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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1944
Page
4
Congress should freeze the present one percent social security deduction before January 1 or risk a rate increase. The fund now totals about six billion dollars, eight times the expected needs for the next five years, while employment nears total capacity. The argument favors freezing now and funding wartime needs with income taxes if new federal levies are required.
The piece questions why Russia is not pressing toward Germany through central Poland toward Berlin. It notes fighting along the Baltic and in Hungary while Allies in the Rhineland face pressure Germany cannot afford to lose. It suggests Stalin may launch a winter drive after clearing northern and southern wings, repeating past winters.
A Beaver news column recalls a U S Marine John Kenneth Allen of the Givens apartments who stopped a grandfather clock as a boy and now the clock reportedly resumes ticking on the half hour while he serves in the South Pacific. The missive also lauds local Beaver assets and a Christmas charity drive for Pinecrest sanitarium patients, noting efforts to raise $500 for essentials and a Santa Claus display.
The article notes debate over postwar farm openings for veterans amid a US farm population drop of 16 percent from 1940 to January this year. It cites 1,650,000 servicemen leaving farms and 4,660,000 farm workers moving to cities, with 1,562,000 more births than deaths. It suggests many veterans may settle in cities, but some will find chances to start farms if they return.
Senate War Investigating Committee staffers weigh boosting cigarette output and rationing stocks as shortages deepen at home. Chairman Mead notes overseas troops receive PPE while distribution grid falters. industry faces manpower and facility issues amid risen armed forces demand. Hatch jokes about rolling his own. Durham cites aging tobacco and brand stock-piling to maintain aroma.
War observer DeWitt MacKenzie assesses Eisenhower's Cologne offensive as the pivotal clash to crush Rundstedt's army. He notes severe casualties, German defenses along the Roer and Saar fronts, and weather as a wild card shaping progress toward Berlin. He frames the campaign as a strategic pressure game with two major threats to the German lines.
The article notes that British empire rates for news matter are one and seven tenths cents per word, enabling faster communication from London to Australia. It argues for a global rate low enough to weld the world into a community of interest. It also states the U S navy commodore rank restoration equates to a brigadier general in the army.
British and Polish troops pushed the Lamone bridgehead southwest of Faenza through rain and mud, seizing Castel Raniero Olmatello and Pideura. The Canadian corps under Lt Gen Charles Foulkes is on the Eighth Army front and helped break through between the Lamone and Montone rivers leading to Ravenna's fall.
North of the Saipan Superfortress base a record load of bombs was dropped, described as the largest tonnage per plane on any B-29 raid. Bombing proceeded through heavy clouds with no interference from Japanese fighters or anti aircraft. Meanwhile Iwo Jima was the suspected launch point for ten Japanese bombers that struck 21st Bomber Command HQ on Saipan, destroying one Superfort and injuring two others.
The United States annually produces about 50 percent more coal than Germany could have mined in 1939, highlighting a substantial production lead and potential impact on wartime energy dynamics.
In 1942 the United States produced about 638 million tons of coal. The figure reflects the wartime demand and mining activity across national coal fields.
In a full question of confidence, Churchill clashed with Labor voices over Britain’s Greece policy and support for Papandreou. He defended actions in Belgium, Holland, Italy and Greece, and rejected claims of hampering democracy while insisting democracy rests with ordinary citizens casting their votes.
In the night arguments were heard on both sides regarding the dismissal order. Although the circuit clerk’s office had not yet recorded the order this morning, Attorney Sayre and Ashworth said they might seek additional time to appeal the ruling to the state court.
Work to clear a lake bed for the Grand Coulee dam shifted 12 towns as water levels rose and new land was flooded. Officials aimed to relocate residents, businesses, and infrastructure to make way for the project.
D. W. Bryson spoke at a Shady Spring high school banquet honoring the Tigers football team. About thirty players attended a steak dinner prepared by teachers Lillian Lilly Edith Dew and Jean Seidman. E. M. Ashworth and Keith Bobbitt spoke briefly, with other guests T. F. Bartlett and J. M. Collins. Hubert Jackson serves as coach for a second year.
A woman jailed this morning after forfeiting a bond of 15.84 on drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges. She was arrested by city police on South Oakwood avenue and jailed last night. James Lee Pennix, a Beckley Black man, remained in jail today on drunkenness driving without an operator card and lacking a selective service card. He was arrested on South Oakwood avenue by city police and jailed last night.
The Bank of Raleigh refused payment on forged checks endorsed with Mrs S W White after detection. Merchants in Beckley reported receiving similar checks but did not cash them. Mrs Barnett was released from jail after posting 500 dollar bond and will be represented by Attorney C R Harless.
New York station WJZ says it will eliminate station break commercials in peak listening hours from 8 to 10 p.m. by the year’s start. Exceptions will be time signals. Ads at other times must meet stricter standards to improve programming and reduce listener irritation.
Princess Ruth of Cameroon suffers a fatal sickness unless she smiles three inches by Christmas. Louis and the garden gnome embark on a perilous journey to Santa Land to obtain the Magic Music Box from the Witches of Poldrex. A tree gnome asks for a raisin cookie, causing a comic delay as Louis contends with the gnome and plans the quest.
Louis and Ruth ride a hollow tree through darkness to Santa Land where a stranger trades wooden spoons for baskets. They exit into a cold, unfamiliar place and note the first tree is not the same as the Cameroonian tree they left.
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