Jukebox Scandals Draw Senate Hearing Focuss on Gangster Links
The McClellan Senate Rackets Committee intensifies probes into illegal coin operated devices including jukeboxes and slot machines with unions and management accused of collusion. Key figures linked to gangster networks emerge as hearings explore industry ties across Newark Cleveland New Orleans Los Angeles Providence and Denver. The probe coincides with a trading downturn in the jukebox sector amid broader auto industry links to the economy and labor disputes.
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Beckley
Raleigh
West Virginia
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Newark
Cleveland
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Providence
Denver
McClellan
Meyerpooner
U.S
Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Lansky
McClellan Committee
William C. Buffalino
Detroit
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Buffalino
Russell
New York
Apalachin
N. Y
Joseph Barbara
Chicago Coin Operators Association
Robert F. Kennedy
Chicago
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
James C. Connell
James R. Hoffa
Ohio Teamsters
Westchester
Teamsters
Afl-Cio Retail Clerks International Association
Second Mile Teaching by Dr Crane Aids Evansville Students
Dr. George W. Crane and Evansville College professor G W H Powell are highlighted for going beyond basics to help students memorize chemistry and history. The piece explains memory as indelible impressions and intentional recall, urging students to actively engage with new facts and names for better retention.
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G. W. H. Powell
Evansville College
Powell
Evansville
Michelangelo
Professor Powell
Historian Kyle McCormick Reflects On Havana Trip And Coal War
Kyle McCormick former editor and publisher and now archives director recalls a Havana vacation just before Batista’s fall. He discusses his upcoming book on the West Virginia mine war, showing rare photos and detailing plans to assassinate Governor Cornwell. The excerpt links early 1900s tax debates to today’s severance tax clash and reflections on hip pockets in American culture.
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Kyle McCormick
Archives and History
Cuba
Kyle
Havana
Batista
McCormick
Roy Lee Harmon
Register
Charleston
Fidel Castro
Miami
Charleston Gazette
Associated Press
Union
Jones
Baldwin-Felts
Cabin Creek
John J. Cornwell
Army
West Virginia
Critics Spar Over School Funding And Tax Plans
Dear Sir letter urges restraint on new taxes amid unemployment and hunger. Writer cites 1958 state income highs, State Chamber rejection of a program, and large unemployment in Beckley area. Calls leadership at Woodrow Wilson High School meeting flawed and laments road commission spending and surplus equipment sales.
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the Register
Woodrow Wilson High School
State Chamber of Commerce
Beckley
State Road Commission
Ernest L
Lilly
Subscription rates and delivery terms for Beckley paper
The notice lists daily and Sunday home delivery options with weekly and monthly prices, subscription responsibilities, and taxes. It notes AP exclusive rights, carrier contractor status, and change of address procedures, along with distribution details for Beckley News papers Corporation and affiliates.
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Cataarteabline
BARD
Westirginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Factographs of Juvenile Delinquents and Marine Facts
A list notes that nine percent of juvenile delinquents are mentally deficient. It states seven million items are needed to build a modern submarine. It claims the ostrich is the largest living bird and explains that a whale does not spout water but exhales on surfacing causing water vapor to condense.
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Aruba
Caribbean
Alaska
Los Angeles
United States
Dream Train for Japan Plans Multi Million Rail Dream
Hal Boyle reports Japan plans a 340 million dollar rail program featuring a dream train to run 450 miles from Tokyo to Osaka at an average speed of 150 mph. The column covers random cultural quips and trivia about American life, fame, and peculiar facts.
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U. S
Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
Johnny Desmond
Ferris Wheel inventor G W Gale Ferris at 1893 Chicago Expo
The Ferris Wheel, named for inventor G W Gale Ferris, debuted at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. A huge ride with 36 cars seating six each rose 268 feet, becoming a landmark until 1904 when dismantled for St. Louis.
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G. W. Gale Ferris
Chicago
St. Louis Fair
Earl Wilson Get A Horse Pistol For TV Success
Gossip column tidbits from New York on TV westerns and stars like Gisele MacKenzie, Rod Steiger, Eartha Kitt, Veronica Lake, and Andy Williams. Mentions Birdland Murder coverage, tax talk, and industry hints from Sardi's to Birdland nightlife.
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New York
Gisele MacKenzie
Gisele
Perry
Dinah
Mr. Benny
Jack
Benny
Miami
Fontainebleau
Lever Bros
Eleanor Roosevelt
MPO Film Productions
Wally Cox
New Jersey
Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Rohland
Rahway
Elizabeth
Young Exe
King Simeon
Bulgaria
Valley Forge Military School
Pennsylvania
Steve Allen
Rod Steiger
Claire Bloom
Rashomon
Eartha Kitt
Miles
Richard Afler
Page 44
Vic Damone
Victoria Caldwell
L.A
Eddie Hilgemeier
Eddie Hilton
France Nuyen
Suzie Wong
Andy Williams
Europe
Cadence Records
Denmark
Chicago
Mac Gordon
Casa Cugat
Nyc
Richard Rodgers
Jamaica
Oscar Hammersstein
Mary Martin
Veronica Lake
Earl
Terry Zerbe
Marriage licenses and political notes from 1909 Raleigh Register
Fifty years ago the Raleigh Register lists marriage licenses for W. O. Mason and Blanch Matheny Otho L. Mann and Katie Cook W B A Shannon and Harriett Hurt William C. Pugh and Mary E Fitzpatrick Luther McCrew and Lula Nichols Jacob T Jarrell and Pink Webb. The Rhode Island Reds coop entries win prizes at the Charleston Chicken Show. Attorney John H. Hatcher is mentioned and Senator Fayette's bill to require bonds or quit carrying guns is described as aimed at Baldwin detectives and likely to deter gun carrying.
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W. O. Mason
Blanch Matheny
Otho L. Mann
Katie Cook
W. B. A. Shannon
Harriett Hurt
William C. Pugh
Mary E. Fitzpatrick
Luther McCrew
Lula Nichols
Jacob T. Jarrell
Pink Webb
Rhode Island
John H. Hatcher
Johnson
Senate
Fayette Sensator
Baldwin
25 Years Ago Marriage Licenses Listed by Names
A historical notice lists couples receiving marriage licenses 25 years ago, with pairs including Snowden Acord and Glen Daniel, Gracie Thelma Hall and Cameron, Harold George Reed and Naoma Buchan, and other pairs across Cameron Beckley East Beckley Mabscott Raleigh Glen White and nearby communities.
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Snowden Acord
Glen Daniel
Gracie Thelma Hall
Cameron
Harold George Reed
Naoma Buchanan
Martha Pearl Denny
Stickney
James Andrew Donaldson
Raleigh
Thelma Bradshaw
Nevin Ercell Hedrick
Florence Alberta Epling
Winding Gulf
Joe Dennis Holland
Marjorie Belle Turner
Glen White
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Buick
Flint
Mich
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
George W. Crane
Raleigh Register
Peete
Raleigh County
Raeleigh
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton, W. V
Beckley CL
Oom Ee
Brooks Finley, Inc
Philadelphia
Boston
Atlanta
San Francisco
Hal Boyle
Alexander the Great
Napoleon
Cardinal Richelieu
Oral Roberts
South Carolina
Texas
Bertha Shore
America
Cervantes
Charles Pedley
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Ontario
Connecticut
Earl Wilson
Zachariah Levy
Middle West
Midnight Earl
Henry Cabot Lodge
Peggy Lee
Colony Record
Joe E. Lewis
Lawrence Welk
Birdland
McGuire Sisters
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