Case Of Mistaken Identity Inflation Not Prosperity
The Northwestern National Life Insurance bureau warns inflation is misread as prosperity. Rising prices hurt fixed incomes while real gains come from more efficient production. Inflation creates debt and waste, risks a boom then recession, and misleads voters into accepting easy money as good times.
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Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Bureau
U. S
Serge
Santa Claus
All Is Not Dark Anonymity Spurred Honest Confession
A 15 or 16 year old youth told a downtown store manager he had stolen shopping bags last Christmas and offered a dollar as repayment. The manager accepted, praising kindness and offering future employment when the youth is older. The Chattanooga Times notes a hopeful contrast to crime.
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Okeh
The
Chattanooga Times
Old Rules of English Composition Often False
Dr. Crane argues for Arabic numerals over spelling out numbers and for selective quotation marks to grab reader attention. He cites eye appeal on a busy page, notes Roman numerals slow reading, and urges using parentheses with Arabic numbers for emphasis. He promotes modern print psychology and offers a booklet for sale.
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Sheridan
Bug Dust Reflections On Strength And Society
Roy Lee Harmon argues that reliance on bombs and comfort weakens people and nations. He contrasts wartime grit with modern ease, notes West Virginia’s automation woes, and urges restraint, discipline, and renewed faith to weather economic and social strain.
Military Man Ball Graduates Top Score at Fort Leonard Wood
Pvt William Lee Ball son of Mr and Mrs L R Ball Maxwell Hill graduates from advanced engineer training with the highest company score. He is stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri with the combat engineers in a construction battalion.
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Pvt
William Lee Ball
L. R. Ball
Maxwell Hill
Fort Leonard Wood
Combat Engineers
Local Army Recruits and Training Details
The article lists recruits and trainees including a 1958 Woodrow Wilson High School and Raleigh County Vocational School graduate who entered basic training at Fort Benning. It notes Specialist 4 James Smith of Princewick in Exercise Lucky Delta at Fort Gordon and Donald Hall of Glen Rogers assigned to Fort Jackson for basic training. Hall, a 1958 Glen Rogers High School graduate, worked for New York Decorating Co. in Washington, D.C., is married to Doreen Lilly of Beckley who attends Beckley College.
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Raleigh
Europe
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charleston
Beckley
Washington, D. C
Focal
Fort Benning
Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County Vocational School
L. B. Shrewsberry
Army
Fort Gordin
James Smith
Princewick
Fort Jackson
S. C
Donald Hall
Glen Rogers
Glen Rogers High School
New York Decorating Co
Washington, D.C
Tom Hall
Doreen Lilly
Beckley College
RNS
Service honors aboard USS Tawaraw with Commander Carrie
Serving with Commander Carrie Division 20 aboard the Atlantic Fleet anti-submarine carrier USS Tawaraw is Robert L. Almond quarter master second class son of Mr and Mrs Levi Almond Route 2 Beckley husband of the former Carol A. Foster Beckley
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Carrie
Division 20
Tarawa
Robert L. Almond
Levi Almond
Route 2
Beckley
Carol A. Foster
World Today: Joint Chiefs Of Staff Point To Power
Secret testimony before the House committee shows U S military strength as a deterrent to Soviet aggression. The Chiefs say long range bombers missiles and submarines give overwhelming capacity to destroy the Soviet Union if attacked. McElroy backs the outlook predicting continued overall strength ahead of the USSR. Mahon emphasizes the nation’s unbeatable counter offensive capability.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Berlin
Soviet Union
House Appropriations Committee
America
Joint Chiefs
U. S. SR
Defense
Neil McElroy
George Mahon
D-Tex
McElroy
Mahon
Mach and Saturn Facts From Early Science Texts
Facts trace Mach as a Czech born German physicist linked to sound research. The first U S reform school opened in New York in 1824. Saturn is noted as having nine moons.
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Mach
Ernst Mach
United States
New York
April Fools Day origin and pocketbook joke
The article notes April 1 as a day for practical jokes with sugar bowls galt and candy cotton. It traces customs to ancient spring festivals and Noah's dove legend, mentions Roman and English adoption, and invites readers to propose harmless jokes. It also asks where the game checkers originated and credits a $10 prize to a reader.
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England
Prayer For Today Blessings From Christ Within Us
A prayer from Roy H. Stetler Jr of Cheverly Maryland requests the Eternal Christ dwell within believers. It asks spring’s renewal to reflect in life and quotes I am come that you might have life and have it more abundantly.
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Father
Christ
Amen
Roy H. Stetler, Jr
Cheverly, Md
Cheverly Community
Evangelical United Brethren Church
April Fool humor fades as Americans seek real progress
New York April Fool's Day piece notes a shift from pranks to serious effort on H bombs, cancer cures, moon maps, and tax schemes. It highlights novelty gadgets on Broadway, including a bald wig and dazzle eyes, with shops on Broadway near 45th and 46th Streets selling gag items.
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New York
Broadway
Razzmataz Playlands
Game Palaces
Yul Brynner
Steve Allen
Dazzie
Husband
Ed Goldstein
Twist 45Th and 46Th Sts
Marilyn Monroe
Jayne Mansfield
Jayne
Jackie Gleason
Milton Berle
Jan Murray
Town
Guy de la Passardiere
Lilo
France
Champs Ely- Sees
Earl
Tony Pettito
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Shakespeare
George W. Crane
Clark G
Dr. Crane
By Roy Lee Harmon
Russia
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Junior
Dad
By Peggy Kessinger
Associated Press
AP News
Story Brooks & Finley Inc
Philadelphia
Chicago, Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Beckley Newsnavers Corporation
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Saturn
Margaret Banks
Poplar Branch
N. C
Earl Wilson
Mr. Goldstein
Joe
Xavier Cugat
Abbe Lane
David Sloane
Houston
Ida Puente
Perle Mesta
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