Local tax and subscription notices cited for West Virginia
The notice states a two per cent sales tax for subscriptions in West Virginia and warns that distributors are independent contractors. Beckley Newspapers Corp disclaims responsibility for advance payments. Voters are urged to go to the polls and exercise their right to vote.
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Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
West Virginia
Adi Carters
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Responsibility and voter apathy urged by Princeton mayor
Mayor J W Lawson of Princeton warns Americans face danger to democracy from ballot neglect. He cites low turnout in presidential and local races, urges participation in elections to decide issues like streets, pools, taxes, and graft. Beckley voters decide city leadership Tuesday with candidates from both parties.
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America
J. W. Lawson
Princeton
Lilly
Lawson
Lal
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
West Virginia
Ford pension move signals confidence in prolonged prosperity
The piece argues Ford Motor Company’s non-contributory pension for workers reflects a broader postwar trend, not a new innovation. It notes wartime pension growth, tax factors, and rising private plans, with steel labor talks focusing on worker contributions. Ford’s stance suggests strong faith in sustained prosperity.
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Ford Motor Company
United Mine Workers
Ford
United States
Beckley saga on wartime airfield near Beckley
Bill Fugitt recalls Beckley almost owning a mountain airport in 1942 after seeking funding from General Hap Arnold. Plans for a military base faded as South Atlantic ferry routes shifted, making Beckley a potential airfield storage point but not a target for sabotage. The piece links Beckley to regional defense and future airfield roles as discussed by local figures.
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Bill Fugitt
Chamber of Commerce
Beckley
America
Bill
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Beckleyans
Hap Arnold
Arnold
Great Britain
U. S
Atlante Coast
Brazil
Dakar
South Atlantic
Hen
Ben
Europe
William Smith Banks
Air Force
Penman Field
Atlantic Seaboard
Pittsburgh
Charlotte
Nature Lover Gerald Kennell Guards Adirondack Wilderness
AP writer HAL BOYLE profiles Gerald Kennell 62 in the Central Adirondacks. The woodsman, famed for hauling two fresh bucks and living 32 years at a hunting camp, critiques city life and praises oldtimers like Fred Hess and French Louie for surviving with ingenuity and grit.
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Hal Boyle
Inlet
Adirondack Mountains
Gerald Kennell
Kennell
Fred
Gerald
Jessf
Fred Hess
Iaken
Louie
Kenwell
Hess
Adirondack
Loyalty Checks Two Years In Program Of Government Posts
The Nation Today reviews the two year anniversary of Truman’s loyalty program. It traces its origin from 1939 Hatch Act to 1947 order creating a nationwide system. It notes regional and national loyalty boards, appeals processes, and that about 2,000,000 federal workers are covered with certain agencies excluded.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Civil Service Commission
Congress
House Civil Service Committee
Government Department
FBI
Jones
Goverment Service
Trumans
Special Loyalty Review Board
Atomic’ ‘Energy Commission
Army
AEC
Nick Ray shapes realism in They Live By Night and beyond
Director Nick Ray, 37, known for realism, had Cathy O'Donnell work four days at a gas station for They Live By Night to gain authentic look. He praises heightened living in entertainment and cites bold directing choices with actors like Bogart and Grant as examples of pushing boundaries. Ray, once at La Crosse and Chicago, explains testing responses to find true character reactions.
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Hollywood
Cathy O'Donnell
RKO
Nicholas Ray
Nick
Nick Ray
Gloria
Grahame
Catby
Oklahoma
la Crosse
Wis
University of Chicago
Broadway
Hmphrey Bogart
Bogey
One Lake
Bogart
Cary Grant
Chester
Nest
Grant
Holway
Haid
Haid Besgun
Hald
Cherry
Jake
Apathetic reception to Soviet atomic bomb shocks U S leadership
Washington editors argue the Soviet hydrogen bomb exit forces a reckoning with U S defense policy. They warn that the Joint Chiefs plans fall short, requiring a balanced Atlantic defense and a capable American offensive force, plus overseas bases, to deter a first strike. The piece criticizes Truman and Johnson for cutting the Air Force and delaying key bases, calling America unprepared for a new era of intercontinental threat.
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Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
Washington
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Berlin
Kremlin
Europe
Red Army
Western
Atlantic
Truman
Louis Johnson
Strategic Air Force
England
North Africa
Middle East
Pakistan
Hanford
Oak Ridge
Stalingrad
Chelyabinsk
Magnitogorse
Soviet Union
The House on Lilac Street Chapter 29 Dark Confrontation
Haid confronts Holway at Eight Lilac Street as tension rises over a double game. Holway reveals a weapon and warns Haid with cold menace while the house feels like a tomb and servants are absent.
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Number Eight Lilac Street
Haid
Holway
Attic Finds 44 Brady Civil War Negatives in New York Barn
In Binghamton area, Irving Desfor reports 44 original Mathew Brady negatives found in Tioga County by George L Andrews. The glass plates include portraits of Grant Custer Sheridan Hancock Logan and Lincoln era figures stored since 1886. The collection sparked renewed attention to Brady's Civil War photography and its preservation.
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Irving Desfor
Binghamton N.Y
Washington
George L. Andrews
Tioga County
N. Y
Mathew Brady
Owego
aAasco
General Aniline & Finn Corporation
Binghamton
Ulysses S. Grant
George Armstrong Custer
Philip H. Sheridan
Winfield S. Hancock
John A. Logan
Edwin M. Stanton
Lincoln
Hamilton Fish
Grant
James G. Blaine
Garfield
Harrison
Washington, D. C
Brady
Gen
Custer
Frederick Hl. Meserve
New York
Atle
Andrews
Andrew Burgess
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Library of Congress
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Frederick Reserve
Register
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Princes of
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Kee
Street
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Martin Girl
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