Raleigh Register front and business details 1950
The Raleigh Register from Beckley West Virginia June 14 1950 lists publication details and subscription rates. It notes the Beckley Newspapers Corporation as publisher and Thomas F Stafford as managing editor with Associated Press affiliation and distribution notes including mail and home delivery pricing.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Hinton
Thomas F. Stafford
Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
WIRY
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
West Virginia
Appalachian Power Opens Second Sporn Plant Unit Faith in Coal
Appalachian Power Company opens the second of six 150,000 kilowatt units at the Philip Sporn plant near Pt Pleasant, reaffirming faith in coal as a cheap dependable fuel. The six units will total 900,000 kilowatts, powering 4.5 million homes daily when fully loaded, with coal touted as the fuel of tomorrow.
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Appalachian Power Company
Philip Sporn
Pt. Pleasant
Appalachian
Ohio Power Company
Sporn
M. C. Funk
Government lent money to Lustron and Ribbonwriter shows risks
A Senate subcommittee probes the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans to Lustron Corporation and Ribbonwriter Corporation of America, noting losses from a 37 percent Lustron loan and a $300,000 Ribbonwriter loan. The piece argues for less government intrusion in private business and urges banks to fund new ideas with private capital.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Lustron Corporation
RFC
Ribbonwriter Corporation of America
Senate
Ribbonwriter
America
Senate gambling probe to release follow up report
Senate committee says a forthcoming report will claim bettors never get a break on horse racing. The next release is said to question the Potomac River’s wetness and recall that George Washington was the first president.
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Senate Committee
Potomac River
George Washington
Voice of Experience laments liquor ads in Bug Dust column
A reader writes as a Voice of Experience denouncing liquor advertising in the Beckley newspaper. She argues fewer controls would curb drinking, cites Prohibition as a mistake, and urges掲載 removal of alcohol ads to protect children. Bug Dust notes recent donations to Mrs. Ethel Weidensall and comments on local events and signage.
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Ethel) Weidensall
Kendalia
Satan
Europe
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ethel Weidensall
Mae Cook Holliday
Joe Haddad
Earl M. Klees
Bug Dust
Melting Pot Theory Questioned By Rachel Davis Dubois
Dr Rachel Davis Dubois argues the melting pot idea erred by promoting sameness and tension among minority children. At PS 165 in Upper West Manhattan she tested a program called parranda a rotating home visit where diverse children share meals songs and customs. The approach reduced prejudice without sermons and cut local school fights according to a nearby officer.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Rachel Davis-Dubois
Mrs. Dubois
P.S. 165
Upper West Manhattan
Dr. Dubois
Dubois
Puerto Rico
Rent Controls: Senate and House Vote to Extend
James Marlow reports Congress moved to extend federal rent controls for six to seven months beyond June 30. The Senate bill would keep controls through December 31 or longer in towns that vote to extend. Several states have already ended or allowed decontrol. The House and Senate plans reflect a compromise amid national housing shortages and a push from the administration for a full year.
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James Marlow
Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Congress
Wisconsin
New York
Alabama
Mississippi
Virginia
Nebraska
Texas
Utah
Arizona
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Hollywood Names Run Across Los Angeles Phone Book
Gene Handsaker riffs on how common star names are in LA listings. He cites dozens of Bogarts and Gables, multiple Bettys, Taylors, and Roll calls for Chaplins and Ladds, noting many celebrities share ordinary surnames, while some famous given names like Gene and Bing appear sparsely.
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Hollywood
John Je ‘Ing
Lana
Humphrey
Bogart
Loseles
Clark
Gable
Grables
Betty
Bettie
Bettye
Bette
Davises
Taylors
Elizabeths
Roberts
Stanwycks
Roy Rogers
Rogerses
Dale Evans
Watch
Autrys
Gene
Astaire
Robert Ryans
Robert Cummings
Clifts
Edward Robinson
Harold Lloyds
Henry Morgan
Henry Morgans
Doris Days
Phil Harris
Rose Russell
Eleanor Parker
James Masons
Ladds
Colemans
Tracys
Hepburns
Zeila Barbe Attends VPI Graduation Exercises
Zeila Barbe attends the graduation exercises at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia, as reported by the staff writer.
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VFI
By & Ter
Whitesville
Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Blacksburg, Va
Zeila Barbe
Choir Director Feted On 79th Birthday Date
Oak Hills, E. Duncan was honored at a surprise party by the Oak Hill Brethren Church choir marking his 79th birthday anniversary. Refreshments followed and gifts were given. Attendees included Charlotte Hitchcock, June Estep, Janet Foy, Ollie Foy, Ed Hall, and others.
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Register
Oak Hills
E. Duncan
Oak Hill Brethren Church
Duncan
Charlotte Hitchcock
June Estep
Charles Estep
Janet Foy
Ollie Foy
Ed Hall
Retevens
Ger Payne
Thomas Stevens
Lyman Pegram
Lymah Leet Peeram
Thomas Hall
Hershal Toy
Birth announced for Van-Mr. Phe’s daughter
Mrs. Mathew Parsons of Van announces the birth of a daughter at Madal Hospital on June 9.
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Van
Phe
Mathew Parsons
Madal Hospital
Three factors oppose a third world war now
Washington correspondent Joseph Alsop argues three forces curb a third world war: weak Kremlin war plans, Soviet vulnerability to Western atomic power, and an inner weakness in the Soviet system. He cites a 1941-42 German case showing mass Russian disloyalty under invasion, warns that a strengthened West deters future aggression, and urges ongoing defense buildup to prevent fear.
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Washington
Kremlin
Stalin
Moscow
Hitler
Germany
Soviet Union
Himmler
Count von Stauffenberg
Vlasov
Russia
Sea Eagles Chapter 9 Serial Sparks Two Love Tales War Tide
The saga follows Joshua Barney under Robert Morris as he courts Ann Bedford while Kenny Boyle fights at sea. Their voyage toward Nantes and a cruise near England tests neutrality in French ports, draws British attention, and culminates in a clash with the ships of the line Burford as the crew seeks fortune and fate in 1777.
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Joshua Barney
Robert Morris
Marine Committee
Pretty Ann Bedford
Morris
Philadelphia
Kenny Boyle
Joshua
Kenny
Barbary
Captain Johnson
Gironde
Nantes
Finisterreard
Spain
Ireland
Irish Sea
Bay of Biscay
England
Wickes
France
Lexington
Burford
Bowyer
Bate
Yankee Raiders Fight to Arm Liberty Ships in French Ports
In a sequence from the war at sea, the Lexington and two other American vessels slip into Morlaix and St. Malo as Franklin pressures French authorities to allow refits. Warrants threaten arrest if ships fail to depart within a fortnight. Kenny and crew, aware of the growing crisis, hope for further forays while contemplating home and a lost romance.
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Lexington
Dolphin
Morlaix
St. Malo
Joshua
Martinico
England
France
Franklin
Wickes
Johnson
Kenny
Henry Johnson
Dr. Franklin
Spain
Barbary
Siena
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Ohio Power
American Gas and Electric System
Thomas J. Stafford
Otis Lyons
Beckley Department
Heber Street
Anthony Sparacino
Sparacino
Consolidated Bus Lines
Consolidated
Boyle
Gene Handsaker
Joseph Alsop
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