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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1927
Page
4
A national view argues sports and business expose weak public sympathy for arson while noting rising prosecutions. The piece stresses there is no excuse for arson done in cold blood to gain wealth and damages to property.
The piece condemns arson as a crime that endangers life and harms national welfare for insurance gains. It urges the National Board of Fire Underwriters and Fire Marshals of America to intensify efforts and pursue stricter, swifter punishment.
The county bought the poor farm in 1919 for 88500 and later sold a portion for 812,500 above the initial price, netting 84,000 for insiders. Dan Workman and Amos Stover led a scheme to profit at the county’s expense, an action condemned by the piece as dishonest and deserving of consequence.
A plea to vehicle owners to replace burned records with pink Replacement Planks for State Road Commission title records. Urges MR AUTOMOBILE and MR TRUCK OWNER to act immediately to avoid garage lockout and community paralysis on January 1, 1928. No fee required.
The report notes the farm sold at a good profit yet states the sale does not excuse their offense, implying accountability remains.
Railroads have pushed campaigns to recruit new workers and rolled out policies once unknown a decade ago. Public relations stress the link between worker welfare and corporate success, with stockownership and shared prosperity tying management and staff. Reduced freight receipts and travel lower revenue, affecting both groups, while fuel savings and better service boost earnings for all.
A Canton editorial condemns Don Mellett and the verdicts against Senge and Lengel as a grim exposure of an underworld entwined with officials. It argues the Mellett crusade revealed harsh truths about crime and respectability, urging fearless independent journalism as moral duty. Also notes Sacco and Vanzetti hunger strike amid renewed public doubt and faith in Governor Fuller’s review.
Secretary Hoover told the President that Red Cross funds and government appropriations should cover flood relief until Congress convenes. A South needs survey was presented and three fundamentals outlined: higher levees, a New Orleans by-pass, and an Atchafalaya to Arkansas by-pass. Estimated federal cost runs 20 million dollars yearly for ten years, beyond existing 16.0 million annual Mississippi spending, with final engineering advice pending Congress.
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