Raleigh Register publication details and rates listed
The Raleigh Register published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation notes evening and Sunday issues with Associated Press credit. It lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions by mail and home delivery, and reminds readers to provide old and new addresses for changes. Local carriers operate as independent contractors.
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Raleigh Register
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
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Hinton
Thomas F. Stafford
Seale Idle Rene
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Katz Agency
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Weat Delivery
Virginia
Dayton Coal Firm Seeks Customer Confidence Amid Fuel Shift
A Dayton retail coal company writes to its supply sources urging cooperation to keep coal in demand as gas and oil heat cut into coal sales. It argues faith in coal can be restored by aggressive sales, timely shipments, and avoiding prestige-based buying.
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Dayton
John L. Lewis
Dayton Coal Dealer
Nursing As A Career Legislation Heads To White House
A bill creating a permanent Army and Navy nurse corps and a women specialists corps has gone to the White House for the President’s signature. It would end the wartime emergency pay status of $1,080 to $1,800 and help retain nurses, addressing a national shortage across hospitals and public health agencies. Senator Saltonstall argues current pay is too low to keep nurses.
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Army
Navy
White House
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Nursing as a Career Draws Young Women
The piece argues that to interest more young women in nursing, the medical profession and the U S Bureau of Public Health must launch a long term education program.
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U. S. Bureau of Public Health
Inflation drive urged by Truman to curb free money
The author argues President Truman should push price reductions by limiting government handouts and unemployment benefits. He cites free money as stoking inflation and urges strict controls on unions and welfare, warning that without decisive inflation measures a major bust will follow.
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Truman
Hitler
Doles
De Gaulle’s Cure All Reportedly Aims at France’s Parties
The article notes General Charles de Gaulle launching a new remedy to curb the strength of numerous small parties in postwar France. It suggests France should model its politics on the United States two party system and look westward for guidance.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
Giant lemon draws crowd on West Virginia mountain
Mrs. L H Williams grew an unusually large lemon on Reservoir Road, citrus potential seen in Raleigh County. Reporter George Armstrong and I photographed farm people planting and preparing crops around Beckley area including the Amicks at Four-H Lake Road and M C Richmond at Crow, noting suburban farm growth and rural home building amid water line installs.
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West Virginia
George Armstrong
P. A. Amick
Amicks
Reservoir Road
Bob Amick
Amick
Beckley
Raleigh County
M. C. Richmond
Crow
Richmond
Raleigh
Hinton
Thurmond
Beaver
Pluto
Pai
Boyle's Column: Strange Fever Of Deep Sea Fishing Returns
HAL BOYLE recalls the annual urge in New York to go deep sea fishing, with coworkers plotting boat trips to Sheepshead Bay. He recounts a miserable, seasick day at sea, the overpowering smell of fish, and a wife after a week of non stop fish dishes, concluding he hopes no one invites him again.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Cathay
Sheepshead Bay
Long Island
Fulton
Labor Bill Dominates House Debate Amid Partisan Clash
The House debated a new labor bill on restricting union rights as Republicans allied with some Democrats to push it forward. Principal exchanges featured Mary Norton of New Jersey criticizing Hartley, AFL President Green’s letter to unions, and speeches by Rep. Lea Allen and Rep. Adolph Sabath. The session shifted from rhetoric to examining the bill’s details.
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Washington
Congress
House
Mary Norton
New Jersey
Fred A. Hartley
Norton
House Labor Committee
Hartley
AFL
William Green
Lea Allen
Illinois
Allen
Adolph Sabath
Sabath
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Broadway First Tarzan Heroine Still Active But She Shuns Trees
Enid Markey, Tarzan’s original film heroine, recalls her youth and contrasts Elmo Lincoln and Johnny Weissmuller. She comments on aging, stage life, and the enduring glamour of early cinema amid backstage Broadway chatter by Rube Bernstein.
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Y Jack O'Brian
New York
Broadway
Rube Bernstein
Enid Markey
Helen Hayes
Anita Laos
Music Box Theater
Rube
45Th Street
Tarzan
Los Angeles High School
Enid
Johnny Weissmuller
Elmo Lincoln
Elmo
Weissmuller
Yotte Hedy LaMarr
Ms Hazards
Markey
U. S
Brenda Dies In Car Crash End Of A Dalliance
Brenda and Dean Rogers are killed when their car collides with another after leaving a broadcasting station. Warren confirms the accident as Brenda’s death shocks the household while Kay and Grandmother Taylor confront the aftermath and a funeral approaches.
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Kay
Grandmother
Matthew Taylor
Alicia
Chin
Mr. Warren
Warren
Brenda
Dean Rogers
Mimi
Hal
Rogers
Fog
Elia
Arnelo Affair frames a tempest in Hollywood gossip
Hollywood star power drives The Arnelo Affair a tense love triangle set around Frances Gifford and John Hodiak with Dean Stockwell Eve Arden and Walt Neuman in supporting roles. The plot centers on jealousy murder and a key to a dangerous nightclub world.
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Gene Hansaker
Hollywood
John Hodiak
Frances Gifford
Arnelo
George Murphy
Hodiak
Frances
Arch Abeler
Dean Stockwell
Eve Arden
Waltner Anderson
Miss Arden
Military Government Alumni Form Backing for U S Policy
General John H Hilldring leads a new non political private group named Military Government Alumni. Open to all armed forces veterans and civilians who served in military government, the group aims to mobilize 30 000 to 50 000 eligible members to support U S foreign policy and emphasize the role of military government in postwar stabilization.
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Jane Eads
Washington
John H. Hilldring
U.S
Hildring
U. S
Hilldring
War Department
Germany
Austria
Japan
Korea
Nancy Guild
Nancy
Military Government Association
New York
France
38Th
Army of Occupation
Order ‘of British’ Empire
Order of Leopold
The
Infantry Association
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Richmond Place
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Boyle
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Tion Coal Co
Rei
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George Montgomery
Raymond Chandler
Phillip*Marlowe
George
Dick Powell
Humphrey Bogart
Robert Montgomery
Florence Bailes
Montgomery
Conrad Janis
Miss Guild
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