Raleigh Register Evening Edition Article Notice
Raleigh Register Evening Edition notice from Beckley West Virginia dated Friday April 2 1957 outlines publication details and rates. It notes editor J Raiford Watkins managing editor and Associated Press copyright and advertising arrangements. It includes mail subscription rates and instruction to sign letters for publication.
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SS. Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
J. Raiford Watkins
Associated Press
Howland & Howland, Inc
New York
Park Avenue
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Pittsburgh
Keystone Bank
Public Opinion on a Third Term Survey Supports Candidacy Ties
A magazine survey shows many favor flexibility on a third term for the U S president depending on the candidate. It notes traditional opposition remains strong but sentiment shifts with personality and local elections reflect similar views. The piece argues eight years is enough and warns against life tenure, urging shared power.
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United States
Roosevelt
Our Own Pictures The Register Advances In News Photo Facilities
The Register announces its new in house photo and photo engraving facilities. The project aims for timely local pictures and better presentation as Smokeless Coal region readers support progressive improvements.
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Register
Times
Ironic Note On Emergency Lights At League Palace
Geneva reports installation of an emergency lighting system with a master switch to douse all lights in one second at the League of Nations Palace. Swiss air-attack precautions accompany the League despite its extra territorial status, a protective measure for a symbol of international peace.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
League
D Annunzio Hints at Final Death Plan and New Method
The Charleston Gazette reports Gabriele D Annunzio, aging and ill, claims to test a chemical bath said to cause instant death. He once planned a suicide mission by airplane against a battleship, a scheme abandoned when Britain stayed out of war over Ethiopia.
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Gabriele D’annunzio
D’annunzio
Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
Charleston Gazette
Tragic Bus and Plane Crashes Prompt Inspection Call
In the past week two deadly incidents shocked the nation a private bus accident killing twenty and an airplane crash killing thirteen. The editorial urges stricter maintenance and inspection of privately owned buses noting the driver did all he could and expressing sympathy for victims and the bride who perished.
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Illinois
Sistersville Daily Review
Old fashioned dinners win favor in national cookery contest
Six housewives from Ohio New Hampshire California Virginia Iowa and New York compete in the second national cookery contest in New York under the Women's National Exposition of Arts and Industries. Judges base awards on dinner balance appearance appeal seasoning and method of preparation. Husbands long on canned fare prefer pot roast and simple pies over fancy French dishes.
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New York
Women’s National Exposition of Arts and Industries
Ohio
New Hampshire
California
Virginia
Iowa
Sensible Action Opens State Liquor Stores More
The Fairmont Times endorses the state liquor commission's policy to keep stores open on most days and avoid holiday closures. It argues the prior holiday shutdowns pushed consumers to bootlegging and illegal methods. The paper cites the system’s aim to reduce bootlegging by ensuring legal, affordable access and urges further steps to allow on-demand purchases in restaurants, hotels, or night clubs.
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State Liquor Commission
West Virginia
Fairmont Times
Graveyard whistling over Roosevelt court plan
A Wheeling Intelligencer editorial mocks Senator Ashurst claiming May will bring more votes for the court-packing bill while noting public anger over the measure. It argues hearings reveal obscured purpose, refuted arguments, and a plan to overhaul the Supreme Court, challenging Roosevelt’s leadership.
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Ashurst
Roosevelt
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Dictated But Not Read Letter Reverberates Over Pricing
A Montreal Star clipping recalls a typist scolded for thinking while transcribing a confrontational letter. The manager instructs precision, and the draft brims with inflated prices and snappy flair, noting a gardener’s son and a sharp bid of thirty dollars a ton.
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Mr. Brown
Thompson
Outsider Browne
Montreal Star
How One Employer Solved It at Joliet Mill
John E. Chalfstrom paid off two hundred employees and shut his Joliet wallpaper mill last Friday. He said the plant would not be operated by hysteria and would reopen when workers recognize employer rights. The era of strike mania is spreading, with labor unrest at a peak in the past three months across the nation.
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John E. Chalstrom
Wall
Joliet
Illinois
Point Pleasant
Oxshoe and ox yoke among other curios from Dr Mitchell
A column notes Dr R C Mitchell possessions including a two piece ox shoe about four inches long and a large wooden oxen yoke from the E H Crouch farm in Wyoming county. The writer muses on a Virginia Railroad plan and its impact on local lands, then ponders capital punishment and justice.
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E. H. Crouch
Wyoming County
Mitchell
Oceana
Clear Fork
Opinions at a Glance on Philippines Independence
A Washington viewpoint argues Philippine independence will hinge on balancing political rights with American strategic and economic interests. It warns that keeping a Western Pacific base risks conflict with Japan, while funding and trade ties with the United States bind Manila to Washington.
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United States
Japan
Britain
Australia
India
France
Holland
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Quezon
Roosevelt
Youre Telling Me! Ritt reports on Pacific shifts and exile
Central Press writes of Japan ceding Manchoukuo to Russia to seek peace in the Pacific. Leon Trotsky accepts Stalin’s invitation for a Siberia trip. Detroit Mammoth Manufacturing preps for a sitdown by installing 10,000 easy chairs. California rain headlines dominate Los Angeles papers while Miami notes a Florida cold wave.
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William Ritt
Central Press
Tokio
Japan
Manchoukuo
Russia
Pacific
Mexico City
Mexico
Leon Trotsky
Stalin
Siberia
Detroit
Mich
Titanic Mammoth Manufacturing Company
Eve Mannersfield Returns to Connecticut Estate
Eve Mannersfield goes back to her 200-year-old Connecticut house and orchard after five years in New York. Uncle Henry helps run the place while Peter the penniless artist and his wife Marylin come to board. George Cleveland, Eve's neighbor, shows off renovations as a thief confronts them over a painting.
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Eve Mannersfield
Connecticut
New York
Denny
Manhattan
Henry
Eve
Peter
Marylin
Judge
George Cleveland
George
Seymour Orchard
Pleasance
Ellen
Oak Avenue
Seymours
Henry de Remer
John Evelyn
Evelyn
France
Italy
England
Mitzi
Torrington
Margaret Widdemer
Books and Battles critique and praise by the Cleatons
The review discusses Books and Battles American Literature 1920 1930 by Irene and Allen Cleaton, praising its scope while noting slips. It contrasts their view with Van Wyck Brooks and highlights key works and figures like Lewis Fitzgerald Cabell Mencken Hemingway and the era’s literary ferment and later decline.
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Irene
Allen Cleaton
Cabell
Mencken
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sinclair Lewis
van Wyck Brooks
New England
Cleatons
Lewis
Main
Fitz-gerald
Paradise
Jurgen
Fitzgerald
Hemingway
Irene and
Alen Cleaton
Houghton Miffin
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Harold M. Riffe
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Sophia
Paul Bunyan
Dr. Mitchell
Braxton County
Morning Papers
William B. Read
W. Earl Dollman
Charleston
Jake Fisher
Raleigh County
Martin
Beckley Lumber and Supply Company
Grogan
Charles P. Stewart
Washington, D c
Spain
Manuel Quezon
Congress
Sam
Western Pacific
Los Angeles
Cal
Miami
Fla
Florida
Den
Cleveland
Venny
Featherstones
Lina
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