Senate Reveals Long-Lost RFC and B&O Critique
A four year old senate document criticized the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for an 80 million dollar loan and 1945 reorganization. The Tobey report accused B&O of diverting profits to bonds to secure RFC maturity and urged further inquiry, while Fulbright sought no new investigation.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Senate
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R-Nh
RFC
Fulbright
Capehart
B&o
Senate Banking Committee
Rfc-B&o
Senator Fulbright
W. Stuart Symington
Justice Department
Radio Ramblings and Dairy Hour on WHIS NBC Schedule
Multiple segments listed on WHIS NBC include Jim Carver and Sally in a Mary Lee Taylor sketch at 10 30 a m, Michigan State dairy specialists at 1 00 p m for the National Farm and Home Hour, and the Sullivan brothers on Grand Ole Opry at 10 30 p m with two hit records.
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Sally
Mary Lee Taylor
WHIS
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Michigan State College
Farm and Home Hour
Earl C. Richardson
Don L. Murray
Dena C. Cederquist
Sullivan Brothers
Lonzo
Oscar
Zaiy
Rex
Eleanor
Rise and Shine
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Salvation Army
Pet— Pet Dairy Products Co
NTKC
Mary Lee Taylor Pet Milk Sales Corp
Lonesome Pine Piddlers
Allis Chalmers
Mia
Ammer Brothers
West Virginia
Southern Whalesale Grocery Co
Living
Earl Godwins
Washington
NBU
NBC Symphony
Punny Brown
Williamson Tob Co
Corporation of America
O- Nbu
Magnificent Montague
NHC
NDC
Colgate-Palmolive Peet Co
Judy Canova
NBU Rand Ole Opry
R. J Reynolds
Nac—News
Herman Hichman
Dal
Diane
Sian
Hog and Sheep Market Figures From J. E. Delaney Report
Slaughter hogs top near 68 with light weights at 16 to 169 dollars per hundredweight and heavy pigs around 20.70 to 21 dollars. Lamb and sheep listings show various grades including choice, good and utility with prices from the mid teens to over 30 dollars, stocker cattle and enes terms noted, J. E. Delaney listed as representative.
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Stocker Enes
J. E. Delaney
Two 105-Year-Old Soldiers Visit Fort Monroe Reunion
Two centenarian Confederate veterans from Georgia and Virginia reach Old Point Comfort to honor Jefferson Day at Fort Monroe. Their trip faced delays as the reunion ship State of Pennsylvania and attendance logistics complicated the welcome. The ceremony featured Jefferson Davis's grandson and Major General Robert C. Macon as speaker.
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Hampton Roads
Jefferson Day
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William Joshua Bush
Fitzgerald
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Bush End
Coe D. Townsend
Olla
Robert E. Lee
Naval Base
Townsend
Bush
Salling
Townsends
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Jefferson Hayes Davis
Colorado
Robert C. Macon
Mark W. Clark
Washington
Above Normal Temperatures Predicted Across West Virginia
The weather bureau forecasts four to six degrees above normal in West Virginia through next Wednesday with highs in the 80s and 90s. Charleston led with 93 degrees, Huntington 92, and many cities in the 80s. A five day outlook calls for showers later this week, then a mix of warmer and cooler days. rainfall expected 0.5 to 0.66 inch. A West Virginia Motor Truck Association meeting explained major changes to the motor vehicle law including new gross weight rules, axel limits, temporary registration plates, and reporting duties.
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West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Charleston
Huntington
Huntington Weather Bureau
Petersburg
Martinsburg
Parkersburg
Elkins
Wheeling
West Virginia Motor Truck Association
West Virginian
Don McClaugherty
Donald L. Shafer
State Road Commission
McClaugherty
Department of Motor Vehicles
Commission
Emmett J. Bush
Truck Association
P. F. Wallace
Antiques and Hobby Show Highlights From McDowell County
The McDowell County Council hosted an Antique and Hobby Show at Memorial building Priday Kimball featuring crochet embroidery aprons rugs and overhauled furniture lampshades and salt and pepper shakers. A county homemaker style show followed with cotton children and dressy clothes plus tips on spring summer fashions.
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McDowell County
Kimball
Clarence White
Home and Garden Club of
Superior
Filbert
Wilcoe
King
Carswell
Faraday
Elbert
Elkhorn
Ida E. Holcombe
Eighteen Men Pass Draft Exams at Beckley Induction Station
The Local Board No. 12 Mercer County Selective Service announced 18 men who passed pre induction physical examinations Thursday at Beckley induction station. The list includes Joe Allen Smith transferred from Richmond Virginia Clinton Generous Patterson from Norton Virginia Pressley Warren Anderson Jr transferred from Warrenton Virginia James Burch Haymes from Lynchburg Virginia Thomas Holden Porter Jr from Arlington Virginia Sidney D Knight from Philadelphia Pennsylvania Donald Eugene Jenkins from Welch Virginia Dallas Dee Hall McComas Raymond Edward Hicks McComas Cyrus Scott Lilly Jr 1020 James Street City Garner Richard Morgan Wood Street Princeton Donald Lee Sumner Lerona Samuel Morris Graham McComas James Elmer Tiller Route 2 Princeton James Ray Belcher Jr Arlington Virginia formerly Matoaka Donald Ray Caldwell Lerona Dewey Lee Hoops 433 Bramwell Road City and Bobbie Randolph Bailey 210 Monroe Street City.
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Beckley
Mercer County
Sidney D. Knight
Philadelphia
Donald Eugene Jenkins
Welch
Dallas Dee Hall
McComas
Raymond Edward Hicks
Cyrus Scott Lilly, Jr
James Street
City
Garner Richard Morgan
Wood Street
Princeton
Donald Lee Sumner
Lerona
Samuel Morris Graham
James Elmer Tiller
James Ray Belcher, Jr
Arlington
Matoaka
Donald Ray Caldwell
Dewey Lee Hoops
Bramwell Road
Bobbie Randolph Bailey
Monroe Street
Deadline Set for G I Home Loans in Huntington
H. G. Hooks of the Huntington VA says the June 12 deadline applies to World War II veterans seeking direct loans to buy or build homes. The program, capped at 10,000 dollars at four percent, ends June 30 with processing time needed. The regular GI loan program continues through June 30, 1957.
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Huntington
W. Va
H. G. Hooks
Huntington Regional Veterans Administration
G. I
Geneseo Farmer Plans Pork Increase Aids by Son
Geneseo Illinois farmer Erwin Darin plans to raise pork production with help from his year-old son. The child helped deliver a litter of 19 pigs in one birth, including nine boars and ten gilts.
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Geneseo
Ill
Erwin Darin
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