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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1936

Page

12

Port Lessee Sought Air Field Nearing Readiness

The 90 percent complete Scott Field is up for lease after Mount Hope trustees abandoned hopes for government funding. The winning operator must show at least $5,000 to start work, with plans to re roll gunways start surface strips, build a hangar and shop. Board members include T H Snyder Hope chairman Charles Hodel George A Watkins FE Smith Beckley and J E Howard W Tissue Mount Hope Shainde Kalish aka Mrs Charles Freeman Ann Preston Judith Blake.

Scott Field Mount Hope T. H. Snyder Mr. Hope Charles Hodel George A. Watkins FE. Smith Beckley J. E. Howard W. @. Tissue

Ecuador area and population figures reported

The data states Ecuador covers about 118,596 square miles with an estimated population near 2,000,000 inhabitants.

Ecuador

Joe Penner Served as Usher at Detroit Theater Eighteen Years Ago

The comedian Joe Penner once worked as an usher at a Detroit theater about eighteen years prior, noted as part of a historical look at local show business and familiar former stars.

Joe Penner Detriot Theater

McCreery to Host New Deal Rally at 7 PM

Miners in the McCreery area will work tomorrow to make up a lost day, prompting a rescheduled New Deal Rally to 7 o’clock in the evening. W N Wood, organizer, announced the change after consultation with Democratic headquarters in Beckley at his store.

McCreery New Deal W. N. Wood Democratic Beckley

Modern World Ills Diagnosed by Royal Physician

London royal physician Lord Horder to King Edward VIII denounces dictators and colored-shirt politics in Europe. He warns the clash between fascists and communists could decide whether modern societies preserve individuality or bow to oppressive pressure across northern and western Europe and America.

Associated Press London Europe Lord Horder Edward VIII America

Sniffers Told To Mend Ways In City Streets

Chief of Police J. Q. Stover warned the public to stop spitting on sidewalks after complaints from merchants about people lingering before city businesses. Health officer H. Hedrick noted diseases spread by exhaling on public areas and criticized public disorder and political rhetoric praised by leaders like Hitler Mussolini and Stalin as ineffective.

J. Q. Stover Stover H. Hedrick

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Port Lessee Shainde. Kalish Charles Freeman Ann Preston Judith Blake M’creery Hitler Tussolini Stalin Invader EY T Lewis Neville Street Beckley, W. VA Satan Barton Maclane Prore Wellesley Cc Parker House Boston Neville St Oppo, Baptist Church THE STAR
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