Federal Building Expansion Bill Aims to Add Post Office Space
1 Corinthians quotes a June 5 congressional bill to fund additions to the Charleston federal building now under construction. Funds would rise from 975,000 to 1,500,200 to house federal offices and a courtroom, with plans for future stories to accommodate growing post office and departmental needs. Local business leaders urge persistent advocacy to ensure passage and completion.
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Charleston
Kanawha Valley
Joe Smith
Thin District
Our Own Fault in West Virginia Marketing Failures
The piece argues West Virginia farmers waste potential by not marketing and packaging products like Georgia. It cites high values for corn, winter wheat, hay, apples, peaches, and potatoes, noting dairy income around $20 million. It urges better culling, grading, packaging, and advertising to intrastate buyers.
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Idaho
Hoe
Georgia
West Virginia
Agricultural Department
Playgrounds Save The City From Disaster
Citizens rally to fund and complete a playgrounds project, praising organizers and donors for meeting a critical shortfall. Officials say the effort builds citizenship and character, stressing that play is essential beyond recreation. The community anticipates continued involvement in youth and civic programs.
Patriots and war debate echo in Readers Forum notes
The letter trail argues loyalty beyond soldiers, questions U.S. aid to Allies, and urges prayers to keep out of war. Critics accuse press and leadership of misinformation while contrasting France Russia England and Japan. A citizen questions oil and armament roles and wonders about patriotism at home.
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Gazelle
Japan
Chamberlain
Laval
France
Russia
England
Germany
China
Argentina
Spain
George
Roosevelt
Itizen
Walking Out On The Transportation Dilemma
A Times Picayune opinion notes that urging motorists to abandon cars fails when streetcar overcrowding harms riders. It cites Warsaw fare evasion, a sardines analogy, and streetcar vibration incidents, arguing the only clear fix is to walk and exercise despite costs.
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Warsaw
Poland
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Times-Picayune
Power shortages spark national energy debate and plans
Not enough power opponents warned of coal layoffs if Bluestone dam were built. Now shortages loom as Ickes warns of limited electricity and says Gasless Sundays and nationwide daylight saving may be used. Nortis pushes a multi billion dollar power program to meet defense needs while Electro Metallurgical plans to expand hydro development on the New River.
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Bluestone
Ickes
Nortis
Electro-Metallurgical Company
Hinton News
Ashington
Aegins
National Oil
Gulf of Mexico
Charleston
Norfolk
Baltimore
Pearson
U. 5
U.S
National morale task may rest with LaGuardia
In 1941 the oil and morale effort links shift toward Mayor LaGuardia as he takes civil defense duties and possibly national morale lead. The plan, developed with Ickes and Wallace, faces White House friction with Mellett opposing agency creation.
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Wichita Falls
LaGuardia
Roosevelt
Lowell Mellett
White House
Mellett
Washington
Ickes
Sekes
Wallace
Civil Defense
Intercepted Message Sends Odd Advice to Charlie
An intercepted message reads Dear Charlie urging fellows to stop posting fond prices and simply make the hole in the doughnuts larger. The quip hints at financial pressure or a joke about pricing and production.
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Charlie
Roosevelt Uses Army to Break Up Pacific Strike
In Washington June 10 the author urges a factual probe of subversive elements amid Pacific coast labor unrest. The piece backs President Roosevelt’s defense of collective bargaining, lauds his restraint, and notes the army’s role to protect workers returning to North American aviation plants, with normal production to resume and civil liberties preserved.
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Ashington
Dies Committee
Richard T. Bvankensteen
United Automobile Workers
Communist Party Uring
Roosevelit
Mr. Roosevelt
Pacific Northwest
San Francisco
Roosevelt
National Union
Army
Charles E. Banshaw
North American
Brighter Side on Army Pay and Postwar Reform
Damon Runyon voices a push for higher U S Army enlisted pay arguing 21 dollars a month is absurdly low given sacrifices. He suggests a two dollar daily raise and notes costs of camps and the need to support dependents and troops while serving. He cites employers’ loyalty in wars past and ends with a mock anecdote about Priv James Cannon at Lindy’s.
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U. S
Congress
Ahso
Bout
Priv
James Cannon
Broadway Grenadier
Garden of Neons
Priv. Cannon
Lindy
Butch Tower
Mr. Tower
Jimmy
the Gazette
Settlement in union shootings dubbed hush money
Westbrook Pegler reports on Harry Van Arsdale, local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, facing riots and shootings linked to a factory union faction. Convicted then retried, his case涉及 multiple assaults, with claims of witnesses recanting. a $15,000 settlement is noted as the matter moves toward page 17.
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York
Harry van Atsdale
Brothere Hood of Electrical Workers
Pegler
American Federation of Labor
New York
CIO
Ott
Roosevelt
T Ao
van Arsdale
Sing Sing
William Sorensen
Frank Dooner
Incas 8
Frecas
Local 3
Soresen
Dooner
Bellevue Hospital
Henry Godell
Sorensen
Godel
Adelbert Letscher
Berhind
Dcc
Robert Santangelo
Baer On News And War Dreams From 1941
The humor column by Arthur Bugs Baer envisions wartime New York with skyscrapers full of anti-aircraft guns and a torpedoed freighter interview across a high rise. He jokes about clerks refusing matches on the 42nd floor and imagines Al Smith in a bombed Empire State. Caverns in Carlsbad are praised as weatherproof shelters.
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Baering
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
New York
Manhattan
al Smith
Empire State Building
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