War Room Saved Democrats By Taking Up Jobless Slack
The article argues Democrats failed to reduce unemployment without war, citing 1949 and 1950s data. It credits Truman's Korea era intervention for lowering jobless figures and claims Republican leadership under Eisenhower achieved peacetime economies with lower unemployment and no new wars. It questions the Dems' stance on economic emergency measures and stresses historical unemployment peaks and declines across eras.
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War Room
Washington
Truman
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Eisenhower
United States
America
Beckley Beckley Park Site Needs Planning Now
Beckley's 28 acre park site near Sprague mine siding in northwest Beckley remains undeveloped after last summer's failed levy vote. The City Council and Park Commission seek funds and a master plan from the National Recreation Association. topo mapping at about 3000 dollars is needed. A new levy election could be considered to jumpstart development planning.
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Beckley
Sprague
The
New River Company
National Recreation Association
Register
Vote or the Bosses Will Win
Voters must resist boss control and machine voting. The message urges every citizen to vote next Tuesday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. to elect unbossed public servants and end boss influence in government. It stresses that light turnout benefits the machine and that good candidates rely on broad citizen participation.
Eisenhower urged to promise coal relief program soon
Dr. Arthur Fleming, director of defense mobilization, arrived in Wheeling to meet coal officials and labor leaders and said a definite positive unemployment relief program for the coal industry would be presented at the next Congress session. He stressed readiness for instant all out production and warned the industry cannot endure while unemployment persists. The piece questions Eisenhower’s delay and cites Byrd’s White House briefing as missed chances to act before the election.
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Eisenhower
White House
Truman
Korea
West Virginia
Defense Mobilization
Arthur S. Fleming
Congress
Wheeling
Soviet Russia
Fleming
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Bug Dust Theater Faces Audience Taste Dilemma
Theater managers wrestle with changing tastes after three recent films underperformed. About Miss Leslie with Shirley Boothe fell short of expected audience draw, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers drew modest crowds, and Caine Mutiny praised by critics but failed at box office, prompting a drawn run.
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Leslie
Shirley Boothe
Boothe
Humphrey Bogart
Vogue at Main and Heber lights up Bluefield stores
Arte Sidney Fink opens The Vogue at Main and Heber, drawing Bluefield visitors who praise the new showplace and turnpike dividends in indirect fashion. Killarney’s school lunch program gains support as miners face unemployment and hunger. PTA raises food and funds to keep noon meals for several months. West Virginia Turnpike hailed in Saturday Evening Post ad for tough, mountain-slicing construction aided by General Motors diesel power.
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Arte Sidney Fink
Main
Heber
Bug Dust
Bluefield
New York
Killarney
Parent-Teachers Association
Saturday Evening Post
General Motors
West Virginia Turnpike
Beckley Newspaper Subscription Rates Noted in Local Paper
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists home delivery and mail rates for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include one year at 14.00 and six months at 8.00 in advance, with taxes added in West Virginia.
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West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Rae
Looking for a Wife in Gotham’s Lost Lavender List
In New York’s social milieu a playful piece surveys single women in their early thirties seeking husbands. Humorist Max Shulman offers blunt, gendered advice on dating and marriage, advocating decisive action to prompt commitment, while the column weaves in gossip about stars, divorces, and nightlife figures from Hollywood and Broadway.
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New York
Max Shulman
Hollywood
MGM
Shulman
Janet Riley
Julia Meade
Kim Hunter
Corn Country
Hungry Writers Best When Pressure's On
New York interview with George Axelrod reveals his top earning rate and views on writing for money. He recalls composing The Seven Year Itch in 1952 and earning 75,000 dollars for a script, with broader plans including a Rogers and Hart song book project and future plays. He laments tax and Hollywood loot but stays driven by financial motivation and artistic goals.
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New York
George Axelrod
Marilyn Monroe
Axelrod
Princeton
George
Shakespeare
Hollywood
East
Broadway
Martin and Lewis
Peter Lind Hayes
Robert Q. Lewis
Signal Corps
Europe
Prayer text on death and faith by C Baker Peale
A prayer asking God to unlock the mystery of death and give courage to face mortality. It seeks insight beyond the grave and trust in the refuge of saints, invoking Christ for courage at life’s portals. Signed by C Baker Peale of Bethel AME Church Kansas City Missouri.
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God
Christ
Cabinet Goes On The Air In Historic White House Meeting
Washington report recalls the first Cabinet meeting broadcast nationwide. President Eisenhower presided while Dulles reported on Western unity near the European Defense Community. TV cameras captured a rare moment as ministers and aides watched, debated, and praised leadership amid a coast to coast broadcast.
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Washington
Republic
United States
White House
Eisenhower
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Robert Montgomery
Benson
Paris
London
Wish I'd Said That Claims Spark Government Probe
A humorous column notes the government’s investigation of cigarette claims and Jack Paar’s belief that filter prints will be targeted. George Shearing, writing from Las Vegas, reports the Dior style catching on but notes most people are unhappy with it. Buddy Satz jokes that “there’s a reason you can’t take it with you” as a quip about earliness.
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Shulman
John Jacob Astor
Astor
Gertrude
Nevada
Dottie Fullman
Irving Berlin
Jack Parr
George Shearing
Las Vegas
Dior
Buddy
Majors
Satz
Earl
Medic Faces I Love Lucy In New TV Season Battle
NBC launches Medic a hospital drama in the nine o clock slot against I Love Lucy starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Richard Boone portrays a general practitioner with a rugged TV persona and explains he will balance acting in films with his TV role.
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Hollywood
NBC
Doctors
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Lucy
Miss Ball
Richard Boone
Los Angeles
Boone
Krug
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Fountain Head of Authority
New England
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Paul Revere
Lantern League
Thomas JF. Stafford
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Beckley Newspapers Corporaion
Hinton
W. Va
Thomas F. Stafford
Associated Press
National
Story Brooks Finley Inc
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cleveland
Atlanta
Gotham
By Earl Wilson
Ava Norring
Artie Shaw
Birdland
Ursula Theiss
RKO
Jimmy Dorsey
the Harwyn
Metropole
Jimmy
East Side
Genie Stone
Blackburn Twins
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Sarah Vaughan
Julia Meade, Ursula Theiss
USA
ED Creagh
James Marlow
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