Farmers Stand as Bulwark Against Push Through Congress
Farmers should unite to block attempts to push any measure through the current congressional session. The appeal frames farmers as a key defense against rapid policy changes.
Raleigh Register in Beckley, West Virginia
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1948
Page
2
Shelter belts prove their worth in 14 years of drought effort
The United States Forestry Service and Works Progress Administration pushed a belt of trees from North Texas to the Canadian border to rehabilitate drought ravaged land. Farmers formed soil conservation districts while the Soil Conservation Service supplied tools and expertise. belts slow wind, humidify air, snow retention, and reduce evaporation. Congress debates the Cooley Bill to abolish the Soil Conservation Service, threatening ongoing conservation work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toagues
United States Forestry Service
Works Progress Administration
Middle West
North
Texas
Roosevelt
Soil Conservation Service
West Virginia
Coot
Congress
Cooley
Inside the West Virginia Capitol and its caretakers
A visitor describes the slate capitol in Charleston with its impersonal yet functional interior and shares impressions of Governor Meadows executive offices. He highlights Clarence Canterbury a cordial Kanawha figure and notes a Raleigh County influence while hinting at the liquor commission chairmanship and ongoing state affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Capitol
Slatehouse
Governor Meadows
Charlie Greene
Bluefield
Rosalind Carroll Funk
Beckley
Clarence
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Raleigh officials and kinfolk fill statehouse corridors
The piece notes Raleigh County natives and connections among state government staff and lawmakers. It highlights Harold Riffe and James H. Lemon in Raleigh roles, Cecil Swim, Major F C Crawford, Roy Lee Harmon, Pitt O Brien, John Ward, Evelyn Fink, and E Penny backer, with O Brien aiming for secretary of state and votes in the coming primary. The article suggests many Raleigh County faces in Charleston and hints at Fayette County as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bish
Cecil Swim
Workman's Compensation Department
Raleigh
Commission E
B. Pennybacker
Parkersburg
C. M. Ward
John Ward
John
Evelyn Fink
Department of Public Safety
F.C. Crawford
Roy Lee Harmon
West Virginia
Pitt O'Brien
Charleston
Mark Twain
Secretary of State
Kanawha
Fayette County
Movie pricing lesson from 1947 audience poll
Photoplay poll shows Jolson Story as top favorite and Best Years of Our Lives as second among premium priced films. Other favorites include Welcome Stranger and It’s a Wonderful Life, while Captain from Castille shifts from premium to regular rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gallup
Photoplay Magazine
Jolson
Castille
California Power Cut Twilight: 60 Cycle Truth
A reader notes a California power company reducing frequency from 60 to 59.12 cycles, claiming the shift disrupts daily life. Electric clocks run slow, workers miss shifts, radios overrun, and machines misbehave as the whistle falters, raising concern about civilization’s fragility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
California
Jess
Desert Rat Struggles and Controversy at Kasserine
Boyle recalls the five year anniversary of the Kasserine Pass battle where Rommel’s panzer force defeated scattered American units. He notes the Second Corps’ fragmented defense, Frederickendall’s slow regroup, Robinett’s stubborn stand, and later changes under Patton that transformed the corps despite ongoing questions about leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kasherine Gap
Kasser~iné
Lome
Tunisia
First Army
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Rommel
Afrika Korps
Tunis
Pichon
Anderson
Faid
Robinett
Sir Harold Alexander
Britain
Alexander
Thala
Arltich
Ninth Infantry
Kasserine Gap
Second Corp
George S. Patton
Kassevine
Roosevelt
Mds
Eastern Command
London
Dwight Eisenhower
White southerners defend dominance in civil rights debate
Nation Today notes James Marley’s claim that white supremacy fuels Southern congressional resistance to Truman’s civil rights push. It outlines poll tax impacts, Black voter history, and the political risk if Southern Democrats split votes, potentially altering the 1948 election landscape. It cites population figures and regional party strength, linking past black codes to ongoing segregation in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
South
Imore
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Mississiani
Carolinga
Mississipni
Abraham Lincoln
Wmile
Republican Congress
Supreme Court
The Road Through the Wall Review by Literary Guidepost
Shirley Jackson’s The Road Through the Wall centers on eight Cabrillo families and nearby neighbors as children and adults mix, clash, and reveal adult follies. The piece notes both delights and a somber undercurrent, calling the ending dramatic yet polished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Jackson
Farrar, Straus
Pepper Street
Cabrillo
Calif
Byrne
Roberts
Perlman
Merriam
Desmond
Doalt
Williams
Terrel
Martins
Miss Fielding
Ransom- Jeenes
Mack
George
Chance
Miss Jackson
Palestine policy shifts under Truman amid White House warnings
The Alsops report that President Truman warned DNC leaders McGrath and Sullivan to avoid pressuring the White House on Palestine. The piece contrasts earlier political maneuvers with a shift to policy making by the State and Service Departments and the National Security Council, while noting internal tensions over arms embargo and political interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic National Committee
J. Howard McGrath
Gael Sullivan
White House
Truman
Palestine
McGrath
Sullivan
Washington
London
David Miles
Thomas &. Dewey
New York
Robert Hannegan
Democratic Committee
Dewey
State Department
Department
Aillee
Promisine
Hannegan
National Security Council
Henry A. Wallace
Teader
David Lawrence
Pennsylvania
O'Dwyer
Dowsy
Lincoln Mysteries Remain Unsolved Despite Archives Opened
Lincoln scholars and Dr J G Randall see deeper insights from the Robert Todd Lincoln papers opened at the Library of Congress. New clues from Carl Sandburg and a Cutts letter renew questions about ancestry superstition intellect and legal skill. The 194 volumes hold 41 751 pieces with a possible ninth trunk rumored to exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jouin F. Semnbower
Central Press
Springfield
Lincoln
Robert Todd
Jas
Abraham Lincoln
J. G. Randall
University of Illinois
Urbatta
Library of Congress
Ma— Levial
Uman
Robert 1Todd
Nicholas Murray Butter
Columbia University
Carl Sandburg
James M. Cutts
Young Cutts
Stephen A. Douglas
General Burnside
Cutts
Robert Ford Lincoln
Disastrous Stairfall Foils Valerie in Penthouse Drama
Valerie feigns disloyalty and confronts Clifford after a quarrel with Irene. A fall on the stairs leaves Valerie unconscious with a possible arm injury as a doctor is summoned and Clifford faces blame for the accident.
Valerie in a cast after hospital visit and care from friends
Valerie suffers a fractured right arm after an accident. A doctor orders X rays and hospital care with an orthopedist to set the bone. She rests at home in a cast as friends Pearl Trena Irene and Clifford rally around, aiding meals and comfort during recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valerie
Irene
Clifford
Val
Sheila
Pearl
Trena
Clifford Toal
Jalthough Valerie
Sheen
Thought for Today Wordplay on a Biblical Paradox
A devotional line questions worldly gain versus spiritual soul, stated with a biblical reference to the Gospel of Matthew. The wording hints at moral evaluation and personal consequence from wealth or power.
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Canterbury
Liquor Control ‘Commission
Thomas F. Stafford
Boyle’s
North Africa
Tauton
Erwin Rommel
Wer
Fredendall
Paul McDonald Robinett—slim
Combat Command
Nation Today
James Marley
Literary Guidepost
MacMillan
Matter OF
Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
Randall
England
Cof
Schal
Ars
Nancy Hanks I
jLesend
Virginia Arise Stocrat
Joshua Sp. Speed
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Sarah Bush Lincoln
Mlinois
Igor
Boxhead
Mitorgets
Penthouse
Sclifford
jClifford
Vida Hurst
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