Beckley Gambling Crisis Calls for Mayoral Change
The Beckley city area faces growing gambling despite appeals to Mayor Burke and Police Chief Hedrick. Readers urge raids, compare with Clarksburg and Charleston actions, and threaten a mayoral bid if policy remains. The piece also weighs Soviet military strength, internal woes, and Secretary Marshall's UN move to stabilize world order.
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Beckley
A. Burke
Dee Hedrick
Clarksburg
Charleston
Burke
Wheeling
Murmansk
Odessa
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
United Nations Assembly
Marshall
United Nations
U. N
Secretary Marshall’s UN speech stirs international alarm
Observers of the international scene tremble at Secretary of State Marshall’s bold policy speech opening the United Nations General Assembly. Some fear repercussions and imagine sword rattling in the distance.
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Marshall
United Nations General Assembly
Giant potato and sequoia crop highlight West Virginia story
Hess Davis of Maple Fork showcases a two and a half pound potato and reports harvesting one and a half bushels from three sequoia potatoes sent by his son Jonas from Beloit Wisconsin. He plans to keep seeds and notes prolific vines spreading over 11 feet 6 inches. The piece then extols West Virginia National Guard history and calls for enlistment.
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Hess Davis
Maple Fork
Raleigh
Hess
George Givens
Grady Angle
Grady
Jonas
Beloit
Wis
Willis
Mabscott
Cornel Wilde
Chopin
Gershwin
Alda
Allie
Christopher Blake
Bob
Warners
Hollywood
Palm Beach braces after hurricane ruins royal palms
Palm Beach Florida reels from a hurricane that uprooted hundreds of royal palms along Royal Poinciana and Royal Palm Boulevards. The island spared lives but suffered widespread property damage including bath houses, beaches, and golf courses. officials warn it will take years to replace the iconic trees while roads remain blocked by fallen vegetation.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Gold Coast
Royal Ponciana
Royal Palm
Everglades
Frank H. Young
Palm Beach Pier
Ocean Boulevard
Bath and Tennis Clubs
Sun and Surf Club
Everglades Golf Links
Palm Beach Golf Club
AP News
Edwin L. Howard
Westport
Human speed feats vs rapid machines and projectiles
An essay contrasts human speed limits with machine powered speed records. It notes automobile and airplane marks, sprint and swim baselines, animal speeds, and human feats with ice blades, bicycles, bobsleds, motorcycles, and jet flight. It ends with rockets and planetary motion.
Biographical film roles derail rising Hollywood stars
Veteran writer Howard C. Hexy n reports on how biographical films hinder young actors. Larry Parks and Robert Alda rose fast after Jolson Story and Rhapsody in Blue, but faced stalled careers, delays, and contract issues. Alda reflects on smart casting and sustaining star status amid setbacks.
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Howard C. Hexyn
Associated Press
Hollywood
Larry Parks
Robert Alda
Jolson
Parks
Columbia
Harry Cohn
Alda
Gershwin
Nora Prentiss
Warner Bros
Rhapsody
Char
BBC Offers Prizes To German Critics
The BBC has offered Germans ten new radio sets as prizes for criticisms of the German section of its European service. Listeners are invited to submit improvements praise for favorites and constructive criticism of disliked programs. Twenty books are consolation prizes.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Rural WV Teachers Embrace One-Room Schools Despite Shortcomings
State Education Department notes chronic teacher shortages for over 2,500 rural and one room schools. Seven rural instructors praise the role, citing freedom to plan and community impact, while noting space, ventilation, water, and playground needs remain. A Huntington teacher lauds rural schools despite handicaps.
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W.va
Charles R. Lewis
Charleston
State Education Department
Virginia School Journal
Maud Broyles
Summersville
Juanita B. Thompson
Walnut Gap School
Kanawha County
Oak Hill
Cabell County
Mabel K. Langdon
Tris M.’ Woodard
Lincoln
Huntington
State Education’ Department
Dinner with Stan and a Mysterious Card
Ellen feeds Stan a home cooked meal while Leo and Riley search for him. A gift basket from Tark arrives and a recovered note hints at danger. Ellen notices a suspicious spelling shift and records the card, sensing a hidden message. The chapter ends with a cliffhanger.
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Stan
Ellen
Rassle
Darlene Heller
St. Louis
Leo
Tark
The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Mary White Ovington
A review of Ovington's biography of the NAACP founders and its 35 year struggle for civil rights. It recounts key figures Du Bois Holmes and Villard, landmark legal battles, campaigns against lynching and The Birth of a Nation, and current reach with 500000 members and 1100 branches.
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Mary White Ovington
Harcourt, Brace
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Miss Ovington
W. E. Burghardt du Bois
Oswald Garrison Villard
Walter E. Sachs
John Haynes Holmes
du Bois
William Gaelish Walling
Villard
Evening Post
Crisis
Asbury Park
NAACP
Darrow
Storey
Frankfurter
Biddler
Ernst
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Louisville
John J. Parker
Hoover
FEPC
Public lands concentrated in western states analysis
A government survey shows eleven Western states hold most public lands totaling about 457.59 million acres with the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service among the top administrators. Western land distribution lists California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming with varying acre totals. War era timber sales rose sharply while plantings fell. grazing and livestock numbers also declined modestly.
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Associated Press
Department of Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Park Service
Reclamation Bureau
Soil Conservation Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Farm Security Administration
War Department
Navy Department
Agriculture Research Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Department
Fed
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
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France
Panama
New Guinea
Aleutians
Southwest Pacific
Germany
West Augusta
National Guard
West Virginia
America
Boyle
Nation Today
James Marlow
Max Hall
Sweden
Smithsonian Institution
Big Racket
Lue
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India
John Cobb
England
Bonneville Salt Flats
Navy
Malcolm Campbell
U. S. Marine
Muroc
Bob Feller
Kathleen Fidler
Elkins
Ella Shipley
Berkeley Springs
Evelyn Pyles
Shoals
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