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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1946
Page
2
Beckley prepares a $185000 city budget described as the largest in its history. The City Council and Mayor will review a tentative budget after a special meeting to ensure a balanced plan amid limited finances and rising needs. Citizens are invited to share suggestions as the budget is refined.
In Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming counties this year eighteen people have died on highways up to July 10, higher than last year. The piece argues for citizen action and tougher enforcement, blaming lax courts and urging stricter drunk driving laws to curb highway fatalities.
President Truman faced a stalled Q P A bill as a southern and western Democrat Republican coalition continued removing items from the control bill. The final version sent to the President is unlikely to meet his preferences any better than the vetoed proposal.
A narrator recalls a boyhood tomato factory mishap where a chicken bone caused a chain linked accident and halted the cooker. He argues small selfish acts and stubborn individuals disrupt community efforts and even international diplomacy, citing Uncle Jeff as an example of a person who disrupts progress.
The piece argues the presidency faces a hard course amid stormy domestic waters. It critiques bureaucratic control, praises market forces while noting public skepticism toward economists, and foresees sharp price rises from bacon to cars as the electorate frets over economic policy.
Fred Deal of Circle Drive, Mullens, and three friends went fishing near Marlinton in Pocahontas County. A knee-high fence forced a jump that broke Deal’s right leg two inches above the ankle, yet the group continued to the stream before he was bedded by a physician.
Molotov told ministers not to seek revenge with Germany and supported splitting the Reich if plebiscites show majority support. He pressed rapid creation of a central German administration as a step toward a future democratic government under four power control over key Ruhr plants and reparations delivery. Byrnes proposed deputies to study the German situation, a plan opposed by Molotov.
The committee planned to hear Milton H. Pettit and Albert Jacobson after Hardy's testimony about Army-Navy BE awards and a reported 1,000,000 over payment to Batavia by the Army. Royall said the justice department investigates potential criminal action and noted doubts about settling with Batavia. Hardy recalled Chicago inquiries in 1944 about unfair treatment in ordnance contracts. Rose Franken wrote Another Language in three days.
Miss Katherine Tick le home economics instructor at Herndon High School is seriously ill but improving at St Luke s Hospital Bluefield after a major operation last Saturday She resides in Bluefield and has taught at Herndon for seven years and stays with her aunt Mrs R W Doss of Mullens during the term
Evatt offers whimsical paraphrase as Dr. Castillo Najera retires from the council chair after a stormy month highlighted by Gromyko vetoes on the Spanish issue. Najera’s farewell questions charter revisions to curb veto power while Van Kleffens of the Netherlands welcomes successors and commends Evatt for resisting the Russian veto.
The New York Times columnist describes Russia as totalitarian and dictatorial with no freedoms inside the USSR. He argues the United States must abandon friendship concepts and pursue equal power, seeing peaceful ties as unlikely and armed peace as the only viable option.
Gen Clark, on behalf of President Truman, conveyed a note from the president stating the United States would not recognize Russian seizures of German properties in Austria labeled as forced transfers. The Senate bill section now advances in the house committee, targeting the private patent system amid political debate.
Increasing numbers of manufacturers distributors and retailers now insist on cash deposits with orders at all levels. The policy aims to reduce duplicate orders and cancellations while enabling firmer delivery commitments as reconversion and labor issues ease.
NYC garment center faces potential slowdowns as about 1000 skilled workers retire while a new union accord provides a pension system for elders. Training programs are planned for new hires during the fall peak production period. The note also includes business naming tips and a bulb innovation from Dura-Test Corp.
War Assets Administration promotes disposal of surplus items with listings including large hearings stock at Detroit office and sale No. 2-1610 of two million metal strappings. Bids due July 30 at New York office for five million loofa sponges. Materials Branch in Washington DC and 3,000 tons Swedish sulphite pulp noted.
The Wyoming County Singing Convention meets Sunday at Bright Prospect Baptist Church near Cyclone. An all day event with 1:30 PM afternoon session follows a 1 PM home coming service. An old fashioned basket dinner is served at noon and quartets are invited to the morning session.
British officials announced the destruction of Helgoland, the former German naval base in Herford Germany, to erase its war potential. They cited miles of tunnels 1500 feet underground, U boat facilities, permanent gun batteries, and an artificial harbor one and a half miles long. Demolition date not announced.
Hospital officials report Mrs. Edward Tate in somewhat improved but still serious condition after a self inflicted gunshot wound to the left side Sunday night in the ladies room of the Club on Main Street.
The proposal outlines a dual sidewalk bridge raised about eight inches above the road and notes no action on a special levy for the 4-H dam this fall. The board will revisit during the next meeting. Two car loads of sand were added to the beach, with no further orders issued.
The discussion centered on last March's potential UAW president candidate who is secretary treasurer of the PAC. Observers favored elevating one of Hillman’s three assistant PAC chairmen, not the full time policy implementers. The PAC’s eight members include Thomas Birns Tilford Dudley and Jack Kroll.
Dispatch from Nachod Czechoslovakia reports hundreds of frightened Jews fleeing from Poland arriving at the frontier city seeking safety. The note mentions the situation as an uprising with admissions of qualified guilt.
Abby Rand storms Floyd and Ina Prentiss in their Pinehurst office accusing them of trying to pass off old stumps and a shack as her uncle's property to force a sale. She demands the missing keys to the estate by 5:30 pm and threatens warrants if denied. Paul supports her, and Miss Prentiss is said to be in Portland.
Senate votes expand dairy and oil product exemptions as discussions on FEPC avoidance and possible Southern filibuster continue. Key amendments include milk and dairy products, cottonseed and soybeans, petroleum products, and an administration defeat on grain exemptions.
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