Editorial Commentary on Foreign Alliances and Peace
A period article discusses subscription notices and military policy. It cautions against entangling alliances, recalls Washington, notes British Nazi-period ties, and suggests the United States would aid pact signers if attacked while avoiding binding commitments. It frames peace as America's guiding principle amid shifting European powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
America
United States
Great Britain
House Un-American Activities Committee
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Population drift and decline threaten West Virginia growth
Refinement report from the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce shows only a 0.7 percent state population gain in eight years, far below the 10 percent rise from 1930 to 1940. Kanawha County leads gains as rural counties lose ground, while many residents move to nearby industrial centers. The study urges better schools and roads to keep rural families and urban centers from migrating away.
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West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Division of Vital Statistics
Offhce State Health Department
Chamber of Commerce
Kanawha
Wyoming
Mingo
McDowell
West
Word is Enough on US military alliance with Western Europe
The article asserts that the United States has the right to depart from established practice and sign a formal military alliance with Western European powers including Great Britain France Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg. It discusses possible economic alliances such as the Mar.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
TB seal drive energizes Raleigh County group
Frances Coleman leads Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association volunteers counting seals for a TB drive seen as crucial to reduce deaths in 1948 and beyond. The piece notes education leaders urging higher teacher standards as teachers leave the profession for better pay and opportunities.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Frances Coleman
TB Association
Coleman
Raleigh County
Friends of Education
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. G. Peregoy
Tas
George Parker
Peregoy
Weather, ducks, and odd pairings in Coal City streets
A light local note recounts a rainy day scene in Calloway Heights where a white duck splashes in a puddle. It also shares humorous tidbits about Raleigh Register readers abroad and a playful tale of Mary Lou the cat and a Coal City mouse catting around.
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Calloway Heights
Denzil Blake
Basham
Mary Lou
Have Women Changed at Barnard College Detroit
The piece notes Barnard College in Detroit may require young women to scrub floors or pay higher tuition between $50 and $100 more annually. It suggests previous generations would have chosen chores to avoid costs, while modern young women face new expectations and choices.
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Barnard College
Detroit
Barnard
America
Roosevelt's Grandson Leads Desperate Tunisian Ridge Battle
In Tunisia's Ousseltia Valley January, Captain Quentin Roosevelt, grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, directs forward artillery from a hidden post atop a ridge. He and a hardened colonel share a moment amid German fire as the younger Roosevelt earns the family nickname Q by calling the shots from perilous hills.
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New York
Ousseltia
Tunisia
Quentin
Hong Kong
Dan
Africa
Selon
England
Manhattan
Roosevelt
Quentin Rosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
T.R
San Juan Hill
Imates
Spy Case Death Strikes Three Officials In Hearings
Nation Today reports in a Washington dispatch that Harry Dexter White faced the House American Activities Committee on August 13 amid illness and denial of Communist ties. He died days later of a heart attack after testifying and resting periods. Laurence Duggan, 43, died in a New York office window fall, amid spy case links. Sumner Welles praised Duggan as brilliant and devoted. Chambers denied prior statements tying Duggan to leaks. Also noted: Mrs Chambers faced charges in a Maryland automobile death connected to the case. Local note: Glocara Coal Company electrical department met and discussed yearly improvements with several attendees listed.
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Weseee
Washington
Harry Dexter White
House
Sn American Activities Committee
Harvard
the Treasury
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Whittaker Chambers
White
Miss Bentley
Chambers
United States
State Department
New York
Duggan
Sumner
Welles
Ree
Un-American Activities Committee
Isaac Don’ Levine
Levine
Maryland
Helicopters Seed Forest Lands In Oregon Project
Pilot Tom Hall lifted his helicopter near Mist Oregon and released cedar fir spruce and hemlock seeds to reforest Crown Zellerbach land. Over two hours he spread seeds across thousand acre and 640 acre plots in Columbiaree and Clatsop tree farms. More than 20 million seeds fell from the sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew R. Boone
Central Press
Mist
Ore
Tom Hall
Hall
Crown-Zellerbach Corporation
Columbiaree Farm
Clatsop Tree Farm
Paul Bunyan
Washington
Oregon
California
Northwest
Tillamook
Rudy Kalender
Nature
Hollywood back lot tour and Australia forestry report
A vivid tour of a movie back lot maps fake streets and period towns on a 25 year old set while shifting to a detailed Australia forestry program. Foresters in the northwest push reforestation, Tillamook burn recovery, thinning to energize regrowth, and firefighting measures to protect timber with air spraying and helicopters amid a race to boost future yields.
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Hollywood
20Th Century-Fox
Tom Mix
Hotel Pawnee
Beacon Street
Boston
Tron
Boston National Bank
Bay Cafe
Old England
England
Adano
Dunkirk
New York
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AP News
Sat
Eth Ee
Thomas J. Stafford
Sion
George Chambers
Oil
K. Douglas Bowers
West Virginia University Board of Governors
D. C. Lynn
Randolph Norton
Raleigh Register
International
B. F. Stout
Beckley Newspapers
Virgil
Helen Carrier
Virgil Placidi
Ripley
Florence
Italy
Boyle
Nd Beye
Nation Today
Janes Harris
Glegora Coal Company
Fred Snyder
Teddy Workman
Billy Pioch
Woodrow Cassell
Carl Pioch
Robert Harris
G. L. Kincaid
Harold Harris
Forest Davis
John R. Harris, Sr
Janes Ramsey
Morrie Riffe
Douglas Lockwood
INA
Atl
Arural
National Safety Council
Bunyan
Australia
Canberra
Diamond Watch
Fed
Waa
Golden Sera
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