Editorial Review and Opinion Thoughts on roads and education
The editorial criticizes the State Road Commission for prioritizing the Raleigh-Sullivan road over more critical routes like Stonecoat and Tams Mountain Amigo. It urges better funding for neglected Slab Fork District roads and emphasizes education as essential for long term national strength amid looming international tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Raleigh-Sullivan
Stonecoat
Tams Mountain
Amigo
Road Commission
Slab Fork
Education in 1951 Faces Economic Slump in Higher Ed
In 1951 higher education in the United States faces a looming economic low mood tied to 1930s collapse and Korea War. Receipts may shrink by about 1.5 billion, risking declines in academic standards and future leadership, while defenders urge preserving colleges as essential for freedom and culture. Acceleration through curriculum compression is proposed to "save" colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Korea
Ivery
Grain for Starving India Sparks Private Wheat Gift
Lenox farmer Nathan Horwitt donates 1200 pound bags of wheat to aid India’s famine relief, highlighting moral concern in the grain for India debate as Congress weighs approval. The piece notes India’s limited cooperation on materials and Nehru’s ideas amid U.S. policy anxieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
India
Nathan Horwitt
Lenox
Mass
America
Pandit Nehru
Man Is Born to Trouble as Sparks Rise
A historic newspaper card quotes Job 3 7 noting the verse Man is born unto trouble and the sparks fly upward captured as a faith based aphorism in a church or devotional column.
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Job
West Virginia Sees renewed aviation and industry push
The Beckley area hosts a postwar air show featuring wingless jets and a B 29 to highlight mobilization plans while regional industry expands. Huntington hosts a $2,000,000 atomic plant and DuPont, Sylvania, Libby Owens Ford announce new West Virginia operations. Parkersburg fiber plant and Harrisville women’s wear unit are planned. White Sulphur Springs Chamber seeks Burlington Mills plant with a $50,000 aid offer. The piece notes rising industry and quotes Shakespeare to underscore local optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Mount Hope
Beckley
Air Force
Beckley Chamber of Commerce and
Air Force Association
Heber Street
Prince and Main
Harold Lambert
Beaver Chamber of Commerce
Atomic Energy Commission
Huntington
duPont
Martinsburg
Sylvania Electric Products
West Virginia
Pt. Pleasant
Wheeling
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Parkersburg
Myles Manufacturing Company
Harrisville
Miss Dilling Impresses Mullens Audiences in Glamour Profile Target
Wyoming County concertgoers praised Miss Dilling for a superb harp performance and captivating personality. Spencer Klaw of New Yorker on loan to Harpers Bazaar plans a profile after her Mullens concert before a European tour.
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Miss Dilling
Wyoming County
Harpers Bazaar
Spencer Klaw
New Yorker Magazine
Harpers
Klaw
Mullens
America
Register
Ben Murphree
Harpo Marx
Medicine Means Big Business in Beckley
Beckley, WV hosts four hospitals with 1,130 beds and 44 doctors serving about 150,000 people. Pinecrest Sanitarium runs 650 tuberculosis beds, Raleigh General Hospital has 110 beds, Beckley Hospital 270 beds, and Veterans Administration facility 200 beds. Payrolls total over $200,000 monthly across facilities, with 1946 operation counts and a push for more general beds and psychiatric/neurosurgery capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stafford
Beckley
West Virginia
Berkive
Rainelle
Hinton
Princeton
Pineville
Paul Vaughn
Raleigh County Medical Society
Vaughn
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Pinecrest
H. S. Edwards
Crosstown
Raleigh General Hospital
R. G. Broaddus
Woodlawn Avenue
Second Street
Beckley Hospital
Oakwood Avenue
A. A. Tieche
Veterans Administration Hospital
Beckley Hospitals
Veterans ‘Administration Institution
Veterans of the Armed Services
McCreery, Street
Raleigh
John ~ Callaway
New River Denital Society
The
Dental Society
Vaushn
Nho
Range Doctor Chapter 15 Ends in a Shootout Rescue
Plum confronts Duncan and his partners over stolen Pelham money as Slim Tackett’s return hinges on midnight. A masked savior, Doc Logan the Range Doctor, bursts in and shoots the trio, saving Plum and ending the raid with lethal force.
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Zeke
Dess
Gip
Slim
Slim Tackett
Jess
Plum
Duncan
Duncen
Gabe Duncan
Buckner's
Gabe
Lemley
Knowles
Pelham
Gip Knowles
Jess Phim
Doc
Logan
Dr. Logan
Iceland Seeks Fish for U S Market Amid Shifts
Icelandic fishermen, long focused on cod and haddock, face a changing demand as Americans seek ocean perch and sole. The piece notes past neglect of halibut, rosefish, and sole and recalls wasteful attitudes toward redfish when close to rich schools.
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Associated Press
Reykjavik
Ieland
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John Milton
Defense
George C. Marshall
Dr. Griswold
I Mullens
Mildred Dilling
By Thomas J. Stafford
Fannie Lee Patteson
Mr. Hope
Kanawha Boulevard
Charleston
Bug Dust
Fannie Lee
Bill Guilford
Bill Miller
Bill
Wellsburg
Ohio
the Range
Death
Lemsey
Buncan
jLemley
Parte
Iceland
U.S
Che
Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley , Wa
Hinton, WV
A. A. Second Clase
Thomas F. Stafford
Publicatin
le Focal News
AP News
Wells Ag
Eddoes National Advertising Representatives
Brooks & Finley, Inc
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Allagia
Los Angeles
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