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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1935
Page
2
The Register denounces the Patman bonus as currency inflation and foresees rising prices. It argues the bonus, 2.2 billion dollars, triggers inflation and favors loan payments and future demands, warning of a cycle of inflation if unchecked.
The Cincinnati Enquirer condemns the Guffey and Chaudley coal bills as thoroughly bad and warns federal control would raise consumer prices and curb markets. It favors industry coordination and self regulation to prevent over production while opposing rigid production limits and forced union bargaining.
The article argues the bill would harm coal industry profits or raise consumer prices and reduce demand. It states the administration should aid the common man, condemns the bill as short sighted, and suggests only indirect gains for petroleum and gas industries. It urges Congress to reject the bill and seek workable wage and competition rules.
Dr. Herbert Thomas Kelly of the University of Pennsylvania reports two vaccines to immunize diabetics and others against five principal fungi causing ringworm infections. The vaccines target trychophyton and oidiomycin derived from manilla, offering hope for broad immunity though not yet available to the public.
The Zimmermann-Desmond bill would ban billboards within 500 feet of rail crossings and 200 feet of highway crossings and regulate billboard placement. A billboard tax would fund enforcement under a state highway department plan backed by civic groups. Massachusetts court rulings praised roadside beauty and travel safety.
Washington reports push to abolish the federal gasoline tax, seen as a relief for taxpayers. Congress faces pressure from 21 states and hundreds of organizations to drop the levy, with support from Senators Gore Capper Byrd and others. The tax, once 1½ cents per gallon, traces back to 1932 and remains a major, nuisance levy on drivers.
Observations and Opinions, Questionings and Quotations. By ALPHONSO Speaking of fruit the first apple caused trouble for the first pair. You can't convince a self-made man that he could have done a better job. An ounce of reality is worth a pound of romance. Many a motorist notices that the approach to certain towns is a reproach. We all know what happens when an irresistible blonde meets an immovable bachelor. Married men learn it is easier to follow a woman than to lead her. The sins of the fathers are visited upon their children to the third and fourth generations, but bond issues go on to seventh and eighth generations. Talk is not cheap when using a long distance telephone. We can all hope for the best but not many expect Tr. I hope you don't think I'm conceited, he said. Oh, no, but I'm wondering how you can keep from giving three cheers when you look in the glass. Vancouver Province note: very ill at home, greatly improved. B P UL plan Special Mother's Day program Sunday at 6:30. Paige Meadows remains in Beckley hospital but is much better. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Riffe and others were Beckley visitors. Miss Edna Egnor and Mrs. Macy Jessup visited Mrs. Cecil Riffe.
In Crab Orchard West Virginia the Ladies Mission Society met at Mrs N C Knapps home with small attendance and postponed business. Pauline Stroud hosted the B Y P U stewardship class at her home with a social hour and ice caus e served. Attendees included Jean Robertson Catherine Durham and others. Rev J H Stroud of Chicago and H M Riffe of Elliston Va were guests at local homes.
Brooke Peters argues adolescence is the bleakest life stage due to hormonal changes and stress. Parents should gently explain causes, offer steady reassurance, and show youngsters others have endured similar misery and will emerge brighter with time and humor.
Two towns, Osawatomie Kansas and North Elba New York, scheduled simultaneous ceremonies to unveil memorial statues for abolitionist John Brown. Osawatomie marks where he lived, North Elba where his ashes rest.
Hollywood producer Ralph Staub plans a comeback short reviving Mack Sennett era comedy with beloved old timers like Ford Sterling Ben Turpin and Chester Conklin. The project aims for fast action pies chases and silent-to-sound dubbing and could spark a continuing series if successful.
Mrs. Karl Klauser’s cat in Karnes City Texas will drink only from a bowl with a goldish tint and has not tried to drink the fish, according to the readable notes from the page.
Alison Rede claims safety after a perilous escape from a cellar scene as Guy Westurn helps her reach London. Alison’s father Major Robert Bede arrives worried, scolds telegraph mixups, and charitably hosts Westurn for breakfast as the trio untangles the night’s ordeal.
London fashion note from May reports spring into summer with cone shaped hats in white or pastel silk pique. A matching feather sits above the left ear completing the style.
J Ransome of Cool Ridge was released on 1000 bond after being held to the Bluefield federal term charged with operating a moonshine still. Officers found a 50 gallon still on Cherry Creek headwaters with two mash barrels and four gallons of whisky seized.
May 11 report from Peros Texas describes a municipal project to bring soft water from wells ten miles away. The pipeline aims to supply the city with improved water quality and reliability.
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