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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1943
Page
2
The Raleigh county assessor and sheriff record only 2050 taxed dogs for year ending June 30 1942. Critics say many dogs evade taxes and roam, destroying livestock. They urge stronger enforcement, possibly holding the assessor sheriff and county court liable for damages and paying farmers full worth of slain stock.
A fervent Easter homily laments brutal warlords and fascist terror while envisioning a resurrection of humanity. It frames faith as sustaining courage for fronts and homes, urging believers to unite prayer and deeds against oppression, and predicts a new dawn of justice, liberty, and mercy.
Questionable memo notes high wartime demand for peanut oil and suggests Congress could accelerate war efforts by diverting a segment of production. The piece frames the issue as a strategic economic move and raises policy implications for farmers and industry.
Citizens urged to buy war bonds to support the war effort and curb inflation. The appeal frames bond purchases as a weapon against two threats: the Axis powers abroad and rising prices at home.
Rommel the Desert Fox warns that the moment is near when he will wish he had one effective trick left.
Signs mounted that the zero hour nears for Allied invasion plans. In Tunisia the shift from Africa to Europe shows in Rommel’s replacement by Von Arnim and American units taking northern sectors toward Bizerte. American second army troops join the front as Long Stop Hill falls and the Tunis plain looms closer to Tunis, signaling steady progress toward the big push.
The Resurrection message brings joy, hope, and power, converting immortality into a sure hope. It offers life with Christ on earth and urges strenuous effort and sacrifice to preserve freedom, justice, and righteousness. The Easter promise supports righteousness and the victory of the Right through sacrificial love.
A reader laments that Congress and the Ways and Means Committee fail to represent ordinary workers facing a wartime pay as you go income tax. The piece argues 40 million taxpayers shoulder the burden, with taxes taken from pay envelopes before workers receive wages for essentials like shoes and coal. It urges pre deduction to ease yearly tax payments.
A 13 year old English relic, Moscow Mystery, gains fresh view as Ivy Low Litvinoff, wife of the Soviet ambassador, reconsiders the novel. Once rejected in the U.S. for too much Kremlin backdrop, it now reads as a period piece mixing mystery with changing Moscow.
Mrs. Marcia Kimball an 88 year old visitor writes a toast for Beckley praising the town and its people on her son and daughter in law's anniversary in Beckley She hints at a new book by Walter Duranty and reviews a novel titled Search for a Key noting its monologue style and publication details.
War duty updates from Raleigh county area highlight Air Force and Navy personnel. Staff Sergeant Mack Halsey receives the Air Medal for aerial combat in North Africa while serving with the Eighth Air Force. Petty Officer Charles Fisher reenlists after five years in the American fleet and visits home in Winona. Houchins of Beckley serves with the Sea Bees near Hilo Hawaii, after prior duties in Camp Bradford and Norfolk.
On a calm Pacific morning Landa Morrison and Jim Blair arrive at a Sea Bat tide to oversee a diving operation. Cass Wilson, chief diver Fuzzy Fields, and Jack are involved as the team locates a sunken sub forty feet away, while Landa and Cass discuss underwater art and possible collaboration with Jim. The crew plans a slow ascent to avoid the bends as they prepare for lifting Jack after a forty-three minute dive.
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