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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1937
Page
2
The Beckley Mercantile board plans a complete study of traffic and parking laws before a city council meeting to seek revisions. They cite complaints from merchants and citizens and discuss forming a committee led by E. D. Armstrong to confer with city authorities.
Miss Barbara Jeanne Baker of Grafton has been chosen as a princess-at-large for the eighth Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins on October 7 to 9, by United States Senator Mansfield Neely. The Beckley Labor Day celebration featured a secret committee soliciting merchant funds to cover festival costs and a city-wide plan to attract thousands of union members. A new membership drive aims to raise the association to 100, with 54 already onboard, and a fall opening with ads is planned. The board also voted to oppose the Black Connery wage hour bill, sending telegrams to Senators Neely and Holt.
A federal state cooperative crop report predicts a bumper year for West Virginia crops with better yields across fields and orchards. Corn stands at 13 784 000 bushels up 28 percent from 1936 and 34 percent above the five year average. oats, winter wheat, buckwheat, potatoes and tobacco also show sizable gains though hay harvesting is hindered by wet weather.
In the past year Paris residents faced a 22 percent increase in living costs while the broader France outside Paris saw about a 23 percent rise in the same period.
Fayetteville jailer R L Maynor jokes about prisoners with red hair being rare while blondes are seen for fighting and wounding. He notes murder suspects skew blonde as he comments on temperament and “criminal face.” The piece then shifts to a fisheries bulletin on larger trout stocking trends.
GRAFTON United States Army engineers offered to trade two government buildings for a new park pavilion but the town refused. High river waters sank the pavilion at Grafton park during dam work. Officials say engineers would repair the pavilion, then proposed two buildings instead, which were rejected. St Peter's in Rome is listed with 227,069 square feet.
Radium continues to be the world’s costliest element at roughly $700000 an ounce, reflecting its rarity and critical use in science and medicine. The high price underscores ongoing demand and limited supply in niche applications.
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