Baily Telegraph History and Contact Details
The Baily Telegraph established 1893 and published since 1866 outlines its morning schedule, ownership by the Telegraph Co, address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield and AP partnership. It lists subscription rates 49 cents weekly by carrier and $16.20 yearly for West Virginia zones with other zones upon request.
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We Telegraph Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Mac
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Katz Agency, Inc
Spiritual Reflections Point to Sacred Living
A brief devotional contrasts Leviticus guidance on ritual cleansing with Colton's statement that purity and life come from the Spirit of God, framing daily life around sacred sustenance and spiritual vitality.
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URITY
God
Colton
Millionaire Looms for Haitian Medical Mission
William Larimer Mellon Jr., heir to Gulf Oil founder’s legacy, leaves wealth and ranching to pursue a life of service. At 37 he enrolls at Tulane as a pre medical student and plans a jungle hospital in Haiti, a nation with four million people and dire disease.
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William Larimer Mellon Jr
Andrew Melton
Gulf Oil Corporation
Arizona
Mellon
Albert Schweitzer
French Equatorial Africa
Schweitzer
Tulane University
New Orleans
Haiti
Republic
United States
Hoover Commission study eyes billions in federal savings
The Hoover Commission proposes tighter federal budget and accounting practices to save about four billion dollars. It urges rescinding unspent allotments and yearly appropriations for accrued expenditures, expanding contracting beyond one year, boosting the Bureau of the Budget, and tighter agency spending oversight. Congress action on these recommendations is essential.
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Hoover Commission
Commission
Congress
Bureau of the Budget
Danny Kaye Princess Margaret Honey Row Sparks Debate
Rex North claims source authority for an alleged remark by Danny Kaye to Princess Margaret. Kaye denies it and says he would address her as Maam. The piece notes American slang versus royal decorum and cites Shakespeare as using honey in a similar sense.
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Danny Kaye
Rex. North
Margaret
London
Jimmy Durante
England
Mararet
Danny
Rex North
Shakespeare
Presidential slogans and party tactics in 1956 race
The piece analyzes how the 1956 campaign uses prosperity as a theme, with Republicans defending the current economy while Democrats shift toward targeted federal spending. It notes strategies by Humphrey and Hall, Fulbright and Patman opposition, and efforts to woo seniors, farmers, workers, federal employees, and young couples through social programs, wages, and road spending.
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Nley
GOP
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Leonard W. Hall
Administration
J. William Fulbright
Wright Patman
Federal Reserve
Fulbright
Patman
Lyndon-Rayburn
Humphrey
Ike
Republicans’ Board
Hollywood Stars Court Drama of Affairs and Plans
A jumble of gossip notes shows Ava Gardner planning to live in Spain to forgive and forget, Susan Hayward delaying her divorce for a year, Jess Barker filing, and Doris Day debuting on BBC with plans toward a New York arrival. Charlton Heston seeks Broadway work while Jackie Gleason shifts to film.
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Hollywood
Ava Gardner
the Earl of Granville
Ava
Alice
Spain
Susan Hayward
Jess Barker
Judy Garland
Charlton Hester
Rosa
Singer
Danepete
Jackie Gleason
Laxille
Lana Turner
Doris Day
BBC
London
Doris
New York
Ee Hunter
Jan Sterling
Fron Joon
Paul Douglas
Joe MacBeth
Capri
Jan
Prince Stephano Carracilo
Ambassador Troyanovsky remembered from Moscow days
Constantine Brown recalls Alexander Troyanovsky the USSR's first ambassador to the United States, a courteous and witty diplomat who faced Stalin era deception, bridged histories with Washington, and kept embassy doors open while county subversive activity remained minimal.
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Southgate
Troyanovsky
Imperial Military Academy
Menshevik
Linievich
Moscow
Washington
Death Of Official Recalls Memories
A Soviet official Troyanovsky is replaced by MVD agent Constan tin Oumansky after a visit by German ambassador Hans Thomsen. Oumansky escorts discussions, Troyanovsky is recalled to Moscow and never returns, with former colleagues kept at arm's length.
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Moscow
Troyanovsky
MVD
Constantin Oumansky
Oumansky
Washington
Hans
Diekhoff
Navy scandal over Quix Mix orders stuns MSTS
In Seattle 1953 Navy lieutenant James E. Halstead and Commander J. E. Moler arranged a Quix Mix concentrate purchase for the Military Sea Transport Service. 2,600 cases costing $177,660 were ordered for one month for 13 MSTS steamers, allocating 250,000 glasses of the drink amid controversy.
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Washington
Seattle
Navy
James E. Halstead
Military Sea Transport Service
J. E. Moler
Procurement Department
Comander
MSTS
William L. Ellis
General Accounting Office
Navy Quix Mix fiasco rattles transport fleet sailors
Sailors aboard thirteen ships faced a controversial supply issue as Quix Mix fueled commotion. John E. Carraway earned a $2 per case commission, a secondhand car moved between associates, and Lieutenant Halstead rose to lieutenant commander before quitting. Justice Department probes probe possible prosecution while the Navy endures forced drafting of the beverage amid mixed opinions from Rear Admiral Dietrich and others.
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Ellis
John E. Carraway
Navy
Halstead
House
Chet Halifield
Calif
Neil K. Dietrich
Justice Department
Repetition in Promotion Tactics Improves Retail Sales
Morris Guberman touts advance planning and repeated exposure as keys to merchandise sales at retail. He cites a sweater campaign with monthly themes from July to November yielding 28 percent higher sweater sales. Separate notes cover pension plan trends by age, Voice of America plans on American supermarkets exposure, and economist Bassie on wage costs and inflation risk.
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National Retail Dry Goods Association
Morris Guberman
Guberman
Featur
College of Feasion Knowlede
Wonder Fabrics
Ple
Orr
Cient
India
Ceylon
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Nepal
Voice of America
District of Columbia
V. Lewis Bassie
University of Illinois
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
Illinois Business Review
Bassie
Molotov and Khrushchev’s rural critique in Soviet policy
The article discusses Molotov’s stern demeanor and outlines Khrushchev’s push to expand grain sowing on virgin land in the USSR. It notes failures of collective farms, peasant hardship, and official markets shaping a distorted free market amid a quest to raise living standards through agricultural reform.
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Molotov
Samuel Kucherov
Library of Myim
Central Committee
Russian Communist Party
Soviet Union
Party Central Committee
Ussr Council of Ministers
Khrushchev
Young Communist League
Komsomol
Rus
Ukraine
Stalin
Ussr
Soviet Russia
Iowa
Thirty Years Ago in Bluefield and Area Highlights
A fragmented recall lists fifty forty and thirty years ago notes from Bluefield and nearby towns. Mentions include R G Meador Athens and Dr James Lucas Northfork on business N & W storekeepers meeting Everett Carter Danville and the Key brothers endurance flight record 24 5s West Virginia County Clerks Association banquet Princeton and a terse note about Jap death and planes damaged aboard the carrier Bunker Hill President Truman naming Edward Stellinius to the United States Supreme Court.
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R. G. Meador
Athens
Bluefield
James Lucas
Northfork
Ml al
Fred
al Key
West Virginia County Clerks Association
Princeton
Bunker Hill
Truman
Edward Stellinius
United
Neighbor with a Hand Mower Tests Tolerance in Suburban Row
Senator Soaper recalls a new neighbor mowing with a hand mower spurring a clash among older residents over property values. Clem Attlee appears stronger in the British Labor party, giving the syndicate an opportunity to boast of its international reputation for being wrong.
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Clem Attlee
Labor Party
Debating McCarthy Victory Shapes Republican Vote
Lyndon Johnson forces a Senate vote on the McCarthy resolution as Eisenhower dodges a stand on liberation of satellite nations. The 77 to 4 outcome marks a pivotal rebuke of isolationist Republicans and tests party loyalty amid wartime foreign policy stakes.
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Washington
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Udall
Kansas
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Wisconsin
Johnson
Herbert Hoover Jr
Young Hoover
Lyndon
Hoover
Joe McCarthy
Republican Party
Joe
Republican
Homer Capehart
Indiana
Capehart
Secretary of State
Republican Congress
Congress
Tachen Islands
Indo-China
Texas
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Ray Tucker
Roosevelt
Maine
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Tom Dewey
Democrats
Sheilah Graham
Constantine Brown
Alexander Troyanysky
Communist Party
State Department
Richard Southgate
Mself
South Dakota
Royal Johnson
RFC
Jesse Jones
F.C. Othman
Elmer Roessner
Geo. Sokolsky
Daily Telegraph
I. J. Ellison
Roanoke
Everett Carter
Danville
Soaper
Drew Pearson
Bourke Hickenlooper
Milwaukee
Hickenlooper
Atlantic
Pacific
St. Paul
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