Beckley News Ad Rates and Delivery Details
Becketty area newspaper notice outlines home delivery rates for Daily and Sunday editions within West Virginia. It notes responsibilities of carriers and agents, change of address requirements, and AP news use rights for republication. The piece lists offices in Beckley and Hinton and mentions Associated Press membership.
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Beckley GS
Saturn and Sunday Morning Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
Hinton
W. Va
Thomas F. Stafford
Associated Press
KATZ
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
Mall
West 5
Virginia
Trapeene
Aew Independent Contractors
Adves
Press Freedom and the American Newspaper Ethic
The essay defends American press freedom as unbiased and vital, contrasting government censorship in Russia and Italy with U S reporting. It notes yellow journalism's decline, recalls the Peter Zenger precedent, and cites Woodrow Wilson on informing mankind. It emphasizes newspapers' duty to truthful, fair news to readers.
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Russia
Italy
England
Peter Zenger
America
Woodrow Wilson
Torough
Fayette County Forestation Plan Promises Long Term Timber and Water Benefits
A Fayette County group at Camp Beckwith outlined a soil and water conservation project through forest protection and management. Forestry consultant Jack Tillinghast of Mount Hope praised the plan, saying it could surpass 1909 timber output with sustained care and benefit future generations, urging nearby counties like Raleigh to study and adopt the conservation approach.
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Willinghast
Payette
Raleigh
Fayette
Wait And See On Wheeling Gambling Crackdown
West Virginia residents await Wheeling Municipal Council edict to end gambling and illicit liquor sales. The northern panhandle city, long seen as wide open, faces a clean-up push that could inspire other towns to curb these activities before they become entrenched.
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West Virginia
Wheeling
Panhandle Steel Center
Wheelie
Wheeing
I. Getas
Special schools for underdeveloped children urged in West Virginia
A West Virginia reader laments the lack of programs for feeble minded students in Raleigh County and across the state. He argues for dedicated schools with trained instructors and equipment to help borderline minds, preventing misfit adults and social harm. He cites examples from other states and warns of dire outcomes without action.
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State Education Department
West Virginia
Explaining unions and the no Communist oath
Washington explains the AFL CIO structure and the no Communist oath rule under the Yatt Hartley Act. It notes how the NLRB requires unions to prove officers are not Communists, and how Denham’s ruling complicates protection. The five man board may overrule and let unions gain protection via local officers.
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Washington
Labor Law
Labor Board
AFL
CIO
AFL and
Congress
National Lasbor Relations Board
NLRB
Anynion
Robert L. Denham
John L Lewis
Lewis
Daniel Tobin
AFL Teamsters’ Union
Denham
Newspaper Week marks 70th birthday of E P Adler in Davenport
Boyle notes Newspapers endure age and change as E P Adler recalls his seventy fourth birthday, praising modern newsrooms. Adler, president of the Lee Syndicate, reflects on timeless values and the shift to web presses and linotypes while acknowledging rising costs and radio television’s impact on the industry.
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Lee Syndicate
Adicr
Town
Wisconsin
Nois
Missouri
Nebraska
E. P
U. S. Newspapers Create Different Kinds Of Jobs
AP News outlines how newspapers shape employment across sectors while a timber event and a retail scene illustrate contrasting job roles. The piece links media work to broader economic trends, noting varied opportunities and skill needs.
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U. S
Hollywood By Gene Handsaker A newspaper labor of life and myth
A fragmented look at newspapers and their workers shows why presses need newsprint and readers. It notes how Americans read more newspapers per capita than any other country, with hopeful figures on circulation and the industry’s broad impact on merchants, miners, and printers. It also touches on Hollywood films and a Bret Harte statue debate in Arcata, California, interweaving media’s reach with local pride.
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United States
National Dry Goods Association
Change of Heart A Capitol Romance in Washington
Ann Hilliard, stenographer for Representative Jim Loughran, plans to quit when her fiancé Major Ted Fleming returns from the war. A gossiping rival, Agnes Burroughs, stirs trouble, but Ann and Cissy Tyler set a cautious course through a tense afternoon at the Capitol amid memories of their past and the slow drift of their long distance romance.
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Ann Hil
James Lloyd
James Lloyd Loughran
Washington, D. C
Joe Gregory
Ted’ Fleming
Jim Loughran
Eric Matthews
Ann
Ted
Agnes Burroughs
Cissy Tyler
Cissy
House Wing
Capitol
Washington
Agnes
Joe
Tracy Ordway
Mr. Loughran
Mr. Ordway
Jim
the Burroughs
Pearl Harbor
Mama
Charleston
Fairview
George Washington University
Pad
Florida
England
Ras
Dinner Plans Beset by a Colonial Mystery
In a tense office scene Ann and Joe guard a pile of papers while Eric Matthews presses for a private talk. He stalks the room, reads, and waits until five to claim they can talk about Ted Fleming at seven. Ann refuses dinner but agrees to meet at seven for a quiet address exchange.
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Loughran
Ann
Joe
Eric Matthews
Eric
Ine
Nike
Ted Fleming
Dr. Matthews
Matter of Fact: US hunger and the postwar crisis debate
In Washington the President and leaders begin cautious action on a developing crisis. The essay argues that even with some dollars forthcoming the core problem is moral and strategic, noting that 90,000,000 tons of grain fed to animals in 1947 reduced aid to Europe and helped seed postwar chaos and Soviet expansion. It questions whether leaders overestimated restraint and misjudged the American appetite for meat.
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Washington
Gibbon
United States
Europe
Clinton Anderson
Anderson
Congress
Fiei
Smithsonian Skirt Controversy Highlights First Ladies Gowns
Smithsonian curators describe the evolution of presidential gowns from Martha Washington to Eleanor Roosevelt, noting hemline trends and preservation efforts. Grace Coolidge’s coral velvet dress and a fan, pearls, and lace handkerchief are cited as items reflecting the era, along with gowns worn by Adams, Taft, Garfield, and Roosevelt families.
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Nashington
Smithsonian Institution
Grace Coolidge
White House
Margaret Brown
Coolidge
Martha Washington
Warren Harding
James Garfield
William Howard Tath
John Quincey Adams
Thenore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smithsonian Steels
Adams
Mrs. Taft
Japan
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Hal Boyle
Davenport
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Adler
Allogger
North Woods
Hollywood
Gene Handsaker
Hesta
Robert Montgomery
San Pablo
New Mexico
Montgomery
Fred Clark
FBI
Art Smith
Wanda Hendrix
Thomas Gomez
Wanda
Andrea King
Jimmy Stewart
Jimmy
Grandview
U.S
Hetter
Jane
Wyman
Grantview
Ned Sparks
Donald Meek
McKinley
Arcata
Calif
By Katherine Macy
Joseph and
Stewart
Soviet Union
International Communist Parties
Moscow
France
Mrs. Coolidge
Smithsonian
Donelson
Jace
Andrew Jackson
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