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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1948
Page
3
The Raleigh Register outlines subscription details and delivery options for Beckley West Virginia readers. It notes carriers and agents operate independently and mentions a student tuition funding discussion urging more than token aid for university education in West Virginia.
Dr. Irvin Stewart urged a 17 million dollar appropriation to add medical, dormitories, music, library and other facilities as West Virginia University faces record enrollment surpassing 6,600 students. Earlier sums included 2 million in 1941 and 1 million in 1947 for new classroom and biology buildings.
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce and the fire department wrap up a fulltime Fire Prevention Week with talks, school demonstrations, and frequent inspections. The piece urges continual vigilance, notes three-point rules from the Fire Protection Institute, and cites a high preventable loss rate to stress practical fire safety at home and work.
The first group of displaced persons leaves Bremerhaven Friday for the United States under the new DP law. The article questions whether Chappie Revercomb will be at the dock to help Tom Dewey greet them in the United States.
The piece notes Ran Norton, former associate editor of the Charlotte Observer, will speak at Glenwood Park near Princeton for the New River Chapter Friends of the Land. He plans a brief Beckley visit, farming on three acres near Charlotte, and a hunting trip in Summers County before returning home.
New York column notes Santa must adapt to postwar limits with a training school at the Waldorf Astoria. Kris Kringles pledge to avoid unfulfillable promises as critics push for a leaner, more disciplined image amid changing beliefs and social expectations.
Washington economists foresee minimal immediate effect on price trends or business activity from the November 2 election. They cite long-predicted outcomes, inflation pressures into early 1949, and the persistent strain of shortages and defense demands as limits on any potential price rise or growth spurts regardless of which candidate wins.
Fred M. Sturgill of Sophia has been promoted to sergeant in the U S Air Force Airways and Air Communications Service. He serves as public information specialist at Mazuke Air Force base Kyushu Japan on his second Far East tour. Sturgill played guard for Sophia High School in 1943 and belongs to the Mazuke Mustangs base team after Navy service. he has been in Japan since September 1947.
American jazz is returning and attracting growing numbers of collectors who trade records with Europe and beyond. Small groups improvise without written music while trumpets lead melodies and solos emerge as bands shift between ensemble and individual improvisation.
In Paris observers expect a Soviet push to evacuate all occupation troops from Germany. The Kremlin may back a pro Russian militia in the Eastern zone and use staged troop reductions to seize power if evacuation moves fail, while Western powers could preempt by proposing a total evacuation under conditions.
West Virginia voters face a 50 million state secondary road bond issue endorsed by across party lines and by major industries. Support flows from governors candidates business groups educators and bankers with officials predicting funding via state taxes after approval.
Rhodell native Sgt. Jack Meadows earned staff sergeant rank at Ahsiya Air Force Base Japan. A former Stoco High School student, he serves with the Eighth Fighter Wing and enlisted in the Air Force February 28.
Paul J. Fourney of Blue Jay is among 19 honors students of West Virginia University College of Law appointed to the West Virginia Law Quarterly staff for the first semester. Grapes in the Arctic reports on Ei nar Eng, a Kiruna gardener, who grows seven vines and yields nearly 700 pounds of grapes in a hothouse despite extreme latitude and long daylight.
Fifty years ago waste gas from blast furnaces began powering gas engines. This marked an early step toward more efficient use of iron and steel making by products.
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