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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1937
Page
3
The piece argues that taking food from citizens prompts uprisings and predicts Hitler will fall after a prolonged struggle. It condemns the regime for indoctrination and food seizures, calling for democracy to prevail against dictators like Hitler and Mussolini through popular action.
An editorial discusses the Massachusetts method requiring voters to select each candidate, arguing it reduces party ticket domination. It notes Ohio petition efforts to test the plan, though signatures fell short, and urges continued exploration and possible nationwide trial to settle the value of straight ticket voting.
The Wheeling Intelligencer opens an editorial criticizing the South’s label within the Democratic party. It cites leaders such as Vice President John Nance Garner of Texas and Speaker William B. Bankhead as emblematic figures.
Bug Dust column note from Charles Higgins en route to China, writing from Cristobal Canal Zone. He reports safe first leg completion, planning the Panama Canal passage, healthy and gaining weight, and details aboard Maersk Line ship, including a new radio beam, fog horn woes, and reading Gone With the Wind. He mentions mail plans, sailing around August 16, and a Danish navigation student aboard. He closes with August 13 reflections and casual remarks about Fridays the 13th.
The speaker muses on the end of the dog days and hints that youths may roam streams without old women warning them of imagined sores. They praise past restraint by women during the so called Dark Ages and contrast ancient prudence with modern medical reasoning for myriad ailments.
The speaker muses on the absence of a major pestilence since the 1918 influenza outbreak. They recall a flapper recounting the era and note perceived moral decline. References to Spain, China, Detroit, Beckley, and other global concerns are offered as supporting context for expectant doom.
An observer recalls a camp of about a dozen boys at Harry Adam Stansbury’s home. They inhabit improvised quilts tents, jokily termed an ammunition tent, with one boy brandishing a rubbery long knife. The scene blends playful frontier fantasy with mock skirmishes and wasps adding comic peril.
Central Press columnist assesses 1940 Republican prospects. Farley singles out Michigan Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg as the GOP’s natural choice, noting few other Republicans now sound presidential. He argues the next nominee must be a mild liberal, with Vandenberg as the likely pick if trends hold.
Zadok Dumbkopf, a tongue in cheek challenger, claims a bout with Joe Louis. He jokes about training and fingerprints, cites being out of town on June 16, and misreads gate receipts while clowning through the interview.
In a dim wall street basement range in lower Manhattan a group of professionals from law medicine journalism and finance train as expert pistol shooters. Notable members include detective fiction writer Kurt Steel Olympic coach Morris A Doob lawyer Karl T Frederick and publisher Mitchell Kennerly Jr among others who practice with meticulous care after office hours.
Bankhead and Barkley lead Senate remarks on a defining year with Hugo Black of Alabama nominated as Associated Justice. The address signals a new definition for the South and shifts in constitutional interpretation.
Dixon Wecter’s The Saga of American Society is discussed as a detailed yet imperfect source on social history from 1607 to today, noting dramatic anecdotes about McAllister, Kahn, and Gibson illustrations while questioning factual accuracy. William Saroyan’s Little Children is deemed social study but uneven in linguistic play. Duranty’s One Life One Kopeck is a melodramatic Communist view of Russia with a complex plot and tragic ending.
Kay Crandon hires Ted Gaynor to protect her Lazy Nine ranch from Josh Hastings who aims to buy and wed Kay. Ted defeats Scrap Johnson who molested Kay, they duel, Hastings kills Scrap with Ted’s gun, Marion’s nursing saves Ted, and Kay’s legal protest halts the murder trial before Hastings abducts Kay to a cellar.
Kay confronts Josh Hastings in a dim cellar where he grips her arm and declares plans to force marriage to secure her cooperation. He hints at using Kay to pin a murder suspect, while Kay schemes to outsmart him and save her friend Ted Gaynor, who faces a death sentence.>The scene ends with Hastings fleeing, vowing to return for Kay.
A fragmented review notes the work’s harsh cruelty and lyrical prose, challenging its effectiveness as communist propaganda or a love tale. The author’s writing captivates at moments, but the overall political alignment remains unconvincing amid vivid scenes across six or seven thin pages.
Sunday afternoon in Bluefield baseball fans saw a car roll from a curb and plunge onto railroad tracks. The driverless vehicle rolled away and no one was hurt.
In Clarksburg Frank Andy recalls tossing an overripe banana onto a shelf three years ago. He now guards it, insisting the banana is petrified. In Washington a national capitol corridor runs 750 feet beneath both chambers, linking the senate and house.
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