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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1936
Page
4
The article explains that the SS-5 application requires only 16 simple questions seeking names dates or places with two check boxes. It emphasizes confidentiality within government offices and allows postage-free mailing to Postmaster Local. Filing is described as quick, simple and not a burden.
A commentary notes James Roosevelt's sudden Marine Corps Reserve rank as a lighthearted arrival beside famed war heroes. It suggests the appointment, supported by Secretary Swanson, scarcely alters the Marines’ tough image and humorously frames him among historic leaders while urging peers to heed service beyond action.
The National Retail Dry Goods Assn proposes an Atlantic City plan to standardize labor conditions and trade practices via state laws, seeking model statutes to back retail rules. It argues intrastate retailing suits state action better than national codes, while the broad industry faces cross state issues.
The text argues that broad NRA style league planning failed due to overreach and scope. Future regulation may target key public welfare industries such as transportation and natural resources, with licensing ideas like the O Mahoney interstate corporations bill. Business and labor pressure keep planning in view, despite the comic aside about wives.
The St. Petersburg Independent reviews Hetty Green as a symbol of American individualism. It notes her vast wealth from shrewd business and her extreme frugality, including sewing shoe parts and holding court battles over a hundred million dollars. Her life Contrast portrays both the potential merit and folly of extreme thrift.
The New York World Telegram argues that John D Rockefeller Jr should not receive the St Hubert chapel from Chauvirey le Chatel as a loan, praising his Versailles restorations but urging the village to keep the Gothic chapel. Tourists could visit the chapel in its native setting, with Rockefeller likely sharing the sentiment against removal.
The Mountaineer reports CCC workers drove along L. M. Parsons Jr. farm last Sunday and set hundreds of fence posts to enclose rough land. They expect future grassing and productive land, aided by government support.
Dorothy Dunbar Bromley observes that the president and his wife endorse letting children live independently, even as divorces and remarriages, aviation entanglements, and alliances with aristocratic wealth surface, with the president calmly handling his role as a father to autonomous children.
A columnist laments receiving Santa Claus letters and urges not to publish them, arguing that proof of Santa exists and the paper should avoid filling pages with such requests. He recalls the New York Sun editorial that declared Santa’s existence and questions the yearly need to argue it.
The column recalls a boy’s pocket knife misadventure tied to trousers under a buckeye tree, then shifts to Sergeant J Mays McGlothlin’s resignation and new role as an auto insurance adjuster. It notes wartime service, Great Lakes voyage, and a humorous look at Christmas shopping and Santa’s frailties, ending with winter’s clear, mild days and rising highway traffic.
Sally Warren, society editor of the Warrenton Courier, is secretly engaged to Jerry Maynard. Her sister Tip loves Terry and aims to win him. Philip Page buys the Courier and backs Morris mill workers in a housing effort. Sally faces a choice as Terry sails to South America.
Sally hovers over a life changing decision as Terry asks her to marry. Tip confronts Sally with jealousy and self worth, accusing her of taking Terry. Sally and Terry navigate family tensions and Tip's defection to a new plan as they drive toward a hopeful future.
Charles P. Stewart reflects on President Roosevelt’s South American visit, beginning in Port of Spain, a famed anti pirate stronghold in colonial days, with vivid notes on Rio de Janeiro’s language traits, the Parana River system, and myths about silver in the River Plate region.
A Central Press column notes returning prosperity as public awareness grows of H C L. The piece quips about car ownership not reaching every garage and a wolf at every door era fading. It mentions Ethiopians fighting Italian forces and Mussolini’s rapid conquest, then jokes about errant youth and home runs, and laments threatened birds including the dove of peace.
A playful hoax involving a Santa Claus figure deceives a child, whose parents and the merchant who created the character become part of the tale, highlighting festive mischief and community dynamics.
Mr. and Mrs C H McCallister announce the marriage of their daughter Glacys Patrick to Robert Jackson Richmond. The ceremony was performed Wednesday evening with Rev E W Billings reading the ring rite at the First Baptist church. The couple will reside in Hinton. Mrs Richmond is a Hinton High sophomore and Mr Richmond works for the Railway Express agency.
The marriage of Miss Ruby El lene Grimmett to Mr. Arthur Plymale occurred November 24 with Rev. D. L. Snyder of the Methodist church officiating. Mrs. Grimmett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grimmett of Buck, attended Hinton High School and Marshall College, class of 1935, later teaching.
Mr Plymale, a 1922 Ceredo Kenova High School graduate and 1931 football captain, completed Marshall College in 1935 and now works for the National Bureau of Roads. The couple will reside in Huntington.
C H Miller of Richmond is a guest at Rev and Mrs E W Billings on Temple Street. Claudine Knighton of Corsington Va visits sister Mrs Lucille Baker, night supervisor at Hinton hospital. William Stoddard of Charleston returns home after visiting his parents. Ella Sue Ritchie of Petersburg visits her father W B Ritchie. Mrs Arthur Harris Clarke visits brother John Williams in Wilmington Del. E O Allen and wife left for Warren Pa to visit. Leta Llewellyn of Huntington visits her parents Mr and Mrs W G Foster.
A rare Breeches Bible printed in London in 1598 is owned by Mrs Kerr T Riggs of Browns ville Texas, wife of an army officer.
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