Amere Gas Utilities case to PSC examined for scope and motives
Editorial argues the Public Service Commission should scrutinize Amere Gas Utilities before approving any restriction on sales to new customers for heating. It urges limits on future expansion and warns against gas appliance monopoly gains, tying the issue to broader wartime mobilization and economic impact.
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Amere Gas Utilities Company
Public Service Commission
Ita
Commission
Amere
Oout
Bluefield
iThe Commission
Should We Critic Them We Ready for Peace and Rebuild
The author urges restraint in criticizing European allies for slower rearming. He notes Americans avoided wartime destruction, enabling postwar recovery and the Marshall Plan. The piece highlights U S preparedness for limited war in Korea and the intact productive base from World War II.
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Bay of Biscay
Korea
The Dizzy Side of Life and the Race Against Time
Kipling style reflection on John Hay who chased a day by circumnavigating the globe by train and ship. He later sat in a swing chair as the world revolved beneath him to cheat time. A British jet bomber tale prompts the idea that future offspring could outpace the sun with speed and machines.
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Rudyard Kipling
John Hay
Hay
North Atlantic
Equator
Divine Paradox Highlighted in Corinthians Verse
A Bible verse presents a paradox of divine choice, noting that God selects what the world deems foolish to confound the wise, emphasizing humility and divine wisdom over human judgment. The quote comes from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians.
Nature Walks and Sundays: Bug Dust on Church, Golf, and Woods
Bug Dust muses on Sunday church attendance versus golf and outdoor walks. He argues nature offers spiritual solace and quotes Bryant on nature's healing power. Beckley woods and fields are praised as sources of beauty and renewal, with a note that outdoors lovers feel closer to God than in church.
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Morpheus
William Cullen Bryant
May’s Woodland Pageantry and Nature’s Quiet Majesty
Poet Henry Timrod inspires field and forest imagery as spring blooms emerge in woods and valleys. The piece urges readers to seek natural beauty close to home, on sunny days and Sundays, to commune with nature and feel a sense of divine majesty.
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Shenandoah Valley
Carolina Gardens
Push-Button Pier Ready in Baltimore Ore Facility
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad unveiled a 5.6 million dollar ore pier that can dig 30 000 tons of ore from ships in 24 hours using 43 second scoop cycles. It feeds 600 ton storage and 60 car trains, linking to Bethlehem Steel and eastern plants. Governors, mayors and industry leaders attended the inauguration.
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Associated Press
Altimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Africa
South America
Chilore
Bethlehem. Steel
Chile
Bethlehem
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Thomas D'Alesandro
Baltimore
S. Page Nelson
Baltimore Association of Commerce
Roy Barton White
Curtis Bay
Baltimore Harbor
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Soreigh
Intercoastal
Uinload
Pittsburgh
Great Lakes
Truman MacArthur Dispute Outlines Main Questions
Washington debates the Truman MacArthur clash focusing on firing decisions war wideness and risks. MacArthur argues widening could end war faster, Marshall warns of Russian entry while administration emphasizes limited Korea to stop Communist advance.
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Associated Press
Washington
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Senate
Marshal
Truman
Russia
China
Marshall
Korea
U.N
Manchuria
Asia
Europe
Lindustria
Ito
Prayers of Love and War in Wartime Romance
Stephen Wendt reviews Paul Lightoller in a World War II romance set between Algiers and England. A novelist's hush hush service, separations, and a strained marriage unfold through present and past timelines as he recalls an ill fated liaison with a young American woman amid danger and secrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Wendt
Macmillan
Paul Lightoller
Paul
Algiers
Genevieve
Valeska
Suzanne
Darling
Local News Terms and Rates From The Associated Press
The notice outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions by mail with six months or one year advance payments. It references billing responsibility, distribution regions, and AP dispatch use. The document lists regional advertising representatives and city offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Stafford
Seanazing
Associated Press
Associated Brew Up
AP News
Brooks & Finley
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Beckley Elks Chevaliers wow audience at Woodrow Wilson High
The 28 voice Beckley Elks Chevaliers debuted publicly at Woodrow Wilson High School, performing Bach to Brahms with duo accompaniment by Mrs. Sloan and Anna Ruth McKinney. The Kanawha Trio joined for selections including Spanish Serenade and Swanee River. Pianist Sylvester Slate impressed Beckley audience with Clair de lune. The program closed with the stirring You'll Never Walk Alone and Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Boeckley
Elks Choraliers
Sibelius
Bennett
Rogers-Ringwald
Lsteners
Kanawha
Sylvester Slate
Debussy
Pughard
The
Beckley Choraliers
Elks Lodge
Elks
Beckley, Elks Chevaliers
Freedom First and the Danger of Government Overreach
A guest editorial argues that modern policy risks drifting toward dictatorial control, threatens individual freedom, and favors government expansion over personal responsibility. The author cites Social Security, inflation, and wage controls, proposing tax-funded spending as a cure and urging adherence to virtuous fundamentals from Jefferson and Mason.
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E. E. Bibb
Wilbur Bays
U.S. Charber of Commerce
Washington
Ben Moreell
Sones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Russia
Great Britain
Western defense plan hinges on Eisenhower force buildup
Gen Eisenhower aims to mount a Western European defense with about twenty divisions on the Rhine by next spring to halt Soviet thirty six divisions in Poland and East Germany. But satellite rearmament and the Kremlin’s full force, estimated at around two hundred divisions, keep the danger for at least a year and require rapid resolve of outstanding gaps in Germany and allied forces.
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Truman
Charles E. Wilson
Europe
America
United States
European
Joseph Alsop
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Krimlin
Rhine
Germany
Poland
Kremlin
Russia
Ukraine
Balkans
East Germany
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Acs
Kregulin
West
Eisenhower
Western
Ger
Nee Mans
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Formosa
Literary Guidepost
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Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Cookiee Wig and Hinton
W. Va
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S Tien
Lord Action
George Mason
Thomas Jefferson
Joseph and
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