Concrete paving urged for West Virginia turnpike fight
Editorial urges concrete pavement for the 88 mile Charles ton to Princeton turnpike arguing asphalt degrades quickly on toll roads. Cites Maine New Jersey and Ohio turnpikes, cost savings with concrete, safety benefits, lighting concerns, and coal as a concrete component versus oil for asphalt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Charleston
Princeton
Maine
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maine Turnpike
New Jersey Turnpike
New York
West Virginia Turnpike
Chicago Herald-American
Gould
America
Colorado
Ohio
Idea for study proposes selling public power system
Charles E. Wilson, head of General Electric, urges the government to reduce the national debt by selling its 7 billion public power system. President Truman rejects the plan, citing Democratic commitment to government ownership, while Wilson touts privatization of federal holdings to cut debt and boost taxes.
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Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Truman
Democratic Party
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Little Man
Missouri
Ray Tucker
Defense Mobilization
Ile
Michael W. Straus
California
Grand Coulee
Bonneville
TVA
Charlie Wilson
Washington
Leap Year romance advice from Hal Boyle
New York gossip column offers playful dating counsel to single women facing a long winter. The piece urges patience, humor, and restraint, comparing bachelors to squirrels and suggesting to leverage the remaining 28 working days to win him over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The Desperate Lady and the Scheme to Trap a Suitor
A meddling plan outlined by Desperate Lady to cripple a potential fiancé with harm and illness to force marriage. The screed advises manipulation, feigned sympathy, and physical injury to secure a spouse, then predicts a better man in 1956 for a woman seeking a “finer way of life.”
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Santa Claus
Rural development linked to richer farm life in Southeast
The Southeast embraces rural community development with a two day Cherokee conference uniting agriculturists businessmen utility executives and farm agency heads. The Asheville and Georgia Power programs are cited as models and Tupelo Mississippi is praised as a pioneer in promoting rural areas. The goal is to make farm life as profitable and attractive as town life per Governor Bickett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Community Development Association
Cherokee- West Virginia
Mississippi
North Carolina
Asheville
Bickett
Tragic Child Suffocates in Discarded Refrigerator
A brief notice reports a small child death as a result of suffocation in a discarded refrigerator. Police and investigators respond to the scene, with local authorities urging caution regarding abandoned home appliances.
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Chicago Society
Anniston
Ala
Stay South Young Man Ad by Southern Railway
The Southern Railway ad signed by President Harry A. DeButts urges South youths to stay in the region for education and future opportunities. It promotes the South as a land of limitless horizons in industry, agriculture, and commerce and calls on young men to become its future leaders. The Spartanburg Herald notes the message alongside regional growth and pride.
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Southern Railway System
Harry A. DeButts
The
Southern Railway
Southland
South
Spartanourg
S. C.) Herald
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Airman James H. Halstead arrives from Keesler AFB Biloxi Miss after 10 months in radio school he graduates with wings then home on 12 day leave before reporting to Donaldson AFB Greenville SC. Multiple service members from West Virginia regions are listed with assignments and duties overseas and stateside.
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James H. Halstead
Frank ‘Halstead
Granville Ave
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Donaldson Air Force Base
Greenville
S.C
Halstead
Billie Joy Smith
Charleston
Ft. Eustis
Pfc
Shirley Hubbard
A. G. Hubbard
Epperly
Wacs
Ft. Lee, Va
Camp Breckinridge
Diablo
New London
Sherrell B. Withrow
Oak Hill
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Clester Dempsey
C. L. Dempsey
Bibb St
Ralph M. Bowling
H. C. Bowling
E. Main St
Korea
United States
First
Marine Division
Marines
Fifth Marine Regiment
W. L. Ogle
Wyoming
Navy
James Terry Ogle
Richard William Ogle
Naval Station
Bainbridge
Cameron Lee Ogle
Jack Bansk Ogle
Norfolk
Naming Union Leader Not Peace Guarantee
President Eisenhower names Martin Durkin, AFL plumber and steamfitter president, as secretary of labor. The choice signals a pro labor stance but offers no guarantee of smoother labor policy amid Wage Hour Act duties and congressional limits. Durkin, a Democrat who opposed Ike, faces the challenge of balancing unions and administration aims.
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Washington
Uwi
Martin P. Durkin
Gen
Eisenhower
Durkin
Roosevelt
Truman
AFL
Secretary of Labor
Department of Labor
Congress
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
Democratic Congress
NLRB
Republican Congress
River clash foreshadows danger as outlaws and vigilantes confront
In a frontier scene Earnshaw arms a cannon to flush enemies from a cottonwood covert while Whitter, Rawls, and Jenkyn confront treachery and alliances. Jenkyn claims force majeure to warn of Vigilantes, prompting distrust and a plan for possible action.
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Earnshaw
Varina
Whitter
Jenkyn
Rawls
Whirter
Lantes
Captain Rawls
Denny Rawls
Korea Stands for Whole Class of Problems on Ike's Doorstep
A London analysis argues Eisenhower faces a cluster of global crises from Korea to Indo China and the Middle East. It warns unilateral action could threaten the Western Alliance but suggests a bold, preemptive plan limited to Korea may deter enemy buildup and avert broader collapse of allied power.
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Korea
Ike
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
Eienhower
Seoul
Britain
State Department
Orief
Yalu
Korean
Indo-China
Middle East
Mullah Kashani
Dr. Mossadegh
Abadan
Communist Tudeh Party
Asia
Teheran
It Seems Like Yesterday Reflections From Five Decades Ago
A collage of distant memories recalls wartime fuel oil rationing in 1944 with kerosene used for shampoo and lumber treatment. Mussolini labels Roosevelt a warmonger as Axis gains near Tunis. 1934 notes include Governor-Elect H Guy Kump studying Virginia tax and road systems and Beckley Mabscott unification talks with 10 617 residents.
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Repor
Mussolini
Chamber of Corporations
Roosevelt
Tunis
Bizerte
Tunisia
H. Guy Kump
Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
Beckley
Mabscott
Chamber of Commerce
William Green
American Federation of Labor
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Coal
Hal Boyle
God
Pilate
Jesus Christ
Edward T. Horn
Philadelphia, Pa
Trinity Lutheran Church
Chicago
Refrigerator Services of Engineers Society
Haleigh
Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley,w Va
Hinton
W Va
Thomas F. Stafford
Managing
Tince
Associated Press
el AP
Story Brooks & Finley Inc
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Cates
Carrie All Carriera
Peggy Kessinger
40Th Division Signal Company
Pvt
Lacy C. Martin
Carrie Maxey
Sophia
Sophia High School
Ft. Knox
Camp Gordon
Japan
First Cavalry Division
Richard F. Thomas
Elizabeth Ann
Thomas
Charley F. Thomas
Army
Ft. McClellan
Seventh Infantry Division
Orville J. Hunter
James Hunter
Stamford
Germany
First Infantry Division
Franklin L. O'Boyle
Lochgelly
Myrtle O'Boyle
18Th Infantry Regiment
James Russell
Hull St
McClelland Air Force Base
Fifth
Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
Forbidden River
Colonel Sanders
By Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
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