Beckley Newspapers notes on mail rates and distribution
An old notice from Beckley Newspapers Corporation outlines mailing class, home delivery contacts, and distribution responsibilities. It mentions AP News Dispatch exclusivity and distribution across San Francisco Los Angeles Atlanta Dallas and Beckley readers with subscription terms and carriage contracts.
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Aueals
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
Weer
Virginia
AL Carries
Dlatibutors
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Jefferson on equal rights and the voter choice before the primary
The piece invokes Jefferson to urge voters on the eve of the primary to separate the chaff from the wheat, cast ballots for the best candidates on their party tickets, and exercise the power of government by the people. It emphasizes individual rights, informed judgment, and the impact of voting on future governance.
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Thomas Jefferson
Beckley Community Spirit Drives Recreation Building Plan
The Beckley community launched a drive to raise funds for a recreation building. The effort aims to bring a local gathering space and activities to residents, with the project reflecting the town’s cooperative spirit.
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Beckley
Beckley Adverts Unit Seeks Unusual Occupations for Publicity
Beckley Chamber Advertising Committee seeks people in unusual jobs to provide material for a short subject motion picture unit from Hollywood. President Phill McDaniel prompts members to name unusual occupations while Vice President Earwood reports on veteran hospital groundbreaking with local and state officials present. The program, in an election year, ends quickly with no politics, and Alderson Chamber asks help promoting its old college as an FA center.
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Beckley Chamber of Commerce Advertising Committee
Hollywood
Beckley
Chamber
Advertising Committee
Phill McDaniel
Paul Farwood
McDaniel
Veterane Hospital
Kilgore
Revercomb
Meadows
EH. Hetrick
American Legion
Bill Fugill
Douglas Weart
Earwood
Alderson Chamber of Commerce
Alderson College
Misread Letters and Soup Window: Vignettes in Local Life
A reader recounts Charlie Farmer asking what F F A stands for and E D Armstrong explains Future Farmers of America. A drunken man eats soup with salt and pepper shakers missing, prompting pursuit and gratitude misgivings. Phoebe Bledsoe and Albert Tieche dine at The Greenbrier with a French waiter mispronouncing a menu item.
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Jetter
Charlie Farmer
Farmer
E. D. Armstrong
Charlie
Future Farmers of America
Heber Street
Phoebe Bledsoe
Albert Tieche
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Albert
Phoebe
Beckley Drives Summer Sports Farm for City Glory
The fund raising for Beckley’s sports facilities shows strong local support. A Woodrow Wilson High School field gains lighting and bleachers funded by boosters and donations, with LEA Vecellio covering field expansion costs, and plans to raise 3000 by Junior Chamber and City Softball League. The effort, backed by the Senior Chamber of Commerce, aims to enhance football and baseball venues and build a better summer sports program for Beckley.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Woodrow Wilson
Beckley
West Virginia
Mountain
World of Difference Henry Wallace Speaks in Iowa
Henry Wallace tells an Iowa audience there is a world of difference between Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. He says Hitler is in a hotter world while Stalin remains in this one.
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Henry Wallace
Middle West
Iowa
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Henry
Vitler
Stalin
Boyle's Column: The Subway as City Mirror and Haven
Ha Boyle surveys New York subways as a microcosm and daily refuge. The piece paints the underground as danger and wonder, a home for the hungry, a storefront, a stage, and a paradox of vitality and fear. It notes riders’ dread, illegitimate trades, and the omnipresent risk of tragedy amid urban life.
Trade Pact Policy Seen As Key to Prosperity and Containing Communism
Washington reports on Secretary of State Marshall describing the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act as a cornerstone of U S foreign policy aimed at global prosperity and halting communism. Congress may renew or alter the act before its June 12 expiry amid debate over stronger congressional oversight.
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Washington
Marshall
Congress
State Department
Geneva
Switzerland
U. S
United States
International Trade Organization
ITO
United Nations
Havana
Cuba
U. S. Tariff Commission
Truman
House
Ways and Means
Rep
Gearhart
California
Public Forum Wyoming Teacher Claims Patrons Wanted His Back
J Lawrence Blankenship defends his record amid a May 7 article. asserts he was not removed as principal by board action but transferred after ten years. He cites a petition from Oceana community supporters and alleges political reasons behind the board’s decisions and claims prior treatment by school leadership.
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Wyoming
the Register
Baileysville
Herndon
Glen
Rogers
Oceana
1. J
Blankenship
Kuba
Night to Explain Chapter Twenty Three On Street Corner
The scene follows Dee and Michael as they monitor a large man in a gray hat and dark overcoat by a street light near Cozy Court. Dialogue reveals Michael’s Palo Alto home and San Francisco connection as they discuss safety and the tense moment.
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Cozy Court
Dee
Michael
Palo Alto
Rohrman
San Francisco
Thought for Today and a Quiet Town Mystery
In a quiet river town on a crisp Septembers evening Dee and Michael walk past lit houses toward a hotel while a tense mood and a shadowy, faceless man stalking them heighten fear. They debate seeking help from Rohrman and consider nearby dangers as a stranger approaches.
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Therg
Low River
Dee
Michael
Nervy chase through night shadows ends with taxi assist
Dee and Michael flee through a dark city street as a tense chase unfolds. She fears harm while he guards her with resolve. A sudden taxi offer interrupts the pursuit, offering a possible escape.
Revolution in the South Spurs Economic Transformation
Louis Bromfield notes a regional rise from 1940s stagnation to broad growth across the South and particularly North Carolina. He credits diversified farming, industrial expansion, and modern agriculture for higher incomes, lower prejudice, and lower national taxes as the South becomes a stabilizing force for the nation.
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U.S
Georgia
Henry Grady
Deep South
South
Middle-West
North Carolina
Ohio primary reshapes Taft Stassen outlook in 1952 race
The Ohio results leave Taft with a marginal revival but not a comeback, while Stassen gains a temporary cushion. Dewey’s path narrows, Oregon looms as decisive, and Old Guard Republicans reexamine stop Stassen options amid shifting momentum.
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Washington
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Harold
Joseph Alsop
Stewart Alsop
Thomas E. Dewey
Senator Taft
Dewey
Taft
Sen
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Roblert R. McCormick
Joseph W Martin
Odd
Oregon
Stassen Sees Vandenberg as Rival in Presidential Race
Joseph Alsop notes a shifting Republican landscape with Vandenberg as a rising rival to Stassen and Dewey. Deadlock at Philadelphia could boost a Vandenberg draft, and many Stassen supporters might swing to Vandenberg if he gains convention momentum.
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Stassen
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Philadelphia
Vandenberg
Senator Vandenburg
Taft
Dewey
Michigan
Van
van Beecome
United States
Oregon
Stas
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