Beckley Post-Herald attacks private garbage service plan
The Beckley Post-Herald argues private contractors would better manage garbage collection than city crews, indicts the current system as ineffective, and warns the city cannot abandon its health and welfare duties. Residents on Valley Drive report yearlong uncollected trash and empty promises from collectors.
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Beckley Post-Herald
Post-Herald
Beckley
Valley Drive
Stone's Throw
Court House
Streats
Byrnes Reports Progress at Paris Talks on German Problem
Secretary of State Byrnes described progress at the Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Paris noting more hope for treaty settlements and the United States readiness to tackle the German issue even if unaccompanied. The session included agreement on Trieste as Byrnes’ optimism suggested, though true gains remain uncertain.
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Paris
United States
Europe
Trieste
Shady Spring
South Beckley
Beckley
Beaver
Daniels
Haly
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Molotov
Great Britain
Ussr
Canning and conservation at Shady Spring center
The piece recalls applesauce day at Shady Spring cannery with volunteers guiding beans through blanching and canning. Mrs Maples and Mrs Peregoy lead steps from blanching to filling, sealing, and steam cooking while others pitch in. It notes regional canneries, bus service, and the hopeful Paris peace conference progress.
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Shady Spring
C. G. Peregoy
Sam Raborn
MacKenzies Column Seeks East West Unity Despite Expansionism
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst DeWitt MacKenzie argues that distrust fuels East West tension over Soviet expansionism. He proposes mutual restraint and a pact to mind each other’s business, noting previous 1933 Soviet guarantees and warning that a world revolution would spark a new global war. He suggests cooperation to win both war and peace.
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Moscow
Winston Churchill
Europe
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Amity
Truman seeks two year pause on ship funding amid price control fears
President Truman urged a two year postponement of a multi million dollar passenger ship project to conserve federal funds and ease material shortages. He warned Congress may not extend price controls, a key factor in the decision. The maritime commission said it would comply with the recommendation.
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Congress
Maritime Commission
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hazy Woman Faces Grand Larceny Charge in Beckley
Juanita Perry of Hazy is jailed in Raleigh County awaiting trial before Magistrate J P Meadows on a grand larceny charge. She was arrested at the Beckley Cafe by Beckley police over a felony warrant alleging she stole seventy dollars from her mother Opal Perry.
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Juanita Perry
Raleigh
J.P. Meadows
Beckley Cafe
Beckley
Opal Perry
Prints May Link Heirens to Death
Fingerprints found in Suzanne Degnan's bedroom after her kidnapping and murder last January may influence the inquiry into William Heirens. Police report months of work on the prints and say results could soon be available, though it remains uncertain if they belong to Heirens, Suzanne, or the Degnan family. Attorneys for both sides prepare for a potential deal amid talks to seek a life sentence in exchange for a written confession to the Degnan crime and related murders.
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Suzanne Degnan
William Heirens
Waller Storms
Storms
FBI
Heirens
University of Chicago
Charles Wilson
Polce Crime Laboratory
Police ‘Bureau of Identification
Hejfens
Dethie
He Degnan
Governments Pay Sixth of Wages in the United States
Federal, state and local governments account for more than one sixth of all wages and salaries. Total private pay is 84.0 billion dollars annually, while government payments reach about 18.0 billion. Most civilians are paid through Army, Navy, war agencies, and emergency services like OPA and Selective Service.
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Ltotal
Army
Navy
Panama Canal
OPA Jand Selective Service
Willile
Congress
Blizzard cites demand for portal-to-portal pay across districts
Blizzard says District 50 wage contracts set a pattern and hints at more demands on other companies. He claims the total portal-to-portal pay under the court ruling could reach millions of dollars and vows to pursue the legal requirement. The United Mine Workers are praised for leading benefits expansion.
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Blizzard
United Mine Workers
Self service grocers rise amid change in stores
Trends show more U.S. groceries converting to self service with flashy interiors and lower prices while personal service stores broaden offerings. Deliveries may follow orders by phone and door-to-door salesmen reappear. Irish linens import shares rise as labor shortages persist and nurseries aid more women entering the industry.
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United States
America
North Ireland
Unen
Planning grocery without salesroom in New York
A New Yorker studies a mostly telephone based grocery plan aimed at higher income neighborhoods. Trained buyers would call daily to take orders and mention daily specials with deliveries from a small storefront or loft.
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New Yorker
Akers
General Electric Starts Mass Production of FM Receivers
General Electric, a major appliance maker, begins large scale auctioning of frequency modulation receivers at Bridgeport. Sets will tune both high and low FM bands with first dealer deliveries planned for August. The company is also producing 125 FM transmitters.
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General Electric
Bridgeport
Canned tomato shortage to continue and other tips
The Department of Commerce says canned tomato products will be scarce this season, though other canned vegetables and soups should be available in fair quantities. A new skin prep called pHisoderm from Winthrop Chemical Co. is introduced for surgical and irritant skin cleansing. Also covers FTC ruling on plastic leather misrepresentation, a War Assets post on fence posts, and electricity adoption metrics for U.S. farms with water systems and electric milking gear.
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Department of Commerce
Federal Trade Commission
War Assets Administration Resonal
Pine St
New York
Commerce Department
Writ of error and supersedeas for presentment in oven court
Justice's attorneys challenged May term trial handling of special prosecutor Fletcher Mann hired without court sanction. Sixteen assignments allege trial errors from juror instructions to inadmissible evidence, improper custody, denial of mistrial motions, and failure to limit indictment procedures, seeking writ of error and supersedeas.
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Justice
Criminal Court
Fletcher Mann
Mann
Criminal
Circuit Court
Circuit Clerk’s Office
Bar
Fletcher W. Mann
Raleigh
Public Health Council decries deplorable state hospital service
The Public Health Council in Charlestown called the state mental hospital service deplorable and urged the legislature to appropriate funds for the institution in a formal resolution.
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Charlestin
Chapter Twenty Mystery at Rand place and a perilous plan
Floyd and Ina flee a crime scene to a cabin as Ina reveals a plot to seize the Rand estate. A masked murderer lurks, a car crash follows, and the pair hatch a scheme to bide in the old Logan cabin while Elders uncover what lies at the Rand property.
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