Editorial Roundup on Courts and Steel Policy
A harsh view condemns leniency toward writers in a numbers racket case and applauds Judge Harry L. McCreery for jail sentences. The piece also critiques government steel policy, Truman seizure actions, and the broader impact on mobilization, coal, and economic stability amid ongoing strikes and production pauses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Ile
Beckley
Beckles
Phew
Hick Enterprises
Ian
Steel wage dispute looms as wage board proposal faces strike threat
A week of escalating conflict over pay ends with the Wage Stabilization Board proposing 17 1-2 cents an hour raises in three shifts through June 1951 plus fringe benefits. The union accepts while management rejects, warning the WSB plan may set wage norms for major U S industry and trigger price hikes to cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Wiesten
Sh Coud
Whittan
Wage Stabilization Board
Ane
WSB
Steel Tabor
Vabor Ieabor
Avera
Ates
Vote Getter Promises Road Improvements for Tinton Route
The letter laments the Winton road’s narrow, unsafe condition from years of heavy truck use. It urges the State Road Commission to repair and upgrade the highway this summer to prevent traffic hazards and improve accessibility for travelers from Greenbrier Valley and beyond.
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Tinton
Greenbrier
Winton Road
State Road Commission
Cams
West Virginia
Tinton Road
Road Commission
Charleston
Dusty Page Bobs Charleston Campaign and Local Mischief
The piece sketches a chaotic Charleston week with Hedrickx’s gubernatorial push and a Ford tumbling through town with banners. It notes campaign HQ at Dannvi Boone hotel, a junior high school voting-norm test, and various oddities from coal operator meetings to a man shaved back to look clean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Bue
Hedricx
Ravernor
Ford
Dannvi Boone Hotel
Ste
South Charleston
Hedei
Naot
Manand
Everest
Greene
Army of Housewives Make Sales History
Phil Meyers built Fashion Frocks Inc into a $13 million annual business with over 50,000 women salesmen, mainly housewives, selling 2 million dresses yearly. He claims women outsell men and pioneered a pure direct sales model in 1925, making his firm the world’s largest dressmaking director sales group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnatia
Phil Meyers
Torlay Mexers
General Metars
Woolworth
Parachutes and dresses fuel a scattered sales army
A Chicago fabric and dress firm led by Meyers employs 50,000 women as sales reps and 1,500 workers in three plants. The outfit, a major parachute maker in wartime, expands by recruiting wives of ministers and teachers, widows, and mothers while offering kits of 300 dress patterns selling for 2.98 to 15.98.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyers
Truman Faces Crises As Presidency Weathers Strain
Washington columnist argues President Truman looks tired from a series of crises since 1935. The piece cites steel nationalization, firings including McGrath and MacArthur, cabinet tensions with Wallace and Byrnes, and ongoing congressional attacks at home while noting foreign policy gains.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Charles B Wilson
Thas
J. Howard McGrath
Newbold Morris
McGrath
T. Lamar Caudle
Caudle
Gen
Davelas MacArthur
Defense Louis Johnson
You're Telling Me! by William Ritt tale of incongruous scenes
A playful, clipped vignette portrays a chaotic scene with rapid images of humor and social quips. The piece moves through absurd actions and random observations, capturing a restless street corner mood and cultural quirks of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ritt
Literary Guidepost and Forties Gravel Street Reviews
Review notes multiple 1940s novels including John Nairne Michael son’s Winter Morning and Night and Forty-Four Gravel Street by Ben Aladdow. It surveys thematic patterns and authorial discretion, labeling the works as accurate yet not broadly true with mixed realism and lurid portrayals.
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W. G. Rogers
John Nairne Michaelson
William Sloane
Jamie
Devon
Ohio
Gravel Street
Ben Aladdow
Little, Brown
Andersen
Mom
Winter Cane
Shancers
Denny
Reviva
Richard G. Hubler
Coward McCann
Tennet Marvell
Keith Chalmers
Perse
Adam Wingate
Marty O'Hara
Road to Resurrection in a Search for One God
The essay recalls Easter childhood from multiple church traditions in a small town. The narrator questions differing roads to the Resurrection, describes family and church experiences, and notes young curiosity about God, heaven, and religious imagery. The piece reflects on unity and division among denominations in pursuit of eternal life.
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Jesus Christ
Vale
Durer
Jesus
Gabriel
God
Wranz
Christ
Anas
Jesus of Nazareth
Lord of Resurrection
Easter Reflections on Faith and Modern Church Life
The author muses on personal spirituality and the evolving church, favoring a personal God concept and practical faith over rigid doctrine. He notes aging brings perspective, the need for meaningful worship, and Jesus's example of living beyond conflict. He urges the church to offer genuine guidance beyond tradition.
Ohio State Campus Debate Sparks Union Clash Over Free Speech
Fulton Lewis Jr notes Ohio CIO claims against public schools and Ohio State University. He argues regents should guard student and taxpayer interests against perceived Communist influence, while criticizing union demands to host pro Communist speakers. He calls for balanced campus speech and warns against backdoor union expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Lewis
Washington
Ohio C. 1 O. Council
Greater Cincinnati
Howard L. Bevis
Board of Regents
John Bricker
Frank Lausche
College Campute
Ohio
United States
Moscow Stooges
Ohio State University Board of Regents
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
C.I.0
William Z. Foster
Paul Robeson
Moscow
C.lco
C.I.Q
Robert A. Taft
Taft
C.so
C.I.O
Ohio State University
University of Kentucky Kernel Donates Journalism Building
A student operated weekly newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel, gifts the university a journalism publications building worth 400000 dollars. The project, funded by accumulated profits and revenue bonds, consolidates the journalism department and printing plant, serving 215 journalism students this fall and about 20 Kernel staff members.
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John M. Gibson
AP Newsfeatures
Lexington
University of Kentucky
Kentucky Kernel
University
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Enoch Grehan
Journalism
Prof. Grehan
Department of Journalism
Businss
The
Kernel
Kentucky Press Association
Kentuckian University
Unicn Lince
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