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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1951

Page

2

Gas Shortage Looms Over Columbia System Expansion

The Register questions Amere Gas Utilities and Columbia Gas System timing in restricting gas sales for space heating as winter storage tightens. It argues reserves dwindle to about 20 years, urges public pressure to compel protections for customers, and suggests coal synthesis as a faster supplement to dwindling natural gas.

Register Amere Farflung Columbia Gas System Southwest Columbia Amere Gas Utilities Company Public Service Commission Middle Northeast West Virginia Appalachian

Bonus Pinches Critics After Passage Last November

The veterans bonus, pushed through last November, draws critique as the legislature meets. Funds to raise teachers’ salaries, build a medical school, repair roads, and handle other state needs strain the treasury. State Treasurer Ansel notes bond investors view the bonus unfavorably. inflation fears loom per national restraint groups. The long-term burden may stretch thirty years, amid public unease and a cited Bible verse on charity.

Chester Bluefield Parkersburg Harpers Ferry Charles Wilson Ansel West Virginia

Gas Substation on Flat Top Signals Fuel Revolution

Bug Dust recalls a ridge view on Flat Top Mountain where a new gas substation near a million-dollar Eastern Seaboard project marks a shift from coal to gas. An engineer predicts a future pipeline moving synthetic gas from coal fields to East and West consumers, with plans for the Big Inch across West Virginia and beyond.

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Gas Reserves Foresee Contraction as Coal Steps In

An analysis cites Tom McGrath of the Fuels Research Council warning that natural gas reserves are shrinking with life expectancy dropping from 32.49 to 26.17 years between 1946 and 1950. He notes Gulf Coast declines and pipeline withdrawals, urging coal gasification to offset shortages and a freeze on new gas construction.

Burgh Charleston Washington Hardy County Tom McGrath Fuels Research Council Paul Kayser Independent Natural Gas Asociation McGrath Kayser Federal Power Commission Congress Louisiana Texas Gulf Coast John Lewis John

Bao Dai Aided Viet Nam Faces Power Struggle And US Stakes

Dalat Indochina: Bao Dai struggles to unify Viet Nam as Ho Chi Minh gains support. Bao Dai seeks elections, national assembly, and freer French cooperation amid ECA plans and Cold War tensions. The United States weighs its role while Soviet and Chinese influence complicates the fight for independence and stability.

Seymour Topping DeWitt MacKenzie Dalat Indochina Bao Dai Ho Chi Minh France Ton Administration ECA Viet Nam Bao Vietnam Soviet Union Red China Vietminh Kremlin Workers’ Party United States U.S

RANGE DOCTOR CHAPTER 26 RETURNS TO THE FIGHT

Logan leads a bruised posse to capture Griggsby in Frijole Flats as Mollie and Jess Plum guard him. Valiera confirms Griggsby’s death and Agnes Sims is rescued with minimal injuries. Matlock orders a hotel stakeout while Logan vows to pursue Griggsby at dawn.

Logan Vallera Barton Yan Mojbe Matlock Tor Jess Plum Mollie Tomi Griggsby Nelly Botella de Repleto Frijole Flats Mallock Possible Hawkins Farnsworth Jake Holcomb Osedt Griggsby Vallera Yallera Griggsby Shaped John Naylor Agnes Sims Agnes Tom Griggsby Millie Gila City Pierre d’Auberg d'Auberg Doc

Peace Can Be Won by Paul G Hoffman Review

Literary Guidepost surveys Paul G Hoffman's Peace Can Be Won, arguing Hoffman favors nonmilitary victory, warns the Kremlin misreadings cost the West, and claims war is not essential to democracy. He critiques early U S posture, the value of diplomacy over preventive war, and advocates selective moves to win peace.

Paul G. Hoffman Doubleday Hoffman Soviet Russia Kremlin

Guest Editorial: Freedom First in Wartime Economy

Eric Johnston argues for strong mobilization and private initiative to outpace Soviet economic pressures. He likens inflation control to a dam aided by private sandbags and urges production expansion, civilian goods growth, and eventual relaxation of controls. The piece frames Washington policy as imperfect but urges confidence in American enterprise and resolve.

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Raleigh Register Subscription Rates Notice

The Raleigh Register lists daily and Sunday subscription rates by mail with six months or one year advances. Addresses changes require old and new addresses, 2 percent West Virginia sales tax applies, carriers are independent contractors and the publisher is not responsible for advance payments.

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