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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1952
Page
2
A short daily evaluation features a quip about superstition, noting that only a rabbit should rely on a rabbit's foot. The anonymous line frames an era’s reflective, witty tone.
An editorial urges renewed vigilance as Pearl Harbor and Korea memory fades. It warns the United States faces a stronger Soviet threat with limited manpower and equipment and calls for decisive rearmament rather than complacency.
The piece condemns a voluntary press blackout around President-elect Dwight Eisenhower's New York headquarters. It argues reporters avoided disclosures to protect national security and allied safety, praising the press for restraint amid intense scheduling and grand statements.
The National Coal Association notes 2 096 locomotives were installed in the first ten months of 1952 with 883 on order by November 1. Diesel units dominate orders while steam and electric counts are small. A coal-burning gas turbine, oil fueled now, may soon replace diesel in American railroading.
About 2100 deer were killed on opening day and divided among roughly 96 000 hunters across West Virginia. The tally suggests many hunters will face leaner meals rather to feast.
Special to Central Press Washington Gov. Sherman Adams of New Hampshire is poised to become one of Ike's most influential aides as a new White House adviser and Congress liaison. He may make key decisions previously reserved for the president and may undertake overseas missions and staff duties akin to Eisenhower's chief of staff.
Norfolk style legal and distribution notes show Raleigh Q Register Evening and Sunday Morning re entered at Beckley West Virginia post office as second class mail matter. The page lists Thomas F Stafford as Managing Editor and notes Associated Press rights and national ad reps.
In New York a shift from wild revelry to safer calmer office Christmas celebrations is attributed to wives influencing policy. The traditional boss led festivities with drinks and early releases, while women in business have steered the event toward a family oriented, safer tone.
A reporter recalls office Christmas parties once wild now staged as formal events with halls, dresses, and bands. Wives increasingly attend, keeping husbands in line and ensuring they return home before Santa. The piece notes changes from spontaneous revelry to organized productions and the lasting influence on work culture.
Marines and soldiers from Oak Hill Crab Orchard Beckley and surrounding areas return and report for duty in Korea Japan and Germany. M Sgt Jay Hickman of Oak Hill trains at Little Creek and Camp Drum prepares for Exercise Snow Storm in 1933. Others include Pvt John Cook Pvt Edwin Trump Pfc Ervin Alderman Sgt William Halbrook and more with assignments to First Marine Division Fifth Marine Division USS Takelma and USS Soley amid carrier task forces and air bases.
The Supreme Court will hear five cases from South Carolina Virginia Delaware Kansas and the District of Columbia on ending segregated schools. Justices will decide in 1953 whether equal protection under the 14th Amendment requires integration and overturn the long standing separate but equal doctrine.
Washington reports the path to Martin Durkin becoming Secretary of Labor. George Meany urged a union man, Eisenhower found Durkin a Catholic reformer and capable administrator, and Taft’s opposition faded as Durkin’s fit with the administration grew. Durkin’s selection signals labor inclusion and GOP strategy.
Kathleen and Rawls lurk by the river as Sioux Indians press upriver after wreckage. They plan a night horse escape reaching the Varina. Rawls quietly eyes a meadow of cayuses, saddles two, and mounts one while Kathleen steadies a second pony for a daring breakout.
Rawls and Kathleen chase a Vanished Varina through night shadows to a riverbank where Jenkyn dies in a knife fight. They uncover four sacks of gold marked with the Garrison insignia, linking to Alder or Virginia City mining profits and a possible long-running theft.
In April Fool's Day Laugh Week a world championship laugh ing contest is planned as a highlight. The text contrasts a playful joke with a Supreme Court ruling that allows Negroes into graduate schools only if states claim Negro schools are not equal to White ones.
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