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Legislative pay amendment urged for improved representation
Voters will weigh a proposed state constitutional amendment on November 7 to raise legislator salaries from 500 to 1000 dollars a year, add 10 dollars per day for extended sessions, keep a 10 cent per mile travel allowance, and lift House Speaker and Senate President pay from 2 to 5 dollars per day.
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Eliminate the Flaw in America’s Energy Armor
Dr Arno C Fieldner chief of the fuels and explosives division of the US Bureau of Mines urges a strongly functioning coal industry to absorb a 50 per cent overload in emergencies. He advocates synthetic fuels from coal and warns rationing may be needed in war, with oil shortages possible without coal synthesis.
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Bug Dust: An Interested Mother's Call for Work for Grads
A reader writes as an interested mother from Beckley about high school graduates, mostly girls, struggling to find work. She notes families laboring through strikes, the desire for college, and biases in hiring favoring non graduates with young children. She recalls a failed Beckley factory effort, blames past labor disputes, urges industry relocation, and invites others to share views.
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Meeting of Two Giants Truman and MacArthur in Pacific
In a landmark Pacific meeting this weekend President Truman and General Douglas MacArthur, two men of sharply different temperaments and paths to power, prepare to greet each other. Truman, a plainspoken Missouri dirt farmer turned politician, contrasts with MacArthur, the flamboyant five star commander who became a world figure after Corregidor. Their dialogue and rapport, amid postwar strategy and leadership, draw wide attention as history nudges them toward possible joint decisions.
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Boyle's Column 25th Division Breaks Through Deep Korea
STAN SWINTON reports U S 25th Division breakthrough in southeastern Korea is hailed as a military classic. From Masan south to Kunsan the operation yielded heavy enemy casualties, limited U S losses, and a decisive flank move led by Maj Gen William B Kean and Cmdr Colvin. Chinju fell after a coordinated push, with 750 Reds killed and minimal American losses.
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Public Forum criticizes Post-Herald editor over voter registration
Anderson defends Beckley Post-Herald coverage of Jack Hunt city editor who registered as Independent after confusion. The letter questions motives and integrity of the registration report, urges clarity. No party bias alleged, but calls for good faith in reporting.
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Best Seller Serial Little Boy Lost Synopsis
Hilary Wainwright travels to France in 1945 to locate his missing son after his wife’s death at Gestapo hands in Paris. A French ally, Pierre, suggests a boy named Jean at a Catholic orphanage in a provincial town as a lead. Hilary questions if this child is truly his before continuing the search.
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George Bernard Shaw Critic of Western Morale
Edmund Fuller reviews the Twentieth Century Library study on George Bernard Shaw. The book sums Shaw’s life and works in three periods, praising his dramatic mastery and noting a perceived let-down in later works. Fuller argues Shaw’s multiple-mindedness makes a complex, sculpture-like portrait that reveals new virtues with each perspective.
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Local Student Named To Concord Council
Ken Nutter, son of Beckley residents Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Nutter, has been named representative to the Concord College student council after an independent men and women meeting. A 1950 Stonewall Jackson High School graduate in Charleston, he is a freshman at Concord and was active in the National Honor Society and Quill and Scroll.
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You Take My Red Gloves The Dilemma Of Hilary And The Child
Marghanita Laski presents Hilary torn between duty and affection as he debates keeping a child for Lisa while grappling with desire and guilt. A rainy walk, a cinema interlude, and an urgent visit to the orphanage tilt toward an uncertain choice as Thursday unfolds. The Mother Superior summons him, deepening the tension.
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Matter of Fact Korea Has Been a Net Gain to U.S.
Joseph Alsop argues from Tokyo that U.S. gains in Korea outweigh risks, noting cross 38th parallel, impending Third Division entry, and deterrent value. He warns of Kremlin intervention and urges sustained buildup, saying Korea has been a net gain for America as he heads home.
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