West Virginia polities heat up as party chiefs clash
West Virginia politics intensifies as Democratic Chairman Hulett C. Smith accuses Governor Underwood of failing to deliver road improvements and political meddling in the road commission. GOP Chairman Daniel I. Louchery defends administration while Democrats tout reforms and deny extra highway tax needs.
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West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Underwood
State Road Commission
Daniel I. Louchery
GOP
Smith
Grafton
Louchery
Olien
Democrats
Pat Graney
Hulett Smith
Road Commission
Board of Public Works
Graney
Beler
Fairmont
County pays 178000 in Raleigh County road taxes under 1936 act
Taxes collected in Raleigh County as part of the federal road program totaled 178000 for the year, based on 860 per car and a one cent per gallon gas tax. Truck taxes on tires tubes and heavy vehicles plus higher fire taxes also funded the Highway Trust Fund. Filling station receipts rose to 5589000, while overall project costs exceed original estimates by over 3 million, delaying completion beyond the 13 to 15 year plan. A congressional move to shift funding may restore pace.
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Raleigh
Highway Trust Fund
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Hal Boyle on timing illness to gain respect
In a New York column Hal Boyle argues that being sick at the right moment elevates a man’s standing both at home and at work. He says the dead of winter is the season to be ill, and society often respects someone’s drama and struggles when illness is timely.
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Beckley
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Early
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Lena B. Carter
Godiies
Sis Lucas
Beckley Newspaper Notices and Odd Editorials From Raleigh Area
A Riverside style truncated page includes Beckley Newpapers Corp ads and telephones, subscription rates for West Virginia readers, plus a long satirical meditation on illness and social calls. The piece contrasts routine news notices with humorous, biting commentary on winter ailments and social obligations.
Military Men In News At Home And Abroad
Several West Virginia servicemen and relatives are highlighted. Airman Basic Eugene W. Hooker Jr. is selected as student leader at Keesler AFB Mississippi and will graduate to an Air Force unit. Pfc Freddy M. Waddell trains for Exercise Indian River near Yakima Washington as an engineer in First Battle Group. Pfc Joseph O. Carper completes a medical aid man course at Fort Bragg North Carolina and serves with the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell Kentucky. Eddie C. Robertson, radioman second class, returns to San Diego from a Western Pacific cruise aboard the USS Union. William P. Bressler serves on the USS Des Moines in the Mediterranean. Kermit Dol Heath awaits transfer aboard the USS Boston from Norfolk Virginia. Ronald R. Cooney serves at Cecil Field Jacksonville Florida after training in Memphis Tennessee.
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E. W. Hooker
McAlpin
Air Training Command Base
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Beckley
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
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Air Force
Indian River
Yakima
Wash
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Homer EF. Waddell
Beaver
Fighth Infantry
San Diego
Calif
Union
Western Pacific
Eddie C. Robertson
Lura’s. Robertson
Sprague
Greenwich Village nostalgia and crime notes mingle in Earl column
Earl reflects on old Bleecker Street and Greenwich Village neighbors once admired, noting changes as Gigante charged with assault on Costello. He recalls the Bleecker building plaque, a torn bar, and Eileen McKenney, plus Paris club, a postmaster link, and various society vignettes from New York gossip.
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Bleecker St
Vincent L. Gigante
Frank Costello
Murray Kempton
Murray
B. W
Bleecker
Gigante
John Scheib
Gilbert
Washington Sq
Washington Sq. S
Eileen McKenney
Ruth McKenney
Eileen
De Gaulle Ambivalence Murky France Premier Bid
Washington dispatch reports Charles de Gaulle remains vague about a plan for France’s premiership. Pflimlin’s resignation talk sparked speculation de Gaulle could lead, but his stated aims are unclear and risks include NATO status, Soviet ties, and the Algerian revolt.
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Charles de Gaulle
Assembly
de Gaulle
Pierre Pilimain
Pflimlin
Assem
de Gaudle
Fiat
Gale
French Republic
Australian ladybird beetle saved California citrus industry
The Australian ladybird beetle was introduced in San Francisco to combat insect pests on orange and lemon groves along the California coast. It performed effectively in protecting citrus crops. In Frederick the Great’s era Prussian troops used a white flag with a black eagle from Prussia’s coat of arms.
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California
San Francisco
Orange
Prussia
Fish hitch-hiking remora earns junior editors prize
Fishermen in tropical waters catch a large fish with a small remora attached to it. The remora uses a head boot-sole like sucker to cling to sharks, swordfish, tarpon, barracuda, turtles, and whales for transport and food. Jimmy Parsons of Bessemer, Ala wins $10 for submitting the question.
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Jimmy Parsons
Bessevier
Ala
Beckley
Two Brothers Sayre Deserve Summer Camp Support
Bug Dust notes readers urged to sponsor Johnny and Charlie Sayre two brothers from Crab Orchard. Johnny 31 and Charlie 12 attend Crab Orchard schools with perfect attendance despite a rough winter. Buck Lawrence's step-sons, the boys walk four miles daily to school and their father is unemployed coal miner. A reader urges community groups to back their attendance at a summer camp.
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Johnny
Charlie Sayre
Register
Charlie
Johnny Sayre
Crab Orchard
Buck Lawrence
Alabama
Haven C. Clay
Crab Orchard Elementary School
Today's Prayer for Guidance in History and Grace
A prayer asking God to help face today’s conflicts with serenity and hope. The speaker, Russell Hutchinson, professor of Bible and Religion at Muskingum College in New Concord Ohio, invokes divine patience and love to overcome malice.
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Jesus
Imen
Russell
Hutchinson
New Concord
Ohio
Muskingum College
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