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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1937
Page
2
The stock market remains volatile with paper losses in the past week as a broad down spiral continues. Business activity appears solid, with August records, rising national income, and strong farm buying power, while government control over credit and policy aims to sustain recovery.
Virginia Beach post card notes from O D Compton mention Little Creek ferries to Cape Charles and a seaside visit. The Raleigh Register prints rich column material, including Beckley Beavers vs Bluefield Beavers predictions, Calfee family sea voyage, and a corn exhibit from Dry Creek plus local fishing exploits on Coal and New rivers.
A column argues that magazines push aggressive foreign policy with Churchill's Collier piece. It urges US coast defense and home protection over entangling alliances, criticizing practical politicians and urging outright naval defense and keeping Americans safe at home.
In Washington, Charles P. Stewart weighs reactions to President Roosevelt's Constitution Day address. He notes both parties see no compromise with opponents of the court plan, suggesting the president will push for adoption via amendment and possibly retaliatory moves against critics, while a Northwestern trip aims to rally support. Copeland's primary loss may bolster White House confidence.
Central Press writer laments Germanys new high explosive shell and Hitler expansionism while mocking the Fuehrers mustache and noting the Chinese ambassador to the United States Mr J Wang.
The World Conference on Faith and Order held in Edinburgh Scotland gathered 400 delegates from 50 countries to pursue church unity. They issued an Affirmation of Unity stating Christians are one in Christ, with unity rooted in God and Jesus Christ, while differences are mainly intellectual.
H P Smolka recounts his 1936 sea voyage to Siberia and findings from his Tendon Times based study. He portrays Russia's Arctic expansion with new cities, arctic gardens, deep mining, and a robust transport system. Smolka notes Soviet wealth and privilege gaps, convict labor, and a military driven drive toward a capitalist society in making.
A Tulsa business reports the theft of 1000 Aktopama tax tokens valued at 1 unit each, prompting bafflement as a collective sergeant comments on the audacity of stealing so much for so little.
Abducted from Baltimore on Prescot Fanning s yacht Janet signals Neill a young federal agent who loves her He dashes to Absaloms Harbor boards the yacht finds Fanning shot dead Janet faint a gun beside her Neill hides nearby in a disused finder then brings in Mark Bonniger a keen local investigator to track events. Nett suspects Janet but proof of a hidden man on the yacht shifts blame to Eyster who despised Fanning Also in the cast are Kellering Baltimore lawyer and a huge tough trailing Neill.
Neill and Eyster navigate deception aboard as Neill hunts a six foot tall man and questions Eyster about Fanning and Baltimore dealings. Eyster feigns loyalty while hinting at a hidden crime, and a failed attempt at boatyard plunder unfolds. Neill seeks a concrete lead as the plot tightens.
A delegate described the Edin burgh gathering as pivotal for Christian unity, likening its potential impact to Nicea 325 A D. The Christian Century quoted that an ecumenical council of today may be more significant in church history than the historic Nicea council, as delegates sail home.
A handicapped Indiana doctor and his wife built a profitable bulb and mower business after an arm injury. Dr A D Galbraith aged 92, with his 79 year old wife, have been married 61 years and run the venture in Greensburg.
In St Paul a professor of English at Macmester College introduces new coinage sproster and broster to express siblings. He cites a former student and compares to German and Scandinavian terms. The note also mentions the Woodrow Wilson Foundation awarding peace prizes.
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