Raleigh Register publication details and advertising rates
The Raleigh Register is published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation with post office entry in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. Randall Norton serves as managing editor and The Associated Press news dispatches are credited as stated. National advertising rates are listed by Katz Agency with figures shown.
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The Prince of Peace and the Christmas War Spirit
A reflection on Christmas amid global conflict. The piece notes American soldiers visiting the Nativity scene, worshiping the Prince of Peace, while war rages. It argues peace requires universal inclusion and cautions that real settlement must involve all nations and peoples.
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Battle for New Britain lands troops at Arawe
American forces landed at Arawe on New Britain as part of a broad Allied push toward Rabaul, aiming to neutralize the Japanese stronghold and threaten Truk. The assault followed extensive air and naval bombardment, with initial beaching reportedly met by little resistance.
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New Britain Island
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Solomons
Rabaul
Truk
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Allies press toward decisive Pacific battle for Rabaul and Truk
The text describes a fast intensifying battle for New Britain as Allied forces aim to seize Rabaul and Truk, with the Jap fleet likely to appear from Truk. It emphasizes Allied initiative, and warns Japan cannot afford losses at either key location without risking their Pacific defenses.
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Germany’s war effort seen as delaying action in Russia
An analysis argues that German forces cannot reverse their fate in the Soviet front despite strong counterattacks at Kiev. It notes Field Marshal von Manstein’s costly delays, Germany’s deep manpower and material reserves, and the heavy German presence in the West awaiting a cross-channel invasion. The piece warns against expecting a swift, cheap victory.
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Mark Clark
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Messy State of Postwar Government Plans for War Workers
Washington officials debate how to reconvert 3,100,000 federal workers to peacetime roles. Byrnes coordinates a government wide plan with Baruch to report on conversion and demobilization. Jurisdiction clashes involve Budget Bureau War Manpower Commission Veterans Administration Selective Service Civil Service Commission. Temporary workers face firing and rehiring, with leave pay and job searches. Congress may act to place federal war workers on private sector footing. Turnover expected as veterans return and temp staff depart. The process remains unsettled and costly to efficiency.
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Meadows Family in Armed Forces Amid World War II
Three Meadows brothers Private Thurman aged 20 stationed at Camp Hood Texas and Private Dixie aged 25 at Fort Sill Oklahoma plus their half-brother Private First Class Carl L Greer back at Camp White Oregon. Their late father J M Meadows served in World War One and Corporal Carl Gross, son-in-law, is at Camp Swift Texas. Dixie Meadows
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Lester
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Camp Hood
Texas
Army
Trap Hill High School
South Charleston
Portsmouth
Dixie ‘Meadows
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Slab Fork
J. M. Meadows
Carl L. Greer
Camp White
Oregon
Meadows
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Cold Morning Reflections and War Era Community Notes
A wartime column recalls a pennyless soldier from Fort Lewis seeking home to Bristol after ten months of unpaid service, with townsfolk at Beckley feeding him and raising a small fund he declines. The piece riffles through cold weather humors, mistletoe questions, a stray white Spitz abandoned near Beaver, a toy steam engine purchase at Shotwell’s, and a speech on potential federal oversight for toy trains. It closes with holiday wishes across local creeks and a Nash poem excerpt.
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U. S
War Today: German efforts stall as Russians hold line
DeWitt MacKenzie notes German counterattacks on the eastern front fail to break Soviet lines around Zhlobin, Korosten, Kiev bulge, and Kirovograd. Despite occasional lulls, Red Army gains, and German forecasts of gradual withdrawals toward Riga and beyond, while both sides prepare for continued attrition and delayed offensives into spring.
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U S Camera 1944 Review by John Selby
John Selby reviews Tom Maloney and Edward Steichen U S Camera 1944 noting publishing confusion, lack of central theme, and the book’s mixed quality. He praises some photographs as terrific while condemning others as trivial, likening the experience to browsing AP Photo Service’s incoming files.
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Tom Maloney
Edward Steichen
Duell, Sloan & Pearce
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U. S
United States
Sam Goldwyn
Hollywood
Navy
$3 Strike Fine Triggers Mine Walkout
In Johnstown Pennsylvania 900 Sonman mine workers at Koppers Coal Co walked out after learning their Christmas pay was docked by $3 as a strike fine. The action follows a strike from December 6 to 8 over alleged discrimination in draft deferment for a worker.
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Mother to Speak to Son by Radio on Christmas Night
Huntington mother Mary Hunter will greet her son in London via international radio hookup at 7:30 p.m. Christmas night. She will speak from her Zenith Optical Co. work bench while her son, Harlan Hunter, serves as an aviation machinist's mate third class.
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Huntington
London
Mary Hunter
Zenith Optical Co
Harlan Hunter
Governor Neely to Scrap 10 Tons of Useless Documents
The Neely administration said about ten tons of unused files stored in state departments at the capitol will be turned into scrap paper. A special committee was named to oversee the project.
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Charleston
Neely
Train strike kills Greenbrier section hand in Ohio line
A Fort Spring, Greenbrier county man, James Frederick Diem, 42, was killed when struck by a train near White Sulphur A Chesapeake and Ohio line. The incident involved the C&O route through Ohio, with Diem identified as a section hand.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
James Frederick Diem
Fort Spring
Greenbrier County
Rope strength: nylon half inch lifts three tons
A half inch nylon rope can lift a load of three tons, indicating high tensile strength for heavy lifting tasks. This note highlights material capability relevant to rescue and industrial uses.
Officers Needed Charleston Warship Ping Admin Urges Recruit
State Man power Director Andrew Edmiston reports the war ship ping administration is in critical need of licensed deck and engine officers and calls on West Virginia’s 26 local U S employment service offices to recruit as many as possible.
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Charleston
Andrew Edmiston
War Shipping Administration
West Virginia
U. S. Employment Service
Two West Virginia Officers Promoted in War Dept Notice
The Associated Press reports that Willard Clifton Jenkins of Mathias, West Virginia, advanced from lieutenant to captain, and Harland McQuain Eye of Franklin, West Virginia, promoted from second to first lieutenant in the War Department announcement.
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Mathias
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Harland McQuain Eye
Franklin
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Christmas Eve In Bethlehem By William McGaffin
AP Features Bethlehem December 24 1943 Thousands of World War II era pilgrims in khaki follow the path to worship at the Church of the Nativity five and a half miles south of Jerusalem. The story recalls the holy site, the grotto, and echoes of the Christmas narrative amid war weary hopes for peace and a reminder of American influence in the city.
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