Defense of the Nation Faces Internal Threat in 1919
A Raleigh Register column condemns the United Electrical Workers for Communist influence after news of the Russian blast. It argues high defense spending is wasted if essential electrical industries are undermined by unions allied with Moscow, urging decisive action to protect America.
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Russia
U.S
Suis
Uar
United Electrical Workers Union
Moscow
Electrical Workers Union
America
Please Vote For Beckley City Hall Election
Tomorrow Beckley citizens vote on municipal affairs. Voters should choose men who will govern well and carry out promises from party platforms. The register asks only to fulfill civic obligation by voting, with candidates described as high quality and aligned on local issues.
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City Hall
Tey
Laem
Beckley
Truman Opens Atomic Age With Hiroshima Bomb Claim
In August 1946 President Truman declared that an American aircraft dropped a single atomic bomb on Hiroshima, stating its power exceeded 20,000 tons of TNT and describing it as harnessing the universe’s basic force. He warned history would mark this as the first chapter in the atomic age.
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Truman
Hiroshima
U. S
America
100 Million Lost The West Virginia shutdown toll
The West Virginia Coal Association estimates the soft coal shutdown has already cost the state about one hundred million dollars. Strikes reduce wages and government revenue, harming schools, indigent care, and the sick. The piece urges operators and unions to consider these widespread societal impacts.
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West Virginia Coal Association
West Virginia
Coa
Backcountry Road Grievances Drag on as Funds Queried
Residents of Raleigh County fault a 1947 secondary road fund release and allege misapplied money. They report impassable winter routes from Pear to Abraham, seek Governor Patteson’s help, and accuse officials of cosmetic, paper village style repairs. Local leaders form committee to press for all weather roads.
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Russia
Crimea
Benito Mussolini
Raleigh County
Cool Ridge
Cherry Creek
Shady Spring
State Road Commission
G. L. Ferguson
Mount View
Roscoe Plumity
Richmond
Resi
Roscoe
Pear
Abraham
Owen Lilly
Richmond High School
Noah Crotty
Pluto
Edward Kingsley
Philo
Clary Garten
New
Luther Bennett
Richmond Way
Road Commission
Palleson
Charleston
Billie Burke Kept Busy at 66 Seeks Broadway Role
AP dispatch details Billie Burke famous for Ophelia to Jan Barrymore and long marriage to Flo Ziegfeld, meeting Milton Berle in a chat and photo session while seeking a Broadway play. Burke dismisses geriatrics posing and discusses career, past coactors, and the pace of her schedule.
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Abuilod
John Drew
Ophelia
Jan Barrymore
Hanile
Flo Ziegfeld
Milt
Berlingter
Leah
Billie Burke
Berelinger
Milton Berle
Bilkie
Columbia. Pictures
John Golden
Pension Problems Move Front Row in Labor Unions
Washington report notes pensions for workers have risen as a top union concern driven by John L. Lewis and Walter Reuther. It details how coal, auto, and steel leaders seek $100 monthly pensions, offset by Social Security and evolving government rules, with unions eyeing higher total benefits amid rising living costs.
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James Marlow
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Walter Reuther
CIQ Auto
Ford Motor Company
Fae Clo
Reuther
Jiabor
Hhetter
Ford I
jBell
Theorker
Hishani
Ford
Congress
CIO
TIE
Sun's Secrets Studied In Hidden Observatory
In Pasadena a secluded solar observatory near Caltech works on sun and interstellar dust. Dr. Adams and Dr. Wabrock lead experiments to measure universal matter while preserving quiet study conditions. The site, once linked to Mt Wilson, houses a telescope and pivotal solar research.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
George Fllery
Walter S. Adams
IMS Wilson Observatory
Hacord PD. Wabrock
Mt Wilson
Dr. Rahcack
Glare
Laxen
Adams
March of Science Reports New TB Cases and Studies
New York dispatch notes tuberculosis deaths at a historic low yet new cases rise yearly. It cites 300,000 Americans likely infected, X ray surveys aiding early detection, and calls for expanded hospital capacity. Other items cover Geiger counters in steel tests, vitamin vs placebo trials at Duke, Jupiter’s structure, and Fukui quake damage aerial photos.
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Associated Press
Science
New York
Tate
U.S
USA
BET
Idris
Pune
Herbert R. Edwards
Godias J. Drolet
New York Tuberculosis and Health Association
Washington
Far East Command
Fukui
ofLonshu
Marble Capital of the U S Finds Wealth in Vermont Quarries
Proctor Vermont earns its marble fame as the U S marble capital with quarries and mills supplying over 70 percent of national marble. The town’s thriftiness shows in homes and shops built from discarded stone. Hand and pneumatic tools shape blocks into flooring, pediments, and statues, with artisans like Andrew Baceel guiding the craft since 1900.
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U.S
Jerome Dryer
Centra Press
Alows
Proctor
United States
New
American Institute of Iron and Steel
March of Science
Rome
Andrew Baceel
Maly
Baccat
Proctor Jawhile
Well-Equipped Libraries Trail American Soldiers
Washington reports the Army operates 1,140 libraries abroad and in the U S with 2 871 000 books and 6 500 000 annual circulations While seeking librarians ages 21 to 40 Miss Agnes Crawford notes salaries 2 974 to 3 727 and positions in Europe Japan Okinawa The service began in 1921 and expanded to kit book programs offering monthly sets of 25 cloth bound and 13 paper bound titles to overseas and U S libraries including titles on international affairs military science and fiction
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United States
Europe
Japan
Okinawa
Agnes Crawford
Army Specia Services Library
Miss Crawford
Special Services
Department of the Army
Washington
BD. C
U. S
Fappe
Trieste
Phillippines
Islands
Pacific
Caribbean
Alaska
Mexico City GI students find allowances stretch far
Veteran Burstein and about a thousand others study in Mexico as the U S government pays tuition and a monthly subsistence grant. Burstein, 28, born in Shanghai, teaches Spanish in Mexico City while his wife Geraldine and daughter Delilah live on 1038 pesos a month for rent food and incidentals. He plans to pursue teaching credentials after graduation at San Francisco State College. Mexico hosts more GI students than any country except France, with 1322 in France and Mexico the only Latin American country with a formal veterans attaché.
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Pye
Inyueg
Melton Berle
Bini
Mr. Ziegfeld
Mark Twain
Berle
Billie
Milton
Burstein
Mexico City College
Mexico
U.S
Geraldine
Delilah
North Africa
Europe
U. S
Ciudad Juarez
Matin City
Calif
San Francisco
Marin City
Geraldine Percy
Ixtaccihuall
Popocatapet Mountains
Bursteins
Mexco
Ifranton
Cuba
San Francis ‘Co State College
France
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