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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1946
Page
2
The piece argues congressional duties require more time in Washington, making public service a full time, high effort job with limited side earnings. It criticizes the outmoded committee system and calls for streamlined lawmaking to free time for outside work, while noting voters resist higher salaries.
The piece likens a US loan to Britain of 3.73 billion dollars to a barber lending a dollar for a haircut. The customer never repays, yet the barber enjoys cutting hair. It argues the loan is effectively a gift since Britain walked from a prior debt, with the money spent in the US on autos and crops, preserving a felt reciprocity.
The piece weighs whether Truman will appoint men of sound business judgment or politicians to the decontrol board set to review the OPA. A sign today could determine if price controls remain or fall back to necessary evils. If the board includes Baruch-like experts, it may oppose controls unless absolutely required.
Rosser Long of Fayetteville reflects on end of farm subsidies and the parity concept, arguing prices for butter and eggs now outpace wage levels. He notes farmers' labor, capital, and management share and recalls Beclleyans’ farming roots as society questions income fairness and food costs. Cleon Sarandon welcomes a new baby girl as part of a local celebration.
The article critiques the new O. P. A. bill as a half hearted effort to appease pressure groups. Sen. Barkley says the bill won’t solve the problem and that the answer lies with the people and increased production rather than continued price ceilings.
The Scots face an oats shortage and claim England is feeding oats to horses while Scotland’s people go hungry. The dispute echoes a long quarrel over shared resources and national pride, with Scots recalling Samuel Johnson’s quip that oats feed England’s horses and Scotland’s men.
DeWitt MacKenzie reports Madame Sun Ya-Sen, widow of Sun Yat-sen, warning that China faces disaster and urging a coalition government between Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang and the Communists. She calls for American troop withdrawal and end to military aid as part of a new path to constitutional government.
A 1940s era Q and A column covers veterans training benefits and VA questions. Readers ask about subsistence pay during training, GI Bill education duration, disability pension types, unemployment after readjustment allowances, and National Service Life Insurance changes. The piece also notes looming postwar supply issues and industry projections from the Civilian Production Administration on clothing, housing, and basic goods.
Reading good trade magazines is vital for independent businesses. The article notes about 4,000 U S trade publications, their variety, and how to select useful ones through trial subscriptions and key directories. It also covers current topics from new DC devices, PX competition, plastics and aluminum garden tools, to rising shoe prices and tighter bank lending.
A Beckley home owner writes to Raleigh Register urging a municipal garbage disposal service. She laments rotting garbage, rats and delays, contrasts Beckley with a smaller town, and supports the paper’s push for a city solution while noting she avoids mailing the story to friends.
Amendments discussed by a Senate committee have already passed the House and are viewed by insiders as likely to become law. A key provision would allow lump sum payments.
Kwajalein report describes Crossroads adviser J H Wad Geil placing his car underwater near detonation time. About five minutes later he heard a brief 20 second popping sound resembling distant firecrackers or a ticking watch, aligning with sound travel from the detonation 200 miles away.
Floyd probes mysterious Clark's past as Ina Prentiss reels from a chokehold and a cliff car crash. The lawyer suspects Clark is linked to Rand's hidden wealth and pressures for a cut, while Abby hosts unexpected visitors and danger mounts.
Repercussions from today's Bikini atoll atom bomb explosion were recorded by the Adelaide Observatory seismograph. Government Astronomer George F. Dodwell said the graph showed a noticeable reading 16 minutes after the blast, differing from earthquakes and indicating explosion origin. Sydney seismographs, closer to Bikini, recorded no disturbances.
Charleston AP reports the attorney general's office advised the State Road Commission to remove a building blocking right of way on U S Route 60 without court action. The SRC would exercise its statutory power to clear obstructions from the highway.
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