Charleston Chamber And Rep Byrd Earn Credit For Rubber Plant Sale
The Institute synthetic rubber plant is slated for sale to Goodrich-Gulf Chemicals, Inc. after Chamber of Commerce efforts and Congressman Byrd maneuvered a bill with the defense clause retained. Six bidders emerged, led by Goodrich-Gulf with an $11 million bid, promising 600 jobs and a renewed Kanawha Valley economy in 1936.
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Robert C. Byrd
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Charleston Chamber
Gondrich- Gulf
Charles E. Hodges
Goodrich Gulf
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Charleston
Burden of President's Editor
A readers’ forum letter complains that President Eisenhower should retire, citing Roosevelt as a great predecessor and criticizing politicians for pressuring for another term. The writer calls the war of politics wasteful and notes strain on the president’s health.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles A. James
Gazetters Call for Kanawha Riverfront Upgrades and Park Growth
The Gazette urges prioritizing riverfront lifting at Kanawha, developing Coonskin Park, expanding farm facilities, improving industry presence, adding parking, and advancing public works projects including viaducts and turnpikes. Emphasizes morality in government and transparent property assessments amid election era.
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Coonskin Park
Bouthvard
Why Not The Whole Job Apropos of timely comments
The excerpt questions whether aiding isolated victims suffices while preserving the underlying system. It argues that society structured by the few benefits the few, making charitable acts to the dispossessed inadequate and insulting to systemic injustice. The note names Curtis L. Morris and C. E. Bryant as discussants from Cleveland, Ohio.
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C. E. Bryant
Cleveland, O
Chester M, Cadle
Lovestone birth claims disputed by Washington writer
Ed Lahey and World War II era propagandists are challenged over Lovestone birth details. The columner cites files from the Committee on Un-American Activities and the U S air Force investigations, arguing no Kingston New York birth record for Jay Lovestone exists and accusing Lahey of publishing false information.
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Chicago Daily News
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Russia
Zeeland
Committee On un-American Activities
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Air Force
Naturalization Division
Supreme Court
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Arthur F. Robertson
Tom Dewey
Fritz Kuhn
Joe Fay
Jay Lovestone
Tay Lovestone
Robbie
Ulster
Non-Skid Squab, A Public Dinner Dilemma
Inez Robb weighs the squab challenge in American dining, noting how mysterious, slippery birds defy forks and plates. The column jokes about gadgets to grip meat, imagines a non skid squad, and muses on ingenuity saving holiday meals from airborne poultry.
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World Food Problem and a TV Licensing Battle
The piece notes Rep. Victor Anfuso returning from Rome with FAO efforts to end food surpluses while avoiding dumping. It contrasts global hunger with U.S. resistance to charity dumps. It also covers Edward Lamb’s FCC license renewal after 18 months of hearings, highlighting odd witness testimony and political tension.
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Rome
Clifford Hope
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Fao
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Benson
Edward Lamb
Federal Communications
Sharfman
Lamb
FCC
Quill threatens Pennsy shutdown to test AFL CIO unity
Victor Riesel profiles Mike Quill threatening to paralyze Pennsylvania Railroad routes from New York to St. Louis with a 4000 car inspectors and 18000 rail shop workers strike. The piece frames this as a test of AFL CIO unity and the public impact of a potential labor disruption.
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St. Louis
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TWA
Chicago
Eisenhower
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Philadelphia
George Meany
Que Federation
Teamsters
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Charity cabaret aids destitute families in Charleston
Local Moose lodge at Hotel Daniel Boone hosted a charity cabaret to raise funds for destitute families in and around Charleston, with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Laing leading the grand march. Prohibition agents testified in court about whisky dealers linked to the Pittsburgh Charleston steamboat case. Maj. Charles A. Sheppard was convicted of his wife’s murder in Kansas City and awaits appeal. Sinclair Lewis, Nobel laureate, comments on being alive amid reform debates.
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Moose Lodge
Daniel Boone
Charleston
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Charles A. Sheppard
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