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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1949
Page
8
A split Senate Veterans Affairs Committee backed a $90 million veterans bonus by raising the sales tax from 2 to 3 percent, signaling a floor battle as the measure heads to the Senate. Debates over financing and tax methods drew further questions about timetables and votes.
President Truman defended his outlook of continued prosperity while urging Congress to approve a 4 billion dollar boost and keep the treasury from red. Critics warned higher taxes and wage controls could slow recovery as freight trends and stock gains show mixed signals. A Kaiser-Frazer plant shutdown looms while Detroit auto plans weigh on employment and policy debate persists.
Warden Orel Skeen warns Moundsville State Penitentiary lacks housing for 1,300 inmates, calling for a new cell block and higher salaries to attract competent staff. He notes 15th Board of Control report shows underpaid personnel and crowded conditions across 24 state institutions, with funds constrained but a half million sought for an additional 500 inmates housing and improved facilities.
Berlin reports escalate as Soviet controlled police kill a German, fueling clashes with Communists who call the shooting murder. Fist fights erupt on transit as police search and seize belongings. a woman is jailed for issuing at a patrol. Currency rumors shake the ruble influenced market though denied by Moscow.
Colder weather slowed floods and snow slides across the Pacific Northwest while Wyoming faces a new cold surge. Temperatures plunged across Montana North Dakota and Minnesota as rivers remained swollen and roads blocked by snow and slides. Transcontinental trains resume as haylift ends after 25 days delivering 1800 tons to stranded livestock in Nevada and nearby states.
The Raleigh County Federation Association will meet tomorrow at 1 a.m. rather than tomorrow evening, announced president Mrs. Helen McClung.
In Cleveland judge Samuel Silbert denied Peter Kunigoufis request to bar his wife Betty from further interior decorating at their Warrensville Heights home. The court heard a bureau investigator praise the two redecorated rooms as the best in the house. Betty said she had urged her husband to renovate for years to brighten the drab dwelling while he claimed the decorating was meant to annoy him. The judge advised stopping painting after a final room hall is finished.
A 22 year old Black man, Samuel Taylor, received a 90 day reprieve from Gov. James Folsom hours before scheduled execution for rape. Convicted in Mobile circuit court on November 19 1946 for raping a 24 year old in a Mobile suburb, he had faced the electric chair twice within minutes previously.
Lt Col Selden R Edner a 30 year old American air force officer with a career in Europe including Eagle Squadron service is identified as the victim found in a Karpenisi ravine after a January 21 forced landing. He logged 150 missions over France and Germany and was a German prisoner from 1944 to 1945.
Leaders of the American Medical Association condemn 136 physicians who protested a $23 assessment to oppose compulsory health insurance. The AMA says the protest disserves the profession and cites no inquiry to AMA leaders. The response, signed by officers and directors, argues the signers did not seek direct information from HQ.
President Truman told war veterans and lawmakers that economic stability is essential in this era. He urged rehabilitation and care for disabled veterans and dependents, noting any pension plan should fit broader GL benefits and existing veteran programs. A House bill would pay $90 monthly to World War I and II veterans at age 65.
The Forestry Commission of the Rural Community Development Council meets at 4 pm in the Kanawha District Forestry office to review the Doane Agricultural report and plan woodlot projects to aid farmers as income sources. New members named include J. H. Myers Princeton Ralph Kemper Fayette County Eugene Shreve Lesvisburg and D B Bonebrake Bluefield.
Former WPB official Charles E. Wilson presses for a tougher Taft Hartley Law including affidavits from union leaders and shop stewards to curb concentration of ownership and defend the right to work. He calls for strengthening the closed shop ban and not weakening the national emergency provision. Senate and House panels weigh hearings on Taft Hartley amid Democratic opposition to rapid repeal.
Three month old Joanne Louise Alten has battled pneumonia and a collapsed lung after an unusual life start born in an ambulance. Despite early RH negative risk, doctors reported improvement and her mother called her a “little fighter” as recovery progress continues.
In Frederickton Pennsylvania Ray and Dolly Bailey kept a 24-hour vigil beside a homemade oxygen tent for their seven month old daughter Kerry Elaine. The infant died yesterday eleven days after being flown home from Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore due to a heart condition.
The Soviet press highlights growth in East West trade, noting a Dutch Polish treaty doubling 1949 trade from 1848 levels. Pravda and others report Geneva talks by 25 nations on East West trade development. Vladimir Gerashenko says Russia will export commodities in demand by many European countries.
Charleston December business sales taxes totaled 2 643 249 43 dollars with gasoline excise taxes in the south at 1 196 766 66. December 1948 receipts exceed December 1947 by over 400 000, and November 1948 by over 460 900. Gasoline tax lags compared with those months.
Former tennis king Bill Tilden, now 58, is serving another one-year term in county jail after pleading guilty to molesting a 16 year old boy last January 28. The case adds to prior penalties and reflects ongoing criminal convictions.
Raleigh County Clerk Harry Anderson announced the special levy election will be held March 5 after the State Legislature passed a bill empowering the county. The measure authorizes a $486,000 levy to fund Raleigh County Memorial Airport recreation parks for white and Negro residents, liquidating overdrafts, public restrooms, and courthouse repairs. The bill nullifies prior limits on recreational spending while debts remain. The county's obligation stems from a 1945 bond issue.
Kana district foresters meet at the district office to map spring fire plans for March 20 to May 20. Protectors from six counties attend including Raleigh Kanawha and Mercer and speakers listed include district forester H. M. Harr and Frank O. Frazier with several county representatives.
Paris envoy Chapin reports life in Hungary is beyond imagination and defies description as he discusses Mindszenty case. He condemns Hungarian persecution of Catholics and accuses authorities of fabrications while recalling the free air of France.
Seven East Martinsville men were ordered held without bail after a January 8 mass rape on a 32 year old white woman. Mrs Floyd testified she was assaulted repeatedly, dragged into woods, and warned not to scream or she would be killed.
The Department of Public Assistance sponsors a crippled children's clinic enrollment opened this morning with 24 children. DPA Worker Mrs. Hattie Marie Gregory said many more are expected from Fayette Weyoming and Mercer counties.
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