Editorial on duty to public and McDaniel in Beckley mayor race
The Register argues a newspaper must serve the public interest over party loyalty and weighs McDaniel's past in the Roberts embezzlement case. It notes the Roberts case still shadows the city's administration and urges voters to weigh past actions carefully before deciding.
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Register
Tommy Roberts
Phill A. McDaniel
McDaniel
Roberts
Beckley
City Hall
Régister
Oil Rush Drives New York Port Traffic Peak in 1930
The Port of New York saw its highest traffic in 26 years in 1930 driven by wartime commerce and oil. Oil accounted for more than half of all traffic amid Iran oil disputes prompting record imports. Nationalization reduced production, but U.S. oilmen built large Middle East reserves. Oil remains the dominant force in world trade through the port.
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New York
Iran
Middle East
Commierce
Wallace China Report Reveals United States Policy Questions
A Wallace report on China from Kunming in 1944 argues for a personal representative to Chiang Kai-shek with full command of American forces in China to deter Chinese Communists and coordinate Allied action. It suggests Gen Wedemeyer as a potential envoy, notes Stilwell’s obstacles, and implies Roosevelt could have shifted policy to curb Communist gains.
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Washington
China
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Kunming
Far East
Free China
East China
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Adrian Carton de Wiart
Lisiean
Wrinston Churchill
Joseph W. Stillwell
China-Burma
Stilwell
White House
Eralissimo
Chiang Kai
Roosevelt Chiang
Gen. Wedemeyer
Henry Wallace
Ching
Jong Rum
Patrick Hurles
Mlert Ci Wedemeier
Looking Backward Today Ten Years Ago and More
Ten years ago the secretary of state issued a charter to the Christmas Realty and Insurance Agency Inc of Beckley with 5000 capital. Corportors were G C Hedrick G L Campbell and W R Campbell. A special senate committee found no real gasoline shortage and accused Ickes of alarmism. Twenty years ago Raleigh County Council of Education named members C G Peregoy H E Carmichael Jess Lee Toler Z R Knotts E D Curry Miss Jess Cunningham Dr W W Hume A D Stovers E J Wauhop Wilbur E Plants. Harley Kilgore was vice president of the West Virginia Elms Association. Seventy-five Arkansas National Guard patrolled Jonesboro streets to aid civil authorities amid church tensions.
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Christmas Realty and Insurance Agency, Inc
Beckley
G. C. Hedrick
G. L. Campbell
W. R. Campbell
Senate
Interior
Ickes
Kiam Gallacher
Churchill
Bernard B. Chambers
Raleigh County Council of Education
C. G. Peregoy
H. E. Carmichael
Jess Lee Toler
Z. R. Knotts
E. D. Curry
Jess Cunningham
W. W. Hume
A. D Stovers
E. J. Wauhop
Wilbur E. Plants
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia Elms Association
Arkansas National Guard
Jonesboro
First Baptist Church
Boyle's Column Man Faces Change In Daily Life
A small man named Boyle battles time and social pressure as morning routine unravels. He experiences jealousy of a carefree child next door, friction with a partner, and a mood of defiant resistance to ordinary duties. He contemplates skipping kindergarten and college instead of facing his day.
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New York
The Little Man Reflects On Diplomats And A Fairy Tale
In World Today James Marlow portrays a puzzled working man reading a children's book and realizing diplomats resemble horse traders. The tale of the emperor's new clothes leads him to see nations as people who hire diplomats to deal, risking war if humanity loses perspective.
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Education for Freedom Dont Cut Your Education Short
Defense Mobilizer Wilson recalls a limited early schooling and a late push into learning. He describes leaving P.S. 32 in New York City, pursuing stenography, shop practice, physics, and later roles at Sprague Electric and General Electric, emphasizing self taught and continued education beyond formal schooling.
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United States
King Features Syndicate
Charles
Wilson Defense Mobilizer
New York City
Defense
Wilson
Sprague Electric Company
P.’S. No. 32
Mechanics Institute
General Electric Company
William Ruete
A Place in the Sun shines in Dreiser epic remake
George Stevens directs a star lineup led by Montgomery Clift Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters in a modern retelling of An American Tragedy. Clift plays the ambitious youth who plows through society to reach a desired romance and status amid factory life and social intrigue.
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Theodore
Dreiser
George Stevens
Montgomery Duft
Elizabeth Taylor
Shelley Winters
Paramount
Clift
Moody
Miss Winters
Miss Taylor
Shim
Stev
Shelley
Anne Revere
Keefe Bras- Selle
Fred Clark
Raymond Burr
Adopting Safely: West Virginia Urges Legitimate Agencies
William A. Morrison of the West Virginia Home Society warns against the state’s baby black market, noting only two statewide agencies and a Wheeling group placing children in the Panhandle. He highlights the Davis Child Shelter’s foster program and describes 200 births out of wedlock monthly, with many cases abused or abandoned.
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William A. Morrison
West Virginia Home Society
West Virginia
Department of Public Assistance
Wheeling
Panhandle
Blackmarket
Morrison
Rotary Club
Davis Child Shelter
Charleston
Holy Land
Imagine the children of the city dump and shelter care
A call to support Davis Child Shelter from abuse and neglect cases. The speaker urges aid for neglected children, emphasizing rehabilitation, discipline, and moral guidance to transform troubled youths into responsible adults. He warns against black market exploitation and appeals for patient, compassionate involvement from would be guardians.
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Davis
Heaven On Earth
Daddy and His Little Girl The Valuable Lesson
A father warns drivers to slow for school zones after describing his seven year old daughter's routine and risks near streets and intersections. He asks others to protect children as they walk to school, noting he works to provide for her.
30000 Chinese Interned in Indochina Aspire to Fight Reds
MAX CLOS reports from Saigon on about 30,000 Chinese interred in French Indochina since 1949. The internees on Phu Quoc Island urge arms to strike back at Chinese Communists, led by Gen. Hoang Chie who says the prisoners are well trained and ready for revenge, while the French restrict arms to avoid provoking Peiping.
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Max Clos
Saigon
French Indochina
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Indochina
Phu Quoc
Kingdom of
Cambodia
Army Corps
Hoang Chie
Chiang
Chie
Gen. Chie
Peiping
Fonteyn portrait book to charm ballet fans
Review of William Chappell and Cecil Beaton’s 1940s looks at Margot Fonteyn in a collection with 40 Beaton photographs. Chappell writes with fan devotion, noting Fonteyn’s rise from Rio Grande to prima ballerina with England's Sadler’s Wells training and English refinement. He blends praise with brief career facts and broader education notes on society.
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William Chappell
Cecil Beaton
Mac. Smillan
Margot Fonteyn
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Sadler’s Wells Ballet
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Fonteyn
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Sadler's Wells School
Rio Grande
Acsoluta
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