Coal Oil Link Sparks Synthetic Fuel Debate At Industry Summit
Reported plans by Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co and Standard Oil Development Co to produce oil products from coal raise worries over new coal outlets and oil shortages. The piece notes a 1951 start, 6.6 million tons of coal input annually, and potential long term economic shifts due to atomic energy and future power costs.
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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Standard Oil Development Company
United States
University of Chicago
Democrats Nominate R. Carl Andrews To Run For Charleston Mayor
The Charleston municipal race features banker R. Carl Andrews, a sustained Democrat with Kanawha County political ties and a 1940 gubernatorial primary run. The piece argues the Dawson machine holds city power, questions platform promises, cites Beckley garbage issues, and urges voters to scrutinize whether Democrats can deliver.
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R. Carl Andrews
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston m
Kanawha County
Andrews
Dawson
Charleston
Beckley
Bluestone Dam Power Plans Put on Hold in Kanawha Basin
Hinton chamber hears that hydro power at Bluestone dam depends on building more flood storage in the Kanawha basin. Army engineers say a TVA like project could come later, but a ready electricity market is needed before any generation. The dam is under flood control construction, with potential for future generating equipment. Locals fear long wait for current.
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Hinton
Bluestone
Tygart
Grafton
Ohio
Mississippi
Bluestone Way
Thin Profit Margin at Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal
The Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company reveals last year’s spending from every dollar of coal sales. Sixty cents went to workers including 56.4 cents for wages and vacations, 1.4 cents for social security and unemployment costs, 1 cent for workmen’s compensation, and 11 cents to the union welfare fund. The remaining 40 cents covered other expenses.
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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Consolidation
Union Welfare Fund
Edison Helped Build Fort Myers A City Of Light
HAL BOYLE reports from Fort Myers Florida on Thomas A Edison his wife and family memories of the early days when the inventor chose a Maine built house shipped in sections for Florida winters. Mrs Edison recalls his endless curiosity and how Fort Myers and Edison Memorial shaped the city now famed for its palm shaded streets.
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Hal Boyle
Fort Myers, Fla
Thomas A. Edison
Fort Myers
Mr. Edison
Maine
Mrs. Edison
Florida
Edison
Henry Ford
Communists fail to present case before Congress panel
James Marlow notes Eugene Dennis failed to state his real name and read a 19 page defense before the House un American Activities Committee. Newsmen walked out as Dennis dodged identity questions and the session ended without a clear party case.
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James Marlow
Washington
Eugene Dennis
Dennis
New York
House Committee On un-American Activities
Communist ‘Party
Congressional Committee
Robert E. Stripling
Stripling
Francis Waldron
China
Manchuria
Communist Party
Broadway Criticism Of Bing Crosby Angers Fans
A magazine piece The Decline of Bing Crosby stirs fans as George Frazer faces backlash. The article mentions Tommy Lyman leaving Jimmy Ryan's and planning a new club, Don Richards headline at the Waldorf, Martha Raye and Nick Condos forming Mirth Time, Red Barber's charity drive for St Barnabas House, and various Broadway tidbits including auditions, songwriters, and Vanity Fair dancers.
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Jack O'Brian
New York
Bing Crosby
Bing
George Frazier
Tommy Lyman
Jimmy Ryan
East Side
Don Richards
Finian
Rainbow
the Waldorf
Wedgewood Room
Martha Raye
Nick Condos
Danny Kaye
Joe E. Lewis
Harry Richman
Jane Froman
Willie Howard
Red Barber
St. Barnabas House
Arthur Godfrey
Baltimore
Bessie Mack
Bessie
Guy Lombardo
Boston
Arthur North
Broadway
Fanny Brice
Jess Oppenheimer
Fanny
Vanity Fair
Tiheara
June Duty
Claxon Horn
Matter Of Fact No Need For U.S. To Follow British Lead In Near East
Stewart Alsop argues that British policy in Palestine is driven by deep Soviet concerns rather than military strategy. He notes Arab-Jewish tensions, British muddling, and the risk of Soviet leverage if a Jewish state is proclaimed, urging the United States not to mimic Britain despite shared aims.
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Near East
Stewart Alsop
Jerusalem
Palestine
Soviet Union
London
Labor
Labor Party
Britain
Cyprus
Greece
Delta
Suez Canal
Eritrea
Aden
Iraq
Middle East
East Africa
United Nations
Jews Agency
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America
Kay
Yin
Taylor
Mimi
Chin
Constanly
Grandmother
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Kay and Warren share a hopeful mood as their relationship deepens despite obstacles. Grandmother Taylor recalls past romance while Kay prepares for a visit with Mimi and confronts questions about Warren’s marital status and the future. Mimi presses Kay with a sharp question about Warren’s marriage. The two women discuss the situation as the day unfolds.
Shy Italian tenor wins praise at White House dinner
Ferruccio Tagliavini, a shy yet powerful voiced tenor, wowed Washington journalists at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. He performed before the President and other guests, expressing gratitude and vows to aid Italo American goodwill.
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Jane Eads
Washington
Ferruccio Tagliavini
White House
Dahl -Essed
Association
Tagliavini
Metropolitan Opera
Rodolfo
Italy
United Stites
Hitchcock Uses Four Cameras for Paradine Case Shoot
Hollywood reports Alfred Hitchcock filming The Paradine Case with four cameras at once. Each camera captures a distinct subject from Gregory Peck questioning to Laughren and Leo Carroll in the Old Bailey setting. The technique intensifies mood but doubles risk of misreads and editing complexity.
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Gene Handsaker
Hollywood
Alfred Hitchock
Hitchock
Gregory Peck
Louis Jourcard
Charles
Instow
Leo Carroll
Britain
Selznick
London
Old Bailey” Court
Alfred William Burt
London Tribunal
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