Tennessee Tombigbee inland waterway merits debated
Editorial cites U.S. Rep. Rankin praising the Tennessee Tombigbee inland waterway as vital for West Virginia and national security. He argues the slack water route from the Gulf to the Ohio would boost coal, limestone, and finished goods traffic while returning iron ore and other materials, though funds are tight with war needs.
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U. S
John E. Rankin
West Virginia
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Ohio River
Rankin
Mississippi
Tennessee-Tombigee
Gulf
Great Lakes
Army
Congress
America
Paper Cups and the American Scheme
An essay-like piece extols the paper cup’s wide use in society from stadiums to travel, hospitals, and military PXs noting its scarcity during wartime. It warns against stockpiling and cites Field Research Division of the Paper Cup and Container Institute and Eddie Stromp in civilian defense circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Sox
Georgia
Px’s
America
Paper Cup and Container Institute, Inc
Paper Cup
Eddie Stromp
Beckley
Press freedom under threat in Argentina under Peron
The piece warns of Argentina's press crackdown as La Prensa fails and La Nacion faces pressure. It links Peronist suppression to broader danger to democracy and urges Washington to act against Argentina and similar regimes to defend free world press.
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Argentina
Italy
Germany
Hitler
Mussolini
United Nations
la Prensa
Peron
Buenos Aires
la Nacion
Washington
U.N
Russia
United States
Free World
Local youths denied blood donation at school station
Two boys aged 10 and 11 attempt to donate blood at Woodrow Wilson High School. A Red Cross worker explains donors must be 28, prompting 114 people to give a pint on the first day. The article notes volunteers, a missing relative in Korea, and Red Cross logistics.
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Johnny O'Dell
Wayne Tucker
Woodrow Wilson High School
Korea
Beckley
Marvin Meadows
Sprague Czi- Sp Zens
Charles Ward
The
Red Cross
Moppets
National Guard
Blood donation urged as vital wartime aid in Raleigh County
Red Cross workers describe blood as a powerful weapon surpassing mortars and jets. They urge local residents to pledge donations for 6,600 pints needed in 12 months, with bloodmobiles returning May 2 22 and a call to sign pledge cards echoing a biblical plea.
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Red Cross
Raleigh
Our Constitution Worth Defending Here by Barbara Mosby
DuBois High School student Barbara Mosby delivers a patriotic oration on the Constitution's promises. She frames the preamble as a guide to rights, liberty, justice, and national duty. The piece highlights unity, God, and enduring American ideals as essential to posterity and liberty.
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Barbara Moshy
United States
America
Earth
Heaven
Hell
Congress
Barbara Mosby
Ulysses A. Mosby
Red Star
American Legion
Stratton High School
DuBois High School
Military names honored in Korea and homefront service
Regionally Speaking notes S Sgt. James F. Fontana of Mount Hope received a Combat V commendation for leading a machine gun section in Korea from Sept. 15 to Nov. 2 and later being wounded in action. The report traces Fontana’s World War II service and notes his prior training and family details. It also lists other veterans signing for Air Force service and Naval Training Center trainees from Beckley and surrounding counties with brief biographical notes.
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Peggy Kessinger
Korea
James F. Fontana
Dominick Fontana
Mt Hope
Fayette County Marine
Fontana
Acion
Caneni
Six Marine Regiment
Provisional Marine Brigade
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Cape of Gloucester
Wyoming County
Air Force
Alexander Lane
Bud
Emil Posey Cocke
Oceana
Langley Biewie. Ee
Kelbe
Aleutian Islands
The
Philippines
Industry Shakes Off Labor Problems To Raise Output
The steel industry and related sectors eased labor tensions and boosted production. Jones and Laughlin shut some plants to stabilize Monongahela rail lines while other mills faced fewer strikes. Defense orders and expansion plans pushed output toward wartime levels, with record profits reported by nickel and chemical firms and a hopeful price stabilization outlook from government officials. The New York Stock Market regained losses late in the week as rail rate increases were approved in several regions.
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Richard Fiske
Industry
New York
Defense
Dustry
Pittsburgh Works
Jones
Week Ald
im-Laughlin Steel Corporation
Monongahela
Cro|road
Laughlin
Federal Reserve
Koppers Company
Chemical Division Oy
Port Arthur
Texas
Kobuta
Washington
International Nickel Company of Canada
aiWorld
Celanese Corporation of America
Dun and Bradstreet
Business Reporting Service
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Michael V.disalle
Federal Reserve Board
Slife
March of Science Venereal Rate Reverses and Climbs
The piece reports a reversal of venereal disease decline due to war prep and federal funding cuts. It notes quick cures for syphilis and gonorrhea may raise reinfection risk, with penicillin eight day cures and a proposed single shot under study. Attention is drawn to staffing cuts reducing disease detection and late case discovery.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
Charles W. Clark
M. D
American Social Hygiene Association
Bureau of the Budget
RFC Like Morgue Draws Fire From Congress and Public
The RFC described as a morgue by C Edward Rowe faces congressional charges of influence in White House circles and a grand jury probe. Borrowers fear applying for loans, fearing headlines with their names. Federal and state venereal disease funding may fall as campaigns trim rates. Pending data suggest misleading trends in syphilis and gonorrhea, while premarital sex education gains traction.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
RFC
C. Edward Rowe
White House
United States
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