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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1946
Page
5
David Earl Dickens buys 11.5 acres on Peachtree Creek in Marsh Fork District from Mr and Mrs Gilbert Pettry for about 1 000. A separate deed records S E Painter buying 24 acres on Paint Creek in the Town District for about 500.
Five month old Dana Ray Dalton, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Dalton of Pemberton, was treated at Beckley Hospital after falling from a bed this week. Doctors reported possible spinal injuries but offered no further details this morning.
The Associated Press reports a nickel airmail stamp could go on sale after President Truman signs the bill. Congress sent it, lowering the current eight cent per ounce rate to five cents, effective the second month after White House approval.
Chaos broke out when two veterans alleging vote irregularities fled a polling place. GI volunteers joined deputies to guard the jail as guardsmen mobilized. The attack left windows shattered, cars overturned, and a sheriff’s office wrecked while a bloodstained scene unfolded at the county jail.
Beckley chamber leaders appoint a committee to study bringing organized baseball to the city. The group, led by E D Armstrong, will report on August 15 and consider using Woodrow Wilson High School’s practice field as a potential ballpark.
Huntington District U S Engineers called for bids to clear land at the Bluestone Dam site on the New River near Hinton. About x0 acres will be inundated when the dam is completed. Bids to be opened July.
Incumbent Democratic Governor Jim Nance McCord overwhelmed former governor Gordon Browning by 155 343 to 163 048 in reports from 1845 precincts. McCord’s renomination was backed by the Crump organization and the Me Kellar coalition. Carmack’s race marked a test of PAC influence in Tennessee with formal endorsement from the state PAC.
A political notice outlines Governor Clarence Meadows declaring a November general election in West Virginia. Voters will decide on ratifying a Forestry Amendment adding a new section to Article Six to regulate forest lands, contracts, taxation, and harvesting. The lengthy text specifies ballot wording and election procedures for the amendment.
A B 29 Superfortress flew from New York to Burbank in 7 hours 23 minutes setting a new fastest east west transcontinental record for the Army Air Forces.
Deaths announce ratification of the Forestry Amendment with governor Clarence W. Meadows and Secretary of State William S. O'Brien signing at the Capitol Charleston WV on July twenty-second, 1946, era tax seals and official validation.
Governor Meadows announces upcoming general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1946 to decide ratification of the Education Amendment. The measure outlines the State Board of Education supervising free schools and designated colleges with nine member boards and staggered terms, and replaces the State Superintendent of Free Schools with appointment by the Board of Education. Ballot language designates the amendment as the Education Amendment and sets election procedures.
The government will cover six dollars of the first nine for dependent children, with states paying three and any amount above three matched by the federal government. Rep. Gore comments the compromise aids beneficiaries across states, especially where matching funds are limited.
A congressional committee probes defective mortar shells used by U S troops in Europe. Former soldiers recount records of defective shells sent to the 63rd chemical company in Belgium. Legislators demand full chemical warfare service records and field accounts to pin responsibility for production. Erie Basin Metal Products Incorporated, part of a 19 company munitions combine, figures in the wartime contracting inquiry.
Fragmentary speech outlines an international atomic resources proposal described as unprecedented in world affairs and a call to keep pace with U.S. government initiatives. The text includes references to conflict with American policy and a revolution in handling raw materials.
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