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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1936
Page
4
The article extols buying a home or home site as a wholesome goal for all ages, urging couples in mining towns to own property. It praises spring as a time to consider real estate, notes lighter taxes for homeowners, and argues real estate remains valuable even when other assets fall. It urges practical, easy-payment plans and reassures that anchoring in a home offers enduring worth.
The article argues that adding a mile of improved highways does not reduce maintenance. Old dirt roads cost less to maintain than hard-surface builds, while the public prefers well-dressed roads and forgives neglect of bad roads. Pennsylvania spent millions on snow removal last winter, highlighting the rising cost of maintaining an enhanced system.
The author notes that improving roads reduces mud and dust but increases ongoing costs. Winter maintenance lags behind spring and summer repairs. Even the best roads require substantial annual upkeep, with some improved constructions costing over 1000 dollars per mile each year to maintain.
Architect Raymond M Hood argues that among arts including architecture and sculpture, automobile design has reached high standards. He says progress on every street proves that beauty serves function, not vanity, as designers use form to enhance usefulness. Car owners trade up yearly for new styling and mechanical advances.
A Morgantown Dominion News editorial argues that primaries empower voters over party leaders, condemns “smoke-filled room” control, and urges citizens to engage through letters and petitions. It contrasts passionate primary battles with calls for harmony after verdicts, noting weather in Monongalia County as a broader context.
Washington reports Edward F. McGrady, the labor secretary’s aide, orchestrated a peace in New York by applying the Cleveland model. He advised Mayor LaGuardia to appoint a final arbiter for reinstatement decisions, quickly ending the dispute and restoring peace.
Theater patrons quieted by a match incident at a premiere. Militant critic John Anderon and Winchell campaigned against match strikers. Kate Smith gets a breakfast table named after her. Eddie Garr imitates famous stars. Dreiser and Zane Grey earn fortunes. Cory Ford fishes freshwater. Rex Beach and others fish. A movie star drinks vanilla extract in excess. Alison Skipworth styled as the era’s beauty.
Seventy Raleigh county elementary school principals will meet at Beckley Junior High Saturday at 11 AM to organize a county Elementary Principals Association. George M. Parker, assistant county superintendent, will open the session. One room school teachers are excluded. high school principals with elementary supervision may attend.
Fred Stone urges young hopefuls to finish schooling before entering show business. He criticizes overabundant dance and drama schools and notes his daughters Dorothy Paula and Carol completed education first. The piece also notes shifts at Paramount with Mae West and Marlene Dietrich gone and stars maneuvering gates and car access.
A stitched collection of wry one liners and social asides ranges from criminal justice costs to mail flight experiments and treaty fixes. It notes a London gas mask sale lacking eye lashes, jokes about engagements broken and a quip on lunacy tests once used for Napoleon.
The Associated Press reports Brussels plans memorials for Astrid the late Belgian queen. Parks will be created in the chief town of each of Belgiums nine provinces, alongside an open air hospital for babies and a monument.
Steubenville March 26 James M Dailey 59 former superintendent of the Benwood West Virginia tube works of Wheeling Steel died yesterday after collapsing while driving his automobile Physicians said death was caused by a brain hemorrhage Dailey had headed Wheeling Steel Steubenville plant since 1905 His widow and four children survive
An albino herring gull described as a rarity was reported found on Kent’s island in the Bay of Fundy, noted by observers as an unusual bird sighting for the region.
The wall separating the Protestant nave from the Catholic choir in the Church of St. Esprit in Heidelberg, Germany, dating from 1705, will be removed and the church restored to its 1400 configuration.
Iris Lanning meets Sigrid in Aunt Phina's Park Avenue apartment while Owen designs for America's famous couturiere. Iris learns Phina and Owen may be alive and projects a path through family estrangement. Morgan Black accompanies Iris as she leaves the old home with Aunt Phina and Uncle Will.
Iris, newly in Phina Weatherby’s orbit, experiences a first New York theater night with Sigrid and Owen. The party, dressed in silver and gold, absorbs the theater’s glow while taxi shadows and a cabaret crowd mix with hints of a social web including Dicky Hamilton and Georgia Blair.
The 1936 Short Course in Mining will be held at Mount Hope High School from June 8 to July 18. Instructors are Hobart Watson G R Spindler and E M White. Courses also run at Morgantown and Welch, alternating with Beckley. Classes meet 8 am to 4 pm for about 240 hours of class work, with an expected enrollment over 100 men.
The Argentine government commission plans to buy between 600 million and 800 million pounds of grapes to prevent wine overproduction this year. Growers will be paid four tenths of a cent per pound.
Mrs. Linda Haskins of Alameda California recalls serving as a gun runner for Robert E. Lee. She recently marked her 92nd birthday and spoke about past Civil War experiences and endurance amid reminiscences of pistol and clothing lines at the Union line.
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