Beckley Area Welcomes West Virginia Turnpike Plan
Editorial praises the turnpike route as best for all, notes little local criticism and expected benefits for Beckley and eastern rail links. Some Harper Road residents fear the north Beckley interchange, but surveys predict 40 percent truck traffic. Calls for calm civic response and feeder road solutions.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Harper Road
Raleigh
Route 3
State Road Commission
Churchill survives censure move save Labour power
The British episode shows Americans praising Churchill after Labour censure would have toppled the Conservatives. An American gaffe could have shifted power to Labour and Aneurin Bevan, exposing our global leadership inexperience. The Times editor urged careful cross‑powers talks to resist Korea’s Communists.
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Churchill
Laborites
Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
London Times
Yalu
Korea
Tomato’s ascent from ornament to pantry staple in Europe
An old column notes how the tomato, once feared as poisonous, transformed from ornamental love apple to a popular garden vegetable. It contrasts ripe fruit used as a joke at rallies with its modern culinary value and urges Raleigh County growers to profit from local tomato production, claiming homegrown taste surpasses Georgia shipped fruit and should undercut high prices. Includes dated pricing references and regional commentary.
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Europe
Raleigh County
Georgia
Beckley clocks and weather mischief in public rambling
Bug Dust members vent about time and power woes in Beckley in a humorous note on clock accuracy and recent outages. A Studio Players play scene ends with a weather line, illustrating local timing chaos and playful coping.
Rain interrupts open-air show as cast member offers rain checks
In an open air theater, rain began during the performance and a cast member apologized while offering rain checks for tomorrow. Dr. J L Merry fees, a Spanish American War veteran, and Dr. Frederick S Schofield of the VA Hospital discussed Merrylees undergoing surgery soon. City Council heard Mrs. Flossie Sloan request piping funds denied, Councilman Bibb donating pipe length. Charles Hodel recalls a walnut buried by a squirrel 33 years ago, now a walnut tree grows on his yard.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Merrylees
Schofield
Flossie Sloan
Ellison Ave
Council
Pinecrest Sanitarium
C. L. Bibb
Charles Hodel
N. Kanawha St
John
Five Stars Over the White House at GOP Convention
A humorous letter from Wilbur Peeble recounts a Chicago convention scene with Eisenhower and MacArthur strategizing, Taft supporters hopeful yet anxious as the crowd reacts to shifting political winds. The piece satirically portrays the 1950s Republican race, with references to Texas delegates and a looming nomination.
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Chicago
White House
Taft
General Eisenhower
Texas
General MacArthur
Bob Taft
Tke
Revival of Clean Speech and Political Woes in DC
An old letter from Washington, D. C., laments partisan wounds in the Republican party and calls for restrained speech and national revival. The note jokes about cabinet positions and party fatigue, closing with a homespun reminder that laundry costs 29 cents for a pair of socks.
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Wilbur P.S
Taft Eisenhower Fight Shifts Focus At Republican Convention
At Chicago convention Taft and Eisenhower faded as delegates argued over Southern delegates and alleged ballot stealing. Dewey faced taunts from Taft supporters as Taft aides attacked Dewey while Taft himself campaigned for the presidency amid a week of factional infighting and shifting allegiances.
Regionally Speaking Military Men in News Overseas and at Home
Regional roundup notes service members from West Virginia area units in Korea and on U S Navy ships. Billy Howell of Dorothy endures rain flood in a pup tent, Darrel Lovejoy in the 25th Infantry Division earns a sergeant rank, Harold Crook serves on a destroyer in Korean waters, Walter Phillips Jr. trains with the Third Marine Division, James Lucas recovers from injuries after a Wright Patterson crash, Laex Martin attends radio school at Camp Gordon, Grayson Lison notes aircraft mechanics school progress, Theodore Simpkins promoted to corporal with Beckley’s 490th Engineer Battalion.
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Peggy Kessinger
Billy Howell
Dorothy
38Th Infantry Regiment
Korea
Donald Howell
25Th Infantry
Darrel Lovejoy
Alfred Lovejoy
Edwight
90Th Field Artillery
Army
Armco Steel Corp
Mont~coal
Bar
Harold Douglas Crook
Harold Kingsley Crook
Daniels
Navy
Shady Spring High School
Norfolk
Crook
Bajnorage
Naval Center
Camp Joseph H Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
Marine Pie
Walter L. Phillips Jr
Elizabeth F. Roebuck
Ravencliff
Third Marine Division
Fleet Marine Force
Robert H. Pepper
Phillips
Third Engineer
Third Marine
Dayton
James S. Lucas
Nellie Lucas
Beckiey
Lucas
Air Force Hospital
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Pittsburg
Quality Lumber Co
Beckley
Greater Pittsburgh
Bast Base
Barbara
Corenpolis
Miss Patterson
Wright-Patterson
Theodore Simpkins
Carson R. Scott
490Th Engineer Combat Battalion
March of Events Inside Washington Special Session Unlikely
Special to Central Press Washington observers doubt a special session of the 82nd Congress will be summoned unless a major international crisis or domestic issue arises. Truman will not push Congress but will challenge the Republican Southern Democratic coalition on tours for his party's nominee, directing fire at special interests rather than the House and Senate as a whole. The White House and Capitol clash has grown since 1950, with discontent over Taft Hartley, immigration, appropriations, and other actions, while Benton McCarthy feud looms over re election and possible expulsions.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Warren
Stagsen
MacArthur
Taft
Harry S. Truman
Treasury
Ike
Tafts
Trellis Mae
Trelis Mae
Chicago
Sen
Gen
Eisenhower
White House
Central
Washington
Capitol Hill
82Nd
Truman
House
Senate
Congress
62Nd
Capitol
McCarthy
Benton
William Benton
Connecticut
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Guy M. Gillette
Towa
Korean Peace Talks One Year On No End Yet In Sight
Korean Peace Talks reach their one year mark with major questions unresolved. Delegates have logged about 800 hours at Panmunjom as negotiators struggle over prisoners of war. If a truce holds, observers from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Switzerland join Allied and Chinese forces in monitoring the ceasefire. Panmunjom could become a bustling hub for armistice oversight and prisoner exchanges.
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Yalu
United Nations
Far East
Churchill
Bevan
Joe Stalin
Sam- Summerlin
Mark Clark
Rich
Paris
Korea
Ger
Clark
Kim U Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Panmunjom
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Panmum
Earth
Angela Lansbury Seeks To Prove Self Beyond Roles
London born actress Angela Lansbury discusses her desire to be liked for her own personality, not just for roles. She reflects on past characters, career choices, and future plans including Broadway ambitions, singing lessons, a tour in The Gracious Mercy Ghost, and balancing family with husband Peter Shaw.
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Hollywood
Angela Lansbury
Lansbury
Angela
Chicago
M-G-M
Harvey
Dorian Gray
Miss Lansbury
New York
Gramercy
Anthony Peter
Peter Shaw
Cerf-isms By Bennet and Garbo's Hollywood Change
Rogers, down to earth and wary of glamour, chased Greta Garbo in past days. a winter in New York saw her move from hacienda to remote hills, while a familiar face reappeared on the porch Irvin S Cobb shocking Rogers by a note to Greta. An Irish firm seeks an American ad manager amid a surge of Erin-go-bras demand.
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Will. Rogers
Miss Garbo
Rogers
Will
New York
Hollywood
Irvin S. Cobb
Western Union
Cobb
Greta
Gal
Dublin
All Ireland
You’re Telling Me Pay Phones Cost a Dime
A jumble of quips notes pay phones now charge a dime to hear the dial tone. A goat in Arkansas chewed a roll of cap pistol caps with little effect. A Texas cat has 20 living descendants. A lighthearted line up ends with a note on a woman trying to keep mice at bay.
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Arkansas
Texas
Looking Backward Today The Register
A look back at events from past years notes Judge Clay S. Crouse probation figures for Criminal Court with 290 people under his term. Military actions show German advances near Kharkov cutting a key railway link. Platnick Brothers buy the Nat Berman salvage plant in Mabscott for 28500. References to the Beckley crippled Children’s Clinic and the Beckley news coverage of community efforts.
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Clay S. Crouse
Rossosh
Kharkov
Platnick Brothers
Bluefield
Nat Berman Company
Mabscott
Beckiey
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Itapapers Corp
Busi
Raleigh County
Rotary Club
Hild
Beckley
Beckley News
Ness
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