Editorial warns against two-bit meter plan in Charleston
An editorial opposes a city plan to install quarter parking meters on six downtown streets. It argues the scheme would reestablish parking on busy avenues and reduce traffic flow, risking bottlenecks during emergencies. The piece urges City Council to proceed cautiously and seek real traffic solutions.
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Charleston
Quarrier
Capitol Streets
Quarrier St
Dunbar St
Hale
Capitol St
Virginia
Lee
U S Critique of Guatemalan Intervention Methods
An opinion piece argues the United States morally opposed the Arbenz regime yet used unethical tactics by backing Colonel Castillo Armas. It questions the choice of armed intervention over peaceful, democratic means and warns future regret over the hasty crisis response.
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United States
Carlos Castillo Armas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Guatemala
Kremlin
Western Hemisphere
America
Washington
Readers Forum on Race Segregation and Local News Items
In the Gazette a reader questions a term called Tuptailing and critiques segregation in schools citing race and social prejudice. Other letters discuss Dunbar road traffic after a plant blast, using railroad trucks for disaster area access, national defense, and Dorothy Horn Minute Women. The set ends with notes from Morgantown and remarks on Mayor Boreagianis.
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Gazette
Dorse
Dorsets
Remarque
B. Morgan
Dunbar
New York Central Railroad
E. R. Jones
Dorothy H. Horn
The
Minute Women of the
Anderson
Minute Women
Morgantown
Dick Evans
Boreagianis
Ch. Sa
Clash Over Loudspeakers Sparks Town Debate
A letter bundle shows residents upset over church loudspeakers while other town noise complaints surface. V L Martin and Carl Runyon credit disputes appear as readers call for speakers of faith and governance balanced for all citizens.
Congressional Quarterly Poll Faces Doubtful Farm Price Battle
Congressional Quarterly reports rival lobbyists predict either flexible or rigid farm price supports in the Senate. Fleming foresees flexible victory by 49-47, potentially 58-38, while Baker bets rigid wins 50-46 to 59-43. The outcome hinges on parliamentary dynamics and swing votes.
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Congressional Quarterly Poll
Congressional Quarterly Washington
Congressional Quarterly
Senate
Roger Fleming
American Farm Bureau Federation
John Baker
National Farmers Union
Eisenhower
Baker
Aiken
Fleming
Paul H. Douglas
Farm Bureau
Clifford R. Hope
Ree Kan
House Agriculture Committee
George D. Aiken
R.vi
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate House
Kent
Army politics in the armed services draw scrutiny
Drew Pearson argues that Army McCarthy hearings reveal un-American favoritism in the services. He cites Private Schine and others, including Baltimore Mayor D Alesandro, Congressman Velde, Senator O'Daniel, Parnell Thomas, and MacArthur, as examples of nepotism and wire-pulling. He warns such practices threaten equal treatment for all draftees and calls for reforms.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Schine
U. S
Armed Services
U.S. A
Thomas D'Alesandro
Baltimore
Judge Advocate General
John Butler
Maryland
Miles Reber
McCarthy
D’alesandro
Indiantown Gap
Congressman Welde
Congressman Velde
House
Bolling Field
Velde
Richard Velde
George Hyman Rickover
Secretary of the Navy
Robert Anderson
Rickover
Navy
Jerry McDaniel
Key West
Fla
Duke
A. E. Buckley
Anderson
American cooks enter world fair contest in Switzerland
Inez Robb reports on American culinary entry in the Swiss Hospel Fair at Bern with six U S premier chefs including Louis Bartenbach from Fort Lee. The piece lampoons foreign tastes while lauding apple pie fried chicken and succotash and hopes for American victory on an international stage.
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Idaho
Nebraska
Iowa
Switzerland
United States
Bern
Louis Bartenbach
Quartermaster Corps
U.S.A
Fort Lee
Bartenbach
Test ought to Win Easily in Berns Kitchen Talent Show
A whimsical letter argues that American culinary delegates Aunt Kit and Aunt Nell would have dominated Berns kitchen at the Bern international event. It claims Aunt Kit s apple pie and Aunt Nell s fried chicken would outshine European tasters, with Grandma Callaway as mentor adding butter rich biscuits and strawberry shortcake to wow officials.
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Uncle Sam
Bern
American Culinary Federation
Societe Culinaire Philanthropique of
New York
Kit
Anne Nell
Grandma Callaway
Sec. Benson
West Virginia Newsmen Gather for 25th Anniversary Banquet
The Gazette reports 1929 events with West Virginia Newspaper Council noting former U S Senator W B Chilton as toastmaster. Gov. W G Conley and others spoke at the banquet while state officials announced appointments and reassignments. Charleston Senators defeated Huntington 2 to 0 with new pitcher Paul Foliard. Veterans of Foreign Wars elected state officers. Also listed are national and international notes on corporate transfers and a flight arrival from Spain to the United States.
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Gazette Local
U. S
W. B. Chilton
Banquet of
West Virginia
W. G. Conley
J. Alfred Taylor
Walter S. Hallanan
C. R. Adams
Charleston Chatauqua
Ed Hess
Lyda Phode
Ruby Swigger
Conlely
H. E Flesher
Pruntytown
G. E. Ferguson
Charleston
Bureau of Negro Welfare
Senators
Paul Foliard
Huntington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wesley M. Bradford
Morgantown
H. T. Chapin
W. W. Smith
Masontown
R. O'Connor
Paul Foulk
Clarksburg
N. R. F. Guthrie
Retirement village for union workers in Florida
Victor Riesel reports on a pioneering self contained retirement village near West Palm Beach, a 600 acre Florida project by the Upholsterers International Union. The plan funds a convalescent home and cottages with medical coverage and utilities, designed to reduce isolation and foster mobility among workers aged 65 plus and a pilot for labor community living.
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Jupiter Light
Florida
Gold Coast
West Palm Beach
Fla
Sal Hoffman
Sal Horstman
AFL
West Palm Beach County
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Devicer
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O'Dantiel
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Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Pvt
E. A. Kimmel
Long Beach
N. J
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House Committee On Un-American Activities
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George Tiplitz
New York City
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
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Edward T. Stotesbury
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J. P. Morgan
War Department
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Sinclair Weeks
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Newton Baker
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