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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1936
Page
4
The snippet lists Wer Com'r of Agricultured and endorsements for McLaughlin for State Senator and W. Broughton Johnston for Judge Circuit Court with M. Ward also mentioned, signaling local electoral slate and judicial races.
The piece commends Chief Stover and police for reducing violence on Halloween night. It contrasts older street mayhem with a calmer, club free celebration and cites Pittsburgh’s kid friendly house to house candy tradition as a model of orderly festivity.
Voters are urged to back two constitutional amendments tomorrow. Municipal Home Rule would shift charter changes from legislative control to citizen decision while aligning with general laws. The second amendment benefits business firms seeking legal protection in employer relations.
The public is urged to vote on the Garnishee Amendment tomorrow. Business leaders call it vitally important, arguing state employees should face financial obligations. The piece emphasizes public interest and cautions voters not to overlook the measure.
The piece contrasts campaigns of Floyd Sayre and Judge C. M. Ward. It accuses Sayre of mudslinging and questions his qualifications while praising Ward for a dignified, fact-based, mud-free campaign. It argues Ward deserves election to uphold judicial fairness.
The piece contrasts Roosevelt with Landon, arguing the President’s clear New Deal aims persist while Republicans offer only opposition. It urges voting straight Democratic to support continued national and state progress and to favor government for all the people over the powerful few.
The piece muses on death and humanity with quips about a dog sensing a master’s absence, future archaeologists, and razor blade habits in bathrooms. It notes the Huntington Chamber of Commerce planning a big event and Raleigh County teachers receiving invitations to Meotington around November 12 to 14.
Central staff writer notes that despite being beloved on Capitol Hill, late Senator James Couzens faced enemies predicting his estate will chiefly hold tax exempt securities. He publicly urged taxation of such investments and even proposed a constitutional amendment, arguing for a taxed, not exemption, system. He helped Ford workers receive a $5 daily wage, earning credit for the rise as he pressured higher pay amid layoffs and winter strife.
William Ritt riffs on current events and manners in a lighthearted column. It lampoons neighborly boy turned football head linesman, editorial noise, Scotch folk in politics, free silver, a Tennessee mountaineer's son studying trig, a show girl and her millionaire husband, wives choosing pockets over suits, rattlesnake derbies, a Russian official married 58 times, and European war-bluff fears.
Terence Mahony plans to trap gangster Ambrose Lawson by using Elsa Little as bait in Clapham, while Ruth Fraser decides to join the risky meet. Lawson's spy reports no prep, Mahony takes a forged key, enters the house, and subdues the butler as the clock nears the eleven o'clock rendezvous.
The speaker criticizes visiting teachers for preferring theatres and other attractions over educational meetings. A map lists city venues including theatres hotels Marshall college churches and banks to help teachers navigate. The note mocks planned extracurricular entertainments and closes with a wry aside about educational meetings.
Frank Wine paid a $20 fine after arrest by district game protectors for capturing a raccoon out of season. The Associated Press notes the incident and the resulting payment.
Negro school teachers of Raleigh county will meet at Stratton High School Wednesday evening at 7 o clock to discuss extension class instruction. John B. Elliott assistant county superintendent will speak and seek to identify courses in demand. Dean W C Matney of Bluefield State Teachers College will also attend.
Oak Hill-Arthur Henderson 39 of Minden was slashed by another Black person during a contest on Old Minden Road last night and is recovering in Oak Hill hospital with a back wound. No arrests were made.
Jake Jenks asked police to aid in a search for his 16 year old son James who disappeared from their home a week ago. The case remains under investigation as authorities seek leads.
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