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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1937
Page
6
The Raleigh Register and Sunday Morning from Beckley News Papers Corp lists editorial roles and Associated Press rights. It shows subscription rates for Beckley readers and general policy on signed letters. The issue is dated Thursday February 11 1937.
The piece argues price cutting in liquor retail harms merchants and customers alike. It cites New York City stores cutting brands from $3.29 to 0.69 and 9 cents, with berrocco effects. It favors West Virginia liquor stores for maintaining fair profits and reasonable prices while discouraging bootlegging and binge buying. It warns extreme sales temptations risk widespread overconsumption and harm to individuals.
Mr Kermit Locke spoke to the Lincoln School P T A on legislation to improve the schools system. He argued for higher teacher pay to stabilize the profession and noted that teachers require ongoing education. He challenged free text books as beneficial for equality, noting many families cannot afford books and state provision would place all pupils on equal footing.
The Register editorially blamed General Motors officials for refusing to talk with strike leaders William S Knudsen and John L Lewis in Governor Murphy's office. It argued that renewed dialogue between the factions could yield a settlement more than any punitive action. The piece contrasted Knudsen and Lewis as vastly different figures with open, divergent aims.
Governor Murphy's talks brought together opposing groups in a costly three way standoff. General Motors and labor factions agreed to prolong talks, then reached a settlement. Over 100000 workers resume wages totaling more than 22 million dollars lost during the strike. The key moment was Knudsen facing Lewis in the governor's office.
A contemporary reflections on Lloyd George sixth volume praising American soldiers. He writes that the Americans looked fine as they passed and that they played a decisive role at Villers-Cotterets near the Marne, with eight divisions and bold courage contributing to the Entente victory. The piece notes enduring debate over who won the war and whether the Britons would accept the praise.
The Charleston Gazette rejects a West Virginia League of Municipalities plan to authorize municipal automobile license taxes. Citing Charleston, it calls the revenue idea laughable, arguing extra money would go to dole out to jobholders and sustain political machines rather than feeder street maintenance.
A new congressman in Washington proposes ending leave to print the practice of extending remarks in the Congressional Record with unspoken speeches and quotable padding. The costly annual record is filled with these speeches, deceiving constituents who rarely read the Record, while actual floor speeches deserve more attention. Alexandria Gazette notes the need for less padding and more substance.
A traveling man recalls a bizarre incident near Amherstdale at Dead Man's Curve. He claims a headless man stood by the road, greet the boys with Hello, then vanished. The tale, from the Logan Banner, questions ghost lore and warns against late-night trips along Buffalo Creek.
The resignation of P. D. Shingleton from the post of Superintendent of the Department of Public Safety in West Virginia is noted. Under his leadership the department improved efficiency and earned broad respect across the state. He will become Director of Safety and Personnel for Atlantic Greyhound Lines, and the state hopes for a capable successor chosen by Governor Holt.
The piece recalls Asa Candler’s Coca Cola origins and Ward Wylie’s anecdotes, then pivots to memories of winter apples, a swinging bridge built by the WPA near Mt. View, and a quip about Surveyor as a railroad hub, ending with a wry remark about wheels and centers.
Central Press columnist Charles P Stewart argues that disasters like floods erase wealth and dent economies. Economists say wealth wiped out by calamities reduces a community to poorer state, despite rebuilding efforts.
Xenophon Meeks, veteran boy wonder of baseball, heads to Florida training camps with little cash and much talk. Managers overlook him, and his career remains mythic rumor. He chases a spot since 1920, but no real job, only bunions and Florida snapshots.
Eddie Haws, age thirteen, tumbled through a window and dropped twenty feet to the ground before returning to bed asleep. His father later nailed the window shut as Eddie reportedly woke and said no more pie before bed.
Van Alstyne Texas firemen ponder the expense of a recent blaze call. The department spent four dollars plus a tank of chemical to extinguish a fire in an early model automobile valued at about one dollar fifty, which sustained only light damage.
Anne and Bigelow plan an early start to Westchester to trace missing Lorna Dryden and identify Thorne Dryden’s involvement. They suspect Toppy’s secluded Albany Post Road house near Tarrytown as the hideout and race to unravel the nightclub musings, alibis, and a shifting circle of suspects.
A German researcher studies animal behavior through direct questions and experiments. The book covers dog vision, bird communication, and interspecies friendships, highlighting Ali the dog as a standout.
The Associated Press reports Max Silverman of Lincoln Illinois endures a burglary that stole 163 from his trousers then a fire damaged his warehouse causing 1000 in losses. His wife, en route from Chicago, slipped on ice near a bus and suffered a fractured leg requiring hospital care.
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