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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1937
Page
4
Raiford Watkins is mentioned in a Raleigh Register entry in the Beckley West Virginia publication. The note appears to be a shorthand or byline reference within the newspaper’s front matter.
The New York Daily News rails against constant yes men in industry and the army, urging thoughtful dissent in marriage, work, and politics. It cites Roosevelt and Baldwin, notes Washington's no to a third term, and argues productive progress comes from needed no’s even as sleep remains a paradox in modern life.
A discussion on a proposed legislative probe into campaign charges against the West Virginia liquor commission, Governor Kump's removal of two members, and views on liquor law regulation. The piece pivots to a comparison of European debt moratorium responses under WWI aftermath, noting France's stance and Maginot line history as context for American attitudes.
Officials of all degrees and relatives of commissioners would be targeted to quell objections to state traffic conduct. If more objections exist, a full legislative probe is urged to reveal them.
State police warn youthful hitch hikers that Thumb method travel can be dangerous after two Williamstown boys were held up near Charleston by men who picked them up on the Midland trail. The incident echoes the Dollman tragedy and urges caution when encountering strangers on the road.
The New Year opens with a calm mood yet overlays a war scare, strike wave, Christmas debts, a new Congress, and a cold. The New Yorker notes the tensions alongside ordinary postholiday concerns.
The article recalls Royal coal history with T. E. Bibb linking Raleigh county figures to the statehouse. It notes James Kay Thomas, J. Alfred Taylor, and J. Alex Tinsley, plus a marble Henry Gassaway Davis statue near Charleston’s Y M C A. The Kings of Raleigh county chairs, the Kanawha county Capitol, and Ballard’s trip to Schenectady and Washington are also described with period tone.
Washington column analyzes Senator Arthur Vandenberg and Representative Hamilton Fish as they plot a revived Republican Party. It notes Vandenberg’s unlikely bid for the 1940 GOP nomination and Fish’s vice presidential ambitions, with emphasis on party repair after recent defeats and internal leadership dynamics.
A collection of humorous quips and observations about family, politics, and society from 1937. The piece riffs on Christmas gifts, a Chicago incident, January moods, fashion notes, and upcoming war talk with a satirical tone. It references public figures and cultural trends of the era.
A critical sketch of F. Yeats-Brown's Lancer At Large, a nostalgic travel memoir. The reviewer traces the author’s return to youth memories after Flight from London, his India journeys, visits to Gandhi and yogis, and the book’s blend of history, spirituality, and cultural observations.
On the marble steps of the Temple of Heaven in Peiping a crowd of about 50,000 watched five narcotics traffickers executed as part of a government campaign. The dawn duel near the southern precinct of the city highlighted harsher penalties after a year of edicts demanding detox or death.
Madison Wisconsin governor Philip F La Follette's party gained control of both houses. Progressive speakers were elected for the senate and assembly and the progressive slate won the senate committee on committees.
A figure in Schenectady plans to observe whatever others are doing and offers Bug Dust an invitation to join. The path for participation remains unclear as details are not visible.
On Broadway life and legends, George Tucker recalls James Barton’s food, Tilly Losch’s Hollywood hints, multi language New York papers, and St Patrick’s Episcopal in Dublin. The piece notes stars’ brief peaks, Maurice Sterne’s past as a bartender, and a notable night when Robert Long heckled William A. Brady during The Great Gatsby. It also mentions Sidney Kingsley’s hours, Margaret Perry’s lineage, Burgess Meredith’s wife, and aviator James Mattern from San Angelo.
A Washington Day Book column traces the wage hour clash as Senator Robinson weighs a constitutional amendment while Senator O Mahoney proposes federal licenses for interstate corporations to enforce maximum hours and minimum wages. FDR sees danger in broad regulation as labor strikes loom and economic risks mount.
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