Thought For Today echoes of ex mayor O'Dwyer return
William O'Dwyer, once New York City's controversial mayor, to appear as a panelist at a Lexington Democratic Club conference on Saturday. He resigned in 1950 to be ambassador to Mexico, later facing graft scrutiny and Kefauver inquires. Now 70, he may advise his politically ambitious brother Paul and reform Democrats, though not likely to reemerge as a major player.
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New York City
Jimmy Walker
Lexington Democratic Club
Lehman & Finletter
Roosevelt Democratic Club
Ninth Assembly District
O’dwyer
Park Aveenue
Mexico
Senate
Kefauver
Crime Investigating Committee
Frank Costello
Truman
Kefauver Committee
Brooklyn
New York
Bill O’dwyer
Paul
Tammany
Pocketbook coverage by workmen's compensation explained
Faye Henle interviews J M Sweitzer president of Employers Mutual of Wausau Wisconsin the first to write a compensation policy in 1911 He notes about 80 percent of workers are covered and urges coverage unless self employed or in a self insured industry He outlines how coverage is obtained and the financial impact on employers and workers and stresses safety to reduce costs for companies and society
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J. M. Sweitzer
Employers Mutual of
Ayroll
The Lighter Side of Washington Desk Guide
Washington humorist Dick West explains his daily procrastination routine at the U S House press gallery. He notes a fidgeting desk near the southeast door and describes delays from calendar checks to weather checks as reasons tourists ask for directions to the Smithsonian.
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Washington
UPI
U. S. House of Representatives
Kennedy Area Redevelopment Plan Faces Congress
Washington report outlines Kennedy administration proposals to aid 103 labor market areas with long-term unemployment. Aimed at spurring growth via $300 million in loans and $75 million yearly grants for utilities, retraining, and technical help, the program seeks to reduce recession through public works and modernization. Critics call it a make-work scheme, yet supporters argue it could boost overall business and employment.
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Nea
United States
Department of Labor
Kennedy
Congress
Arthur J. Goldberg
Mabscott Boundary Expansion Dictated by Court
Fifty years ago Mabscott’s enlargement was approved in a special election. The Raleigh County circuit court issued an order defining the new town boundaries. Two new mail routes were set up in the county. T. E. Goodwin became manager of the Carter Opera House, joining Royal Theatre Co. of Princeton under shared management.
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Raleigh Register
Mabscott
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Masseyville
Ned
Saxon
Posey
T.E. Goodwin
A.C
Carter Opera House
Goodwin
Royal Theatre Co
Princeton
Raleigh and Register Subscription Rates and Policies
Raleigh and Register published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists subscription rates and home delivery details. It notes daily and Sunday options, tax addition, change of address requirements, and the independence of carriers and distributors from Beckley Newspapers Corporation.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Vae
Hinton
W. Va
West Virginia
Leader of the party statement on world crises in Paris summit
Sir representatives to European unity talk in Paris condemn Western strife and urge understanding, freedom and progress. The police commission ruling in Los Angeles bans bare-armed African native dance, challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union as unconstitutional censorship.
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Paris
Police Commission
Une
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American Civil Liberties Union
Los Angeles
Les Ballets Africain
First Month In Office Kennedy Brings Brisker Start
A day by day review compares Kennedy and Eisenhower in their first month in office. Kennedy faced crises in Laos Congo and the United Nations while pushing bills to aid the economy and ease unemployment, expand health care, and raise the minimum wage. Eisenhower focused on ending the Korean War and issued an 11 point program with limited early executive actions. Both leaders used expansive powers differently and historians will weigh which first month most shaped postwar policy.
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Eisenhower
Ike
Congress
Eiesenhower
Laos
Congo
United Nations
Capitol Hill
Red China
Formosa
United States
Dirt lovers bloom in gardens this spring
In a playful BARBS column Hal Cochran jokes that soon the gossip crowd will emerge to garden and let flowers bloom, noting that even flowers need sun and timing. The lighthearted piece riffs on social chatter and seasonal renewal with a wink.
Lip Rouge Sparks Gentle Retouching Wish
A playful note observes a woman applying lipstick with care and a passerby offering to retouch. It ends with a light wish for a world filled with enough smiling faces to brighten days.
Quiz Style Q and A Pack From Classic Trivia
A compact Q and A set covers geography medicine biology and civics. Notable items ask which country is northernmost, origin of ginseng name, giraffe neck anatomy, the Fourth Estate, contents of the Book of Kells, presidential use of adjournment power, and which four states are commonwealths.
Bug Dust Plea For Severance Tax Is Ignored Again
Delegate Roy Lee Harmon appeals to the House to discharge the Finance Committee and pass a severance tax bill to fund Governor Barron’s program. He criticizes absentee landlords, coal operators, and West Virginia’s resource exploitation, urging lawmakers to tax wealth and preserve the state’s future. He requests his remarks be printed in the Journal appendix.
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House of Delegates
House
del. Harmon
House Finance Committee
Wyoming
West
West Virginia
Fayette
Nell) Walker
United Mine Workers
Organized Labor
Barron
Texas
Louisiana
Religion In America Healing Power Flows Through Faith and Prayer
Louis Cassels profiles Mrs. Agnes Sanford of Westboro Massachusetts a devout Episcopal lay healer who believes Jesus empowered believers to lay on hands and pray for the sick She recounts healing stories to argue that Gods healing power is active through spiritual laws aligned with medical science and that lack of healing reflects distance from God rather than divine will
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Louis Cassels
United Press International
Agnes Sanford
Episcopal
Westboro
Mass
God
Sanford
Jesus Christ
Prayer for Today for God’s Truth and Insight
A devotional prayer asks eternal God to grant spiritual sight and hearing beyond surface appearances. It seeks to pierce clouds and sounds to grasp hidden divine realities in Christ, attributed to John Marvin Rast of Columbia, South Carolina, executive secretary of the Methodist Board of Education.
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Christ
John Marvin Rast
Columbia
S. C
Methodist Board of Education
25 Years Ago From the 1936 Raleigh Register
Readers in Raleigh County on direct relief must visit the welfare office on Elkins Street for first of March commodities. A carload of apples arrived from Martinsburg section augmenting the regular supply. Wesley Wilkes, Beckley insurer, recovered a stolen car after tracing it to a Shady Spring garage. Congress faced a landmark tax bill of 786 million dollars and a treasury financing program of 1.809 billion dollars, with 800 million borrowing, raising the gross public debt to 31.3 billion on April 15.
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Elkins Street
H. C. Houchins
Martinsburg
Wesley Wilkes
Beckley
Beckley Hotel
Shady Spring
Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
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