Rural Reverie and Farm Realities in Early Autumn
A nurse-poet recalls romantic farm life then weighs it against hard modern realities. Memories of riding to fields, dairy routines, and family tragedy clash with tomatoes at 90 cents a bushel, plowing work, and the milked cow. The piece ends with a push to work first and a critique of a world federalism replacing the UN.
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Bob White
Whittlin
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Baltimore
Trix
Colt
Doc Gwathney
Don’t Close the Stores Over O P A Pressures
The letter urges grocers not to close stores despite sympathy for their difficulties. It argues the public would blame grocers, not the O P A, for closures and notes alternative departments still supply cereals, dairy, beans, and bread. It suggests meat department cuts would hurt, while milk and beans remain available. It calls for grocers to pressure officials through other methods.
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O.P.A
Kaiser War Profits At Issue In House Hearing
House committee counsel cites Henry Kaiser as turning a few hundred dollars into millions through war contracts. Kaiser counters that figures vary with handling and taxes, noting Fontana steel plant results. Bridges once labeled him "the coddled darling of the New Deal" in 1939.
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House
Henry Kaiser
Kaiser
Fontana Steel
California
Styles Bridges
Senate
Henry J. Kaiser
Stalin’s Olive Branch Could Grow In Greece
In Greece a chance exists for Stalin to back his call for friendly collaboration between the Soviet Union and western democracy. The Greek crisis intensifies as civil war rages and foreign powers vie for influence. Tsaldaris backs an impartial study of the border turmoil, while Tsaldaris warns that foreign influence deepens disorder. The imminent return of King George II to Athens raises the stakes for regional peace.
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Glenn Babb
Greece
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
London
Albania
Yugoslavia
Russia
Kremlin
United Nations Security Council
Ukraine
Council
Andrei Gromtyko
Britain
United States
China
Gromyko
Athens
Belgrade
Tirana
Moscow
Trysve Lie
United Nations
Constantin Tsaldaris
Salonika
Security Council
Tsaldaris
George II
Palestine diamond industry boom from eight-year growth
AP News features Nathan ya Palestine's diamond sector, where Jewish artisans using Detroit-style methods polish rough stones into gems. The industry employs about 4,000 workers in 33 factories, mainly in Nathanya Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, with 2024 output valued at about 32 million dollars, 81 percent of which goes to the United States.
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Nathanya
Palestine
Belgium
Holy Land
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Detroit
United States
Nlache
Heaugh
Diamond Trading Corporation
England
Rupert Man Accused of Moonshine Possession in Federal Custody
Miles B. McClung of Rupert is held by Federal authorities on a charge of possessing moonshine liquor. Records at Raleigh County jail show he was taken into custody by Morris B. Imboden, a Beckley U S deputy man.
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Miles B. McClung
Rupert
Raleigh
McClung
Morris B. Imboden
Beckley
U. S
Surplus Property Prices May Be Slashed On Site
WAA officials consider lowering site sale prices to move surplus quickly and avoid missed profits. deputies urge advertising and targeted sales, warn against listing items without market, and note misaligned sale dates and displayed stock. They also push ending lamp tie in practices and urge better merchandising across regions.
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Elmer Roessner
War Assets Administration
Robert M. Littlejohn
WAA
Littlejohn
W.A.A
Uncle Sam
WAVA
DC Motors
General Store and Union Meeting End in a Stalemate
The General Stores Inc and Food Stores Employes Union offered no comment after a last night meeting at Scherer Bowers File. The union had called a strike in August and Beckley and Oak Hill locations of General Stores were picketed by Local 237 this morning.
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Elmer Davis
General Stores, Inc
Sherwood Spencer
Food Stores Employes Union
Scherer, Bowers and File
Davisold
Beckley
Oak Hill
Food Store Employes’ Union
Child Hurt in Fall From Moving Auto Near Beckley
Robert Bailey three-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Bailey of the Colonial Apartments was hospitalized at Raleigh General after falling from a car returning to Beckley from Mount Hope. He rode with family members when he opened the door and fell onto the highway. He is being treated for head injuries and x-ray results were not yet determined.
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Robert Bailey
Harvey Bailey
Colonial Apartments
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Mount Hope
L. A. Hopkins
Roosevelt Daniels Injured In Accident At Tams
Roosevelt Daniels, 39, of Tams, employee of Gulf Smoke less Fuel, was treated at Beckley Hospital yesterday for an injury to his right knee. The article also notes the pyramids of Egypt extend 11 miles along the Nile’s west bank.
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Tams Snner
Beckley Hospital
Roosevelt Daniels
Tams
Gulf Smokeless Fuel Company
Egypt
Nile River
Eccles
Sam Connetti
GI Bill delays expose by ex soldier Tom Nial
Thomas Nial recounts his frustrating attempt to obtain a certificate of eligibility under the GI Bill. He filed in Washington with Florida as his home, faced transfer delays, and learned a one year certificate would not meet his needs, prompting him to seek a full, indefinite eligibility through his Florida regional VA office.
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Tom N
Tom
Florida
Washington
Thomas N. Nial
Specter of Mars Looms Over Balkans and Middle East
Associated Press correspondent Relman Morin reports from Paris that the war warning echoes through Trieste Greece Albania the Dardanelles and Iran as Russia seeks influence in the Mediterranean and Palestine faces Jewish Arab tensions threatening a vital British lifeline. The World War II prospect looms, with belief that a major conflict may be near though not imminent this year or next.
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P News
Balkans
Middle East
Trieste
Greece
Albania
Dardanelles
Iran
Russia
Mediterranean
Palestine
Associated Pes
Relman Morin
Paris
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Stalin
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Rupert Man
National Lamp and Shade Institute of America
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National Furniture Manufacturers Association
National Retail Furniture Association
Benjamin Hobbins
The
CPA
Civilian Production Administration
New York
New York City
Tifs Steel
St. Louis
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Duquesne Way
Pittsburgh
Major Thomas M. Nial
Prosperity School
Clarente Wooten
Wooten
Cranberry School
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