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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1936
Page
2
A Prosperity dairyman opposes new sanitary inspection rules claiming costs may force him out of business. The letter argues the laws ensure safe milk and prevent outbreaks of typhoid and undulant fever, urging public backing for strict supervision and the health department’s mission.
The piece contrasts Moley and Hull with Rexford Tugwell as the London conference unfolds. Moley fails to deliver amid policy clashes while Tugwell faces strong early opposition yet endures, emerging as the emblem of bold New Deal thinking.
The article praises Rexford Tugwell as the president's trusted confidant who faced relentless attacks yet kept a steady, optimistic course. It notes his decision to leave government service after four years, despite calls to return, and hints at a future venture while acknowledging the campaign pressures and persistent questions from Washington correspondents.
The piece lauds civil engineering feats like the San Francisco-Oakland Bridge and criticizes political missteps in their oversight. It warns that public safety depends on technical prowess, not political theater, and imagines disasters if rulers mishandled construction. The author calls for restraint and reverence for engineers.
A Chicago Tribune editorial notes a bill for a revised English divorce law. It cites historic examples from Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, argues the current system breeds immorality, and questions whether Britain’s “man’s world” divorce norms can adapt.
They took the body of Sir Edgar Britten captain of the liner Queen Mary out to sea and gently consigned it to the deep. He loved the ocean and had been with it all his life as a mariner after forty four years at sea. Once a sailor always a sailor.
The piece revisits Harold Riffe and John Getchen Jr of Raleigh at the American Federation of Labor convention in Tampa. It describes mail jokes, Thanksgiving holiday details, a planned move to Prince Street, and reflections on past newspaper offices and political cartoons about Al Smith from 1928 to 1936.
Charles P. Stewart notes that federal payroll cuts threaten Washington DC's large dependent population and a local economy seen as a one industry town. He contrasts civil service protection with political appointees and emergency workers, warning about job security and political leverage in government staffing.
A humorous column remarks on candid cameras and trends while noting red wool underwear becoming obsolete. The piece jibes at modern life and media with casual observations and light sarcasm.
Ath ens Greece tax on departures last August has been abolished for diplomats consuls and those with permanent addresses outside Greece. The measure aims to prevent a panic flight of money abroad after the Metaxas dictatorship.
The Associated Press reports George Chizmar, 45, is serving 10 to 25 years in Western penitentiary after pleading guilty to murder. He shot John Yorke, 48, a steward at a North Braddock club, on May 7.
The critic outlines Harry W. Baehr’s history tracing the Tribune from 1865, through Horace Greeley’s era, the shift from personal to impartial journalism, and the 20th century merger under Frank Munsey. The piece notes the paper’s national influence, theater disapproval in Greeley’s day, and the Tribune’s modern consolidation and financial clout.
Sally Warren, young society editor for the Warrenton Courier, juggles love and work as she becomes entangled with Philip Page while a Morris County strike and town social life unfold. Sally resists Terry Maynard’s demands, attends a farm dinner with Page, then returns to tension with Terry and her sister Lip as summer unfolds in Warrenton.
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