Thoughtful call to boost voting in West Virginia elections
An editorial urges greater voter participation as the February 9 deadline looms. Proposed by E. E. Bibb, voting holidays for primary and general election days would let workers vote and curb political apathy. The piece warns a small voter turnout risks allowing unscrupulous powers to control policy and urges civic action to preserve freedom.
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West Virginia
Beckley Business Bureau
E. E. Bibb
Bibb
Mr. Bibb
No Roads for War is Back in World War I
The piece argues that wartime trucking overload damaged roads and that postwar highway repair lag leaves America ill prepared for future conflicts. Ohio's highway director warns against repeating the all out war effort, urging restraint on vehicle weights and accelerated road maintenance amid rising costs.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Kansas
Texas
America
Tony
T. J. Kauer
Fewer dollars in old days were worth more says speaker
The speaker reflects that old days had fewer dollars but higher value and that government action rarely removed funds or autonomy, contrasting past frugality with present fiscal pressures.
Taft Crowd Wants No Direct Test of Strength With Ike
Washington notes show Taft aims to avoid direct Eisenhower battles, focusing instead on Wisconsin. Eisenhower backers push for aggressive preconvention entry in key states, urging a full test of voter sentiment to pressure Taft. Taft relies on Republican professionals for convention support while Eisenhower gains from broader nonprofessional backing and pressure from below.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Taft
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Wisconsin
Ohio
Illinois
Col
Robert R. McCormick
Utiani
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
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Sen
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Grundy-Owlett
Harold Stassen
Orite
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Eisen
Beckley Newspapers details and classifieds policy
The document lists publication details for the Raleigh Register edition and Beckley Newspapers Corporation. It notes Associated Press rights, advertising representation, subscription rates, and policy on delivery payments and address changes, typical of a Sunday morning issue notice. It mentions West Virginia sales tax and carrier independence for distributers.
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AP News
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Philadelphia
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Boston
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Los Angeles
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Sour Boca
Beckley
Newspapers Corporation
Dimples Hall Testifies on Numbers Mob in DC
Dimples Hall, a barmaid nicknamed Dimples, testified before a Senate committee about a Georgia Avenue home where Roger Simkins ran a numbers operation from 1945 to 1950. She described huge daily takeups to $3,000, use of adding machines, and police officers visiting the home for “protection” payments, with the amount of bribes described as “in the hundreds.”
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Hal Boyle
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True Confession
Saran Mears Hall
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District of Columbis
Roger
Whitetop) Simmins
Arnold Bauman
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Simkins
Prayer for Courage and Wisdom by Harold Stassen
Today's prayer asks God to grant courage and humility to face problems and to act with wisdom, avoiding selfish interests. It seeks strength to confront political and economic realities and to work toward healing for all of Tan and society.
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Harold £. Stassen
Who Owns the Government The People Question
James Marlow writes as a citizen viewer in Washington about the constitutional idea of government by the people. He questions if politicians control the state while voters fund it and notes Truman's push to reform internal revenue. He explains Congress resists and outlines a plan moving collectors from 64 partisan appointees to 25 civil service posts, prompting concern over accountability.
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Constitution
Philadelphia
Internal Revenue
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Congress
Hollywood lifestyle chills for Paul Douglas and Jan Sterling
Paul Douglas says he seeks a simple life away from Hollywood excess. He and wife Jan Sterling live in a mansion described as castle-like, with a 360-foot pool and a private ballroom. Douglas avoids contracts and financial entanglements, preferring independence while awaiting acting opportunities.
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Jan Sterling
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Maggie
Jan
Marion da Ies
New York
Looking Backward Today From The Register files
Ten years ago a Beckley Junior Chamber voiced a citywide waste paper drive likened to a fleet of ten trucks for defense. Regulations at airports were expected to curb idle Ivinski operations in the state amid World War II intensity.
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Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ivinski
Luzon
Bouciss MacArthur
AGG
Raleigh
T. R. O'Dell
Claremont
Thayer
Summers
Hinton Brige
James R. Cox
Bug Dust and the humane solution to stray dogs
Bug Dust recounts incidents in Calloway Heights and Herper Road highlighting dangers of shooting stray dogs and urging humane society involvement. It contrasts a beaver–man conflict with a beaver’s clever behavior, notes a plan to sue the state conservation commission, and ends urging humane action to rehome unwanted pups.
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Calloway Heights
Vergil Cox
Vergil
The
Jack Davis
Herper Road
Jack
Advance Machine Company
Land Reform Backfires In China Drawing In New Landlords
AP Newsfeatures reports from Hong Kong that five years after land reform in Shansi province the hoped for classless society did not last. Meant to abolish landlords, the policy saw peasants sell land to cover wedding and funeral costs and move into usurious lending, creating a new cycle of private ownership and landlordism under Maoist rhetoric.
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Fred Hamp
Hong Kong
Shansi
China
Peiping
Changcchih
Chinese Communist Party
Peoples
Wang
Koppers Eyes Synthetic Oil Field Amid Debate Over Aid
Koppers in Pittsburgh says its research team will open a Verona Pennsylvania pilot plant to convert coal into synthetic liquids focusing on chemicals like benzene and phenols as well as aviation gasoline. Government officials favor backing for synthetic fuels to safeguard supplies, while oil industry leaders fear costs and shifting steel priorities.
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Sam Davsoap
New York
Koppers Company
Pittsburgh
G.f.d‘alelio
Koppers
Roppers
Verona
D'Abclio
Frank M. Porter
American Petroleum Industry
Porter
Youre Telling Me Funny Oddities From A Magazine Clip
A collage mocks military life with a Marine Corps service joke about players, jokes about a North Carolina mule and a motor car, a quip on the Milky Way stars, Cleveland meat dealers selling horse steaks, and a Britain England survey noting women fear mice spiders storms and warms, with a playful note on stockings.
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