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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
4
The Raleigh Register published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation at 27 Main Street Beckley West Virginia notes its second class mail status and A S Johnston serves as managing editor.
U S agriculture officials traveled 46 states to explain farm housing loans for improvements. Of 6.25 million farms, 15 percent need foundations, 15–20 percent roofs, 10–15 percent floors, and over 40 percent repairs at about 575 dollars per house. Only about 20 percent of 630,000 farmers interviewed would borrow, due to debt fears and uncertain prosperity prospects.
With Louis Johnson and Rush Holt entering yesterday the Democratic senatorial field reaches seven. Alf Taylor leads betting odds due to rural appeal, while remaining candidates include Judge Ferguson, Clem Shaver, and A. C. Herold still to be heard. Koontz to Holt spans conservative to radical, with Sale, Johnson, Conaway, Chilton, and Taylor in between.
The article analyzes candidates Johnson Conaway Chilton Taylor Holt Geographically spread, with four from southern counties and three from northern regions. It notes the nomination will hinge on broad, cross state support and broad regional voting power, including the panhandles, to secure the balance of power.
The text contrasts living by philosophy with paid amusements and modern life. It notes earlier simple pleasures like porch sittings and neighborly exchanges as wisdom sharing. It argues philosophy can ease financial strain when pay falls short and urges some return to contemplative living.
The Yale address highlights the value of brains in national government. The Advance recalls little adverse comment and speculates some oppose the idea, while noting critics may be confined in institutions. The piece suggests the president spoke semi facetiously about brain trustees and defended his administration.
Morgan town state senator Charles E Hodges announces his candidacy for re election to the Senate Eleventh District. He notes broad support with Republican papers endorsing him and argues his proven value warrants votes from all parties for good government and progressive statesmanship per the Shepherdstown Journal.
Washington Daybook notes Dr Rexford Tugwell under secretary of agriculture will tour the western United States to inspect agricultural experiment stations. The trip serves public visibility for Tugwell amid senate confirmation battles and GOP opposition, portraying him as a standout among New Deal figures and a draw for farming communities.
A column by Alphonso blends opinion and quotation on war debt burdens for munition makers, safety claims from Cuba, and satirical jests about civility, tin hats, political competition, memory, love, and divorce humor.
Charleston June 27 The conference of county superintendents and assistant superintendents approved a uniform opening date for schools next fall. The first Monday September 3 was set as the opening day of the new term's calendar. Officials reported to W W Trent that the county unit system worked satisfactorily in its first year.
Ida M. Mitchell, a Black educator, marked her fifty seventh consecutive year as a public school teacher in Raleigh. Since earning her first certificate in 1878, she has never missed a term and is regarded by school authorities as one of the city’s best elementary teachers.
Henry A. Liebrecht a Fifth Avenue florist who died last week in New Rochelle New York prepared the first bride’s shower bouquet consisting of lilies of the valley for an early wedding, reflecting his long service in floral design.
West Virginia Governor H G Kump toured Pinecrest Sanitarium and its farm on a Saturday visit, praising improvements and the facility's progress while enrollment reached a record 140 patients. The report notes a 60 patient waiting list, upcoming resident physician housing, and new patient arrivals from several counties.
Hollywood columnist Robbin Coons recounts Gladys George and Edwin H Fowler marrying in Springfield a year earlier, her move to Hollywood after a Broadway failure, and his supportive, unselfish stance. George recalls a hard stock background, early start on stage, and turning to movies with a forceful wardrobe shift, aided by a $500 weekly stock income and a new contract after landing Queer People.
In a hotel lobby Marsha Moore, a focused but self centered young woman, taunts Letitia Powers and weighs a potential rich suitor while Aunt Gertrude nags about Mrs Powers son. Marsha faces unexpected feelings for Bob Powers as Miss Moore hints at a serious past and a conflicted future. Tomorrow, Marsha hears from an old admirer.
Albert Dewey a former Chicago banker and realtor died in Cadiz Ohio aged 89 after a long illness. He was the son of Chauncey Dewey who partnered with Edwin M Stanton in Chicago in the 1830s and 1840s during the Civil War era.
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