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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1936
Page
4
A seven or eight year old boy in blue overalls and oil cloth helmet appears along a dirt gully beside the road near a railroad. He studies a lit window then hauls away packing boards from a box, glances back, then crosses the road and disappears, leaving the narrator grateful that the light was turned off and the boy got away with it.
In a humorous office tale, workers blame Mr Klaus the typewriter man for a mix up that swapped William S Gilbert for Sullivan. They moved to a new desk and chair with rollers, arguing the typewriter should be bolted. The crew admits rushing the report led to an awkward mistake.
A columnist details distressing European moves in Spain with Loyalist seizures of embassies, British submarine deployments, and French reinforcements. Eden hints at a possible break with Moscow as propaganda intensifies, while North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy critiques AP coverage, signaling the start of a propaganda barrage as the civil war deepens.
The AP notes flaws in war reports and stresses indicating sources, urging readers to scrutinize qualifying statements. The Register cautions against indignation at Spain's war events and warns against being drawn into war by propaganda.
Editorials react to Ernest Tener Weir opposing a wage standard tied to living costs. He argues such a rule would trap workers at their neighborhood level, denying rising living standards. Weir’s stance aims to outflank John L Lewis by meeting labor on his own ground.
A Kings County judge questions the death penalty for a 17-year-old murderer, asking what moral lesson is served, while noting the lack of alternatives. The commentary recalls France studying crime, urges psychiatrists to isolate and treat mental illness, and ends with a quip about a Chicago headline and scattered questions.
West Virginia welfare group praised for great work aiding crippled children. Legislature grants have funded programs that restore many to near normal use and significantly assist others, per Moorgantown Post.
A rambling Beckley column muses on Thanksgiving ahead, winter doldrums, and a proposed winter fly swat campaign. It jokes about Groundhog Day and Valentine cards, recalls a misnaming of a Crab Orchard firm, and vents on standardized vest buttons while praising the new Episcopal pastor.
Charles P. Stewart notes the Roosevelt trip to Buenos Aires for the Inter-American peace conference signals U S warmth toward Latin sentiment. He praises Roosevelt's choice of words about participation over open, highlighting tact as a key asset. The piece sketches Port of Spain, Rio, and Buenos Aires, calling Buenos Aires a major Latin city with 10,000,000 people and urban labor pressures.
A collection of wry observations on anger, war, writing, luck, political shirts, mustard plasters, and childhood memories. The piece mocks pride in armaments, war’s grim toll, and the idea that personal power beats rejection. It riffs on Nationalism, literature, humor, and everyday quirks with a light newspaper voice.
Sally Warren society editor of the Warrenton Courier becomes secretly engaged to Terry Maynard, a blond aviator bound for a South American post. Sally’s sister Tip flirts with Terry while Philip Page returns, buys the Courier, backs Morris mill workers, and Tip announces the engagement before Sally. Sally asks for a week to decide.
Sally helps Tip reveal her long held love for Terry while Sally confronts her own doubts about Terry and the future. Tip fears losing him to Sally and longs to flee, while Sally learns her rival has long coveted Terry and that Philip Page may know more than she admits.
The fragment hints at concerns about game day safety and the risk of violence around football events. It mocks religious figures and targets careless behavior while joking about turkey prep and potential danger on the way to a game.
A Logan County grand jury summoned 26 witnesses in a probe of a riot at the bus terminal during strike negotiations between employees and the proprietor. Judge Naaman Jackson ordered the panel to focus solely on this affair at the citizen's committee request.
Driggs Idaho report that Grant Daniels 22 attempted mercy toward a wounded duck by striking it with his shotgun. The gun discharged and killed him.
"Uncle Jim" Dickey, operator of a bait stand near Port Isabel Texas, netted a live octopus the first ever seen there. The creature stretched about two feet across as the capture was reported.
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