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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1948
Page
8
Prices for oils shortenings and soap fall while flour butter sugar and meat costs slip. Managers say shoppers buy only essentials and expect further declines as local market records show broad drops and more reductions ahead.
Retailers and manufacturers join price cuts amid lower wholesale costs. Piggly Wiggly operator French Davis reports bacon sugar and other items down. Mack Market and Caro Lina Super Market also cut prices. New York wholesale price drops and Lincoln birthday closures noted.
Veteran New Orleans cotton dealer E F Creekmore testifies before the Senate Agriculture Committee that there is no basis for allegations of inside government information leaking to speculators. He notes leaks may have occurred in the past but not in recent years and that Congress has not been considering farm commodities.
Costa Rican security forces stopped a coup attempt to install Rafael Calderon Guárate, amid violent clashes after elections. A policeman was killed and several wounded as gangs in blue yellow red armbands and red armbands of communist factions spread through streets. Calderon trails by about 10 000 votes and accuses fraud while Ulate says communists and some army men planned the move. Picado Michalski remains confident it can be repelled.
Senator McCarthy predicts Congress will pass a long range housing bill in year. He urges no government operated public housing provisions and says private enterprise must be our chief reliance. He spoke after meeting GOP colleagues in Congress.
Organized labor faces trouble in the 1948 election drive as AFL and CIO diverge on political strategy. Indictments threaten candidate support and loyalty within the labor ranks remains divided amid the high stakes.
The article reports on indictments of CIO president Philip Murray under Taft-Hartley by a federal grand jury. It covers AFL CIO factionalism over political action committees, potential third party alignment, and disputed constitutional questions about the law. It also notes Soviet and British replies to Nazi-Soviet era claims and ongoing political debate in Washington.
Street crews scoop loose gravel from Beckley streets where weather left roads badly packed and fog reduces visibility for motorists. The report includes a colonial era style Soviet communique discussing Western policy and prewar aims, with references to Hitler and Germany.
Two Geneva men unhappy at Geneva’s omission from the European Friendship Train organized relief prompted Nebraska to start a new food train. Officials say the Nebraska effort could save about 400 cars before reaching the East Coast.
Five southern governors plan to meet with Democratic leaders in Washington on February 22 to discuss President Truman's civil rights program. Governors Thurmond Jester Cherry and Tuck join Laney in the conference committee formed at the Tallahassee meeting to press for concessions.
A. K. Minter city general manager will award 4 to the person who submits the best detailed plan to relieve traffic congestion in the downtown area. The plan may include parking regulations and will be considered by the City Council.
A thinning fog covered most of Raleigh County as temperatures rose to 44 in Berkley and fell to 33 overnight. Lincoln's Birthday closures paused State Road Commission and city street crews as widespread winter weather disrupted travel and damaged roads.
State Senator Merbert S. Boreman announced his Republican primary bid for governor pledging an itemized budget and public accounting of every penny. He pledged to restore government to the people, who should be masters, not servants.
In Allahabad Mohandas K Gandhi's mortal remains were immersed in the confluence of the Ganges Jumna and Saraswati with tens of thousands present. Prime Minister Nehru and other officials witnessed the ceremony as the urn was carried to the Triveni Sangam amid cannons and conch horns.
An IManish airliner crashed near Ulrichstein Germany killing an estimated eleven people and injuring ten who survived. The C 47 was en route from Copenhagen to Switzerland via Frankfurt with 17 passengers and four crew. Six bodies were found at the wreckage with five more feared trapped. Survivors were taken to the 388th hospital at Giessen.
One man was killed and a woman injured in a Hilltop shooting about one and a half miles south of Oak Hill. State police identified the deceased as Shirley Foakes and the wounded as Mrs Cahill who was reported in serious condition at a local hospital.
Weston report notes former U S Senator Rush D Holt hinted he may be a candidate in a statewide Democratic primary for either senator or governor. Stoll of Lewis County is also discussed as a potential aspirant. Only Democratic hopeful mentioned for the Chapman Revercomb seat is M M Neely of Fairmont.
In Farmington Maine Pvt Earl E Sawyer lay in a sealed casket in his mother Rita Browns parlor since November 15 to avoid a cold vault. She says his homecoming brings comfort though many find it unusual. Sawyer was killed in the Battle of the Bulge and will be buried when weather permits.
A massive snowslide swept a Denver and Rio Grande Western train in the Cumbres Mountains near Alamosa, Colorado. Fourteen aboard escaped injury or were lightly hurt as three tiny cars toppled into a gorge. two men and three women were hospitalized with chest and back injuries while others received minor cuts and frostbite treatment. Rescue efforts, hindered by subzero temps, carried the five-car train back to Alamosa after a four hour trek.
At Oak Ridge Cemetery and the old Wabash depot in Springfield mourners marked Abraham Lincoln's birthday with a wreath ceremony by the American Legion 4th annual pilgrimage. Gov. Dwight H. Green addressed a Friendship Train program sending food to Europe and Asia in Lincoln's name.
Washington reports the Bureau of Mines projects coal production might triple within 100 years. Director James Boyd says annual output could reach about 1.8 billion tons to meet synthetic fuel demand and other energy needs while noting a 1,008 year reserve at current rates. He blames a shortage of coal cars and lack of storage at bituminous mines for hindering use.
Readable Virginia weather brief notes show yesterday's highs around 44 and low near 10 with light 0.29 inch precipitation in the last 24 hours. Beckley data indicates similar temperature swings from overnight lows to daytime highs with documented timing near 10 am.
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