City Should Assert Responsibility for Garbage Disposal
The Register reports a survey showing most residents want the City to take charge of garbage and trash disposal, with financing split between taxes and other methods. Readers describe unreliable collection, high private fees, and the City’s duty to ensure health and sanitation. if private collectors fail, the City bears responsibility, not the contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
John R. Koch
Crawford Street
Westwood Drive
Beckley
Civil Control of Atom Sets Civil Rule in New Law
Congress moves to avoid military supremacy in atomic matters while recognizing energy’s national security role. Civil authority leads. a military liaison and a director from armed forces will work with a five member civilian commission. Time will judge the law’s merits and effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Etonic Energy
Atomic Energy
Georgia lynchings reveal widespread American hate
The mob murder of four African Americans in Georgia shocks the nation and highlights deep seated racial hatred. The editorial condemns mob violence as a stain on the country and urges reflection and action by readers across states and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Beckley Vacation Draws New York Visitor to Black Knight
Norman Cuthriell and wife spent June 29 to July 7 at Beckley’s Black Knight Country Club enjoying golf and cool climate. He praises Beckley hospitality, contemplates summer resort potential, and compares Grandview Little Beaver area with Roaring Gap North Carolina observed during a prior visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becklegan
New York
Beckley
Black Knight Country Club
Norman Cuthriell
Norman
Virginian Railroad
Big City
Beckley Plateau
Cuthbells
Black Knight
Bob Watts
Grandview
Beaver
Roaring Gap
Hlue Ridge
Winston-Salem
Wytheville
Little Beaver
Greystone Inn
Georgia Tragedy Spurs Calls for Justice and Unity
The speaker condemns the lynching and urges that the Georgia killers be brought to justice. He emphasizes that understanding across races is essential and that all citizens must commit to learning to live together in peace despite past acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Shaw Young at 90
The indestructible George Bernard Shaw turns 90, still precocious and active in the cultural scene. He is praised as both a genius and a provocateur, a hornet to complacency, a firecracker to the establishment, and a tireless contributor to 20th century letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Shakespeare
Nome
Shia Tras
G. B.S
Ayot St. Lawrence
Hertfordshire
England
Restoring Mitchell's Rank After Posthumous Aviation Honor
After over two decades partial restitution honors William Mitchell for pioneering American military aviation. Congress approved a special medal to his surviving sister in recognition of his foresight and service, while calls persist to restore his rank from colonel to brigadier general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William “Billy” Mitchell
Navy Department
Congress
United States
Mitchell
Peace Parley Opens With Air Of Anxiety
DeWitt MacKenzie notes a tense opening at the Paris peace conference amid hope for real peace yet fear of continued conflict. He cites sharp divergences between Russia and the Western Allies as a key source of unease as Secretary Byrnes departs by air for France with a blunt message.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Paris
World peace hinges on Russia aims and Western unity
The piece cites De Gaulle urging an Anglo French alliance as Western Europe faces potential new war. It notes Secretary Byrnes’s Washington send off, amid looming clashes with Molotov over Hungary reparations, Soviet zone seizures in Austria, and Balkan tensions. It asks what Russia seeks in influence, and expansion, to judge if peace is possible.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
America
Russia
de Gaulle
Byrnes
Washington
Truman
Sam
United Nations
Molotov
Moscow
Hungary
Aussia
Soviet
Balkans
Britain
Mercow
London
England
United States
Open sessions eyed as Big Four draft peace pacts
An Australian source said Evatt pressed for equity among the 17 invited nations in shaping peace with Germany and Japan, aiming to set precedents for future accords. Byrnes won agreement to publish complete drafts of treaties at 6 p.m. today, while four dicey issues such as Danube navigation and Balkan reparations must be settled by commissions before final terms are proposed to the Big Four.
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Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Evatt
Eyatt
Germany
Japan
Byrnes
Britain
Russia
Moscow
Big Four
France
United States
Danube
Balkan
Insurance market expands as veterans drive demand
Shifting economic conditions boost insurance needs across life, property, farm, travel, maritime and workmen’s compensation. Veterans' rising consciousness, higher living costs, and growing asset values fuel demand while training remains vital to enter the field.
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Army Finance Office
Veterans Boost for Auto Services Amid Breakdown Boom
The American Automobile Association estimates 10,000,000 flat tires 4,000,000 dead batteries 3,500,000 ignition failures and 3,000,000 other breakdowns this year. Not good for tourists but a bonanza for tens of thousands of veterans who have started service stations fueling services and repair shops.
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American Automobile Association
Bakers Aim for New Products as Grain Shortage Eases
The grain crisis is passing and record crops are reported worldwide. The American wheat crop is large and export demand will fall off. Supplies of shortening are better and oil imports rise, easing domestic pressure on bakers.
Inquiry Expands as Garsson Links Sought in Tax Probe
The House committee sought authority to inspect income, excess profit and other tax returns for persons tied to the Garsson enterprises. Illness of Rep. May delays questioning about his ties to the combine and promoters Henry and Murray Garsson. A new probe into a Ferguson report on 39,000 boxes in a Detroit War Assets Administration warehouse questions waste in surplus property disposal.
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Mead
Garsson Enterprises
Rep
May
D.ky
Combine
Henry and
Murray
Garsson
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
War Assets Administration
Detroit
Ferguson
Supervisory Union Reform at T and L Mines
The company reorganized its supervisory system enlarging the force of general assistant foremen from five to twenty five before the NOR E certification of the USM. The group acted as bargaining agents for supervisory employees from which this force was exempted.
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T & L. Mines
N.O.R.E
USM
Car Crash Victims Named From Carbondale Glasgow Montgomery Ward
Blake said Edward Stanley and Patsy Dangerfield were in one car with two others while Arthur and Skeens in the second vehicle. Four youths ages 15 to 20 from Carbondale Glasgow Montgomery and Ward were involved as both cars were destroyed beyond repair.
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Edward Stanley
Carbondale
Jackie Hudnall
Glasgow
Lewis A. Major
Montgomery
Patsy Dangerfield
Ward
Blake
Arthur
Skeens
Reckless Eden Chapter Twenty Seven Ends With a Note
Abby wakes to a brewing confrontation with Paul and Edith as trust frays. A note pinned to Edith’s pillow reveals Paul has taken Edith to Pinehurst, leaving Abby to doubt his sincerity and fear a web of deception around her inheritance. Clark enters, hinting at further complications.
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Abby
Edith
Paul
Noruth
Henry Floyd
Pinehurst
Mrs
John Clark
Clark
Floyd
Ina
Local election filing statements reveal expenditures by candidates
The records list expenditures and no contributions for constable candidates E. W. Mason C. P. Hatcher Arnett Stover Marshall Bailey Roy L. Childs Dickes Wetzel W Brammer Posey H Clay George Delton and Raleigh County Board of Education hopeful Clyde W Meador Keith D Bobbitt with values from 0.40 to 74.40. Justice of the Peace candidate Joe l H McGhee shows 40.20 in expenditures.
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Jack A. Nuckols
Frank Billups
Constable
E. W. Mason
C. P. Hatcher
Arnett Stover
Marshall Bailey
Roy L. Childs
Dickes
Wetzel W. Brammer
Posey H. Clay
George Delton
Raleigh County Board of Eduication
Clyde W. Meador
Keith D. Bobbitt
Justice of the Peace
Joel H. McGhee
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Ing
Shaw Young
Eton
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MacKenzie
Marjorie Jeanne Logan
Marjorie Church Logan
Floral Hill
L. 1
Miss Logan
Nassau Hospital
Minesola
Elmer Roessner
Stat
Lear
Honduras
Galvin Manufacturing Co
Chicago
H. Y. Walker Co
Elizabeth
N. J
Jiggs Penny Corp
Department of Agriculture
Atlantic City
National Retail Furniture Association
Office of Aircraft Disposal
WAA
Second St. N. W
Bakers
Reckless Eden
Guatemala
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