Wartime Planning Drives American Industrial Readiness
The Army and Navy Munitions Board outlines a master wartime plan to protect the United States from knockout blows. It would create agencies to direct production, allocate materials, and control manpower, prices, and transport, with annual revisions. Stockpiling, standard equipment, government plants kept on standby, and dispersed industry are features to speed lightning production against a global war threat.
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United States
Army and Navy Munitions Board
ANME
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Darge
ANMB
America
Pittsburgh
New York
Beckley
Berlin
London
Consolation on Lester Maben route paving decision
The State Road Commission and the Governor say the Lester Maben road to Mullens cannot be paved now and can only be improved as a secondary route. The piece urges patience, notes regional needs, and suggests renewing paving campaigns after improvements and district approval.
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State Road Commission
Lester-Maben
Mullens
Charleston
Slab Work District Road Committee
Keyser Man Admits Killing Wife Over Alleged Infidelity
Elmer Cosner, a Keyser mailman, cried on the witness stand after admitting he beat his wife to death over suspected infidelity. He pleaded remorse, saying he loved his wife and did not mean to harm her. A toy ballbat lay near the scene, adding lurid detail to the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keyser Mailman
Elmer Cosner
Cosner
Beulah Beckley Letter Debate on Killing Dogs and Yard Care
A Beckley reader defends dogs as pets and condemns poisoning. The letter argues dogs are peaceful, urges neighbors to protect lawns from dog damage, recalls a boyhood dog Chum, and rebuts claims that dog owners are criminal. The writer condemns murder as a solution and calls for humane treatment.
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Dwight Mitchell
Beckley
Mullens
Chum
College Vets Seek Real Money And Housing Fix
Charlie Sample, a Navy veteran and Missouri sophomore, writes about GI Bill realities in Columbia. He cites housing costs, crowded campuses, and the need for higher subsistence pay while praising university support and VA cooperation as veterans pursue education in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Sample
Uncle Sam
Navy
Pacific
Sample
University of Missouri
Hal Boyle
Columbia
Scnoo
G.I
Labor Bill Looms Large for Truman in 1948 Race
President Truman faces a high-stakes choice on a sweeping labor bill after Congress passes its versions. A veto could trigger coal strikes and voter backlash, potentially shaping the 1948 elections as organized labor and Republicans mobilize around or against his decision.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Congress
House
House of Congress
Senate
Organized Labor
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Mr. Truman
The Booster Backs Off In Gotham Holiday Tour
New York feature by Jack OBrien profiles a career thief known as The Booster. A professional shoplifter with 30 years in the game he visits Broadway while avoiding major cities and holiday spikes in theft. He boasts of speed and knack for slipping items past stores with minimal risk.
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Jack O'Brien
New York
Buffalo
Police
Booster
Jack
Broadway
New York City
Jersey
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
Firemen Respond to Second Lumber Fire in Beckley
Firemen answered a second call in two days to Beckley Lumber and Supply on Piney Avenue. Fire Chief Bernard Martin said rusted wires on the incinerator let sparks escape, igniting the roof yesterday and a shaving pile this morning. Officials agreed to repair the screen.
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Lumber Fire City
Beckley Lumber and Supply Company
Piney Avenue
Bernard Martin
Martin
Special Meeting Planned by Junior Woman's Club Tonight
Mrs. John Schulle announces a special meeting of the Junior Woman's Club at 8 o'clock in the club rooms on Park Avenue. The group will plan the dinner dance scheduled later this month.
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Park Avenue
John Schulle
Monetary crisis looms as US exports meet need with debt
Joseph Alsop warns Washington of a growing world monetary crisis. US deficits and gold losses threaten France Italy and Britain. Steps proposed include renewing export controls, reviving the World Bank, and expanding lending, with action likely in 1948. The piece contrasts gloom with a fin de siècle call for timely policy to avert chaos.
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Joseph Alsop
Washington
Germany
Japan
Southeast Asia
Britain
Europe
United States
Wales
Sweden
Mexico
Canada
France
Italy
Dean G. Acheson
Cleveland
Miss
Federal Reserve
Acheson
James Webb
Commerce
Averell Harriman
The
Treasury
John Snyder
World Bank
John J. McCloy
Congress
Plant To Prosper idea spreads from Memphis to farms
A community driven program named Plant To Prosper helps farmers diversify crops and improve home life. Originating with Memphis editor Walter Chambers and spreading to Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi and Missouri, it moves from a one crop cotton era to a broader farming enterprise aiming for self sufficiency and rising incomes. The effort includes separate contests for Negro and white farmers and landowners, with county agents and Farm Security Administration supervision.
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New Memphis
Tenn
Seven
South
Edgar Nicholson
Swifton
Ark
Memphismor
Nicholson
Tom Alderson
Toone
Walter (Bull) Durham
Chambers of Commerce
Farm Security Administration
Jans
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alderson
Missouri
L. H. Majure
Helena
Night Murder Witness in San Francisco
Carol Glenn witnesses a strange man’s murder and fears she saw more than an accident. Reporter Larry Coleman collects her story as tension rises with the looming police inquiry and a wary newsroom deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Glenn
San Francisco
Rod Blake
Larry Coleman
Morning Times
Carol
Larry
the Times
Hogan
Miss Glenn
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Thomas JF. Stafford
Ferdinand
Boyle
Charles Sample
Columbia, Mo
Hollywood
Gotham
Memphis
Southland
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