Newspaper Rates and Delivery Woes Reflected in West Virginia
A fragment reports post office mailing classifications and AP copyright notes, then discusses West Virginia home delivery rates and carrier arrangements. The piece threads through concerns over funding and calls for a larger appropriation to improve administration amid lingering public anxiety about efficiency.
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St Fa
Associated Press
AP News
Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
West Virginia
Becks Newspaper Corporation
Pinecrest Sanatorium budget push urged for Pinecrest care
A Raleigh County tuberculosis committee turned its Pinecrest Sanatorium findings to Governor Meadows detailing poor food quality and sanitation gaps, urging more food, pasteurization gear, staff, higher salaries, and a larger biennial appropriation for 1949 and 1950 to improve patient care at West Virginia's main TB hospital.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Governor Meadows
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
Pinecrest
West Virginia
Board of Public, Works
Meadows
Okey L. Patteson
Pine
West Virginia University’s Experiment Station Aids Farmers
On the Morgantown campus the Agricultural Experiment Station champions farm research to boost West Virginia’s agriculture and consumer nutrition. The staff touts steady gains for about 100000 farms, highlighting crop rotation and efficient practices to prevent land waste and bolster farm income through ongoing research.
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West Virginia University
Elizabeth Moore Hall
Agricultural Experiment Station
West Virginia
University
Morgantown
Experiment Station
College of Agriculture
Experimentatation
America
West Virginia agriculture gains from university research efforts
University experiments at Morgantown and four branch stations show higher yields and state savings. Fertilizer use, hybrid corn, pasture improvements, and sheep parasite control have boosted farm income by millions. Officials urge higher funding, arguing each dollar spent returns many dollars.
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West Virginia
Morgantown
Stop Barn Fires Protects Farms With A Four Point Plan
West Virginia University extension specialists propose a four point program to save barns from fire losses. They urge keeping barns clean checking wiring ensuring fire protection with extinguishers and storing inflammable liquids safely. They note about 1 500 US barns were damaged or destroyed in November 1947 and urge adherence this November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
United States
Hughes Progress Report on Flying Boat Contract
In 1942 Howard Hughes contracted to build three enormous flying boats for delivery in October 1944 at a cost of 18 million dollars. One boat, estimated at around 20 million, is ready for test flight after a minor hop last year. Hughes says he will not fly the craft without a steel hangar, which may delay completion and leave the boat outdated.
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Howard Hughes
Hughes
Africa
James J. Clark
American Museum of Natural History
New Zealand
Antarctic
Peru
Jbr
Cc. H. Curran
New Mexico
Theodore C. Schneirla
American Museum of Natural Itern
Barro Colilistory
Ajorado Island
Panamaére
Pat Gion
Battle of Tunisia Remains in Memory of Soldiers
Boyle's Column recalls Tunisia six years after the campaign, noting how young soldiers faced harsh realities and learned military duty. It chronicles the early optimism, Patton's frustrations, harsh mud, cold, and the turning point at Kassarine Gap that led to eventual Allied victory through superior air and ground power.
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New York
Tunisia
Africa
Stanley
Livingstone
Algiers
Casablanca
French
Morocco
George S. Patton
America
Montgomery
Desert Cats
Marshall Rommel
el Alamein
Patton
Europe
Tunis
Len
Kasserine Gap
Tunisian
Bizerte
Losk
Seniority rules shape Congress chairmanship in 1949
Nation Today notes that the 81st Congress will see chairmanship awarded by long service on committees. The piece highlights the seniority rule, its impact on bills, and Estes Kefauver's critique from his book A Twentieth Century Congress, arguing fitness and leadership matter beyond years in office.
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House
Senate
Truman
Andy Adams
Billy Bell
Adams
Bell
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Congress
Soviet Ties Strain German and French Communist Ranks
A Moscow linked letter signed by Pieck and Grotewohl criticized Berlin blockade, drawing a Kremlin rebuke. Similar friction surfaces in France center on Maurice Thorez and a move to shift control to Duclos and Marty. Kremlin’s Cominform directives mark a reassertion of Moscow over national Communist parties.
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Washington
Marshal Sokolovsky
Germany
Wilhelm Pieck
Ottto Grotewohl
Pieck
Grotewohl
Socialist Unity Party
Soviet Zone
Communist Party
Sokolovsky
Kremlin
Berlin
Socialist Fatherland
German Communist Party
Moscow
Maurice Thorez
Thorez
Communist International
Cominform
Jacques Duclos
Andre Marty
Pieck-Grotewohl
France
Stalin
Pravda
United States
Wife for Sale Seeks Husband as $10,000 Price Fails
Dorothy Lawlor, dubbed the wife for sale, reports five months of ad driven attention yield only two marriages and several near misses. Letters number in the thousands, with offers and publicity stunts from across the United States and abroad. She laments few genuine suitors and notes hopes of travel to interview prospects in the Philippines and France.
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Saul Petty
New York
Dorothy Lawler
Phont
Louisiana
New Mexico
France
Arizona
Dorothy
Pennsylvania
Washington
Ciudad Trujillo
Philippines
Miami
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Buffalo
West Virginia
Gale
Mes. Lawlor
Canada
Ireland
Michigan
Hempstead
N.Y
Iowa
Arthur Godfrey
Irma
Big Game Safaris and Scientific Expeditions Expand
By AP Newsfeatures writer George Clunner New York reports a surge in big game hunts and scientific expeditions as postwar interest grows. Organizers book trips into 1950 with costs from about 5000 to 6000 for long safaris, licenses high, and services include full guides and gear.
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George Clunnrap
New York
Nepal
Panama
Australian
Nalonial
Africa
John P. McDermott
Mplorer
Tselse
Missouri
Ohio
Texas
Ttvois
California
Colorado
Michigan
Maine
Election Planned By Raleigh County Farm Bureau Nominees
c E Shumate of Harper Road Beckley chairs the nominating committee to select 1949 Raleigh County Farm Bureau officers President vice president secretary treasurer and directors. Minor Scott and A B Lyons lead committees on forestry and land use and a counting panel includes Frances Smith Clarence Woolen I M Hart. Scott urges renewals and winter farm schools. Also Summersville bear killed by Buster McClung and hunting party.
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C. E. Shumate
Harper Road
Beckley
Raleigh County Farm Bureau
Minor L. Scott
Grandview
A. B. Lyons
Shumate
Walter Marcum
Eccles
Ethel Trail
Daniels
Thomas
Scott
Frances Smith
Clarence Woolen
F. Hl. Halstead
State Conservation District
I. M. Hart
Winding Gulf Industrial Corporation
Audubon kin paints movie stars in Hollywood portrait work
Audubon Tyler, descendant of John James Audubon, works in Metro's prop department painting oil portraits for The Secret Garden and other films. A former U S Army Air Forces major, he uses stills of Dee Turnell and other stars to craft likenesses while lamenting the sitter’s dislike of portraits.
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Hollywood
John James Audubon
Audubon Tyler
Gray Gaunt
U. S. Army Air Forces
North Africa
Metro
Dean Stockwell
Tyler
Dee Turnell
Dean
Charles Laughton
Ann Todd
Valli
Sam Goldwyn
New Haven
Connel Yankee
Nate
New York
Signal Corps
Entideville
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Thomas F. Stafford
Boyle
Bal Beye
Nation Today
Janes Marlow
81St
South
Matter OF Fact
Joseph and
Stewart Asop
Farm Bureau
Register
Summersville
Buster McClung
Lewis ‘Pitzenbarger
Gene Handsaker
Via
U. & Army
U. S. Air Force
U. S. Army
S. Air Force
Main ST
Post Office
Beckley, W. Va
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