Vote the next 24 years. But war looms in a hurried age
The piece urges a peace oriented program suggesting vast public works and universities as a utopian alternative. It laments that people prefer victory fever over blocking war and imagines billions spent to promote peace rather than conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Che
Raleigh Register Tvening
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Hinton
Thomas F. Stafford
Associated Press
AP News
Katz Agency
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dalles
Meckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley election on Friday to decide annexation asks voters
Beckley residents face a Friday vote on annexing Calloway Heights Sprague and part of Harper Road to Beckley. The piece urges civic duty while acknowledging Thanksgiving plans and football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Calloway Heights
Sprague
Harper Road
Turkey
Inevitable War Costs Echo Perkins’s Dreary Quote
The piece reflects on Frances Perkins’s remark about school funding versus warships, noting WWII costs nearing a trillion dollars and the vast sums wasted on war matériel. It laments ongoing talk of new wars and cites a Senate committee member warning against an atomic sneak attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southwest Pacific
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Morgantown Drives Ahead as Community Chest Surpasses Goal
Morgantown's Community Chest campaign exceeded its $13,500 goal amid praise for local efforts. Beckley lags, reporting only halfway there after 16 months, raising concerns about statewide reputations for communal responsibility and potential hardship for Chest recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Beckley
Coul
West Virginia
Salvation Army
Scouts
Thanksgiving origins and American pride in a global age
The piece critiques cultural imitation and asserts American uniqueness while tracing Thanksgiving’s debated origins. It references Guy Fawkes Day, Pilgrims, and various theories about why Thanksgiving began, noting the national significance of the holiday and the contrast with European customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Wade
Ralph Waldo Emerson
House of Parliament
Guy Fawkes
England
James I
Fawkes
New York City
Boyle's Column Catcalls and Jeers Greet Elderly Lovers
AP columnist HAL BOYLE samples reactions to older men pursuing younger women. Two women offer sharp put downs of wealthy, aging lovers while a Kentucky wife mocks the goal of youth appeal. The piece lampoons gendered expectations and ends with a quip about political figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Ghost writing tops court in dull Washington day
Justice Jackson denounces ghost writing as debasing the intellectual currency and urges fewer speeches. The piece traces Roosevelt and Truman era ghost writing, citing Clark Clifford and Rosenman, with examples of speeches partly drafted by aides and white house staff. A soap saver bag ad follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Justice Jackson
Supreme Court
Truman
Roosevelt
Clark Clifford
White House
Clifford
Samuel Rosenman
Mr. Roosevelt
Mrs. Truman
Labor Department
Rosenman
Mr. Tramat
Joe Jones
Charley Ross
Charley Murphy
Jones
Ross
Murphy
Hollywood Stars June Allyson And Dick Powell Team Again
June Allyson and Dick Powell discuss working together again on The Reformer and the Redhead their second film as a married couple The Powells share a Brentwood commute to the studio rehearse together and rely on each other for memory and rhythm Powell praises Allyson while she notes they avoid upstaging each other in scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
June Allyson
Dick Powell
June
Richard
Powells
Brentwool
R15
Fane
Jane
Powell
Ben Franklin Defends Turkey Over Eagle as National Emblem
The article recalls Benjamin Franklin’s opposition to the bald eagle as national emblem in the 1780s. It notes his preference for the turkey and outlines Franklin’s criticisms of the eagle as a national symbol, contrasting European heraldry with American birds and highlighting the turkey’s later rise as a major industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Franklin
Turkey
Continental Congress
Peer Richard
Almamac
France
Franklin
Umar Atomaughter
Charles
Atlantic Seaboard
Beagle
Ohio
Europe
Wartime Mediterranean Control in Naval Cuts Argued
Joseph and Stewart Alsop argue that a 35 squadron cut in naval aviation signals broader disarmament trends. They warn the Mediterranean defense may be abandoned, undermining strategic air power and bases in North Africa, the Middle East, and beyond, with implications for future security and global protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
Washington
Defense Department
Mediterranean
Strategic Air Arm
Britain
Urals
North Africa
Middle East
India
Tripoli
Dahran
Arabia
Cyrenaica
Richard Conolly
Atlantic
James V. Forrestal
Truman
Forrestal
Pacific
Gibraltar
Suez
African
Louis Johnson
Arthur W. Radford
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Forrest Sherman
Navy
United States
Free World
West Virginia Taxpayers Face High Federal Bill Says Delegate
In a crucial address Delegate Rush D Holt argues WV federal cost for 1949 50 exceeds state assessed values across 25 counties. He cites Grant to Wilehie counties totaling 399 147 000 and estimates state share around 4109 200 000, warning the issue reveals the large national tax burden and printing the national debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush D
Holt
House of Delegates
Lewis
West Virginia
Grant
Mardy
Pendelton
Pleasants
Tucker
Wirt
Calhoun
Clay
Hampshire
Monroe
Morgan
Pocahontas
Webster
Barbour
Braxton
Doddridge
Gilmer
Mason
Nicholas
Summers
Tyler
Upshur
Jackson
Putnam
Wilehie
Kanawha
Merrily
Treasury
Washington
United of America
Irism
England
America
New York
Cal-world
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Frances Perkins
New Deal
Labor
Lallle
Thomas J. Stafford
Pennsylvania
Schwenkenfelders
Philadelphia
Pilgrim Fathers
Plymouth Rock
Boyle
Dr. Kinsey
Dorothy Dix
Hutchinson
Kan
Ashland
Barkley
Treatles
Shangri-La
Missouri
Gene Handsaker
Sanford Markey
Central Press
Turkey Island
Jamestown
Canada
Uncle Sam
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