Charleston Gazette Seeks Readers With Local News Service
The Charleston Gazette announces subscription rates and advertising details for daily and Sunday editions in West Virginia. It notes tax on subscriptions, advance payments, AP news use, and the paper’s long history.
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Charleston Gazette
Delip Gans
Avai
the Gazette
Virginia
Cartler-and
Beutel
West Virginia
Mamba
Associates
Wee
Hye
Paat
Charleston
W. Ve
Cints
West Virgin
Evers
Major Operation for House Un American Activities
A columnist weighs abolition versus reform of the House Un American Activities committee. The piece urges reorganization to remove objectionable members and restore dignity, noting both gathered disclosures and sensational tactics. It calls for a sober, useful committee guided by sensible personnel and emphasizes the American Legion should support cleaning up the panel.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Truman
Rayburn
McCormack
Massachusetts
American Legion
Legion
Congress
Rain and Government Weather and politics in Ontario
Premier George Drew faces blame for Ontario water power shortages amid a drought. The piece argues voters link weather to political prosperity, noting past bumper crops boosted administrations and that governments are expected to supply rain as needed.
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George Drew
Ontario
Drew
Refusing High Office Aimed At Ike and Thomas
The piece notes how Eisenhower faced a political friction over candidacy and compares it with 1867 General George H. Thomas who declined a presidential boom. Thomas cited disqualification by temperament, admission of military life, fear of newspaper demagogy, and poverty as reasons, ending the movement.
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Eisenhower
Marshall
Sherman
George ‘H. Thomas
Chickamauga
Thomas
Joshua H.C. Bates
Cincinnati
Ghost Man of Palermo Defies Bureaucratic Deadline
Hal Boyle reflects on Giovanni Villa, the 35 year old in Palermo labeled dead since 1944 who fights a stubborn red tape battle to prove he's alive. While Sicily balks at registering his newborn, the taxman lets him pay taxes, and a London paper notes horses from Britain often end up on menus.
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Hal Boyle
York
Giovanni Villa
Palermo
Sicily
Giovanni
Palemmo
Hercules
London
Britain
Theseland
America
Europe
France
It Could Be Written By Kenneth L. Dixon
A nostalgic reflection by Kenneth L. Dixon recalling stories he should have written from wartime and journalism. Vivid anecdotes include encounters with Jane Russell, warfare loneliness, and aMidwestern sportswriter’s temptations.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Ashington
Dec
INS
Chicago
Jane Russell
Husky
Bob Waterfield
Bud
Russell
San Pietro
Mount Rotundo
Naples
Klansmen Fear Spy as Grand Dragon Promises Action
Washington notes detail a Macon Georgia Klavern meeting where Grand Dragon Green boasted of removing a suspected "Drew Pearson spy" and warned of further housecleaning. Exalted Cyclops Roper called Pearson an obnoxious man as the piece also covers Broadcaster Boyack and Methodist ministers. other items note Senator McKellar's pro tem bid and Brewster's free CAB flight.
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Drew Pearson Ashington
Macon
Grand Dragon Green
Drew Pearson
Grand Dragon
Klavern
Pearson
Sam Roper
South
Pittsburgh
Boyack
Pittsburgh Courier
Bodkin
Cyclops
Cyclops Roper
Clift Vittur
Elits
Vittur
Wilmington
N.C
San Antonio
Texas
CAB
Indianapolis
Congress
Brewster
J. Chester Shimp
CAS
Senate
Sen. McKellar
Dear Charleyz Ts looks like Scrooge didnt do well this year
Message notes that Charleyz comments on Scrooge's disappointing year and signs off with "Yours".
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Charleyz
Scrooge
Labor leaders push for broad health and insurance costs
The piece outlines potential 1949 wage policy shifts led by Phil Murray John L Lewis and Walter Reuther. It argues unions may seek costly health hospital and disability coverage financed by company profits and higher medical insurance plans, signaling a major industrial clash with big steel and auto firms.
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Phil Murray
John L. Lewis
Walter Reuther
Murray
United Steelworkers
Civil Air questions and U S civics quiz items
The text presents a series of Q and A on Civil Air Patrol history air force eligibility and constitutional basics. It covers dates of organization December 1 1941, War Department transfers, Bible provision for service members, daily human respiration, a presidential candidate birth England, shipping a racehorse by plane, giant sequoia immunity, oldest formal garden Middleton Place near Charleston, naval warship Challenger Quest, duel death of Jonathan Cilley, and the Communist Party not outlawed in the US with loyalty provisions.
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M.N. O
Civil Air, Patrol
S. Q
Air Force
Department of the Army
Hawaii
Jare
N. D
John Maxwell
Maxtrell
England
United States
L. D
A. Middleton Place Gardens
Ant
Aneser
Wabieres & C. Oencoag
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S
Jonathan Cilley
Maine
IRS
William Graves
Marlboro Pike
Washington, D.C
Commonist
Communist Party
Loyalty Review Board
Bund
Community Chest Appeal and Taxing Church Property
Readers urge donations to community causes while questioning use of funds by religious groups. Editor notes concern over church revenue and calls for taxing church-owned property to fund schools and hospitals. A reader from St Albans stresses careful driving and responsibility on road safety.
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Eeier
Z B. Scherer
Holiday season caution echoes through state traffic concerns
The piece warns drivers to be careful during the holidays as children are excited by Santa and displays. It notes risks of a youngster breaking away and adds commentary on automotive practices, addressing dealer abuses, pricing, and subcommittee scrutiny without endorsing or condemning specific entities.
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Capitol Hill
Martin Agronsky
Washington
Macy Subcommittee
Washington Post
Notorious critique targets Justice Douglas and CIO ties
A commentary denounces William O Douglas as a demagogue allied with the CIO and labor bosses. It likens his political stance to Huey Long and accuses the CIO of lawless conduct and intimidation across several states, warning of a labor party push backed by Douglas.
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Wasiuxcron
Supreme Court
United States
William ©. Douglas
Dovrlat
Mort
Hucy Long
Huey
bin Douglas
Ichabod
Hitler
Roosevelt
Gerald L. K. Smith
Truman
CIO
Ku Klux Klan
Douglas
Vandale
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Hinois
California
Tim
Cory
Bill Douglass
Fuerope
Daugine
Europe
AFL
Jain J. Lewis
Stalin Wimacl
Tony Douglas
Baering Down By Arthur Bu apace
A satirical piece argues civilization rests on real inventions while Washington officials approve pay raises. The budget director and cabinet members are depicted planning salary boosts, with vague references to figures and names, all framed as a critique of governance.
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Baering Down
Arthur “Bu
Coureight
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