Spring Season Urges Housecleaning And Warm Weather Hopes
A column reflects on the annual spring onset with duties like airing out the house and yard work. It relays anecdotes of a giant 11 inch egg claimed by a Stuart Virginia hen, supported by affidavits, and cites a Virginia high school parody about adolescent behavior from the Eagle Dispatch. It also notes a May first shift to a five day work week for British coal miners with six day pay as a bonus, plus German rationing moves and a humorous contrast to American mining conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
W. G. Harris
Ridge Avenue
New Hampshire
Stuart
Harris
Stuart Enterprise
Enterprise
C. W. Smith
Ararat
Virginia
Smith
Coal Board
Germany
One Choice for US Aid in the Cold War Dilemma
The piece argues the United States must supply capital equipment aid food and brains to smaller nations while Russia offers only coercion and requisition, warning Greece as a test case. It asserts Western Europe and Western Asia fear Soviet influence and that American sacrifice is necessary to preserve democracy and world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Dset
Europe
Western Asia
U.S.S.R
Great Britain
Greece
Mediterranean
America
Beckley Seeks New Industries as Coal Decline Accelerates
West Virginia records 59 new manufacturing charters last year but Raleigh County remains unserved. Beckley eyes a men’s clothing factory with a 500 job payroll, seeking local funding to build a rental factory. Other counties plan multi million projects from electric developments to mills, signaling broader diversification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Raleigh
Mason and Pleasants Counties
American Cyanamid Company
Pleasants County
du Pont
Wood County
Diamond Alkali
Putnam County
General Cigar
Cabell County
Burlington Mills
Mercer County
Berkeley-Virginia Woolen Company
Jefferson County
Beckley
Raleigh County
Hhe
Red Cross Focuses on Global Responsibility for Americans
The article notes that overseas American volunteers and staff recognize duties beyond national borders. It cites recent European and Asian events as catalysts for appreciating a broader, global mission of relief and aid.
Red Cross Appeals For Funds To Aid Servicemen Abroad
The article urges swift completion of the Red Cross drive to support service members overseas with canteens and comforts. It notes ex servicemen remember foreign views of Americans and frames gifts as patriotic pledges supporting those at outposts defending the nation’s new role in world affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umiform
Red Cross
Army
Navy
The
International Situation Leaves Little Guy Confused
AP writer James Marlow portrays the public as puzzled by postwar diplomacy. Molotov proposes talks on China and disarming Germany while Truman pushes Greeks and Turks against Communists. Bevin and others jab at Russians and Japan speaks of war damages and peace treaties as 80,000 Irish march in New York. The average citizen wonders when the pieces will fit, if ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Tomah
Tuni
Molotov
China
Germany
Australia
Truman
Moscow
Bevin
Buea
Marshall
Japan
MacArthur
New York
St. Patrick
Sena
Tydings
Maryland Democrat
Heaars
Julle
Seminoles Drift Toward Modern Life While Guarding Old Ways
The Seminole tribe, once closed to white contact, shows signs of change as young members embrace schooling and mainstream sports while elders fade. Officials say the band, now 740 strong on limited reservations, eyes craft and farming, though many fear slow cultural absorption and continued isolation in the Everglades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Everglades
Georgia
General Sherman
Florida
Miami Beach
Palm Beach
K A. Marmon
Marimon
Josie Billie
Billie
Marmon
Everglaces
Filibuster foe La Morse speaks long on labor bills
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon held the Senate floor for five hours presenting labor bills he drew up. He apologized afterward saying his lengthy address should not reflect a lack of ability to speak at length. The occasion drew reactions from a crowded chamber and sparked debate over filibuster practices.
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Jane Eads
Washington
Wayne la Morse
Ore
Senate
Texas
Cgeorge Messa
Eisenhower
Abdul el Bul-Bul Ameer
Gali-Gali
Manhattan
Family feud over estate tests nurse Kay at home
Kay Walker, a nurse, confronts hostility in the Taylor household as she argues for civility while facing removal from the will. Grandmother Taylor backs Kay as Alicia and Mimi clash with Kay and Warren remains aloof. The scene ends with Kay agreeing to listen to Warren play piano as tensions simmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Walker
Matt Taylor
Mimi Taylor
Alicia
Grandmother Taylor
Kay
Matt
Hal
Warren
Ayl
Mimi
Mother Taylor
Grandmother
Mim
Taylor
Abstinence Society
Edwin Blake
Haiti in Ideological Clash as New Regime Seeks Aid
Washington reports Haiti, the region's oldest republic, faces poverty and foreign pressure under a revolutionary government. Communists gain influence while the Peronist Argentine regime eyes ties as Haiti seeks a loan from the United States and Eximbank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Ferap
Washington
Haiti
United States
Peron
Argentina
Lois Butler A Teen Prima Donna In Hollywood
Lois Butler at fifteen combines bubble gum habits and schoolroom nerves with a poised soprano voice. Indianapolis born starlet acts under Eagle Lions studio trailer, earning 200 dollars weekly with options to 3000 after seven years. Her mother enforces an exemplary student clause while Lois trains with coach Mario Silva for her first film Clementine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Hnandsaker
Hollywood
Lois Butler
Lois
Superior Court
Lillian Butler
Lauis
Mario Silva
Delibes
Bell
Playwrights Striving For Pro Status
Nine amateur writers unite as Associated Playwrights Inc to seek professional status. They relocate from Broadway to Henry Street Settlement on Grand Street to stage their work for theater lovers who cannot afford uptown prices. Led by Ed Mitchell, they plan their first season with support from the Theater Guild seminar and scholarships awarded to three members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack O'Brien
New York
Associated Playwrights, Inc
Broadway
Henry St
Grand Street
Theater Guild
Guild
Momma Sparrow
Roo
Ed Mitchell
Ning Young Men
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Stalyford
Eagle Dispatch
Woodrow Wilson High School
Gable
Red Cross Overseas
World
Asia
Upa
Boyle
Mesta
George Tyson
Newport
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Vida Hurstine
Leland Howard
U. S. Mint
House Appropriations Committee
Howard
Dumarslas Estimo
U. S
Caribbean
Juan Domingo Peron
Port Au Prince
Iran
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
X-M
Hispaniola
Quest
Hailias
Stength
Estimo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Clementine
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