Tax limitation in West Virginia history and impact
An editorial review traces the 1932 West Virginia tax limitation amendment from Townsend’s push in 1929 through legislative debate and voter passage in 1932. It notes the broad base approach, compares regional adopters, and highlights rigidity and evasion difficulty, urging reader awareness of the law's ramifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Delegates
Senate
Townsend
H. G. Kump
West Virginia
Indiana
Michigan
New Mexico
Washington
Nevada
Oklahoma
Ohio
Rhode Island
The
Register
West Virginia University Bureau of Government Research
Morgantown
Wu's Homebound Departure After Bitter U S Critique
Mr Wu of Communist China left after denouncing the United States and its system yet departed amid a pile of Christmas gifts. He carried back 857 kilos of goods, nearly a ton, at $1,600 excess baggage charges, showing mixed sentiment toward capitalism's products despite his hostile stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mr. Wu
China
Bug Dust and Morning Light in West Virginia Notes
Bug Dust reflects on sunrise and mood lifting in Mabscott with a poem from The Young Poet anthology by Sandra Bailey of Pineville High School. Harold and Eilene Smith adapt from city life to farming near White Oak, facing hardships and hosting an open house with a truck as motive power. A camp incident recalls restricted photography near Prince after a tank fire, told with modest humor and local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonder Hills
Mabscott
State Department of Education
Sandra Bailey
Pineville High School
Harold
Eilene
Beckley
Staunton
Cambridge
Mass
Coal River
Hampshire County
Smith
Forecast for 1951 Brings Stark Call to Defend Freedom
Matter of Fact by Joseph and Stewart Alsop argues the coming year will test the free world as it faces a choice between war for liberty or surrender. It condemns passive leadership and warns that democratic leaders must state harsh realities and mobilize the nation or risk treason to the American future.
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Matter of
Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
Washington
America
Buchanan
Jank
Warm Springs
Hyde Park
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Versailles
Free Societies
Churchill
England
United States
Korea
Regionally Speaking Military Men in News Overseas and at Home
Beckley native Joseph J Hungate Jr recalled to active duty in the Army Medical Service Corps assigned as a psychiatric caseworker after a six week orientation at Fort Sam Houston Texas. Don C Jarrett serves with the Third Infantry Division in Korea while Grady Bailey trains in radar at Keesler AFB Biloxi Mississippi. Derle H Lilly completes sniper course in Germany and Cmdr John D Walters certified in dermatology at BethesdaMaryland.
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Peggy Kessinger
Brooke Army Hospital
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Joseph J. Hungate, Jr
Edgewood Drive
Beckley
Hungate
Army
Servic
Army Medical Service Corps
Valley Forge Hospital
Phoenixville
Woodrow
J. J. Hungate
15Th Air Force
Maly
Air Force Reserves
Medical Service Corps
University of Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
American Red Cross
Korea
Third Infantry
Pfe. Don. C. Jarrett
I. P. Jarrett
Scarbro
Baty Wry
Third Infantry Division
Kingston High School
Ft. Benning
Far East
John D. Walters
United States Navy
John C. Walters
Uniontown
Walters
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Snooky the Refugee Girl Journeys with Kal Boyle
Kal Boyle recalls escorting Snooky Shinn Chung Sook, a Korean girl rescued near Seoul, through a winter night to safety with Fifth Air Force troops. The niece of AP reporter Bill Shinn, Snooky had been twice separated from her family and adopted by American newsmen, who cared for her as soldiers watched.
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Taegu
Korea
Shinn Chun
Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Shinn Chung Sook
Surauer Tm
Snooky
Buddy
Bill Shinn
Associated Press
Shinn
Bill
William J.) Walgh
Ralph Cornell
Auburn
N. Y
Smoky
Cornell
Snook
Cicero Made Crook County Capital
In the Kefauver era series, the piece traces Al Capone’s rise in Chicago's underworld from his Four Deuces days to Cicero. It links Capone and Torrio to a growing racketeer system, detailing key figures, raids, and Cicero as bootleg HQ with Hawthorne hotel as Capone Castle and Trior’s brothels in Stickney.
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America
Kefauver
United States Senate
Freeman Fulbright
Four Deuces
Capone
Alphonse Capons
South Wabash Avenue
Genna Brothers
John Scalise
Albert Enselmi
Dion O'Banion
Earl
Hymie) Weiss
Westside
O’donnells
Samuel J
Nails) Morton
Waas
Joe Howard
Torrio
Scarface
Joe
Howard
T-men
William H. McSwiggin
Ater McSwiggin
Cicero
James J. Doherty
Thomas Duffy
McSwiggin
Chicago
Spike
Johnny
Europe
Italy
Hymia) Weiss
Capones
Hawthorne
Capone Castle
Alcatraz
Stickney
River of the Sun by James Ramsey Ullman review
Literary Guidepost reviews Ullman’s River of the Sun as a brassy adventure near Amazon green and river red yellow black. Ailisson McHugh Codd Touro and others chase El Dorado amid piranhas alligators and hostile terrain while personal motives drive the search and the past haunts them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Rogers
James. Ramsey Ullman
Lippinett
Mark Ailisson
Wilds
Christine
McHugh
Codd
O Touro
Joan
Jakob Koppel
Sperdrow
Gizella
el Dorada
Gilman
White Tower
Mos
Phil
Amazon
YMCA Reaches 3.65 Million Members in Century Milestone
The YMCA marks its 99th anniversary since founding in Boston on December 29 1931 as its membership climbs to more than 3 650 000. The piece credits a small group led by sea captain J V Sullivan with launching the Boston start up that grew into a national organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Heller
Central Press
Boston
Young Men's Christian Association
America
J. V. Sullivan
Organi' i
London
MCA
YMCA
Baltimore
Alan Ladd and the Western Spirit Across a Busy Career
Actor Alan Ladd discusses shifting from cowboy roles to Branded and Quantrells Raiders filmed near Gallup New Mexico, while his children favor Roy Rogers guns. The piece mixes film notes with a broader YMCA history, outlining its growth, values, and services for youth and servicemen across wars, noting a male-dominated national council despite female membership.
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Alan
Quantrell’s Raiders
Galley
N.mf
Sue Sue Carol
Alan Ladd
David
Alana
Roy Rogers
Ladd
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Pitter
Patter
Andrew
Harold Smith
Eilene Jarrell
White Oak
Ton Road
Terry
Camp 4
Prince
Air Forces Radar School
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Grady Bailey
G. Bailey
Glenn Rogers
Cpl
Derle H. Lilly
T. R. Riley
Ghent
Usareur Engineer School
Murnau
Germany
Cpl. Lilly
18Th
Aschaffenburg
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Navy
J. W. Walters
Hillcrest Drive
Sook
Crook County
Hawthorne, Cicero
Capone Interests
Literary Guidepost
Hollywood
BY Gene Handsaker
Presen
Tom Mix
Tony
Wonder Horse
Christian Commission
Theodore Roosevelt
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Che Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
W. Va
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Brooks & Finley, Inc
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Los Angeles
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