Farm Labor Outlook Shapes New Organizing Push
AFL-CIO assigns John Livingstone to organize migrants into unions as a Senate subcommittee ponders crew registration minimum age and wage laws. Maryland Delaware Virginia study housing and health, California to crack down on abuses, and Labor Dept holds hearings Sept 10–11 on amendments for migrant workers. Migrant labor camps face exploitation by crew leaders amid calls for improved wages housing and conditions.
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Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
John Livingston
Senate Labor
Migratory Labor
Congress
Sen
Harrison. Williams, Jr
Dn.j
Garden State
Drasribel
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
California
U.S. Department of Labor
Public Employment Service
Eisenhower Hosts Private Dinners With Washington Press
President Eisenhower expresses elation over six semi private White House dinners with Washington press corps members. The informal sessions allow frank discussion of government matters and have led to ideas shaped by the press. He reports better press relations and clearer public understanding of his thinking.
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Eisenhower
White House
Washington Press Corps
Figures Lie As Foam Rubber Shows Bust Trends
Hal Boyle profiles Henry Plehn, a leader in the 750 million dollar foundation garment industry, as he surveys global bust sizes and fashion psychology. Plehn notes most American women wear brassieres, averages about 33 inches, and seek 34 to 36 inch busts in private. He reports European women in Sweden, Germany, and Italy have 36 inch busts but look heavy-waisted, while French women average 32¼ inches and Oriental women 30 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plehn
Foundation
Sweden
Germany
Italy
Europe
Bug Dust on Machines And Human Jobs Future Shock
Roylee Harmon argues progress via automation threatens employment and dignity. He muses on labor-saving robots, a future where humans may be sidelined, and imagines robots doing chores, shopping, and even matchmaking on TV, urging caution about surrendering control to machines.
Prayer For Today From Resurrection Morning Light
Prayer asserts that Christ risen proves death defeated and good will triumph over hate and evil. It asks for grace to work wholeheartedly in the Lord, trusting that labor is not futile, attributed to Paul S. Wright of Portland Oregon minister at First Presbyterian Church.
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Christ
Paul S. Wright
Portand
Ore
First Presbyterian Church
Eisenhower Seeks Private Funded Goals Committee
President Eisenhower studies Soviet incentives and calls for a private funded goals committee to set national aims. He contrasts free American enterprise with Soviet seven year plans and weighs living standards health education and liberty as targets for a future national program.
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France
Edward Gibbon
Gibbon
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Pal's Pal etiquette and meeting old Harry tips
Don Goodwin offers casual advice on handling departures and reconnecting with friends in new cities. He discusses whether such visits are sincere invitations or polite gestures, how to arrange meetings, and proper timing for introductions and follow ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Goodwin
Harry
Raleigh and Register Subscription Rates and Delivery Terms
Beckley Newspapers details subscription pricing for daily and Sunday editions, including rates for daily only and combined plans, with West Virginia tax added. It notes home delivery by carrier or distributor, weekly and monthly costs, and that carriers are independent contractors not guaranteed for advance payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Giraffes as tall, vocal yet hidden giants
A Junior Editors Quiz explains the giraffe as the world’s tallest animal at up to 18 feet with a long 18 inch tongue. It notes its rare vocalization, keen smell, wide view from bulging eyes, and swift movement to escape foes. Readers are invited to find sources and draw one, with a $10 prize to Linda Adams of Plainview, Texas.
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Plehn
Linda Adams
Plainview
Tex
Beckley
Monique Van Vooren Steps Toward Broadway Stardom
NY gossip column highlights Monique Van Vooren delaying a Paris film to co star in The Laughmakers with Robert Cheri and co stars Ben Lessy Eileen Rogers and Dick Haviland while pursuing a French accent comeback for A Taste of Champagne. It notes past ties to Polly Bergen Almanac and To Tell the Truth plus industry chatter about Frank Sinatra and Gypsy Rose Lee.
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New York
Monique van Vooren
Paris
Briggitte Bardot
Monique
Nat Hiken
Robert Chery
la Plume
Ben Lessy
Eileen Rogers
Dick Haviland
John Murray Anderson
Harry Belafonte
Hermione Gingold
Polly Bergen
25 Years Ago in Raleigh Register Marriage Licenses
From the 1934 Raleigh Register files, marriage licenses issued to Lacy Daniels and Cranberry Elve Rose Tyree in May, Chester Jones and Annie Wilson of Slab Fork, James Byers Jr. and Pansy Violet Cooper of Ameagle, Ernest Feazelle and Charlotte Shell of Ghent, Burley Todd and Norma Forest Plumeley, Abraham Jesse P. Church of Glen Rogers and Myrtle Mae Ferguson of Sophia, William Thornton Brown and Anna Jefferson Jackson of Beckley, Otis Watson Fewell of Scarbro and Emma Foster of Cranberry. A county recount cut the House of Delegates race lead from 234 to 184 for Homer H. Withrow as Judge A. D. Preston presided. Rush D. Holt left the White House after a talk with Roosevelt, saying he would campaign harder in West Virginia.
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Lacy Daniels
Cranberry
Elve Rose Tyree
Chester Jones
Annie Wilson
Slab Fork
James Byers Jr
Pansy Violet Cooper
Ameagle
Ernest Feazelle
Charlotte Shell
Ghent
Burley Todd
Pear
Norma Forest Plumeley
Abraham
Jesse P. Church
Glen Rogers
Myrtle Mae Ferguson
Sophia
William Thornton Brown
Anna Jefferson Jackson
Beckeley
Otis Watson Fewell
Scarbro
Emma Foster
Homer H. Withrow
A. D. Preston
House of Delegates
Preston
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
White House
Roosevelt
Raleigh County Bank Opens Its Doors in 1909
The recently organized Raleigh County Bank began its career on Wednesday August 18 with a slate of directors including B E Carter W H Bardin C V Cottle F S Kanade A L Ruffner T E Bibb L Prichard J E Summerfield C H Fink W R Canaday and J A Ewart. Grover C Hedrick is eastier and Boyd Carter serves as president. Also noted is the Presbyterians first communion in the new church building with new members received. County officer salaries were increased: clerk from 400 to 600, prosecuting attorney from 800 to 1000, and county road engineer Milton Curtis fixed at 750.
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Raleigh County Bank
Carter
Milton Curtis
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