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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1956
Page
2
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths in Bailey’s reflective column. The piece offers a contemplative take on hardship revealing character and perspective through quiet lived experience.
A Crescent Road safety committee of the Crescent PTA warns of growing truck traffic and a sharp blind school curve with no sidewalks. A utility pole blocks school bus turns at Crescent Harper, forcing children to walk 200 yards. Proposals include by passes via a rail line parallel road from Mabscott to Cabell and a Mt. Tabor valley road extension to bypass the Mabscott underpass.
New York legislators reacted to Governor William C. Marland of West Virginia promoting industry in metal working apparel chemicals and wood working. Walter Howe noted those fields employed over one million New Yorkers in 1955 with payrolls over five billion dollars. He questioned New York’s ability to compete as WV argues no corporate tax.
Luther Jones of Coal Valley News reports that Governor Lausche of Ohio is the editor’s pick for the Democratic nomination, praised for honesty and balance. He critiques Kefauver Stevenson Harriman, opposes a divorcee president, and hopes Lausche secures the nomination as a moderate alternative.
A Treasury Department tally shows 1955 moonshine capacity up 11.2 percent to an estimated 80 million gallons. The industry would have required 1.6 million barrels, costing the cooperage sector about 40 million dollars in potential income. The piece notes Arkansas agents seized a 3,000 gallon haul and a four foot chicken snake used as seasoning.
Industry advocates estimate 80 million gallons of illegal moonshine, if replaced by legal whisky, would have kept 100 idle mills running and added 3,500 to 4,500 jobs. Payroll would rise by over 10 million dollars, plus 9.5 million spent with farmers and 1.25 million on hoop steel. Moonshine hurts distillers, consumers, wholesalers, bottlers, and taxes.
Fragmentary notice outlines publication details for Beckley Newspapers Corpora tion tied to Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. It lists editors and Associated Press rights and hints at subscription rates and distribution practices.
Louis XVI ordered all handkerchiefs to be square, replacing the oblong style then in use. The note mentions the edict as a historical curiosity in fashion.
A fragmentary New York note describes mail from Fred Allen dated the day he died. It mentions a Groucho Marx letter and mentions Cyd Charisse, Tony Martin, and Sammy Cahn. The item includes sparse anecdotes about Ed Sullivan and Kefauver supporters in social roundups.
A humorous clippings style note compiles jokes and jests about celebrities and public figures. It mentions Fred Allen, Red Skelton, Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Rex Harrison with light quips on weddings, engagements, and show business gossip.
Philadelphia area anchors Democratic strength while Republicans bank on Eisenhower momentum. Pennsylvania with 29 electoral votes features a split map in this 1950s political landscape, as Duff seeks re election against Clark amid shifting county control and industrial changes.
A 93 year old farmer in Indiana lived with his devoted dog Bud for years. Bud’s heat related collapse after chasing a groundhog proved fatal, prompting a family to bury the dog near the porch and to show the old man a grave marker for his friend.
In New York a wave of Japanese style influences daily life from furniture to lighting. The Museum of Modern Art showcased a Japanese house with a garden drawing crowds. The piece notes fashioning rooms with minimal, essential furnishings and shoji panels replacing doors in closets.
A Greenville South Carolina pastor Dotson M Nelson Jr of First Baptist Church offers a morning prayer asking for God to dispel darkness and confusion. He invokes faith in Christ's promise and ends in Jesus name Amen.
A sky watcher mistook Canopus for a Russian space satellite and said the star is about 10 000 times brighter than the sun. The blunder amused readers as jokes about space gadgets spread. Los Angeles tops a poll for prettiest women and people want to live there. A man notes he earned money by spending his March vacation at home and tipping himself.
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