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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
4
A sheriff warned of rising crime as the economy worsened, while a Justice Department report shows sharp crime increases in early 1937 across murder burglary rape auto thefts and larceny. It cites more employment and government aid reducing bank robberies and calls for bigger police forces and tougher justice.
The American Institute of Public Opinion surveyed 100000 people aged 21 to 25. Results show 53 percent favor Democrats, 26 percent Republicans, 8 percent independents. Major support for federal power centralization, labor protections, and union rights. opposition to new farm party and Roosevelt third term. broad backing for wage and hour measures and expanded military spending.
Hazard Ky city council contracts for a diesel engine to run the city pumping station, drawing criticism from local coal operators and the national coal association, which opposes the move as harmful to the coal industry dependent town.
A local column narrates the Prince Bridge custodian Jones lamenting a corncob pipe shortage and recounts river side misadventures. It recalls a salesman gifting pipes, a rope swing near Woods store causing a splash and a watch loss, plus a diver’s rope removal by Woods and relays a Baptist quip on immersion. The piece also nods to Oriental, NC tourism and a digression on horse treatment and humorous local banter.
A critic argues that local sentiment lacks pride as the city backs coal’s fiercest rival, questioning how officials could encourage the strongest opponent of coal. The remark frames a broader debate over energy priorities and local industry support.
A Washington analysis argues Wagner act validation accelerates labor shows. It cites CIO’s rapid deployment and competition with the AFL in a rising job market, noting ongoing unemployment and scarce top workers. Psychological momentum favors labor asserting bargaining power.
Central Press notes the joke that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb is outdated as several months this year resemble wild animals. Fuel bills perplex readers while politics show Hamilton studying England's Conservative setup as Georgia teeters toward wetness. Japanese experts visit the east coast to study economics, not defenses.
The Wagner law sharpens the battle between organized labor and employers. Labor’s consolidation gains formal recognition while capital’s position remains strong. The law intensifies the contest, though it may settle later as dust settles.
Edwin Preston Dargan's Anatole France biography is published at five dollars and presents a long, dense 729 page account through France's life up to his Academy election in the nineties. The reviewer notes the work is essential for serious readers, yet acknowledges undecided points and hints the author may doubt it will ever be definitive. The piece ends with a desert image about a camel.
A collage of society notes on Tilly Losch and dancer Evelyn Thawl, Ray Henderson's world tour with Tokyo pause, Katharine Cornell and Guthrie McClintic’s rep, James Melton's $35,000 farm purchase, Rouben Mamoulian’s art view, Garbo rumors about Mamoulian, Joseph Cummings Chase as illustrator and dean of art in a major women's college, Eaton Braley's poem sales, Homer Cray on Hollywood, Norman Anthony’s bridge vs editing, Dizzy Dean and Carl Hubbell’s large hands, Warner Baxter's strong debut, Dorothy Hall’s shift from interior decorating to comedy, Abie's Irish Rose Broadway run and its revival ads, and Earl Carroll's sister linked to a Wall Street broker.
Experts at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco say color pavements made with various shades of red will make every woman visitor look younger and more beautiful. The scheme also aims to relieve eye strain by reflecting a new luster on feminine faces.
Tucson solearity: a tortilla machine producing 700 tortillas per hour has not won favor with the Latin population. Instead residents prefer hand pattered tortillas, “tortillas de mano.”
In Esther Tyler's 1937 tale the narrator recalls Aunt Martha Farrington and a tense scene around Higgins's death. A gun, a staged shooting, and a confrontation reveal family secrets, a plan to mislead investigators, and a backstory of madness and tragedy spanning generations. The Skipper recounts Martha’s history and the doomed family dynamics.
The article traces how price cycles drive the business cycle from depression lows to upturns and expansions, noting how consumer demand, factory hiring, and investment interact. It details Roosevelt administration steps to curb price swings, including halting public works in producer goods and Federal Reserve restraint, with Wallace warning against excessive savings fueling overbuilding. Does it all dovetail?
Stella Ojeda who makes tor tillas in the primitive Mexican community urges a higher price for her handmade tortillas. Local readers note her effort to improve income and preserve traditional methods amid rising costs and market pressures.
A fashion item touts that the hand made version will not crack break or leak.
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