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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1955
Page
4
A concise opinion note quotes Shakespeare about guilt speaking beyond spoken words, presenting a reflective thought on conscience and accountability in a period-tinged editorial voice. The line invites readers to consider inner truth over outward speech.
Beckley faces its first four year city government election as party candidates are chosen by primary and councilmen by wards. The piece warns of a push by vice forces and calls for high turnout to prevent gambling and bootlegging, noting past policing changes and the arrival of Methodist children home projects.
U S officials doubt a Chinese Communist assault on Matsu or Quemoy before the Bandung meeting in Indonesia. Eisenhower orders forces to stand clear unless attacked as Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists brace to bear an initial thrust. Bandung’s outcome may push Reds toward or away from war, with 29 nations attending April 18 to 24.
Adlai Stevenson, in a 4000 word radio address, urged allied and uncommitted nations to oppose war in the Formosa Strait and to stand with the United States in defending Formosa against aggression while seeking a final settlement. He stopped short of urging defense of Matsu and Quemoy, and did not make a direct recommendation for attacking or defending those islets. Eisenhower has not publicly fixed a policy, weighing whether a Red attack on Matsu and Quemoy would threaten Formosa and require intervention. The stance highlights divergent views among Republicans and Democrats as the president contemplates his position.
Bug dust and tall tales swirl around opening day in Washington and Cincinnati. The spring plague spreads from Kansas City to Brooklyn as early games near World Series fever. Major Leagues expand geographically and bring heightened interest beyond the Yankees and Dodgers.
columnist C J Needy McQuade argues for strong local backing of Charleston baseball in the American Association. Beckley Turnpike cuts travel to Charleston, former Toledo franchise joins, boosting hopes for major league level play and possible league expansion while Beckley contemplates organized baseball despite waning county league and scholastic programs amid poor spring weather and tough working conditions.
Beckley Hinton newspapers publish subscription rates by mail and home delivery details. Rates include daily and Sunday plans with yearly and shorter terms, tax added within West Virginia, and notes on carrier independence and address changes.
Abraham Noman a 29 year old Bedouin in Cairo works as a servant at the Mena House hotel near Giza. He came to town from the desert with nine in his family and a 120 pound a year income. He values education and family, hopes his children become judges or army officers, and sees life improving for people like him in Egypt. He speaks of respect for his parents and contentment with his lot while welcoming learning from tourists aboard a Trans World Airlines preview flight.
Short devotional prayer invoking Christ as servant for guidance in daily labor. Addresses the Spirit shining through service and asks for God’s will to be done from the heart. Attributed to George C. Pigeon of Toronto, past moderator of the United Church of Canada.
Peggy Kessinger chronicles service members assigned to Fort Jackson Germany and Korea. Pvt Robert W Dodson 24 Beckley undergoes eight week basic training at Fort Jackson. Lt Robert H Meggison 1st Lt Germany member of Fourth Infantry Division honor guard, West Virginia State College 1953 graduate. Sgt Ralph I Devier 26 Korea I Corps NCO Academy graduate medical technician Led unit leadership and map studies. Airman Charles W Stover Jr 21 Oak Hill enlisted 1954 member of 4022nd flight awaiting assignment to base or training command school.
Hollywood story notes Lucy Marlow, brown haired aspiring actress, learning from Joan Crawford on the set of Queen Bee. Crawford mentors her, offering patience and hard earned tips, while Marlow hails the veteran star's sharp eye and work ethic as key to her own film education.
In Ann Arbor Michigan a tense emotional scene erupted as the Salk polio vaccine report arrived. Over 200 newsmen from newspapers radio and TV surged into the Rackham Building newsroom to claim copies and photograph the historic papers. Guards moved reports amid a chaotic rush then calm returned as colleagues sipped coffee awaiting the exact time.
Greek security forces alerted to possible Communist infiltration as repatriates from northern Greece and the Balkans return from exile. Officials warn that young men raised under Communist indoctrination near the Albanian border could form a guerrilla nucleus. Arrests have already halted several Red leaders who slipped into Greece to reorganize the underground party.
A collage of gossip and showbiz notes features Greta Garbo's wrinkles, Barbara Bel Geddes in a stage joke titled Southern Freud Chicken, Bugs Baer quipping about Peter Lorre, and Ed Murrow program plots. It also recalls Janet Leigh resisting a hidden walkie talkie, Father Keller's Pierre ride, Melba’s return and triple-parked cars, Bob and Ray radio bits, Marion Marlowe's Las Vegas engagement, and Kermit Schafer's Pardon My Blooper project with a review of a performer's career in the Army and civilian life through 1951.
A nostalgic wrap of mid century showbiz chatter notes Marlowe’s Las Vegas offer against Garbo’s rumored flirtations with Gloria Vanderbilt and Zsa Zsa Gabor. It cites 1952 offers, 1953 song trends, army service in 1955, and a flood of anecdotes about Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Red Skelton, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, and other stars, plus fashion, marriage gifts, and society gossip.
The 157-year-old U S S Constellation may become a national monument after decommissioning. Other notes include complaints about crowded House of Representatives dining room, a Cape cod fish theft mistaken for payroll, and a medieval deck of 78 cards with Betcha Dollar Dennis bets.
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