Local notes on bridge repairs and civic events in 1926
Thirty five years prior, County Engineer R R Barton and City Engineer H L Campbell began repairs on the South Side Bridge. A Blunden Women’s Relief Corps dinner honored Civil War veterans. The Association of Optometrists elected Dr D L Gallagher president and reelected Dr GC Farrell secretary treasurer. Marshall College spoke as Rabbi Levis Binstock praised beauty in education. National news covers Shrined parades, Sweden’s royal guests, and Tennessee anti-evolution case to the state supreme court. Foreign news notes Moscicki’s presidency in Poland with Pilsudski still dominant.
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OCAL
R. R. Barton
H. L. Campbell
South Side Bridge
Blunden Women's Relief Corps
William Keeley
A. B. Williams
R. W. Jones
James M. Kirk
P.L. Bonham
EL. P. McGloin
Joseph Robson
Wiliam Lewis
Matthew Sarde
George Weimer, Sr
H. C. Miller
Philadelphia
Charleston
Crown Prince
A partisan forecast on next year’s elections and voters
The piece argues both parties claim certain victory, asserting voters now favor independence and that Truman’s administration remains unpredictable. It condemns slush tactics, notes inflation versus deflation contrasts, and urges Democrats to emphasize keeping faith with the people while Republicans promise a better record.
Truth Perverted In State Dept By Victor Riesel
Victor Riesel accuses the State Department of mangling the truth after officials dismissed a labor charge involving AFL leader Joseph P. Ryan and an embassy aide. He cites a 6,000 word Humelsine letter denying basis for the allegations and details Ryan’s account of tampered inquiries and alleged pressure on workers not to load munitions to Europe.
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Dean Acheson
State Dept
AFL Tongshoremen
Joseph P. Ryan
Carlisle H. Humelgine
Ryan
Humelsine
Nhot
Mot
Joe Ryan
Secretary of Labor
Maurice Tobin
Dept. of Labor
Edith Cameron Wall
France
America
U. S
Communist Party
Che Gazette
Able Historian Sir Frederick Maurice Passes Away
The British Major General and noted military critic and Civil War historian died aged years. He rose to major general in World War I after earlier service in South Africa. Renowned for Robert E. Lee the Soldier and An Aide-de-Camp of Lee, his work clarified many debated points and provided Southern eyewitness material from Appomattox. American historians lament his loss.
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Frederick Maurice
Bost
South Africa
Britain
Robert B. Lee
Charles Marshall
Lee
Appomattox
Marshall
Maurice
Truman weighs national speech on defending officials
The president contemplates addressing the nation to explain why he will not discharge his administration members under fire. He frames his stance as defending individual rights and due process, arguing he stands for constitutional protections and innocent until proven guilty. Sources say he faces pressure from Democrats to remove figures like Acheson and O'Dwyer, but will not waver from his principles.
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National Democratic
Hardings
Ohio
Sen. McCarthy
Truman
O'Dwyer
Dawson
Vaughan
Merl Young
Alger Hiss
Frank
Acheson
New York
Wenxico
Donald Dawson
White House
Fdr
Fdr, Jr
Jett
Dave Stowe
Arthur Vandersberg
House
Sen. Benton
Bilatnik
Minnesota
Fdr. Jr
Caritel Hill
Lang
Louisiana
Dean ‘Acheson
Tan
Yalta Teheran
Cairo
Moscow
MacArthur
United States
Truman Hosts Secret Blair House Talks On National dire need
President Truman held a private Blair House session with Senate leaders and House members to discuss wartime governance and policy. Attendees included Senators Long Kilgore Frear Benton Pastore and Congressmen Roosevelt Linsnki Baring Bilatnik and O'Brien, plus aides Stowe and Carroll.
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Ashington
Trwren
Blair House
White House
Capitol Hall
Senate
McFarland
Arizona
Long
Louisiana
Kilgore
West Virginia
Frear
Delaware
Benton
Connecticut
Pastore
Rhode Island
Truman
MacArthur
Gen
Wake Island
Cans
House
Joe Martin
Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention
Heale
Girl Scout Day Camp Registration Deadline Noted
Intercepted message dated June 1 1951 urges Mrs Leonard Stocker chair of the Day Camp Committee to ensure no parent misses today’s registration deadline for the Girl Scout Day Camp, stressing a city event and the camp’s accessibility for girls.
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Jan
Leonard Stocker
Chmn
City
Ex Administration Men Shift Sides In Price Control Debate
In Washington a column notes Lucas and Myers once aligned with Democrats now oppose price controls. The piece mocks OPS rules, cites witnesses from various industries, and recalls Lucas as a former senator from Illinois and Myers from Pennsylvania. It lampoons the cotton grading episode before Congress.
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Lucas
Myers
Administration
Ederick C. Othman
Scott Lucas
Francis Myers
Tucas
Dinois
Floot
Pennsylvania
Congress
North Carolina
Sen
Horner Capehart
R.-Indi
World Government Debate Sparks Reader Forum Fire
Readers attack the idea of a world government, arguing it would end the United States. A Charleston professor links world government to doom, while letters from Oak Hill and St. Albans defend American values, criticise UMW pensions claims, and protest postwar European trade with enemies.
Florence Kochevar Audition Sails to Gasavaln Assignment
Florence Kochevar, after an audition two weeks ago, earned a grade and will meet the Pittsburgh meat packers' Gasavaln on Monday. She has taught wood winds at Gorby's Music Co. in South Charleston and resides with her sister at 405 Kuizner. Julianne Kemp praised Swatiilda in Coppelia at Charleston High School recital. The Hormel Girls Orchestra sax player received bouquets for the performance.
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Estra
Florence Kochevar
Gasavaln
Pittsburgh
M Kochevar
Gorby's Music Co
South Charleston
T. W. Seales
Kuizner Atve
Julianne Kemp
Swatiilda
Charleston High School
Hormel Girls
Interesting and Amusing Facts About People
Washington District Hiza School students admire janitor Charlie Akers for 17 years of service. He walks 1.5 miles daily from home to school, totaling about 9480 miles. Edward M. des Rachers of Beckier, a Virginia Tech senior, was elected to two honorary fraternities Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Gamma Epsilon, and is grandson of Charles and Mrs. Popp.
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Washington District
Hiza School
Charlie Akers
Akers
Edward M. Des Rachers
Beckier
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Tau_ Beta Pi
National Engineering
Sigma Gamma Epsilon
Earth Science
Charles Y. Popp
Charleston
iP- Korean War Held Result of Early Capital Thinking
Westbrook Pegler decries the MacArthur case and Truman era policy as media crafted to mislead the public. He argues Roosevelt and Churchill era decisions, lend lease, and Allied wartime actions laid groundwork for Korea, criticizing officials and warning against repeating historic errors.
Baer On News Warnings And Nuclear Fear In 1851 Style
Omar Bradley warns New York could be bombed easily if Stalin acts, while the author riffs on retaliatory payoffs and past bomb incidents. The piece mixes chilling lines about thermonuclear risk with quips about Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Billy Watson, framing civilization as fragile yet provoked into action.
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iConvricts
Gazelins
Omar Bradley
New York
Joe Stalin
Billy Watson
Jell
Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien
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Ignats Moscicki
Poland
Marshal Pilsudski
Victor Riesel
Doris Fleeson
Drew
Pearson
Fashington
Mike DiSalle
Mike
iBarber
Reader's Forum
Kiwanis Club of
Tam
China
Hallie M. Kendall
Oak Hill
Leon
Forum
UMW
Welfare Fund
Scarbro
W. H. Fields
Korea
St. Alvans
Sians
Gazette
Westbrook
Pegler
Triman
Tration
Washington
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Eleanor Roosevelt
Germany
Mulh
Sens
Hiram Johnson
Bennett Clark
Stalin
Russia
Baan
Baering
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
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