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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1950
Page
4
The Beckley Mabscott area faced higher income tax due to mobilization, yet the editorial urges support for the Community Chest. It emphasizes youth work, education, and charitable agencies, arguing citizens must fulfill civic obligations and resist discrimination, calling for equal treatment of Negro soldiers and civilians in West Virginia.
A heart warming report highlights courageous action by African American soldiers on a Korean hilltop. The story notes the fighting spirit of their race and their defense of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as they protect cherished institutions.
Circuit Court Judge Charles W. Ferguson condemned a Mingo County jury verdict of not guilty in the alleged killing of Mrs. William M. Largen by her husband. He warned that juries reflecting the public mind perpetuate a cheap justice, urging citizens to uphold fair and just verdicts to safeguard civil liberties and avoid returning to rule by whim.
A Detroit Times journalist and others toured the New River coal fields. Kronk balked at underground work, while Ray Pearson praised the hospitality. Stanley Higgins framed mining as national progress and a divine gift, urging pride in coal and miners.
Capt William R Williams of Texarkana led RO K forces across the 38th Parallel into North Korea, driving with two flags, one of RO K and one of Chinese Nationalist, as a symbolic advance. He noted the crossing occurred Sunday after a march from Chumunjin, with RO K troops pushing toward Yangyang and engaging small arms fire from entrenched North Koreans.
The Nation Today profiles the Ford Foundation as it begins full-scale social research efforts. Trustees led by Henry Ford II plan to fund world peace, democracy, education, economic well being, and human behavior studies with billions in assets and annual income potential.
Grace Kelly arrives at a Hollywood studio for the first day of filming. She describes the studio scale as larger than expected while noting Susan Hayward at a nearby table. The piece details her early experiences and impressions on set and in New York filming.
Hilary Wainwright searches for his son in postwar France guided by a French friend. A Mother Superior and nuns reveal how a boy named Jean was baptized from the orphanage Notre Dame de la Pitie. Hilary agrees to daily visits to gauge if the child is his missing boy Jean, amid cautious doubt and moral complexity.
In a small chapel Hilary tours a poor wartime school led by a Mother Superior. She explains how a shattered Virgin was replaced by community aid and guides him to the bare dormitory where Jean, a troubled boy, sleeps among 40 iron beds.
Robert Collins, a United Mine Worker since 1913 and vice president of Local Union 4353 at Skelton, criticizes a contract arranged by UCW editor Howard Knuckles to haul coal for UMWA without member knowledge. He states UMWA should make its own contracts and debts and rejects the agreement.
Editor notes West Virginia tourism piece highlights the Seneca Trail also called the Skyline Tour along U S 219. It travels from Red House Maryland through Monongahela National Forest to Lewisburg and Ronceverte passing Blackwater Falls Kumbrabow Seneca and Watoga state parks and White Sulphur Springs. Autumn colors brighten the mountains with peak color the first two weeks of October. The route offers day trips or weekend tours through forests valleys and historic sites.
Washington reports the stockpiling program to accelerate with 1.189 billion dollars requested for 1951 and new policy enabling payments above world prices to American producers. The move, aimed at rapid wartime material readiness, uses Buy American rules but with no fixed cap, prompting concerns about resource depletion.
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