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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1954
Page
4
Editorial note urges that wealth or resources should be used rather than hoarded, attributing the idea to Wendell L. Willkie. The commentary frames practical action and civic responsibility as guiding principles for readers.
Growth of the Beckley area milk shed has boosted Greenbrier Dairy Products. The RDC aided DHIA and artificial breeding to bring in more milk from Raleigh and Fayette counties and Greenbrier Valley. A Clarksburg branch and expanded Morgantown sales show the prospect of continued expansion and regional supply growth.
A pipe manufacturer suggests women may drive a future rise in pipe smoking, noting women already buy about 70 percent of pipes sold. The piece recalls historical examples of female smoking trends and compares to past wartime shifts and male-oriented pipe use.
Ed Gardner stars in Daffys Tavern TV, moving away from drinking comedy. He notes he has had operations and cannot do panel shows, jokes about champagne, milk in ginger beer, and the show’s legal- and sponsor-friendly shift. Gardner recalls radio origins, hints at future projects, and teases other showbiz tidbits with period voice and tone.
New York letter recounts a quarrel at home over a baby girl named Margaret Tracy Ann Kathleen Boyle who has grown from infant to a nearly ten month old. The narrator, nicknamed Rover Boy, describes family tension, jealousy, and the wife Frances accusing him of cowardice while the baby’s changing presence alters the household dynamic.
Audubon Rhode Island poll names a domesticated fowl as the state bird, making Rhode Island the first to choose a chicken for its official crest while Delaware still touts the blue hen. The piece notes ties among cardinal and meadowlark and asks if a turkey might be next. It also discusses truck axle tax costs versus sales tax, citing Ohio’s 3.44 percent collection in nine months.
Bug Dust by Thomas J. Stafford laments Grandview State Park's altered landscape after timber cutting and slash as readers are urged to reflect on greed versus conservation. The column notes community acts including a billfold donation to charity, a Lester town project of willow planting, and political snippets about local officials and a traffic safety poem from Seymour Taylor.
The Raleigh S Register lists publication details for Beckley WV and Hinton VA with post office classification. It includes editors, Associated Press rights, advertising representation, and subscription rates and terms for daily and Sunday editions.
Hollywood writer notes Ed Dmytryk, famed for crime and war dramas, directs Broken Lance and recalls an early western shot on a $5,000 budget. He details a 100 percent quick profit from the sale of that primitive film and mentions a possible TV airing. Ida Lupino and Howard Duff may tour summer theaters with The Four Poster after reconciliation.
Peggy Kessinger reports on area servicemen in training and assignments. Pvt Tony J Tipane reports to Brooke Army Medical Center for advanced basic training after Woodrow Wilson High School 1951 and West Virginia University. Pvt John Ellison Jr Beckley and Pvt Carl Ritter Coal City attend Camp Hale Colorado for Exercise Ski Jump. Pvt Matthew M Ralsten Jr Beckley and Pvt Bobby L Stanley Dorothy complete basic training at Fort Jackson and join a unit chosen for platoon packets. Luther R Gillespie serves aboard USS Hambleton in Atlantic Fleet after exercises at Guantanamo Bay. Cpl James H Johnson released from Second Marine Aircraft Wing at Cherry Point and returns to Marine Corps Reserve. 2nd Lt Leroy W Clark of Beckley moves toward Fort Bragg for Exercise Flash Burn with 37th Infantry Division. Orville E Meadows Jr from Groton ships on USS Witek for refresher training near Guantanamo Bay.
W G Rogers reviews Ezra Pounds collection in New Directions with T S Eliot introduction. Pound defends Prufrock and praises Eliot while critiquing literary figures. the essay lauds Pounds immense learning and prolific cross era influence comparing him to Joyce and noting his range from ancients to moderns.
A devotional prayer asks eternal God to free souls from fear doubt and sin this day urging love and service to others for Jesus Christ's sake signed by Stuart Leroy Anderson president of the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley California.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, 66, arrives in Geneva for a Korea and Indochina peace conference with Britain and France. He seeks united allied action and possible concessions from China, while guarding against communist pressure aimed at splitting France from the United States. The outcome hinges on vision and backbone, not energy or effort.
Iran ex Premier Mossadegh issues a 400 page plea for release from a three year term but speaks at length. A village in England named Christmas Pie is noted as a pleasant place to live. An Angora kitten sells for a high price. A University of Oklahoma psychologist advises grammar teachers on retaining sanity with no call for a second job. A man finds his home under siege during cleaning and an Indian Chief turns author. A cartoonish line ponders lions in flat terrain and a noble Read man.
Emily Kimbrough visits Pittsburgh for a lecture and unknowingly encounters an FBI agent posing as a fan. She discovers the stranger is not familiar and was sent to question her about a named acquaintance. She vows no more tricks and proclaims maturity. Movie moguls try a new Lassie stunt in a tree-D process.
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