Plans form four lane toll highway linking West Virginia regions
Bluefield on November 21 reports outline for a four lane toll turnpike from Bluefield to Wheeling. A bonding firm offers to handle preliminaries including traffic surveys and route surveys at several hundred thousand dollars. construction may total about one million dollars per mile. Route aims for a straight Wheeling to Bluefield line, avoiding city corporate limits.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Panhandle
Franis 8. Bailey
Turnpike Commission
Easley
Wheeling
Call For Survey To Locate Blind In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg November 21 The State Council for the Blind urged an all out campaign to locate unreported blind Pennsylvanians Day said about 20000 are on records but many more go unnoticed The council offers mental and psychiatric tests vocational guidance pre vocational and vocational training job placement and employer consultations It plans to include those with mental quirks in rehabilitation to prevent neurosis Also notes a TV show requires 138 cast members for production.
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Harrisburg
State Council For the Blind
Pennsylvania
O. B. Day
Early American spies shaped by wartime needs and myths
An overview of historic spying from Nathan Hale to Emma Edmonds and Belle Boyd. The piece traces how early espionage relied on individuals rather than large outfits, noting Pinkerton’s Civil War network and the rise of the U S Secret Service from wartime efforts, with references to Barton Morgan and Col. Prescott.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Nathan Hale
George Washington
Joseph Addison
Cato
Washington
Barton
Prescott
Charles Morgan
Cornwallis
General Lafayette
Emma Edmonds
Belle Boyd
Stonewall Jackson
Allen Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Lincoln
U. S. Secret Service
Thomas Beach
Britain
Corry Evening Journal Notes Historical Spy Tie Ins
The article recalls Jing alias Ma Henri le Caron who joined Irish American Societies, gained trust, then betrayed plans to employers. It references the Secret Service role in wartime espionage, anti-sabotage and duties guarding the president, noting historical context and a 1949 date.
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Corry
Tors
Atlantic
Jing
Canada
Henri le Caron
Beach
Secret Service
Treasury wartime espionage and counterespionage efforts
The U S Treasury engaged in counterespionage and anti sabotage during the last war under FBI charge. Espionage and intelligence extended to Latin America for the war duration. The prior espionage work involved armed forces and OSS, with many sensational postwar tales arising from these activities.
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U. S. Treasury
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Latin America
Armed Forces
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
North Gorry Emblem Oil Station Winterizes Radiators
An oil station in North Gorry Emblem Oil announces winterization services for radiators using products like Prestone Zerex Zerone OF and Super Pyro. Manager contact: W. L. Armitage, phone 3-408.
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North Gorry Emblem
W. L. Armitage
Fragmentary note on espionage shaping statecraft through history
The text discusses spying as an ancient practice found in biblical times and traced through various European powers. It mentions a 14th century shift toward peacetime intelligence and hints at a 1330s intelligence agency development as a model for trust, trade, and continental intrigue in a growing kingdom.
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OSS
Europo Lish
America
IIT
Ing
Little Kingdom
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