Giants in Those Days the 1849 51 Senate remembered
Historians say the 1849 51 Senate reached heights unmatched since with giants like Calhoun Clay Webster Benton Douglas Seward Chase and future leaders Davis Toombs Houston and others. The author laments today’s Senate lacks such stature andexperience.
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Senate
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Daniel Webste
Thomas H. Benton
Jackson
Missouri
Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln
William H. Seward
Salmon’. Chase
Weimar Era Plan Aims Equal War Burden Across Classes
The Heads of the military governments of Germany propose a program to tax agricultural forestry real estate and business sectors with exemptions to fund aid for refugees and war damage victims. Funds would support subsistence aid education building reconstruction and household purchases. Action delayed until currency reform but expected soon. Production and political stability vary by region, affecting rehabilitation prospects.
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We of
Germany
Putzi Hanfstaengel Freed by Bavarian Court
A Bavarian denazification court cleared Ernst Hanfstaengel known as Putzi of Nazi ties. Once a Mitler favorite and later a critic of the Nazi regime he fled Germany in 1936. He spent time in the United States where he briefed Roosevelt but remained seen as a playboy rather than a sinister insider.
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Putzi
Ernst Hanfstaengel
Hanfstaengel
Munich
Harvard
Mitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Russian Memories and a Nation in Echoes of Change
W L White notes in Land of Milk and Honey that only one in five Russians has adult recollections of pre-Soviet days. Wars purges and early deaths dull memory, leaving most trusting government tales. Radio and Western comforts threaten this wall of blindness and may reshape contact with the outside world.
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W. L. White
Europe
Anyway Ricky Hadn’t Thrown Him Out In New York
Sam discusses a washed up newspaper man who seeks payment for his story while Gail confronts moral peril. The scene shifts as Sam plans to shield Gail and handle Rogers, who is drunken and scheming, with Gail torn between Brad and Sam in a tense, unresolved moment of moral bargaining.
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Ricky
Sam
Nere
Spokane
White
Brad
Florida
New York
Chicago
Faith Baldwin
Alexandria Spencer
Pop
Rusty
Rogers
Gail
Upper Fifth Avenue
Spencers
Rinshart & Company
Spencera
Plao
King Features Syn ‘UN
Peace Outlook For China Appears More Remote Today
Shanghai reports a growing belief that peace in China is unlikely with stalling charges exchanged between Nationalists and Communists. Nationalists may retreat to new defenses south of the Yangtze while some say Shanghai and Nanking could be sacrificed but troops would keep fighting under Chiang Kai-Shek. A Nanking spokesman urged Communists to name reps for talks and the Communist radio urged Li to arrest Chiang and other leaders. Internal Li dissension also noted as cabinet proposes moving the government from Nanking to Canton.
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Shanghai
China
Yangtze River
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
T Radio
Canton
Bills to Establish Medical School Set Up
Charleston, Jan. 27 Bills to establish a four year school of medicine and dentistry in Charleston were introduced in both houses of the legislature today. Led by Patterson administration leaders the measures also provide for construction of a general hospital to accompany the school. The house measures were sent in by Speaker Flannery Logan county Democrat and the senate companion bills were introduced by President Johnston Mercer County Democrat. The official name of Westminster Abbey is the Collegiate Church of St. Peter.
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Charleston
Patterson
Flannery
Logan County
Senate
Johnston
Mercer County
Preston County 4-H Parents Meeting Schedule
A series of 4-H parent and adult meetings will be held across Preston County in late January through early March to discuss 4-H club goals and objectives. Sessions, supplied with refreshments and a County Extension film, will take place at multiple schools churches and halls including Pleasant Valley Bruceton High Piscah church Brandonville Terra Alta M E church Wilhelm Cranesville Independence TM M E church Manheim Beatty Whetsell American Legion Hall Newburg Thornton Aurora Tunnelton Egton Reedsville Beverly Kingwood Masontown Albright Horse Shoe Run Arthur Center Salem Rowlesburg Amboy Lenox Fellowsville and more on various dates.
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Preston County
Pleasant Valley School
Bruceton High School
Piscah Church
Brandonville
Terra Alta
M. E. Church
Wilhelm’s
Cranesville
Independence
Manheim
Beatty
Whetsell Settlement
American Legion Hall
Kingwood
Newburg High School
Robert Hamilton
Thornton
W. D. Webster
Aurora
Tunnelton
Egton
Reedsville
Beverly Will
Masontown
Albright
Horse Shoe Run
Arthure Center
Salem Community
Rowlesburg High School
Amboy
Lenox
Fellowsville High School
Wage Increase For Farm Workers In West Virginia
Wage rates for hired farm workers in West Virginia rose to 53 cents per hour as of January 1, up from 48 cents a year earlier, according to the Federal State Crop Reporting Service. The report notes more workers employed on farms than seasonally. The piece also mentions fading War of 1812 issues and naval losses and gains, stating the American navy of 20 ships had sunk or captured 26 British vessels and lost seven of its own within two years.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Theser
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Leannie Speelman
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George Watson
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F. W. Westlerman
Keith Griffith
Band Boosters Club
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Jack Redtine
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Arthur Carroll
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