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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1943
Page
4
The Fairmont Times notes well attended stimulating meetings sponsored by Marion county Civilian Defense Council Morale committee with a public forum proposed in Beckley to share ideas and fulfill an intellectual need similar to local cooperative music concerts.
A chart based on U S Census figures shows the birthrate story across the United States and Axis nations over 20 years. The piece notes propaganda and incentives in Axis states to promote parenthood, while the United States saw births rise from the low 16s to near Japan, with Italy and Germany illustrating declines and fluctuations.
The Beckley Post-Herald notes Republicans drift toward the Ruml pay as you go plan while opposing Roosevelt administration policies. It argues pay as you go is needed, but cautions over details and practical tax-collection challenges. The piece compares Ruml to headache powders and urges a tailored approach by the treasury and Ways and Means.
The piece argues for rigid government control of wartime prices to align with wages. It notes farmer pressure to raise prices and workers selling labor worry about price shifts affecting budgets. It warns the War Labor Board and OPA must cooperate to prevent inflation as supply and demand distortions emerge in war.
A third in a series of public forums at the Fairmont hotel will address postwar religion and its relation to thinking. The discussions follow forums on economic and political postwar phases and include a Protestant and a Catholic participant.
A Raleigh County column muses on wartime rationing and diet options. It notes pork scraps as rationed choices, praises fish, suggests urban farming through goats and rabbits, and shares home garden tales from county officials and neighbors.
A subcommittee of the shipbuilding stabilization committee will study whether two 10 hour shifts or three 8 hour shifts yield better output in navy shipyards. Yard comparisons show 10 hour yards averaging just over 50 hours weekly while 8 hour yards run 45 to 50 hours. The committee notes output per man hour is rising regardless.
Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Smith of Piney View enlist in different branches: Russell joins the Marines on April 3, 1941, trains at Parris Island, serves in Iceland and the South Pacific. Clarence enters the Navy April 14, 1941, trains at Norfolk and Toledo, serves in Hawaii and New Caledonia. George, known as Dick, joins the Army March 30, 1942, trains at Camp Claiborne, serves with glider troops at Fort Bragg, promoted to staff sergeant after a 15 day furlough. Virgil H. Wheeler of Harper Road, a Navy Reserve petty officer, transfers from Bainbridge to Philadelphia yards and awaits overseas duty. Okey Mills, parachute troops, promoted to private first class at Fort Benning after induction in December, with a ten day furlough.
Several local men inducted into the army at Fort Thomas reception center have been assigned to new posts. Army Air Force RTC in St. Petersburg, Florida lists Howard K. Catlett Prosperity Parel L. Hall Glen Morgan William W. Jessus Robert J. Lamb Sebbert Snuffer Beckley Arthur Rakes Sophia John A. Swafford Crab Orchard Clarence G. Williams Slab Fork William H. Weddle Sophia.
From Derna to Italy he is called Lieutenant and mocked as a non combatant yet Allen stays defiant. He writes letters to Pope Pius VII and Roosevelt, hoping for exchange, while fellow captives doubt any release. A Royal Navy skipper recalls Allen’s daily Associated News translations from prison gossip and Italian papers.
In bold Teb article the Russians clear the right bank of a southwest flowing river of Germans and push toward Novorossisk. They seize Abinskaya 20 miles northeast of Novorossisk on the Krasnodar railway as they maneuver through Kuban swamps. The Tam pan peninsula fighting drives German remnants toward the Kerch Strait.
In Tunisia Allied troops waded through icy swamps carrying machine guns mortars and ammo attacking Nazi positions and driving them back. The Maknassy Fi Guetar and Mareth line sectors saw coordinated moves with reports from London and Rome on bridgehead status and repulsed Axis counterattacks amid heavy air activity. The Algiers broadcast claimed a maintained bridgehead while London disputed any clear advance beyond initial lines.
Margo Lanek, raised by King Karl, navigates a jewel theft and romance at a Reed family anniversary party. Tex Winston and Jimmie share flirtations while danger grows as Gustav and Nick discuss silencing her and recovering loot. The scene ends with Margo asking Tex to dance as tension tightens.
Fern Rives first novel Friday Thank God centers on high school teachers pupils and the fringe of parents and outsiders brushing the educational world. The author writes well but should trim extra words and revise dialogue heard aloud to avoid long sentences and parentheses. Allison the Parisian in manner is a delightful lead with Kelly a credible beauty while students feel believable though grown men like Ash appear overly understanding.
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