Editorial Review and Opinion on President Truman’s Woes
The piece critiques President Truman for talking past action and cites his handling of past scandals. It argues he twice vowed honorable leadership while a new wave of corruption hits Justice and Treasury, prompting calls for sweeping changes and the appointment of Judge Murphy to investigate. It warns Murphy may face limits, given Truman’s loyalties and political constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Alger Hiss
Judith Coplon
Reid
Harry Vaughan
White House
Vaughan
Washington
Florida
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Justice
Treasury Departments
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
Thomas F. Murphy
New York
Murphy
Judge Murphy
60 Per Cent Airport Draws Local Pressure at Raleigh County Memorial
Citizens urge quicker progress on the Raleigh County Memorial Airport project in Beckley. They note six years since construction began, with surface work barely started and a target finish moved to mid 1952. Local officials seek redoubled efforts to deliver a usable facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aesop
Raleigh County Memorial
WPA
Penman
Raleigh County
Beckley
Memorial
Arno's Ladies and Gentlemen review chaos by humor
Literary guidepost reviews Peter Arno's Ladies and Gentlemen from Simon and Schuster. The narrator and wife read aloud to each other as cartoon captions trigger fits of laughter. The piece captures the struggle to critique a volume so vivid it defies tidy summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Arno
Simon & Schuster
Congress Probes and Crookedness Tax Cracks in Government
James Marlow argues public interest in government scandals will spark more investigations and expose irregularities unless steps are taken. He cites Senator Morse and Truman proposals to require income disclosures for Congress and high earners, noting past inaction by Congress and lingering influence peddling and tax case handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Morse
Douglas Committee
Senate
Douglas
Tinois Democrat
I 9
House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Boye's Column by Hal Boyle on 1951 reflections in America
Hal Boyle surveys 1951 in the United States, noting mixed outcomes in war, diplomacy, economy, and culture. He cites Korea truce talks, nuclear pursuits, rising prices and taxes, government crackdowns, and evolving media. Despite troubles, he says Americans enjoyed better health, housing, clothing, and food, ending with a cautiously hopeful verdict on the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Telltal
Congress
Eisenhower
United States
The Story Of Santa Claus 3. St Nicholas in Europe
The influence of St Nicholas spread across Europe through missionaries traders and cultural blends. Norse and Byzantine contacts shaped legends including Laplanders reindeer customs and Dutch gifts in shoes. The saint remained central to Christians even as Protestant burghers remained faithful. Tomorrow: the Dutch bring St Nicholas to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Europe
Greece
Russia
Laplander
al- Mances
Net
Lapland
The
Netherlands
Erlands
St Nicholas
America
Regionally Speaking Military Men in News Overseas and at Home
A regional column details multiple service members and postings. 2nd Lt. James W. Witherspoon Jr. is commissioned in the Air Force after training at Vance AFB and Davidson College. Others include Pfe. Wayne Clay to be an radio instructor at Scott AFB, Sgt. Rudolph Patrick at Air Rescue Service in Washington, and Pvt. John E. Fox earning the Combat Infantryman Badge with the First Cavalry in Korea. The piece notes personnel assignments at Pepperrell AFB Newfoundland, Ft. Dix, and Darmstadt Germany, plus Navy and atomic-age science mentions and several returning shipboard servicemen aboard the USS New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Pfe
Wayne Clay
Jack Clay
Mullens Hill
Pfe. Clay
Illinois
Headquarters, Air Rescue Service
Washington, D. C
Rudolph Patrick
United States Air Force
Mary Patrick
Mabscott
Patrick
Commandant of
Air Rescue Service
Military Air Transport Service Organization
United States
North America
Newfoundland
Pepperrell
United States Northeast Command
USAF
Northeast Air Command
Woodrow Wilson High School
Pfc
Keaton
Lackland Air Force Base
Texant
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Pep Perrell
Ft. Dix
N. J
Latcian Robertson
Cyclone
Billy Robertson
Camp Gordon
Italy
Raymond M. Young
Minerva Young
Oak Hill
Darmstadt
Germany
First
Signal Company
Photo Laboratory
Kennie Taxluk
Ap Science Reporter
Pasadena
Calif
Collins High Schal
O. W. May
Corliss
Korea
Japan
Ft. Eustis
Mal~j
Bikini
Eniwetok
Colm Deane
Big Bend
Ernest Anderson
California Institute of Tech
Nology
Basil R. Treadway
Town Gap
X Corps
Samuel N. Amar
McRae Windsor
Beckley
Parkas
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
SELEY
Arnett Neon
Troy R. Johnson
Landom Johnson
Norfolk
Lando H. Johnson
Betty A. Johnson
Arnett
Standards Supply Company of
Montreal
Navy
Newport, R. C
Great Lakes
Benjamin L. Foley
Sam G. Foley
Vines Avenue
First Generation Babies Okeh But Atomic Radiation Affects Corn
A report explains that exposing seeds to X-rays yielded hereditary changes in corn similar to atomic bomb radiation. Dr. Anderson notes three radiations can cause such changes, with X-rays as the main factor. Comparisons to Bikini and Eniwetok corn show thousands of variants, mostly detrimental, but some could aid plant improvement and growth hormone manipulation for out of season fruit and flower production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Caltech
Arcadia
Calif
Albert E. Longley
E. E. Dale
Howard J. Teas
Atomic Energy Commission
Office of Naval Research
Bikini
Midwest
Penang Aims as Dental Training Nucleus in Asia
Penang Malaya hosts a proposed dental nurses training center touted as Southeast Asia’s potential hub. C F Mummery, chief dental officer for Federation of Malaya, returns from a survey of New Zealand and supports the plan as a promising regional nucleus for further training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane Associated Pir
Penang
Malaya
New Zealand
Siam
C. F_ Mummery
Ficer
Federation of Malaya
Southeast Asia
Monroes Sheep Flock Threatened By Wandering Dog Butch
Raleigh County officials dispatch to Union to study dog control after Butch the stray dog ravages flocks in Monroe County. Jack Nuckols reports increased dog license fees and a planned system under the last legislature, while fox hunters and sheep assers clash over methods. Farmers hope a revived sheep industry may return and promise breeding stock from California if sheep production resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Butch
Raleigh County
Jack Nuckols
Jack
Union
Raleigh
California
Gas custodian seeks safeguards after winter woes
Thomas F. Stafford notes a billed Potters Field lay out for a man in distress. Warren Reeser of Amere Gas Utilities describes freezing pipes and car trouble from subzero weather. Beckley to White Sulphur Springs areas impacted. Odd note on Coat thefts at Beckley College and the Presbyterian Church. Ken Shroyer vows a watchdog in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Reeser
Amere Gas Utilities Company
Beckley
Mullens
Princeton
Ronceverte
White Sulphur Springs
Reeser
Jim Witherspoon
Presbyterian Church
Beckley College
Ken Shroyer
Cerf isms By Bennett Cerf funny car tale
A humorous sketch recalling a road trip through California redwood groves. The narrator jests at weather contrasts while riffing on Ed Wynn’s motorist story about a nagging wife and a windshield wiper gag. The piece riffs on storytelling purpose and laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood Groves
California
Ed Wynn
Looking Backward Today From the Register files
A retro column recalls 20 years ago when W M Reeser led Beckley Gas Utilities as chamber chief, Carl Bachmann was named state defense coordinator, and events spanned Far East submarine actions, Hong Kong landings, Roosevelt’s Philippines governor-general pick, a China military ultimatum, and Nola Negri’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Reeser
Beckley
Amere Gas Utilities Company
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Neely
Carl G. Bachmann
West Virginia
Far East
Hongkong
Dwight F. Davis
Theodore Roosevelt
Philippines
China
Chinchow
Manchuria
Senate Finance Committee
Nola Negri
Santa Monica
Calif
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Francis Biddle
Biddle
Enos Slaughter
Slaughter
O'Dwyer
Marr
Potomac
Henry Morgenthau
Eric Johnston
Literary Guidepost
Arno
Nation Today
James Marlow
Beygan
Checker
Santa Claus
Peggy Kessinger
Air Force
James W. Witherspoon, Jr
James W. Witherspoon
Beaver Avenue
Lexington High School
Davidson College
Vance Air Force Base
Enid
Okla
Witherspoon
Alben W. Barkley
Syth Arveral E. Deck
Glen White
Hongchen
Deck
Ninth Infantry Regiment
First Cavalry Division
John E. Fox
Helen
Fox
Pepperrell Air Force Base
Thomas H. Keaton
T. H. Keaton
Williams Street
St. John’s
42Nd Quartermaster Battalion
IX Corps
James F. Zeigter, Jr
James F_] Zeigler
Stotesbury
Zeigier
505Th Maintenance Company
Byrd-Prillerman High School
New Jersey
Rember E. Wilson
Homer Wilson
Center Street
Hope
Garen E. Gill
Perry Spangler
MacArthur
Donald F. Hewitt
Grace Hewitt
R. G. Meredith
Fireco
Donald Foley
B. Foley
Valley Drive
Edwin c. Edmunds
Betty Willis Edmunds
Johnstown Road
Long Beach
Raen
Okeh But
Asia
Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
W Va
Hinton
W. Va
Thomas F. Stafford
Associates Press
Associated Press
Focal Niews
National
Story Brooks & Finley Inc
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Clevelane
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Establishea
Tee Ee
Focal
Onmtracture
Seckley Newspapers Corporation
Cerf
Bennett Cerf
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