Report on workers and teachers overlaps with mining life
The piece recounts a Stamford school boy dodging a coal miner in a hot lunch hall and shows how teachers moonlight in mining to bridge earnings gaps. It notes confusion between two Tommys in Beckley and reflects on earnings, overtime, and the role of government in work hours. It adds that a county farm-pond feature earned national recognition for the reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Erskine Richmond
Farley Hill
Board of Education
United States
Don Rose
Philadelphia Bulletin
Commonwealths
Pennsylvania
WV VFW pushes veterans insurance plan for World War II service
The VFW urges a constitutional change via Senator Forrest McNeer to fund a West Virginia paid up life policy scheme for honorably discharged World War II veterans. The proposal, costing up to 5 million dollars yearly for ten years, would include a loan value but faces criticism of misusing public funds instead of supporting schools, roads, and care for the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Forrest McNeer
Summers County
V.F.W
West Virginia
Two Way Help for High School Boys in War Time
A wartime essay argues for a year of compulsory military training for high school graduates to toughen character and prepare for college or civilian life. It notes veterans have value but warns that future warfare will outpace their training. Rep Short opposes peacetime conscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
House of Representatives Armed Services
Representative Short
Missouri
States
Virginia
Massachusetts
California
Horace Greeley
Compulsory Training Urged Amid Global Tensions
A speaker argues that recruitment cannot meet needs as war looms. He cites Russia as a bully, civil strife in China, and unsigned postwar treaties, calling for compulsory training to bolster armed forces and benefit youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Europe
China
Coal Losing Ground Says McGoll On Locomotive Diesel Shift
The New York Times quotes Robert B. McGoll of American Locomotive Co stating 14 percent of new locomotive orders are for diesel electrics. He notes the iron horse is changing fuel from coal to oil, signaling coal markets yielding to a cheaper fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Robert B. McGoll
American Locomotive Company
Iron Horse
Beckley
Traveling Is Still The Great American Tradition Says Boyle
HAL BOYLE argues travel shapes identity and welcomes strangers as a universal American trait. He notes modern mobility shrinks distances, champions hospitality, and urges travelers to stay true to themselves while seeking shared interests.
Scientists Unravel Mesotron Origins On B 29 Flights
Scientists using an Army Air Force B 29 laboratory flew 50 000 miles from the Equator to Southern Canada to study mesotrons in cosmic rays. They conclude most mesotrons form in the earth atmosphere from protons and rise with altitude, with higher counts toward the poles and rapid decay times. Dr W F G Swann and Grosvenor of the National Geographic Society led the work.
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Robert FE. Geiger
James Marlow
Washington
Nature
Army Air Force
Equator
Canada
Aug Layuir Svemibidlmtm4
Avke
EeEmbert Grosvenor
National Geographic Society
W. F. G. Swann
Bartal Research Foundation
Swarthmore
Earth
Swann
Geographic Society
Edith Nourse Rogers Mother of the WACs Leader in Veterans Aid
Edith Nourse Rogers, aged over 60, leads the House Veterans Committee and is famed as the Mother of the WACs for sponsoring the bill creating the Woman's Army Corps. She previously served with the Red Cross in World War I and aided disabled veterans at Walter Reed, later entering Congress in 1925 to represent Concord and Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Eads
Washington
Edith Nourse Rogers
House Veterans Committee
Rep. Rogers
R-Mass
Walter Reed Hospital
Walter Reed
Ishie
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Congress
John Jacob Rogers
Concord
Lexington
Massachusetts
New York
Hollywood
Broadway
Jean Dalrymple
Jean
Bumper Crop Of Movie Starlets Eye Stardom In 1947
Hollywood and Broadway news describe a surge of fresh faces vying for top roles. Jean Dalrymple leads press savvy glamor while veterans and new beauties like Jean Peters Janet Leigh Mary Hatcher Viveca Lindfors Kirk Douglas Wendell Corey and Peter Shaw pursue career-making openings in major studios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Gunson
Warners
Central Press
Garbo
Hollywood
Ingrid Circus
Bergman
Vanessa Brown
Burt Lancaster
Mark Hellinger
Tne
Jean Peters
John Russell
Ohio State
Whatfoot
Offi
Cer
Catana
Tyronne Power
Black Jack
Castle
Jber
Dean
Janet Leigh
Stockton
Cal
Rose Ridge
Janet
van Johnson
Norman Shearer
California
Mary Hatcher
Paramount
New York City
Laurie
Oklahoma
Brunette Viveca ‘Lindfors
Guadalcanal
Russell
Kirk Douglas
Hal Willis
Thomas Breen
Joseph Breen
Guam
Tom
Jane Powell
Wendell Corey
Peter Shaw
Berlin
London
Margo Woode
Humoresque and Showboat Notes Mixed Reviews at Warner Premiere
Hollywood critique of the new Warner Brothers release Humoresque praising Oscar Levant and the violin score while finding the two hour film slow and underwhelming compared to Mildred Pierce. The piece also mentions Till the Clouds Roll By and Showboat sequence highlights with performances by Lucille Bremer Van Johnson June Allyson and others.
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Gene
Handsaker
Hollywood
Warner Brothers
Joan Crawford
Mildred Pierce
Jpzebe Garfield
Jover
Joan
Pianist
Oscar Levant
Jerome Kern
Lucille Bremer
van Johnson
Vani
Llimit
June Allyison
Cleopatterer
Date with DANGER chapter twelve tangled loves and threats
Laurie Trent meets Cady Vance, a jailed ex husband, as Monica faces a coercive ultimatum. Vance demands Monica come to a midnight meeting to join him in Mexico, while Laurie warns of danger and protects her sister-in-law. The confrontation reveals past crimes, love triangles, and looming peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurie Trent
Bart Trent
Monica
Laurie
Bart
Nicholas Hallet
Johnny Doe
Cady Vance
Johnny
Nick
Vance
Penfield
Moniica
Santa Claus
Mr. Vance
Stir
Ant
Take
Nevada
Mexico
Parole Board
Busk Seldes
Dr. Trent
Monica Trent
Czechs Rededicate Cermak Plaque in Klachno Town
In Klachno Czechoslovakia a bronze plaque marking Anton Cermak birth place is rededicated for a second time. Hundreds attend as U S Ambassador Laurice Stein hart and scholars from Columbia University and Charles University speak. Germans reportedly removed the tablet and later melted it for gun manufacture. residents then recovered it and hid it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sladno
Czechoslovakia
Thas
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Roosevelt
Klachno
U. S
Laurice Steinhart
J. B. Kozak
Vaf Columbia University
Jaf Charles University
Prague
Klarino
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Thomas F. Stafford
Repl
Tommy Jones
Tommy
Tommy Roberts
Tommys
Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Roberts
Register
Sunday Register
Farm Ponds
Bulletin Board
The
Soil Conservation Service
Boyle
Hal Boyle
Patrick Henry
Middle East
Gotham
Wacs
Gal
Miss Dalrymple
Manhattan
Tiventyone
Colony
Paris
Lester Cowan
Roniald Coleman
George
Apley
Darryl Zanuck
Peggy Cummins
Sea
Warner
Dizzy Cafe Society
Garfield
Vartusy Issaac Stern
Adam
Kathryn Grayson
Tony Martin
Virginia O'Brien
Lena Horne
Anxélina Lansbury
Dinah Shore
Judy Garland
Frank Sinatra
Kern
Robert Walker
van Heflin
Cermak
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