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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1950
Page
4
The editorial argues inflation hinges on military spending levels for mobility and defense. It discusses potential prices and wage controls, tax increases, and forced savings if budgets rise to 40 or 50 billion dollars. Responsibility for hardships is attributed to Stalin and the Kremlin if the situation worsens.
The editorial notes last Tuesday's general election altered the Raleigh County school board composition. It warns new members may face pressure from party machines, urges prioritizing school needs over political expediency, and stresses maintaining non partisan unity to safeguard the county’s educational administration and future citizens.
Bug Dust examines how Bob Byrd and Everett R. Shafer rely on personal appeal to win votes in Raleigh County. The piece notes Byrd’s long history, speculative motives, and the dangers of affable campaigning for seasoned politicians, urging caution as scrutiny grows.
Evening and Sunday morning editions published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation enter in the Beckley and Hinton West Virginia post offices as second class mail matter.
Six Fayette couples have obtained marriage licenses from the County Clerk. The pairs are William Jennings Arthur, 21, of Oak Hill, with Alma Virginia Wickline, 16, of Lochgelly. Cecil L. Evans, 22, of Fayetteville, with Gloria Lee Ferro, 18, of Oak Hill. Jessie Ferguson, 24, with Mattie Phillips, 21, of Laurel Creek. Charles Herbert Marsh, 20, with Dorothy Mavis Thompson, 21, of Beelick Knob. Herbert Laman Partin Jr., 24, with Naomi Jewel Evans, 24, of Mt. Hope. and Dencil M. Walker, 26, of Ivydale, with Sybil Parson, 18, of McDunn.
Beckley Hardware is enlarging its furniture department moving into a new area that includes the former Beckley Cafe space. Work began last night with plans to be in the expanded section by Thanksgiving. Displays will occupy street level, with the basement used for furniture and floor coverings.
In a cliffside hotel saga, guests and staff face upheaval as a planned Feast reveals secrets. Nancibel’s heartbreak over Bruce tightens, Hebe battles despair after intoxication, Anna hides a missing child, and Bruce’s departure deepens the town’s tangled loyalties.
Margaret Kennedy depicts Anna fleeing from Duff after a failed journey to London. A stowaway child, a missing petrol tank, and Bruce’s abrupt departure drive tension as Duff learns of Bruce and Nancibel’s entanglements. The scene ends with unresolved danger and a cliffhanger noted as continued Sunday.
U S Seventh Division troops seized the North Korean conveyor system that sent up large buckets of rice dried fish soybeans and other provisions across mountains to troops 25 miles away The operator was captured and tons of supplies were confiscated The system resembled a ski lift with towers like oil derricks and buckets holding about a hundred gallons each The reconnaissance party found the end of the line abandoned further north the conveyor ran along the Ungi river and past a reservoir northwest of Pungsan The capture ends a possible source of food for enemy troops and may force hunger among North Korean units
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