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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1933
Page
2
The piece argues public bodies must not buy from themselves or employ relatives and praises Raleigh county for bidding openly. It notes low pay to board members encourages graft and suggests higher, population based compensation to attract good people and deter corruption.
The article argues the national recovery administration faces a key problem in raising wages and prices without hurting consumers or prompting profiteering. It states prices must rise to support higher wages, but wages and prices must move together so workers can afford higher costs. It emphasizes benefits to real producers if price increases reach farmers and other producers rather than intermediaries.
Administrators of the agricultural adjustment act are charged with watching prices to consumers. They must ensure farmers receive fair profit and that prices stay within consumer means. Weekly and monthly living-cost checks will flag commodities rising too fast, with publicity providing moral suasion to keep prices in check. The vast scope and skilled national effort underpin success.
The piece argues winters may seem milder now but older generations recall harsher storms and deeper snow. It suggests perception shifts, not proven climate changes, with reminiscers claiming past extremes exceed today’s winters while youths see softer seasons.
The piece argues the Menominee tribe refused a US offer of $30,000 for reservation road construction, claiming they could build themselves. It contrasts with white communities likely to accept subsidies and criticizes government paternalism and municipal borrowing. The author urges self-reliance to avoid insolvency.
Huntington Herald and Parkersburg Sentinel report that West Virginia professors with highest degrees may average 82300 next year while other states pay 3000 to 5000. Critics say top educators will leave the state without moderation in teacher pay. Senator Neely gains credit for reviving Sabraton sheet and tin plate mill 400 workers and Monongah glass plant 1000 jobs with Labor Department and NA A support.
A column by Alphonso mixes observations and quotations on politics science and daily life. It includes remarks by Senator Morris Sheppard and light anecdotes about bananas robbers and restaurant meals along with local social notes mentioning the Maynor, Lambert, Fanning and Tolliver families and trips to Beckley Glen Daniels and Charleston.
Glen Rogers and West Virginia Railway postmaster Williams resume duties after a Beckley hospital operation. Elizabeth Williams visits Margaret Calloway in Beckley as Cohen Journell and Don Wine from Madison visit Raymond Daughlay. Mrs Woolridge returns from Virginia visit. Dr Watchison from Charleston relieves Dr Troutman on vacation in Baltimore then attends Century of Progress in Chicago. Grace Maynor visits.
A teacher recalls a winter with three young girls ages 7 and 4. The tiny class covered geography map drawing multiplication food origins sewing and fabric identification culminating in each girl making a gingham dress. The approach mixed hands on learning with group inquiry.
Floyd M. Sayre prominent local attorney is reported recovering nicely from an operation he underwent Friday for an infected side. Sayre was taken ill Thursday night after returning from a trip to Morgantown.
Monaci a wealthy, refined actress-in-waiting from Marion Indiana pursues stardom in pictures. Despite social ties to screen icons and work in Sennett comedies, she relies on earnings from films and family support, arguing fame requires talent and dedication rather than door openings.
The fifteenth annual Fayette county Four-H camp ended Saturday August 12. Over one hundred boys and girls from all parts of the county attended. The camp, located on Laurel Creek between Beck-
Colin Hewitt and Germaine Tremblay ferry a secret letter for Joe Laszarre and stumble into a fog shrouded clue revealing a thieves club tied to Brask the Newark killer. They turn back but vow to locate Lararre while discovering his affection for Germaine.
Colin hides as two men at Bouchard's shack discuss a hijacking plot tied to Dollaire's bootlegging crew. He suspects the conspiracy involves a spy Nazarre pursued earlier and vows to warn Lazarre, plotting a risky overland meeting tonight. The muggy, lampless night heightens the danger.
The leaders listed for the S1 camp include Florence Houghton Mount Flope W F Frazier Layland Hilda De Quasie Oak Hill Julia Fodor Minden Clarence Carte Thur mond Kathleen Britts Milton Propps Beatrice Foster Fayette ville Eva Skaggs Ansted Florence Howard Chester Shaffer and William Price of the State department. County Farm Agent J Haynes Miller led the camp with cooks Ruby Rotan and Ida Turner of Fayette ville.
Gatewood West Virginia reports visitor Miss Virginia Perry of Beckley is in town this week to visit friends and relatives. Oscar Richard hosted a birthday dinner at Kaymoor Tuesday night. Hazel Rodes Florence Rodes and Mrs. Jack Jennings were business visitors in Charleston and Fayetteville respectively, with Carmel Rombeaugh and daughter Margaret also noted.
The text notes visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmies Summerfields Sr this week and reports Mr. and Mrs Maury Richards on the sick list this week.
Ralph Kennedy Bradford the professional hitchhiker known from Ripley’s Believe It or Not visited Beckley over the weekend. He hails from Indianapolis and is a graduate of the Indiana School for the Deaf. Bradford says he has traveled about 39 000 miles in the past ten years.
The Rev Julius Fishbach of Morganton was elected president of the West Virginia Baptist assembly, succeeding Rev Robert F Caverlee of Fredericksburg, Va. Richard Tibbs of Morgantown was elected vice-president.
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