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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1947
Page
2
Johnny Morrison and his wife feared a basement fire could reach Teel school after a Saturday night incident. Beckley fire crews put out the flames before major damage. Morrison notes the danger to his home and the nearby school.
In Beckley a committee of business leaders pushes for over 60 000 dollars annually in increased taxes to fund public improvements and services. They seek cleaner streets better parking a shopper comfort station traffic relief and efficient spending while opposing the non partisanship city manager plan.
The Philadelphia Record announces it has sold its interests and ceased publication after a three month strike by the American Newspaper Guild involving over four hundred people. The president cites inability to reach a fair settlement and Guild demands as the burden making independent operation impossible.
The Georgia Legislature acts on a white primary bill framed to convert the Democratic Party into a private political club. It would be unaccountable to the people and, in effect, governed by one man or a small group of politicians.
Dr Norton argues rural classrooms and teacher pay lag city schools while 43 percent of residents live in rural areas but over half the nation’s children are born there. The piece notes constant rural migration and the impact of undereducation on rural youths.
The article argues rural areas should pursue adult voting maturity through improved schooling. It notes farmers may show less interest in classroom education than urban residents and suggests rural schools need higher quality training comparable to city programs.
Mrs Roosevelt is named chair man of the UN Commission on Human Rights while questions about a driver’s license arise. Speaker Joe Martin reaffirms Republican opposition to a 20 percent tax cut, noting the party remains stuck with the stance.
James Marlow surveys the long history of term limit ideas from the framers through Roosevelt and Wilson. Washington established the no third term norm while Jefferson and others argued for limits or supported emergency thirds, with later presidents like Roosevelt breaking the tradition during World War II.
Jack O’Brian and John son premiered their first cafe floor show for Nicky Blair at his Carnival to strong demand. First week gross reached 61 000 dollars, nearly doubling their wartime highs at the Winter Garden.
The Congressional Directory for the 80th Congress will be issued in February by the joint printing committee. Wartime copies reached 35 000, mostly to the Army and Navy, and the book lists senators representatives committees government agencies diplomats and maps. It includes press gallery rosters and can be bought for $1.25 from the Government Printing Office.
In sumington Vermont the University of Vermont cafeteria promotes sensational sustenance to super students. Students may study while dining at the soda fountain every weekday evening from seven to nine. The announcement invites students to bring their books.
Laurie takes Johnny to meet Florence Wiley at the airport where Lieutenant Penfield arranges a private office. Florence, Ray’s wife, believes Johnny is Ray but he has no memory. Nurse Dr Hallet and Laurie Trent help guide the reunion as memory may return slowly.
HAL BOYLE notes Adams moved to the new capital with 131 federal employees, a number seen as bloating the payroll. He describes early federal staffing and housing strains, then charts Washington’s growth to 1.3 million, predicting 49,000 new dwellings and a booming postwar economy driven by government payrolls and tourism.
Hollywood profile of Fred Cavens a fencing master who trained Cornel Wilde and many stars. The piece recalls Cavens coaching feats with Douglas Fairbanks Sr Jon Hall and John Barrymore and notes his Brussels training and long career in cinema swordplay.
The piece details how Treasury narcotics agents tracked opium smuggling on a bayside border bridge leading to a book and film project. Jay Richard Kennedy, a multifaceted writer and producer, drew on 200 Narcotics Bureau cases and his Bren/Goldsworth era contacts to craft Assigned to Treasury, highlighting Anslinger and Morgenthau as figures in Kennedy’s research.
A week of finance news highlights the three month extension of the CIO Big Steel contract as a key boost to industrial production and a potential cushion against a downturn. Stocks posted strong gains while price pressures and tight money persisted. Consumer resistance to high prices showed signs of easing with forecasts of falling living costs in early 1947.
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