Firs in West Virginia Thought for Today From 146
The edition for Charleston West Virginia published in the Independent Democrat notes a daily carrier service message and classifieds. It includes a small feature titled First in West Virginia and a brief moral reflection on service and success. The piece references postal details and dates around December 20.
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Ec U Bee
All Telpbce
Aith
Charleson
W. Va
West Virginia
Spirit of the Day Christmas Spirit Comes From Others
The article reflects on how Christmas spirit arrives through others and small acts of kindness. It cites Scrooge and Tiny Tim as reminders that joy spreads via greetings, gifts, calls, letters, and goodwill. Christmas music, decorations, church services, and family gatherings reinforce the season’s spirit, suggesting it remains with those who seek it.
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Scrooge
Tiny Tim
Northern buyers drawn to Southern fruit and nuts in mail ads
Extending markets in mail from the South brings Florida Texas Arizona and California fruit and nuts to Northern customers. The exchange links regions, boosts direct orchard-to-table supply, and awakens fresh demand among northern merchants and households.
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Florida
Texas
Arizona
California
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Oregon
Desert
Joes
Southland
Czechs seek Sudeten removal as Hungarians claim Slovakia
In Czechoslovakia a border tension grows as Czechs press the Paris conference to remove remaining Germans from the Sudetenland while Hungarians in southern Slovakia complicate ties. The United States declines to back a planned exchange of 100 000 Hungarians for Czechs from Hungary, urging a different six month approach to resolve the issue. William McGuffin notes a historic US friendly bond with Czechoslovakia and warns against misunderstandings.
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Eutone
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Slovakia
United States
Hungary
Paris
William McGuffin
Bratislava
Housing policy shifts from individual aid to mass statistics
Samuel Grafton criticizes Truman era housing plans that let veterans compete for housing with private buyers and alleged wall safes full of black market money. He argues the shift from personalized aid to broad, incidental benefits reflects a broader move away from direct government contact with individuals, likening it to earlier Hoover era relief.
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Samuel Grafton
Gus
Tilly
Truman
Me. Truman
John Smith
Traveling from Manhattan to the Middle West Then and Now
A humorous travelogue contrasts Manhattan with the Middle West through a series of vivid vignettes. The piece notes cheaper lunches, bountiful sundaes, thick milkshakes, friendlier manners, spacious houses, and strangers who greet with civility, painting a nostalgic, comic portrait of regional differences.
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Hncinnati
Ohio
Manhattan
Middle West
Bricker dinner stunt triggers Truman jab at Grid Iron crowd
At a Grid Iron Club dinner senior Republicans noted senator-elect Bricker spoke 22 minutes longer than others and attacked the president, prompting Truman to retort with tempered barbs. The exchange highlighted GOP tensions as Benton, Acheson, and Lilienthal clashed over the A bomb issue and Soviet access.
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Washington
Heoubhzen
John Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
United States
Truman
Taft
White
Vandenberg
Joe Martin
Dewey
Hincker
Minnesota
Stassen
Republican Congress
Sen. Fulbright
Arkansas
Fulbright
Ambassador
Oxford
Tom Dewey
Bill Benton
Moscow
Benton
Chester Bowles
Ber- UN
Paris
Russia
State Department
USA
Japan
Intercepted Message Reflects Southern Custom Phrase
A December 20 1846 intercepted message to a senator references a war contractor presenting a Cadillac and cites a comment likening it to the line That’s What I Like About the South. The note nods to Phil Harris favorite song and a supposed “old Southern custom.”
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Senator
Phil Harris
South
CIO Leaders Weigh Wage Push In Fog Shrouded Steel City
Inside the Commonwealth Building CIO chiefs Walter Reuther Phil Murray and Fitzgerald of the electrical workers discuss strategy amid fog and uncertainty. They insist they want no strikes while fearing federal charges and Truman crackdown. The talk centers on wage increases health funds pensions and portal-to-portal pay as core demands for 1937 and the possibility of a union shop dispute with steel rivals.
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sunGit
Columon
Steel City
Mt. Washington
Golden Triangle
Tao
Commonwealth Building
CIO
Walter Reuther
Phil Murray
Fattish Fitzgerald
Electrical Workers
Rybe
Murray
Till
Rentther
Tim
Truman
John
Big Butch
Lewis
Murray Hag
Hauge
U. S. Steel Corp
Questions and Answers from The Gazette on Masonry and World War I Topics
A reader inquiry column covers 38th degree Masons counts in the United States Southern and Northern Jurisdictions, Nobel prize awarding customs, congressional seating, federal employment estimates, Good Neighbor policy origins, Browning's Ring and the Book source, Alaska area and government land, the Punch Jones diamond, and nationalities at the Battle of Agincourt.
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War Department
Iettern of
A. V.A
Gustav V
Sweden
Stockholm
Oslo
Norway
House of
W. Wr
National Civil Service League
United States
Central
South America
E. A
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Browning
M. A
Biszra San Lorenco
Florence
Italy
Alaska
E. H. le
West Virginia
Punch Jones
William P. Jones
Peterstown
Henry Vist
Agincourt
Readers Forum Letters From West Virginia Gazette Readers
Letters discuss editorials on Earl Brawley and press power, a miner’s view defending John L Lewis and miners, and a widow’s tribute to coal miners wives. Authors from Clay and Wilkinson express frustration, pride, and desire for fair treatment of workers.
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Charleston Gazette
Earl Brawley
Lin Furh
Supreme Court
Gazette
Brawley
Bumble
Jones
Clay
Editor Gazette
Welch
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John E. Lewis
Minera
Lewis
Monclo
West Virgin
West
Bree
Wilkinson
Roosevelt letter questions Niemoeller and nationalism
The author critiques Mrs. Roosevelt's stance on freedom of expression for Martin Niemoeller, arguing that it echoes support for national socialism and a controlled labor movement. The piece contrasts US New Deal politics with Nazi Germany, noting union coercion and government involvement in wages, and questions immigration and racial doctrines.
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York
Roosevelt
Martin Nie
Moeller
Adolf Hitler
Niemoeller
United States
Kiver
Germany
John L. Lewis
New Deal
Art Pep Elace
Te Fa Bearing Down on Rockefellers and Peace Calls
Fragmentary prose critiques U N and Rockefeller influence, urging a shift toward peace on earth. Mentions tea, crossings, sealant, and a whimsical mix of names, with tone accusing political actors and calling for reclaiming influence from Rockefeller figures.
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