Thought for Today on peace and a European commonwealth
Editorial urges objective peace while preparing for war and argues for Western European union as a path to reduce Cold War tensions. It cites Bertrand Russell, warns against delaying conflict with communism, and envisions a united Western bloc extending influence globally to prevent Soviet expansion.
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Free World
United Nations
Bertrand Russell
Russell
America
Commonwealth of Europe
Western
Europe
South America
Asia
Africa
Russia
No Wonder Labor and Wage Stabilizers Clash Over 1951 Boosts
Labor unions contest high industry profits and uneven wage increases while General Motors reports an all time profit high. Ford and Chrysler raises follow GM, fueling calls for stricter price controls and a firm stabilization lid to curb profiteering and wage boosts.
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Phil Murray
CIO Chieftain
America
Bug Dust by Charles L Stafford Sparks Spring Notes on West C Street
The column riffs on spring's vernal mood affecting editors and readers alike. It contrasts optimistic weather with idle dreaming and hints at a looming note on Beckley College basketball, then wanders through poetic reflections and moving imagery, ending with a West C Street setting.
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Charles L. Stafford
Beckley College
Davids
Buckhann
Easter storm forecast and war memories from Raleigh County
Local notes report Mrs. Bessie Fink spotting a garden snake and the first robin sighted by a Raleigh Countian. Weather prognostications hint at an Easter storm, while Lt Tim Thompson and Lt Campbell study at Fort Benning. A wounded Army friend in Korea shares a prayerful moment, recalling World War II aerial service and Psalm 23 amid danger.
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Bessie Fink
Raleigh Countian
Ted Kessinger
Squire Kessinger
Richmond District
South End
Korea
Russia
Sugar
Italy
Regionally Speaking Military Men in News Overseas and at Home
Sgt Robert A Bolen, ammunition supply technician with the 180th Air Base Wing in Japan, enlisted in the Air Force for three years and has served at Lackland and Elgin bases before joining the Far East forces. Other Beckley area service members include Pearlie Elmore with the First Cavalry in Korea, Cecil A. Crookshanks and Gordon E. Carr visiting allied countries, Cpl Ann P. Nagy transferring to McClellan AFB, Pfc Anthony Sokola graduating Air Force Communications School, Pvt Cecil E. Jennings at Brooke AM Center, and three Beckley youths training at Naval Training Center Great Lakes.
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Peggy Kessinger
180Th Air Base
Japan
Robert A. Bolen
S. H. Bolen
Coal City
Air Force
Bolen
Huntington
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Elgin Air Force Base
Fla
Far East
Pearlie Elmore
J. N. Barlowe
I Beckley
Benming
Korea
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Wyo
McClellan Air Force Base
Sacramento
Calif
Ann P. Nagy
George Nagy
Rt. 1
Beckley
Credit Bureau of
Sophia HighSchool
Pfc
Sokola
Scott School
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Francis FP. McCluskey
J. C. McCluskey
Russell Street
William M. Myles
Westwood Drive
Robert R. McClung
G. L. McClung
French Street
Navy
Asterisks in the Congressional Directory draw ire
Hal Boyle recounts a recurring house discussion sparked by the 82nd Congress directory. The 724 page volume lists newspaper and radio correspondents and marks wives with asterisks, prompting Boyle and his wife to debate visibility. She objects to being an asterisk, urging inclusion as Mrs. and Mr. The piece ends with a plan to lobby for exclamation points for wives in the 1952 edition.
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ED Greagh
Hal Boyle
Washington
Government
Congressional Directory
Pressure for Speed in U.S. Defense Drive Grows
Nation faces urgent push to speed up defense planning as Congress weighs draft age, taxes, and inflation controls. Officials note momentum after Korea gains and open talks among United States, Britain, France, and Russia hint at easing East–West tensions. Senate debates draft and troop deployment while defense orders and wage controls strain labor.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
Korea
Russia
Aiiachxea
Europe
Eurene
France
Congress
Senate
Race to San Francisco fuels Ellen and Jim Quick
In the best seller Rainbow chapter, Jim Quick and Ellen push their clipper American Beauty toward San Francisco for a $50,000 prize and Ellen's favor, while rival Captain Bill Quick steers the Sea Star. Ellen urges strategic wind use as the crew cheers a record 397 miles in one day, with trust and rivalry shaping their voyage and resolve.
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Jim Quick
Bill
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Ellen
Jim
Dora
Mr. Henson
Trix
Quick
Mr. Trix
Wismer
Frisco Bay
South Ameriica
Captain Quick
Elfen
New York
Elen
Cape Horn
Sandy Hook
Bill Quick
Patty
iSea
Frisco
No Quick
Labor's rebellion and the Truman anti union clash
Stewart Alsop analyzes the tense domestic crisis sparked by labor’s revolt against Mobilization Chief Wilson and the Truman administration. He highlights John L. Lewis, General Lucius Clay, Philip Murray, James Carey, and Walter Reuther as central actors, and notes White House tensions and hopes for cooling tempers while warning of broader risks to the labor movement and nation.
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Stewart Alsop
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Truman
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Lucius Clay
Wilson
Gen
Clay
General Atomic
Philip Murray
James Carey
Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Carey
General Electric
Electrical Workers
Reuther
Murray
A. F. of L
Labor
U. S
George Harrison
Willson
Tru
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