Wart Virginia Daily Chronicle subscription notice and history feature
The item lists subscription details for West Virginia readers including a 2 percent sales tax and advance payment terms. It notes Associated Press rights and location details at Martinsburg, W V. It mentions a June 8, 1948 date and a personal reflection by Elizabeth King about daily care and contributing to family safety.
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West Virginia
Elizabeth King
Nurse’s warning on slavery and Communism across Europe and Asia
A World War II nurse recounts human misery she witnessed in North Africa and Europe. She argues exploitative elites fuel inequality, education hoarding by the poor, and fear that democracy and America’s aid must address these conditions to curb Communist spread. She urges continued truth telling to hasten world enlightenment.
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Europe
Asia
America
North
Africa
Egypt
Palestine
Italy
France
Germany
Lenroots Honored as May Woman of the Month
Katherine F. Lenroot head of the U S Children's Bureau since 1934 is named May Woman of the Month by the American Woman's Association for long service in government. Her father Irving L. Lenroot served as a Wisconsin politician and U S Senator contender in 1920.
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American Woman's Association
Katherine F. Lenroot
United States Children's Bureau
Miss Lenroot
Bureau
Irving L. Lenroot
Robert M. LaFollette
House of Representatives
United States
Senate
Calvin Coolidge
Tariff Policy and Party Struggles From 19th Century to 1928
The article traces tariff policy within the Democratic and Republican parties from the late 1800s to 1928. It notes Samuel J. Randall and Charles F. Crisp as protectionist leaders, Wilson’s 1913 tariff act, and the shift to low tariffs until 1928 when Smith and Raskob embraced protection. It also cites Cordell Hull and the enduring GOP stance on high tariffs.
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Samuel J. Randall
Philadelphia
Charles F. Crisp
Georgia
Roger Q. Mills
Texas
Cleveland
Wilson
Smith
John J. Raskob
Cordell Hull
Old Guard
Congress Fights Over Marshall Plan Funding
A reflective column compares congressional action on the European Recovery Program to a loan split between authorizing and appropriating. It notes initial authorization of 5.9 billion dollars, a House cut to 4.0 billion, and ongoing Senate review, amid Cold War fears of communist expansion in Europe.
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Ashington
Congress
House
Senate
State Marshall
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Italy
France
Vaudeville Bids Temporary Return Via TV Tonight
On June 7 television will showcase vaudeville stars from the past as a national audience, estimated at 1.5 million in major cities, watches Milton Berle host a first TV vaudeville program. The piece recalls performers like Morton Downey, Sophie Tucker, and Paul Whiteman, and reflects on changing tastes and the enduring myth of vaudeville.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Schenectady
Boston
Richmond
Edward Sobol
Vaudevillians
Jada
Milton Berle
Keith's
Frank Fay
Lester Allen
James J. Corbett
Billy B. van
Sophie Tucker
Rae Samuels
Berty Lytell
Paul Whiteman
Leviathan
Morton Downey
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Wichita
Walcott probes VFW for housing stand in hearings
Washington notes detail Jesse Walcott pressed two witnesses for the VFW to oppose a housing bill. Merle Hopper confirms the telegram disavowing representation. Lyle and Greig admit they spoke for themselves not the VFW.
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Drew Pearson Ashington
Michigan
Jesse Walcott
Merle Hopper
VFW
George Lyle
Arthur Greig
Michigan Department
Congress
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Publ
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Greig and
Lyle
Detroit
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Louisiana
Wolcott
Boggs
Greig
Hitler
United States
Senate
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Estonia
Lithuania
State Department
Russia
Baltic States
USA
West Virginia
Chapman Revercomb
Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Revercomb
McGrath
William Langer
North Dakota
Czechoslovakia
Holtcall
House
Education and Labor Committee
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Missouri
Gwinn
New York
Kersten
Wisconsin
Owens
Illinois
Lesinski
Kelley
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lucas
Texas
Landis
Indiana
Hoffman
McGowen
Ohio
Brehm
Kearns
Nixon
California
Barden
North Carolina
Fisher
Powell
Wood
Georgia
Madden
Klein
Joe Martin
Haljeck Hartley
New Jersey
McConnell
Buck
Smith
Kansas
McKinnon
Minnesota
Mississippi
Canada
Dean Acheson
U. S.-Canadian Defense Commission
Acheson
Labor unions plan bold pushes to shape political campaigns
The piece describes CIO and AFL leaders mobilizing funds and staff to influence the 1950s political scene, aiming to recruit white collar workers, push a strong anti-subversive stance, and secure delegates for Eisenhower while negotiating for some CIO input to the GOP platform. It notes Walter Reuther’s injury and new organizing goals, plus a recap of a Baltimore monkey incident aboard a freighter and a lighter fashion moment for Phil Murray.
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Eisenhower
Phil Murray
van Bittner
Philadelphia
Sen
Taft
Political Action Committee
GOP
Walter Reuther
Auto Union
Auto
Reuther
Chrysler
General Motors
Alaska
New York
Baltimore
AFL Seafarers Union
Inside CIO Conflicts and Labor Tactics in 1948
Report by Victor Riesel details intra union battles between pro and anti Communist factions within the CIO. It notes shifts toward non Communist leadership, planned resignations to avoid perjury fines, lavish campaign tactics at Caterpillar drives, and the looming Portland convention.
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CIO
CIG
Portland
Oregon
Hollywood
Mike Quill
Henry ‘Wallace
Wallace
CIO Political Action Committee
Trivia Q&A from The Gazette readers panel
The item presents a series of reader questions and answers from The Charleston Gazette Information Service, covering topics from Operation Crossroads naming to subway ridership, Barter Theater, old master paints, eyeglass silicones, shad biology, state legislatures, and the 17 year locust. Answers reference Vice Admiral Blandy, Barter Theater founder Robert Porterfield, and general facts about the era.
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Joint Task Force I
New York City
New York
Charleston Gazette
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P.P. A
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Louisiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Caroline
Virginia
Arizona
Connecticut
Michigan
Utah
Paris museum purge over portraits amid royal visit
French officials removed portraits at the Chaillot Museum during a visit by Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. They hid depictions of English enemies and a Rowlandson painting, while Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette portraits were partially missed, signaling delicate Franco British sentiment.
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Paris
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
France
England
George Rowlandson
Maison de Joie
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Philip
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Dewar Intervenes as CIO Union Expels Store Workers
Gov Dewar intervenes in New York after three department store employees expelled by CIO Retail and Department Store Workers for anti-Communist agitation. The article argues unions overstep authority, calls disruption a historic CIO charge, and asserts public courts should adjudicate disputes amid a charged political climate.
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International
Wanion
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New York
Biganta
Hackman
Merry
Chicago
Willie Brett
Hollywood
Operating Engineers
Henry Wallace
Wallace
United States
Tresson
Roosevelt
Congress
Union
United Mine Workers
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Politically Charged Riff Calls Out FDR Churchill Meetings
A satirical muse blames a lone foreign policy spark for global turmoil. The piece mocks Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, arguing secrecy and private deals overshadow public duty, and laments recurring historic missteps from wartime diplomacy.
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