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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1948
Page
10
AP features describe new Chinese civil war terms like cubic bombing freezing warfare and tunnel warfare as China’s rhetoric evolves. The piece notes earlier famous terms such as scorched earth trading space for time magnetic warfare and the Flying Tigers, with Foreign observers cautious about effectiveness.
In a West Virginia scene, Maurice Brooks writes of maple sap, sugaring, and the first fruits of the year. Preston to Pocahontas counties form a bounty where bushes yield syrup and sugar, with Vermont fame and West Virginia brands like From the Hills of West Virginia. The article notes family rituals, regional industry, and local efforts to market pure syrup amid diluted rivals.
Box score details show Ashburn, Lockman, Gordon and Verban among Phillies, and Laxemane, Koslov, Sefton in New York. Pitchers Heintzelman and Porton appear for Philadelphia while Rowe, Gromek and Christopher start for Detroit and Cleveland respectively, with multiple RBI by Doby, Michaels, Lupien and others. Attendance tallies vary across games with 12,082 noted in one and 3,985 in another.
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Stewart of Jesse marked their 32nd wedding anniversary Sunday at home with their children Posey Stewart and Hirs Berry Fry, plus Ray Stewart and families from Amherstdale and Jesse. Mrs. Joan K. Short of Koppers Town hosted Misa Arlene Cook from Oceana as weekend guest. Russell Garris, of Oceania, visited Logan on Saturday. Oceana High School students attended a Wiener roast at Chambers Bottom hosted by sponsor A Hurley with outdoor games and one guest per student.
The Associated Press reports Kentucky Derby fever as Calumet Farm trains Citation for the Derby Trial at Churchill Downs. Coaltown likely scratched. contenders include Escadra Eagle Lock Gatede and Ines Gatede. The one mile race offers a $20 entry time and previews Derby Day actions amid last spring prep.
Lexington reports say Citation and Coaltown have deterred other top contenders, keeping the Derby field tight. Breeders and experts agree the Calumet entry may justify a smaller field, avoiding unnecessary entrants while the favorites loom.
New York critics circle faces a close choice for best play as Tennessee Williams Streetcar Named Desire and Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan Mr. Roberts vie for top honors. Command Decision lingers as a dark horse. Williams’s career arc and Logan’s switch from director to writer are noted alongside Heggen’s Navy service and Readers Digest work.
The account traces William Wister Haines from a $1,600 fellowship for a play to hardship in New York, a risky move to Hollywood, and the creation of The Glass Menagerie. It notes his Des Moines roots, Penn economics degree, Atlantic Monthly stories, and early novels Slim and High Tension, plus wartime service in 1942.
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