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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1951
Page
2
The editorial blames Governor Patteson for a costly post election bonus. It argues the $110 million veterans gift overburdens the fiscal structure and forces tax changes, including soft drink taxes and road bond retirements. It laments effects on teachers and public services and predicts long term hardship.
The article argues a pay as you go defense plan may require new taxes including a sales tax. It notes potential merits like fighting inflation and shifting resources to defense, but warns distribution fairness and spending impacts. It concludes a combined tax approach could help balance the budget in coming years.
Veterans of Foreign Wars officials liken mobilized World War II veterans to fleas in a hot skillet as vague directives move them between re assignment and waiting in moldy barracks. Authors call for Washington to issue definite induc tion guidelines to ease fear and disruption.
Bug Dust reports fielding whispers about Johnny Hollandsworth's replacement as postmaster amid Dem faction plotting. Senator Kilgore and The Judge weigh influence with the White House while George Ballard, Pinecrest official, emerges as a possible choice. retirement would cut Hollandsworth's pay and spark contest within the party.
Leading Democrats in Congress quietly discuss a national coalition, inviting distinguished Republicans into the Truman Cabinet to push unity. The effort mirrors Roosevelt’s wartime coalition, with Senate advocates pressing the White House as Acheson remains central but unsettled about resigning, amid unresolved foreign policy battles.
A Pennsylvania airman in U S Eighth Army earned a unique record by flying more jet missions than any man without sighting an enemy. Swarts, a private in the Air Force, later returned to service after World War II and flew with the heads Hunters squadron. He tallied ground victories on locomotives and Russian fighters, while longing to face Mig aircraft before finishing overseas duty.
A wave of new bodies formed since September 1 under the Defense Production Act adds 19 entities like ODM and DPA to coordinate mobilization. They span Defense Mobilization, Economic Stabilization, Defense Production, and related sectors across agencies and boards.
Ralph Winters shelves 300,000 feet of Qua Vadis film in a studio room with 25 reels of nitrate stock. He and assistant Hugo splice scenes, align animal footage, and match cuts to fit a three to three and a half hour drama. The process hinges on careful editing, story pacing, and practical handling of big reels.
Two longtime New York friends Charles Edward Wilson and Sidney J. Weinberg have shaped U S mobilization efforts in Washington. Wilson directs the Office of Defense Mobilization and Weinberg serves as ODM special assistant handling administration. They share roots in Brooklyn and Scarsdale, rise from modest beginnings, and work closely with Gen. Lucius D. Clay on production and policy during wartime mobilization.
A special committee unanimously endorses a four year medical and dental school in West Virginia to be run under the State Board of Governors and funded by future budgets. site split between Charleston and Morgantown.
Ruth Park presents Dolour Darcy, daughter of Mum ima and Dadda, in a vivid Surry Hills novel. The narrative follows poverty, eviction threats, and a girl torn between love and harsh realities, with vivid street life and bleak details shaping the drama.
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