Thought For Today On egg price supports and policy mess
Commentary criticizes Secretary Benson and farm programs as muddled while egg producers demand relief. It links high feed costs, restrictive grain rules, and past price supports to oversupply. The piece argues artificial supports worsen consumption and inflation, urging no new price support or surplus buying program.
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Alf
Congress
Earth
Andromeda
Washington
Public Relations Fix Suggested for WV Funeral Directors
Dr George W Crane notes WV Funeral Directors Association lacks public relations and hides pricing. He urges dropping unconventional teachings and adopting plain language church outreach to boost attendance and trust, citing examples from clergy and public platform psychology. He promotes a booklet on Public Platform Psychology with a stamped envelope and fee.
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Bishop Sheen
Billy Graham
Oral Roberts
Dwight L. Moody
Billy Sunday
Christ
Jonathan
Crane
Bug Dust and the Great Kitchen Piano Ordeal
Roy Lee Harmon recalls five days of chaos as a upright piano dominates his home during a renovation. Friends fail to help. moving firms balk at the trivial task. four men finally haul the instrument back, ending the tension and restoring peace on Sun Rise Avenue.
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John Sikora
Sikora
Whitesville
Sunerise Avenue
Mabscott Bottom
Prayer for Today by Joseph R Sizoo in Washington DC
A brief religious invocation asking divine guidance for daily work. The author, Joseph R Sizoo, is identified as a professor of religion at George Washington University in Washington DC. The text seeks strength patience and wisdom to perform tasks well. It ends with an Amen.
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Christ
Lord
Joseph R. Sizoo
Washington, D.C
George Washington University
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Two men have completed eight weeks of basic combat training at Fort Jackson. Pvt. Benjamin D Hylton and Pvt. George H Caperton trained in Company C, 18th Battalion, First Training Regiment. Hylton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs B Hylton of Skelton and Caperton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ere skine M Caperton of 724 Broad St Mount Hope. Receiving his wings and commission as a jet fighter pilot at Greenville.
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Benjamin D, Hylton
George H
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Hylton
Greenville
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Nona May Williams
Route 1
Mount Hope
Germany
29Th Signal Company
Jack G. Drennen
William F. Drennen
Summerlee
Stuttgart
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Collins High School
Local News and Army Notices From Raleigh Register
Raleigh Register lists subscription rates and delivery details for Beckley Newspapers. It also reports on military arrivals and training assignments including G. E. Bailey Jr. and Benjamin C. Williams, with brief bios. The piece notes eye strain statistics and traces the origin of the slogan safety first to a steel plant about 47 years ago.
The Murgatroyds And Monkey Business
Washington column highlights domestic banter as Mrs Murgatroyd protests space monkey ethics while Mr Murgatroyd navigates family duties including cookies, finances, and a car that won’t start. The pair quibble over astronauts and a bereaved simian.
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Alice
Murgatroyd
Try And Stop Me Two S at a Broadway restaurant
A chaotic scene unfolds at a Broadway restaurant as diners quarrel over a politician’s merits. A child interrupts, a monkey appears at the door, and heated exchanges escalate with references to Lincoln and a space age remark.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Abe
Alice
Cats in ancient Egypt were sacred and revered
Many thousands of years ago during the Egyptian Empire cats were worshiped as family pets and guardians of grain stores. They symbolized fertility and were linked to the goddess Pasht. Killing or smuggling a cat was a crime. mourning included shaving eyebrows and mummification. wealthy cats had tombs with wall pictures.
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Pasht
Debbie Reynolds invites Eddie Fisher's parents to see grandchild
New York gossip items note Debbie Reynolds inviting Eddie Fisher's split up parents from Philadelphia to meet their grandchild Carrie Frances and spend the day. Debbi e also mentions roses from a producer and other Hollywood anecdotes.
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Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Philadelphia
Carrie Frances
Debbie
Waldorf Roof
Bob Neal
Count Basie
Ella Fitzgerald
Baseball ignites at Glen White with noted players listed
Fifty years ago baseball thrives at Glen White as Beckley and nearby towns await word. The team features notable players from the Pennsylvania and Ohio leagues and state colleges. Winding Gulf reports lively activity with railways under construction and illicit whiskey sales. Last Saturday two women fought while intoxicated. a stray bullet killed a Greek laborer and led to no arrests as about twenty eight friends left the camp.
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Glen White
Beckley
Fvans
Machaney
Stahl
State College
Farmer
Wyoming Seminary
White
Mt. Carmel High School
McHugh
Gulf
Virginian
Raleigh & Southwestern
Strike Threat Deepens in Steel Industry Deadlock
From the 1934 Raleigh Register files the report notes a growing threat of a paralyzing steel strike as union leaders and company executives remain deadlocked despite efforts by Hugh S. Johnson to broker peace. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt set a West Virginia record by traveling 46 miles before a 9 o'clock breakfast at Governor Kump’s home to open two subsistence homestead projects during a West Virginia tour. An all day zone meeting of Methodist Episcopal Church South women’s missionary representatives met at the Methodist Temple in Raleigh and Fayette counties with about 120 attendees.
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Comepany
Hugh S. Johnson
H. G. Kump
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West Virginia
Women's Missionary Societies of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Raleigh
Fayette Counties
Methodist Temple
Kanawha Street
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