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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1930
Page
2
The text argues that women seek full rights including punishment equality. It notes opposition to capital punishment for men and calls for women to share all punishments and privileges, praising consistency with American feminists while criticizing exemptions.
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The city stands at a development threshold with the Rutherford sanitarium opening by month’s end and potential state veterans hospital relocation. Without more hotel facilities, visitors and tourists will be turned away, hindering progress. local capital and effort are urged to finance and build needed lodging.
A bar association investigation accuses Magistrate Albert H Vitale of corrupt misconduct including freeing a confessed thief and aiding the thiefs attorney. It warns that removal or resignation may not suffice and calls for sterner action if charges are proven.
The article notes British women challenging a move to exempt women from the death penalty arguing for equality and the right to choose execution. It references the Arizona execution and the Women's Freedom League advocating for women’s rights amid the public debate.
The piece discusses high US productivity versus Europe, noting American workers' output is far greater and wages offset by efficiency. It criticizes verbose legal procedures and inflated public discourse, cites a New York Times columnist, and mentions humor in prize awards in South Africa as well as a large estate growth for Andres Carnegie.
The manufacturers propose to spend 15 million dollars to junk old cars as a highway safety program and hope to attract many times that amount for new car sales. The public doubts the prospect of securing signatures on the dotted line.
The American press notes a magazine claim by Howard McLelland that about 4 billion dollars change hands annually in the United States through commercial gambling. He itemizes bets on baseball pools, lotteries, racetrack betting, card games, bucket shops, and similar games, asserting the figures may be underestimates.
A collage of observations and quips on topics from tobacco, code revisions, and labor hours to social mores. The writer lampoons politics and public life while weaving playful asides about figures like Sir Harry Lauder and Beckley gas.
Members of the Monday Music Club are to meet Monday evening March 3 at 7 o'clock at Mrs. T. T. Wickham's home on North Kanawha Street to participate in the Faster Anthem rehearsal.
March rules suits were filed in the circuit clerk's office. Damages cited in M D J Mace versus Speed Mankin. A divorce action was entered as Clara S Hutchinson versus Sidney Hutchinson on the records.
Notice of suit filed in Raleigh County circuit clerk's office in condemnation proceedings by W E F and Virginia Wills against the County Court of Raleigh County seeking 24,500 for land taken for county road purposes. Benjamin Franklin is said to have introduced poker in Paris.
The Raleigh County Council of Education chose C. G. Peregoy to head a grading board for an animal elementary diploma exam. Exams will be held at multiple county sites April 10 and 11 to minimize disruption to schools. Other attendees listed include IH, c. Farmer, Miss Bess N. Mead, Owen P. Lilly, EW. Denkley, Miss Eric Holyman, H. S. Carmichael, and C. McKinney.
A seven room frame house occupied by Alfred Burley’s family on Kentucky avenue was destroyed by a blaze discovered just before 10 PM Friday. High winds and a nearby water source hampered firefighting. interior furniture was saved by neighbors, and an adjoining garage was damaged. The loss is estimated at 5000 dollars.
P. E. and J. T. Rogers of Beckley attended the funeral in Newport News Virginia for their brother in law Jack Johnson aged 38 who died after years of rheumatic trouble. Johnson died at his home and was survived by his widow and two children. Services were held and burial planned in Newport News yesterday.
New York report notes only four single family houses built in Manhattan last year amid apartment age shifts. Actress Katherine Cornell and Guthrie McClintic own a home. The Waldorf Astoria register of autographs is archived in public library. N C Tomlinson sells his father El M Tomlinson’s book and engagement with Elizabeth Drew is announced. Chrysler and Lincoln towers will bring 40 000 workers near Grand Central, already home to 370 000 people.
A chef advises on handling oysters and lobsters for proper service while a dog trainer tends police dogs in a fashionable Upper East Side building. Cats plague pedigreed dogs as a little old woman scatters scraps. A sick man draws curious crowds as doctors probe, and psittacosis rumors turn out to be pneumonia. Broadway gossip notes Nellie Revell as a love and trouble advisor for performers.
Enid Monard hides as the Big Shot and his crew discuss Martin’s confession and a police raid. The gang debates fleeing, destroying evidence, and seizing control while Enid endures mental strain from the peril and a tense late night confrontation.
In a backstage style, the feature notes many broken hearts among spangled hotlices, suggesting more than in typical backstage movie lore. The column hints at vanity and romance in show business with wry, observant detail.
A lawyer advocates abolishing the town office and moving tax collection to the sheriff for real and personal property. He argues this would lower costs and save time for the town fiscal officer, noting the sheriff’s extra burden would be negligible. The discussion appears in a continued column.
The meeting heard that the revision has clarified and made provisions easily interpreted. It is expected that Friday night’s gathering will feature reports from several attorneys and others studying other chapters of the tentative code.
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