Tupelo Plan Linked Farmers and Towns Spurring Growth
Editorial review highlights how Tupelo Mississippi built a Rural Cemetery Development program starting in 1917 to diversify crops boost dairy poultry forestry strawberries and cotton. Business teams educated farmers with experts funded by a 30 000 annual fund leading to an 80 percent rise in local trade and reduced outmigration.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Tuspelo
Mississippi
Tupelo
George A. McLean
Mclean
Chamber of Commerce
Doane Agricultural Service
Melean
Rotary Clb
Community Development Foundation
Connell
Nefro
Meetinas
Hussmen
Not-so photogenic campaign era returns
Brief note that after crowning Miss America and Mrs. America the public gaze shifts back to the less glamorous campaign era. The remark hints at a shift from pageant glare to political campaigning realities and public perception.
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Ari
Beckley Development Platform Promotes Growth and Tourism
The Raleigh Register outlines Beckley plans to expand in 14 counties with more parking, hotels, a sports and recreation center, and a 3 000 to 5 000 seat municipal auditorium. It calls for extending city limits, rural development, convention status, improved roads and parks, a library museum, youth programs, and a city manager charter to ensure clean government and diverse industry.
Washington censorship eases as Mc Granary loosens press limits
Inside Washington reports show the Justice Department easing old press barriers with Attorney General James McGranary holding news conferences, and the Internal Revenue Bureau granting broader access. The piece notes a shift toward greater government openness and reliability of information amid ongoing policy scrutiny.
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Nashington
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Pera
James McGranary
Washington
McGranary
Justice Department
Nes
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Flight Back to Italy And Memories of War
New York memories of a European trip turn reflective as a veteran recalls World War II scenes. The narrator, awaiting departure to Rome with Frances, revisits Surrender era images from Salerno to Cassino, Dunkirk, Capri, and Capri, alongside a wounded boy, a medic, Ernie Pyle, and a dying couple, weighing how memory heals.
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Italy
New York
Europe
East
Rome
Frances
Salerno Beach
Dunkirk
Umy Presbyterian
Ernie Pyle
Prayer of gratitude to God from Augustana College leader
A religious benediction expresses gratitude to God for national blessings and asks for cleansing from misuse of gifts and a desire for truth and righteousness through Jesus Christ. Signed by Conrad Bergendorf, Hook Island, II, president, Augustana College.
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God of
Jesus Christ
Conrad Bergendorf
Hook Island
Augustana College
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Summary of servicemen from Beckley and nearby towns serving in Korea and Germany. Cpl James A Richmond has arrived in Japan with First Cavalry Division after seven months in Korea and holds combat infantryman badge UN and Korean service ribbons. Promotions include Lacy Farley to private first class and Carl Clay to sergeant in Beckley’s Company C. Others train or serve across Japan and Germany, with local family ties noted.
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James A. Richmond
Georgie Mae
Sophia
Japan
First Cavalry
Korea
Cpl
Richmond
United Nations Service
William M. Richmond
Crab Orchard
Beckley
Army Reserve
Lacy L. Farley
Carl A. Clay
Becksley
497Th Engineer Combat Battalion
43Rd Infantry
Germany
Carroll Blankenship
Evelyn Blankenship
Hanover
William Blankenship
Ikes Fork
Robert L. Lokant
C. H. Lokant
Oak Hill
Moody Air Force Base
Valdosta
Air Force
Audrey N. Painter
Luther N. Painter
Mt. Hope
24Th Infantry Division
Army
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Beckley College
G. C. Murphy Co
Jackie E. D. Hall
E. F. Hall
Sanger
Ft. Benning
Thomas R. Toombs
Curtis Toombs
Glenna Toombs
Donaldson Air Force Base
Oak Hill High School
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
James ©. Ball
Mullens
56Th Quartermaster Depot
Transportation Corps
581St Quartermaster Company
United States
United Nations
Hard Slugging Starts In Political Campaign
Washington politics heats up three weeks before the election as Eisenhower and Stevenson trade barbs while Truman Taft and Nixon enter the fray. Sparks fly as Sparkman and others widen digs and the high stakes battle intensifies toward Election Day.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Stevenson
John 3. Sparkman
Richard M. Nixon
Steveson
Terrible Day background shapes Ike McCarthy stance
A background on Eisenhower's Wisconsin visit known as the Terrible Day shows how staff warnings about McCarthy influenced early campaign planning. Gov. Kohler urged restraint to avoid splitting Wisconsin Republicans, while Sherman Adams argued snubbing McCarthy would empower the Taft/Jenner wing and threaten GOP unity.
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Eisenhower
Gen
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
George C. Marshall
William Jenner
Indiana
Milwaukee
MacCarthy
Marshall
Walter Kohler Jr
Chicago
Senate
Kohler
Kahler
Ben. Ei
Senhower
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Adams
Robert A. Taft
Jenner
White House
Lov. Adams
The Forgotten Husband in Susanna’s Tale
A compact literary critique of Joachim of Babylon from The Book of Joachim of Babylon. Joachim, a wealthy prudent scholar, marries Susanna and faces the burden of virtue amid temptation. The reviewer notes the novella’s moralizing speed and its paradoxical sensual appeal.
Telling Me Montage of wartime quips and rumors
A clipped ridiculing column mocks postwar life with quick jests about Montgomery naming a chief in the cold war. It riffs on talk shows, a London gag about hypnotized dinners, and a quip about a pitcher giving up bases on balls. Mentions Finland paying reparations, Canada gold disappearances, and concerns over the U.S. dollar.
Smoke Smog Costs U S Millions in Air Pollution
Four years after Donora Pa tragedy, officials warn nationwide air pollution costs run into hundreds of millions yearly. The piece cites cities from New York to Denver, notes avoidable fuel waste, and profiles cleaner air efforts and potential savings through smoke control and cleaner heating practices. It mentions Columbus and Oregon examples and emphasizes public health and economic gains from reducing smoke.
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David A. Helvin
Central Press
Washington
Donora
Belgium
Meuse River Valley
Los Angeles
New York City
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Denver
Birmingham
Ala
Reading
United States Public Health Service
United States
Uncle Sam
William 4
Byrne
Smoke Control
New York
Columbus
Oregon
Duveen and His Art Empire Theories and Ties
The late Lord Duveen, famed art dealer, thrived on the theory Europe had art abundance while America had money, supplying premier works to millionaires. Clients such as Melton, Rockefeller, Frick, Morgan, and Kress paid vast sums, with Duveen claiming mastery in finding masterpieces worth half a million. A wartime note recalls a jeep at a New Jersey camp marked Bringing Up Father.
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Lord Duveen
Europe
America
Jules Bache
Miss Green
Morgan Library
Bache
S. N. Behrman
Duvesen
Edsel Ford
Duveen
Melton
Rockefeller
Frick
Morgan
Kress
New Jersey
It Seems Like Yesterday Years Ago in Raleigh County
It Seems Like Yesterday highlights past shifts in Raleigh County with notes on William Scott becoming a local official, a new Red Cross canteen corps formed at Sophia, and Secretary Stimson announcing American ground and air forces on Guadalcanal. It also recalls a 20 years ago election of Dr. T C Moorefield as Young Republicans president, nationwide federal loan programs for home mortgages, and unemployment relief efforts coordinated by the Beckley Chamber of Commerce.
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William Scott
Talcott
Raleigh County
Elva S
Red Cross
Sophia
Stimson
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
T. C. Moorefield
Young Republican Club
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Ank
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Isle of
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Naples
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Cassino
White Forest
Peggy Kessinger
21Th Infantry Division
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Virgil Browning
Betty
Pineville
Carl Browning
Rockview
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James A. Wheeler
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Robert Cutler
Taft
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Babylon
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