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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1954
Page
4
A brief newspaper remark presents a quotation on conscience and curiosity attributed to W. R. Goldsmith. It frames a thought for the day, noting the impact of a woman's dead silence as a provocative prompt for reflection.
The past week saw six Raleigh and Fayette County mines close, yet national economists forecast a strong 1954. U.S. News & World Report cites a 27 billion dollar-plus spend on new plants and equipment. Fortune magazine agrees. Sumner Slichter predicts lower consumer debt and price relief will revive retail trade by midsummer, with auto and retail sales rising and hard-line demand lifting coal production.
A plan by Curt C. Joa at a Florida machine shop lets retirees work four hours daily to boost retirement incomes and stay active. Young workers train beside them, sharing techniques, with rotations between Wisconsin and Florida plants. The Jo a Plan aims to expand to more industries while protecting health and efficiency.
U S News & World Report notes widespread hunger in Russia and satellites as food is redirected to feed the motherland. Farm failures and industrial trouble strain deliveries while youth are drafted to reclaim arid lands. Non communist prosperity grows under Marshall Plan. critics warn planning failures threaten economies. The piece ends with a quip on preferring quiet solitude over chatter.
Samuel Sears of Boston to be counsel for the Senate sub committee probing influence peddling between armed services and lawmakers. The memo cites liaison staffs, favoritism claims, and requests funneled through senators and congressmen. It urges publication of organizational tables and records of personnel requests to reveal scope of political influence in Washington.
Beckley and Hinton newspapers list publication schedule and class mail status. The piece notes managing editor Thomas F. Stafford and AP membership, advertising reps Story Brooks and Finley, subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, and policy on subscriptions and address changes.
Indo China news sharpens focus on the Presidents and Dulles commitment to united action if needed to win the Indo Chinese War. Ely’s verdict of no victory with current French means and the warning to Molotov expand the case for potential US involvement and Geneva outcomes.
In Nassau a Brooklyn Bahamas hotel man dreams of turning the island into the Broadway and 42nd Street of the Bahamas. He envisions swift jet links to New York, close by Cuba Bermuda Jamaica and Miami, and notes social luminaries visiting as a cruise aboard the S S Nassau. The piece offers coastal celebrity sightings and party chatter from a lively, gossip-filled forenoon.
A quirky column surveys language diversity, blind counts, and odd facts from 1940s life. It riffs on mirrors, Pilgrims, and aging hotels while wryly noting rising household costs, changing bread-baking habits, and the paradoxes of modern shopping and marriage. The piece blends humor with social observations about era norms and consumer quirks.
A prayer asking for a daily burden for others and for the redemption of a wandering brother whether near or far. It invokes the Prince of Peace and seeks to share the church’s deep, abiding peace, attributed to pastor W. Dale Oldham of Park Place Church of God in Anderson Indiana.
Senator Mundt named Samuel Powers Sears of Boston as outside counsel to probe McCarthy Army hearings. Sears, a 58 year old Republican, had past favorable remarks about McCarthy but claimed no stance on McCarthyism. Committee members sought further statements on impartiality and past views.
A Midwest store offers a free used car with every television purchase. A man questions the usefulness of a car if one stays home to watch TV. The piece mixes playful notes on trends and public whimsy with brief world and local curiosities.
The text recalls Jim Thorpe’s legendary exploits with three home runs hit across Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas in an exhibition game. It also includes assorted humorous quips about social scenes and a paper magnate’s joking warning on family size, reflecting a collage of light anecdotes and pop culture quips.
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