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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1947
Page
7
The annual Flat Top Round Table will be held April 25 at the 4-H Camp at Cliff Top. Teachers from Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming Counties may attend if a majority in each school votes for participation. The Board of Education made attendance optional for schools.
A three year study led by Robert M. Hutchins warns that freedom for newspapers radio films magazines and books is endangered by economic and industrial pressures and poor press governance. The report proposes 13 reforms including libel retractions and timely replies.
The Beckley Air Forces Association squadron elected Ralph Whitener as commander at a Memorial Building meeting. It is the first squadron in the state and activated last week with officers Jack Beard William Williamson Bill Hall Ike Devasher Chauncey Cavendish James Carr Jack Davis Alfred Bazzarree. Installation is set for April 24 with approved constitution and by laws.
The Raleigh County Board of Education plans to add six new school buses by next September. They will cancel two of four ordered 60 pass chassies and keep two, with delivery expected in May. An additional four 48 to 54 passenger chassies from William M. Duncan Dodge are ordered, with two delivering in April and two in May.
Alfred Hitchcock plans five weeks of rest golf and swimming then visits his 75 year old mother in Charlotte North Carolina. The famed director spoke in a frilly apron during dishwashing scenes with Catherine Craig for Albuquerque. Gabby Hayes, 62, received a fan postcard from Britain titled Gabby Picture Star u 8 A. He hasn’t shaved in 10 years and says whiskers help him choose meals. Business visitor Pineville C Barrett of Madison spent Tuesday handling matters and staying with his sister-in-law Mrs George F Brown and Mr Brown.
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