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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1946
Page
4
Ninety four red and green lights flank the Speaker’s dais as 94 delegates vote by flipping desk switches. The clerk’s machine quickly compiles a printed slate showing each member’s yes or no, delivering the result in moments.
The Herald-Advertiser says Huntington’s emergency housing campaign, aided by 100 solicitors, helped house veterans and families quickly as Beckley faces a similar housing shortage. The Register urges a community effort with local groups, predicting quick relief if a Beckley program is launched.
A few lobbyists press lawmakers in hotel lobbies and corridors while telegrams reach delegates desks, yet the public stays silent. Citizens work coal mines, farms, and run businesses while a small group of buttonholers at the statehouse pushes votes, shaping Governor Meadows' administration plea.
Before the machine’s 1935 introduction a clerk read 94 names and recorded yea or nay, slowing legislation in the House. The Senate with 32 members moved faster. Since the vote machine stalled, the House keeps pace and sessions have not exceeded 60 days.
Register Sports Editor Bob Wills writes from Solomons Island Md to his nephews urging them to stay in Shady Spring district. He contrasts city life with country living, praises education and hard work, and hints at returning from the navy in May. Also notes Beaver family ties and mentions school lobby politics and earth age claims.
Secretary Ickes says Americans should cease sniping at Joseph Stalin and suggests that bigger ammunition may be required for broader political aims, signaling a shift in wartime diplomacy.
DeWITT MacKENZIE notes former President Herbert Hoover is weighing the European hunger crisis during his Rome assignment. He observes a potential collision of politics and famine as 500 million people face shortages, with North and South America urged to supply relief in the coming months.
Senator Harley M. Kilgore denounced British Tories and their American allies for seeking to mobilize American military and economic power to support the British Empire. He warned against an anti Russian policy and urged maintaining alliance unity while criticizing housing bills he and Senator Hugh Mitchell sponsored as profit driven.
City police said charges of entering by force will be filed against John Ky of Mabscott. The Mabscott man was taken into custody early yesterday after forcing his way into the Salvation Army Citadel on Fay ette street, according to the report.
Porter announced a much expanded meat controls program will be developed within a week or sooner. He said enforcement efforts must be speeded up and the aim is to get on top of rising costs and production issues.
The 1906 San Francisco quake was reported to be felt up to 730 miles away from Oregon to Los Angeles and as far east as Nevada, illustrating its immense shaking reaching multiple states.
Beckley Mercantile Board Army Day committee to meet Capt. Robert Baer and staff at Memorial Building at 9 p.m. to finish plans for an April 6 parade. Mark Twain High School band to participate, with committee members Dorsey Biggs Chris Sarandon Dewey Isley J. E. Sharp Jerry McDevitt Henry Conway Palmer Farley and C. D. Crawford Jr. involved.
Cecil Price of Eccles waived preliminary hearing on felonious assault charges against three Titlow brothers of Oak Hill. Price was jailed yesterday on a $1000 bond after a police warrant. The brothers allege he struck them with an iron bar at the U Pine Inn. two remain hospitalized in Oak Hill.
Kermit Claypool seven year old Mabscott boy reported missing about 8 oclock last evening was found this morning at 2 oclock asleep on a bale of hay at Wickham. His disappearance prompted a call to the Beckley Fire Department which sent the pumper truck to a water filled hole near the Raleigh Hardware company in Mabscott where firefighters pumped out the hole.
Meadows urged a study of the tax structure to inform next regular session, with an estimated $75,000 needed for further work. A radio speech followed House action that upset administration goals as lawmakers halted the session until 2 pm. Controversial issues in the constitutional resolution and college appropriations likely go to joint conference committees.
The Iranian government pressed the United Nations Security Council to demand Soviet forces withdraw from Iran. It warned delays worsen Iran’s crisis and requested immediate communication of its view to council members US, USSR, UK, France, China, and others. Secretary General staff said the council would meet Monday to consider the provisional agenda including the Iranian protest.
An unidentified Akron woman struck the second ambulance causing a 30 minute delay. Police were informed as Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital staff worked over four hours to aid Montgomery. Dr. Robert P. Fosnaugh reported the details of the medical response.
HOSIERY PICTURE: AS MANY PAIRS THIS YEAR AS IN 1940, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MEET DEMAND. A weeklong survey shows retail stocking and consumer demand exceed supply due to rayon and nylon limits, with 1947 as the earliest full color and quantity revival. Rayon remains key to relief as silk is gone and nylon production is constrained by plant limits and retraining needs.
Mary, posing as Norma Ravelle's granddaughter, watches Joel avoid her while Mrs Ravelle and the young attorney discuss a legal paper. Mary weighs rivals Keith and Harold, suspects Norma's money drives most men, and plots to keep her impersonation intact during a sunlit vacation.
General Eisenhower told a house group that the draft should be extended indefinitely, while Sen Bridges praised the witnesses for a strong case. House members resisted Patterson’s one year extension and debated the long term needs of military security and air power amid global tensions.
Denmark comprises three large and several small islands with a total area of 16 609 square miles. The archipelago lies in Northern Europe and includes major regions connected by bridges and waterways.
Weather across the country showed mild warmth except for rain and snow in the northern plains and northwest. Light snow scattered in North Dakota Montana and Wyoming while Nebraska North Dakota Wisconsin and Washington received rain. Miami reached 51 degrees cooler than Chicago early today reflecting a shift in regional temperatures and a forecast of continued mild conditions ahead.
The message urges the U S government to set aside larger quantities at the source for overseas relief, specifically cereals fats and oils, describing them as desperately needed elsewhere and calling for immediate action to ration and send essential food supplies.
Planes carrying 25 passengers, mostly Flying Eagle fans, left the local airport for Morgantown today. The Northman carried nine and eleven passengers on its first two trips, the Waco brought five more to witness today’s games, and another flight was set to depart at 2 pm with a Morgantown arrival. A 9 am departure was scheduled for tomorrow morning.
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