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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1937

Page

3

Soprano Mme Rethberg Dresses in Sheiklike Net Cloak

Metropolitan Opera star Mme Elizabeth Rethberg favors a white net cloak with a hood shaped like a sheik burnous. The wrap, fastened by a rhinestone clasp, flows to the floor and flatters a mature figure. She has copied the style in velvet crepe chiffon lace and taffeta for year round use. The accompanying net dress relies on rhinestones for visual interest and a starry effect.

Lilian Campbell Mme Elizabeth Rethberg Metropolitan Opera Company New York Mme. Rethberg Rethberg

Mountain Justice at Lyric features Hutchinson and Brent

A film described as both sociological document and romance plays at the Lyric Friday and Saturday. Josephine Hutchinson as Ruth Harkins returns from education outside to help backwoods children, aided by Dr Guy Kibbee while opposing her fanatic father Robert Barrat.

United States Josephine Hutchinson George Brent Michael Curtiz Miss Hutchinson Ruth Harkins Guy Kibbee Robert Barrat

Love and Mystery in Fair Warning at Lyric

A detective probes a baffling crime in Fair Warning at the Lyric. Betty Furness and John Howard Payne star in a Pictorial backed show set near Death Valley. The couple stay at Paradise Inn as love and danger collide in a desert mystery.

Lyric Betty Furness John Howsard Payne Death Valley Paradise Inn

France Renews Monetary Powers and Joins Currency Shift

Paris reports Camille Chautemps' government granted authority to July 31 to manage finances and adjust the franc removal of gold content limits. Officials say the move aims to let the franc find its own value against foreign currencies.

Associated Press Paris Camille Chautemps Senate Chamber of Deputies

Luncheon Spanish Rice and Sour Milk Cup Cakes Menu

A luncheon menu features Spanish Rice as the special dish with a simple recipe. Includes instructions for sour milk cup cakes using basic pantry ingredients and a note on a yearly cupcake recipe for brides.

Mary Mortod

Bacon Pin Wheels For Late Evening Snacks

A home economist explains bacon pin wheels as an easy snack for guests. She says to spread bread with cream cheese and wrap two slices of bacon around each, then broil slowly until the bacon cooks through and the cheese melts. Serve immediately.

Inez Willson Home Economist

Poems That Live The Rovers Adieu Excerpt

Fragmented verse from Rokeby notes a weary maid and weary fate as a rider bids farewell. Imagery contrasts June and winter and hints at a soldierly mien and a charger turning shoreward while a final adieu echoes through the lines.

the Rovers Evermore Walter

France Faces Currency Strain As Equalization Funds Deplete

The French franc may slip toward four cents in value after Finance Minister George Bonnet warned that France's equalization fund is exhausted. The move follows decades of coordinated currency support by France, the United States, and Britain to stabilize exchange rates amid postwar trade.

France Renee United States Great Britain George Bonnet

Different Forms of Vitamin D

Dr Logan Clendening explains forms and sources of Vitamin D. Sunlight, fish liver oils, milk and eggs provide D. ergosterol from corn can be irradiated to produce viosterol. Rats show a measurable response, while irradiated ergosterol does not affect chickens. humans resemble rats in response. Adults synthesize much of their Vitamin D. children need supplementation through fish oils or similar foods.

Logan Clendening

Parnell Forsakes Country for Woman's Love in Beckley

Clark Gable and Myrna Loy star in Parnell at Beckley theater a film praised as Ireland's epic battle for freedom. The story follows Charles Stewart Parnell from 1880s New York to Ireland his political rise the Phoenix Park murders trial and his romance with Katie O'Shea whose scandal ends his political career.

Ireland House of Commons Parnell Phoenix Park Katie O'Shea Katie Eltham O'Shea

Elephant Boy at Beckley Palace Brings Sabu and Giant Elephant

Alexander Korda's Elephant Boy based on Kipling's Toomai of the Elephants screens Friday and Saturday at Beckley. The film follows 12 year old Indian boy Sabu and his famed elephant Iravatha as he seeks to become a great hunter on a perilous adventure.

Presa Stockholm Carl Jo Han Sweden Custaf Adedé Margaret Hiis Alexander Korda Rudyard Kipling Toomai The the Beckley Funn Nanann Ban Babu Iravatha Sabu

Love on screen at the Pulace Beck ley and Lyric

European locales filmed Helen Mack meets the man she loves in You Can t Buy Luck at the Pulace on Wednesday and Thursday. Myrna Loy and Clark Gable fall in love in Parnell at the Beck ley today. Tyrone Power and Loretta Young are shown with Adolphe Menjou in Cafe Metropole at the Lyric today.

Helen Mack Pulace Myrna Loy Clark Gable

Women Stars Play at Lyric in Call Ke A Day

Olivia de Havilland and Anita Louise headline the Lyric lineup with Call Ke A Day. The cast includes Frieda Ines cort Tan Hunter Roland Young and Walter Weal King as a web of romantic and social entanglements amid a shift to Top of the Morning from WILW Cincinnati.

Olivia de Havilland Anita’ Louise Lyric Tan Hunter Frieda Inescort Olivia de Haviland Light Brigade Peter Willes London Bonita Granville Brat Miss Inescort Roland Young Alice Brady Anita Louise Miss de Haviland Walter Weal King Peggy Woorf Marcia Ralston WILW Cincinnati

Minister Calls Martinsburg Assistant at Presbyterian Church

The First Presbyterian church voted to invite Rev. George W. Heston of Bancroft South Dakota to become assistant to Pastor Rev. S. R. Diehl in Martinsburg.

Associated Press Martinsburg First Presbyterian Church George W. Heston Bancroft, S. D S. R. Diehl

Theater Schedule Highlights Weekly Film Lineup

Beckley shows wide week of screenings including Parnell with Clark Gable and Myrna Loy at Beekley and Palace presenting Navy Spy and Trait of Vengeance. Tyrone Power Loretta Young at Cafe Metropole. other titles include Call It a Day, You Cant Buy Luck and Elephant Boy with Mountain Justice and Riders of the Rockies.

Beekley Ann Southern Olivia de Havilland Anita Louise Ian Hunter Palace Helen Mack Redkley Gene Raymond Ann Sothern Lytic Hetty Furness Reckley Lyric Josephine Hutchinson George Brent Tow Ritter Beckley Mountain Justice Tex Ritter

You Cant Buy Luck at the Palace

A race track tale follows wealthy owner Onslow Stevens who funds charities from superstition. He loves but upends his beliefs until a murder mystery exposes motives. Helen Mack co stars with a strong supporting cast including Hedda Hopper and Maxine Jennings.

Palace Onslow Stevens Helen Mack Stevens Vinton Hlaworth Maxine Jennings Hedda Hopper Paul Cruisfoyle Murray Alper Dudley Clements Frank M. Thomas Barbara Pepper Richard Lane Edgar Norton

Mounties Come to Palace in The Silent Code

An action picture from the northwest titled The Silent Code screens at the Palace Tuesday only. The Royal Mounties’ outdoor exploits headline Kane Richmond in this adventurous film.

Northwest Kane Richmond

Sothern stars in There Goes My Girls at Beckley

Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond shift from light comedies to a dramatic thriller about rival newspaper reporters who fall in love. The city editor opposes their marriage, creating crises. Supporting cast includes Joan Woodbury Gordon Jones Richard Lane and others.

Ann Sothern Gene Raymond Raymond Miss Sothern Joan Woodbury Gordon Jones Richard Lane Frank Jenks Bradley Page Maxine Jennings William Cerson Marla Shelton

Cafe Metropole at Lyric stars Power and Loretta Young

Tyrone Power and Loretta Young headline a gay light continental romance set among Parisian nightlife. Adolphe Menjou schemes to mask Tyrone Power as Prince Alexis Panaiots to win Loretta Young and a marriage settlement while a rich American patron arrives with his family. Miss Woodsbury performs a notable El Toreador caps dance.

Tyrone Power Loreta Young Cafe Metropole Adolphe Menjou Thore Charles Winninger Helen Westley Miss Young Menjou Tyrone Prince Alexis Panaiots Loretta

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