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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1936
Page
4
The Raleigh Register and Sunday Morning from Beckley West Virginia notes publication details and an acknowledgment of A.8. Johnston as author. The snippet records the paper’s status as second class mail matter.
The piece argues Beckley should host annual Smokeless Coal Expositions, following last fall's successful first show. It calls on the New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute to lead, with local organizations urged to support to prevent inertia and keep the event in the Smokeless Coal area.
A Hoover report adds light on the U S domestic munitions issue noting fewer armory and arsenal raids in early 1936 four incidents versus 77 in 1935 and 89 in 1934 the long term totals show 2333 government firearms stolen from 1929 to 1935 with many .15 automatics involved.
The report details government actions against gangsters with pistols, army rifles, machine guns and 287,251 rounds of ammunition. The seizure recovered 1,063 weapons and 205,578 rounds while gangsters kept over half the firearms and about 30 percent of ammo. Hoover cites a slump in armory robberies and urges lasting support for the drive.
Charles Lively asks about Mabscott origins in West Virginia. I C Prince relays that Mabscott is a contraction of Mabel Scott, wife of the engineer superintendent who opened Mabscott mine for Columbus investors in the early 1900s. The Scotts later moved, the mine sold to The New River Company, which has owned it since, and Beckley’s annexation efforts failed.
A compilation of editorials and opinions from multiple papers debating the Roosevelt administration and New Deal policies. It contrasts Republican criticisms with pro Roosevelt sentiment, noting bank failures before his inauguration, the bank holiday’s impact, and questions about speeding up industry versus fascist methods. Named papers include Charleston Gazette Wichita Eagle Portland Journal Atlanta Journal Scranton Republican and Jersey City Journal.
Emporia Gazette notes a remark criticizing President Hoover for aiming to preserve the New Deal by defending it from its supporters. The quote suggests internal political tension over New Deal policy.
Washington April 3 members of a senate special committee investigating government agencies voiced chagrin at President Roosevelts move to conduct a separate inquiry. The White House plan, announced last October, will likely budget more funds and operate under tighter presidential oversight, complicating Byrds Byrd of Virginia committee efforts to push a potent report.
The Arabic daily Al Liwa reports Acre will gain a modern harbor with expanded fort and fortress port. Plans include extending the narrow gauge railroad from the station to the port, enhancing access and defense after Napoleon-era sieges led by the famed Englishman Sydney Smith.
A Manhattan column decries public belief in myths about W C Fields returning in Poppy and Somerset Maugham profits from Rain, noting ongoing legends about George M Cohen and Fred Astaire. It cites Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer denying hype around Astaire and observes the public’s preference for myths over facts. It also mentions Ty Cobb legal action, Britain in the Rhine crisis, a future trend of women smoking, and a potential 1940 woman VP bid while noting the lack of a female House speaker. The piece ends with a note on Guthrie McClintic and Katharine Cornell.
Al Jolson Jr celebrate first birthday as Ruby Keeler’s east wing expansion grows into a multiroom cottage on their Encino five acre grove. An architect redesigned the simple house into a large sunlit home with two guest rooms dressing rooms baths a nursery a service wing kitchenette upstairs sun porches and a swimming pool with a bath house and play room.
The cast member revealed she will take the stage six weeks ahead of her current presentation of Shaw's Saint Joan, outlining an accelerated schedule. No further details on venues or dates were provided.
Long Branch West Virginia Dr A L Hunter and his son Homer, then vacationing in Florida, are expected home this week. Jim and French Lively spent the weekend in Charleston as guests of Oscar Williams and Roy Waddell. Mrs Elmer Keffer visited Montgomery hospital on Sunday and reported Everett Lively improving from meningitis, with Mr and Mrs Emerson Williams and Mr and Mrs Millard Tyree also mentioned.
Iris Lanning leaves a restricted Persia life for gilded New York society. She discovers Camilla Wendell is a poet and learns her aunt and brother pull her toward a different path. Iris wrestles with love, loyalty, and a hard longing for Morgan Black as Calmer family pressures rise during a snowy January night bridge session.
Children and Miss Lois Tyree of Beckley were dinner guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Garland Williams Sunday. Arthur Shelor of Sand Branch was a business caller in town Monday. Mrs Luther Louder was taken to Montgomery hospital Wednesday in the ambulance of Tyree and Dew. Mrs Mabel Davis and her little daughter visited her mother Mrs J W Janney Monday. Mr and Mrs L C Lively were dinner guests in the home of Hansford Williams Sunday.
The government plans a simplified yet effective child gas mask program aiming to equip all residents of major cities within a year. The device, though smaller, is described as on par with adult masks for protection.
The Philippine Commonwealth Bureau of Plant Industry, which sells cotton seed to farmers, expects a crop boom this year. Local growth concentrates in Cebu and Bohol where the plant thrives. Home grown cotton is purchased by the bureau’s cotton mill and spun into cloth.
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