Brice case prompts Raleigh County crime vigilante call
Editorial lauds Prosecution Attorney Ned H Ragland and Judge Harry L McGreery for Brices misdemeanor conviction after a hung felony jury. It cites Brices plea of nolo contendere and links racketeering to police and official corruption while urging citizen action against organized crime. The piece credits Capt C L Walker and Sgt Willard Webb for a major expose and warns that vigilantism may be needed to curb crime in Raleigh County.
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Raleigh
Brice
Ned H. Ragland
Harry L. McGreery
Rasland
Tidae McCreery
Leaf Society
Porson
Raleigh County
C. L. Walker
Willard Webb
Kefauver
The
Register
Ragland
Walker
Webb
Hedrick Looms In WV Gubernatorial Prospects
Dr Erland Hedrick congressman from the Sixth District returns from a West Coast trip as he weighs a possible bid for governor. Analysts note Hedrick could seek Congress again if he lacks Patteson support and that Beckley residence could hinder north central backing while the Patteson machine eyes broader upstate appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erland Harold Hedrick
Dr. Hedrick
Congress
Patteson
Wedrick
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
William Flannery
Logan County
Hedrick
Beckley
Democratic Party
Deep Ocean Fishing Frontier Opens Up to 1500 Feet
U S Fish and Wildlife Service pursues new commercial grounds in depths to 1500 feet. Vessels like the Oregon find red shrimp in Gulf depths boosting future supply while tuna in New England waters signals potential markets. Explorer and Cobb voyage map deep Pacific and Atlantic regions for commercial viability.
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Wilbur Jennings
Wrnter
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Atlantic
Pacifc
Gulf of Mexico
Oregon
Gulf
Pacific Northwest
Alaska
New England
Western Explorer
Gloucester
Mass
Cape Cod
George's Bank
Maine
Pacific
John N. Cobb
Washington
Cape iFlattery
Black Douglas
San Francisco
Tsma
Pompano
Sarasota
Fla
Tata
Florida
Seattle
Milford
Conn
Honolulu
Newspaper subscription rates and delivery note
The text lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, advance payment terms, address change requirements, and notes on tax and carrier relations. It cites The Associated Press affiliation and distribution details for Beckley Newspapers Corporation and its distributors in various cities.
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STORY
Brooks & Finley
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Wees
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Cerf isms By Bennett Cerf hoity hostess and sugar cube scene
A refined hostess scolds a guest for taking sugar with fingers and demands a refilled bowl. After lunch the guest returns with a cup and saucer and destroys the rare china, while the hostess expresses concern about keeping utensils unused. The piece hints at FEPC duties and discrimination issues.
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FEPC
Truman revives FEPC with no teeth in order to push civil rights
President Truman resurrected an FEPC like the 1941 body by creating a government contract compliance committee. It lacks enforcement power and teeth, limited to plants with government contracts, relying on persuasion and potential presidential action rather than court orders.
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Washington
Press
Roosevelt
FEPC
Congress
Key West
Truman
Iself
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
South
Truman Democrats
Senate
House
Trumanites
Mr. Truman
Mondac Berance
Regionally Speaking Military Men in News Overseas and at Home
Peggy Kessinger reports area reserve officers begin 21 month Army tours with Col A R Reeves noting no calls Dec 16 to New Year. Highlights include Second Lt Mary R Potts heading to Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston for nursing study, Capt Eugene A Dance to Fort Benning for Infantry School faculty, and Lt Arnold G Reymonds to Ba lth Engineer Aviation Battalion Fort Huachuca.
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Peggy Kessinger
Army
A. R. Reeves
State Military District
Mary R. Potts
Fayette Pike
Montgomery
Brooke Army Medical Center
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Eugene A. Dance
Shady Spring
Arnold G. Reymonds
Princeton
Dance
Ft. Benning
Reynolds
Ba 1Th Engineer
Ft. Huachuca
Ariz
Mond
jG161st
Air Force
Japan
Lavelet Holliday
Edmond
Service
Pfe
Bobbie Holliday
Hamilton Air Force Base
Calif
Far
Navy
Great Lakes
James T. Jarrell
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Naoma
Beckley College
James T .Jarrell
Rosebell T. Jarrell
Jarrell
Robert M. Alley
Annie Alley
Westwood Drive
Beckley
Marine Corps
Verne Lester
Loy L. Lester
Wyoming
Herbert G. Osborne
New Richmond
Ft. Knox
Third Armored Division
Eugene A. Grimmett
Fred ‘Grimmett
Shumate Street
Oak Hill
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Fifth Infantry
Jjames W. Hooten
E. E. Hooten
Montreal
Lackland Base
San Antonio
Robert G. Johnson
Sam Johnson
Pineville
Pic
Herbert A. Goode
Walter Goode
Lalso
Ellis Goodson
Norma G. Goodson
Dorothy
Johnson
Goode
Pfc
Goodson
Red Jacket Coal Company
Armco Steel Corporation
Montroal
Pvt
Oscar Moore
United States
First Cavalry Division
82Nd General Hospital
Osaka
Heated cars and the fight for a moral Mountaineer program
The piece recalls midcentury car comfort advances from open buggies to heated sedans and notes how 1951 America values practical warmth over nostalgia. It shifts to a West Virginia University football banquet where Art Lewis praises Jerome Van Meter and laments the conflict between athletic success and scholastic demands.
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Henry Ford
America
Art
Pappy) Lewis
Beckley
Jerome van Meter
Pitt
Maryland
Morgantown
Art Lewis
Mountaineer
West Virginia
Mountaineers
Irvin Stewart
Top Military Leaders See Chance of Peace in Korea
AP report quotes senior generals in Washington saying an armistice may come, but war could extend months. Optimism rests on a belief Reds want peace to avoid further losses though talks could stall over policing, prisoner exchanges, or troop withdrawals. Alliances remain strong, with U N forces in a stronger defensive position than a year ago.
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Don Whitehead
Washington
America
Korea
Pentagon
Russia
United Nations
U. N
Douglas MacArthur
Mir
Reds
Panmunjom
U. S
United States
Far East
Japan
Pacific
North
South Korea
Cross-Channel Attack and the Lessons of Overlord
Gordon A. Harrison surveys the planning and execution of the D-Day invasion in Fortress Europa, detailing strategic debates among Rommel Runstedt and Hitler, the misjudged defenses, and the long view on U S and Allied postwar force projections. The review highlights the cease fire lines, armistice talks, and the strengthened South Korean army as pivotal future factors.
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Gordon A. Harrison
Department of the Army
Harrison
Hitler
Europa
Runstedt
Rommel
Fuehrer
Channel
Cherbourg
Germany
Omaha
Looking Backward Today From The Register files
Ten years ago the Southern West Virginia Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons met at Dr Harwood James office. Russians retook 4000 square miles from Nazis. US-Japan break expected. Rene Beloenoit sentenced to 15 months and deportation for illicit return to U S.
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West Virginia
Wild Life League
Princeton
J. A. Campbell
J. Lewis Bumgardner
Ray Bailey
C. Marshall Johnston
M. Ritter Lumber Company
Maben
Pittsburgh
Vice
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Nation Today
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U.S. S| Black
Cecil R. Talvert
Richard Ll. Talbert
Kessinger Street
Cecil R. Talbert
O'Brien
Okinawa
Ft. Leonard Wood
Freelan Shrewsbury
Emet Shrewsbury
Amigo
Serice
136Th
Cpl
Robert W. Evans
Southern Industrial Company
Langley Field
Zeurilda Evans
Highland Street
Charles F. James
Ord James
Marscott
Ft. Meade, Md
Charles Heller
Joseph Heller
113 Church Street
Woodrow Wilson High School
Ohio State University
Indiantown Gap
Jamadia
N.Y
Elgin Miller
Beaver
Eli W. Miller
Scott Air Force Base
Carlo Dellamea
Mt. Hope High School
Aeenon
Darrell P. Holliday
Thomas JF. Stafford
Black Knight Country Club
West Virginia University
Menetor
Van
Red Toast
Hed
Manchuria
North Korea
Literary Guidepost
ROK
Republican of Korea
Pettingon
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