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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1952
Page
9
Morgantown argues its charter allows a license tax on any business needing a state license. Oil dealers challenge the Morgantown license on gasoline distributors as discriminatory. State license costs $5. Morgantown fees vary by volume, potentially $2,200 on four million gallons.
West Virginia Republicans weigh a symbolic Ike candidate while Patrick McGucken of Putnam County withdraws from renomination citing a meager salary. The scene centers on efforts to place a symbolic name on the May 13 primary ballot as write-in rules thwarted.
The ANPA reports a looser light newsprint market with growing consumption and expanding capacity. Despite more supply and higher output, publishers face continued pressure from rising costs as newsprint remains a major factor in newspaper production.
Johnny Liddell, muggy Muggsy, and Herlehy chase a deadly Sea Nymph clue at Manhasset Bay. A gang of killers risks a citywide takedown as Liddell refuses Fed help and plans a direct confrontation with Goldy Cerla before Herlehy arrives to take charge.
Report from Washington notes India held a vast election from October 1931 to February 1952 with about 107 million voters, the largest democracy test. It details polls, symbols for illiterate voters, 3,856 seats, and the Congress party led by Jawaharlal Nehru winning a majority with 44.5 percent of roughly 207 million votes.
FBI arrested two Turkish ballet dancers Ayzel Kaynak 16 and Nermin Ocunsal 17 as stowaways aboard a ship four days out of Istanbul. Four others including sailors Robert Presley 21 and Joseph O’Neill 23 face bonds of 1000 dollars in Orleans Parish Prison. The dancers claimed a chance meeting with the sailors sparked the plan to visit the United States.
Parliament faces deciding the Civil List for Queen Elizabeth III and royal family. The annual wage bill, tax free, totaled about 1.615 million dollars, with George VI receiving 1.148 million and others sharing the rest. An all party 21 member committee will review hikes amid inflation and austerity debates. Charles, as heir, will not directly receive this money. Duke of Cornwall status grants him revenues from the duchy.
New York researchers reported that dogs exposed to nicotine developed stomach ulcers. In a test with histamine injections, 20 percent of dogs developed ulcers, and when nicotine exposure continued along with histamine, all dogs developed ulcers according to Blaney ng Kwang Soi Lee and Dr. Charle M. Gruber Jr. of Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia.
A nine child mother in St Paul writes Gov. Anderson offering to take in three to six flood victims. The letter expresses a desire to care for some of the flood area’s “little ones” in her home for a period, with a limit of six children. The note details a benevolent plan amid flood relief efforts.
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