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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1935
Page
4
The Raleigh Register notes its publication by Beckley Newspapers Corporation and post office filing in Beckley West Virginia. The Managing Editor and Associated Press news dispatches are cited as the paper's rights for publication.
With 78 new troopers added after the last legislative session, West Virginia expands state police coverage across the state. The rookie graduates bring trained mobility from Charleston to Beckley, enabling rapid reinforcement to districts like Raleigh county’s Coal River area, reflecting a nationwide shift to state wide policing.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway mourns the loss of its president J. J. Bennett a practical executive versed in all railroading aspects. He fostered air conditioned trains to revive passenger traffic and directed freight service improvements to speed shipments across the lines.
Bennet, a New York native son of Swiss immigrant parents, rose from humble beginnings to become a railroad expert known as a "doctor of sick railroads." He left the blacksmith shop for the rail and transformed the C. & O. during a downturn, reviving service and restoring patron confidence.
Deserters from the Italian army, three to five daily, are arriving at Innsbruck as spring opens Alpine passes. They report fleeing to escape African service. An American press correspondent in Rome notes the Abyssinian expedition lacks unanimous Italian support, with the king reportedly unfavorable. The piece questions the regime’s morale driven by strict military discipline and notes possible malingerers within the armed forces.
An Oxford historian suggests red headed students show poorer performance in history studies. The claim references figures like Washington and Jefferson as exceptions who allegedly “made it up as they went along,” indicating a provocative hypothesis about hair color and academic ability.
Report notes mental health cases in France tied to long sun exposure. The article invokes distant poetic allusion to a brown maid.
A novel method reveals fingerprints left on fabric enabling a sun burn victim who was slapped on the back to identify his assailant. The breakthrough could aid investigations by recovering prints from clothing where others failed.
The racket has landed abroad and London papers debate the impossibility of getting rich through chain letters. In such schemes, natural consequences prevail as the scheme collapses.
A writer notes American youth need not claim sole ascent to power, citing figures like Lloyd George once raised by a cobbler, Ramsay MacDonald from poverty, Aristide Briand, Pierre Laval, Massaryk, Mussolini, and Hoover as leaders who started life as laboring or humble workers.
Washington daybook notes Rep Kenny of New Jersey has introduced H R 8540 to create a government supervised billion dollar lottery. A subcommittee held hearings, a petition seeks floor action this session, and the National Conference for Legalized Lotteries backs the measure. The plan would take 40 percent of a $2 ticket with 60 percent in prizes, including a top award not exceeding $120,000. Tickets would be sold at post offices, with 1.25 billion annual tickets projected for $2.5 billion revenue and odds of 20,833 to 1 against a winner. Proponents argue it would keep millions in the U S, citing foreign lottery losses, and cite historical examples such as a lighthouse lottery record by Samuel Seabury.
Hollywood boy Don Dean who built a South American image as a singer and club owner returns to New York en route to Hollywood. He married the daughter of a South American railroad magnate and runs clubs in Argentina while awaiting studio interest. Dean stresses his American identity despite years abroad.
A reminiscence notes an actor might still serve as a background figure in a Hollywood picture band if he lacked natural poise. It also mentions a shift in bread pricing on the East Side with bread now selling at 1 cent per slice.
A satirical survey mocks former Senator Hatfield blaming a younger foe for beating him while lampooning Alaska colonists and other oddities. The piece parodies social currents with gags about hairdressers stammerers and club secrets as a tramp on a golf green prompts a quip about club membership.
A Knights of Columbus delegation urged President Roosevelt to protest U S government interference in Catholic worship in Mexico and to back Senator Borah’s call for a Senate Foreign Relations Committee inquiry. Roosevelt was cordial and reportedly interested, with no mention of Ambassador Daniels amid Catholic criticism of early Mexico tensions.
Cassidy Wright, 16, a high school student from Enid Oklahoma, rode hitchhiking through eight states covering about 3000 miles with only five dollars and fifty cents in capital.
Lew Ayres moves into producer roles and homemade sound shorts on 16 millimeter film while acting in Silk Hat Kid with two more projects ahead. Hollywood hosts formal Anna Karenina preview with Garbo March and an invisible Martini test. Child actors praised as natural performers with Muni noting early fluency and belief in character.
The Morgantown Nash Company of Morgantown was granted a charter today in Charleston with capital stock details outlined in the AP report. The filing marks the establishment of a new motor firm aiming to expand its operations regionally.
Laurie impersonates Rex Moore’s wife to protect his job, a deception rooted in past hardship shared with her sister Gladys. Rex then departs to rescue airmen in Central Africa while Laurie scolds Gladys for her casual behavior toward Jimmy Smith.
In this tense chapter, Laurie's sister Gladys probes a rich suitor's intentions while Rex Moore's return strains their marriage. Mark Albery confronts Laurie with a volatile confession claiming he loves her, threatening the delicate balance of their covert lives as he asserts control and signals a looming reckoning.
Frank J. Sigwert, Henry Bennett Jr., and Frank S. Kenyon, all of Morgantown, are named as the incorporators of a new charter with capital of 2500 dollars.
East Liverpool O July 9 leaders at the 43rd annual convention of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters indicated last night they will ask the convention to favor additional tariff barriers against foreign pottery imports. The domestic market is threatened by Japan and European manufacturers due to low production costs. Wage increases here are making competition difficult, convention officials James J. McGown of East Liv-
Liverpool appoints a new vice president succeeding Thomas M. Woods of Sibling, C., as the sixth in the role. The change marks a leadership transition within the organization and reflects ongoing governance updates.
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