Communist policy toward Jews remains unchanged in essence
A House committee report details how despite Stalin's death the drive to destroy Jewish culture endures. It cites trials on fake Zionist charges, suppression of Jewish communal life, banned Jewish history, closure of Yiddish schools and theaters, and the erasure of Jewish press across the Soviet Union.
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Rep
Kersten
R-Wis
Stalin
Russia
Soviet Union
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Ukraine
Byelorussia
Emes
Birobidjan
The Garden Call amid a Material Age
A reflective column contrasts rising wants with 1950s sensate culture citing Dr. Sorokin on materialism. It laments wealth pursuit, politics, and moral values, then shifts to spring gardening and hopeful images of seeds, seeds catalogs, and robins as signs of renewal.
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P. A. Sorokin
Missing Agee girls stir wide search across woods
The Register reported on November 2 that Mary and Irene Agee, ages 6 and 8, were missing near Egeria. Over the following weeks hundreds of men joined a large search through the woods as locals felt deep concern and sadness for the neglected sisters facing hunger and cold in the wilds.
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Heaven
Henry Hart Milman
Egeria
Mary
Irene Agee
Bodies Found End Long Search For Two Missing Children
The discovery confirms the two youngsters Mary and Irene Agee were lost not kidnapped or murdered. Snow and falling leaves hid their frozen bodies, easing family and police strain while dispelling lingering doubts. The Register earned praise for Christmas and New Year layouts using credit-line style to detail production work.
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Mary
Irene Agee
Charles Hurst
Alice Gregory
Woman's Department
Mel Verost
Turnpike
Virgil Brown
Brown
Beckley
Santa
Beckley Newspapers Annual Subscription Rates Note
Beckley Newspapers Corp publishes home delivery details and subscription pricing for Beckley and Hinton areas. Rates include daily and Sunday options, six or three month terms, and address-change notes. Tax is added for subscriptions in West Virginia.
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Henssa
Ee BiewTy
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Bob Hope Rouses Crowd Amid Rose Bowl Confusion
Hollywood notes recount Bob Hope’s Rose Bowl appearance with misread event cards at the Big Ten Dinner for Ohio State, confusion over representations from Purdue Indiana Iowa, and jokes backstage with Bill Holden Jerry Colonna Gloria De Haven Anita Ekberg and others. Other showbiz items include Peggy King Anita Ekberg Duke Mays Brando DiMaggio and Dave Fox death, plus quips from Charley Jones and Howie Lasseter.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
Bob
Ohio State
Laurence Tierney
Purdue
Indiana
Los Angeles
Iowa
Hope
Bill Holden
Jerry Colonna
Gloria de Haven
Anita Ekberg
Ohio
Peggy King
University of Southern California
Midnight Earl
N. Y
Marion Marlowe
Buffalo
Joe DiMaggio
Tallulah
Walter Slezak
Test of Democratic Sincerity in the 84th Congress
Washington discussion on Senate rules and civil rights unfolds as a broad leadership conference urges majority rule to revise Senate procedures at the new session. The statement targets filibuster tactics by Southern Democrats and underscores a push to end obstruction while highlighting the racial equality bills waiting in Congress.
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Congress
Democratic Party
South
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
Washington
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
Leadership Conference
McCarthy
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
The
American Jewish Congress
Catholic Interracial Council
American Veterans’ Committee
Americans For Democratic Action
AF of L
CIO
Fili
House of Representatives
United States Senate
Sounds and noises in nature spark odd debates
A botanist argues plants make sounds as they grow while observers joke about which plant would be loudest. The piece riffs on old films, resolutions, and odd scientific notions from Dr Selborne to Cambridge egg studies, with nods to Egypt's pyramid elevator and a playful nudge at Everest.
Writers Love to Use Pet Words and Phrases
Hal Boyle muses on editors trimming phrases from 1954 copy and reveals pet wording writers cling to. He prizes words like "and" and "but," imagines future stories about junk magnates, brouhahas, skulls, and unkind words, and notes writers endure with hope for cleaner prose.
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Jones
Brouhaha
Prayer for courage and community from Dudley Strain
A modern prayer from Dudley Strain of Lubbock Texas asks for God to renew courage guide virtues and build a decent community while keeping the nation from deserting its high purpose through Jesus Christ. The message comes from the First Christian Church minister.
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God
Jesus Christ
Dudley Strain
Lubbock
Texas
First Christian Church
Travel is Light on Red Road From Purgeland
The New Year stirs talk of Soviet missing leaders in 1955. Notable names include Victor Abakumov the former state security minister and five subordinates. Also Wassily Stalin and Alexander Poskrebytev known for Kremlin intrigue. fates range from execution to imprisonment or quiet obscurity.
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Purgeland
Moscow
Soviet Union
Victor Abakumov
Abakumov
Amoug the Missing
Wassily Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Vassily
Kremlin
Stalin
Alexander N. Poskrebyshev
Poskrebyshev
Russia
Lavrenty Beria
P. A. Artemiev
N. K. Spiridon
Beria
Georgia
Valerian Bakradze
A. A. Kuznetsov
Andrei Zhadanov
Stepan Mamulov
Nikolai Voznesensky
State Planning Commission
Hollywood Holiday Grab Bag Provokes Stars
Hollywood gossip notes Donald Crisp protests Jackie Gleason over a Mae Busch line. Oscar Levant frets on The Cobweb set. Fernando Lamas declines Las Vegas asks and reveals he learned singing by accident after losing his voice in Buenos Aires in 1949. John Kerr and Richard Widmark share a lunch moment.
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Donald Crisp
Jackie Gleason
Mae Busch
Crisp
Miss Busch
Oscar Levant
Fernando Lamas
Las Vegas
Buenos Aires
Lamas
MGM Commissary
John Kerr
Richard Widmark
Mack Sennett
Cameron Shipp
Mack
Try and Stop Me Story Aides and Princely Witty Exchanges
A playful tale about a princess in ancient Egypt discovering a found baby and debating adoption with the pharaoh, plus a Brooklyn exchange about a son choosing to become a rabbi and a tongue in cheek jab about Jewish identity.
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Egypt
Nile
Pharaoh
Sam Levenson
M. C
Brooklyn
Morris
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