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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1951
Page
10
SANTA and the MAGIC MIRROR follows Belinda and Tommy as a balloon voyage toward Santa Land meets a sudden storm. They mend a torn balloon with Belinda fingers, endure a night sky chase, and discover the fading magic as they begin to revert to their real selves.
Miami Beach rabbis expressed shock and horror at a plan by the Jewish War Veterans to place private armed guards around houses of worship to deter bombings. JWV set a 24 hour guard at West Miami Synagogue with deputies planned in Coral Gables and other areas. Sheriff Henderson said about 50 veterans were deputized at their request to guard the West Miami Synagogue.
CHILMARK Marthas Vineyard Mass Young wives in hip boots and oilskins upset the 300 year old masculine monopoly on scallop dragging. Women catching the fall run share in $ to $20 a day with citizen permits. At a town meeting they won the right to help, 34 votes to 30.
Magda and William debate Broadwell as Nolan’s project looms while Hamlyn pressures for William’s commitment. Magda urges dinner with Brody. William fears the cost of signing on as Katherine watches Morton’s subtler authority. The stage reading goes well, but Morton’s anger hints at deeper tensions about William’s loyalty.
Washington reports Sgt. 1st Class Joseph C. Rodriguez of San Bernardino California receives the Medal of Honor after less than seven months in the Army. He fought near Mynye Ri Korea on March 21 killing 15 enemy, was wounded eight days later, and earned the nation’s top decoration for courage.
The Tidings quotes Eleanor Roosevelt saying she does not know whether she believes in a future life and may be agnostic or fatalist. Archbishop McIntyre endorsed the piece, questioning her fitness to head the UN Human Rights Commission. Roosevelt later said in Paris she cannot recall exactly what she said and denies disbelief in immortality.
U S Steel announced steps to resume operation of the Kanawha Naval Ordnance Plant in South Charleston. The facility will heat treat armor plate from U S Steel's Homestead plant, employing about 100 local workers initially to prepare the section used for training and operation of equipment, including four heat treating furnaces a 6000 ton electric hydraulic press and flame cutting gear. The plant, built during World War I, will reopen at the Navy request.
The Raleigh Register advertises Pattern 7264 with six square dance motifs sized about 5 by 7 inches for transfer. Readers are told to send 25 cents to the Raleigh Register’s Household Arts Dept for the pattern, with name, address, and pattern number clearly printed. A Christmas gift concept links to Alice Brooks Needlework catalog offering crochet knitting and embroidery patterns with a three-pattern book.
The Midcentury Conference on Youth reports fewer farm departures in Massachusetts as farming becomes lighter and more engaging, with drudgery largely a thing of the past.
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