Beckley Register Platform Ideas for Raleigh County
The Register proposes projects for Beckley and Raleigh County including mud free secondary roads and adequate airport. It calls for city garbage disposal expansion at Grandview and Little Beaver Parks, more mine workers on home steads, local food production, tourist promotion, cooler smoking policies, a public library building, factory space for new enterprises and widespread conservation efforts.
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Grandview
Little Beaver Parks
Round and Round it Goes See High Prices Here To Stay
Prices and wages are predicted to rise until production meets demand, with no clear end in sight. Opinions split on whether prices will return to prewar levels, while some warn a bust could deflate investments in homes and land. The piece argues production is the country’s major challenge and that policy tinkering won’t stabilize the economy.
Debt Problems and Federal Reserve Debt Policy Remarks
The Federal Reserve Board experts assess inflationary potentialities of government debt and its political risk for banks with large holdings of bonds. They warn higher debt could expand currency and boost prices if redemptions flood the public, while banks face a choice between risk taking and funding ventures.
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Federal Reserve Board
Old Bay Line steamers radar era described by Norton
Randolph Norton notes Chesapeake Bay steamers of the Old Bay Line, including City of Richmond and City of Norfolk, are being fitted with radar for night navigation and collision protection. He recalls wartime service, peacetime adoption, and a safety claim about fog and darkness. The piece also mentions local bee purchases, veterans housing rules, and potential housing permit abuses amid postwar policy shifts.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
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Hinton
W. Randolph Norton
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Faster Than Sound An Aeronautic Group Sponsorshi p
An aviation group backed by government sponsors says laboratory surveys tackle the problems of flight faster than sound. Jet turbine fuel and rockets power potential super sonic speeds, but wing compressibility burble at high speeds remains. Progress suggests speeds beyond 750 mph may come soon and 1,000 mph could enable continent-spanning flights in three years. Military uses loom large as Uncle Sam would want such planes.
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Uncle Sam
Intense Greek reformer plans modern Greece rebuilding
Constantine A. Doxiadis, 32, under secretary for reconstruction in Greece, outlines a decade long program costing about 600 million dollars to rebuild shattered Greece. He cites need for material aid, a vast transport network, 235000 skilled workers, and loans or gifts from friendly nations to restore Epirus and other regions damaged by war. He emphasizes using American engineering partners and notes his role with the U N delegation and extensive public speaking in San Francisco.
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Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Athens
Greece
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Parthenon
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Doxiadis
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Epirus
Westminster Palace Rebuild Opens After Blitz Ruin
London reporters describe the continued rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster after sustained bombing between September 1940 and May 1941. The House of Commons will rise on new foundations with a three year construction plan costing about 4 million dollars. The Victoria Tower and Westminster Hall suffer scaffolding, structural repairs, and war damage, while the Lords and Commons meet in interim spaces.
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Norman J. Badderly
London
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Commons
Britain
Palace of Westminster
Hitler
House of Commons
Charles Marshall
Charles Barry
Marshal
Lords’ Chamber
House of Lords
Parliament
Victoria Tower
House of Parliament
Richard Coeur de Lion
Old Palace Yard
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Hall
Richard
Law Courts
England
Meadows Is Guest At W and L Alumni Dinner
Dr. Francis P. Gaines president of Washington and Lee University and Governor Clarence W Meadows alumnus attended a Tri-State W L Alumni Association dinner in Huntington Elliott Vawter president said Gaines would deliver the principal address
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Associated Press Huntington
Francis P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Clarence W. Meadows
W & L Alumni Association
Elliott Vawter
Gaines
Plastics hype and postwar fears surge in consumer view
Merchandising experts warn plastics may be oversold as public hopes for a plastics future rise. Ads during war years created a Plastics everywhere vision, yet experts urge buyers and retailers to set clear expectations and explain limitations. Also note hot demand for a Doyle cycle-mower with hedge clipper attachment and government probes into tire dealer practices.
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Doyle Manufacturing Co
Syracuse
Family strife as illness unsettles Oak Hill Park
Mrs Havelle lies near death at Oak Hill Park as Dr Arne battles fatigue to help her. Mary faces intrusion from Harold while Joel shows unexpected kindness, and tensions rise over Mary’s loyalty to Charlotte amid the worried household.
Jealous entanglements at Ravelle house unravel further
Mary confronts Harold and Norma’s dispute while Charlotte woes grow. Harold backs off as Mary faces fears about her standing if Mrs. Ravelle dies. Frank presses for a meeting in the sunken garden as Mary plans to delay and navigate Joel’s arrival and past secrets.
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Harold
Norma
Janean
Keith
Frank
Joel
Charlotte
Mary
Alee Day
Mrs. Ravelle
Alec
Annie
Frank Temple
Sunken Garden
Simmons
Norma Ravellte
Caiieg
Garden
Joel Coring
All Europe Needs Stringent Action Against Black Markets
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst DeWitt MacKenzie argues Europe faces a hunger crisis worsened by black markets. He cites eighteen nations meeting in London with Former President Hoover expected to advise. He urges vigorous government action to cripple black-market networks, protecting relief and ensuring aid reaches legitimate stores, France as a key example.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
Asia
Httle
London
Hoover
Treasury outlines goals for sale of U.S. Savings Bonds
Bernard S. Payne, West Virginia state director of bond sales, presented the Treasury's six aims for Savings Bonds. The goals include combating inflation, keeping the investment total near 48,700,600,000, fostering thrift, continuing payroll savings, encouraging savings for education, and broad ownership of the public debt among Americans.
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Associated Press
Charleston
U.S. Treasury
Bernard S. Payne
West Virginia
Treasury
Payne
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