Birth Control Policy Marks NYC Change Driven by Hospitals
Thought for Today notes anger and later repentance. In New York City a 1916 birth control clinic faced jail and silence until 1940s changes. The Board of Hospitals ordered medical advice and devices for at risk patients, with welfare referrals following. Advocates see public hospital sanction as a model for others. The Comstock laws, banned since 1873, linger in statute books.
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Margaret Sanger
New York
Board of Hospitals
New York City
Commissioner of Welfare
Editorial Reprint on Birth Control Policy Shifts
The piece notes liberal court interpretations easing restrictions on contraception in many jurisdictions led by 1936 Hand ruling, enabling private practice and contraceptives in stores. It cites CT and MA as remaining resistant, cites broader adoption in India, Japan, Red China, and Puerto Rico since 1938, while detailing religious and cultural obstacles and the key issue of affordable methods.
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Augustus N. Hand
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hand
Connecticut
Massachusetts
India
Japan
Red China
Puerto Rico
Teen-Age Status Differed From Our Time
A Memphis Press-Scimitar reader Mrs Walter Ferguson recalls adolescence in a harsher, more repressed era. She contrasts youth status with today noting strict respect for elders, parental control over clothes and coming out, and schooling as a privilege, while adults had little notion of progressive education and youths were urged to adjust to society.
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Walter Ferguson
Memphis Press-Scimitar
Dr Crane Rules for Happy Marriage From 1930s column
Dr George W Crane offers marriage rules to guide couples toward stability and happiness. The piece cites Evelyn Q a 37 year old wife seeking help for a monthly tavern visit and an affair, urging active church involvement, avoiding outside clubs, keeping liquor out, starting a family early, daily compliments, weekly dates, learning sexual technique, shedding complexes, budgeting, shared hobbies, and a 200 point self test for husbands and wives.
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Evelyn Q
West Virginia growth via 1890 census and timber boom
Bug Dust recounts reading The Geography of West Virginia by A E Kenny from 1895. It cites 1890 populations for cities, notes Beckley’s omission, coal production growth, vast timber resources, and geographic distinctions. Mentions Wheeling gas, bridges, and resort prominence, plus 1892 election tallies and a religious closing prayer.
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Cordie Nugen
West Virginia
A. E. Kenny
George Okes
Beaver
Oak Hill
Bluefield
Charleston
Fayette- Ville
Princeton
Parkersburg
Hinton
Montgomery
Ansted
Raleigh
Wheeling
Beckley
C. J. McQuade
United States
Wheeling Creek
U. S
Geography
Ngland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Military Men In News At Home And Overseas
2nd Lt Otis H Saunders aged 22 completes eight week officer basic course at The Infantry School Fort Ben ning Ga son of General Herbert Saunders from Beckley West Virginia State College grad 1958 member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Former Eccles resident Wesley J Boroski leads Fourth Armored Division Artillery Tigers in home runs RBI at Nurnberg Germany at midway season batting .371 with 26 RBI parents now in Grafton Ohio nephew of Mrs Richard Keesee Trap Hill High School graduate. Pfc Lester P Puckett son of Mary Artesta East Rainelle participating in field training with 32nd Artillery Grafenwohr Germany radio repairman headquarters Battery Army since 1957 basic at Fort Gordon Ga arrived Europe May this year 20 year old Rainelle High School grad 1957.
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Infantry School
Fort Benning
Otis H. Saunders
Herbert Saunders
Route 1
Beckley
Stratton
Eccles
Wesley J. Boroski
Armored Division Artillery Tigers
Nurnberg
Germany
Joseph Boroski
Grafton
Ohio
Wesley
Whitesville American Legion No
Cleveland Sandlors
Richard Keesee
Helen
Trap Hill
32Nd Artillery
Grafenwohr
Pfc
Lester P. Puckett
Mary Artesta
8Th St
East Rainelle
Army
Fort Gordon
Europe
Rainelle High School
Beckley Classified Telephone Policy Notice
This item lists telephone numbers and service details for Beckley newspapers with Associated Press copyright notice and home delivery rates. It notes independent contractor status of carriers and distributors and disclaims responsibility for advance payments.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Hollywood needs forest for stars say producer
New York AP Hollywood producer Jerry Wald calls for a star reforestation plan to grow new actors. He argues independent producers are cutting trees but not planting, predicts self-sufficiency in two years with more than 50 under contract. He notes costs exceed 100000 dollars per personality and stresses story over stardom, citing past misfires and talent recognition gaps.
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New York
Hollywood
Jerry Wald
Ward
20Th Century-Fox
Warner
Clark Gable
Fox
Grace Kelly
MGM
Fred Astaire
Presidents Who Were Unmarried When Inaugurated
Six of the 33 presidents took the oath unmarried: Jefferson Jackson Van Buren Buchanan Arthur and Grover Cleveland. James Buchanan remained single throughout his life making him the sole bachelor president.
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United States
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
James Buchanan
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Jefferson
Jackson
Buchanan
Don Ameche on Broadway and Hollywood A-Listers
In a wide interview, Don Ameche defends Broadway acting, recalls replacing Barry Sullivan in Goldilocks, praises Zanuck and Walter Kerr, and notes Hollywood exposure helped him become a star. He criticizes some Broadway shows as outdated and stresses delivering top shows to theater audiences. The piece weaves in social notes about Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and other entertainment figures.
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New York
Don Ameche
Barry Sullivan
Don
Barry
Boston
Dinty Moore
Walter Kerr
Robert Whitehead
Hollywood
Alice Faye
Ty Power
Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Zanuck
Broadway
Marlon Brando
Frank Sinatra
Nat (King) Cole
London
Pat Lewis
Joe E. Lewis
Errol Garner
Frank
Darling
Julius la Rosa
Bernard Baruch
Ike
Gen. Clay
Sherry Britton
Ralph Damone
Taft Wins Presidency and GOP Sweep of States
Taft elected president by overwhelming margin over Bryan. Republicans carried key states including New York Indiana and Illinois. West Virginia elected Governor Wm E Glasscock by 5 000 to 20 000 plurality. Republican ticket victorious. solid GOP delegation to Congress.
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William Howard Taft
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Union
New York
Inediana
Illinois
West Virginia
E. Glasscock
Monongalia County
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