Telephone rates and service notices from West Virginia paper
The fragment lists subscription rates by mail and carrier across West Virginia zones, with year and quarter plans. It includes delivery areas 166 miles for zones one and two, 150 to 600 miles for zones three and four, and mentions zones five to eight on request. The piece closes with biblical verses about trust in God and Providence.
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Hivered
W. Va
West Virginia
Deere Pees We Eeeere Abbe
Firat
S.ceeere Cers Serren
Fiat
Sonea
Cherises
Jeee
Hydroelectric spending questions public money flow
The piece criticizes non elected officials spending taxpayer funds on Bonneville power project. It notes interior, rivers and harbors, PWA and WPA allocations totaling over 17 million dollars during the current fiscal year, highlighting opaque financing and congressional opposition avoidance.
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Bonneville
Oregon
Interior Department
Congress
Ickes
PWA
Hopkins
WPA
Yankee Clipper Airliner Promises Regular Transatlantic Service
A colossal seaplane named Yankee Clipper aims to carry 74 passengers on regular routes between the old world and the new. It seats a crew of 14, requires vast fuel and food supplies, and offers meals and sleeping quarters for passengers priced at 350 to 400 dollars one way.
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Old World
Atlantic
A Great Argument Against War
The letter argues that US fiscal policy under the New Deal has produced record spending and a near term debt near 40.2 billion, with unemployment high and a potential 45 billion debt by 1940. It warns that war would likely double the debt to 80 billion, calling for isolationist sentiment. It emphasizes the burden on taxpayers and questions the wisdom of continued involvement in foreign conflict.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Treasury
Aittle
Coal Tax Burden on Industry Raises Alarm
The article notes that one ton of coal tax equals ten percent of mined output with tax payments totaling as much as producers’ receipts for thirty five million tons. Senator Reynolds of North Carolina criticizes foreign nations and Americans alike, calling for harsher stances at home and abroad.
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Reynolds
North Carolina
United States
We Are Three Versus The New World Dictatorship
A reader editorial contrasts a smiling American family with youths in Europe marching toward fascist rule. The piece argues that the American family unit, not collective youth mobilization, represents a preferable future, expressing wary antiwar and anti-authoritarian sentiment in a period tone.
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America
Algona Town
Advance
A Man's Prayer Let me Hve. O Mighty Master and Life's Test
A short poem with the speaker seeking a balanced life of triumph, disaster, joy, and perseverance. It speaks of testing luck and circumstances, fighting and loving, and leaving a final epitaph about resilience, humanity, and loyalty to friends. The author is unknown.
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Oportaman
Immence Bale Of The Simon Pure Hooey Stuff
Paul Mallon criticizes a USHA housing propaganda handout as a massive omission. He argues real spending on slum clearance is far less than claims, noting $37 million spent vs $660 million in commitments and highlighting biased promotion by government agencies and press.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
USHA
United States
New York
Europe
New
Forty Years Ago Today In Clear Fork District
From The Files Of The Bluefield Daily Telegraph items note Captain Thomas Peery of Graham elected commissioner of revenue in Clear Fork district. Malcolm W. Bryan of Roanoke visited on business. Conductor C F Light and bride, married in Pittsylvania county, arrived in Bluefield to settle.
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Roby Duncan
Andersonville
Ind
P. J. Haine
Princess Anne
C. E. Pedigo
Bluefield
Robert Lampton
France
George Chauvicourt
Glenwood Park
Virginia
Coleman
James E. Eaton
Bristol
Tazewell County
Earl True
Pocahontas
Abingdon
J. W. Kendrick
Emory and Henry Coll Jeme
The Once Over By He b Phillips Automotive Etiquette Note
A humorous meditation on auto crash manners proposes flowers and polite notes after collisions. It contrasts courteous truck drivers like Albert Cooper with confrontational victims, joking about formal driver licenses and post accident etiquette. The piece riffs on court room banter and social graces in American driving mishaps.
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Albert Cooper
America
Streen Life In Hollywood and Its Behind the Scenes
Hollywood writers discuss press agents and set workers who shape star images. They praise Clark Gable Carole Lombard and Louise Campbell while noting the unglamorous yet essential still men and crew who capture marketable photos and maintain professional conduct on sets. A Chicago-born actress with stage roots rises as a promising star despite early hurdles.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Mrs. Gable
A Stillman
Louise Campbell
Bing Crosby
Star Maker
Miss Campbell
Crosby
Campbell
Celebrity Watcher Leads Pedestrian Park Gossip
New York’s Central Park Reservoir scene draws attention from actors and reporters as Tom Dorgan, the reservoir’s sole rower, polices the water for debris and chats with stars like George M. Cohan and Bert Lytell. The piece blends cafe chatter with city lore and a wink at show business intersection.
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New York
Central Park Reservoir
Tom Dorgan
Tom
George M. Cohan
David Wartiela
Bert Lytell
Dorgan
Manhattan
Mr. Cohan
George
Corgan
Paul Whiteman
Reservoir
the Paradise
Mabel Sugnet
Senator Tydings
Maryland
Randolph
Virginia
Uncle Sam
Washington
Mabel
Miss Sugnet
George White
Herbert Bayard Swoope
Wwarla
Gazette
Swoope
Brooklyn
Calcutta
India
India Post Office
Harry Richman
Richman
Marriage Still Solvent In Solitary Broadcast Saga
Clarksburg West Virginia May 31. Neither Judge Starr nor her bandsman husband Jack Shitra intend ending their year old marriage the radio and stage star singer said today In fact Mrs Shitra replied to rumors she will leave tonight with her daughter to Shitra and the Hal Kemp band Yor to you.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Judge Starr
Jack Shitra
Mra
Shitra
Jurors Named for U S Court in June Term West Virginia
The June term grand and petit jurors for the United States court in the Southern District of West Virginia were announced. Judge George W. McClintic will handle matters on June 19 and 20 with criminal and civil dockets, naturalization, and trials scheduled through June 30. Grand jurors and a long list of petit jurors from multiple counties are named, reflecting a full term calendar.
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Grand and Petit
United States Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
George W. McClintic
Grand Jury
U. S. of America
Richard M. Mosre
U. S, of America
Power Company, Et al
Harry Lively
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea. Company
Carl White
Norman Lyndon
Martha W. Freeman
Assumpsit
United Pocshontas Coal Company
Mary Lee Bailey
Palsey Bailey
West Bury
Manuel Brenham
Lewis Branham
Ira Roberts
James Bailey
G. B. Blanken
Metropolitan Life Tnsurance Company
Robert Wright
Howard BR
Wright
Guardian Ad Litem
Howard Wright
Lst
Toeay T Phility
T. Lilly
Bluefield
John Peters
East Beckley
H. L. Mon
Dorf
Beckley
A. A. Angrist
A. G. Cline
Pineville
Mack Burrell
Maitland
E. W. Anderson
Princeton
W. Gaston Caper
Jesse
Wyoming County
Wm. Walker
Bramwell
A. L. Wagner
McComas
Paris Lester
Hanover
L. A. Hooper
Cal Morris
Elkhorn
Arvel Meller
Eunice
Raleigh County
J. G. Smisko
Bedley
A. Jenkins
Gary
Sidney Lilly
Eccles
T. C. Weeks
Affinity
W. A. Bivins
J. BP. Bonner
Harry Kammer
Lee Painter
Welch
Mason Wiley
Lerena
John T. Dixie
Luther Clarke
Glen Daniels
T. A. Nicewander
Coopers
EF. F. Ellison Jr
Camp Creek
G. W. Dalton
L. C. Valentine
Kimball
Jas
Cooper
Windom
H. T. Goforth
J. RB. Murphy
E. S. Thompson
Rewind
Sherman Davis
T. Frank Mastin
Ed Morgan
Carette
H.W. Yates
East Gulf
R. E. Calloway
Sami. Crider
Kimbell
Madison Miller
Baileysville
Roy Child
Roadhouse Theft Reported In West Virginia
State Trooper W. E. Murphy said Mrs. Maude M. Limbers reported the theft of a pocketbook at a roadside dining establishment. The loss included $75 in money and rings valued at $350 while she danced.
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Clarksbourg
W. Va
W. E. Murphy
Maude M. Limbers
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Switzerland
U. S
Word
King Features Synditile, Inc
The
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Rein
Atjerze
Once Over
He B. Phillips
Pat Casey
Lester Blodgett
Mrs. Casey
Casey
Mrs. Blodgett
Wesley Potts
Mike Cazetto
American Legion
Denny Kenney
Streen
By Robin Coons
Paramount
Chicago
Sistant District
Jim O’hayer
Associated Newspanera
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