Local Newspaper Subscription Rates and Instructions
The notice lists subscription options for Daily and Sunday editions with six months in advance at six dollars, one year in advance at nine dollars, and states that address change requests must include old and new addresses. It notes a two percent sales tax on stove mail rates for subscriptions in West Virginia and warns that carriers and distributors are independent contractors not responsible for advance payments.
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New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Tlanta
Dallas
Stove Mail
West Virginia
Gealera
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Lausche Calls for Public Interest Over Party Loyalty
In White Sulphur Springs Governor Lausche urged that party aims should not trump national welfare. He refused to commit to Ferguson or Taft, saying he will not let party interest override country, a stance the paper hails as statesmanlike and timely.
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Ohio
Frank Lausche
Buckeye
White Sulphur Springs
Joe Ferguson
Robert Taft
Lausche
Woodrow Wilson
Abe Lincoln
Tom Jefferson
Hoover Commission Findings and Urgent Reform Measures
The Hoover Report details a vast program to streamline the executive branch and cut taxes. Dr. Robert L. Johnson notes 35 percent of reorganization enacted, urges Senate bills on Post Office reform, personnel, financial control, accounting management, and unified medical public health administration. He cites four billion dollars in annual waste and lists agencies involved in loans land wildlife welfare forestry and planning. Citizens urged to contact senators to push substantial tax relief.
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Charlotte Observer
Carolinas
Robert L. Johnson
Temple University
Citizenship Committee
Hoover
Johnson
Congress
Senate
Post Office Department
United Medical and Public Health Administration
Hoover Commission Report
Bug Dust visits Myrtle Beach and far places in a mountain man’s view
Bug Dust reflects on vacation contrasts between Myrtle Beach and the mountains. The piece recalls travels with the Walterses via Durham to meet Reba Bur Reba in Florida, her diet experiment, and an extended North Carolina trip including Greensboro where Beckley connections with Braden Bledsoe and Speed Mankin are shared.
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Carolina
Myrtle Beach
Florida
Durham
Frank Bur
Reba
Boia
China
Duke University
Piedmont
Greensboro
N. C
Braden Bledsoes
Speed Mankin
Glen Daniel
Braden Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Mankin
Speed
West Virginia
Boyle's Column urges calling Russian bluff in Korea
HAL BOYLE argues Russia cannot safely gamble on conquering Korea and urges the West to call Stalin's bluff. He cites Greece and Berlin as lessons, notes Russia's overextended reach, and contends Soviet aims rely on internal upheaval and broader disarray. He warns Russia will bluff but not risk direct war with Japan and Germany unsettled.
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Sevi
Korea
Soviet
Russia
Greece
Southeast Asia
Berlin
Japan
Germany
Joe Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
TV Station Licenses Freeze Stalls Growth in 1951
The Nation Today details FCC’s two year freeze on new TV licenses since Oct 1, 1948, amid interference and air-wave limits. With 103 stations on air and 6 more under construction, the agency weighs color TV tests by RCA CBS and Color Television Inc. as it plans to lift the freeze by year’s end.
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James Marlow
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Wees
Gawarmmant
FCC
Wayne Coy
Comple Systems
RCA
Radio Ration of America
CBS
Colo Broadcasting System
OTT
Color Television, Inc
San Francisco
Coy
Newsprint Price Probe Targets Monopoly Claims
A House subcommittee chaired by Rep. Emanuel Celler plans hearings on a possible newsprint monopoly. Questions will cover import prices, US producers at capacity, price levels, and American mill projects including Alaska. Canadian official R M Fowler invites a Canadian study to inform the inquiry amid tensions over the industry.
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Imvnupully Pluue
Emanuel Celler
New York
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
United States
American
Alaska
al Celler
and I Sons
R. M. Fowler
Newsprint Association of Canada
Canada
Mr. Fowler
Fowler
Sea Eagles Chapter 20 Finds Joshua Reprised at Sea
The Revolutionary War continues as Joshua Barney wins and loses fortunes at sea. His wife Ann, Barbary, and ally Robert Morris shape a Dover episode while the Saratoga pits American craft against British ships. Kenny Boyle endures brutal wounds and a long recovery.
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Joshua Barney
Ann
Kenny Boyle
Barney
Prison Front Hero Mourns Loss as Shipmates Stand By
In a harbor monastery in Amsterdam Kenny recovers from grave wounds after a fierce sea battle. Dale and Dr Brooke nurse him as the crew recount the clash, the sinking of the Richard, and the risky capture of the English man. Captain Jones and mates offer support while Kenny copes with losing his hand.
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Chesapeake Bay
H. M
Intrepid
James Pye Malloy
Raleigh
Joshua
Kenny
John Paul Jones
Brooke
Poor Clares
Dick Dale
Dale
Richard
Dr. Brooke
Captain Jones
Channel
Texel
Boom Times Glimpse Prosperity Says Alsops
Washington notes the United States enjoys a historic boom as Council of Economic Advisers report a GNP near 280 billion dollars in 1949 prices. The piece cites Wilson GM contract as a benchmark against Marxist theory, warning optimism rests on continued growth and defense spending.
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Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
Washington
United States
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Leon Keyserling
Charlies E. ‘Wilson
General Motors
Wilson
United Automobile Workers
Beyserling
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Thomas J. Stafford
Boyle
South Korea
Hal Boyle
Orient
Ireland
H. D
Crawford Central Press
Congressional
Mananali Neonha
The
Saratoga
Young
Mercury
Henry Laurens
Sarah
Nevis
Molly
Jamaica
Justice Department
Canae
By John Jennings
Karl Marx
Daily Worker
Keyserling
Kremlin
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