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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1952
Page
2
The piece argues rising oil and gas costs and limited gas supply favor coal sales in 1952. It notes housing starts, shifting utilities from gas to oil, and past gas-burner declines while predicting coal deliveries will exceed 1951. It warns a coal strike could hurt buyers and miners alike.
The state spent 231209 on insurance premiums for fiscal 1951, with Raleigh County agencies handling 62034 of that total. The arrangement covers liquor stores and commission warehouses, and premiums are being rewritten to cut costs by about 35 percent starting Jan 1 1952.
Tension headaches rise in America according to a clinic survey. A New York cab driver debuts singing. Consumer buying climbs in December as Christmas bills arrive. Grandpappy Jenkins prefers radio quiz answers to TV. An eastern restaurant expands chicken dishes, complicating the menu.
The notice lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, six months and one year in advance. It notes changes of address require care with old addresses and mentions a two percent West Virginia sales tax. It states AMI carriers and distributors operate as independent contractors.
Wilbur Pee ple, a curious citizen, observes Washington politics with humor. He details meetings with a congressman, notes the tax worries, jokes among lawmakers, and a joke about UNESCO as he reflects on hidden meanings in the capital. He signs off promising more musings.
Regional notices list multiple West Virginia servicemen and their assignments. Pvt. Robert Dickerson completes basic at Lackland Texas and returns to Corliss. Sgt. Roy Thomas returns from Korea with family at East Pineville. Others include Pvt. Fitzpatrick at Fort Knox leadership school. Marines and Air Force trainees at Parris Island, Lackland, and Great Lakes. several awaiting reassignment or stationed at Lowry, Rees, or Pensacola.
Washington tips explain signing joint returns, attaching W-2 receipts, and claiming exemptions. It outlines forms 1040-A 1040 long and short forms, deductions, and special rules for self employment and multiple income scenarios with practical examples like the Jones family.
A 10 years ago note recalls a Methodist Temple fire in South Kanawha and wartime higher education plans in West Virginia, while a 20 years ago line mentions a Mt. Hope garage fire, Shanghai Army march, Hoover civic leader charter, and ambassador Melton to Great Britain.
A cinema page review highlights Cecil B DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth with vivid circus spectacle led by Betty Hutton Jimmy Stewart and Ringling Brothers, plus praise for miniature wreck sequence. Also notes Decision Before Dawn a WWII spy drama with Oskar Werner and Richard Basehart and A Girl in Every Port with Groucho Marx offering only intermittent humor.
A critic reviews Afraid in the Dark by Mark Derby noting Captain Patrick Derrex escapes an institution and returns to Bucksbridge Manor House. The tale follows his pursuit of a photo linked to Makoto across Malaya with danger, romance, and a climactic chase, but the reviewer finds Derby a careless craftsman offering thrills without depth.
While compiling recipes Ruth Mills Teague met a housewife who keeps two nearly identical cups for baking one large and one small. The large cup is her borrowing cup and the small one is the returning cup.
A Dayton reader thanks God for inquisitive minds and those directing inquiry. He prays that truth found through inquiry be interpreted as coming from God, the source of truth, in Jesus name. Amen.
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