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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1933
Page
4
A Beckley banquet in Woodrow Wilson High gym hosted Rotarians Kiwanians and Lions with teachers as diners. The writer recalls washing 140 diners 1,700 unwashed dishes as Alfonso the helper struggled with knives and forks amid campus notables and a lively musical backdrop.
Wall Street activity showed prices drifting lower after a dull session with a 806,073 share tally. Steel and United States Steel favored stocks eased. American Telephone and Borden and other majors sagged modestly as dividend expectations clouded the market.
The Ebenezer Baptist Church will hold Sunday services with Rev. P F King delivering a morning sermon The Valley of Dry Bones and an evening talk on The Deliverance From Egyptian Bondage All members and friends are urged to attend. The Stratton High School drama club plans Lookin Lovely a comedy to be shown Friday at Stratton auditorium at 8 p m Skillful local theater troupe presents a tale of a young orphaned girl and bustling characters amid a plot of money and promotion.
The annual report of State Fire Marshal C O Stahlmann shows Raleigh County 1932 fire losses at 138650, a 76 percent drop from 1931. Buildings suffered most damage with 107600 in loss and total losses reached 32 of 68 fires reported.
Funeral services will be conducted in Oak Hill today for the infant child of Mr and Mrs Ernest Parrish of Oak Hill whose death occurred yesterday. The infant lived only three days from birth. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery with Thomas Funeral Home in charge. Mrs Parrish before her marriage was Miss Pansy Terry daughter of K W Terry of Oak Hill.
In Charleston West Virginia discussions center on injecting a Canadian liquor control plan into the state prohibition debate. The Butcher repeal proposal faces amendments on taxation and regulation while some lawmakers seek to keep saloons out. Delegates weigh compromise as two-thirds approval by the next legislature is required.
Professor Claudine Gray was awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor by Ambassador Claudel of France for advancing French culture in the United States.
The eighth profile in a cabinet series highlights Henry A Wallace as a leading candidate for secretary of agriculture. Wallace, editor of a farm publication, supported Roosevelt, advised the president-elect, and advocates policies including voluntary domestic allotment, silver remonetization, war debt relief, currency inflation, tariff revision, trade reciprocity, and recognition of Soviet Russia.
Senate leaders clash over the prohibition enforcement fund after the House trimmed the budget from 9 120 000 to 8 440 000 for next year. Senator Sheppard appeals to block taping and informer hiring. Senator Blaine says the cut is not enough. others call for more drastic action to avoid undermining the 18th Amendment enforcement.
The Associated Press reports London obituary notices the death of George Saintsbury a renowned British literary critic and wine connoisseur at age 87. He was celebrated as the foremost English authority on French literature and long served as professor of rhetoric and literature at Edinburgh University.
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