Cook Pleads for Aid for Schools in Nationwide Talk
Welch educator William Cassius Cook urged state and federal support for public schools during a National Education Association telecast. He argued education is a state function but federal aid is needed to raise term length, salaries, and access, warning that democracy falters if citizens remain illiterate.
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Congress
College Teacher Charged With Slaying Actor
George H. Bartholomew 48 director of physical education at Washington and Jefferson College was charged with murder in the slaying of actor George T. Manis 23. Bartholomew jailed without bail after a hearing set for Tuesday. Manis body found near Amity in a corn field after a roadside fight statement signed by Bartholomew says Manis went limp during the alleged struggle.
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George H. Bartholomew
Washington and Jefferson College
George T. Manis
John Carmichael
W. B. Dinsmore
Manis
Amity
Warren S. Burchinal
Bartholomew
Radio Program Schedule Across Networks
A dense listing of daytime and evening radio slots across NBC CBS and regional networks with show names, hosts, and timing details spanning multiple time zones and coast to coast coverage.
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Goldbergs
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The
Serenade Orchestra
Fred Allen
Cole Pipe Club
Americas
Angelo Ferdinando
Enric Madriguera
Dance Music Orchestra
Frankie Masters
Clyde Lucas
Boy Injured After 30 Foot Fall From Window
Basil Sargent fourteen son of Mrs J P Carter on Boone street fell backward through an attic window in the Webber home while playing with friends. He dropped about thirty feet and suffered a two place fracture in his right arm. He was treated at a local hospital then returned home.
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J. P. Carter
Boone Street
Webber
Young Sargent
Ban on shirtless swimming lifted in Grafton park
Mayor Charles C. King rescinded an earlier order banning shirtless swimming. Bathers may wear only trunks but must go directly from the bath house to the river and not loiter in the park unless wearing swimming shirts.
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W. Va
Charles C. King
Grafton Park
Fire Engulfs Norwegian Freighter Knut Hamsun Off Central America
Survivors recount a rapid blaze that destroyed the Norwegian freighter Knut Hamsun with a $360,000 nitrate cargo near the Nicaragua coast. Thirty-five aboard. 34 escaped in two lifeboats while Walter Ericksen is missing after the June 10 fire. Captain Frick says the cause remains a mystery and Ericksen may have been trapped.
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Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
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Norway
Walter Ericksen
Frick
Davite
Erickeen
Uncertain Fate for Seaman Amid Ship Sinking Vortex
Eyewitness accounts suggest a crewman possibly leaped into the sea and faced a dangerous vortex as the vessel sank. He might have drowned or reached a life boat, leaving his exact fate unclear.
Weston man helps stranger retrieve beer during repeal chatter
In Clarksburg near Lynch's mine a Weston resident Louis Denden saw a stranger toss a beer package into a stream. Denden, surprised by the beer’s legality, feared being mistaken for a revenuer and helped retrieve the package while informing the man about repeal.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Lynch's Mine
Louis Denden
Weston
Denden
Moorefield man seeks GOP nomination for state senate
Hetzel Pownall of Moorefield filed for the Republican nomination for the state senate from the Fourteenth district. The district includes Grant Hardy Mineral Preston and Tucker counties. Senators Aflelmick and Reynolds currently represent parts of the district. Reynolds’ term expires this year. Roy B. Wiseman of Elk Garden filed for the GOP nomination the previous day. The note also recalls early chemistry as an attempt to turn baser metals into gold or silver.
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Tucker
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Reynolds
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