West Virginia farmers face population loss and soil decline
The Beckley area notes census trends show agricultural counties losing population while others gain. It links soil depletion to outmigration, urges Rural Development measures to rebuild soil and boost production, and cites plans to channel farm goods to consumers as part of a regional response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Wirt
Wyoming
Raleigh
Payelle
Mercer
Boone
Kanawha
Tris
Agriculture Extension Service
West Virginia University
State Department of Agriculture
West
Beckley
Figurcos
Rural Development Council
Weary G I Joe and Dr Bowman Call for Training Soldier
Dr Karl Bowman reports that a World War I veteran nicknamed Doe suffers combat fatigue after service in Korea and World War II. He urges Universal Military Training and a rapid draft to preserve younger troops while using experienced veterans for training rather than frontline duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Karl M. Bowman
San Francisco
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
Anzio
Normandy
Bowman
Army
Beclowing Holidays Turn To Hospital Visit For Zach Petty
Beckley residents Mr and Mrs Zach Petty traveled to Culpepper Virginia for a visit on August 25. Zach became seriously ill and was rushed to University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville on September 4. Surgery was performed for a ruptured stomach ulcer and he is recovering. A separate note describes a $5 anonymous donation intended for Mrs Doc which Bug Dust redirected to Captain Roy Jones at the Salvation Army. Mrs F J Moore later identified as the donor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zach Petty
Beckley
Culpepper
Zach
Mrs. Petty
Bug Dust
Doc
Bug
Roy Jones
Salvation Army
America
F. J. Moore
Stonecoat
Affinity
Local residents aid travelers and traffic talks on Neville Street
Mrs Moore helps a wounded traveler by removing cinders from his leg and serves them biscuits while others await administrative steps. Police discuss traffic light plans for Neville Street Third and Oakwood avenues and analyze the six way intersection at Fayette Church and Second streets amid commuter complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Weeks
Dr. Moore
Anthony Scalise
William P. Laren
Neville Street
Scalise
Third
Oakwood Avenues
Fayette, Church
Second Streets
Beckley
Let the Wounded Tell You About Korea Fight
Boyle's column recounts a U S air base in Korea where wounded troops describe brutal combat on the Naktong front. Evacuation planes including C 47s and a C 54 ferry casualties to Japan and the United States while a British Tommy offers wary counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
U.S
Japan
United States
MIT
Naktong River
South Dakota
Regionally Speaking Military Men in News Overseas and at Home
Two Calloway Heights men completed basic airmen indoctrination at Lackland AFB Texas John Harvey Hancock 20 son of C L Hancock and Garnett Edison Hess en listed July 10 at Beckley Recruiting Station They and others cited include Cpl Tra B Bailey at Japan and Pet Nelsene Shockley at Lackland S: Navy and Army personnel assignments follow. James R Chambers returning to Norfolk aboard USS Hemminger with 126 Naval reservists on a two week cruise and Cp Eugene E Bowling now personnel clerk for 1th Army in Tokorozoma Japan with a family background noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calloway Heights
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Pfe
John Harvey Hancock
C. L. Hancock
Pvt. Garnett Edison Hess
Tom Hess
Beckley
Hancock
Woodrow Wilson High School
Norfolk, Va
James R. Chambers
C. H. Chambers
Fayetteville
Fifth Naval District
Eugene E. Bowling
1Th Army
Tokorozoma
Cyl
Bowling
Ft. Knox
Dito Seoul
Korea
Brett Tata
Courageous Fighters and a Fearful Reverse in Korea
Joseph Alsop reports on a dire week in Korea as South Korean forces endure heavy losses under heavy enemy pressure. He argues U S forces were weakened by Johnson’s budget cuts and misleading claims of five divisions in Korea. The piece condemns policy failures and calls for accountability for the resulting chaos and casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Alsop
U. S
Korea
Fomore Tow
Louis A. Johnson
Pentagon
Walton H. Walker
Johnson
James V. Forrestal
Your Country Continued Trading With Red Russia
Louis Bromfield argues that U S policy under Churchill and American workers allows Soviet imports and slave labor products to flood the market. He criticizes State and Treasury for inaction, cites MacArthur and Matthews incidents, and questions U S governance and Acheson scrutiny amid a Cold War context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Bromfield
Winston Churchill
Washington
Russia
Japan
Departments of State
Treasury
Soviet Russia
Congress
Hopkins to announce Lattimore shift stirs McCarthy foes
Johns Hopkins will announce that Owen Lattimore, director of the School for Advanced International Studies, will lead a Washington institute, signaling support for Lattimore and opposing McCarthyism. GOP Rep Christian Herter helped arrange the merger, indicating party split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson Washington
Johns Hopkins University
Joe McCarthy
State Department
Owen Lattimore
McCarthy
Johns Hopkins
Soor
Walter Hines Pare Schor
Interna Vonal Studies
Lattimore
Washington
School For
GOP
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Herter
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckey
W. Va
Hinton
W Va
Thomas F. Stafford
Associated Press
AP News
Katz Agency
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
Lax
Delvery Bersice
Ponade
West Dala Janee
Virginia
Tocn Daliyaa Siren
Ce ‘ Ie Cartier
Themas F Stafford
Boyle
Bill, Ross
Elal Boyle
Tammy
Runnway
Bataan
General MacArthur
By Peggy Kessinger
George Bailey
Firoco
Cpl Tra B. Bailey
Stoco High School
Women of the Air Force Training Center
Pet Nelsene Shockley
S. O. Shockley
Spanishbur
Eta Camp Lee
Perso Kid Ederk
Ety
Vother
BO W. Rowling
Coal City
Jo Ann Hourk
Pemberton
Gene Ray
Rowling
Stace Hig
Lego
Lillyarack Coal Company
John H. Hancock
Southern School of Printing
Nashville
Cpl
Ita BE. Bailey
Nelsene Shockley
Aire Force
Assienmore
Eugene BE. Rowling
Joe Stalin
Weaad
Red Russia
Thomas Jefferson
Stalin
MacArthur
Matthews
Wallace
Truman
Boston
Acheson
Hopkins
Lou Renfrowe
Secretary of Defense
Lovey Johngan
Pentagair Gag
Renfrow
Lovey Tenson
Wall Street
Power Trust
Park Avenue
Stephen Fitzgerald Company
National Association of Hectricity Companies
Strongarm Methnods
Davis
WTS
Baker
National Tax Equality Association
Activies
Mbert Enrel
Michigan
China
House Appropriations Committee
Michigan Republican
Chiang Kai-shek
Tks
Mer
Son
Man Tse-tung
Mao
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