Beckley Register's Platform for Beckley and Raleigh
Beckley and Raleigh County voters see proposed roads airport garbage disposal Grandview and Little Beaver Parks mine workers home steads food production local government forms tourism promotion coal library expansion and new factories urged in the paper’s platform addressing local needs and development.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
W. V2
W. Randolph Norton
Associated Press
Katz Agency
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
Grandview
Little Beaver Parks
Fourth of July in the Garden and Social Reflections
Gardening day on the Fourth of July with neighbors in Giles County Virginia features Bill Williams G O Wood and Mack Meador tending beets carrots tomatoes and grapes. The author notes differing holiday pace and worries about pruning and staking tomatoes and discusses landlords labels and truth in democracy. The piece also highlights 60 Raleigh County 4-H boys growing Katahdin potatoes and a reflection on Soviet relief usage and American reporting.
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Bill Williams
G. 0. Wood
Mack Meador
French Lucas
Andy Lilly
Gill Williams
Meadors
Bill Wiliams
Giles County
Virginia
Grandview road delay fuels rumors of missed promises
Still no Grandview road as September nears despite assurances from Road Commissioner Worthington in June that federal approval would come within days. While other federal funded roads go ahead, Grandview lags, prompting questions about state commitment and growing rumors.
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Grandview
State Road Commission
United States
E. L. Worthington
Federal Public Roads Administration
Worthington
Grandview Road
Beckley Banks See Major May Money Velocity Rise
May clearings in Beckley’s three banks jumped 104 percent from May 1944 and 85.5 percent from last year, per the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce bulletin. Among 35 large WV cities Beckley’s rise tops Dunbar and St Albans. Charleston Huntington and Wheeling were flat versus a year ago. The trend suggests a healthy local financial condition with uncertain staying power.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Dunbar
St. Albans
Charleston
Huntington
Wheeling
Move to bar US funds to UNRBA draws Moscow ire
Congress seeks to prevent American contributions to the UN relief program from aiding Russia until American reporters gain access to disbursement details. Pravda denounces the move as an attempt to attack Soviet policy from Washington, claiming the accusation is false but apt for the anti-Soviet campaign.
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Congress
Russia
Moscow
Pravda
Washington
Utica Postcard Poll Spurs Garbage Pickup Debate
Mayor conducts postcard survey on curb versus backyard garbage collection in Utica New York. Of 12 016 respondents 6 231 favored curb pickup and 5 785 backed backyard service. Bid totals show curb $81 789 65 yearly and backyard $97 511 92.
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Beckley
Utica
N.Y
MacKenzies Column Disarmament A Bust: What Of Atom Control
J M Roberts Jr notes a six nation drive to draft an atomic bomb charter with the United States willing in principle to cede some superiority. He traces disarmament efforts from 1921 through naval treaties and the 1941-45 shift, noting Japan’s rapid buildup and the London conference break. The atomic energy control commission meets to set procedures.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
United States
Harding
Land
Washington
Japan
Britain
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Grain and civilization rise with the grain trade
AP News features writer Sherry Bowen traces grain from Neolithic dances of life to modern hunger, detailing how wheat and other grains shaped civilizations from Egypt and Sumer to Rome. The piece links bread shortages to social upheaval, Malthus, and global pop growth, ending with a note on the Philippines.
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Sherry Bowen
AP News
Egypt
Sumer
Mediterranean
Rome
Malthus
Europe
Fondation of
America
New World
West
Mustering-Out Pay Extension and VA Guidance
Veterans read about H R 6072 extending mustering-out pay eligibility to January 1, 1948 for overseas service veterans. Questions cover subsistence allowances, baby bonds, on the job training, blue discharges, VA appraiser fees, and GI Bill deductions. Magistrate Burdiss at Cal City is reported improving after major abdominal surgery at Raleigh General Hospital.
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Congress
U. S
Tuscumbia
B. C
Yonkers
N. Y
Navy
War Bond Office
Central Field Fiscal Office
Goodfellow Boulevard
St. Louis
Franklin
Veterans Administration
War Department
Army Review Board
HW. F
Seattle
SL. N
New Orleans
Bardiss
Register
CAL City
Charles T. Burdiss
Raleigh General Hospital
Independence limits for the small business man
American independence myths fade on the Fourth of July as a small businessman faces government rules from federal to local levels. Labor unions, trade groups, communities, and even spouses influence store operation, hours, attire, and sales. Some push back with independent ethics or price quality, but most concede to constraints. The piece notes a few opportunities and tips in government auctions and promotional days.
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Smart Magazine
Department of Commerce
Busines
Chamber of Commerce
Scrapple
War Assets Administration
Not One Boss He's Got Hundreds Not One Boss He's Got Hundreds
A discourse on how independents are governed by customers suppliers and the government. It argues small merchants face price and quantity controls from wholesalers manufacturers and public agencies with compliance risking fines suspensions or jail. It emphasizes government as a pervasive boss over books taxes records labeling and payroll duties.
Abby Seeks Rand Place On Pinehurst Road
Abby drives from Pinehurst to the Rand property guided by an uncle’s map. She encounters a gate at a canyon bridge and meets a gatekeeper by a hay wagon who confirms the three mile approach to the maroon barn as she continues the journey through forested hills and quiet countryside.
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Wweipry Rand
Pinehurst
Angel
Ina Prentiss
Durley
Abby
Paul
Mr. Hollister
Floyd
Watson
Hollister's
Public Forum Readers Forum Suggests Consumer Strike
A Beaver West Virginia letter urges a buyers strike to curb high prices. The writer proposes no clothing or transport expenses, garden fuel, and rent resistance, citing Mahatma Gandhi’s example and calling on women to unite to press merchants. A birthday party for Mary Lee Polk in Sophia is also noted with guests listed.
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Mahatma’ Gandhi
United Ladies
W. E. Radford Beaver
W. Va
Mary Lee Polk
Quincy Polk
Sophia
Margie Kendrick
Kay Ann Grose
Shirley Ann Farley
Bobby Walker
Juddy Walker
Norma Jean Hill
James Crutchfield
Charles Crutchfield
Janet Burnette
Lanny Burnette
Stephen Ray Cook
Jimmy Hurley
Sandra Hurley
Clayton Parker
Jimmy Ganey
Kenneth Ray Stone
Carolyn Stone
Jerry
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Garland Atkins
Raleigh County
Garland
H. B. Thomas
Atkins
Thomas
Texas
Soviet Union
MacKenzie
The
Atomic Energy Control Commission
Philippine Islands
Thomas M. Nial
Elmer Roessner
N. Seventh SL
St. Louis 1
WAA
Uncle Sam
Department of Agriculture
Kkitchen
Mrs. McNeil
Ina
Rand
Rand Place
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