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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1948
Page
2
Voters wary of a special levy election are urged to support the measure as nonpolitical. City leaders from both parties back the plan to raise 60 000 to 68 000 over three years to finance street work to reach the Veterans Hospital, a project begun under a Democrat mayor and supported by a Republican administration as well.
In the early years of the republic the Federalists and the Jeffersonians shaped core political principles. Debates between Hamiltonians and Jeffersonians clarified guiding issues, aiding the public in distinguishing right from wrong as the nation formed its constitutional framework.
The text argues for serious, issue driven public debate over demagoguery and politics. It calls for straight thinking, clearing media of claptrap, and urges Harry Troan and Tom Dewey to debate like Lincoln and Douglas to inform voters and improve government.
The Distilled Spirits Institute says American spending on whiskey fell in 1947 from 1946. In 1916 West Virginians faced scarce spirits with rationing and long lines for weekly portions. The piece argues that harsher intoxicant controls boost demand and that lifting restrictions would likely reduce consumption further.
The narrator shares a humorous Washington hotel tie dilemma involving Mr and Mrs Smith and a hotel clerk. He recalls a tie-less Elks convention in Philadelphia and a Pearl Harbor wartime experience where ties were shed for 21 months, ending only near New York Harbor.
Washington explains draft basics and deferments amid confusion. It outlines that 16 to 26 year olds must register, with 25 year olds possibly drafted first but not guaranteed. It notes draft boards and state directors must be organized by August, and that actual drafting may not begin before October.
In Philadelphia at the New Party Platform hearing 75 year old Arthur Dun of New York urged enforcement of the 2nd section of the 14th Amendment to curb poll taxes. He recalled voting since 1894, praised Wallace, and contrasted his Virginia aristocratic lineage with a hobby of fighting poll taxes. The crowd cheered as he criticized voting limits.
A devotional line echoes Genesis 22 17 on blessing and abundance. The note links prosperity to faith and divine seed time, framing blessing as multiplying beyond measure like the stars. The citation invites contemplation of divine generosity and perpetual blessing.
Hollywood biographer notes Tarzan in his 25th feature, Lex Barker as the current Tarzan, and Brenda Joyce as his mate. The series budgets run about 750,000 dollars per film with Edgar Rice Burroughs earning 175,000 in rights. European audiences stay strongest, with minimal wardrobe costs and carefully staged jungle sets.
In 1946 Warmsley Vale, England, Poirot considers a missing war death and a fortune tied to a spirit guided marriage plot. He revisits Mrs Cloade’s plea for Captain Underhay’s fate, then follows a trail from Warmsley Heath to the White House as Lynn Marchmont returns from service.
In Agatha Christie style, Lynn faces a strained breakfast and tightened finances after war upheaval. Mrs Marchmont, caring for ailing health and a small income, plans for marriage to her cousin Rowley Cloude while Uncle Gordon’s sudden absence casts a new shadow over their future. Continued Monday.
Washington economist projections foresee more than 62 million Americans employed by year’s end, with labor force growth adding about 2.1 million jobs. Experts credit postwar demand for durable goods, European aid competition, and rapid population gains, while noting unemployment will rise with a larger labor pool.
ERP seeks to ease shortages in the United States by boosting European trade and win new friends in Eastern Europe. Dayton argues success hinges on restoring intra European trade with 95 percent self help and five percent from the United States, starting with purchases of surplus European products.
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