Editorial Review Urges Law Adherence on County Clerk Pay
The Beckley editorials criticize County Court and Clerk Harry Anderson over a $50 month fee labeled illegal by the State Tax Commissioner. They compare with city recorder duties and urge respecting charter duties, warn against shortcuts, and call for press accuracy to protect journalism and public trust.
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Beckley
Harry Anderson
Anderson
Plannings and Zoning Commission
Sanitary Board
All Are on Trial over Kilgore Gazette Feud
The piece questions Senator Kilgore and The Charleston Gazette over a damage suit and a rumored trade of his seat for a federal judgeship. It urges caution about the newspaper’s claims and recalls yellow journalism’s history, including Hearst and Pulitzer, as a warning about credibility in West Virginia press.
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Harley Kilgore
Charleston Gazette
Gazette
Kilgore
Congress
TE 4
West Virginia
William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
Bootlegging Surges As Tax Increases Lift Illegal Spirits
Bootlegging rises as illegal distilling grows amid higher whiskey wine and beer taxes. J B cites Treasury stats showing 3956 legal stills seized between July and November last year, 2 percent above prior year. Production up 4 percent. Liquor tax evasion harms public health and raises questions about the tax policy.
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Licensed Beverage Industries, Inc
J.B
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
Treasury Department
Getting Our Money Back From the DP Migration
The last of 336000 displaced persons to be admitted to the United States will arrive within weeks, ending a program that began in 1948 and brought one third of Stalin and Hitler's displaced to America. The U.S. funded about $250 million of the International Refugee Organization costs, roughly 60 percent of the total. Statisticians estimate each DP admitted cost American taxpayers $299, but with expected income, the newcomers may pay their own way within three years. The broader U.S. effort is seen as a humanitarian, world-peace investment, with remaining funds serving as a broader contribution to global stability.
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United States
America
Hitler
Stalin
International Refugee Organization
Commission
Free World
Amr
Amerjca
A Soldier Speaks Out in Korea See 4 Death Sacrifices
An enlisted man in a medical battalion writes from Korea to defend sacrifice and argue that war is costly yet sometimes necessary to defend freedom. He criticizes military regimentation, calls for reform, and urges democratic citizen action against militarism and corruption.
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Korea
U.S. News & World Report
America
Pride of Air Force: Four-Headed Monsters at Macdill Field
At Macdill Field Tampa the Air Force trains elite B47 jet bomber crews termed four headed monsters each member a four way specialist. Fewer than 100 students with 2000 hours flight time apiece undergo a 24 month program to become combat ready. Maj Ted Silva and Col Mike McCoy exemplify the ambitious pipeline as the fleet nears its 40,000 foot deployments and Korea era relevance.
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Tampa
Macdill Field
Mike McCoy
306Th
McCoy
Maj
Ted Silva
Europe
Air Force
Ted
Korea
Veteran Politician To Pick President
James Marlow reports on how national conventions still decide the presidential nominees for Republicans and Democrats. Delegates, chosen by state conventions or primaries, wield power amid boss influence. Efforts in Congress to reform delegate selection are tentative and unlikely to affect the 1952 race.
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Washington
Chicago
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Taft
Herstd Stassen
Truman
Kefauver
Stassen
Dewey
Oregon
Stassenites
Congress
George Smathers
Florida
Cerfisms By Bennett Cerf in Minnesota
Governor Luther Youngdahl recalls a Swedish American in a butcher shop who asks for ten cents worth of beefsteak. The man says the bite is not for eating but to keep the smell in the house when guests arrive.
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Luther Youngdahl
Minnesota
Primer on Communism distributed by B'nai B'Rith alarmed Raleigh schools
The Raleigh County chapter sent a "Primer on Communism" to high schools. The piece portrays communism as a dangerous system, contrasts Lenin Stalin and Marx, touts alleged Soviet oppression, and urges Americans to study the topic in schools and homes. It cites millions of communists, describes party structure, methods, and purported Soviet control, urging vigilance against the ideology.
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B'Nai B’rith
Raleigh County
Lenin
Stalin
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
Marx
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Us.s.r
Communist Party
Whch
America
Kremlin
Be of the same mind and mind not high things
A concise exhortation urges harmony and humility among readers. It advises condescending to the lowly, not seeking personal vanity, and avoiding evil toward others. It also calls for honesty in the sight of all people and fair, respectful conduct.
Stamps in the News by Sid Karnish
The U S Post Office Department announces two upcoming commemorative stamps set for sale in Baltimore and Feb 38. The 1955 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad anniversary issue features a design tracing Maryland charter origins and key stages in rail transport from the horse drawn Pioneer Car to later developments.
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Sid Karnish
U. S
Post Office Department
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Maryland
Feft
First Day Covers and Stamps Highlight 125 Years of Rail
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road stamp marks 125 years of rail transportation with Tom Thumb the first locomotive. First day cover requests are outlined for both the steam era stamp and a later 3-cent issue, with envelopes, remittance, and endorsement requirements. Also noted are new stamp issues from Nationalist China for land rental reduction and Portuguese India commemorating Father Jose Vaz’s birth centenary.
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Tom Thumb
Baltimore & Ohio Railreed
Baltimore
Post Office Department
Nationalist China
Formosa
India
Jose Vaz
Irupia
Looking Backward Today from the Register files
Ten years ago Raleigh County began a third registration drive for men aged 20 to 44. The Red Army’s winter offensive stalled near Poland, Britain held Singapore, Laura Ingalls known as international Mama Hari faced a German agent charge. The Beckley Fire Department pledged shoe repairs for the needy, Raleigh County American Lemon backed jobs for a million troops, and Democratic rifts surfaced around 1932.
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Rale
Red Army
Russia
Poland
Singapore
Laura Ingalls
Speed Flier
Mama Hari
Beckley
Azreed
Raleigh County
Lemon
Shang
Roosevelt
Sarteil
AAA commemorative stamp marks 50th anniversary
The American Automobile Association issues a Safety Program Accident Prevention commemorative stamp on March 4 in Chicago. The design shows a safety patrolman helping two schoolgirls cross a busy intersection, with an 1902 era car and a 1952 design vehicle nearby and the AAA emblem in the upper right corner.
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American Automobile Association
AAA
Chicago
The
Master Spy Canaris Story stirrs debate on German resistance
Ian Colvin argues Admiral Wilhelm Canaris opposed Hitler from 1937 38 and may have opposed the regime longer while serving as chief of German intelligence. The book cites notes from Canaris in his death cell and names aides and associates, suggesting a long standing opposition and possible contact with British interests. The Netherlands issues a 2 cent 3 stamp marking Jan van Riebeeck's 1652 landing in Cape Town to fund a monument.
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W. D. Rogers
Ian Colvin
McGraw-Hill
Wilhelm Canaris
Hitler
Canaris
Fuehrer
Goerdeler
Colvin
Germany
Gestapo
Churchill
Beria
Communist
China
Netherlands
Jan van Riebeeck
South Africa
Amsterdam
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
van Riebeeck
Capetown
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