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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1947
Page
7
In Ottawa President Truman pledges US resources to world recovery and aid for nations seeking self rule, promising not to coerce neighbors. He calls for a peaceful, prosperous, free world with mutual respect and support for self-governing states, amid debate on the Lawrence project.
Beckley registered one of its hottest days on record as the temperature climbed to 92.4 degrees in the shade yesterday. Overnight low was 62 degrees and at 8 am the temperature stood at 81 degrees, signaling another hot day ahead.
Wide river crests from the Missouri and Mississippi push toward St Louis as floods threaten Hannibal and nearby towns. Officials warn danger remains with levees at risk and hundreds of thousands of acres already flooded in Missouri and Illinois.
Glade Creek reports 88 high and 60 low with 77 this morning while Flat Top records 86 high and 66 low. Oak Hill unofficial high reached 91 as Bluefield Chamber serves free lemonade in 92 degree heat for the third time in 13 years. Readings exceed 90 across the state with Clarksburg 96 and Charleston 100 downtown, plus Huntington 93.
390 boys from Beckley left Richmond today to continue a sightseeing tour through Newport News Williamsburg Yorktown Jamestown and Washington The group will view Chesapeake and Ohio Railway coal terminal piers by steamer and buses at the three Virginia points The C and O train will meet them at Williamsburg for a late night trip to Washington and their Beckley return early Friday.
Senator George of Georgia urged Secretary Snyder to press President Truman to sign the 4 billion tax reduction bill. He warned a veto could wipe out any tax cut before July 1, 1948, and said Truman would be unable to recommend a January tax cut if he opposes it now.
A Charleston report states a blaze in Cabin Creek junction destroyed the Pelfrey Motor Company garage and adjoining brick stores including a grocery, department store, restaurant, and offices, with damage estimated at 100000 dollars. Firefighters battled flames for hours to curb spread.
Hearings in Congress consider a Kilgore bill to give the Bureau of Mines power to write and enforce a national safety code. The measure mirrors a Senate panel report on the Centralia disaster that killed 111 miners. The bill would let the federal government require compliance and impose penalties for willful violations.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged the United Nations to set up a world commission under the Security Council to monitor all mining, production, and stockpiling of atomic materials and energy. The body would inspect facilities and request government data on atomic energy activities.
The House Appropriations Committee moved to ensure government workers receive pay even before new funding. It urged Congress to authorize normal spending in anticipation of new appropriations, allowing agencies to draw checks against the treasury. The rule requires new appropriations or authorization to pay after June 30, the end of the fiscal year. Story notes pending legislation on agency funding.
In Hartsboro Alabama Mayor Hart Vann and allies persuaded a lynch mob to release Jimmy Harris a 19 year old Black man accused of attempted rape. Harris was found alive bound with a rope around his neck after the crowd dispersed. Earlier in May another Black man, Godwin Bush, escaped capture in North Carolina.
The International Emergency Food Council boosted the U S sugar quota by 250000 tons advancing to 7150000 tons for the year. An Agriculture Department official said rationing could end by month’s end with supplies sufficient to return to near prewar consumption levels. The increase stems from a larger Cuban crop and France’s reduced Cuban purchases.
Industrial items climbed in early trading led by steels oils and rubbers with moderate bidding as traders anticipated further gains. Prominent risers included Standard Oil Texas Chrysler U S Steel Goodyear Boeing and Du Pont while American Telephone and J C Penney lagged.
In Uniontown Pennsylvania AFL United Mine Workers say wildcat strikes by about 17 000 soft coal miners easing as leaders urge members to go back to protect the union. Some mines resume work. 2190 Indiana miners still idle. Robena and Maxwell mines to decide on return.
A Logan contractor will grade and surface 4.1 miles of the Surveyor Branch road in Summers County as part of a statewide program. Road Commission approved ten low bids totaling 1,231,648.66 dollars and recommended funding for concrete paving on U S Route 50 segments between Hurricane and Coal Mountain and between Pike and Maxwell.
The House Appropriations Committee says the Federal Public Housing Authority failed to meet its purpose with over 31 percent of low income housing occupied by ineligible earners. It cites mismanagement, overstaffing, waste, and alleged political pressures, urging closures of regional offices and reforms across FPHA programs.
Harrisburg lawmakers push a bill to extend Pennsylvania Turnpike 160 miles from Morristown to Indiana state line with bipartisan sponsorship and swift committee approval. Proponents say the extension would pioneer highway development and create a transcontinental route linking neighboring states.
Weather note shows rising clouds today with scattered thundershowers expected this evening. Thursday brings considerable cloud cover and cooler temperatures with calmer warmth levels. Yesterday's temperatures ranged from low to mid 80s across some areas with a night low of around 46 to 82 in parts of the region.
The State Department sent a strong protest to the Soviet Union over Hungary's government upheaval and believed a three power inquiry may be proposed with a threat to bring the case to the United Nations. The note, possibly altered by Secretary Marshall, was addressed to Soviet Gen V P Sviridov with copies to Moscow and London.
Chinese officials condemn a Mongolian incursion into Sinkiang with Soviet support, demanding Moscow and Outer Mongolia answer to the attack. Four days of fighting persist as casualties rise and a 48 hour hostage ultimatum pressures Beijing.
Bluefield rent control officials conduct goodwill surveys in Beckley and Raleigh County to assess population trends sales of living quarters and rent requests. A similar survey will be made in Wyoming County by M L Smith and Gordon Skaggs to gauge how new industries like a clothing factory affect rents and determine current operating conditions toward possible decontrol.
Dr Edward A. Schumann told the American Medical Association that the cancer cause could be discovered any day and that once known a nullifying force and preventive measures may follow. He foresaw prophylactic guarding and possible vaccination against cancers and related inflammatory diseases.
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