Christian Herter A Rising Light in 1956 GOP Field
Massachusetts Governor Christian A Herter emerges as a potential 1956 Republican candidate among internationalists. His record spans five House terms, a 1952 54 governor tenure, and votes supporting foreign aid balanced by anti racketeering and immigration stances. He faces constitutional questions as to natural born citizen status and appeals from labor and anti internationalist factions.
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Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Bay State
Herter
U.S
House of Representatives
Collier's
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
AFL
CIO
Truman
McCarran
Paris
New Hampshire
Eisenhower Barker
House
Select
Europe
Legal Curb on Consumer Credit Reappears in 1956 Scene
As 1956 begins, a debate resurges over reviving the Fed Board’s power to set consumer credit terms. Sproul warns boom-era ease could prompt abuse, while Lewis argues consumer credit rose with income and need not alarm. Regulation W's history and current indirect tools of the Fed are outlined.
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Federal Reserve Board
Allan Sproul
New York Federal Reserve Bank
American Economic Association
Sproul
Robert E. Lewis
First National City Bank of New York
Brief Notes on Historical Figures and Health Facts
The Conquistadores led Spanish conquests in the Americas, especially Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century. The U.S. Public Health Service reports Americans catch about six colds annually. Nero wore gold sandals while his wife Poppaea wore silver sandals.
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America
Mexico
Peru
Nero
Poppaea
Tax Booklets Aid Taxpayers Amid New Year Bureaucracy
The piece highlights a 25 cent tax guide booklet from Beckley Newspapers Corp to aid individuals filing returns. It notes Foreword by Russell C. Harrington, details on farmers booklet, and invites public comments while urging reader resilience against taxation.
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Uncle Sam
Shylock
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Russell C. Harrington
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Department
Raleigh S Register Publication Details and Delivery Rates
Publication details list Beckley Newspapers Corporation as publisher with Associated Press rights. It shows mail entry locations Beckley and Hinton West Virginia and outlines home delivery, carrier distribution, and subscription rates with tax details and address change notes. It also notes contractor independence and subscription payment responsibility.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
Eee
C. J. McQuade
Associated Press
Focal
AP News
Story Brooks & Finley Inc
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
MATS
Ceeseeege
West Virginia
Winter, the Great Healer and Season of Rest
A reflective essay extols winter as a prime season, arguing it brings rest, longer sleep, and practical benefits for farmers and city dwellers alike. It praises winter’s slower tempo, its water from snow for crops, and the mental relief from a frenzied life, urging readers not to fear the cold but use winter to recover and heal.
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New York
Curbstone
Mexico
Ture
Everal
Nebraska
How to Apply for a Job Letters of Application Advice
The article explains that a job letter should aim to secure an interview, not a job, and warns against filler. It advises addressing the employer by name if possible, or start with Gentlemen, and using concise sections like Business Experience Educational Background Personal Data and References. It emphasizes a one page typed letter, a strong closing, and avoiding juvenile or vague openings while noting references with firm titles. It offers a Vocational Guidance booklet with a specimen Letter of Application for 20 cents.
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Lares G
Pep
Prayer prayer for beginnings and service
A devotional prayer asks for divine energy to start the day with discipline and service. Mae E. Hunter from Nashville Tenn staff editor at the National Baptist Publishing Board signs the benediction.
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God
Jesus
Amen
Mae E. Hunter
Nashville
Tenn
National Baptist Publishing Board
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Beckleyans in Germany serve in the Second Armored Division with the 57th Tank Battalion. M Sgt John Elmore and Pfc George Lilly, both Route 3 residents, completed basic at Fort Knox and ship out this month. Also noted is Pfc Billy McNeal, son of Crab Orchard residents, assigned to Germany with Lich Airborne Division as part of Gyroscope. Sgt Willard Walker serves with First Marine Aircraft Wing in Pohang Korea after February 1953 enlistment.
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Beckleyans
Second Armored Division
Germany
John Elmore
George L. Lilly
Elmore
J. E. Elmore
Route 3
57Th Tank Battalion
Lilly
Dorma
Charles L. Lilly
57Th
Fort Knox
United States
Pfc
Billy D. McNeal
John
Mc‘Neal
Crab Orchard
Campbell
McNeal
503Rd Airborne Infantry Regiment
First Marine Aircraft Wing
Pohang
Korea
Willard C. Walker
Claude Willard Walker
Fairdale
Eisenhower Decision Window Shapes 1956 Campaign
President Eisenhower weighs whether to run again, delaying a public decision until doctors report his physical fitness. His approach keeps his farm, education, and budget programs in Congress, avoiding distraction from a potential announcement while maintaining Republican unity through February.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
State of the Union
Republican Party
Quiz Questions and Trivia Quick Meter
A set of quiz style queries covers federal tax on winnings, Eisenhower’s role, Bob Zuppke’s sport, Florida vacation habits, merchant fleet leaders, grounds for divorce, and the Keeley cure among shoplifters addicts alcoholics sex perverts or bad drivers.
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Gen
Eisenhower
Army
Trong
Bob Zuppke
Florida
Mimai Beach
Great Britain
Norway
U. S
Japan
Russia
Football notes from Tinois U. raise questions
About half. Right. Football notes from Tinois University appear incomplete and nonsensical with phrases like ae than all and Wrong. References to Alcoholics suggest fragmented content and unclear context.
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Tinois U
Alcoholics
Montgomery’s Radical Pastor Leads Negro Bus Boycott Support
In Montgomery Alabama a young white minister Rev Robert S Graetz 27 leads church members in supporting a Negro boycott of city buses begun December 5. He helps organize a car pool raising about 200 to keep the program moving and says funds total around 7000 with other gifts from outside the city. Graetz educated at Lutheran colleges in Columbus Ohio originally from Charleston West Virginia became involved in racial issues at college and views integration as gradual but accelerated.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Tom Johnson
Montgomery
Cradle of the Confederacy
Robert S. Graetz
All Negro Trinity Lutheran Church
Los Angeles
Graetz
City Duges
Hosa Parks
Tuscaloosa
Tuskegee
Montgomery County
Mac Sim Butler
Butler
Charleston
W. Va
Lutheran Certse University
Columbus
Letter to Editor Backs Supreme Court Editor
A reader argues the Supreme Court must be above regulation by others and opposes limiting its powers. The letter cites the Constitution as not regulating those powers and warns against hands on federal control while praising states rights. It also suggests Congress taking on duties to ease presidential burden.
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Benjamin Franklin
Charles de Secondat Montesquieu
Robert Herric
the Register
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Supreme
Republic
Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
Italian star Rosa Podesta rebukes cheesecake posing in Hollywood
Rosa da Podesta, a two month resident in Hollywood, rejects cheesecake publicity, saying she dislikes such photos and warns it may distress viewers. She explains Italians prefer more refined cinema and notes her cameo in Alan Ladd's Santiago while chasing sights like the Empire State Building.
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Hollywood
Rosa da Podesta
Italy
Rome
Tiber
Miss Podesta
Warner Brothers
Marco Vicario
Mexico
Empire Building
Marilyn Monroe
Empire State Building
Podesta
Alan Ladd
Santiago
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FRB
Federal Reserve
U.S. Public Health Service
Col. Weed
Meluade
Raleigh S Register
Hot Boyle
Lich Airborne Division
A, D. McNeal
Fort
By Peggy Kessinger
Walker
Marine Corps
Trap Hill High School
American Stove Co
Lorain
Ohio
Marine Air Group 12
Gop
By James Marlow
Confederacy
W. Virginian
Montgomery Advertiser
Yours Traly, Deneld D, Rype
Beckie
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