Boundaries and budget clash in Raleigh County headlines
Editorial notes land boundary disputes over Thornhill’s Fitzpatrick area near Raleigh with a demand for $5,000 for five acres and 12 or 13 houses. It questions title accuracy after long ownership by Fitzpatrick Farms, Inc. and Raleigh Coal and Coke Co. plus a push for broader federal budget reforms urged by Senator Byrd to curb deficits and trim Truman proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
W. A. Thornhill
Negro Park
Fitzpatrick
Thornhill
Fitzpatrick Farms, Inc
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Kins
Delaware
West Virginia
Harry Anderson
Anderson
Jack Nuckols
Oak Hill Engineering
The Byrd Budget and the Future of Fiscal Policy
The piece warns that the Byrd budget era has produced a generation raised on deficit financing and may die before achieving fiscal sanity. It notes only three federal surpluses in 21 years, doubts any balanced budget is achievable soon, and cites Eisenhower’s warning of sustained Communist pressure for two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
Congressional
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Treasury
Senate
America
Dwight Eisenhower
Ingress
White House compared to other good homes in brief
The Brief notes many applicants for a good home view of the White House and cites Senator Taft in Wisconsin warning that crop controls should be left to farmers. It hints that another candidate could also back subsidies left to farmers, framing a policy debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Taft
Wisconsin
Misunderstanding over Jap recognition of Chiang Kai-shek
The British press and officials debate whether Japan was pressured by the United States to recognize Chiang Kai-shek, with Dulles and Morrison at center. The core fact is Japan had already signaled limited recognition of Chiang in Formosa, rendering subsequent disagreements over a pact largely about trust and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Britain
Chiang Kai-shek
Yoshida
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Dal- Yes
Great Britain
Churchill
Far East
Dulles
Japan
Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
Dufles
Australia
New Zealand
Chiang
United States
London
Foreign Office
Sir Ester Denning
Asia
John Sparkman
H. Alexander Smith
Congress
Anthony Eden
Eden
China
India
South-East Asia
Beckley Newspapers advertisement and masthead text
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Thomas ¥. Stafford
Associated Fress
Associated Prest
Ust
Ocal
Si2tional Agverusine
Story, Brooks & Finley
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Clevel
Atlanta
Los Angeles
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Songwriters Numerous But Few Achieve Fame
A P profile of amateur songwriters notes the slim odds of publication. Steve Allen, host of Songs for Sale, says most hopefuls lack talent and luck, with only about one in 100,000 ever getting published. The show receives 1500 to 2000 manuscripts weekly, about 1 percent advance as possibilities, yet none have topped lists in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Steve Allen
Allen
Allén
Prayer excerpt seeks universal brotherhood and love
A typed prayer attributed to Norman D. Kennedy from Regina Saskatchewan Canada asks readers to recognize all as brothers. It calls for living out the command to love God by loving fellow humans and ends with Amen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Senate Bloc Urges Hoover Planked
Washington reports members of Congress urged the Hoover Commission lobby to stay active as a nonpartisan group for government reform. The Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report, formed in 1946, aims to promote economy and efficiency, having backed about 55 percent of Hoover recommendations and saving about two billion dollars annually. The group plans a final push for six more major reorganizations before disbanding at end May, with lawmakers noting the political crossfire and pork-barrel pressures facing reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Citizens’ Committee
Commission
Executive Branch
Hoover Commission
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Fox Holes
Douglas
Benton
D-Conn
Clarence Brown
R-Onin
Aiken
R-Vt
Robert N. Johnson
Philadelphia
Debating Dean Warlock Dismissing Scandals At Oomphala Tech
The football squad is disbanded and the schedule cancelled as Dean Warlock of Oomphala Tech calls for a focus on classics and inner verities. Overmyer reports ninety seven percent support from students yet all interviewed disagree with him. Grouch Marx heckles a vendor at a Los Angeles ball park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Warlock
Oomphala Tech
Overmyer
Grouch Marx
Los Angeles
Ball Park
Hollywoods Tarzan and Arlene Dahl in rough married life
Arlene Dahl describes marriage to Lex Barker as rugged yet playful. She learns swimming and skiing while he remains outdoorsy, claims she can outdo him in sit ups, and notes he indulges her tastes from golf to concerts while planning future films together. Europe becomes their honeymood choice amid talk of an outside project in the Foreign Legion.
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Hollywood
Tarzan
Arlene Dahl
Arlene
Lex Barker
Sun Valley
Lex
Dahl
Tahiti
Europe
Miss Dahli
The
Foreign Legion
Spain
North Africa
London
Barker
Ariene
Arien
Reed family charts a line of presidents and a king
A Rock Kentucky family the Reeds counts 18 of 20 children living, names span presidents Warren G Harding Abraham Lincoln Calvin Coolidge and Major Solomon to a King Solomon, with military service in three wars and relatives spread from Wyoming to Germany. The piece notes no FDR or Truman among heirs and hints at Republican alignment. Also included is a humor column excerpt about relief office intrigue and a Western gas venture setback at Beaver Pond and Oriskany Sand.
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Wilson Smith
Theodore Roosevelt Jones
King Solomon
Rock
Wyoming County
Germany
Andrew Reed
Reed
Norman
Arthur
Rusk Oliver
Alfred Ray
Reeds
Major Solomon
Warren G. Harding
Abraham Lincoln
Calvin Coolidge
Benjamin Harrison
White House
Rush Oliver Reed
Sophia
Europe
Newport News
Andrew Newton
United States
Nathan Caleb
Rangers
Army
Phoenixville
Kith
Kithhin
Regionally Speaking Military Men at Home and Abroad
Regional column details local service members and families connected to U S military duties. It lists Beckley area residents such as Joe Herrera Jr seaman and dozens of others in Army Air Force Navy and Marine assignments from Korea to Thailand including promotions training postings and awards.
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Peggy Kessinger
Far East
Joe Herrera
Seaman
Maryland Avenue
Beckley
Hopewell
San Diego
Calif
Wonsan
Hong Kong
Keelung
Formosa
Boko Ko
Pescadores Islands
Army —Air Force
Camp Drum
N. Y
Charles K. Kidd
D. E. Kidd
Oak Hill
Kidd
Ft. Knox
Korea
Naval Air Station
Patuxent River
Johnny J. Greene
Oscar Greene
Temple Street
Greene
Naval Service
Great Lakes
I. Venter
Woodrow Wilson High School
Ernest Venison
Essie Wickline
Whipple
Adjutant General's School
Ft. Worden
Wash
Thomas McKnight
Fom McKnight
Hico
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Jarrette R. Robertson, Jr
Ft. McClellan
Ala
460 Area Service Unit
Ft. Bragg
N.coe
J.R. Robertson
Audrey WN. Painter
Luther Painter
Mt. Hope
Ft. Meade
Ft. Jackson
S. C
James Kessler
Albert Kessler
Minden
Jonny Stepp
Arley Stepp
Oceana
McDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Fla
Pic
Allen Michell, Jr
Allen Michell
Huttalfoare
Billy Joe Blevins
R. F. Blevins
Stotesburg
Aérea
Fifth Air Force
Mark Twain High School
Las Vegas
Nev
New York
Nevada
Pvt
Louis Blevins
Niagara Fall
N.Y
Fraining
Homer E. Stable
Kopperston
Cpl Stable
66Th Signal Operation Battalion
David S. Collinsworth
Donalee Broyles
Mullins
Sasebo
Japan
R. S. Collinsworth
Mullens
Mike Megimose, Jr
Kilssth
Air Force
Ft. Slocum
N. J
Megimose
Virgil R. French
Crab Orchard
Naval Center
Bainbridge
Thomas Edward Gunter
Robert Gunter
Pineville
Millard
Marine Corps
Pfc
Tolbert
Fifth Marines
First Marine Division
United States
Navy
Robert Steve
Obie Steve
East Beckley
San Jon
Stratton High School
David's, Beckley
Ohio
Camp Breckinridge
Army Reserve Armory
United States Military Advisory Group
Thailand
Bangkok
Tolin
Charleston
Europe
Betty Joan Wool
London
England
Anthony John
Neal
Looking Backward Today From The Register Cites
Ten years ago the Raleigh County Red Cross organized a Volunteer Nurse's Aide Corps. Allies reported war material aid from the United States and Britain as Japanese resistance persisted. Chinese troops pushed back Japanese forces in Thailand during World War II.
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Red Cross
Raleigh County
Bali
Timor
Red Star
United States
Britain
Thailand
Cloyd Goodnight
Bethany College
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Chapel
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
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Bacon
Nuckols
Thornhill’s
Che Raleigh Register
Wes
Beckles
Wo Va
Hinton
W. Va
Norman D. Kennedy
Regina, Sask
Canada
By James Marlow
Sennett
Cert
Gene Handsucker
By Thomas F. Stafford
Riley Wilson
Ned Smith
United Fuel Gas Company
Mercer County
Beaver Pond
United
Oriskany
Department of Small Observations
James J. Todd
Sullivan
Todd
Ft. Benning
Lindy Spring High School
Daniel Boone
Bainbridge, Md
Naval Station
Marvin McCoy
Hallie McGraw
Robert F. Blevins
Glen Daniel
A. L. Abverle
State Military District Headquarters
South Charleston
Blevins
Army Reserve
Ft. Meade, Md
Pfe
John A. Small
Lanark
Ft. Meade. Ma
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