Wartime Controls and Postwar Slippage in Public Policy
An editorial discusses subscription tax and West Virginia rates, contractor liability, and the Beckley Newapaners case, then shifts to wartime power under the 1947 National Security Act. It warns of emergency powers, including property seizure, censorship, price controls, and labor measures, arguing for rapid postwar demobilization and peacetime transition while noting uncertainties after victory.
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America
Congress
Taft Hartley impact on labor after three years
The record shows strikes declined in the three years of Taft Hartley in effect compared to the Wagner Act era. The piece notes postwar readjustment factors, labor management routine bargaining, and that Taft Hartley creates unlawful act restrictions on unions without noticeably hampering union member interests or reducing security rules.
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Annealthy Ig
Taft-Hartley
Fragmented Warla war mobilization line
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a discussion of national power and war timing with incomplete phrases. Reads like a debate on national strength and readiness, but content is garbled and lacks clear names, places, or dates to anchor a full item.
Home as seen from McDowell County roads and camps
Bug Dust recalls a trip into McDowell County to visit a niece aiding Girl Scouts at Camp Houston above Kimball. He laments backroads and aging roads, notes steep mountain routes and foot trails turned modern roads, and reflects on the pride and beauty found in local homes, hills, and the Beckley Plateau while urging appreciation of one’s surroundings.
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McDowell
Camp Houston
Wilds
Kimball
State Road Commission
Wag
Free ‘State
Bug Dust
Bluefield
McComash
Kim‘ball
McDowell County
Brass Hall of Scouting
Welch
Orient
Elkhorn
Raleigh
Korean War Lost Battalion Becomes Barroom Topic
HAL BOYLE reports on a New York City bar scene where a young man contrasts Korea's lost battalion with the public’s interest in baseball and war memory. The conversation reveals how Americans, including widows returning from Korea, weigh duty, loss, and daily life amid headlines.
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Hal Boyle
AP Otell
New York
Far East
Japan
Kores
Manhattan
Korea
Joint Chiefs of Staff Unity in War Planning
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, four top military chiefs, coordinate through a 200-strong staff in the Pentagon to unify planning. Committees blend Army Navy and Air Force expertise on strategy, intelligence, and operations and submit recommendations to Bradley, Collins, Sherman, and Van den Bergh for final approval or revision. Final decisions still rest with civilian leaders, including President Truman and Secretary Louis Johnson.
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James Marlow
Washington
Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Army
Navy
Air
Magiev ‘Fo Pa
CHETR
Sila
Vaini
Joint, Chiefs of
Statf
Omar Bradley
J. Lawton Collins
Forrest 'Snerman
Naval Operations
Hoyt S. Vandenbere
Air Forcs
Pentagon
Armed Forces
Korea
JCS
Air Force
Russia
U. S
Arctic
Europe
Asia
Ty Erals
Bradley
Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson
Truman
Mhoarinth
Leos Videe
Cay
Jqvemaent
Treaney
John . Pester
Charles Sawyer
Allence
Spetalie
Denna
Louis
Johnson
Joint Chiefs
America
Tobisa
Harry S. Truman
United States
Vacation Bible School Attendance At Valley Church
WHITESVILLE The Jar lold s Valley Presbyterian Church hosts Vacation Bible School daily with an average of about 40 students attending. Rev Paul Gabrielson announced the program opened July 5 and will run through July 14.
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Register
Whitesville
Jarlold’s Valley Presbyterian Church
Paul Gabrielson
Undersea War and the Rise of Sub Killer U Boats
Washington reports a new class of submarines, the SSK or sub killer, 195 feet long and 750 tons, designed to ambush and sink enemy subs. The Navy funds three units to fight undersea craft, while anti submarine warfare evolves with faster torpedoes, sonar, radar, and mining tactics.
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James J
Strebig
Washington
Navy
Register
SSK
Arnett
W. R. Wright
Columbus
Miss
Cos
Francis S. Low
Chan
Tenth Fleet
Nai
Wal Academy
Shence
DSPTR
Mobilization Demands in Truman push for funds
Washington editorials say Truman will seek urgent special powers and a first slice of about 5 billion dollars for defense. Acheson, Herriman and others urge rapid action as Korea exposes US weaknesses and Joint Chiefs dispute long range plans amid global defense planning chaos.
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Wseph
Stewart Alsop
Washington
Truman
Congress
Epost
Averell Harlian
Korea
Kremlin
Acheson, Herriman
Aimee
Preas
Laritol
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Perry Mason Examines Alder Jewel Theft Claim In Burglary Case
In a tense courtroom scene Perry Mason questions Alder about an estimated fifty thousand dollars worth of jewelry taken from Alder's estate during a burglary. Mason pressures for a specific item list and an insurance inventory while Alder disputes browbeating and contemplates a court inventory check.
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Dorothy
Fenner
George 8
Alder
Perry Mason
Alder Howse
Danby
Carrine Lansing
Perry Mazon
Colton
Mason
We & P
Bere
Maier
Lanker- Genese Shim
San
Lankershim
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San Francisco
Los ‘Angeles
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Datlis OS Soelies
Isnta
Aces
Steve Mall
West Virginia
Beckley Newapaners Corporation
Warla
Thomas J. Stafford
Boyle
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Joint Chiefs and_ Staffs
Vacation Bible School
U.S. Offici
Staley Carder
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