Peanut problem highlighted by Federal Reserve report
The Fifth Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond flags peanut production as a local and national issue. It notes Carolina growers will cut acreage to keep price supports, paid by taxpayers, at parity levels, with 1950 support near last year’s. The report urges gradual removal of subsidies to reduce farm and consumer burden.
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Fifth Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Nort Carolina
Carolina
Federal Treasury
Commmodity Credit Corporation
Lis
Commodity Credit Corporation
Federal Reserve
Beckley sees diversified industry through Greenbrier plan
Decker clothing plant closure could spur Beckley to diversify. Greenbrier Dairy Products Co seeks the Decker building, plans a modern dairy plant and possible egg grading, expanding local processing and creating jobs as farmers seek better marketing and steady milk supply. Acquisition may boost Raleigh County’s two primary industries and regional economy.
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Decker
Beckley
Beckley Industrial Corporation
Greenbrier Dairy Products Company
Mabscott
West Virginia
Greenbrier
Raleigh
Bug Dust: Communism and WV football in one column
The piece blends a condensed meditation on communism from biblical times to the Soviet era with a defense of Dudley DeGroot at West Virginia. It argues private property reemerged, condemns Stalinist rule, and urges patience for a rebuilding Mountaineers program referencing Ford and Wright as analogies.
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Karl Marx
Nikolai Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Stalin
Monongahela
Morgantown
Dudley DeGroot
Mountaineers
Pitt- West Virginia
DeGroot
de Groot
Beckley
West Virginia
Rome
Henry Ford
Orville Wright
Dalton or Jesse James He’s Shattering a Myth
HAL BOYLE argues about J. Frank Dalton who claims to be Jesse James resting in St Joseph Missouri He suggests the myth of Jesse James survives despite Dalton’s tale and reflects on the Western outlaw legend and nostalgia for rebellion.
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Dalton
Jesse James
Hal Boyle
New York
J. Frank Dalton
Migtary Cave
Jacca James
St. Joseph
Mr. Howard
Bos Ford
Say
Waren
Jesse
Chacie Bigelow
James
Budget shows 9.5 million government workers and 42.4 billion cost
James Marlow reports the President’s 1951 budget estimates 9,500,008 people—armed forces and civilians—will be paid from a total government outlay of about 42.4 billion dollars, with roughly 11 billion allocated to military and civilian salaries.
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Isthways
Defense Department
Army
Budget Bureau
House
Senate
Library of Congress
Capitol
U. S
GI in Europe shown as peace ambassador speaks for youth
General Clarence R. Huebner credits American GIs with stronger peace efforts than diplomats. He notes US troops support German Youth Activities centers, CARE textile programs, and Christmas appeals raising funds for 295 centers serving nearly one million children. The program aims to counter Nazi indoctrination and foster hope for world peace.
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Associated Press
Europe
State Department
Clarence R. Stuebner
U.S
Germany
Jouett Shouse
Khauman
Gen. Huebner
GYA
America
CARE
Hey
Intruder in the Dust filmed on location in Oxford Mississippi
Director Clarence Brown reports shooting In t ruder in the Dust on location in Oxford Mississippi to gain documentary realism. Based on William Faulkner, the drama portrays a Black man accused of killing a white man as a White ally seeks justice with help from a lawyer uncle and a Southern spinster.
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Hollywood
Clarence Brown
Oxford
Miss
William Faulk
Juano Hernandez
Claude Jarman, Jr
Claude
David Brian
Elizabeth Patterson
Brown
University of Mississippi
Lows Hall
Anabasïs by Sir John Perse Translated by T S Eliot
A critical note on Anabasis by Perse with translator Eliot, noting the ambassadorial author and Nobel laureate translator. The essay discusses bilingual presentation, publication scope, and the work’s imagined reach despite perceived obscurity. It also recounts production details and reception context.
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John Perse
T. S. Eliot
Harcourt, Brace
Alexis Leger
Two term limit amendment likely to die in states
GOP backed proposal to cap presidents at two terms appears doomed as only 23 of 36 states have ratified. The seven year deadline looms March 24, 1954, with several southern states still undecided and past framers noting historic delays and non ratification patterns.
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Raymond Wilcove
Central Press
Washington
State Department
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
North Dakota
Maine
Michigan
Texas
Oklahoma
Congress
House
Senate
Missouri
Virginia
Mississippi
Massachusetts
Vermont
Georgia
Connecticut
End of American Paraly sis in Asia as Acheson Policy Emerges
Washington column argues the new Asia policy outlined by Secretary Acheson could end U S paralysis in the region Formosa questions are tied to aligning with rising Asian nationalism Burma and Indo China are pivotal to Southeast Asia and must be secured before broader economic and military aid can succeed. It warns against relying on committee rules and urges bold political and budgetary action.
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Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
Washington
Asia
Dean G. Acheson
Senate’ Foreign Relations Committee
Formosa
Japan
Southeast Asiatic
Southeast Asia
China
Pandit Nehru
India
Sovkarno
Mohammed Hatta
Indonesia
Nehru
E.C.A
United States
Greece
Thas
Burma
Indo-China
Siam
Malaya
Philippines
State Department
Truman
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