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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1937
Page
11
The Associated Press reports 17 patients with brain tumors show word deafness, unable to name common objects though they recognize them. Doctors say tumors pressed on the dominant brain hemisphere, hindering speech areas while preserving understanding.
Yvonne Printemps, noted French actress, appeared at the Expo in a pink frock with black piping and a pink straw sailor. A matching pink veil draped smoothly over her face and was tied with large looped ends at the back.
Puzzle text shows across clues with numbers and mixed garbled letters and remnants. It references a daily cross word puzzle with entries like 1-Reserve 9-Clown 11-Terrify and down clues including 1-Dispute 2-Dropsy dandy 3-Therefore. The artifact includes partial answer rundown and stray letters such as OOO EMEIR S E /O/AIN MN) elt. elc H ElT.
H. E. McCoy of California grills meat at a sun powered stand. He arranges tiers of 20 yard long mirrors to focus sunlight into an oven that can reach about 1000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Rhodell West Virginia council approves regular municipal receipts and disbursements for the year ending June 30 1937. The document itemizes estimated receipts including delinquent taxes licenses and miscellaneous income and outlines disbursements for salaries departments repairs equipment and public services. Assessed valuations list Class I II and IV totals with a levy of 910.00 to be raised. Clifton Lilly Recorder certifies the order from August 1937.
CHANGSHA Hunan Province silk embroideries once famous internationally have fallen by half in sales and continue to decline. Embroidered portraits are prized examples of local work. Communist occupation of Changsha in 1930 heralded the decline as demand shifted to cheaper products. The industry once employed thousands of needle workers. now about 3,000 part time workers struggle to survive.
Dr H Parker Willis a Columbia banking professor died in Oak Bluffs Mass as Robinson burial in Little Rock Ark drew attention to his fierce anti New Deal stance. Willis warned of 1929 crash and attacked planned economy while shaping Federal Reserve policy and urging Treasury independence from the Fed. He helped draft the 1935 banking act with Senator Glass and kept critiquing Treasury influence until his death.
Willis, a Washington consultant and financial adviser known for drafting the banking act of 1933, authored a large body of banking and finance writings. He advised internationally and warned that Roosevelt era moves carried the danger of dictatorial control.
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