Raleigh Register publication notice from 1949 edition
The Raleigh Register Beckley West Virginia announces publication practices and subscription rates including daily and Sunday formats, delivery details, and associated offices. It lists offices in Beckley and Hinton and notes Associated Press rights and advertising representatives.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Hinton W. Va
Thomas F. Stafford - Tore
Associated Press
AP News
RATO
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
West Virginia
Aletelbutera
Gontragtela
Beculey Newspapers Corporation
Chele Rey
Public appraisal commissions in Beckley condemned property
An editorial criticizes condemnation appraisal boards in Beckley for bias toward property owners over public use. It recalls past road project compensations and argues commissions should balance public gains with individual losses. The piece notes a right of appeal to public bodies and suggests a Circuit Court test.
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Beckley
Register
Callaway Heights
Skelton
East Prince Street
Whitestick Street
North Oakwood
Prince and Neville
Miller and Willis Properties
Johnstown Rod
Circuit Court
Britain Publishes Plan On Marshall Aid For Citizens
Treasury officials release a booklet explaining the Marshall Plan benefits, claiming each British citizen receives about 824 annually from the United States. The note suggests similarly informing Americans about global aid per person and total costs to individuals.
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Britain
Treasury
United States
BUG DUST BY GEORGE ARMSTRONG
Chester Sutton a Beckley flight student at Beckley Mount Hope airport describes new jet planes as fast and dramatic. He flew from White Sulphur Springs to Beckley reaching 2000 feet when two jets passed beneath him barely visible until close. Suttons Aeronca Chief cruises at 100 mph while jets at 400 mph would cover about seven miles in four minutes. Airport manager Paul Neal notes jets are hard to spot until nearly upon observers. Witnesses at the airport last summer had similar difficulty tracking them. Neal jokes about his chickens while noting three planes ran out of gas Sunday causing emergency landings.
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George Armstrong
Chester Sutton
Beckley
Beckley-Mount Hope
Sutton
White Sulphur Springs
Tle
Paul Neal
Neal
Alexandria
Brad
St. Thomas's
Gail
Arejandria
Angus McKenzie
Connecticut
Angus
Chicago
Toj
Pat
Bill
Fractured Tales and Odd Eggs From Lillybrook and Sprague
The piece strings humorous anecdotes about a secretary Frances Smith resigning from Raleigh County Farm Bureau after a perfect attendance year, plus locals Sutton and Nicola reporting extraordinary eggs from white leghorns. Chief Petty Officer Sherman, who runs a Navy Recruiting Office, is mentioned with a humorous egg tale attached to his chicken house.
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Frances Smith
Lillybrook
Raleigh County Farm Bureau
H. 5. Thomas
Vincent Nicola
Harper
T. R. Sherman
Navy Recruiting Office
Court House
Sprague
Thomas
Nicolau
Gratitude Toward Cash Value in Aid and Its Personal Sense
The passage argues gratitude for cash value or tax write offs as bad debts, while noting that personal obligation to individuals abroad would increase responsibility. It compares overseas aid to socializing Britain, suggesting it rests on someone covering the expenses, making policy appear like political magic rather than fiscal reality.
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Great Britain
Capital Delights and the Washington Leisure Debate
The piece cites Senator Paul L. Douglas lamenting too many hours spent in Capital society while admitting there is little work to do. It suggests night sessions as an alibi and imagines a secretary's stack of proposals and reports as the real duty, questioning the public image of senators.
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Washington
Paul L. Douglas
Douglas
Capital Society
Ant
Underground Trouble in Bagdad-on-the-Subway
In a rare municipal crisis locals report a subway system strike by the small workers who stock peanuts and chewing gum in penny vending machines at stations. The stoppage disrupts routine supply runs and highlights transit tensions in the city.
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Bagdad-on-the-Subway
Hodges the Quiet General Who Led the American First Army
New York column recalls General Courtney Hodges as a shy but decisive commander who built and led the American First Army from St Lo to the Elbe. Hodges rose from private to full general after flunking West Point, shaping a force that broke Nazi lines, captured Aachen, and linked with the Russians at the Elbe, though he remains less celebrated than Patton. He preferred privacy over praise, letting his army’s feats define his legacy.
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New York
Courtney H. Hodges
Patton
Hodges
St. 1
France
Elbe
Germany
West Point
Wals
Siesfried Line
Aachen
Rhine
Remagen
St. Lo
Omar Nelson
Bulge
George Patton
First Army
Alli Bet
Georgie” Patton
Military
Pallon
Georgia
Should Congress grant injunction power to curb a big strike
Nation Today outlines the Taft Hartley background and the Truman administration's push to replace the 80 day injunction with broader power for the president to seek a 30 day pause. It surveys free worker rights against potential general welfare harm, arbitration versus injunctions, and the political pressure shaping any final law.
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Taft-Hart
Truman
Congress
Chen
Jle
Hollywood Stars Stir With Personal Tales From the Set
Gene Handsaker profiles Donald O'Connor learning to run his own studio ambitions since childhood. Gloria DeHaven costars in Yes, Six That's My Baby while Wild Bill Elliott explains his peaceable persona and fast-draw style. Ava Gardner jokes about a Christmas Eve birthday. George Brent recovers from a spill, and Gregory Peck outlines a three month plan between The Great Sinner and his next project.
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Jiollywood
Donald O'Connor
Horatio Alger
Donald
I N
Wrlt
Gloria DeHaven
William
Wild Bill’ Elliott
Wild Bill Hickok
Bill
South
Hera
U. S
Marshal Hickok
Ava Gardner
George Brent
Gregory ‘Teck
Sinner
New York
Forgotten West Virginia children in Huntington State Hospital
Disheartening scene inside Huntington State Mental Hospital shows 87 boys and 67 girls, ages up to 14 in mind, crowded corridors, bare rooms, and minimal care. Attendants describe overcrowding, poor conditions, and lack of educational or training programs for mentally deficient children.
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Ay Charles
Armenta Fazette
Huntington
Nature
West Virginia
Vincent J. Daly
Weston
Huntington's Boys
Atener
Weston State Hospital
Dr. Daly
Huntington State
Huntington Church
Br. Daly
West
Hountington Siste
Marry for Money Oratory and Quiet Wedding in Alexandria
The chapter centers on Gail and Brad's wedding in Alexandria with Helena Sturm, a visiting Australian scientist’s widow, attending via example of restraint and social pressure. The ceremony is intimate yet public, held in Gail's chosen church with Brad’s close circle, after which they depart for a delayed honeymoon, Brad’s lab work paused for a month-long break.
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Helena Strum
Brad
Gail
Helena
Dr. Sturm
Spencer
By Faith Baldwin War Experience and a Pragmatic Honeymoon
In a fragment from a fiction column, Gail prepares for marriage to Brad, aided by his wartime memories and careful financial plans. He explains a will and settlement linking inheritance to mutual heirs, while Gail buys dresses on savings and contemplates life at an Arizona ranch with cautious optimism as their future unfolds.
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Gail
Arizona
Brad
Gran
Heshad
Arizona Ranch
Fage
Thought For Today Sparked Upsurge Quote
A devotional line notes that man is born into trouble and references a biblical phrasing about sparks rising. The fragment hints at a religious reflection with possible verse reference but remains incomplete.
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