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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1946
Page
8
Fragmentary text cites a national policy framework shaped by Congress and the President. The excerpt notes ongoing governance of foreign relations and authority over diplomatic actions, with emphasis on legislative guidance and executive implementation.
At the Paris Peace Conference the Big Four upheld the Italian Yugoslav boundary for Trieste and the port area. Russia opposed boundary revisions though she backed other proposals by the Slav bloc. Yugoslavia’s Edvard Kardelj said the vote favored method over conciliation and noted his earlier refusal to sign an unfair treaty.
Beckley restaurant owners warned they will go bankrupt if they follow the OPA directive to roll back prices to June 30 1945. At a noon meetingCarl Taylor proprietor of Leslie's Diner and spokesman said continued operation is impossible with current controls on meat and foods.
CIO MARINERS leaders hope for an early end to the ship strike as operators agreed to a federal arbitrator award. NMU President Joseph Girvan said a union meeting may back a move to return workers, while U S Maritime Commission acceptance of a price roll back and CFA context frame the broader talks. Beckley restaurant owners vote to close all eateries by Monday morning, risking hotel dining rooms unless operations resume at a reasonable profit.
Robert Spencer 26 of Crab Orchard jailed after police say he claimed victim in hit and run incident. Magistrate Meadows set trial for Spencer on rape charges from Myrtle Taylor alleging handbag theft and assault at Glen View. Spencer had been at Beckley Hospital for back and hip injuries after a separate alleged hit and run.
The Decontrol Board plans to announce whether dairy prices have risen unreasonably and may reimpose or adjust OPA controls on milk butter cheese and other products. The decision follows a one month since a prior ruling and can trigger regional or product specific actions. Also reported are conventions, an injury, and remarks by officials about meat supply and mine work.
An eight year old girl sits dejected on a bookbag at a street corner while four girls ride in a pickup bed as a driver shouts. State Senator Ward Wylie is seen lighting a cigar near a group of businessmen outside a Mullens drug store during a local scene.
Interior Secretary J A Krug arrives in Beckley West Virginia with Sen Harvey Kilgore and Rep E H Hedrick for a three day tour of the state's coal fields. The group stops for luncheon at the Black Knight Country Club as part of the inspection. Wallace reportedly faced a presidential demand for resignation over a Madison Square Garden speech.
Field men of Greenbrier Dairy Products Company and Piney View Danese farmers move to start milk pickup along State Route 41. Thompson of Piney View asked how soon operations could begin at a Piney View school meeting where dairy officials outlined cash income from milk sales.
A Greenbrier County court expects a verdict this afternoon in a $15,000 damage suit by Noble Brook of Whitesville against Dr J Paul Aliff and nurse Martha Foster over calamine lotion allegedly given for diarrhea at the Montreal mine of the American Rolling Mill Co on June 18 last year. Attorneys for both sides closed with final summaries before noon.
Washington reports a British shift after a secret Bermuda memorandum, renewing faith in the Bermuda agreement as a framework for orderly development of international air transport. The British previously refused to seek matching standards in negotiations with other nations.
A Rome dispatch claims two Russian divisions have taken positions around Ljubljana, 45 miles northeast of Trieste, but no authority or confirmation was available. Also reports on tonsil operations at Beckley Hospital and a London conference with an American group criticizing air pact compliance.
T. B. Heath of Mullens died in a local hospital this morning around 9 15. Heath was reported to have a heart condition and had been admitted for treatment earlier in August.
A jailed ex convict Yoshio Kodaira confessed to five sex killings in Tokyo as two child kidnappings remained unsolved and a knife-wielding suspect targeted Premier Yoshida. A 12 year old girl Kuniko Sumitomo vanished while another 12 year old, Kyoko Shimura, was freed in Kyoto after a ransom of 15,000 yen.
Mrs. Lala Warden died at 66 in Calloway Heights after 43 years there. Survived by her husband George W. Warden and multiple children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Funeral at Keyser Funeral Home with services at First Christian Church planned for Sunday afternoon. The Associated Press report covers U S denial of charges of improper Yugoslavian treatment and calls for Tito government cooperation in countering pro Slavic elements in the Venice Gulf zone.
A release from the American Physical Society describes future energy sources that could exceed today’s atom bombs, yet officials stress no danger since energies remain unlockable. The meeting, with about 1,000 scientists including bomb producers, explores extracting atomic energy from sources other than uranium.
Weather note reports occasional rain tonight and Saturday. Beckley yesterday high 78, low 49. Today’s noon 64 with 0.21 inch in the last 24 hours. Rivers Greenbrier and Now at Bellepoint were low and clear.
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