Beckley News Rates and Publication Details
Published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation and entered as second class mail in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. W Randolph Norton is managing editor. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to news dispatches. National ad reps Katz Agency. Subscriptions in West Virginia subject to tax. rates listed for daily and Sunday service.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
W. Randolph Norton
Associated Press
Katz’ Agency
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
The Register's Platform For Beckley and Raleigh County
Beckley and Raleigh County platform calls for mud-free secondary roads and adequate airport. It urges city garbage disposal, Grandview and Little Beaster Park expansions, more mine workers on homesteads, local food growing, and municipal government reforms. It also promotes tourism, climate and scenery, and better tourist facilities. A one cent per ton advertising levy is proposed along with Simoke less Coal Public Library building and factory space for new enterprises and broad conservation.
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Grandview
Little Beaster Parks
Beckley Freight Station Bottleneck Sparks Joint Action
Beckley’s freight and express traffic faces chronic delay as the C and O considers a new facility. Merchants urge consolidation of Mabscott and Beckley stations to end bottlenecks and retain customers, noting wartime constraints and demand growth.
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C. and .O
Beckley
Mabscott
Mos
Beckley Station
Ierice
New GOP Chairman Brazilla Reece Chosen
The Republican party selects Brazilla Carroll Reece of Tennessee as national chairman to lead the 1948 contest against Democrats. Reece is described as a staunch conservative, with little public profile beyond Washington and Tennessee. Prominent figures question policy directions, suggesting party factions seek to influence the convention and future strategy.
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Brazilla Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Washington
Congressman Reece
Congress
Harold Stassen
G.O.P
Republican National Committee
Reece
Beckley census sparks liquor profits and Moon lore
A columnist recalls Beckley’s 1925 and current special censuses to gauge liquor profits and federal credit. Mayor Gene Burke cites a 18 000 count, with $4250 at stake for 5 000 extra residents, while musings on the moon mix farming timing and moonlight baptisms with coastal and mountain imagery.
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Beckley
Gene Burke
Liquor Commission
Leadership through the Old Guard’s stubborn arc
A wry reflection contrasts inspirational leadership with a frozen turnip metaphor. The Old Guard endures despite aging and resistance, never surrendering as time tests rigidity versus adaptability.
Nature’s Fury Matches Man’s Atomic Toy
A submarine earthquake near the Aleutians triggered massive waves reaching the Pacific coast and Iawaitan Islands. Reports describe waves up to 100 feet, misnamed as tides, driven by volcanic activity beneath the sea surface. The disaster underscores Nature’s power beyond humanity’s technologies.
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Pacific
Aleutians
Pacific Coast
Iawaitan Islands
Fear Makes Talented Greeks Consider Emigration
Hal Boyle reports in Athens that Greece faces a brain drain as many skilled young Greeks weigh emigrating to flee political strife and scarce resources. They seek freer opportunities abroad, wary of ongoing power politics and war wounds, while fearing collapse of national stability. The exodus could cripple Greece for a generation, with some already receiving offers from other nations.
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Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Athens
Greece
Balkan Alcrum
Russia
Britain
Irving
George II
UN Security Council handles Russo Iranian dispute as peace test
DeWitt MacKenzie analyzes the first major crisis for the new peace organization. He praises the UN Security Council for steering a small nation’s grievance against a great power toward potential settlement without force. He notes Persia Russia tensions, Britain and oil, Caspian security, and the goal of avoiding another total war.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Security Council
League of Nations
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Persia
Russia
England
Uncle Sam
Britain
Caspian
India
Persian Gulf
Communists Demand Allied Restraint in China Aid
Gen Chou En-lai led a press briefing urging Allies to back democracy in China and avoid careless help that could worsen disorder. He accused the Chiang Kai-shek government of seeking Manchuria control, criticized US loans via Marshall, and pressed for adherence to unity accords and nonparticipation in a one party China unless Kuomintang compliance is ensured.
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Harry Brown
Piney View
Diana
Associated Press
Chungking
Chou En- Lai
Kuomintans
National Party
Marshall
Truman
Moscow
China
Chou
Chet
United States
Tru
Washington
Manchuria
Kuomintang
Strikers Meet Offers No Basis For Settlement
A mass meeting of striking trolley car and city bus operators in Detroit failed to yield a settlement basis four days into the walkout. Union president Jack Storey said the unanimous vote to stay on strike supported demands for an 18 1/2 cent wage increase. International officer James McGinnity backed arbitration. Frank X. Martel of the Warne County Federation of Labor pledged support.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Jack Storey
Pentit
Storey
James McGinnity
International Apl
International Union
Earli
Frank X. Martel
Warne County
Senate Banking Committee OKs long-range housing plan
Washington reports the Senate Banking Committee approved unanimously a ten year program aiming for 12,500,000 new homes. The plan backs easier government loans and credits to spur private construction and continues direct government aid for low rent housing.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Chapter reveals true feelings and tangled engagements
In a secluded glade Joel confesses Mary’s real self behind her flirtations and reveals his fake engagement with Charlotte. He says he never loved Charlotte and kept silent to spare her, hoping the truth would unfold gradually while their relationship changes.
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Mary
Frank
Joel
Pace
Venice
Charlotte
Oak Hill
Italy
Marvy
Tomean
Truman signs bill creating Veterans Affairs Medicine Service
The article describes President Truman signing into law a bill to establish a Department of Medicine and Surgery within the Veterans Administration. It notes opposition from veterans groups over Civil Service job rules and recalls his instruction to ensure veteran priority in hiring. Also mentions VA claim backlog and new Air Forces Association members.
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Truman
Veterans
Department of Medicine and Surgery
Veterans’ Administration
Congress
Civil Service
Civil Service Plan
Dept. of Medicine and Surgery
Bradley
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Big Stores Lead in Space Utilization and Service Push
Big stores and chains reorganize interiors and convert storage into selling space to maximize foot traffic. They remodel, add branches, extend delivery, and run heavier ads while keeping capital in goods rather than real estate. The shift aims at higher volume through display, new products, and aggressive selling across suburban markets.
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Beckley Freight Solution
NEW G. O. P. Chairman
Randolph Norton
Huff
Nature
Yenan
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Okehs Housing Program
Norma
Wagner
D-N
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CLO
Air Forces Association
Jimmy Stewart
Merryl Frost
Merryl
Dartmouth
Jimmy Doolittle
Shell Oil Co
Tom Lanphier, Jr
Yamamoto
White House
Ed Curtis
Rochester
N. Y
Ems
Rob Eden
Ene Aeen
Ulmer Roessner
Guild of Better Shoe Manufacturers
Fabius M, Buller
Seattle
Wash
Department of Commerce
Department
Army
R. M. Oliver
Proctor Electric Co
Philadelphia
New York State Department of Commerce
Albany
N.Y
U.S. Maritime Commission
Navy
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