Winning the Peace and Free Enterprise Debate
The article reports Dr. Paul Hegstrom of the Limited Price Variety Stores association urging business participation in postwar remaking, stressing free enterprise and retailing as open to many with minimal capital. It notes the need to keep the system alive for 40 million American youths and discusses censorship of foreign mail and wartime information controls.
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Paul Hegstrom
Limited Price Variety Stores Association
Nystrom
Washington busy city and wartime morale concerns
A Washington overview notes officials and staff are exhausted amid a vast war program. It argues the rapid growth of the capital threatens public morale, referencing past rationing debates and optimistic military briefings as misleading but outdated context.
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Hinton Daily News
Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Price Administration
Harold Ickes
Leon Henderson
Army
Navy
Refrom
Geree Italy
Hitler
Mussolini
Louis Lochner as World War II publicity chief
Central Press recalls Louis Lochner, famed World War I correspondent, now guiding press radio and film dissemination during World War II. The piece notes his Berlin reporting, internment, and return to aid Elmer Davis at the publicity agency, amid poised tensions with rivals and colleagues.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Elmer H Davis
Louis P Lochner
Louis
Klemer
Berlin
Sam
Hitler
Venta
Reich
Tau
Davis
Elmer Davis
Elmer
Lowell Mellett
Archibald MacLeish
Byron
Nelson Rockefeller
Ford
Henry Ford
McClure
Peacers
Lindsey
Ben B Lindsey
McClures
Emil Hurja
The
Pathfinder
Emil
Road Commission Plan Shelved During War Years
The Road Commission will limit functions during wartime but retain a long-term development plan. The plan is not discarded, only temporarily shelved, to be resumed in the postwar years as the war necessities dictate and the report is noted.
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Road Commission
Mason Family Pioneer of Taylor County Dies in 1925
Thomas A Mason, born 1849 in Pruntytown, a Mason family member active in early Taylor County history, died April 6 1925 at Auburn Ritchie County. He married Clara Dayton in 1870, lived as a farmer in Ritchie County, and his death marks a link to Taylor County’s 1791 settlement and 1844 formation. The article reflects on the 1850 census and local genealogical notes, plus regional road progress from 1919 and the National Good Roads convention.
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Taylor County
Charles Wolfe
Flemington
Thomas A. Mason
Auburn
Ritchie County
Mason
Abraham and
Emsey Mason
Pruntytown
J Clara Dayton
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Ella Metzger Milligan
Denver
Colorado
Olfrey
Alphrey Metzger
Metzger
Knottsville
Daniel Metzger
Taylor C
Ounty
Milligan
Pennsylvania
Miles Metzger
Daniel
Monongalia
Grafton Library
Howard M. Gore
West Virginia
W. Merle Watkins
T. W
West Virginia road bonds debt reform urged
A statement details bonded indebtedness from two bond issues 1920 and 1928 totaling 132.5 million dollars with 78.085 million outstanding as of June 30. It notes bonds are repeatedly reissued and not all pledged to road work, costing 8 million annually in taxes from motorists while not building or repairing roads. It proposes pay-as-you-go funding to free 8 million yearly for construction and maintenance, starting now despite wartime halts and shelved long-term plans.
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Elkins Inter-Mountain
Office of Censorship
New York
Jerve
Censor
Road Commission
West Virginia
Vigupannnot
3 Road Commission
Mary
Tibby
Wayne
Tibby Rejects Wayne and Confesses Love Split
Tibby faces Ward trimester fears in hospital as Wayne Courtright returns with gentleness and gifts. She reveals she cannot marry him, admitting someone else holds her heart, while Wayne accepts the verdict with quiet grace and offers friendship. Tibby asks to reclaim a ring from Steena, seeking closure as future fates loom.
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Marg
Tibby
Steena
Wayne
Waynes
Tommy
Mary
Miss Picklepuss
Wayne Courtright
Rei
State plans gradual retirement of road bonds
The passage discusses paying interest and retirement charges and urges the next Legislature to adopt a policy that retires a set percentage of the 1920 road bonds each year. The aim is to operate within a reasonable period while reducing debt permanently.
The Copper Pot by Oliver La Farge review
Literary guidepost notes Oliver La Farge novel The Copper Pot explores Bohemian life in New Orleans through Tom a Rhode Island Harvard painter torn between two worlds. The reviewer highlights mood setting Rhode Island roots and artistic longing amid romantic entanglements.
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Oliver la Farge
Houghton Mifflin
Mimis
Tom
Rhode Island
Harvard
New Orleans
French Quarter
Fragmented wartime column teases on Hitler and fronts
A jagged, satirical clipping mocks British air actions and German leaders. It parodies headlines about the Rhine front and Berchtesgaden, noting weather on the Russian front and lampooning Goering. The piece reads as a hazy, critical wartime opinion fragment.
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Germa
Painter Emerges as Artist in War era Novel
In a tale tracing a painter's growth from a flat across the court to artistic maturity, conflicts of love and daily life shape his craft. War transforms his values, offering release and the chance of greater achievement, even if death beckons. The narrative parallels evolving ambitions and survival.
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Mr. la Parge
Tom
Mr. la Farge
Trailer Continued From Page One In County Health Roles
Government allotments an assistant county health officer a nurse midwife and a nurse will be up for discussion as the trailer continues from page one in local coverage.
Taylor County Commissioner Nomination Announcement
Voter notice from Taylor County requests support in the Democratic primary on August 4 1942 for the nominee to become county commissioner. The candidate seeks voters approval and self reliance while pledging to conduct the campaign with due regard to law and the will of the electorate.
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Taylor County
Sioner
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