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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1942
Page
16
Randolph Norton notes 1940 census shows 34,393 WV residents with no schooling and 32,163 with four or more years of college. The median for those 25 plus is 7.8 years, meaning most are still seventh graders, though old readers and spellers were once nearly college level.
London readers face sharp social shifts as divorce petitions double and crime rises amid postwar adjustments. Public life contracts with shortages, rationing, and ongoing reconstruction while theatres, cinema, and entertainment provide relief. Economic strain hits clothing, cosmetics, and household goods as voucher plans loom and Britain braces for tighter controls.
Editorial argues Allied victory requires action in Western Europe and mass shift of workers to war production. It warns that German advances threaten European Russia and that Britain and the United States must open a western front to avoid solo American burden. The piece likens current struggle to Civil War campaigns and stresses systemic wartime upheaval.
The 1940 census details education for 928,303 West Virginians aged 25 plus with 16.5 percent under five years of grade schooling and 8.5 percent with at least one year of college. It notes city-dweller college graduates dominate, median age rose to 24.3, and urban share fell slightly while rural nonfarm and farm populations grew. It also contrasts age and urban rural distributions, listing urban, rural nonfarm, and farm populations. The piece then shifts to a New York reflection on the Normandy with a lengthy anecdote about the ship and a cautionary tale about a ghost story later debunked.
The St. Louis Star-Times urges tight tire theft laws amid wartime rubber shortages. Lawmakers consider federal penalties for stealing tires or inner tubes and holding buyers liable, with emphasis on stopping back market operations and safeguarding vehicles. Local motorists should guard cars, avoid overnight street parking, and rely on authorized channels.
In Washington reports suggest partisan politics will blur before the 1942 elections as Congress prepares for a heated second session. Key battles center on price control, non-defense spending cuts, labor restrictions, graft probes, a broad tax program, and aid to small industries.
A letter in The Register counters claims of sabotage linked to Boy Scout Troop 80. It says the scouts collected papers for national defense, sought permission, and coordinated with residents, including a South Oakwood Avenue donor who allowed basement drop sites.
Richard Walton, president of a plane company, invites Aubur n Lapham to live at the Walton mansion to reform his son Dick. Susan, the secretary, falls for Dick while Chloe Marsden, a beautiful widow, arrives by plane for dinner. Chloe's presence unsettles Susan as Dick flirts, and Ophelia suspects Chloe's motives. The evening ends with tension as Chloe’s gaze hints at deeper aims and Susan questions the pair’s intentions.
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