Wheeling to Host 26th VFW Annual Encampment
Wheeling prepares for the 26th annual Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment with 3,000 delegates expected. The program runs Wednesday through Sunday featuring a welcoming session, government agency representatives, a Friday speaker lineup, an Army band, a Saturday parade, officer elections, and multiple banquets and dances.
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Wheeling
Veterans of Foreign
Council of Administration
VFW
Harley M. Kilgore
Dwva
Chapman Revercomb
R-Wva
Meadows
Francis J. Love
Army ‘Ground Forces
Ft. Monroe
Handicraft Classes Open At Dunbar Playground
Ruth Bsharah and Byron Meyers direct county handicrafts as classes open at Dunbar playground. Activities include papercraft painting paper-plate shellacking and doll making with a doll show Friday. Children should bring a comb and wax paper this week while checker and hopscotch tournaments start and the girls jumping rope title is decided Thursday.
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Dunbar Playground
Ruth Bsharah
Byron Meyers
Dunbar
Charlotte Skaff
County Playground
Bugsy’s hotel in desert haven draws wealthy crowd
On The Line notes Bugsy's hotel amid a lush lawn and lavish surroundings in a scabrous desert patch. Beverly Hills Police Chief calls it a hoodlum hangout while the property, built by Del Webb's company tied to the Yankees owners, attracts high rollers spending freely to restore prewar norms.
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C. H. Anderson
Beverly Hills
Bugsy
New York
A! Greenberg
del Webb
New York Yankees
Bugsy Siegel Murder Mystery Tangles Hollywood Claims
The article recounts Webb denying excess interest in Bugsy Siegel’s Las Vegas project, noting Siegel’s deep gangland ties, rivalries, and speculation about motives behind his murder. It discusses Siegel’s Hollywood connections, his business role with Billy Wilkerson, and the impact of his death on Las Vegas gaming interests.
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Webb
Bugsy
Billy Wilkerson
Hollywood
Murder,Inc
Las Vegas
Siegel
George Raft
Raft
Benny
Roosevelts political games and a roguish past
The column denounces Roosevelt for manipulating conventions to place allies in power and compares past picks to Wallace and Truman. It recalls the smoke filled room, criticizes Bill Fields, and notes Roosevelt's shifting stances from wartime loyalty to criticism of Hoover era spending. It portrays political deceit as a long American tradition.
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Sidney
Heelman
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
White House
Chicago
Wallace, Inc
Truman
Harding
Allen
Strick
Pittsburgh
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Edmund Lee Jones
Richard Frazee
The
American Legion
Amelia Kane
Auxiliary
G. L. Holfe
Veterans' Employment
A. C. Caray
H. Hooks
Huntington Veterans Administration Office
Charles L. Cooke
F. Guy Ash
Federal Housing Administration
Ahre Nt
Joseph S. Finch & CO
Schenley
Pal
Creeti
Diamond Department Store
Bill Fields
Fields
Isea
WCHS
Virginia
OM Virginia
Homestead
America
Virginia Alleghanies
Hot Springs
Waldorf-Astoria
the Homestead
Virginia Hot Springs
Fay Ingalls
Harold P. Bock
Mgr
Richardson's
Ucnanmeox
WEPAI
Baird Hardware CD
Washington
Ame
Connies
Jacquelines
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