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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1937
Page
4
The season is celebrated by Christians and non Christians alike as a day of peace and goodwill. The piece reflects on shared joy across races and creeds, the spirit of Yuletide, and the memory of the Savior while noting global struggles that limit happiness in some regions.
The French government announces gifts of 100000 francs to the University of Denver and the University of Colorado for language, fine arts, and science books. Lists of books will come from France, selections made by the universities, and funds sent after notification. The piece argues such exchanges promote understanding and reduce conflict among nations.
Washington stories float about January address to Congress. He may push a staunch New Deal defense blaming business and psychology for the recession. The piece notes past presidents’ speeches are often previewed to gauge public reaction.
The Beckley county court rejects turning the courthouse grounds into parking. Instead it approves landscaping by experts to transform the central area into a beautified garden, easing the drab feel of buildings and streets while satisfying motorists’ needs elsewhere.
Frento Gagalone sends Christmas and New Year greetings to Sicily and Cincinnati with two dollar flowers for a late daughter’s grave. Ned Lilly delivers the wires for $1.10, with deliveries on Christmas Day. Other items recall trips on the C&O Railroad, a cautious contractor, holly conservation, and a festive Grove Street tableau with a cross shaped pine crown and Bethlehem star. The author extends season's greetings to about 7,500 subscribers and wishes a serene, contented Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
The piece argues tariff policy harms Southern farmers by keeping world prices from American cotton and products, aligning with northern manufacturers. It critiques Hawley Smoot 1930 and warns that excluding South from interstate markets could curb Southern production, destroy industries, and threaten federal balance by empowering a few states.
In the Philippines during early American occupation a top sergeant used a mocked amok boat to quell a native threat near his detachment. After a native headman protested, the sergeant claimed the craft was amok and utterly irresponsible, highlighting tensions between military action and diplomacy.
A collage of wit and whimsy touching on college life myths, national politics, naval missteps, social security, language roots, dating banter, traffic bravado, and mock Mussolini quips. It skewers boisterous boasting, bureaucratic absurdities, and public trends with a light, ironic tone.
LEGO-Members of the Stoco high school faculty are visiting relatives during holidays. Principal J. L. Hornbeck and Mrs. Hornbeck travel to Buckhannon to visit their parents and other relatives. Miss Catherine Minton stays with her parents in Jonesville Virginia. Edith Lindamood visits Mt Hope and Beckley. Lucille Richards joins her husband in Salem Virginia for a vacation with relatives. Helen Ward Leber spends holidays at home in Beckley. Swansie Pauley is visiting.
Robbin Coons narrates Hal Roach guiding Vittorio Mussolini’s Hollywood visit amid fresh Studio repainting. The old Our Gang site in New Orleans Colonial is revamped into a bright Roach factory as Columbia once did with It Happened One Night. Roach shifts from pies to "big ideas" as changes loom.
Nelda, a college dropout with dark eyes and hair, travels with Reck and Beck to the Pajaro Valley. A lavish Los Roses estate and patrician mother reveal class tension as Nelda confronts an interfering future husband and a family ruined by fire and financial ruin.
The record identifies the parents of an individual as Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Grimm of Athens, noting their residence in the story’s context.
Rhode ll Rhodell The Rhodeses Gun club holds a shooting match at the park by Tommy Creek Volley starting at 10 a m. Dr T G McConnell announced. Members listed include B C Minter O D Compton Bud Sanders O Dell Haynes Mack McKinsey and Rev W S Overstreet.
The U.S. circuit court invalidated 1,012 laws enacted by Puerto Rico’s legislature through resolutions dating back to 1902. The ruling highlights extensive legal action against local statutes.
The Texas Weekly warns that establishing a federal system is a path toward dictatorship while contrasting Mussolini’s Roma admiration with Caesar’s idol. It cites Seneca on the harms of conquest and murder, noting Italy’s “glorious destiny” and Ethiopia.
Roy Ray Rhodell and Helen Negro were tied to a wrist watch theft. Ray faced a preliminary hearing before Magistrate J. K. Cole and remained jailed on a $1,000 bond awaiting grand jury action. Ray, arrested by Conservator Arlie Taylor Thursday, allegedly stole a $30 watch from Rose Freeman.
Rhode ll S D Lawson, Frances miner, was stricken ill Monday night and taken to Beckley hospital. Doctor C C Wilson of Frances diagnosed pulmonary hemorrhages.
John Carson of Polk Nebraska discovered a forgotten ten hundred dollar check while cleaning an old pair of overalls. The find highlights the unexpected remnants a person may stash or misplace in personal belongings.
A note on animal pest control contrasts owls and hawks with domestic cats. It claims Maine uniquely does not hold state elections in November, highlighting unusual voting timing.
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