Beckley Hopes for Full Time City Manager After Charter Change
Beckley faces a push for non partisan city manager government to fix garbage disposal. The piece argues funding is not the core obstacle but the city’s reluctance to assume responsibility and provide full time municipal services. It cites eight West Virginia cities and notes potential improvements in streets parks and parking with a new charter.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Valley Drive
Crawford Street
Woodlawn
Granville
United States
Beckley’s
Crisis on Railroads and Distribution Crisis Ahead
Amid wartime strain and planned misfires the nation faces a distribution crisis as railroads, despite their wartime efficiency, suffered from equipment shortages and inadequate support. Government planning failures compound the disruption across the transport network and economy.
Mount Hope notes and local scene in Fayette County
Column recounts Mount Hope stadium scenes with Assistant Coach Sam Mandish guiding the Mustangs, Beckley readers, and notes on Mount Hope players John and Bill Scott. Visits Fayetteville tobacco methods, home-grown chews, and local housing expansion near Mount Hope stadium. Also remarks on Fayetteville deputies, Girl Scouts, and rail freight car shortages ahead of a predicted shipping crisis.
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Mount Hope Stadium
Sam Mandish
Bob Wills
Register
Fayette County
Mt. Hope
Fayetteville
Sam
Beckley
Mount Hope
John
Bill Scott
John Scott
Wills
Marion Tygrett
Mr. Tygrett
John Altier
Tygrett
Altier
Yugoslavia and U S clash over Trieste and Tito
An Associated Press dispatch discusses renewed Yugoslav hostility toward the United States linked to Trieste tensions. It notes Tito’s regime aligning with Moscow, signaling a show of defiance and possible strategic aims while American authorities seek clarity and caution. The piece also mentions a Hollywood society note about lifeguard Mary Ellen Stark and yacht skipper Claude Heath marrying at Yuma Aziz.
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Trieste
U. S
U.S
Richard ‘C. Paterson
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Inj
Marshal Tito
Italy
Belgrade
Sam
Russia
Tito
United States
Uncle Sam
Associated Press
Hollywood
Mary Ellen Stark
Claude Heath
Santa Monica Bay
Yuma
Aziz
Arthur Lake
Amputee veterans get repair cards and VA insurance guarantee
Major Thomas M Mal notes small items for ex service crowd including early certs for fall school admission to avoid VA delays. He explains 23 000 amputee veterans receive repair cards valid at any US limb shop up to 35 dollars. The VA guarantees private life insurance for 85 000 service members during the war under the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act, good until two years after discharge with back premiums due then.
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Dea
Jane
Veteran’s Administration
U. S
Veterans’ Administration
Uncle Sam
Anxious delays over Mrs Rhodes property appraisal
A fragmented report notes Mrs Addie Rhodes property at Second Street Lane and Fi rd Avenue, with ex service members awaiting appraisal. The piece cites commissioners M W Few, D Q Means, Lilly H Earl McMillan and Cook, referencing public law creating a three month visitor visa for fiancés of American vets and potential changes to the quota system.
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Addie Rhodes
Second Street
Tatter Properties
M. W
Law Ark
Useful Commerce Department booklets Aid to Small Businesses
The Department of Commerce offers a series of practical booklets titled Establishing and Operating various businesses. Available topics include Metal Working Shop, Small Sawmill, Service Station, Beauty Shop, Real Estate and Insurance, Painting and Decorating, Hardware Store, Electrical Appliances and Radio Shop, Dry Cleaning, Shoe Repair, Grocery Store, Automobile Repair, Retail Bakery, Brokerage, Contracting, Apparel Store, and Business of Your Own. Prices range from 10 to 40 cents. more titles are in preparation. The booklets can be obtained from regional commerce offices or the Superintendent of Documents in Washington 25, D. C.
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Henry 4
Wallace
Hilt Department of Commerce
Washington
D. C
Department of Commerce pamphlets cover many businesses
Inquiry Reference Service offers free leaflets on diverse industries from Plastic Materials to Restaurants with sources for full data in government and private publications. Other items note Journal of Commerce forecasts, bank and loan dynamics, milk to cheese shifts, War Assets Administration drug sales, and Turkey supply outlook for the holidays.
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The
War Assets Administration
Pine Si
New York
Agriculture Department
West Virginia glassworkers plan UNRRA funded plant clash
Walter S Hallanan cites a so called fantastic plan to build a vast factory in Yugoslavia financed by UNRRA and linked to communism. He recounts a dangerous 154th China India flight in a C 46 with engine failures during a thunderstorm. Allen expects a CIO fight as committee begins operations. Senate campaign spending panel heard Montana primary issues with Barker hearings and Ellender seeking September meeting.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Yugoslavia
UNRRA
India
China
Air Transport Command
Himalaya
O'Neal
Alti-Jude
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Montanas
Elender
D-La
Senate
Robert E. Barker
Montana
Ellender
Washington
Barker
Sen
Ed Johnson
D. Colo
Tito and Yugoslav note clash over downed planes
The Yugoslav note described the incident as a regrettable accident and avoided reference to the U S transport plane downed August 9 with seven occupants still held at Ljubljana. Tito warned of incessant frontier violations by civilian and military aircraft and disputed claims that the downed plane was lost in clouds. All this follows a tense exchange as U S and Yugoslav officials navigate blame and accountability.
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U. S
Ljubljana
London
Tanjug
Marshal Tilo
Belgrade
Tito
Patterson
First Split Delays in 1930s Congress and Wedding Travel
Fragmentary note recalls Congress reorganizations in 1933 and 1931 with mention that brides and grooms must wait for transportation arrangements and pay for them. The text reflects historic political shifts and practical wedding logistics burdens.
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Gising
Congress
Senate
Greer Chooses Independence After Love and Dishonor
In a tense night at home Greer confronts Arnie about their future and offers him freedom. He confesses his love yet cites family pressure and dependence. Disillusioned, she discards the ring, resolves to work and live independently, eyeing a soloist job at the Melody Club with Rocky Alverson.
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Reer
Annie
Arnie
Harriet
Greer
Huma
Uct
Darling
Carolyn Kewitt
Arenie
Rocky Alverson
Buzz Barton
Melody Club
Rocky
Alver
American view shapes plan to defend Istanbul position
The article asserts the United States sees only one way to defend the straits by occupying Turkish territory and holding Balkan positions. It states Washington aims to preserve Turkey as an independent state friendly to both Russia and the West, insisting it is not bargaining or bluffing and will stay firm.
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Istraits
Turkey
Balkan
Russia
West
Ankara
Indecent Exposure Arrests At Beach Photoshoot
Two men, Pat and Menke, were booked on charges of indecent exposure after forcing a nude posing girl and a red haired model from a beach crowd to pose for a photographer in Michigan City Indiana. The incident followed a tense exchange about artistic merit and propriety.
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Michigan City
Menke
Stern Gang Threatens Reprisals in Palestine Case
Leaflets posted in Tel Aviv threaten reprisals against Palestine government officials police and British forces if 18 young Jews sentenced by a Haifa military court are executed. The message warns hangmen will not survive if the sentences are carried out.
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STO Aglocma Eh ET
Jerusalem
Stern Gang
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Iby
Haifa
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Raleigh County
Grandview
Little Beaver Parks
Glends
Hope For Garbage Service
Bucc Pus
Handolph Norton
Tennessee
Betty Myles
L. S. Tully
C. H. Maxwell
Maxwell
Betty
Fayette
Raleigh
Fayette-Raleigh
Greenbrier River
Ben Keller
Fayette-Nicholas
Ben
Summers
Wyoming
Sul
Thomas M Mal
Johnson
Chicago
Bo Me
Millin
Soldier Field
Los Angeles Rams
Chicago Park District
Sive
Hoxha
Albania
Pan
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