West Virginia Tourism Needs Roads and Law to Grow
Editorial argues tourist travel rose in West Virginia but spending barely kept pace due to shorter visits. It calls for a better road network, improved accommodations, protection of natural beauty, statewide zoning, fewer roadside dumps, and a larger state police force to boost tourism and match Virginia and Wisconsin.
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West Virginia
Publicitt Commission
Wats
America
Virginia
Wisconsin
The
Union
Will Your Number Come Up This Christmas Season
The National Safety Council says the millionth automobile accident fatality could occur between tomorrow and Christmas. It cannot pinpoint day or place, only that it will happen. The warning urges careful driving and thought for others during the holiday season.
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National Safety Council
Safety Council
West Virginia
Careful Now King Letter Sparks Language Debate
A humorous note on King George VI and Winston Churchill discussing D-Day phrasing. The speaker quips about the king's English and tense usage, noting October's beauty despite ongoing campaigns and language quirks.
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England
Winston Churchill
Sudan’s Unsettled Path Post Egyptian Abrogation
In Khartoum the Sudan faces division over its future after Egypt scrapped the 18 percent agreement and 1936 treaty. British administration remains nominal. major parties Umma Ashigga and National Front push self rule, with views on federation with Egypt and potential crown status.
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Tom Stone
Khartoum
Sudan
Egypt
Canal Zone
Farouk
Upper Nile
Belgian Congo
Sir Abdel Rahiman el Mahdi Pasha
Mahdi
Sayed Abtiel Mirghani Pasha
Umma F
Ashigga
National Front
Abdullah Bey Khalil
Umma Party
Legislative Assembly
Siddie
Ansar
Ismail Bey el Azhari
Dardira Mohammed Osman
Na‘tional Front
India
Hite
NATO’s Rome talks seek arms boost amid rising costs
James Marlow analyzes NATO’s 12 members including the United States facing a double problem urgent arms production and troop buildup while avoiding fiscal collapse. He notes Marshall Plan aid, postwar shortages, and a U.S. arms and economic package of about 7.5 billion dollars as Britain and France suffer economically.
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Washington
Rome
North Atlas Treaty Organization
NATO
Russia
IMI
Europe
Britain
Westile
Czechoslovakia
France
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
North Atlantic
Strick
Korea
Eisenhower
U.S
Armistice Hurdles and Prisoner Dilemmas in Korea
Boyle notes that a cease fire is only a step toward an armistice in Korea. Key issues include allowing joint Allied access, prisoner exchange, and the fate of deserters and defectors as negotiators weigh forced repatriation versus individual choice amid potential reprisals and moral questions.
Regionally Speaking Military Men in News Overseas and at Home
Korean veteran at Ft Belvoir and several Navy and Army personnel are named with hometowns Beckley Kingston Blue Jay and Mullens. They include promotions transfers and overseas service in Korea and World War II with details on units ships and bases.
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Peggy Kessinger
Ft. Belvoir
Wats PLC
Orville Dale Smiley
A. L. Smiley
Bolt
Trap Hill High School
Phillips Coal Company
Ft. Knox
Korea
Sermon IM
Battle Mountain
C. D.smiley
Hawaii
Area Navy
Essex
Far East
Tony S. Putinsky
Marfork
Jack D. Stevenson
A. P. Stevenson
East Beckley
Griffin L. Lynch
Blue Jay
Naval Service
Great Lakes
Natal Center
Putinsky
Marsh Fork
Stevenson
Lynch
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Navy
Black
Cecil BR. Tolbert
Richard L. Tolbert
Kessinger Street
Beckley
Pat O’brien
Okinawa
Clara McDaniel
Sunset View Addition
Fayetteville
Cincinnati
William F. McDaniel
Richard A. McDaniel
William
States
Europe
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Shepard Field
Hamilton Field
Calif
Japan
Richard
England
443Rd
Dallas
Tax
7Th Infantry Division
Pvt
McRae Windsor
Mike Windsor
Route 1
31St Infantry Regiment
Army
Air Force
Charles A. Carter
Charles Carter
Eccles
4460Th
Langley Air Force Base
Carter
Wayne J. Clay
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Trene Mazer
Bobby Paugh
Frank Paugh
Lawland
Pfe
James Tolbert
G. S. Tolbert
First Marine Division
Tolbert
Week of War in Review Brims With Koreas Bloodshed
The article reports American anger over alleged atrocities in Korea, including casualties from 5,500 American POW deaths and about 13,000 UN and South Korean soldiers killed or captured. It describes Gen Ridgways mild rebuke of Col Hanley, Panmunjom truce talks, and divergent British and Communist rebuttals to peace proposals.
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Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Korea
James M. Hanley
8Th Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Hanley
Supreme Allied Commander
Tokyo
Ridgway
United Nations
Panmunjom
U.S
London
U.N
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse in translation
A brief notice on Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse translated by Hilda Rosmer. The novel follows a Brahmin's son who seeks inner bliss beyond elders’ practice, set in ancient times with a modern message. Swiss author Hesse, Nobel laureate, is highlighted.
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Siddea
Tha
Hermann Hesse
Hilda _Rosmer
New Directions
Siddhartha
Siwiss
Charleston Considers New City Hospital Plan
Look back 16 years shows Charleston council proposing a new city hospital. Also in that edition Nazis urge US to oppose Roosevelt policies and Germans push to encircle Moscow as Kurusu mission falters. Peace in Pacific hinges on Japanese actions amid broader conflict details.
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Charleston
United States
Roosevelt
Moscow
Pacific
Sophia
George Hamed
Mabscott Bottling
Peiping-Mukden Railway
League of Nations
Gunter At Kopperston Mixed Legacy Sparks Coal Strike At Tralee
Estel W. Gunter’s transfer to Semet Solvay at Tralee sparked a miners strike of more than 300 men over claims he was a difficult foreman. After eight idle days, UMW District 29 president George J. Titler recommended work resumption and wrote to Gunter praising his record at Kopperston, blaming false propaganda for the Tralee unrest.
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Estel W. Gunter
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Estel
Lewis
Gunter
Kopperston
Somet-Solvay
Tralee
Semet-Solvay Company
W. Va
United
Gunter Cleared by Union After Rumor Costs Miners Dearly
Estel W. Gunter, once target of a damaging rumor, received a formal apology from Tralee Local Union 9375 United Mine Workers of America. The union letters confirm charges were false and state officers have no grievance against Gunter. The incident, sparked by rumors in 1951, caused over 40,000 dollars in lost wages and three months of idle work for Gunter and costs to local miners. John L. Lewis urged an end to such self policing by locals.
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United Mine Workers of America
Tralee
Estel W. Gunter
Gunter
John L. Lewis
Boyish Pastime Found Flouting Drivers in Ontario
Police located a nine year old boy flashing a mirror toward drivers in Kitchener Ontario. Officers lectured him and confiscated the mirror as the incident drew complaints from motorists.
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Associated Press
Kitchener
Ont
Banana-slice of comedy in Lynn street anecdotes
An old YFagedian finds Rickings’ toy lean and later sells brushes door to door in Lynn Massachusetts. A wife’s question prompts a dramatic “Ma dam, next week East Lynne.” A limerick about a woman from Lynn adds a punchline. A man seeks psychoanalytic analysis and quips about marital status in a humorous, witty exchange.
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Lynn
Massachusetts
East Lynne
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