Kilgore urged to run again amid Iceland base debate
The Life magazine piece and editorial in the Raligh Register link Harley Kilgore to pro Soviet leanings over Icelandic base leases in 1946. It argues liberal allies collapsed and questions voters in Kilgore’s state about sending him back to the Senate in the November election.
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Harley Marlin Kilgore
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Daily Worker
Vito Marcanton
Life Magazine
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Life
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Stewart Alsop
Register
Atlantic
Iceland
United Nations
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Branham
Henry A. “Wallace
Peéhad
Claude’ Pepper
Selena A
Wallace
Ator Aarley
Kilgore
Repréz
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Gahagan Douglas
Olafur
Thors
Reykjavik
Soviet Union
Peppers
Kilgores
Wallaces
Europe
Asia
Kremlin
Korea
Progressive Party
Pepper
Helen Douglas
Senate
Washington
Warning signs at crossings cut highway deaths
National Safety Council patterns predict highway fatalities by period and grade crossing crashes by vehicle mileage. A West Virginia driver reduced grade crossing accidents by 32 percent last year, halving deaths. Patteson urges October 6 to 13 Grade Crossing Accident Prevention Week to stress vigilance and listening at crossings.
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National Safety Council
Yohe-Safety Council
West Virginia
Patteson
Bug Dusts and Mustard Seed Gifts in West Virginia
A compilation of Bug Dust humor and reflections on morals and public life in West Virginia. Satire on rape reporting, a church gift story with a mustard seed keepsake, and a quip about promising politicians in the state.
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Register
Pittsburgh
Bug Dust
Gay Bug
Et A. Bug
West Virginia
Woman Keeps Clueless Visit To World Series
Wilbur Peeble, an average citizen, goes to a World Series game with his wife Trellis Mae. She derails the trip with shopping and odd questions about baseball. A Dodgers fan tries to explain while she scribbles a postcard and asks where the mail box is. The scene ends with the neighbor red nose turning blue.
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New York
Wilbur -Peeble
America
Wilbur
Trellis Mae
Trelis Mae
Dodger
Trellis Mie
Prayer and weathered voices in a windy Chicago broadcast
A fragmentary page mixes a prayer by C. Baker Pearle of Bethel A M E church with stray notes from a radio air program. Visual chaos includes garbled quotes about Mae Mae and Johnny Mize, a tense wind scene, and fleeting domestic dialogue. The readable core is a church radio moment in Chicago.
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Jesus
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
James A. Richmond of Sophia M attended a 16 day course covering combat techniques squad tactics night fighting scouting and patrolling with battle veteran instructors. The report lists sailors and soldiers including Erwin S. Horwath Richard L. Martin Bobby J. Francisco and Pvt Carson among others aboard ships and units in the North Atlantic and Germany. Col Sam D. Weaver and Pfc Aubrey R. Odham are noted as graduates of Army noncommissioned officer programs in Europe and Munich respectively.
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James A. Richmond
Georgie
Sophia.m
Cplt
Richmond
Korea
William Richmond
G. ‘Chard
North Atlantic
Hikcemen
Eerwin S. Horwath
Ste
East Beckley
D ‘Carroll
Lathen Carroll
Bobby J. Francisco
Charles G. Francisco
Allen Ave
Beckley
Us‘ Tidewater
Richard L. Martin
Kina Martin
Crab Orcha
Seventh Army
Munich
Germany
Sam’ D. Weaver
Sam Weaver
Sophia
14Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Weaver
Europe
Deporting Racketeers Would Be Complicated
Attorney General McGranery proposes stripping naturalized citizens of their papers and deporting about 100 foreign born racketeers. The plan faces long, tedious legal hurdles since naturalized citizens gained status legally and can only be denaturalized by proving fraud or illegality in court. The scope includes possible actions against some Communists as well.
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Arthur Edson
James Marlow
Washington
U. S
U.S
Gen. McGranery
McGranery
FBI
Fragmentary Scene Report From An American City
A garbled passage depicts clothing styles with plaid shirts and solemn elders among costumed youths and high school members. References to Fifth Avenue diamonds and political tones hint at a year of good fortune contrasted with warnings of loss tied to Republican politics and Truman era discourse.
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Aeenae An
Ela
Fifth Ave
Republicans and Truman clash over Stevenson ties
Washington headlines claim Harry Truman and Robert Taft emerge as real leaders of the party while allegations swirl about gifts to Senator Nixon and Republican supporters. Democrats charge Stevenson gains votes from Truman ties, Taft may gain power if Republicans retake the Senate, and the administration faces corruption accusations affecting Eisenhower.
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Harry Truman
Robert Taft
Richard Nixon
California
Springfield
Tan
Public Forum Reflections On Religion In Government
The Register quotes a speaker urging that Christianity has a place in government while criticizing intolerance toward faith. He criticizes secular views and calls for courage and integrity rooted in faith, arguing law was ordained by God.
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Rush Holt
West Virginia
Boyernus
Cerfisms By Bennett Cont Deportation Dilemmas
A discussion on deportation rules for aliens in the United States. The piece explores how unsavory characters may face loss of citizenship, possible deportation, and the challenge of finding a country willing to accept them, noting 3 487 deportable aliens cited by INS counsel Paul Winings.
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Partment
Paul Winings
Immigration ‘and Naturalization Service
Back on Broadway Virginia Wymore Remembers Musical Shoot
In a bustling Broadway rehearsal scene, Virginia Wymore and Pat Mayo describe intense dance routines and multiple takes. They discuss the strain of muscles used differently between dramatic and musical sequences and the studio routine of keeping dancers in condition.
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Ingo
Patric
Ivymore
Féllows
Gene
Nelson
Ius¢le
Mayo
Virginia
Diana
Pat
Beverly
Heir
Deary of George Templeton Strong A Civil War Era Diary
The piece surveys the diary of George Templeton Strong a lawyer and civic figure who chronicled New York City and the nation from the Civil War era His four million word manuscript known to family and scholars reveals his strong prejudices and keen observations from Wall Street to Union Square including cholera fires and Broadway gangs His enduring portrait highlights his ambitious public life and sharp tongue shedding light on late 19th century society.
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Esc
New York
Columbia
Sanitary Commission
Philharmonic Society
Trinity‘ Church Coiptroller
Lincoln
Long Island
Broadway
Wall Street
Union Square
New York City
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Beckley Water Co
Dick Nixon
Raleigh
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Associated Press
Story Brooks & Finley Inc
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
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Willis Gray
Trelis
Peggy ‘Kessinger
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Pyt- Milton
Carson
Eleanor
Berry
269Th
Jesse Carson
Elbert
Second Infantry Division
Pfc
Aubrey R. Odham
Robert L. Odham
Midway
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Penter
Miltonnawha
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