Southern Democrats plot for 1948 style realignment
The piece outlines a potential southern Democratic push led by Senator Richard Russell with backing from Senator Harry Byrd and Governor James Byrnes. It suggests a split threat to Truman’s Fair Deal, the possibility of a third party, and the impact on both major parties if the election shifts to the electoral college. It notes 4-H clubs in Raleigh County and West Virginia as a contrasting positive civic theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Arie
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Russell
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Byrd
Byrnes
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Oly
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
Texas
Tennessee
North Carolina
Estes Kefauver
Truman
Robert Taft
Ralph McGill
McGill
Eisenhower
Sen
Patty Bigwigs
Ballyhoo
Raleigh Couatians
Raleigh County
West Virginia
The
Register
Plan for Improvement This is National 4-4 Club Week
A brief note outlines a focus on improvement during National 4-4 Club Week, signaling a shift in approach. The text suggests the week is not part of a usual or previously conceived plan, hinting at strategic changes. It emphasizes progress and adjustment within a club program context.
Beckley Platform Promotes City Growth and Tourism
The Raleigh Register outlines Beckley plans to boost tourism with more hotels and a stadium, expand parking and roads, and create a youth center and library museum. It calls for a city charter with a city manager, rural development support, and Beckley as a regional convention hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia
Boone County
Madam's Creek
Hinton
Grandview State Par
New Industries
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia coal eyed as germanium source for electronics
Upstate coal seams in Preston County show germanium presence, a metal pivotal to transistor tech and radar. Headlee and Hunter of the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey report Bakerstown seam yields promising germanium dioxide values, with potential commercial recovery via undercutting, washing, and ash separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Little
Army Signal Corps
Bell Laboratories
West Virginia
A. J. W. Headlee
Richard G. Hunter
West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
Heasiee
Hunter
Bakerstown
Preston County
Reedsville
Herghe and Hunter
Redstone
Pittsburgh
Winifrede
Sewell
Heavlee
Germania
Headiee
Paul H. Price
Beckley notes health card gap and wartime losses
Looking backward recalls 32 Beckley restaurants lacking health cards from 40 inspected, while wartime lines report Java loss in mountains and American forces landing tanks and planes in Australia. A Granby depot crash killed six and injured 45 in a two Frisco trains collision. a blaze destroyed Daniel and Stanley buildings with over $100,000 loss. Durant returns from dog show with two first prizes amid unemployment and riot reports at Ford Plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Sanitarians
O. R. Lyons
Jack Whitman
Beckiey
Java
Australia
Granby
Daniel
Stanley
Neville Street
G. Durant, Jr
Beckley
Marion County
Wilt Life League
United Action For Employment
The Mailman as Silent Messenger of the People
A vivid portrait of the U S postal worker as a walking library and messenger for the common man. The piece traces decades of service through snow and frost, noting the postman’s intimate knowledge of neighbors, loves, loneliness, and daily trials, ending with a neighbor’s farewell at retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York
U- 8
Bestman
America
Postal Service
Marder
Prayer for courage and moral strength from a Presbyterian minister
A prayer invoking Almighty God through Jesus Christ asks for courage and resilience to uphold the right. Minister John Sutherland Bonnell of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York urges deliverance from moral cowardice, timidity, and fear of men during a NATIONAL VESPERS radio broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
John Sutherland
Bonnell
N.Y. C
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian ¢ Church
Capitol Deep Freeze Delays Universal Military Training Vote
Washington column notes Congress uses a committee return to stall the universal military training bill. After 19 days of hearings and 10 witnesses, the House Armed Services Committee approved a six month UMT pilot for 8 year olds but sent the bill back to the committee as the House prepared for a vote. Speaker Rayburn urged courage, yet the chamber again sent the measure to committee, effectively killing it for the session. The fate rests with the Senate, while voters scrutinize lawmakers for or against UMT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Truman
Sisenhower
Veterans and Service Organizations
AFL
CIO
House Armed Services Committee
UMT
Sam Rayburn
Hollywood By Gene Handsucker
Hollywood column surveys 1951 film quality with mixed editor opinions from across the nation. Critics praise improved writing and direction while noting persisting false emotion and credibility gaps, and some predict continued gains into 1952.
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Hollywood
John Allen
Cortland
N.Y
Associated Press
Frank Bonanno
San Jose Calif
Evening News
Ann X. Smith
Newark
Star-Ledger
Jack McCall
KSYL
Alexandris
Wayne Beavers
EMA
Shenandoah
Assi
Cerfisms by Bennett Cert
Russians train a squad behind secrecy amid Olympic participation questions while Mr. Gromyko jokes about flying saucers, calling them our discuss throwers in Finland. The playful exchange hints at Cold War tensions and wartime misdirection in a light political note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Gromyko
West German Communists push drive against remilitarization
A William L. Ryan report from Frankfurt describes the Western German Communist threat through the World Federation of Trade Unions and propaganda tied to remilitarization, German unification, and anti US narratives. It notes Ruhr Valley infiltration, six million union members, and rising Communist pressure in unions amid Adenauer era politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Moscow
William Legan
AP Foreign News
Ataliat
Europe
William L. Ryan
Frankfurt
World Federation of Trade Unions
Stalin
WFFU
WETU
West Germany
Ruhr
Communist Party
Western Germany
Red
West German
Trade Union’ Féderation
Social Democratic Party
Konrad Adenauer
Dominata
Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
Easern
Mase
Communist - International Information Bureau
Cominform
United States
This Crooked Way by Elizabeth Spencer review
Literary Guidepost praises This Crooked Way by Elizabeth Spencer for vivid Southern prose and a mix of tragedy and broad comedy. Amos Dudley’s ascent from sharecropping to ownership unfolds amid hexes, family feuds, and moral tests with a robust, fresh point of view expressed in lively, tongue in cheek style. The critic notes strong characterization, dynamic plotting, and a satisfying ending that avoids romanticized depictions of the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Rogers
Elizabeth Spencer
Dodd, Mead
Amos Dudley
Mississippi
Ashly
Nathan
Amos
Fang
Ary Morgan
Thelma Dubard
Amey
Deily
Joe Ferguson
Dinah
Miss Spencer
Thelma
Uruguay to test nine-man council instead of president
A quirky newspaper voice notes Uruguay will try a nine-man council rather than a president. It jokes about odds, spring heat and cold snaps, and a child psychologist’s remark on boys preferring peers to family due to parental attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uruguay
Mom
Pop
Regionally Speaking Military Men in News Overseas and at Home
Regionally Staunch military notices list Pfe and Payne family entries confirming indoctrination at Lackland AFB Texas with later assignments at Isndall AFB Iowa and discussions of service entries in 1951. Other Ansted and Beckley locals join Lackland and Great Lakes trainings, with several officers advancing or receiving new posts, promotions, and shipboard or base assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Kenneth
Payne
Maude Payne
Blue Jay
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Isndall Air Force Base
Lewis and Matherly Trucking Co
Daniels
Roy Eades, Jr
Roy Fades
James G. Nuckols
Reginald Nuckols
Ansted
Winerfred Perry
P. Perry
Oceana
Ray Stover
Artie
European Command
Camp Kilmer
Erlangen
Germany
James Bennett
Harry Bennett
Corliss
William G. Rice
Elmer Rice
Amigo
Great Lakes, 1
Robert M. Alley
Annie Alley
Beckley
Communication School
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Charles J. Evans, Jr
Mrr
Charles J. Evans
Mt Hope
Fleet Training Center
Newport
R. I
Wright
Evins
Naval Service
Great Lakes, SI
Raleigh Register Evening Edition Notice
Public notice page details mailing class, publication rights, and subscription terms for the Raleigh Register Evening Edition. It lists Beckley Newspapers Corporation as publisher, AP affiliation, and general subscription rates, tax, and address-change procedures. It notes delivery and service terms across West Virginia and multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che
Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W Va
Hinton
W. Va
Ations
STORY
Brooks & Finley
ING
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
West Virginia
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Rial Review and Opinion
Ford Motor Company
E Lad
Little Johnny
Bird
Capitol Deep Freeze
Solon
By James Marlow
Senate
Winston Churchill
Gene Handsucker
Don W. Carlson
Wites
Mich
Daily Star
Holly Wood
Jim Camp
Gainesville
Flay
Daly
Sun
Para- Thon
Bennett
Literary Guidepost
William Ritt
Zadok Dumkopf
Ice
Marshall College
Marine Corps
Eddie E. Evans
Bill Evans
Jesse
Evans
Marines
Corps
Armed Forces Public Information Office
Arkansas
North Atlantic
Third Marine Division
Guam
Iwo Jira
Cpl
Sherman 5S. McComas
Clyde McComas
Edwight
231St Engineer
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Army
Monteval
Armco Steel Corp
Navy
Marshal Islands
Tyo Jima
Okinawa
McChord Air Force Base
Frank Suleski, Jr
Frank Sulesky
Scarbro
62Nd
Oak Hill High School
Cpl Sulesky
Bera College
Bera
Air Force
Sampson Air Force Base
Bowling Green
Thomas F. Stafford
Ett
Aew Vac
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