New England Agriculture Compared With Beckley Region Prospects
The article contrasts New England farming gains with Beckley West Virginia’s land, noting New England’s strong per acre cash receipts and intensified agriculture. It cites Doane Agriculture Service recommendations for Beckley, highlighting nearby markets in Boston area and mining counties. It urges increased farming activity under Rural Development Program.
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New England
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Down East
Doane Agriculture Service
Beckley
Boston
Hartford
West Virginia
End of rationing era hints at brighter Britain
The article notes postwar easing under a Labour government with limited controls lifted. Meat fats cheese bacon sugar tea coal remain rationed but some items like pork chops and cheese become purchasable for the able. Eggs and milk sold without ration points if supply allows while gasoline is unrationed at 43 cents a gallon.
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Santa Claus
France
Low Countries
Weather and bugs threaten grain surpluses in campaign talk
The piece notes weather and pests biting into wheat and corn yields and hog consumption, reducing government surpluses used as campaign talking points. It argues these natural factors may shift public support toward the Administration by November amid debates over the Fair Deal.
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Washington
West Virginia Compared With New England In Some Ways
A concise note compares aspects of West Virginia with New England, highlighting partial similarities in regional characteristics and conditions, suggesting shared features while acknowledging distinct local contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
New England
First Round Won In Tax Fight Over Educational Institutions
The U.S. Tax Court in New York ruled against the C. F. Mueller Company, a macaroni maker whose profits go to New York University. The decision aims to curb profits diverted to tax exempt institutions and discourages colleges from investing in private enterprises.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
U.S. Tax Court
New York
C. F. Mueller Company
New York University
Mueller
Bug Dust by Thomas J. Stafford
Easter column recalls Denzil Brown's 1946 journey from Pinecrest Sanitarium to Miami Arizona for a lung ailment. Fund contributions by East Beckley residents helped him, but a $160 operation drained the Denzil Brown Fund. more aid needed. Also notes Mrs. Ethel Weidensall’s mortgage crisis and a prolific Crab Orchard hen producing unusually large eggs.
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Denzil Brown
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Miami
Ariz
Denzil
Pinecrest
Southwest
Don
B. T. Donaldson
East Beckley
Donaldson
Arizona
Crab Orchard
Washington
Midwest
Hampshire
W. H. Boyd
Season of the Big Listen in Boyle’s Column
HAL Boyle muses on fishing as a democratic sport yet a caste system, recounting a Colorado trip where a bacon-tused catch upsets a friend, and ends with the narrator choosing listening over angling as the true prize. The piece blends humor with a look at fishing culture and companionship.
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India
Colorado
Chicago
The Nation Today Negro Gains Greatest During Past 10 Years
James Marlow reviews decade of Supreme Court rulings advancing civil rights for Negroes. since 1896 the court has challenged segregation as a principle, expanding voting, property, travel, and education rights. key rulings include ending Negro voting barriers in the South, invalidating racial covenants, and ensuring equal classroom access and accommodations.
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James Marlow
Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
South
Texas
U. S. Court of Appeals
South Carolina
Voice of Francis made Chill Wills’ big break in film
Chill Wills rose from a Seagoville Texas druggist’s son to a key voice star after dubbing the talking mule Francis. The role boosted movie offers and pay, led to a phonograph record, and spurred film work including offstage voice work in Stella. Wills recalls adlibbing an audition line and avoiding billing.
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Hollywood
Francis
Chill Wills
Chill
Donald O'Connor
South Pacific
Will
Ongh-Hough
South
Midwest
Stella
Vic Mature
Ann Sheridan
Seagoville
Tex
George O
Baltimore joins big time with twin telephone books
Baltimore becomes the 10th U.S. city to receive twin directories, one alphabetical and one classified. About 360,000 volumes were distributed by early June, each weighing just under two pounds.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Fakery in Western defense effort exposed by Alsop
In a stark critique, Joseph Alsop argues that the Western defense effort is hampered by fakery in promises and funding. He highlights US and French aid patterns, limits of the current program, and the danger of a collective defense without real preparation, warning the Western front could dissolve under false confidence.
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Joseph Alsop
Paris
iIt
Southeast Asia
Indo-China
Dean G. Acheson
Kremlin
Washington
Indonesia
Burma
Acheson
Indo- China
Asia
West
United States
France
Defense Department
Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Jotary Johnson
America
Sea Eagles Chapter Sparks Early War Sea Action
In the onset of the Revolutionary War Kenny Boyle and Joshua Barney return from the Mediterranean. Captain Drysdale is lost at sea, so Barney leads, with Kenny as sailing master, toward privateering or naval service as a Baltimore assignment offers two ships. Barbary and Kenny clash over motives while recruitment swells. Lieutenant Robinson arrives with Hornet and Wasp options, prompting Joshua to offer Kenny a sailing master berth aboard the Hornet.
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Lexington
Bunker Hill
Kenny Boyle
Joshua Barney
Mediterranean
Captain Drysdale
Joshua
Kenny
Philadelphia
Cap'n Drysdale
Mr. Boyle
Sam Smith
Isaiah Robinson
Sam
Boyle
Hallock
Wasp
Hornet
Barbary
Capes
Conee and the
Marine Committee
Deeper Waters A Dutch Port Plot in the Atlantic
John Jennings describes a covert mission by American officers in Philadelphia to seize a secret route to St Eustatius. The plan centers on Doria with Robinson Barney Boyle and an agent of Hortalez et Cie. The voyage enters Statia waters as eleven guns salute the new United States, marking a rare foreign acknowledgment.
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Philadelphia
Marine Committee
Kenny
Golden Rock
Caribbean
St. Eustatius
Robinson
Barney
Boyle
Statia
Hortalez Et Cie
No Harbor
Doria
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Dallas
Wes Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Thomas J. Stafford
Ethel Weidensall
Mabscout
Department of Public Assistance
Anthony Garges
Skelton
Hal Boyle
Gene Handsaker
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