Editorial endorses Byrd for another Senate term in 1952
The Raleigh Register praises Senator Byrd as a model of government economy and Virginia leadership. It notes his early reforms, pay-as-you-go state finances, and calls for continued service in Washington. The piece forecasts electoral math for Democrats and Republicans in the 1952 race, stressing Southern unity and civil rights implications.
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U. S. Senate
Bear
Virginia
Byrd
United States
Washington
Fanciful Thinking on FEPC at Democratic Convention
The piece notes Truman and Lehman doubt a strong FEPC plank will pass as Democrats in Chicago seek realism. Southerners may bolt if civil rights fight erupts, and party leaders fear a repeat of 1948 discord that cost 39 electoral votes.
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South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Truman
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Iinois
Michigan
Ohio
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Democratic Party
Sen
Herbert Lehman
FEPC
Paper Prosperity Fades for U S Families in 1951
The Federal Reserve Board reports average spending units income rose from 3250 in 1950 to 3340 in 1951, about 9 percent. But higher consumer prices by 9 percent and increased taxes wiped out the gain, leaving take home pay weaker in 1951 despite paper prosperity.
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Uncle Sam
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Beckley Air Service Expands With Piedmont DC-3 Link
Bug Dust reports Beckley Memorial Airport sees six Piedmont daily flights this week and nine next Friday, a growth seen as superior to rail service. Station Manager Douglas Gunn urges use to sustain stops, recalling Martinsburg's past airline retreat.
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Piedmont Airlines
Beckley
Memorial Airport
Piedmont
Gunn
Martinsburg
Air American
Quitting Time Parade Most Human Of All
A humorous New York piece describing the daily office crowd as a human parade at quitting time. It highlights clock watchers and familiar office stereotypes that reveal the personalities behind the routine departure.
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New York WW
Office Pilgrims End of Day Play on the Job
A humorous piece catalogs office workers at closing time the desk-jockeys in a Druid Hills era setting. It lists the beat-the-gun artist day dreamer femme fatale stenographer office wolf boss and ambitious vassal as they depart each night. The tone mocks corporate fatigue and performance.
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Homer
John Barrymore
Ike Got Needed Issue In South Vote Fight
Taft advisers faced an internal split over Southern delegates as Eisenhower benefited from a tainted issue. The Southern dispute and blocked media access shaped public perception and helped Eisenhower clinch the convention floor battle.
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Ike
Eisenhower
Taft
National Committee
Regionally Speaking Military Men In News Overseas and at Home
Watha M Baugues Jr begins a 40 week course in Fire Control Technicians School in Washington DC to qualify fire controlmen. Robert L Phillips, a Korean War veteran, awaits assignment at Fort Knox after a two year overseas tour including Guam and Korea. Two Mullens men return from Korea aboard USS Valley Forge after seven months in the Far East. Cpl Eugene C Woodbridge graduates from European Command Medical Training Center in Dergerndorf Germany. James H Ward serves aboard LST No 80 transporting gasoline and explosives to Mediterranean and Caribbean ports. William E Arthur serves aboard USS Macon during summer training with Naval Reservists and midshipmen. Pvt Charles F James earns Combat Infantryman Badge and Korean Service Ribbon for Korea action with Seventh Division. Raymond F Carter serves aboard USS Henley during summer training cruise to Western Europe and British Isles.
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Peggy Kessinger
Fire Control Technicians
Washington, D.C
Watha M.baugues Jr
Eccles
Robert L. Phillips
Fort Knox
Emil Phillips
Mabscott
A. B. Phillips
Chesnut St. Beckley
R. OL. Phillips
Guam
Korea
MacArthur
Mullens
Valley Forge
Far East
Albert
Hilton
C. A. Hylton
Popler St
North T. Selvey Jr
Staman
North T. Selvey
Guyandotte Ave
San Diego
Calif
West
Mediterranean
Caribbean
James. H. Ward
Alfred Taylor
Stamford City
LST
Service Force
Macon
Naval
Naval Academy
William E. Arthur
Europe
British Isles
Navy
Henley
Raymond F. Carter
Fairdale
United States
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
March of Events Inside Washington on Flying Saucers
The Air Force asks the public to report sightings of mysterious objects in the sky to nearby facilities or via mail and to send observations to experts at Wright-Patterson, Los Angeles Civilian Saucer Investigations, or the University of New Mexico. Sightings are analyzed for size speed and duration, with guidance on calm observation and recording details.
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Washington
United States Air Force
Sanger
Air Force Field
Air Force
Air Force Facility
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
P. O. Box
Los Angeles
Cal
Walther Riedel
Pennemunde Laboratory
Lincoln LaPax
Institute of Meteorities
University of New Mexico Albuquerque
Feeding Four Thousand With Seven Loaves and Fish
Biblical account from Mark 8 details Jesus compassion for a crowd after three days without food. He multiplies seven loaves and a few fish, distributes them, and the people are fed, with seven baskets of leftovers.
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Christ
Jesus
Pier Angeli seeks balance between love and career in Hollywood
Italian teen star Pier Angeli 20, at 20th Century Fox, explains strict Italian upbringing, group dates with her twin Marisa Pavan, and her priority of pursuing acting over romance. She notes cultural differences, wartime hardships shaping Italian men, and her first trapeze role in The Story of Three Loves segment Equilibrium.
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Hollywood
Pier Angeli
Italy
America
Pier
U Sally
Marisa Pavan
20Th Century-Fox
Miss Angeli
Blackwater Falls and Canyon Awe at West Virginia Park
West Virginia's Blackwater State Park near the mountaintop town along Route 32 hosts one of the Allegheny region’s deepest canyons. The 44 acre site features Blackwater River with a 65 foot drop at Blackwater Falls and canyon walls exceeding 1000 feet at the end of the road.
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Blackwater State Park
U.S
John Nall Davis
Blackwater Fails
Allegheny Range
Blackwater Falls
Egypt Fronts Spark Big Axis Clash at Alamein
Ten years ago a major armored battle raged in the Alamein Desert as British and Axis forces clashed in a fight that could decide the fate of Egypt while another duel unfolded along the coast at the Hill of Jesus. A labor walkout threatened to halt more than 100 million dollars of war construction in Pittsburgh as AFL building trades unions threatened actions. About 85 National Guardsmen from Beckley area departed for a 15 day encampment at Camp Conley near Point Pleasant. A strike of lightning hit Merchants and Miners Bank in Oak Hill collapsing a chimney and hurling bricks into nearby yards.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Egypt
Alamein Desert Front
Hill of Jesus
A. F. L. Building Trades
Pittsburgh
Raleigh County
Harley M. Kilzore
National
Beckley
Camp
William G. Conley
Point Pleasant
Merchants and Miners Bank
Oak Hill
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