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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1953
Page
3
The piece urges daily effort in 1953 to turn hopes into reality. It highlights the American Red Cross blood drive, urging every reader to donate a pint of blood in Korea relief efforts and to schedule appointments when the bloodmobil e visits town.
Stanley C. Higgins retires as executive secretary of the New River Coal Operators Association after 32 years guiding Smokeless Coal to prominence. He will advise successor Frank M. Ellison Jr and continue in Mt Hope while remaining connected to coal mining.
A 1953 Korean War stalemate price rises as daily casualties mount. The Defense Department issues an urgent appeal amid widespread misery on the battlefield and across the globe.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad backs a bright coal forecast, noting C O’s long hold on about 16.5 to 13.3 percent of national bituminous production since 1951. Demand rises from steel and electric utilities, with projections of continued growth in coal use and energy needs. Nuclear energy may supplement coal but not replace it soon.欧洲 coal exports vary with NATO and other factors, but Europe remains a strong American buyer.
An alumni branch of Beckley Chapter West Virginia Section NSDASTO sends greetings and notes a clipping suggesting Bug Dust may be kept in limbo. They approve preserving Bug Dust and recall its obit, while joking about duties and county politics and ending with a humorous sign off from Florence.
New York report quotes George Scaglione a Carlton House beverage steward on New Year’s Day hangovers. He rejects the pre midnight “one for the road” habit and notes remedies like the Bloody Mary or red Snapper. He questions why vodka is added though tomato juice soothes the stomach. Overseas service as a doughboy.
A 1953 New Year piece quotes Scaglione with global tips to avoid hangovers. He warns against straight shots and mixing drinks and advises drinking water between drinks. He claims he never gets hangovers and calls seeing others hungover enough.
Military men from Beckley Mullens and surrounding towns are stationed in Korea Germany and the United States. Seaman Herman C Houchins serves aboard the destroyer USS Lewis Hancock with the Seventh Fleet while Pvt Fred Neal trains at Indiantown Gap and Sgt Kenneth Cook works as a radio operator in Munich Germany with his wife Wilma Sims Cook residing at Dachau. Other service members include Pvt Charles M Farmer of the 28th Infantry Division in Bavaria and Pfc Richard D Beverly en route to Korea with the First Marine Division.
A view from early plans shows Eisenhower and Dulles weighing a possible Eisenhower Stalin meeting to end Korea via talks. U.S. diplomacy aims to keep Europe united as NATO strains threaten the Western alliance and a European army plan faces opposition in France and Germany.
Peoria story follows Kenneth Raper and Dr. Robert Coghill at USDA’s northwest regional lab as they test mold from a moldy cantaloupe for a new antibiotic. Amid 1942 wartime shortages, Fleming’s penicillin idea finally gains footing through a mysterious mold strain labeled No. 382 and pursued with ground samples from allied forces.
In the shift to a Republican controlled Congress Senator McCarthy is poised to chair a major Senate committee with a staff of lawyers and investigators to intensify his anti communism drive. He hints at expanding probes into government corruption and college campuses, possibly drawing Eisenhower into a broader inquiry agenda. The piece notes his past solo effort and potential conflict with the incoming president.
The French Army weighs substituting milk or fruit juice for the daily pint of wine for its soldiers. The Paris correspondent notes the move would likely win General Sherman’s approval. The plan startled many soldiers but did not trigger a cabinet crisis or a change of premiers.
A historical column recalls events from 26 and 40 years ago. It mentions the Ohio River flood affecting 1500 families from Pittsburgh to Pomeroy, relief efforts by the Red Cross and others, and a political arrest linked to an assassination plot. It also notes Time’s Man of the Year 1942 and other archival notes from 20 and 30 years ago including sports and social scenes.
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