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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1948
Page
3
Doane, an agency with years of rural development work, says farm people and others should devote time to food production to improve livelihoods and strengthen the local economy in the Beckley area. The piece highlights Doane’s experience and calls for adoption of its guidance.
The Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce, with the State Road Commission, studied traffic congestion and presented findings to City Council. Council endorsed the recommendations and tasked Police Chief Anthony Scalise to implement them, while calls for expert traffic engineering and follow up actions to curb daily gridlock intensify concerns for local business.
Doane Agricultural Service reports in a regional survey that pastures are underutilized this year and brush is encroaching on fields. The findings identify potentialities in farming and milk production as part of the current regional assessment.
Informal flight by Capt. Charles Yeager from Dayton to Charleston in 17 minutes with an F-80 Shooting Star suggests future aircraft may exceed 72 miles per minute. The feat occurred without a public greeting as Kanawha Airport crews were not notified in advance.
Nicholas Rahal, a Davis and Elkins College sophomore from Beckley, has a poem titled Truth selected for publication in the National Poetry Association's Annual Anthology of College Poetry. Also mentioned are Roma Cain Carter, Mrs. Carter's magazine contributions, and Albert Adkins, a Glen Morgan native bound for Germany with the Berlin airlift.
A witness before the House Un American Activities Committee may be cited for contempt if he refuses to answer pertinent questions. Some witnesses have been charged and jailed or fined, while others face no charges. The distinction hinges on whether answers are outright refusals or evasive responses.
New York gossip profiles Jerome Courtland a 22 year old ex sergeant and actor making his Manhattan debut He avoids excesses drinks and fights and speaks of architecture museums and daily routines He plans to study between films and lives modestly in a one room apartment while managing early fame with Shirley Temple links.
More than half of Hanover butter ration tickets handed to shops are forged. In some outlets over 80 percent of coupons were forgeries, with fakes described as nearly indistinguishable from genuine stamps by an official.
The Associated Press presents state by state voting shares for president. Truman carried 28 states for 304 electoral votes, Dewey 16 states for 189, and Thurmond 4 states for 38. The table lists party percentages and combined minor party votes across the 50 states and territories.
The Hoover Commission is criticized for not proposing drastic remedies to reduce the influence of Truman advisers. The piece argues that bad management and staff shortages plague the government, with clerks dominating and real reform repeatedly delayed. It notes task forces on defense also fall short, urging stronger executive authority and staffing.
The piece argues that falling farm prices could revive shortages if unions press for higher wages, risking job losses and higher costs for food and goods. It discusses parity, government price controls, and the risk of inflation and unmet demand, linking agriculture to broader industry and defense spending. It cites farm, labor, and government factors shaping the economy and warns of potential hardship.
Peru's Brig. Gen. Manuel A. Odri a Amoretti leads as provisional president and head of a military junta after a plodded revolution against President Bustamante. A veteran of North American training and a noted tactician, Odri a promises a transitory government aiming for democracy through a general election. His career spans army chief of staff, minister of government and police, and exposure to Fort Leavenworth and Panama Canal Zone. The Berlin dispatch notes Communist claims on horse tails in Brandenburg, a separate economic note.
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