Striking Women Train Workers At Decker Clothes Plant
The Register reports a walkout by women trainees at Decker Clothes in Beckley after a wage dispute during the early operation of the new pants factory off Prince Road and the 1921 by-pass. The dispute stems from unionization and control over training conditions amid a community effort to create jobs and a future large plant.
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The
Register
Decker Clothes, Inc
Prince Road
Beckley
Decker
Opera- SF Os Sc
Ibring
Ilie
Cool Heads Urge Tree Planting to Fight Floods
The author argues repeated U S floods show timber loss from early lumbering, calling for expanded tree farming to slow floods. Cites Portland and Vanport wrecks and the Northwest windfalls and river overflows, urging natural flood control via more trees and forest cover.
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Limber
Portland
Vancou- Avi
Vanport
Beckley
Whale
Beckley Aging Anew Stirring Town’s 90 Year Club
Local column notes ageless residents near Beckley with eight known adults over 90, including Harvey Cook and Mrs Liza Phipps, and mentions Pleasant Lilly age 98 who recalls Civil War era memories. Describes Beckley plateau health and a Junior Chamber of Commerce park cleanup with volunteers reshaping Route 19 21 By-Pass site and fence posts, grass, and trash removal.
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Register
Wh Norton
John Quincy Hutchinson
Ran
Beckley
Harvey Cook
East Beckley
Liza Phipps
Reservoir Road
Daniel Phipps
Harper Road
Paris Bailey
Prosperity
H. B. Eskew
Piney View
A. B. Maxwell
Beckley Avenue
T. H. Fitzgerald
South Oakwood Avenue
T. K. Scott
South Kanawha Street
John Anderson
Agnes Laing
Ellison Avenue
Fanny Wheatley
Earle Bibb
Hutchinson
Beckley Plateau
Pleasant Lilly
Pleasant
Papps
Chamber of Commerce
Warren Williams
Paul Harress
Paul Vennari
James Walters
Johnny Smith
Hulett
Smith
Dallas
Senators Debate Draft Bill Into Night Amid Smoke Breaks
The Senate wrestled with the draft bill for hours as Morse urged cutting service to 18 months while Taylor mocked the process. Galleries filled with onlookers heard talk of conscription and war, with Ellender and others reacting as votes loomed. The chamber adjourned at 12:20 a.m. without final passage.
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Senate
Congress
House
Truman
Morse
Oregon
Senator Taylor
Henry A. Wallace
Taylor
Russia
Washington
Senator Ellender
Louis Boyle: A boy sustained by borrowed blood in long battle
A New York City lad, Cooley’s anemia patient Louis, 12, Endures repeated blood transfusions at Kings County Hospital. His father once donated, now the American Red Cross provides blood, keeping him alive while doctors hope for a cure. Louis remains cheerful, plans junior high, and enjoys sports between transfusions.
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New York
Louis
Kings County Hospital
Apn
Cooley
Harvey Gallance
American Red Cross
Brooklyn
Dr. Gallance
Tie
West Virginia Young Republicans back constitutional convention
In Bluefield the West Virginia Young Republicans unanimously endorsed a constitutional convention for the state. The article urges historical reading on 1872 with Civil War era delegates, notes West Virginia’s slow reforms, and praises the convention’s stance as a spark for broader reform and education.
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Morgantown Post
West Virginia
Bluefield
Recordi Ag
West
Hepburn film mocks campaign tie in with local names
In a new MGM plan for State of the Union Kate Hepburn’s scene includes a local citizen name in the dialogue. Sandra Gould, 21, Brooklyn born, voices lines in Katie’s mouth across many variants. The sequence links to a broader gag with list of names from U S and abroad.
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Hollywood
Katharine Hepburn
Sandra Gould
Sandra
Katie
Joe Hepburn
MGM
Hepburn
Spencer Mas
Tracy
Stalin peace drive puzzles Americans in Washington writes Robert E Geiger
Washington puzzled over Stalin's peace offensive and why U S officials hesitate to engage The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee depicts Communist tactics as razzle dazzle zig zag policy over decades The report says the aim is world revolution and that the present peace proposals reveal little sincerity The narrative outlines a 30 year Leninist line from war communism to left and right shifts and wartime alliance with Britain and the United States moves to lend lease Then a shift to radical leftism and expansion followed by a new rightward phase amid postwar shifts Nigeria Italy.
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Robert E. Geiger
Washington
Stalin
House ‘Foreign Affairs
State Department
Henry Wallace
United Nations
Russia
Ukraine
Hiller
France
Hitler
United Kingdom
United States
Italy
Associated Press
Poznan
Poland
Frances Finds New Room as Rio Trip Brings Romance
Frances Mason, in a South American cruise aftermath, struggles with delayed letters from Tommy Wilcox and a lonely Buenos Aires stay. She befriends Lottie who secures a better room, helping Frances face homesickness and the chance encounter with Bob Trumbull during her voyage.
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Frances
Mason
Tommy Wilcox
Tommy
Bod Trumbull
Lottie Lane
Rio de Janeiro
Lottie
Bob
Toimms
Buenos Aires
St. Louis
Bob Trumbull
Argentina
United States
T Cane
Rio
Plaza
Mies
Amiil
Fran
Rob
Chile
Frank Res
Miss Mason
Plaza de Maye
Friendship in Buenos Aires Between Frances and Lottie
In a tale of unlikely companionship, Frances, recently bereaved, befriends Lottie a bold, assertive woman in a foreign country. Lottie guides Frances through Buenos Aires from the City of the Dead to the Pink House, with nights out at Tabaris and the Alvear Palace roof. Bobby’s quiet affection contrasts with Dr. Wilcox’s absence.
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Frances
Lothie
Pan Aunt
Lottie
Buenos Aires
Pink House
Heriods
Boby
Tabaris
Alvear Palace
Bob
Thomas Wilcox
How to win the presidency in Ohio primary strategy
Harold Stassen used a targeted Ohio operation built by Earl Hart to win delegates. Hart organized Stassen clubs, recruited volunteers, and created a scalable membership model that yielded 23 pro Stassen delegates and nine elected as part of a broader national push.
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Rowland Evans, JR
Washington
Harold Stassen
Ohio
Taft
Stassen
ABC
Earl E. Hart
Minnesota
Buckeye
Slassen
Hart
Harold Burton
U.S. S
Wart
Oho
Toledo
TJ Stassen
Philadelphia
Thought for Today Fragment on God and Gentiles Coda
A fragmentary note questions whether God is the God of the Jews and of agents who had been casing Gentiles. It reflects two years of silence and inquiry into divine reach and non Jewish contacts.
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Matt
Stassen
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