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Not Far Enough Curfew Ordinance Criticized
A City Council approved curfew law is praised as reasonable but deemed insufficient. The editor argues parents should be held responsible for chronic curfew offenders and fined or jailed, asserting proper home supervision could prevent juvenile mischief and crime after midnight. The piece frames parental accountability as essential to effectiveness.
Driving the Future With West Virginia Road Tech
Firestone President Lee Jackson envisions a safer highway system with electronically controlled traffic. Cars will be guided by radio devices and highway control stations, monitoring speed and clearing hazards ahead. Radar will prevent collisions while highways remain ice and fog free.
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West Virginia
Firestone
Lee Jackson
Jackson
From Fancy to Reality: Coal to Oil Plan by National Security Board
The National Security Resources Board under Chairman W. Stuart Symington should map coal to oil synthetic production to curb reliance on Middle East and South American shipments. With World War III looming, boosting synthetic coal oil could shield supply lines and strengthen national security by using home resources.
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National Security Resources Board
W. Stuart Symington
America
Middle East
South America
NLRB
Iraq
Iran
Venezuela
United States
BUG DUST By Thomas J. Stafford
A column notes citizen complaints about Whitesville police policies, urging redress by coordinated action. It also covers a Woodrow Wilson High School concert featuring the Charleston Symphony Orchestra with commentary on audience attendance and music reception. The piece closes with musings on observances for Be Kind to Animals Week National Music Week National Restaurant Week and National Family Week.
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Whitesville
Woodrow Wilson High School
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Charleston Symphony
Woodrow Wilson Auditorium
Australia
Bug Dust
Break the Bookies plan aims at Housewife Gambler revolt
HAL BOYLE proposes a bold scheme where American wives sue to recover gambling losses and organize mass betting to break up illegal bookmaking. The column imagines women pooling funds, betting on long odds, and suing bookmakers, highlighting moral purpose and profit while noting human flaws and potential backlash within households.
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Hal Boyle
New York
The Nation Today Guarding Civil Liberty Unending Job for Court
James Marlow discusses the evolving balance between freedom and security in the U S Constitution and Supreme Court. He notes that new laws and court decisions shape liberties, with justice officials like Justice Jackson and Chief Justice Vinson warning against overreach.
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U. S
America
Congress
States
Supreme Court
Jackson
Vinson
The Wine of Etna by Alexander Baron reviews
A WWII Sicily tale sees Capt Rumbold and his men in Catania in August 1943. The novel contrasts war's discipline with intimate longing as English soldiers share wine, chocolate, and fleeting connections with local women. Baron’s second work echoes the intensity of From the City From The Plough with sobering, vivid realism.
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Catania
Sicily
Rumbold
Sergt
Craddock
Honeycombe
Piggott
Fooks
Broom
Geoff Jobling
Marty
Graziella
Paloma
Nella
Francesca
Rosario
Ciccio
Etna
Sergi
Baron
Abbey Tales and a Hidden Child in English Farm
Midshipman Anthony OConnell, now Zachary, hides near Sprigg farm as Stella Sprigg, a rescued child, is punished for feeding him. Dr Crane narrates a medieval tale of Hugh de Bruiere, Lady Hester, and de Pomeroy, leading to a Norbertine abbey built by de Bruiere. Stella learns more of her past and receives her keepsakes from Mother Sprigg.
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Anthony O'Connell
Zachary
Spriggs
Stella Sprigg
Stella
Dr. Crane
Hugh de Bruiere
Hester
House of Ilsham
de Bruiere
de Pomeroy
Ilsham
Pomeroy
Torbay
Dart
Hugh
Adam
de Brutere
Daniel
St. Michael’s Chapel
Rosalind
Father
Mother Sprigg
Old Sol
Madge
Hodge
Jack Crocker
Torre Abbey
Jella
Locket Mystery and a Millers Welcome
A girl hides a Greek inscription in a gold locket while Zachary travels to Barton. He finds a watermill and impresses a jovial miller with wit and promise, offering to weed, paint, sing, and help with bills for a shilling a week.
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Zachary
Stealla
Barton
Demmeel
Western defense crisis hinges on Acheson leadership
London opening stresses that Western defense hinges on a larger American effort led by Secretary Acheson. It argues for French inclusion in the combined chiefs, a broadened Western general staff, and U.S. commitment to a major defense buildup to prevent a broader crisis across Europe and Asia.
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Joseph Alsop
London
Dean G. Acheson
Cabus
Washington
Acheson
Pentagon
Brussels
Hague
Louis A. Johnson
Britain
France
Benelux
Ning
Soviet Union
Western Europe
British Isles
West
United States
Field Marshal Montgomery
Germany
Truman
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Thomas J. Stafford
Boyle
Hannah S. Kartiganer
Jules H. Bender
Bender
Plug Ugly
Sadfoot
James Marlow
Literary Guidepost
Alexander Baron
Washburn
Gentian Hill
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