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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1937
Page
4
Raleigh Register issue dated Friday afternoon July 9 1937 printed under Beckley Newspapers Corp. advertising pages list Associated Press rights and submission guidance. The notice confirms circulation details, subscription rates, and editorial policy while crediting the paper to J Raiford Watkins and The Associated Press.
The Duce leverages Fascist party members and public officials to subscribe to the Popolo d Italia, aiming for about 2.5 million readers. At four lire a year it could bring roughly ten million dollars yearly from subscriptions and ads, touting American press freedom as a contrast.
The piece recalls how ancestors of Ethel and Franklin Roosevelt and du Pont backed the Reformation in sixteenth century France and spread to the New World seeking religious tolerance. It notes enduring differences between the families but underscores early Dutch and French contributions shaping America.
Col C C Tallaman recounts a highway tale from Morgantown about police and reckless driving. A state trooper stops a fast car carrying children and calms a frightened girl by warning that her father risks killing her if he continues. The story underscores safer driving without graphic detail.
Gardeners welcome disease and pest immunity in crops as breeders focus on flow changes. Asparagus cabbage and spinach already show immune traits with other vegetables in progress. Nurserymen adopted this, leading to rust-proof snapdragons wilt-free asters and hopes for hollyhocks roses phlox and more.
A fifteen story skeleton rises in Zlin Koslovakia featuring a grass wrapped wall and a standout elevator system intended to shuttle executives between floors for inspections of various departments as construction progresses.
The writer riffs on a controversial book titled Who Called noting it mocks convention and reaches Washington. He bites at lawyers doctors priests and engineers with humor about witness stands taxes and hidden motives. He mentions Amato Sam Co Gen Store and Raleigh County Bank building and reports L A Mauck and J A Evans trips and Whitesville election outcomes. The piece blends local color with sharp observations and personal hero worship of Harry D Chambers and his father Joseph Chambers.
Charles P. Stewart notes Roosevelt dodged a direct answer about a possible third term, leaving Washington newspapers buzzing. He points out the move would complicate his current second term and cautions it could trigger an immediate anti third term outcry while preserving the aura of a policy-driven administration.
A humorous家庭 column describes Joe banning his wife relatives from vacations at their home. Relatives from Aunt Agatha to Cousin Zeke overwhelmed the house, with Lula Belles crew of 17 and her fifth husband, Myopic Blank, causing chaos. Joe quits the home life, buys an airplane, and heads toward Russia to avoid further visits.
In New York on Lexington Avenue a pharmacist displays colorful bottles behind a glass pane, entertaining passersby as he explains the blue water and dangerous chemistry. The scene draws a crowd while a mysterious long range gunboat looms at a pier, intriguing pedestrians and baffling officials.
President Roosevelt hosted about 350 lawmakers on Jefferson Island in Chesapeake Bay. The talks focused on enacting the court reform including Hatch’s formula to appoint one new justice annually while preserving a nine member court. Critics expected little action this session but returned unsure after debate.
Postmaster General Farley says Congress will not adjourn until the court bill and executive reorganization bill pass. He joins cabinet aides at Jefferson Island to shape lawmakers. Critics say the two bills would transfer vast power to the President, though Farley admits party unease amid bay breeze chatter.
An observer questions a sprawling office arrangement claiming it wastes space and confuses staff. The piece riffs on possible fixes such as a conveyor belt system or a Chaplin style monitoring screen to force productivity.
Scanning new books shows The Brothers Sackville by G D H and M Cole as a standout mystery. Two Birmingham and Brondesbury households frame a single murder with minimal characters, a logical solution, and a casual detective, avoiding Holmesian heroics.
Kay Crandon spurns Josh Hastings and hires Ted Gay Nor at the Lazy Nine. Ted foils a plan to torch the forest for a job, while Kay’s ranch house burns. Hastings is branded a snake as Kay faces a mortgage blow but regroups with Ted’s help to rebuild with the outfit.
Kay Crandon plans to rebuild with timber after fire, spurning Josh Hastings auction offer. She eyes Old Man Warren's ridge for timber, while Aunt Kate questions the scheme and Hastings pressures Kay about the insurance money and mortgage. Kay heads to secure Warren timber as danger of opposition grows.
A columnist profiles a resident known for a keen sense of humor and quick wit. The piece highlights how their humor lightens daily life and how friends and neighbors react to their lively, playful remarks.
In Moscow the central executive committee of the U S S R met for likely the last time to ratify a new constitution era election law. Joseph Stalin and the politburo members appeared as 400 delegates and 2,000 spectators applauded. The law guarantees universal suffrage secret voting and direct election of all representatives replacing the old pyramid system for local soviet elections.
Under President Lazaro Carde nas health program 11 925 077 Mexicans two thirds of the country's population have been vaccinated against smallpox in the last three years.
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