Left wing Democrats split over Truman and Pauley in Navy talks
Washington column debates a left wing bid to discredit Truman and block a 1945 Navy secretary pick while PAC ties to unions and campaign funds are questioned. The piece considers Pauley as possible under secretary and warns of infighting ahead of 1945 politics.
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Washington
Harry Truman
Mr. Truman
Navy
Interior
PAC
Truman
Pauley
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
West
Senate
Robert Hannegan
Mr. Pauley
Department
Navy Department
War Department
Congress
Defense
Armed Services
1945
Harold Stassen
Republican Party
Stassen
White House
Mason County Farm Leader Aids Large Dairy Partnership
A. Fay Wilson the Mason County agricultural agent has formed a partnership with D. W. Rothgeb to operate several dairy interests serving Point Pleasant and nearby towns. The group includes Kanawha Dairy Gallipolis Dairy Mei Star Dairy and Purity Ice Cream of Middleport with plans to expand and reintroduce cream marketing after wartime rationing. Wilson returns from military service to manage the venture with Rothgeb, while C. Anderson continues part time county agent duties for Mason and Putnam Counties.
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Point Pleasant
A. Fay Wilson
County Agricultural
A. T
D. W. Roihgeb
Gallipolis
Middleport
Kanawha Dairy
Gallipolis Dairy
Mei Star Dairy
Pomeroy
Purity Ice Cream Company
Wilson
Rothgeb
Monongalia County
West Virginia University
Marshall County
Italy
Mason County
Country Club Addition
Roger
Murdon Cried Name and Storm Tale
A storm disrupts a family breakfast at Willson home as Betsy and Phillipa’s presence fades. A stranger warns of a dead woman at the cliff, Phillipa is found slain, and the household confronts shock, doctors, and a stark shift from fear to silent mourning.
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B's
Dour
Betsy
Hole Sydn Ptt
Aalex
Phuilkpa
Rock Gardens
Jenny
Mr. Willson
Fletch
Uncle Andrew
Miss Jenny
Phillina
We Will Be the World’s Santa Claus in Food Aid
The speaker warns that Uncle Sam’s feeding of former allies will strain U S meat and grain supplies, raise costs, and potentially trigger meat rationing if there is a bad growing season. He notes allies may demand high freight charges and argues total warfare implications as world food reserves near danger points.
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Sam
Santa Claus
Morrison Speech Signals British Labor Trusts Individuality
Herbert Morrison, Labour leader, outlines educational reforms to stress individuality in primary and secondary schooling. He warns that socialized industry must still produce independent thinkers and asserts Britain will remain a nation of pioneers with strong individual character. He notes classrooms display the motto Think for yourself and implies both government and parents may think freely.
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Herbert Morrison
Labor Party
London
Morrison
Britain
Italy
Germany
Russia
England
Parliament
SEARCH FOR PEACE In Marine Corps Re enlistment Trend
An officer at a California Marine Corps recruiting station reports weekly increases in re enlistments with many volunteers citing civilian unrest as their reason. The piece critiques this motive and notes the Marines’ reputation as a tough elite unit that has fought hard and seeks to come home when needed. It questions national appreciation for servicemen.
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California Marine Corps
Dawn Before Success Quote by Leigh Hodges
An aphoristic remark noting that failure often comes in the pre dawn hours before success. It attributes the thought to Leigh Mitchell Hodges and evokes the theme of perseverance. The line frames struggle as a precursor to achievement.
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Leigh Mitchell Hodges
Peter Edson's Letter From Washington
Washington diary jokes about misprints and tangled politics. The piece mocks Senate filibusters, labor and management conflicts, and UN atomic plans with playful misreadings and humorous asides. It ends with inspirational quotes from Longfellow and Eddy.
Charleston Man Held in Mason Jail Over Unpaid Checks
Emory A Whaples of Charleston was arrested on a warrant charging him with giving two checks totaling 109.26 for hay to Joe Brown of Hickory Chapel, later unpaid by Charleston National Bank. Whaples could not post bond and is held in the county jail awaiting hearing. Mary Denny and James Granville Burrows wed at Point Pleasant in a ceremony led by Rev M D Shiflet. Earl H Arnett moved Pete Myers from Mason Clinic to a relative's home as Myers recovers from a paralytic stroke.
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Fletch
Phillipa
Andrew
Hendricks
Betsy
Point Pleasant
Emory
Whaples
Bond
Mary Denny
George Denny
Apple Grove
James Granville Burrows
Mirs
Clarence Burrows
Hogsett
M. D. Shiflet
Earl H. Arnett
Pete Myers
Elmwood
Mason Clinic
Charleston Road
Mr. Myers
Volunteer Fire Dept Holds Meeting at Point Pleasant
The Point Pleasant volunteer fire department held a meeting on Wednesday night to form a committee with city officials to press for installing a fire alarm system in collaboration with the C and P Telephone Co. The committee includes Emroy Monros as chair, Verne Miller, Glenn Goodman, Roy Jackson, and Carl Smith. The dept. also reviewed six bunker coats and ordered six more at about 12 dollars each, funded from the treasury. Chief Darst urged heightened vigilance amid population growth and noted a truck incident on Jackson Ave. where council rules bar careless drivers, though the chief said the policy applies broadly, not to any specific individual.
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Point Pleasant
City Causal
C. and P. Telephone Co
Emroy Monros
Verne Miller
Glenn Goodman
Roy Jackson
Carl Smith
Darst
Carl E. Smith
Jackson Ave
Smith
Council
Retired Pastor John Beddow Dies in Charleston
The Rev. John Beddow, longtime Methodist minister and former Westminster elder, died in Charleston Tuesday night. Funeral services were held at Central Methodist Church with burial at Spring Hill Cemetery Huntington. He served Trinity Methodist Church in Charleston and various West Virginia churches. He is survived by daughter Miss Gladys Beddow and two sons Dr. Herbert Beddow and Dr. Qa Gregory Beddow, all of Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
John Beddow
Charleston
Central Methodist Church
Spring Hill
Cemeter Huntington
Wayne Rasom
Central Church
T E. Scott
Beddow
Trinity Methodist Church
West Virginia
Wales
British Isles
Welch
Times of London
Gladys Beddow
Gregory Beddow
Herbert Beddow
Stattes Hospital
Mrs Georgia Stanley Suffered Paralytic Stroke
Mrs Georgia Stanley 75 suffered a paralytic stroke Wednesday at 10 p m at the home of her daughter Mrs Dana Wright on Ohio River Road where she has lived since the death of Capt William H Stanley two years ago Family members report her condition serious and she has not regained consciousness Her two sons Capt Moten Stanley and Herbert Stanley are rivermen and her son in law Mr Wright is also a riverman all known from Pittsburgh to New Orleans
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Point Pleasant
Georgia Stanley
Dana Wright
Ohio River Road
William H. Stanley
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Mr. Wright
la Riverman
Population of City Holding Up Well
Frank Ruffle of the Water Works reports 1,350 meters in service, up from war peak figures. City Clerk John E. Brown notes counts near wartime records in April, with meters installed since the latest tally. The city expects wartime employment records to be surpassed by February’s end.
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Point Pleasant
Frank Ruffle
John E. Brown
Five Hundred Club Hosts Social Evening in Pt Pleasant
Mrs N A Park hosted the Five Hundred Club at The Willows on Jackson Ave guests included Mrs Paul Robertson of Washington DC who won high score refreshments served to guests Mrs Oral P Biddle and members Also honored at dinner Mr and Mrs J Oral Eads entertained for Mrs Blanche Anderson of Pasadena returning to California after a weeks visit Covers set for Mrs Anderson the Eads couple their son Jimmy and Mrs Eads care.
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Point Pleasant
N. A. Park
Five Hundred
the Willows
Jackson Ave
Paul Robertson
Washington, D.C
Robertson
Oral P. Biddle
Walter A. Windsor
Cary Howard Rayburn
Marten L. Miller
Homer Martin
Harry D. Roush
Park
J. Oral Eads
Jericho Road
Blanche Anderson
Pasadena
Calif
Early Eads
Point Pleasant Personal News Sees Hospital Admissions
Local notes report Howard Proffitt admitted to Holzer Hospital for an infected wisdom tooth with unchanged condition. A Ripley Road nine month old, pneumonia after cold. grandmother Mrs. Sam Taylor recovering from pneumonia. Nearby visits include the Byuses hosting the Chapmans in Henderson and Earl Wilson returning to Norfolk from Atlanta. Related obituaries mention George J. Neal.
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Point Pleasant
Howard Proffitt
Holzer Hospital
Paul Taylor
Ripley Road
Sam Taylor
Lincoln Ave
George E. Byus
Dye Apartments
Mervin Chapmans
Henderson
Earl Wilson
Atlanta
Norfolk
C. G. Billups
Huntington
George J. Neal
Walter A. Windsor
Earl H. Arnett
Charleston
C. C. Stone
Charles H. Stone
John Beddow
Athens Bulldogs Triumph Over Jackson 31 28
Junior Littler led the Athens High Bulldogs with 17 points in a 31 to 28 home victory over Jackson. arl Wilson also scored for Athens while Irving Cobb contributed as well.
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Junior Littler
Athens High Bulldogs
Jackson
Athens
Arl Wilson
School board rotation clarified for Mason County
The Messenger corrects prior report on county school board elections. Burdette takes a single seat this year, Caldwell and Blessing rotate in 1948 and 1950 respectively. Mrs. Steenbergen verified details after reviewing records. Meanwhile local church events note a meeting of men and a new Rural Electrification Council forming in Clarksburg with Guilford Smith as a Mason County member.
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Point Pleasant
L. L. Caldwell
E. H. Burdette
Burdette
Caldwell and Blessing
Curry and Young
William Steenbergen
Council
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Guilford Smith
Mason County
Appalachian Electric Power Company
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National Dispatch
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Tod
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Peter Edson
Smithsonian Institution
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Dodo
United Auto Workers
United Steel Workers
United Electrical Workers
C. I. O. Steel Corporation
General Motors
General Electric
William Green
A. F. of L
Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
American Federation of Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Journal
Roosevelt
Yalta
United Nations Organization
Siberia
Kurile Islands
United States
Mary Baker Eddy
Mason
Fire Dept
Ohio
Mary McBrayer
Eighth St
Lois Eads
Bellemeade
C. H. Nida
the Plains
Lena Nida
Morris St
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By Galbraith
Richard Fought
Sion Warren
Drake
Hathamar
First Methodist Church
Irving Cobb
Eleanor Ror
A. B. Roe
Rolling College
Florida
C. H. Harris
T. C. McCracken
J. J. Woolley
Rotary Club
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Mrzrs
L. O. Veser
Florence Linscott
Mt. Vernon, N. Y
A. PF. Linsentt
Point Plessant
K. M. Zumbrunnen
H. O. Shamblin
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