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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1935
Page
2
The piece surveys President Roosevelt facing renewed trials amid Supreme Court rulings and legislative battles. It lauds his steadfastness, notes the heavy burden of the office, and urges constitutional safeguards to ease presidential strain amid calls for a new convention.
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, issues a national strike call affecting all coal miners in the United States. He cites gains from past contracts and the NRA collapse, with a two week grace period before the walkout. A prolonged strike could paralyze fuel and power industries and provoke a public reaction and hurried settlement. Beckley is referenced.
The community faces a fragile future as locals pivot on the Smokeless Coal Industry, with ninety percent tied to mine payrolls and related businesses. In a nation where livelihoods hinge on coal, regional impact will be felt in the coming weeks as developments unfold.
Amid German French tensions Europe drifts toward conflict as talks falter. Germany seeks honest brokers while France defends defensive treaties, Britain wavers, and Mussolini pursues Africa. The absence of decisive leadership leaves Europe exposed to looming war and economic peril.
The piece notes June as a peak for weddings, a time of roses and grand celebration, while acknowledging the cynic’s view. It frames marriage as a voyage, each ceremony a fresh voyage of two lives entering an unknown sea toward a promising, mysterious land.
The Ripley Mountaineer notes Roosevelt and Garner will be the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President in 1936 with no Progressive opposition. Hoover is seen as likely GOP nominee, needing a running mate, while the article discusses party shifts and policy contrasts between Roosevelts expansive program and Hoovers constitutional, rugged stance. An Alderson Advertiser blames a proposed Ronceverte to Alderson road as a spur project with limited through traffic, urging cross-town cooperation to extend the road to Alderson once funding for the other end begins.
A compact column of miscellany notes Prosperity setbacks as strikes crop up and a sharp critique of a front-office figure. It riffs on epigrams, fiction, missing links, Alaska homesteads, and a bloodless Philippines struggle, with a quip on Patman quitting for summer and a golf lesson anecdote from a department store.
A public forum laments the NRA as mediator between man and man crucified by the United States Supreme Court. It asserts belief in its resurrection to balance wealth and poverty, arguing the Bible commands proving all things and clinging to good while the nation seeks prosperity.
A letter from Elijah Clark Wiley of Naoma West Virginia urges Congress to resurrect the National Recovery Administration. He defends the N R A as vital for feeding and sheltering citizens and protecting forefathers rights from political greed. The plea appeals for unity beyond politics to restore the New Deal era program.
The author argues spanking should be a clean final act, not sentimentalized, and that the parent must ensure the child bears the consequence. If the parent suffers, a different punishment is preferable to avoid undermining the discipline. It notes varied child responses and warns against humiliating rewards or excessive emotion. Spanking is framed as reinforcing nature's training to prevent calamity.
Four special grand juries recently summoned will meet tomorrow morning for the initial session of the June term of Raleigh County criminal court. The panel has 56 cases prepared for investigation. Court officials fear conflicts between criminal court sessions and circuit court trials and expect a method to run two terms simultaneously to be arranged before June 10.
Hollywood previews reveal two versions of Oil for the Lamps of China with a late added scene showing a long distance call from Shanghai to New York that upholds the company ideal. Pat O Brien leads a tale of loyalty and sacrifice for the company with Hutchinson and others in support. The back stage musical Hooray for Love stars Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern, directed by Walter Lang with dance numbers and comedy.
Daphne and Robert press ahead with wedding plans while Alison confronts Guy Lumley a doctor accused by Daphne of a past scandal then flees through Soho to a Cheater Square home where her love for Guy clashes with betrayal. Alison returns to a tense dinner and moonlit plan to Madeira as Monday dawns with more news.
Etienne Girardot appears alongside three hummable tunes by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh noted as appealing to audiences. The comment highlights a fond reception of the songs.
The Blue Jay ball diamond hosted a Friday evening weiner roast for the Young People's division with many attendees listed by name. The item also notes Miss Frances Lilly leaving for Welch for the summer and various local visits and travels among residents from Mabscott Glen Hedrick Daniels and Princeton with a final note about Richmond Virginia claiming the oldest Masonic hall in continuous use for 145 years.
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