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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1937

Page

6

Eagle Scout hopeful James Hornbeck approved by council

At a Besoco court of honor for the Winding Gulf section of Raleigh county, James Hornbeck of Besoco filed for the Eagle Scout rank. His application was approved and will be sent to the National Court of Honor for action after earning merit badges in numerous skills during three years of service.

Besoco Gulf Secion Raleigh County Boy Scouts of America Even Ing James Hornbeck Soco Eagle Scout Court of Honor National Court of Honor For Action Hornbeck Montreal Bruce Roberts Reese Tabor Landon Gillispie James Lawless Virgil Pompie Geo. Nia Billy Meadows Lawrence Lachney William Crysel Billy Pompie James Lilly Robert “Matherly Fred Yowell Ray *Shrewsberry S. D. Ferguson sEd Ferguson R. C. Swim Rhodell Troop T. S. McElrath R. G. Ellis R. Cc. Swim G. E .Win J. E. Fisher Mr. Tilley Beckley Memorial ‘Building Mt. View ‘School H.F. Kinsey Charleston Woodrow Wilson High School Beckley End Raleigh Tanaford Stanaford Marcellus Gwinn O. F. Meredith Ira Amburgy John T. Peyton L. M. Bryant Fred Freeman Johnie George Ray H. Gravely Garth Harrah Raymond Itier Robert Scott James Wallen Eugene Warden Donald Young

Roosevelt Seeks Cautious Decline of Relief and Child Labor Action

President's budget message urges gradual curtailment of relief, expansion of private reemployment, and swift ratification of a child labor amendment by 19 states. It projects 1938 revenues of 7.29 billion with 7.69 billion in outlays, forecasts a balanced budget and reduced debt after 1939, and hints at reviving NRA style wage and hour standards through new legislation.

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G M C faces union demand as talks drift into hard line

President Alfred P Sloan Jr of G M C rejects a UAW sole bargaining agency while pledging no dictation on jobs and maintaining a 40 hour week. Seniority rules stay intact as production speed and wages are debated amid sharp exchanges. Homer Martin emerges as U A W A national president and a rising labor voice before the Kansas wheat note.

United Auto Workers G. M.C Gage Ailfred P. Sloan Jr M.C Unon M. C Homer Martin Jewell College Missouri

Bus Driver III Quits After Illness

Besoco D. C. Lilly of Coal City reports Grover Walker has left his job driving a school bus due to a two month stomach ailment and plans not to drive again this year. The piece also notes the Agricultural Statistics Service began in 1839 with a $2000 congressional appropriation.

Register Besoco D. C. Lilly Coal City Grover Walker Walker Government Agricultural Statistics Service Congress

Honoring Sormerville Names School After Local Figures

County education board dedicates the new junior high in memory of late Lewis C Sormerville, former board member and attorney. The senior high is named John T Withers School to honor Mason Mountain native and New York educator.

Associated Press Point Pleasant County Board of Education Lewis C. Sormerville John T. Withers Withers Mason Mountain New York

Hitler's Colony government in France and Axis Allies

The article outlines the presence of Germans and Italian Fascists in insurgent columns and notes French and Russian sympathizers along with anti-Fascist Germans and Italians in Loyalist forces. It also comments on Italy's position amid British and French pressure seeking a clear stance on intervention in Spain.

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