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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1950
Page
2
A long article traces Carl Strandlund and the Lustron prefab house venture from its 1950s roots to collapse. Government loans, wartime priorities, and costly plant leases led to losses of millions. It critiques cronyism and wasteful spending while urging a unified charity drive to replace fragmented campaigns.
The Cincinnati Community Chest has begun an investigation into fundraising campaigns that may have taken questionable turns. Officials review methods, solicitations, and donor requests as part of the inquiry to ensure compliance and transparency.
Dr. Eugene Austin spoke to First Baptist Church on a lump of coal weighing about four pounds that epitomizes coal power. He compared its potential to generate vast electric power with the chain reaction risk likened to the Hiroshima bomb, tracing the atomic age from New Mexico to Tinian and Nagasaki.
Dr. Austin contrasts a church’s simple benches and a bronze cross with the atom bomb shed beside it, framing a moral choice between destructive power and constructive love. He argues only the human soul guided by Jesus Christ can control atomic power for light, heat, and safer civilization.
HAL BOYLE collects sharp aphorisms from Socrates of the curb. The remarks debate love in different homes, self improvement, pessimism, taxes, aging, desire, fear, cosmetics, and human folly with wry humor and social bite. The column blends humor and scorn to reflect midcentury urban life.
Hollywood by Gene Handsaker notes Cecil B DeMille, whose picture audiences have numbered more people than there are on earth. He is 68, and the piece reflects on his vitality and appeal compared with half that age.
President Madison ratified the 1815 Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812. The article notes commissions to settle disputes, the joint commission system, and key negotiators like Adams, Bayard, Clay, Russell, and Gallatin. It also describes the Octagon House in Washington and its historic ties including Dolly Madison and figures from early U.S. politics.
Forty Protestant leaders from 22 denominations across 30 states closed a four day conference urging a balanced approach to economy. They called for industry councils tax measures to reduce inequality and greater public education funding with local control. The group warned against unregulated capitalism while avoiding full central planning.
James Marlow explains the tax form choices for married couples in 1949. He outlines Form 1 40-A the 1040 short form and the 1940 long form, plus Form 11049-A for under $5,000 incomes. He notes deductions differ by form and that joint returns and community property states create extra considerations.
The text explains deductions thresholds and form choices for married filers. It compares using form 1040-A versus 1040 short or long forms based on income, with examples of individuals Jones Smith Brown and Kelly. It notes regional rules in nine states restricting 1040-A and directing use of 1040 forms, and previews tomorrow’s topic on Form 1040-1A.
In Mexico City, ten women earned diplomas as the nation's first trained stewards for Aeronaves de Mexico. The graduates, assigned to the Acapulco route, completed courses in geography, meteorology, nursing, and passenger service, preparing them to guide tourists and locals on flights while maintaining grace and fitness. They were celebrated by officials and the university community as aviation advances unfold.
Washington reports two prominent retired bank women say women hold 70 percent of U S wealth yet lack money knowledge. They promote a guidebook Moneywise advising on saving, stocks, bonds, bank accounts, insurance, real estate and budgeting.
Bellburn soldier Sergeant Floyd Craddock, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Craddock, re-enlists in the United States Army for six years at Camp Holabird Maryland. Craddock has five and a half years of service, including two and a half years with the Navy in the Caribbean during World War II, and recently completed a three year enlistment with the Army Signal Corps at Sandia Base Albuquerque NM.
A brief devotional line echoes a call to spiritual nourishment. The adage invites readers to seek sustenance beyond wealth, framing wealth as not required for access to wisdom and provision.
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