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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1936
Page
2
The Register urges fair judging of both leaders as Roosevelt and Landon plan talks on farmer suffering and relief. Citizens should withhold partisan critique until outcomes emerge, hoping both men act to alleviate drought hardship without prior bias.
The 91 year old Monsignor Thomas Acquinas Quirk will be honored on the sixty sixth anniversary of his priestly novitiate. Friends urged retirement due to age but he requests to continue serving Mass by heart, hoping for a few more years of health and happiness.
The text laments Monsignor Quirk at rest, fearing no longer riding mountain trails on his old horse. It expresses hope that his final sleep will come in spring, with sun on his home, green trees, and clean hill fragrance, honoring a man who dedicated years to serving others.
Exhibitors praise the Smokeless Coal Industrial Exhibition at Mt. Hope and debate expanding similar shows to other fields such as Kana wha and Greenbrier. Manufacturers prefer a single coal show in southern West Virginia with a single consolidated venue and sufficient hotel accommodations.
The oldes t fair in West Virginia opens signaling the start of a new season of farm displays and midways. The piece argues fairs once defined community life but warns they may fade, urging support for harvest festivals that motivate farm families and home economies clubs to improve work despite carnival downsides. It notes Raleigh county’s limited farm base risks fewer fairs and references a Huntington headline about dynamiting rivals and a salesmen recruitment want ad.
A Moundsville Journal editorial argues that suspending Seattle Post employees over a strike threatens press freedom. It condemns broad, punitive picketing by unrelated workers and defends centralized editorial control as essential to an independent newspaper.
Visitors to the Mr. Hope coal show inside the Y M C A building view an automatic stoker and a rope testing setup while speakers note the benefit of the exhibit in drawing interest and selling equipment. Demonstrations include the Long Super Mine car and historic notes on local industry leaders.
In a debate over federal fiscal policy the Roosevelt tax conference triggers Republican protests and speculation. Morgenthau says no tax increase is necessary now while White House officials and lawmakers weigh political implications amid a looming election, heightening public interest in future tax policy.
Editor of The Register presents six reasons he supports Franklin D. Roosevelt. Points include opposing wealth concentration, fulfilling promises to the forgotten man, billions in aid for the needy, banking reforms preventing failures, and protecting small depositors. He cites the Liberty League opposition and urges voting for Roosevelt on the upcoming election day.
Carol and Blake weigh a rushed Christmas split as imminent Florida and Meredith trips loom. Carol fears breaking her sister Milly's home while Blake seeks divorcing Irma and a future together. Tension rises in a quiet, emotional clash over love, duty, and timing.
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