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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
5
The Beckley Community Chest will elect officers and seven directors at its annual meeting starting 7:30 p.m. June 28 at the Memorial building. The group has operated within the Raleigh County War Fund since 1941 and may resume its former Community Chest role.
General MacArthur praised 39 Diet women for democracy support and urged on floor parity. He forecast their influence on Japan's legislature and thanked them for pushing female suffrage. The meeting, requested by the women, aimed to show unity against militarists and express gratitude to the allied leadership.
Baruch calls for an international Atomic Development Authority free of Big Five vetoes controlled by treaties among many nations. Gromyko seeks to retain UN and Security Council authority with a round robin convention and ban on national veto. Quo Tai-Chi supports veto surrender if others follow. Britain Canada Brazil Mexico back Baruch. Britain unsure on veto surrender.
Jackson warns of war if cover up occurs as Black action is questioned. Judiciary panels say no authority to act on Jackson charge. Senator Ferguson suggests inquiry if hearings on Eastland Bridges constitutional amendment proceed. The plan would cap presidential picks at three and retire four of seven justices including Jackson Douglas Murphy and Rutledge.
A string of social and professional notes from Huntington and nearby areas lists Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shank and family visiting relatives on Park Avenue, Selene Evans visiting in Pulaski, Virginia, William Klein attending a Lincoln Life Insurance regional sales congress in Atlantic City on June 24 to 26, Captain Robert O. Baer departing for Germany in August, Miss Jane Bee Wells and Miss Jeanette Brown returning to Amigo, Pat Ryan undergoing tonsil removal at Raleigh General Hospital, and Paul Amberger with Paul Payne hosting Pittsburgh guests.
A 2000 foot salt mine near Grenigsen Germany exploded Tuesday destroying nine buildings. At least 83 workers inside the mine and surface personnel were injured or killed as a German army ammunition dump detonated. British troops evacuated the danger area and fought fires for 18 hours.
The Beckley U S Employment Office lacks a named manager with Helen Mitchell acting senior interviewer in charge. Acting area director Cawley cites ongoing job development efforts to aid veterans and war plant workers returning home, urging employers to list openings for qualified workers.
The Mufti accused by Britain of broadcasting for Germany and listed by Yugoslavia as a war criminal fled France by air, opposing Jewish immigration to the Holy Land. His arrival in Egypt comes as Arab leaders examine opposing a British American Inquiry Committee call for admitting 100,000 homeless Jews to Palestine.
Georgia authorities filed court proceedings to dissolve the Ku Klux Klan charter charging the hooded group with attempting to seize control of government agencies. In New Delhi the Congress Party postponed plans for an interim Indian government after the arrest of Jawaharlal Nehru, with Azad saying the working committee adjourned until his return.
BERLIN The Soviet military government announced local elections in the Russian occupation zone will occur in September. The vote will extend to former minor Nazi Party members and Hitler Youth members, while the American zone has already held local elections. US officials say Russian suffrage rules are slightly more liberal toward rank and file Nazis than in the American zone.
The renowned violinist Fritz Kreisler, aged 71, was reported to be in critical condition after an emergency appendicitis operation at a New York hospital. He is suffering from peritonitis and faces serious health risks.
The State Veterinarian Dr T C Green placed Doddridge County under a 90 day rabies quarantine yesterday as Harrison County also remains under quarantine. He urged dog owners to inoculate pets and keep them from the woods as livestock deaths from the outbreak are already being reported.
France's foreign minister Georges Bidault, elected president by the Constituent Assembly, works on forming a cabinet as leftist groups plan a city strike. He met with Communist leaders Maurice Thorez and Jacques Duclos and Socialist heads, with Communists abstaining in yesterday’s vote, keeping a coalition option open. Indications point to potential Communist participation and support for a two-house legislature in the forthcoming Fourth Republic constitution.
Five applications for marriage licenses were filed and three licenses granted at the County Clerk's office this morning. Couples include Forest P. Deming and Thelma Irene Dunbar of Mabscott, Raymond R. Harrah and Eunice Vance of Meadow Creek, George A. Ruhall and Livia Aurie Kregecz of Beckley, Tony Savino and Martha Lucille Radford of Beckley, and Lee Thompson and Mildred Treadway of Glen White. Licenses issued to Richard Plumley and Helen Bragg of Abraham, Andrew J. Logan of Harper and Rosebud Foster of Cit tsville, C. E. Thompson of Winding Gulf and Audrey Mae Whittaker of Lego.
Browder left Moscow by plane for Paris then to the United States where he will represent Soviet book publishers for five years under Moscow contracts. He met with V. M. Molotov and S. A. Lozovsky during his six week stay before resuming his homeward journey. A storm caused rivers to flood and block U S Route 33 119 between Weston and Glenville.
West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs urged ex service men and women planning to return to school or train to apply now for certificates of eligibility. Roy I. Smith in Beckley urged immediate filing in Memorial Building Room 2 to avoid rush, with deputy directors completing the form and veterans submitting a certified discharge copy.
Nellie Holt aged 25 of Coal City was sentenced in Federal court in Bluefield to three years for forging a narcotics prescription. The sentence was suspended with a provision for treatment at the Federal narcotics farm in Lexington Kentucky and placement in the Raleigh County jail pending transfer, per U S Marshal W H McGinnis.
King Hiram Abul Lodge 58 Gulf Temple 42 A F and A M and Queen Esther No 6 Order of Eastern Star and Erected Chapter No 50 will hold a joint thanksgiving service at Central Street Baptist Church Raleigh. A 1 30 p m parade from Fik's Rest to the church features remarks by leaders and a guest sermon by Rev C J Jennins. Lunch at Stratton High School follows.
Raleigh County Price Control Board staff conduct a survey of furniture prices. Chairman P B Earwood says demand for furniture is at an all time high with returning veterans creating a large market and many households needing replacements for worn units.
Charles H. Lawrence the only Negro Veterans Administration officer in the state left Beckley this morning after interviewing 28 veterans seeking training or education information. During his two days here Lawrence placed a few veterans and John Walton who heads the local VA contact unit commented on the sessions.
Beckley Recreation Board meets this afternoon at 1 o clock to discuss appointing a director for the city’s recreational program. G A Mohler will preside as C G Perezoy is away at a Red Cross meeting in Philadelphia.
FRED ROSE, Canadian MP and Communist, was sentenced to six years imprisonment for sending information illegally to Russia during the war. Also notes sugar stamp reminders and a nurse's update on Mrs Dale Lilly's bronchial pneumonia recovery at Coal City.
An official described jewelry as private property of Dutch, Indonesians and Chinese in the Netherlands East Indies, allegedly collected under a Japanese officer during the war. He noted halved coins in early England and oil wells extending up to three miles underground.
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia will hear John M. Humphreys doing business as Lewisburg and Beckley Truck Line in Beckley on July 1, 1946 at 9:30 a.m. to consider a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate as a common carrier by motor vehicle between Lewisburg Greenbrier County and Beckley Raleigh County via specified U S routes. Objections may be filed before the hearing. Cedalwel, W Va address listed.
Three deaths are listed: Lillie Susan Smith of Glen Morgan age 39, Norman Hl Staples of Oak Hill age 36, and Vada Cuckler of Sophia age 42. Each obituary notes death dates in June, funeral arrangements at Calfee Tyree and Williams funeral homes, with service times and burial locations.
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