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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1950
Page
2
The passage argues that college-trained individuals often struggle at the paymaster's window yet possess compensations from undergraduate study. It suggests that applied effort during college can outweigh pure material concerns, providing advantages beyond immediate wages in both social and business spheres.
The piece argues education transcends monetary gain, noting that college paths vary in payoff. It stresses education as life training, shaping confidence, refined tastes, and principled conduct, citing Tryon Edwards on education for disciplining the mind and using one’s powers. It warns money alone rarely drives benefits, except in fields like medicine, engineering, law, or business.
Washington critics condemn the selection of Esles Kefauver as chair of the special congressional committee on organized gambling. Vice President Barkley chose a small five member panel, seen as a surface probe. Kefauver vows a thorough crime hunt with experts and agency help, boosting local police action and arrests such as bookmaker Frank Erickson. He argues public pressure will purge gangsters from the country.
In a grim assessment of Cold War dynamics, editorial charts a Soviet military edge post Korea and explores how Moscow could seed a Japanese uprising from captured prisoners and loyal unions. It warns that such moves risk a broader war, yet notes some strategists favor a formal US warning to deter aggression.
Regional notices list Pvt. Dewey Rollyson Jr and other Beckley servicemen. Details cover postings at Wheelas Field Tripoli and Libya Air Field, transfer from Lowry AFB, prior European and Pacific service, and a 13 week Lackland indoctrination course for Pvt Walker K Legg. It also notes commissions, recalls to active duty, and family military connections across Beckley area.
Sir Charles Wyndham calls Maria Celia and Niall parasites and the three heirs recall their strange European youth. In a cluttered drawing room, Niall steals a pearl, twins with guilt and fear. A theater interval leads to a staged memory, the family ends tonight united, pondering the marriage of Pappy and Mama.
Washington analysis argues universal OASI coverage best secures a minimum old age income. Private pensions rise but risk gaps from job changes and company failures. OASI and railroad retirement offer incomplete security if workers move to uncovered employment. OASI currently pays about 1.18 million 65 plus, with average $26 monthly and max $85 to dependents. revisions could lift maximum to $149 and raise average private plan payments.
A spoil filled review of Fy Winston Clewes Knopf novel Troy and the Maypolzs. It follows Dirk Warren and his brothers as they grow up with Barney Douglas and Mae narrating. The story shifts from school life to adult stakes amid international politics and rising fascism touching their hilltop Crest community.
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