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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1950
Page
4
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Ahistorical look recalls the 1930s dust bowls and the need for soil conservation. It argues that wind erosion worsens with dry years and low prices while criticizing subsidies. It predicts President Truman will tour the West to address soil conservation and urges stronger farm policies.
Senator Kefauver named to head the Senate special committee probing gambling. The panel, backed by Attorney General McGrath, aims to curb betting networks seen as underworld income. Witnesses include James Carroll Frankie Costello and Frank Erickson. The probe seeks a strategic plan to strike at horse racing, bookies and the wire service network.
Thomas F. Stafford satirically envisions a future where governments and cities bid for weather control, asking what happens if water scarce towns cannot pay for rain. He weighs bureaucratic meddling, regional rivalries, and the political economy of rainfall while arguing nature should be left to its own devices.
Editor James Marlow notes a Kefauver led Senate committee will investigate crime nationwide with an investigators staff. The piece weighs whether a single mob syndicate controls crime or if local figures run separate networks amid widespread gambling and corruption.
Butte Montana report notes Stanley Ketchel first cracked a nose in youth and built a boxing career from that early injury. Hal Boyle frames Ketchel as a legendary bruiser whose first break came from a broken nose, marking the start of a storied path.
Review notes No Sad Songs for Me centers on a woman told she has ten months to live. Margaret Sullavan delivers a poised, noble performance as the doomed matron. Wendell Corey, Natalie Wood, Viveca Lindfors, and John McIntire populate a tale of secrecy, family resilience, and restrained tragedy set against a small town.
Pvt James R Sheaves son of William Sheaves Layland now assigned as a mechanic with 707 Ordinance Maintenance Company 7th Infantry Division near Sendai Japan life when that ace badman Duryea is around which isn't often enough Miss Toren seems a good deal of the time to be acting in a trance.
U S states the Baltic Sea training flight was unarmed when shot down by Soviet jets. Russia disputes, saying the plane violated Latvia airspace and fired first. The incident echoes 1946 Yugoslav cases, shaping potential U N action and diplomacy as Washington presses for apology and indemnity. State Department weighs options as replies from Moscow lag.
William Prescott, old and tired, faces danger to his fortune as daughter Julia and husband Eugene Arnold scheme to ruin him. Oliver and Barbara rally to save the Prescott Lumber Company for the sake of the ailing foster father, while Eugene seeks control using Tom as a possible president under his own influence. Oliver explains a six month old letter from Northwest Lumber and the firm’s ongoing communications.
A detailed biographical critique of H L Mencken by Edgar Kemler is reviewed, tracing four phases of his career from the Prodigy to the Reprobate. The excerpt shifts to a fictional courtroom drama where Oliver Prescott charts a stealthy corporate merger with the Northwest Lumber Company, manipulating family ties and stock to position Tom Prescott as figurehead while Eugene and Oliver push strategic control.
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