Call for Reward Payment for Election Tipster Urges Fairness
An editorial argues Ronnie E. Cook Jr should receive the $1,000 reward from a public fund for information leading to a poll worker’s conviction. The piece defends Cook’s good faith and condemns withholding payment as undermining voter oversight and future vigilance. It also notes a separate note on consumer savings totaling $18.865 million.
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Public Forum
Register
Ronnie E. Cook Jr
Clean Election Committee
Cook
G. C. Hedrick
Becker
Ronnie Cook
Government buys butter to bolster prices and faces losses
After 19 months, the Agriculture Department bought 1,079,910 pounds of butter in three weeks, raising storage and disposal costs. From 1949 to 1950 butter purchases totaled 242,300,000 pounds with losses of 48,360,000 dollars plus 25,000,000 dollars in cheese abroad. Total taxpayer loss nears 73,300,000 dollars.
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Uncle Sam
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Oleo
But
Coal industry looks for brighter 1953 with rising demand
1952 coal production is seen at about 465 million tons, down 13 percent from 1951 due to steel strikes and market losses. Yet 1953 should see near capacity steel mills and renewed coal use from oil and gas displacement, with long term demand rising to unprecedented levels as new atomic plants and industrial uses expand.
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America
Beckley Feels Coming Of Age With A Younger West Virginia
West Virginia remains a young state with under 8 percent aged 65 plus. Beckley shows a median age of 29.7 years vs the state 26.3. Older residents may reshape retirement policy, health care demand, and consumer needs as studies explore useful skills for seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Beckley
Census Bureau
New X ray Movies Aid Doctors With Internal Views
Aerial cameras adapted at Mallinckrodt Institute create dual viewpoint X ray sequences. Two cameras capture front and side views of brain heart and other organs to track dye flow and assess artery and valve conditions. The method offers faster safer imaging and potential tumor diagnosis.
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AP Science
ST. Louis i
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Washington University Medical School
William Seaman
Subscription Rates and Delivery Terms
Rates for Daily and Sunday by mail. three, six, and twelve month options with prepayment. Address changes require old and new addresses. WV sales tax added. Home delivery via independent carriers. Beckie Newspapers Corporation not responsible for payments.
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West Virginia
Beckie Newspapers Corporation
Every Light a Prayer for Peace by Jean Rothlisberger
Poem about the Light of the world symbolizing peace and inner truth. It reflects on darkness in the world, the need for truth and love, and collective effort to brighten peace. Second place in a peace contest noted at end.
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Jean Rothlisberger
Franklin Ave
Beckley, W. Va
Vice Presidents Have One Worry Promotion
A humorous look at the career path to the vice presidency arguing many aim high but few start with it. The piece notes perks like a swivel chair and a secretary, limited responsibility, and the irony of seeking prestige with minimal work. It muses on what if someone aimed directly to become VP and the odd path to reach the top.
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New York
America
Christmas Prayer Calls for Peace and Good Will
A Christmas prayer asks God to keep sight unblemished by lights and to foster love, mutual sharing, faith in peace, and the will to follow Christ the Prince of Peace. Authored by Bishop John S. Stamm of Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
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Christ
Prince of Peace
John S. Stamm
Harrisburg
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Hoover Savings Claims Denied by Senate Group
A Senate Government Operations Committee report credits the Hoover Commission with improving efficiency but says the claimed savings are greatly exaggerated. It notes 281 recommendations with minimal direct action and 28 needing further action, highlighting Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, and medical services as dominant areas.
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Hoover Savings Claims
Senate Group
Washington
Senate
Hoover Commission
Senate Committee On
Commission On
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Agriculture Department
Veterans Administration
Commission
Taft Backers Divided On Senator's Future
Two GOP senators disagreed on Taft's impact after denouncing Eisenhower's labor pick Martin Durkin. Bridges may seek another term. Taft supporters debate whether he stays in the race with Knowland as rival. Several Taft followers fear the dispute may not simply fade.
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Taft
Washington
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Eisenhower
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
William Knowland
California
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
House
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Lattimore and Vincent Faces Fair Trial Questions
A columnist argues Vincent Lattimore have been denied fair trials amid McCarthy era accusations. Budenz testimony, guiding Wallace in China, is shown as inconsistent, yet the cases proceed without clear confrontation or adequate evidence. The piece decries procedural injustices and warns of eroding citizen rights.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
John Carter Vincent
United States
Vincent
Lattimore
Louis Budenz
Communist Party
Budenz
Joseph R. McCarthy
Pat McCarran
Internal Security Committee
McCarran
Henry A. Wallace
China
Wallace
Roosevelt
Joseph W. Stillwell
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer
Stillwell
Hiram Bingham
Loyalty Review Board
Albert Kohlberg
Kohlberg
Justice Department
Henry Wallace
Etruscan Painting and Other Skira Art Volumes Reviewed
A survey of Skira publications on ancient Etruscan painting and Italian painting from Caravaggio to Modigliani and Spanish painting from Velasquez to Picasso. Highlights include Etruscan tomb frescoes reproduced for the first time and notes on Greek influences, with discussions of repro quality and historical scope.
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W. G. Rogers
Massimo Pallotino
M. E. Stanley
Stuart Gilbert
Italy
Arno
Tiber
Pallotino
University of Rome
Greece
Crete
Rhodes
Corinth
Skira
Modigliano
Lionello Venturi
Velasquez
Picasso
Nequés Lassaigne
Suart Gilbert
el Greco
Miro
Gris
Dali
You're Telling Me Comic Fragments Satirize Daily Life
A jumble of quips and jokes surveys cannibalism smoking New Year’s aims domestic habits and world news. The pieces mix riffing on a Detroit wife a baseball addict and a Moon comment while a chef’s test of dinner becomes a nonsensical aside about bicard and coffee bean Red Cross dues.
De Mille Plans 1955 Biblical Epic The Ten Commandments
Hollywood producer Cecil B DeMille outlines a 1955 release for The Ten Commandments with plans to shoot backgrounds in Egypt Mount Sinai and other locations He expects to shoot in 1953 54 then spend a year cutting and scoring to reach late 1955 He emphasizes story strength over shooting itself.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille
Egypt
Mount Sinai
Tales and Tempests Behind the Curtain of Cinema
Cerfisms from Jan de Hartog on storytelling learned aboard a schooner Riseing Hope a crewmate’s advice on testing tales. Budd Schulberg tours a luxury Florida hotel and jokes whipped cream in drinking water. DeMille discusses biblical research for a new Moses film with Red Sea spectacle and winds.
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Jan de Hartog
Bo'sun
de Hartog
Budd Schuberg
Beach Front
Florida
Schulberg
DeMille
Moses
Ethiopia
Stanton Griffis
Red Sea
Alexander the Great
LeMille
Hollywood
Beckley Post Office Sees Record Insured Mail Packages
The Beckley post office reported its busiest period since Oct 1 with 12 556 insured mail packages, up from 5 766 in the same span of 1942. Thirty three employees handled mail plus war savings bonds and stamps amid wartime shortages.
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Beckley
Red Army
Middle Don
Ukraine
Donet
Canada
Indiana Wire and Cable
Department of Mines
West Virginia
Attorney General’s Office
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