New Crops Stir West Virginia Hills Toward Permanent Agriculture
West Virginia farmers shift from traditional corn to hybrids, boosting yields. Lespedeza and alfalfa prove valuable for soil, forage, and dairy pastures. Mando clover shows mixed results, needing careful pasture management and more field tests. Birdsfoot trefoil promises long lasting hay and pasture, while practical field testing by progressive farmers remains essential for economic impact.
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Boone County
Korea
West Virginia
Kanawha County
New England
New York
East
Northwest
Pendulum swings against immigration as deportations rise
The report from Washington notes quotas are smaller and deportations of those who entered illegally have doubled this year. Arrests of visa overstay or entry without permission grow, while the Immigration and Naturalization Service expects more to seek entry. The border with Mexico remains a weak barrier to illegal crossings.
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Washington
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Charleston Rose Show shines in 25th annual event
The Gazette reports Charleston's fifth annual Rose Show eclipsed prior exhibits. The piece lists 392 graduates from West Virginia University with names across law medicine arts and sciences engineering and agriculture. It notes a writ of mandamus issued to compel the State Treasurer to honor a $200 February salary, and briefly covers national news on nominating reform and Reese war debt plan approval by the House.
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Gazette Oqcal
Charleston
West Virginia University
Alexander P. Gates
Philip H. Hill
Howard R. Klostermeyer
Glen Lilly
C. G. Findley
Qona
F. A. Clark
W. W. Duff
Herbert Garred
William McGee
Emma K. Alderson
James S. Conley
F. C. Parley
Thelma Hatfield
Charles Dilcher
Edith M. Lloyd
Elizabeth Martin
Orivia Melton
Charles P. Ross
Milton Wolper
J. C. Cunningham
Patrick D. McMurrer
L. F P. Edwards
P. H. Silke
Harry G. Kennedy
R. W. King
W.W. T. Heizer
Thomas H. McGevran
Tate State Supreme Court
W. 5. Johnson
P. H. Goshorn
John C. Bond
Board of Finance
Reese
House of Representatives
Not So Adonis and Jean Valjean Tale in Vintage Compare
Column contrasts two infamous figures, Jean Valjean and Joe Adonis, linking their crimes and sentences. The writer rails against leniency for crime, noting Valjean’s 19 year prison stretch for bread and Adonis’s lighter Bergen County term. The piece questions judicial bias and ends with a moral about theft.
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Joe Adonis
Adonis
Underworld
Joe
Murder, Inc
Brooklyn
Kefauver Committee
Frank Costello
New York-Miami
Fort Lee
N. J
Hudson
Ft Knox
Jean Valjean
Bergen County
Reshuffle Looms as Joint Chiefs Face New Era
Washington leaders weigh changes as Gen. Omar Bradley nears August end of chairmanship. Adm. Forrest Sherman stands to gain Navy prominence while Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg nears retirement. The White House eyes continuity with Bradley amid ongoing military crisis and aging leadership.
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Ashington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. MacArthur
Truman
Omar Bradley
Bernard Montgomery
Gen. Bradley
Carpstone
White House
Brillance
Mgr. Truman
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Adm
Sherman
Navy
Francis Matthews
Oosevelt
Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Henry L. Stimson
Air Force
Hoyt Vandenberg
Nathan F. Twining
Denials and counterdenials ripple through postwar politics
A Washington column catalogs repeated refusals to acknowledge published claims by officials including Rep. Walter Brehm of Ohio and Rep. Parnell Thomas of New Jersey, noting jail sentences that followed denials. It recounts Denial No 1 through Denial No 4, covering Wilson Johnston feuds, a Truman letter, Army casualty figures in Korea, and Greece’s Premier Venizelos denying ship purchases.
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Washington
Walter Brehm
Ohio
Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Eric Johnston
Wilson
Johnston
Rob Gros
Defense Mobilizer
Pearson
Truman
OPS
Mike DiSalle
DiSalle
Mike
Korea
Walton Walker
Sen. Bridges
New Hampshire
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Bradley
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Gen. Walker
Bradley
Walker
Sophocles E. Venizelos
Greece
Maritime Commission
Venizelos
Myriam
Panam
Labor Leaders Groom No Politico As Candidate for 52 Presidency
Labor chiefs as yet groom no presidential nominee, signaling potential support for both parties in 1952. A Roosevelt Democrat notes labor may back Republicans if Taft Hartley law remains, while Democrats push pro labor platforms. The piece describes union momentum, strategy talks, and possible independent campaigns as labor aims to build a political bloc.
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Politico
Labor
U. S
Great Federation
Washington
Taft
GOP
BRB
National Labor
Chicago
Victor Riesel
American Broadcasting Co. System
Teamsters
Dan Tobin
Ladies’ Garment Workers
Dave Dubinsky
Hollywood
Istor
WATS
Afl-Cio High Command
AFL
San Francisco
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Armenians Plotting Revolutions in Washington Cantina
In a Spanish restaurant run by Armenian Mihran Makkashian, Armenian Revolutionary Federation leader Mark Keshishian discusses a long history of attempts to gain homeland and independence. He praises patience, notes 230,000 Armenians in the U.S. and hints at future revolts to oust Communists, while exploring rugs and carpets trade and local Latin influence. The piece blends satire with reminiscence of Armenia’s political struggles and cultural life.
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Armenia
Plo
Mark Kesnishian
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Keshishian
United States
Ederick C. Othman
Mibran
Keishian
Washington
Europe
Woo
America
Gazeitel
Glamour Girl's Romance Key Cause of Suicide
Dorothy Kilgallen notes a glamor girl who attempted suicide after a failed romance with a Gotham restaurant man. The column mixes gossip on Eddie Cantor Jessell benefit fines, Justice Department chatter, Barbara Hutton grants, James Bond-like rumors, and Broadway chatter from New York society in a rapid-fire gossip column.
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Jotlings
Louise Fiske
Gotham
Eddie Cantor
George Jessell
the Waldorf
AGVA
Hayreld Shapiro
Department of Justice
Judy Capon
Washington
Judy
Barbara Hutton
Baering Down On the News fCopyright, igh
The piece mocks Congress and its investigations with satirical lines about European courts and American politics. It notes smooth affairs this week amid a chorus of investigations led by solemn senators, ending with a quip about a nosey critic burned in steam.
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Inez Robb
York
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Tront
Fleeson
Zuact
Drew
Bill
George
William G. Day
Dorothy
Kilgallen
Daniel Wilde
Jean Wallace
Midtown
Stetor
Myrsle
Emily Post
Hairy June Horne
Jackie Cooper
Buddy Rudolph
Loew's
Harlem
Dagmar
Margaret Truman
Norway
Ali Kivan
Bob Willams
Boston Belle
Kelly
Johnnie Desmond
Toots
Johnnie
The
Gazettes
Central Park South
Broadway
Janet Leigh
Loew
Lexington
Greta
Jack Benny
Vic Damone
Joanne
Mimi Benezell
Ronson
Peter Lind Hayes
Mary Healy
Sunset Boulevard
Paul Douglas
Darryl Zanuck
Paul
Baer
Baering
Arthur “Moxa” Baer
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