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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1955
Page
5
The piece describes wide use of easy credit across Main Street U S A with Buy now and pay later. It highlights a young couple Jim and Helen Delaney living on a $64.60 weekly take home wage.
A survey of Monongalia and surrounding counties details public insurance for schoolchildren, county blood banks, and a 90th anniversary for the West Virginia Baptist Convention. It follows household debt trends, credit use, and a case study of Jim Delaney in a wage fight for a $100 weekly raise, highlighting consumer buying with cautious budgeting and reliance on sales.
CAMP IRWIN Calif Tiny shrimplike creatures emerge in a flooded dry lake drawing a team of scientists led by Dr James P Welsh Los Angeles State College to seek eggs possibly a century old. They believe eggs lay dormant beneath baked surface until Aug 23 rains revived the lake and hatchlings appeared.
March of Science report from Minneapolis highlights diethyl stilbo stilbesterol diphosphate as showing remarkable pain relief and general improvement in prostate cancer patients. Ohio State University researchers Frajola Muhsin and Taylor note rapid symptom relief in 13 men treated in hospital then sustaining doses weekly. No nausea or feminization observed. no bone metastasis improvement yet on X rays.
The Marine Corps League approved a resolution at its 32nd annual convention calling for a $100 a month pension for World War I veterans aged 60 or older. The measure urges national leaders to push legislation, arguing pensions should be liberalized by disability and increasing need with age.
An advertisement touts a stainless compound named Pazo claimed to treat piles at home without surgery. It lists six ingredients including Triolyte, says it provides instant pain and itch relief and reduces swelling as healing begins. Available as suppositories or ointment from druggists.
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