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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1954

Page

10

Hollow Silvers of Welen Topping Miller Chapter Twenty Four

Penn spends Thanksgiving in Beckley while awaiting word from Kissel and discovers a tin box with tape recordings. Claudie Mapes warns Penn to handle the evidence carefully as political tensions rise. A Kansas-like homecoming unfolds with Grandma Houk and Elihu, amid updates of Quincy’s marriage to Yates Underwood and ongoing political strife. The senator arranges a quick trip home as Penn prepares to travel with him.

Penn Kissel Gil Elihu Storey Congress Parke Hilliard Larry Kissel Grandma Houk Flihu Holliday Barney Patton Patton Loss Jury-Crofts Inc King Fi Claudia Mapes Josh Houks Wendell Houk Rufe Mr. Patton Claudie Mapes Josh Henning

Ex-Red Exposes U S China Lobby Leader Kohlberg

The piece recounts Alfred Kohlberg's anti China Lobby stance amid Cold War rhetoric. It traces how the term China Lobby arose in 1949 50 and how Kohlberg press and Senate testimony framed the lobby as a tool of pro Soviet and pro China interest. It highlights Kohlberg's calls for investigations and his role with the American China Policy Association.

China Kremlin China Lobby China Communist Lobby State Department Central Intelligence Agency United States Alfred Kohlberg

Lanza Talks Money Offer From Metropolitan Opera House

In Palm Springs last year Mario Lanza recalls a rumored offer from Rudolf Bing for $100,000 to sing one opera on TV and theater showings. Bing denied the proposal as against the singer’s value, while Lanza says he would consider $150,000. He cites taxes and years on top of show business as motives behind his retirement, noting a $40,000 TV debut check to Uncle Sam. Tomorrow: What is Lanza really like?

Hollywood Mario Lanza Palm Springs Metropolitan Opera House Rudolf Bing New York Bing Lanza United States Uncle Sam

Funeral notices for Maddy and Cuddy localized in Daniels and Sophia

Maddy Waldo Winford Maddy 46 of Daniels died in a local hospital at 9 45 a m Tuesday October 26 body taken to his daughter s home Wednesday funeral at Daniels Community Church at 2 p m Thursday October 28 burial in Blue Jay cemetery pallbearers listed flowerbearers named. Cuddy William M Cuddy 54 of Sophia died in a local hospital at 10 p m Monday October 25 funeral at First Baptist Church Sophia Wednesday October 27 at 2 p m burial in Sunset Memorial Park body remaining at Williams Funeral Home until 1 p m Wednesday then in state at church pallbearers Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen flowerbearers listed. We thank friends and nurses during illness and loss of our baby Debra Susan Mr and Mrs Arnold Moore and Family.

Maddy Maddy Waldo Winford Daniels Caffee Harold Williams Shady Spring J. W. Nunn Charles Midkiff Blue Jay Jack Maddy Steve Mathis Earl Wills Cecil Wills Eddie Pack Missionary Baptist Church Caffee Funeral Home Cuddy Cuddy William M Sophia First Baptist Church James H. Casto Sunset Memorial Park Williams Funeral Home Brotherhood of Railroad Sophia First Baptist Church Nickell Funeral Home Wade Austin Debra Susan Arnold Moore

Divorce suit filed in Raleigh County court

State of West Virginia in the Raleigh County circuit court details a divorce suit, with defendant Willie Leonard Strickland ordered to appear within one month. plaintiffs Margaret T. Strickland and attorneys Hedricks and Bouldin are noted, plus various local ads for lost items, services, and employment opportunities surrounding Beckley.

West Virginia Raleigh County Margaret T. Strickland Willie Leonard Strickland van Hunter Hedricks and Bouldin Plaintiff Whitesville

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