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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1943
Page
4
Beckley voters faces October 5 mayoral and council race amid debate over revising the city charter to grant authority for a municipal garbage system. Current model limits collection power and financing. Republicans and Democrats promise to outline plans for broadened charter and a unified disposal program to serve the entire community.
A Raleigh county editorial laments that only 5 638 people voted on the airport bond issue with 3 482 in favor and 2 156 against. It argues the small turnout questions election legality and reflects on democratic government and civic responsibility.
Washington observers note both parties increasingly back a postwar world alliance led by the United States. Secretary Hull calls for a league of nations and world court with a policing role, while Republican leaders at Mackinac echo similar aims, despite policy rhetoric. The shift signals broad political consensus on joining a global peace enforcement framework.
A wartime column argues General Marshall requires hundreds of thousands more draftees. It critiques selective service, urges straight action on manpower sources, and warns against leaving fit men idle who could mine coal, build planes, or grow food. The piece warns against assuming the manpower supply is exhausted.
The wartime column scrutinizes General MacArthur’s claim that his Pacific strategy aims at massive strokes against main objectives, including the Philippines, while noting mounting strategic tensions with Mountbatten’s Southeast Asia role. It reviews Burma operations’ impact on resources, China’s role, and the long Allied push from India toward Rangoon, Mandalay, and beyond.
Two men who longed to kill Mussolini were freed by Allied forces from Italian penal islands. One, Lucetti, was blown apart by a German shell seven days after release. The other, Tito Zaniboni, a decorated Alpine colonel and anti fascist, plotted Mussolini’s assassination for months but was captured before he could act. Zaniboni spent 16 years in confinement, seven on Santo Stefano.
Brig. Gen. Edwin Butcher, third service command chief of staff, will retire from active duty January 31, 1944, per War Department authorization. An Army Regular since 1904, he served as Philippine division chief of staff 1935–38 and helped shape defenses on the Bataan peninsula used by MacArthur’s forces. He has served at third service command headquarters since November 1940 and became chief of staff in January 1942.
Morristown Tennessee reports the return of egg production after Rick the hen survived 28 days buried beneath a hay loft load. Lea King Donaldson recalls workers initially gave up as the fowl was thought dead. after a month she was found alive, emaciated yet recovering with a white comb and long claws restored to health.
Charleston officials disclosed a proposed program to employ parolees from the state penitentiary as farm laborers has been shelved. Board President Joseph V Terrell said labor could begin by October 1 with John B Smith directing details with county agents and WVU extension staff. About 100 prisoners might be involved. transportation guard shortages and impact on highway projects weighed against the plan. Present needs include corn harvesters in the lower Ohio valley and apple pickers in the eastern panhandle.
The average American soldier requires 250 pounds of cotton equipment, while the average civilian buys only 20 pounds annually. This comparison highlights the heavier textile needs of military personnel versus civilian consumers.
Mrs. Earl Webb of Beckley owns a striking Martin Marauder bomber photo built in 1941 by Glen L. Martin in Baltimore. The plane bears five Japanese battleships on its side and survived a Pacific raid with 200 bullet holes, its pilot Captain Edgar Graham Gammon of Hampden-Sydney. The piece traces wartime craft, training, and the future of memorial sculpture as aircraft replace classic monuments.
Charleston reports the co operative crop reporting service shows farmers averaging 12.4 hours daily as of September 1, up from 11.2 hours on September 1, 1939. Hired help averaged 9.5 hours, versus 9.1 hours in 1939, with the June 1 averages unchanged.
Sergeant Wm. C. Worrell on furlough visits relatives in Pineville. He is brother to E. W. Worrell Jr. of Beckley, rector of district ten in the department of public assistance, whom he visited along the way.
In a tense wartime caper, Johnson seeks control through secret passages at Club Opalo while Chevaile and Miss Taggard vanish. Miss Taggard’s loyalties and Lila’s safety hang on deciphering Opalo and the murky plans around a potential Gestapo tie. The dialogue reveals betrayals, hidden passages, and a tightening noose as the protagonists race to outsmart their Nazi-backed foe.
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