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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1950

Page

4

Opportunity for Grads Deserves Job Experience Support

A letter from Delmar Santy of South Charleston urges firms to create pathways for inexperienced graduates. The piece argues companies should offer entry level roles and a job clearing house to harness schooling into real work, noting many top reporters start with training after initial years. It stresses business success and philanthropy justify investing in youth.

Charleston Gazette Independent Democratic Newspeper West Virginia Hm Aspocicted Asociated Lfe Mr. Santy

Russian Farms Drive for Larger Collectives

Nikita S Khrushchev in charge of agricultural policy replaces Andrei A Andreyev as the Politburo shifts to larger collective farms. Small farm members reportedly enthusiastically merge with larger units, amid uncertainty if support signals admiration or fear of police attention.

Russia Nikita 8. Krushchev Politburo Andrei A. Andreyev

School for Tolerance At Berkshires trains global students

The Institute of World Affairs runs a school in the Berkshires focused on cultural exchange and preparing displaced youths for U S colleges or graduate work. After 15 years in Geneva, it moved to the United States at the start of World War I. The 1950 spring class includes thirteen outside nations as graduates, with Americans joining for the summer session to join the regular student body later. A returning European or Asiatic student carries firsthand knowledge to influence public opinion and foreign policy.

Institute of World Affairs Conquets The Berkshires Geneva Switzerland United States

CIO PAC Conference Examines Election Prospects

Three hundred CIO Political Action Committees members from 48 states plan a two-track conference in Washington Friday to discuss election prospects. They will meet with President Truman at the White House to review plans, facing apathy and a treasury shortfall of about 30 000. Extra sessions will assess labor prospects and inflationary policy amid Taft opposition and AFL activity.

Alasamazon CIO White House Truman Yankard Treasury Murray PAC Krell Roli Illinois Lucas CLO AFL League For Political Education Craft Amons

Princeton PhDs and bearded hopes at June graduation

In Princeton New Jersey June 16 older professors lament changing times as newer PhD candidates arrive bearded and youthful. An even dozen master of science degrees in nuclear physics were awarded with eight graduates from West Point. The ceremony at Nassau Hall featured old-time contrasts between Washington era worries and modern atomic-age ambitions. The day stayed sunny despite the chill of new grads.

Rinceton Uinsi—Ie Corey Ford Princeton Board of Trustees Princeton University United States Military Academy West Point N.Y Nassa Hall George Washington Continental Congress Congress

Guided missiles reshape postwar military balance

Washington notes reveal Navy plans to expand guided missiles, targeting convergence of radar guided rockets and anti aircraft engines. generals Bradley and Johnson push funding while Lark missiles and ram jet tech loom large. lobbying beams bend policy roads as Truman weighs basing-point shifts.

Drew Pearson Coppright Yasston Navy Joint Chiefs of Staff Sober Omar Bradley Louis Johnson Johnson Congress Comdr L. P. Ramage Secretary of the Navy Air Force Lart The Esery Johnson

Intercepted Message Offers Outdoor Living Lessons

A partial intercepted note mentions a chance for youngsters to learn outdoor living under guidance associated with the Game & Fish Association in the city. The fragment references A Cohen and Coanskin, with emphasis on a good condition for outdoor education.

Abe Ilon Coanskin

Petrillo and Truman Spark Political Labor Night

The Petrillo labor group hosted a Washington trip for the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner with President Truman. Petrillo boasted life membership in the AFL Musicians, while his delegation pledged to back Truman and fund early election activity. The Chicago leader’s crew moved from nonpartisan to active election work amid union pride and political theater.

Jimmie Petrillo Statler Washington Chicago Ake Arvy Ducsis Jimmie Iron Man Truman United States Jake Arvy Len Paul Douglas Miss Llineis Petrilla Mr. Truman

Truman cultivates labor ties as Taft Hartley foes mobilize

The piece notes President Truman inviting 300 to 400 CIO Political Action Committee leaders to the White House, aiming to rally labor support ahead of a congressional campaign, while opposing sides push campaigns around the Taft Hartley Act. Hartley describes a nonpartisan push to defend the law with plans to operate in many districts.

Answers From The Gazette Q and A 1946 Inquiries

The record discusses strikes reducing time worked by 143 percent, Big Dipper appears to move due to Earth’s rotation with Polaris nearly fixed, Glastonbury Thorn linked to Joseph of Arimathea and annual Christmas rite, two acres of crops per person for US feeding, Ayrshire cattle origin in Scotland with 1822 US import, Suwannee River flows through Georgia and Florida, peacock eye glassware pattern by Sandwich makers named for Halley’s comet, and fingerprints are unique to individuals with no identical left-right matches.

TVG Glastonbury Thorn Cha. A Glastonbury Joseph of Arimathea England United States Ayrshire M.M.R. A Oye Scotland Swanee River W.H Suwannee Georgia Okefenokee Swamp Florida Charleston Gazette Washingtons Vetern Gul Mexico Cedar Keys F.O

Water management and floods rise with city growth

The Wheeling News Register argues floods seem larger due to urban expansion and river development. It notes higher flood crests in Winnipeg and the Mississippi, then links surface water management to falling underground water tables, blaming forest loss drainage and modern systems for faster runoff and proposes storing water longer before it reaches rivers and seas.

Winnipeg Red River Canada Mississippi River Wheeling News Register

Readers Forum Support for Protests Against Liquor

Mrs G B Harleass backs A L Sewards Readers Forum plea in West Virginia to protest liquor. She ties alcohol to broken homes, urging letters to The Gazette and suggesting a federal hospital for alcoholics.

Gazette A. L Gazeta

Europe wary as US rearmament plan meets fears

European opinion splits on the Marshall Plan after U S efforts to fund rearmament raise fears of neutrality shifts. Counterpart funds channel aid in local currencies while ERP money backs recovery projects. Ministers warn that military spending must not derail economic rebuilding or spark a new war.

Europe United States Russia Santa Claus America U. S London Acheson Paul Hoffman Prussia

Home Tinkerers Watch That Tube in Atom Smashers

A report from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers describes a new electron tube ignition that converts high voltage alternating current to direct current for device like the Veletron and synchrotron. The technology promises bursts of electricity in the thousands of volts, enabling rapid, precise power for modern atom smashers.

Cal Amenian Institute of Electrical Engineers

Radical and Conservative clash in England polls

In a satirical piece by Arthur Saer capysheart, the piece comments on Conservative gains in England and Winsome Churchill as the man of the hour. It contrasts Radicals and Conservatives using whimsical lines about decimals and retirement, noting parliamentary interest and public mood.

England Churchill

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