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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
4
The Raleigh Register Evening and Sunday Morning lists publication details for Beckley and Hinton W Va editions. Subscription rates, mailing options, and address change instructions are outlined, including the 1 cent state sales tax on all subscriptions within West Virginia.
The Beckley editorial argues for higher gasoline taxes to fund road improvements and pay off road bonds. It asserts state finances limit highway work, urges a one to three cent hike, and notes roads boost local economies and bring broad benefits while wartime constraints fade. It claims both parties may resist but readers will demand the hike.
Predictions say full nylon production will be a year late. The forecast implies a long wait for consumers and industries awaiting the expanded supply. Senior officials caution continued demand pressure as the delay stretches.
Randolph Norton notes Mount View school’s rise alongside Beckley area expansion. Since 1925 bond funding, Mount View has attracted families from Edwight Stickney Montcoal Eunice, with Cecil Cooke as principal. Men work in mines yet raise homes along Rock, Horse, Dry, Peach Tree, and Cove Creeks served by buses on rugged roads.
John L. Clay, patriarch of the Clay Brothers clan, tends 200 acres split by Rock Creek near Whitesville. He boasts large onions and narcissus blooms, and notes a long history of annual crops from a single enduring field. He claims to be about three weeks ahead of Beckley farmers.
Herbert Shumate praises Marsh Fork hillside farming where creeks run east to west and sun shines all day. County Agent Thomas notes earlier seasons. A Marsh Fork district fair will be held next fall at Mount View featuring Four-Heads and lassies with pigs calves and other projects.
A New York Times survey of 500 liberal arts colleges shows a historic rise in enrollment with as many as 1,500,000 undergraduates. Eighty five percent plan to exceed peacetime capacity to admit veterans and civilians. housing shortages loom as crowded conditions push many applicants onto waiting lists by September.
Franco sighs for past support from Hitler and Mussolini and views the Spanish border with apprehension as current conditions tighten around his regime.
Amid note protests over Red Army presence in Iran after the March withdrawal deadline, officials weigh Peron’s potential Argentina victory and possible delay of the Rio Conference for a hemisphere defense pact. A U S note to Moscow could reveal opposition to a Chinese backed Soviet move to seize Manchurian industry as war booty and nationalize key sectors. The era eyes Franco’s fate as Spain rebuffs foreign interference while M S R ships carry Turkish envoy Ertegun’s body toward home. The Med remains focal as Russia presses for bases near the Dardanelles and Greece resists grain-for-base offers in the Dodecanese. Byrnes clarifies MacArthur’s jurisdiction to Japan and select Pacific areas only.
The document lists maximum prices for asbestos cement siding with standard surface hardness and colors in 12 by 24 and 12 by 27 inch sizes at 23.75 dollars per square including delivery, installation labor, benefits, taxes, and margin. Extras cover wood window molding at 0.10 per lineal foot, wood corner boards at 0.20 per lineal foot, and caulking around openings at 1.25 dollars per opening.
Observers say the only alternative to appointing an emergency fact finding board is government takeover of the railroads. The Carriers Conference Committee in Chicago denounced the strike as senseless and flagrant disregard of the Railway Labor Act. The committee represents major railroads in wage arbitration with 18 other unions. Trainmen and engineers demand 25 percent wage increases and 45 changes in working rules to be considered with their wage claims amid ongoing arbitration with other unions.
The white paper lists letters between Generalissimo Franco and Hitler showing Franco’s willingness to join the war for Axis aid and concessions, while Madrid editorials say the texts reflect mere courtesies. The Efe account argues the documents do not reveal Spain’s neutrality policy as unfavorable and instead show Spain’s efforts not to join the Axis.
The Egyptian papyrus The Book of the Dead, dated around 1500 B C, stands as the oldest known illustrated work.
Franz von Papen asks the International Military Tribunal to question King Gustav V of Sweden to prove his bid to end the European conflict in 1939 and 1940. The defense proposes a suitable method for questioning, while Goering’s defense opens next, likely the longest.
Ragland testified that one man named Porter had been released on bond by Magistrate G O Mills. Mills refused to disclose information at the request of Charleston's newspaper boys who said they were moving too fast on the case.
In London, experts say the Russian Iranian dispute is likely to go before the United Nations Security Council when it convenes in New York on March 21. Iran may request a reopening, but at least one council member is expected to seek a formal report.
Wood comments on reported theft efforts here and in Canada as authorities accuse Russia of seeking secret information including atomic bomb data. Moscow denies the Canadian-sourced data held special interest for Soviet authorities.
A Hungarian assembly member warned Europe and perhaps the world watches the state department's response to the oil wells dispute involving Standard Oil of New Jersey. American sources say damage estimates hinge on oil and gas losses through Russian production methods over about a year. Russia reportedly took control in January, active in the area for about a year.
Beirne announced a national wage pattern for the Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers and other N.F.T.W. affiliates. The plan provides a $5 to $8 weekly increase, averaging 17.6 cents an hour, affecting over 19,000 employees and taking effect February 1 1946 through March 6 1947 with local negotiations to follow at plant and company levels.
In Seattle, Mary Bruce pretends to be Norma Ravelle as detective Alec Day pursues the missing heiress. Mrs. Irene Ravelle, aged and wealthy, hopes Mary can become her granddaughter and rightful companion. A forged agreement binds Mary to the Ravelle estate while Day keeps the plot secret.
Retailers facing supply gaps are turning shortages into goodwill by privileging veterans and servicemen. Stores set up veteran counters or hours, issue lapel pins, and offer free alterations to fit old clothes. Banks of shirts, underwear, and other men’s wear appear at special sections. Businesses also reproduce discharge papers for wallets and seek bar and party supply niches.
Sales of cosmetics perfumes and toilet preparations reached over 650 million dollars last year with continued rise in the men's market. The 1945 figure shows a hundred million dollar gain over 1944, driven by growing demand from veterans who first encountered such products through Post Exchanges.
A new metal alloy called germanium, still experimental, may lengthen the life of dental work and gold-coated jewelry. Tests are under way at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio. Germanium is said to give gold shrinkage-proof properties, potentially enhancing durability.
Gustave Frankel, president of Hoseproof Hosiery Co., confirms there will be no fully adequate supply of ladies hose until next year. He notes hosiery production will catch up with demand slowly, stressing that production cannot instantly outpace consumption trends.
Today’s tips say May is moving day in many cities and advise businesses to arrange with truckers early as facilities remain limited. Moving firms are already advertising, suggesting loads be spread over several days with return trips to keep crews busy.
The agreement outlines a $5 across the board increase for caretakers mechanics house service workers guards dining staff and techs with up to $8 for accounting assistants staff and technicals. Increases subject to local conditions. Shift differentials for long lines operators total $270,900 yearly. No change to basic work week hours.
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