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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1935
Page
2
In Istanbul a government drive rounds up thousands of stray children, especially boys, opening special educational facilities and juvenile courts. Parents are held liable for children found on streets during school hours as authorities push moral and vocational instruction to curb life on the streets.
Glen Morrison and Miss Eva Pettry hosted by the Pettry family while many residents attended Eastern Star meetings and local church events. The period featured hospitality among Beckley and Charleston families, bridal gifts, and multiple guests visiting from Nashville, Ind., and Hot Springs Va.
A Raleigh Register ad promotes Premiere Pattern No. H-3105 a breezy morning frock in Peter Pan print. Features a double collar cuffs belt and a roomy pocket, with long sleeves and a simple home-sewn cut. Sized 14 through 42 with busts 32 to 42, fabric needs listed and pattern priced at twenty five cents.
Mrs E E Fritz and Mrs J G Pack with three children visited Mrs A A Hatcher on Monday. Miss Catherine Perdue and Johnny Bika stayed with Mr and Mrs Ralph Rice on Sunday. Ralph Rice, Charles Hughes, Alfred Carnes, T S Donnahaugh, and J D Pond attended Lewis Slack's funeral at Hanley Thursday. Myrtle Rice of East Beckley visited Mrs Ralph Rice on Friday.
Brief review notes a wartime peace drama by John Haynes Holmes and Reginald Lawrence at Westport Country Playhouse and in New York Theatre Guild production. It praises the play’s dramatic force and its peaceful message, while noting some action in the final scene comes too early. Also mentions reviews of Old Jules, Things To Come, Seeds of Tomorrow, and Revolt on the Campus.
A compact review essay contrasts a recent student revolt with a writer’s naive gaze, then surveys three books. Margaret Deland’s Long, Long Ago imitates childlike watercolor memory, Walter Prescott Webb’s The Texas Rangers is hailed for southwest history, and Ted Husing’s Ten Years Before The Mike profiles the famed broadcaster.
George H. Payne, federal communications commissioner, told commercial radio broadcasters in New York they must improve programs and alter advertising methods to keep privately owned stations. He accused leaders of commercial radio of turning the FCC into a subservient instrument.
In a compact arts column the authors describe radio’s insider tale and humor. The piece notes a new edition of The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki from Houghton Mifflin and mentions celebrities arranging private protection with ex G man Melvin Purvis considered as head.
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