Beckley Newspapers Details and Rates
The Raleigh Register Beckley W V published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists circulation details delivery areas and pricing. It outlines subscription rates Daily and Sunday one year nine dollars six months six dollars and mentions state tax a reminder about address changes and delivery responsibilities of carriers and agents.
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Retired coal miners urged to pursue farming income shift
The welfare fund trustees may vote today on a $125 pension boost, seen as easing post retirement life for miners in coal regions. Doane Agricultural Service recommends part time farming as a profitable outlet, with poultry, dairying, livestock, forestry, and truck farming suited to the Smokeless Coal Region. An earlier drive by local women against crime in Gary led to a large, persistent protest movement and improvements in safety.
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Welfare Fund
Doane Agricultural Service
Doane
Oakleys on the Loose Out in Gary Ind
A playful local item from Gary Indiana notes women saying they dislike being called the weaker sex. The quip suggests men are a poor match if such a term is used, reflecting a lighthearted social quip from the area.
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City Hall
Gary
Petticoat Crusaders
Annie
Indiana
West Virginia
Ind
Attitude's Important World Powers Clash Across The Seas
The United States and Russia are cited as the globe’s two leading powers. The piece notes swift accusations against Americans as overbearing and recalls a Mexican gunboat seizing five American-flag trawlers and driving them to port on grounds of alleged poaching. Mexico expresses confidence in resolving the dispute on its merits.
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United States
Russia
Mexico
Bug Dust: A Housecleaning Plan Misfired by Roma Carter
Roma Cain Carter recounts attempting spring cleaning using Practical Housekeeping from 1871. She battles an imagined plan, missing cellar space, and impractical rules, joking about a lone woman hiring a stout girl, cayenne brine for mice, and a balcony of makeshift solutions.
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Roma Cain Carter
Solomon
Oime
Beckley Dam
Buckeye Publishing Company
Death of a Great Tree in Oregon
HAL BOYLE describes the felling of two ancient Douglas firs in a coastal Oregon forest as a solemn, life like event. He contrasts the slow dignity of trees with human mortality, noting loggers’ routines and the paradox of workers harming what they depend on for shelter and profit.
Loyalty and security risk cases contrasted
James Marlow explains how disloyalty differs from security risk in government. Disloyalty triggers firing under the loyalty program, while security risk handling varies by agency, with some workers kept on and others removed. State, Commerce, and Agriculture departments illustrate differing rules and appeals.
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James Marlow
Washington
Firea
Communist Party
State Department
Commerce Department
Gloria Swanson Seeks Oscar in Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood notes Gloria Swanson, 52 and grandmother, returns from retirement to star as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. Written by Brackett and Wilder, the film follows a faded silent star who lures a struggling writer into her decaying mansion as plans for a comeback unfold. Swanson’s past parallels with Norma are drawn, and the Oscar prediction is strong as the film earns early buzz.
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Hollywood
Gloria Swanson
Gloria
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
Norma Desmond
Valentino
Erich von Stroheim
William Holden
Norma
Chaplin
Cecil B. DeMille
Swanson
New York
Prescott family peril and a banker's revealing tale
Oliver Bassett relates a sordid history as Chauncey Arnold’s old friend confesses a child’s paternity. A baby left at an orphanage grows up unknown to Chauncey while the banker preserves a paper trail. Oliver learns his true birth, while Julia confronts William about Eugene Arnold and family legacies.
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William Prescott
Tom
Eugene Arnold
Chauncey Arnold
Prescott
William
Julia Prescott
Eugene
Ursula
Oliver
Barbara
Mr. Bassett
Mrs. Arnold
Alice
Chauncey
Mary Bauer
Mr. Arnold
Greensleet
Andersburg
Mary
Ne’erdo
Bassett
Greensleet Bank
Wat Baer
Julia
Papa
Gene
Julie
Eee Arnold
Johnson Plays Grandmother's Footsteps With Defense
Stewart Alsop analyzes Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson as he shifts from budget cuts to asserting higher aircraft procurement. The piece argues Johnson pretends economy while expanding arms hardware, warning that public honesty could expose the ploy and threaten his position.
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Stewart Alsop
Washington
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Congress
China
South East Asia
Southeast Asia
Treasury
Carl Vinson
Armed Services
Pentagon
Vinson
United States
Mike Miller Named Student Council Head
Oak Hill May Day events will feature the installation of Mike Miller as president of the Student Council. Elected Friday, his installation is scheduled for May 3 with Patricia Bavely as vice-president and Joe Kopinski as secretary-treasurer. Eligibility requires a C average and no failures. president and vice-president are juniors, secretary treasurer a sophomore. The election procedure mirrors state and general elections. The predominant age among persons arrested in the U S in 1949 was 21.
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Register
Oak Hill
Oak Hill High School
Mike Miller
Patricia Bavely
Joe Kopinski
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