicemen with a range from 100 to 700 dollars proposed. Senate favors 200 to 500, House panel suggests 100 to 300, as showdown nears. Lemke angrily denounces debate limits while veterans groups split on bill size and broader aid implications.
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Associated Press
Washington
Beh
Lemkz
Senate
House Military Committee
Change In State Department Seen
Washington reports a far reaching reorganization of the State Department to prepare for war responsibilities and secure peace. Secretary Cordell Hull issues a departmental order under which top officers are freed from administrative duties, new divisions are created to handle international problems, overlapping jurisdiction is eliminated, and clearer lines of responsibility are set. High officers will be coordinated by two new committees with Hull as chairman.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Cordell Duit
Department
Hull
Bombs Rain 2000 Tons On Brunswick In Record Raid
Allied air fleets using Mosquito craft hammered Brunswick Germany with a storm of 2000 tons of bombs in 23 minutes setting a record for bomb concentration. About 600 to 700 four engine bombers struck Brunswick alone as part of a large Tuesday night assault on the Reich, with fires visible 150 miles away and limited German resistance.
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Associated Press
London
R.A.P
Berlin
Magdeburg
Brunswick
Germany
R.A.F
France
Calais
Iie
Brittey Press- Association
Ely
State Faces Milk Shortage In Virginia This Winter
Virginia faces a milk shortage as winter production remains below normal. Dairy specialist James E. Weber said statewide output trails typical winter levels and, without outside shipments, some consumer rationing might be needed. He noted consumers have not yet noticed the drop, but plants have, with large inbound shipments from Ohio and nearby states helping ease the situation. Factors include high feed costs, labor shortages, and dairyman withdrawals.
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Virginia
Department of Agriculture
James E. Weber
Department
Weber
Ohio
Red Advances On Rail Line And Fronts In Soviet Push
Red forces drive toward the Polish border and Leningrad area as Soviet units push westward in White Russia and Galicia. Reports say 1 400 Germans killed, 16 tanks and guns destroyed, and a German armored train destroyed. Guerillas aid Vatutin’s left wing near Vinnitsa and Sarny as Germans race to breach the Dnieper bend.
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Associated Press
London
Simchay
Russia
Red Army
Ukraine
Rumania
Moscow
Berlin
Leningrad
Constantine Rokossovsky
Kalinkovichi and
Mozyr
Pripel
Shrngatey
Kalinkevichi
Finsk
Aar
Nikolai Vatutin
Odessa-Lwow
Dnieper
Vinnitsa
Uman
Yugoslav Partisans make headway near Fiume and Sarajevo
Yugoslav Partisans under Marshal Tito pushed south toward the German held naval base at Fiume as heavy fighting raged near Novomesto and around Fiume. German columns struck toward Sarajevo while Partisans claimed recapture of Jestina and Janja in Bosnia and advances along the Vrbas valley amid casualties for German forces. American bombers then attacked the Mastar airfield inland from the Dalmatian coast in a two wave daylight raid.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Fite
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Iume
Novomesa
Fume
Vrbas
Dajee
Jestina
Janja
Banja Luka Stace
Mas~tar
Balkans
Dalmatian
Japanese face pilot shortage shocks Pacific fleets
Admiral William F. Halsey said Japanese air squadrons in the south Pacific now fly with Mir Officer pilots due to a shortage. He noted that without rescue, Japanese ships would be sunk as fleets meet. In California, Liberty ship Carole Lombard named for the film star arrived at Los Cerritos, with Capt. Clark Gable present.
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Associated Press
Enterville
Del
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Mir
Ats
Halsey
Lombard
Wilmington
Calif
Carole Lombard
Jos Cerritos
Miss Lombard
Clark Gable
Une Army Air Forces
Prisoners Locked Up After Threat in Wisconsin Prison
The 800 inmates at the Wisconsin State Prison were confined to their cells and all activities and industries halted after a riot threat, state welfare department head Allan W. Bayley said.
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Associated Press
Waupun
Wis
Wisconsin State Prison
Allan W. Bayley
State Department of Public Welfare
Fight Over Democratic Committee Posts Indicated
A wave of candidacies for county Democratic executive committee posts surfaced as contenders moved ahead of the filing deadline. The legislature moved the filing date earlier under a new soldier ballot law to allow ballots to reach soldiers before the May primary. Raleigh figures such as Gene Burke and Frances M. Biggs joined the field, signaling a potential power struggle within the party.
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Democratic County Executive Committee
W. A
Gene) Burke
Robert Winston
Raleigh County
Democratic Executive Committee
Sin
Beckey
Frances M. Biggs
Will Liams Street
City Recorder
A. K. Minter
C.D. Crawford, Sr
City Fire Department
Civil Service Commission
Minster
Thelma C. Fugith
College Avenue
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