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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1936
Page
2
The Raleigh Register comment on an industry experiment in the fall model program notes a six month period of steady production and a strong spring sales period. It argues the plan has regularized production schedules and helped meet the March peak, with demand boosted by previous orders.
A Beckley editorial compares inflated retail pricing to the fable of the goose that laid the golden eggs. It urges merchants to avoid unreasonable profit margins, discourages installment plans, and stresses fair pricing to preserve Beckley as a healthy trade center for shoppers and city growth. It warns high rents and charges can push customers away and harm the local economy.
Spring auto demand picks up as the industry continues its fall introduction strategy. The plan aims to distribute new model interest more evenly, using fall incentives to fuel early buying while spring benefits from a natural revival in demand.
The winter tested America's highway system with record cold and floods that buried road sections. Yet concrete roads on rock foundations withstood the strain, remaining open in the Susquehanna valley as floods passed. The article praises concrete roads as the finest system yet built, impervious to nearly everything but high explosives.
The Danville Register lauds Sam Leibowitz after his Vera Strelz victory as advancing him toward the renowned defender role once held by Clarence Darrow. It notes a 115 to 4 favorable score, with 119 murder trials and 115 acquittals, praising his direct strategy and a blue ribbon jury verdict, while contrasting his approach with Darrow’s theatrical style.
A dispatch from Addis Ababa reports Emperor Haile Selassie mobilizing up to 300,000 reserve troops to oppose Mussolini's invasion. The Huntington Advertiser argues such numbers, in Ethiopia, yield heavy slaughter due to primitive training and equipment, while other nations would see a powerful force. Humor notes reflect on political figures and societal sham.
Iris, emboldened by a cascade of revelations, asserts independence from a suffocating life. She rejects Owen’s engagement and embraces self reliance, writing and new opportunities. Camilla resolves to pursue a prosaic, honest future in New York, ending the intertwined drama at Woodlands.
New York residents are rare in Manhattan as George Tucker recalls Owen Orr a well dressed visitor from Cameron Missouri who confides he will return home. The piece shifts to a comic incident at the 4th Street police station where a man mistakes a rabbit for a derby and a magistrate jokes about the confusion. The Times Square crowd watches a doughnut machine grease and churn dough in a lunchroom front window.
Mrs. Walter Bent of Mead and Mrs. Jack Williams of Cranberry were slightly injured when a Chevrolet sedan driven by Bent ran over an embankment near Mead store, tipping into a swamp. Bent treated at Raleigh General Hospital. Williams at Beckley Hospital. The crash occurred as Bent attempted to pass another car on a narrow road.
A collage of quirky notes and brief items from various locales and topics. References include wartime speculation by H G Wells, Hollywood fashion tips, a front office remark, Pennsylvania plumbing upgrades, a daylight saving baby count, Pittsburgh mayoral run, a bull ride, atom debates, strange highway incidents, Rush Holt politics, a hit and run pedestrian in Indiana, a Detroit News paraphrase, press freedom debates, and an ace golf feat by Archie M Smith in Mississippi.
The 12 year old Freddie Bartholomew becomes the center of a custody dispute between his aunt Miss Millicent Bartholomew and his London based parents. His earnings have surged to about 1250 weekly while his guardianship was granted to his aunt in Los Angeles. The boy, famed for David Copperfield and other roles, is caught in a high profile family struggle.
In Pemberton West Virginia Mr and Mrs Lacy Thompson and Mr and Mrs Roscoe Westmoreland hosted a social gathering at the Westmoreland residence. Other attendees included Mrs M C Hamm and her son Robert visiting from Beckley and Stanaford area acquaintances. Weekend visits featured Buck Wood with James Hunter in Stanaford while Mrs G H Lucado and Mrs C N Greathouse made business trips to Beckley. Evelyn Carter of Affinity was mentioned among attendees.
A round of social calls and visits across Beckley and nearby towns details weekend guests and business visitors. Names include Leola Patrick, L W Lane, Jack Jones, Fred Patrick, Larry Harns barger, M G Canady, Vada Asers, Dorothy Kiser, Larkin Ramsey, Martin Ramsey, Mt Hope, Lacy Thompson, J T Meadows, Paris Lisk, Marie Patrick, Mrs Jones, Harvey Caves, Crab Orchard, E D Parker, Herman Smith, Gene Hunter, Buck Wood, Roscoe Meadows, Lucille Meadows, Buck Wood, Ralph Lilly, Kenna Lilly, Lucille Meadows, Hester McVey, John Cox, Emmett Cox.
Before natives could begin Siam airport work, hunting expeditions were organized to clear adjoining jungle land of tigers. The effort aimed to remove danger from future construction sites and ensure safer access to remote regions.
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