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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1948
Page
4
The Raleigh Register discusses university funding and added facilities proposed by Boreman and Patteson. It notes carrier costs rising and asks how they would finance the program, urging transparency for West Virginia taxpayers.
Both major gubernatorial candidates support a four year medical college and dental school at West Virginia University but offer no financing plan. Dr. Irvin Stewart estimates first class facilities plus hospital needs at about 10 million dollars and warns operating costs remain unresolved. The Register and voters demand a concrete funding plan addressing hospital bills and potential budget impacts.
Tech. Sgt. Leonard Bachetti, based at Bolling Field, toured Beckley and praised coach Jerome Van Meter’s Beckley High, the team’s smooth play, and the band. He cited Rally Day and noted the orderly, packed stands. Mabscott considers a gross sales tax to address its financial needs.
Budget figures show Mabscott expects 30 000 to 40 000 from a gross sales tax to fund street paving and sewer work as Rhodell outlines its 9 431 expense plan. Rally Day at Callaway Heights Church ends with a last minute nasal addition correcting attendance to 225.
The piece argues Mabscott should consolidate with Beckley to gain lower taxes and improved public services. It notes Mabscott already faces higher costs after a recent gross sales tax and claims a merged city would yield a larger police force, full-time fire protection, and better streets and sewers while preserving Mabscott’s suburban identity.
New equipment aims to keep coal competitive with oil gas electric and wood heating. J E Tobey of Apipatacian Coals Inc and Bituminous Coal Research Inc revealed a 170 pound radiant stove selling around 65 dollars and a smokeless magazine furnace at the National Coal Association. Nine forced circulation and three gravity circulation smokeless furnaces are in build, with field trials planned. The devices promise smokeless operation and long firing intervals using any coal. Tobey notes coal may capture markets for tobacco curing and drying corn and hay as well as residential heating.
Barton R. Gebhart reports at the National Coal Association convention that about 50 local Coal Heating Service groups in 21 states involve roughly 1,800 retail coal merchants. The program unites producers and retailers to boost home heating services, advertising, delivery standards, and repair support while expanding coal usage and market growth through cooperative merchandising.
A fly infestation disrupts a Warner Brothers shoot starring Virginia Mayo and Mack Williams. Director Vincente Sherman halts action to swat multiple insects, costing valuable production time. Actors Dane Clark and Margot Clark discuss delays while Margot paints portraits of peers in studio sessions.
Broadway figures and patrons clash over charitable theater parties in the current season. Tallulah Bankhead criticizes the practice as cold, while theater managers and agents defend it, listing producers and shows linked to charity events including Goodbye, My Fancy Life With Mother Summer and Smoke Edward My Son and more.
NEW YORK The coal industry has spent millions on research but little progress exists in new mining methods. Charles E. Lawall of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway urged the National Coal Association to pursue continuous cutting and loading machines. He noted cutting blasting and loading are costly, time consuming, and rising costs demand better methods, with Bituminous Coal Research sponsoring initial work.
Tony Hojas promoter recalls Kid Dinamita a young Central American light weight champion who died after a fight in Chicago. He urges boxing code changes to require padding and safer rings, citing the tragedy and urging humane treatment of fighters. Dinamita earned $217 for his last bout and will be shipped home in a casket to Santo Domingo.
Eleven couples filed for marriage licenses listing partners from diverse towns and ages. Names include Arthur Baldwin and Lola Dodson, Patrick DArco and Norman Casey, Wilburn Hall and Virginia Tedder, Glenn Hilton and Rebecca McClure, Thomas Love and Ada Wynn, Robert Stevens and Catherine Wynes, Thomas Smith and Anna Morris, Willard Tinus and Effie Loar, June Thomas and Carrie Williams, Paul Turner and Elizabeth Crawley, and Harvey Underwood and Willie Mae Cole.
Katherine Trent becomes president of the Junior Society of the Kopperston Community Church after a recent meeting. Elected officers include Joyce Bailey as vice president Betty Smith as secretary treasurer Verna Barton named program leader for Sunday services.
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