Road maintenance woes threaten rural schooling in Raleigh County
The state road economy hits home as rain makes Beaver Elementary students miss bus routes and schools suffer. Officials warn appropriations are exhausted, next month’s funds may be redirected to keep roads passable, risking mass rural outmigration if secondary roads and schools remain hard to reach.
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State Road Commission
Raleigh No. 7
Beaver Elementary School
Raleigh County
Raleigh
Cherry Creek
Road Commission
Washington
Road funding prompts call for policy reappraisal in West Virginia
The road commission has more money this biennium than ever for construction and maintenance. The note questions if spending is aligned with priorities and suggests reappraisal of overall policy to favor higher value activities over less important ones.
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West Virginia
Road Commission
Blunder of Blunders in Missouri Off Course But Naval Court Finds
A Navy court of inquiry exposed a major lapse as the battleship Missouri veered a half mile off course in Norfolk harbor. An Annapolis graduate commander admitted confusing shallow water buoys with deep water buoys, prompting ridicule and calls for renewed training. The episode echoes earlier Navy secrets controversies and suggests refresher instruction for seasoned officers.
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Missouri
Norfolk
Navy
Annapolis
Why Single Her Out In Ingrid Swede Controversy
Deep South churchgoers attack Ingrid the Swede and her Lydian child, burning her image in effigy and seeking bans on the film Stromboli. The column questions why Lugrid is censured while Hollywood normalizes similar lifestyle choices.
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Deep South
Ingrid
Stromboli
Lugrid
Hollywood
Health and 4-H Winners Highlight Raleigh County Event
The article profiles Dick Pendleton of Crow as a top health champion among 4-H members in the Raleigh County health and nutrition contest. It notes winners Mary Ann McElrath and others, plans for next fall using home grown foods, and community concerns about recreation and juvenile delinquency in Shady Spring.
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Register
Dick Pendleton
Crow
Bonnie Green
Mary Ann McElrath
Raleigh County
Texas
Shank
Indiana
Maine
Georgia
Michigan
Ghent
Grandview
Clear Fork
Clarence Wooten
Raleigh
Dick Hee
Sammy Tucker
Shady Spring
Sammy
Federal Taxes Choking Off Private Enterprise
Senator O Mahoney says venture capital is scarce as taxes bite into investment. Evidence from National City Bank shows upper income tax burdens rose despite tripled national income, shrinking after tax earnings. Proposal: create capital bank corporations inside the Federal Reserve to lend to small business with 15 year tax exemptions.
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Sigrid Arne
James Marlow
Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Savatel Nesses
National City Bank of New York
Bank
Federal Reserve System
Private Eye, 82, Batting High in Missing League
Central Press profiles Schuyler C. Hodge, 82, famed private investigator in Miami. A former Wall Street broker, he turned to missing persons cases after personal tragedy and a friend urged him to use his legal and real estate knowhow. He has located thousands over two decades.
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Simpson M. Ritter
Central Press
Miami
Digenone
Wall Street
Hodge
Berfarr MacFadder
Real estate deed detective nets high success rate
Schuyler Hodge, a private investigator, has spent 24 years locating people who bought property with flawed titles, urging them to sign correcting documents to restore millions in deals. Operating on a no find no pay basis, he’s found up to 7,000 persons, with a 90 percent success rate, while also locating a missing New York broker’s son and aiding various other cases from disappearances to fraudsters.
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Schuyler Hodge
Hodge
Horge
New York
Uanker
Wyke
Hughes
Harvard
Spengler
Toynbee
Russia
Carnegie Tech reorients teaching toward social and economic systems
William G. Smock reports Carnegie Tech shifts focus to teaching students through social and economic systems rather than conventional textbook methods. The piece highlights experimental courses and faculty aims to deepen understanding of broader societal structures.
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Carnegie
William G. Smock
Wilter Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Space Age Movie and Carnegie Tech Plan Highlight 1940s Vision
A Hollywood feature portrays a moon voyage with magnetic boots and free drift, while Carnegie Tech unveils a sweeping plan to reform college teaching. Dr. Doherty argues education must forge socially minded executives, with industry partners like GE and Standard Oil supporting off the job training. The plan extends to graduates, backed by a $6 million foundation grant for a new industrial administration school.
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Iver
Doherty
Carnegie Tech
Los Angeles
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Dani
Great Salt Lake
United
Elliot Dunlap Smith
Negie Tech
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Mankind
Man
W.L. and
May T. Melon Foundation
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S. A. Swensrud
Gulf Oil Corporation
C. £. Wilson
General Motors
Westinghouse Electric
Tech
Eee Westinghouse
A. Monteith
America
Kukla the Puppet Creator Burr Tillstrom Lights Up TV Fame
Chicagoan Burr Tillstrom crafts Kukla Fran and Ollie on WGN NBC TV a live half hour show ad libbed with Fran Allison. Tillstrom manipulates eight puppets behind a gauzy curtain, delivering warm, humorous stories that captivate both adults and children nationwide.
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Kukla
Toumagova
Fran
Ollie
C.S.T
Kuklapolitan
Fran Allison
Olle
Cavort
Tillstrom
Madame Ophelia Oogle- Puss
Hellespont
Cecilill
Frank
Though for Today Swear unto me by God
A brief archaic line requesting a sworn oath to deal truthfully, framed as a solemn promise. The quotation invokes divine witness and appears as a historical or literary fragment. No identifiable persons or events are named within the accessible text.
George Kostas Feted By Sider With Party
WHITESVILLE George Kostas a University of Maryland student was honored at a surprise birthday party by his sister Mrs Nick Haskins for his 20th birthday Attendees included Miss Irene D Michalis Miss Helen D Michalis Mr and Mrs Pete Tsambokis Miss Irene Waliias Miss Phyllis Haddad Mrs and Mrs James Kostas Miss Georgia Arvon and Manuel Arvon
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George Kostas
Whitesville
Nick Haskins
University of Maryland
Fele
Afiss
Irene D'Michalis
Helen D'Michalis
Pete Tsambokis
Irene Waliias
Phyllis Haddad
James Kostas
Georgia Arevon
Manuel Arvon
Rock Creek Student Enrolls at Anderson College
Chester Cantley, son of Mr and Mrs Clounie Cantley of Rock Creek enrolls for the second semester at Anderson College Indiana. A senior candidate for the bachelor of arts in biology he is a Triad Club member and active on campus. He graduated from Marsh Fork High School in 1940.
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Anderson Uy Register
Anderson College
Indiana
Chester Cantley
Clounie Cantley
Triad Club
Cantley
Thhe
Marsh Fork High School
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