Centralized industry in war effort sparks debate
A Grafton editorial section discusses price controls and the push toward centralized production to support wartime needs. It cites oil and retail sectors facing losses under price freezes, argues for measured government guidance, and notes a broader trend toward pooling resources across American industry to accelerate arms and vehicle production. The piece contrasts free enterprise efficiency with potential postwar central planning and examines patents, defense links, and the Standard Oil memorandum on synthetic rubber.
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Synthese Rubber
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Economic determinism debated by Hoover and Gibson
In Use ar new book The Problems of Lasting Peace Hoover and Gibson dismantle economic determinism the idea that nations must conquer natural resources to justify world wars They argue resource control alone cannot trigger lasting peace and emphasize political and diplomatic factors over raw material hoarding The discussion surveys wartime coordination issues, allocation conflicts among U S agencies and allies, and the potential role of cargo submarines in easing supply chains without asserting inevitability of conflict
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Herbert Hoover
Hugh Gibson
Carleton Beals
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Japan
Charles P. Stewart
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Donald M. Nelson
Winston Churchill
London
John Bull
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Labor and Politics in West Virginia State Convention
The Elkins Inter-Mountain notes labor overreach as a political maneuver, arguing labor activity spills from its sphere into broader political influence and policy debates at the state convention. The piece critiques organized labor’s involvement and calls attention to broader labor politics shaping state affairs.
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Elkins Inter-Mountain
Babe
Johnson Decries Prohibition Critics In Andrews Church
William E. Pussyfoot Johnson spoke at Andrews Methodist Episcopal church on April 1 1925 urging unwavering support for prohibition. He blasted critics as traitors to American law and warned enforcement would outpace the old licensing system. Local leaders S M Digman A L Kestling Dennis A Litzinger Vaughn M Kerr were elected Loyal Order of Moose officers with further initiations at the meeting.
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Pussyfoot" Johnson
Uncle Sam
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
America
Patagonia
United States
National
Lunatic Asylum
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Grafton
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
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A. L. Kestling
Dennis A. Litzinger
Vaughn M. Kerr
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Thomas K. Faherty
Baltimore and Ohio
George L. Jolliffe
Charles O. Kiffy
Taylor County Court
Delbert Woodyard
W. Lee Minor
Lehman urges labor to run its own governor candidate
Governor Lehman urged a bipartisan approach at the Syracuse CIO meeting and declined reelection. The convention unanimously opposed Bennett and Dewey for governor, urging the American Labor party to field its own candidate if needed while stressing the two party system as vital to labor.
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Thomas Dewey
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Dewey
New York
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Commonwealth
Behind the Urals survey by John Scott reviewed
The Literary Guidepost presents John Scott's Behind the Urals from Houghton Mifflin. Scott, a UW graduate, offers a detailed view of Russia's hidden industrial center, described as a significant if contested achievement and a window into a vast, observed undertaking.
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the Urals
John Scott
Houghton Mifflin
Russia
University of Wisconsin
Te Urals
Boot
Ardendale Farm Shelter Sparks Elopement Tangle
In this chapter seven fragment, Dian Weston and Bill Rollins host indoors as a storm rages. Claire and Paul eloped and are stranded after their car stalls. the story hints at romance, jealousy, and intertwined fates with Ardendale connections. The arrival of a muddy couple seeks shelter at Plum Nearly Farm, linking past and present loves.
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Ardendale
Martha
Jerome Carr
Dia
Hope Tone Bill Rollins
New York
Anort
Eck
Dias Farm
Dian
Bill
Sve
William James Rollins
British Prime r continues tale of Magnitogorsk life
The article traces BRITISH PRIME r from a Moscow welder to Magnitogorsk, detailing five years there, the 1937 38 purge, and a Russian wife who later sees New York. It notes Russia’s industrial sites around the Urals and describes the evolving view of Allied armies helping oppressed countries.
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Soviet Russia
Russia
Moscow
Magnitogorsk
Urals
New York
Taylor County voter candidacy announcement details
A Taylor County resident issues a political candidacy declaration for county office in the Democratic primary. The announcement invites voter support and notes the candidacy is subject to voter will and party processes.
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Taylor County
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