Beckley Newspapers Ad Changes In Post Office Note
The passage outlines Ap press use policy and subscription rates for Beckley West Virginia publications. It lists mailing offices Hinton and Beckley and notes tax added for West Virginia subscriptions. It also mentions national advertising representatives The Katz Agency and delivery service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Corporation
W. Va
Hinton
F. Stafford
Associated Press
Katz Agency
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
San Brancisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Aix
Wah Baten
West Virginia
Ioca
The Labor Cost Web Ties Prices To All Goods
The piece argues that raw materials gain value only after labor is applied and that wage increases ripple through all sectors. It notes petroleum, coal, wood, steel, and even advertising rely on labor costs, making price levels interconnected. A rising wage in any industry raises costs broadly, risking a modern depression without wise policy.
Wise to Move Slowly in Beckley Growth Surge
Beckley residents note rapid post century growth brings benefits and urban problems. War years limited materials and manpower, leaving streets, sewers, garbage, and sidewalks needing urgent repair and new parks and parking amid planning commission projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia
Birds Flock To Mrs Cook S Feeding Nooks In Winter
Mrs. J R Cook of Crawford Street keeps a year round bird sanctuary in her yard with three feeding stations. English sparrows and starlings lead the hungry arrivals, with robins, blue jays and cardinals among the daily visitors. She notes 25 pounds of scratch grain used weekly and urges more substantial feeding than crumbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Cook
Crawford Street
Mrs. Cook
Proske Tiger Trainer Seeks Fearless Bond With Cats
North Miami trainer Captain Roman Proske showcases tiger and lion handling methods in a high risk ring act. He emphasizes training without fear, hand raises cubs at his North Miami zoo, and criticizes cruelty in traditional circus acts while noting a dangerous, intimate bond with his wild performers. A separate AP piece discusses forecasts of 1947 crop yields and weather cycles affecting farming.
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Hal Boyle
North
Miami
Fla
Roman Proske
Proske
Ashy
Emperor
Franz “Josef
Vienna
Taj
Audienées
Demain Aril Proske
Weather and other factors limited gains in crop yields
The article notes unusually favorable weather over seven crop years contributed about one fourth of yield gains above the 1923-32 pre drought levels. It emphasizes that weather was not given major credit by the department despite its influence on production this year.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Agriculture Department
Partment
Department
Goldwyn's New Generation Girls Star In Film Debut
Five-year-old Marcia Anne Northrup, daughter of Julia Martha Collins, joins The Bishop's Wife as Teresa Wright's daughter in a Goldwyn Pictures project. The piece also highlights Jack Barry’s Veterans Housing Bureau effort that uncovers 829 apartments for ex GI’s, aiding an average of three veterans daily with landlord issues reported and corrected. Arthur Godfrey quips about Nobel laureates, prompting Cornell president Day to invite him to a banquet.
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Jack O'Brian
New York
Sam Goldwyn
Goldwyn
Marcia Anne Northrup
Mr. G
Jack Barry
New York City
Veterans Housing Bureau
Guild Theater
52Nd Street
Barry
Housing Bureau
Eleanor
Roosevelt
Veterans Bureau
Veterans’ Housing Bureau
Arthur Godfrey
Cornell
Edmund E. Day
Arthur
Congress Faces Long Odds In Changing Constitution
The Associated Press notes a surge of proposed constitutional changes in Congress, but few advance. Only one measure, limiting presidents to two terms, has passed the House. it would need Senate approval and ratification by 36 of 48 states. The piece recalls the 1787 framing and why amendments remain hard.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Philadephia
Van Heflin Sees Room To Rework His Film Roles
Hollywood star Van Heflin faults some past performances and says he would redo scenes in John My Eager and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. He notes Freddie March’s Best Years of Our Lives drunk scene as a benchmark and recalls a Green Dolphin Street moment in his dressing room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Handsaker
Hollywood
van Heflin
Jeff Hartnett
Robert Taylor
Johnny Eager
Van
Freddie March
Freddie
Green Dolphin Street
Sam Masterson
Martha Ivers
Vance survives operation as gang plans risky Mexico flight
Laurie's prayers aside, Cady Vance defies the odds after a major operation aided by plasma and careful nursing. Buck and Nick plot a private plane to move Vance to a Mexican hospital with a nurse aboard, while Laurie faces exposure concerns and Monica’s planned presence on the flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurie
Nick
Cady Vance
Seldes
Vance
Doc
Buck
Trent
Cady
Annie
Mexico
Monica
Washington May Cut Out U S Women's Bureau
Congress may abolish the U S Women's Bureau as part of a Labor Department reorganization. The House Appropriations Committee weighs denying funding after July 1, endangering a 250000 request for the coming year. The bureau, created 1918 and made permanent in 1920, studies working women, seeks equal pay, and distributes reports on employment and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Bureau
U.S. Labor Agency
Jane Eads
Washington
Labor Department
U. S. Women’s Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
Division of Fair Labor Standards
Congress
Bureau
Department of Labor
Two New Novels Contrast War and Collectivization
Literary guide surveys W G Rogen Blunden about a Moscow WWI group and Smirnov’s village tale of Anna Mikhailovna and her twin sons amid Soviet collectivization. Blunden’s India-like wartime setting vs Smirnov’s between wars struggle show stark contrasts in near and distant futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Rogen
Godfrey Blunden
Lippincott
V. A. Smirnov
Naomi
Doubleday
Blunden
Moscow
Smirnov
Utopia
Gehenna
Anna Mikhailovna
Alexei
Mikhaily
Anna
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Mary van Kleeck
Freda Miller
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