Government could sponsor youth work and travel program
The piece argues for a government youth program pairing education with work to help 14 to 17 year olds find jobs and see America, similar to the American Youth Hostels model that sends 250 youths abroad and plans inexpensive U S travel for 15 000 youths. Senator Harley Kilgore notes crop labor needs and supports sending youths to farms to learn and aid harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Youth Hostels
United States
Canada
Mexico
America
Employment Service
Harley Kilgore
Beckley Plans Growth Amid Factory And Hospital Projects
The piece notes Beckley progresses with a clothing factory and Veterans Administration hospital. It urges rapid airport development, urging citizens to match a $291000 federal commitment, and stresses diversifying industry as coal wanes to keep the city economically strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Veterans’ Administration
Washington
City Eyes Attracting Decker Interests For Plant Plants
City officials seek to diversify industry by courting the Decker interests to relocate their plants here. The move aims to broaden the local tax base and create jobs through new manufacturing presence.
Recreation building sale prompts final bid push
City Recreation Commission has delayed action on buying the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail Road recreation building offered for 1800 dollars. J B Wipperman endorses the investment citing plumbing value while C G Peregoy cites lack of funds and space. Civitan Club offers help to raise funds, urging decisive action to benefit Beckley children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recreation Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Commission
Civitan Chile
Recreation Board
Caff
Wipperman
Beckley
Reminder on Foreign Oversight Proposed for Hungarian Elections
Deszo Sulyok, Liberty Party leader, suggests elections be supervised by foreigners to ensure integrity. The Marxist Red party criticizes the idea. Istvan Ries, socialist justice minister, opposes foreign interference and accuses Sulyok of treason. The Communists oppose foreign intervention, while AML supports fair elections.
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Liberty Party
Deszo Sulyok
Marxist
Red
Istvan Ries
Hungary
Bulyok
AML
Adolf Hiller
Noisy yard insect and hummingbird notes in Beckley
In Beckley and nearby districts readers report a noisy nocturnal insect or birdlike creature on North Kanawha Street and discuss hummingbird sightings. The letter also recalls a Fieldcrest Mills profile of a deaf drummer and reflects on West Virginia history with Fort Henry and Philippi dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha Street
Beckley
West Virginia
Post Herald
Ted McDowell
Fort Henry
Wheeling
Veisel
Philippi
Santa Barbara Plans to Subordinate Pedestrian Rights
HAL BOYLE notes Santa Barbara, famed as the American Riviera, will install traffic lights next month ending a long era of pedestrian priority. The change mirrors the city’s balance between preserving charm and managing growth dominated by wealthy residents and tourism.
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Santa Barbara
Hal Boyle
Calif
California
San Francisco
Santa Ynez
American Riviera
Athens of America
Main Street
Southern Pacific Railroad
Seville
Black Bears
Truman Likely to Sign New Rent Control Bill
The Nation Today reports President Truman is expected to sign a new rent control bill, starting July 1 and ending Feb 29, 1948 unless extended. It shifts power to state governors who form five member local boards to guide rent policy, with possible removal of controls in areas and new eviction rules for landlords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Opa
Jilly
Hollywood Light Make Up and Exotic Perfume Trends
Hollywood fashion writer notes wartime shifts back to natural looking makeup and oriental perfumes. Expert Man Factor Jr says red lipstick outsells others by five to one. The piece also details cosmetic research including chicken feather nail polish and animal testing with rabbits and guinea pigs, cautioning about ingestion risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Handsaker
Hollywood
Times
Java
China
Man Factor, Jr
Rouge
Ousell
Swank
Speed Tax on High Speed Driving Warned
Hartford firms warn that driving above 40 mph imposes a speed tax through higher fuel use tire wear and oil consumption. An increase to 60 mph would raise gasoline use by 0 percent tire wear by 350 percent and oil consumption by 400 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hartford
Republicans Marshal Support to Not Override Truman Labor Bill
Washington Republicans rally to back President Truman on the Labor Bill veto. Taft and Vandenberg resist court-house tactics while some Democrats seek a veto and re passage. The piece notes White House caution, potential veto scenarios, and Communist support mobilizing a veto caravan to influence the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Taft
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Court House
Taft
White House
Doorbell Jolt Dashes Carol in tense confrontation
Carol hides as the doorbell rings and Trude Parker arrives to discuss Larry. Fearful thoughts of police or danger rise as Carol recalls Larry’s possible peril and worries about an intruder in Alma’s empty apartment. Trude’s striking appearance adds tension to the encounter.
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Carol
Larry
Alma
Carol Glenn
Trude Parker
Trude
Nat
Alma’s
Caroli
Miss Parker
Larry Coleman
Rue
San Francisco
Navy Life Mixes Humor and Ire in Postwar Memoir
In OFF MY SEA CHEST Lewis AW Conarroe recounts his Pearl Harbor era naval commission and four years of service marked by red tape, snobbery, and petty bickering. The author blends humor with bitterness as he critiques Annapolis regulars and reservists amid a publicized wartime culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Shady Spring
James M. Jennings
Four-H
Jennings
Lewis AW. Conarroe
Holt
Conarroe
Annapolist
Parvenu
Conatroe
Poles Ship Wire and Supplies to Britain
The United Kingdom may soon receive large shipments from Polish industrial plants including wire nails screws and rivets. The recent international fair highlighted exports from Poland such as lathes machine tools and textile machinery. Connections show buyers in France Sweden Turkey and many others with deals ranging from locomotives to optical glass and steel bottles.
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Poznan
United Kingdom
Poland
France
Sweden
Turkey
Brazil
Bulgaria
Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Argentina
Uruguay
Scandinavia
Yuoslavia
Professor Claims Reading Can Be Fun
In Albuquerque New Mexico Dr Willis D Jacobs of the University of New Mexico urges students to choose exciting books to spark a love of reading He cites Richard Wrights Black Boy M P Shiels The Purple Cloud Anatole Frances Thais and T H Whites The Sword in the Stone as contemporary popular options to include in college English courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albuquerque
N. M
Willis D. Jacobs
University of New Mexico English Department
Jacobs
Richard “Wright
M. P. Shiel
Anatole France
T. H. White
Cole Ldge
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Decker
Thomas F. Stafford
Richard Robertson
Monroe Street
Leaksville
Frank Jones
Spray, N. C
Mer Ada Eastridge
Jones
Fieldcrest Mills
Colton
Vestal
Tri-City
Marley Vestal
Fieldcrest
Boyle
Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
Lelling
A. F
William Green
Philip Murray
Murray
Thterior
Julius A. Krug
John L. Lewis
Literary Guidepost
Navy
Britain
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