Auto Club Backs Safety Glass Law at Beckley Meeting
Southern West Virginia Automobile club officers and directors met at Hotel Rutherford to back a law requiring safety glass in all new cars. A school boy patrol at Beckley was ordered. The group took no action on the gasoline tax repeal. Cant. Harry A. Cooper reported 777 renewals and 689 new members. C. J. Barton joined the board.
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Southern West Virginia Automobile Club
Rutfner
Beckley
West Virginia Petroleum Industries Association
Congress
Harry A. Cooper
C. J. Barton
Moffett Urges Firms To Spend Cash In Modernization Push
Moffett tells firms to spend cash and stop hoarding hundreds of millions in banks. He cites Pennsylvania as a modernization hub with heavy goods output and argues export demand will drive both external and internal material needs. He notes loan activity across states, claims thousands of building trades workers gain employment, and says corporations must modernize property to avoid decay. He also mentions massive new homes and a policy note on agricultural harvest limits in Spain.
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Ortaca
Pennsylvania
Fittsburgh
U. S
Moffett
Shas
Pe Ivania
Pacific Coast
West Virginia
Gass Explores Americanism At Phi Beta Kappa Meeting
Rev John Gass rector of St John s Episcopal church addressed the Charleston Phi Beta Kappa at the Daniel Boone hotel on Americanism urging removal of prejudice and intolerance while stressing an American first stance. Attendees included Attorney General Homer A Holt and chapter officers were elected with F Ray Power named president and John V Ray vice president.
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John Gass
D.D
St. John's Episcopal Church
Charleston
Phi Beta Kappa Association
Daniel Boone Hotel
F. Ray Power
George Shirley
St. Matthews Church
Dr. Gass
Basle Nega
Homer A. Holt
Phi Beta Kappa
United States
Mills Nadine Clark
Charleston High School
Arthur B. Hodges
The Honest Press and Politicians Compared
The author argues against the view that politicians are uniformly crooked and that newspapers are inherently inaccurate. He notes journalism’s high accuracy standard, the swift detection of errors, and the exposure of mistakes in the open public arena. He stresses newspapers’ accountability to thousands of vigilant readers daily.
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Alck Chamber
Scalf's Indian River Tonic touted in testimonial ad
A testimonial touts Scalf's Indian River Tonic as a cure for long stomach ailments. Owen Fitzpatrick, a night mine foreman from Skeleton W Va, says after nine years of decline with poor digestion he recovered after using the tonic. The ad claims he never missed work in 34 months and urges purchase for $1 or via New Scalf Medicine Co., LaFollette Tenn.
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Scalf
Owen Fitzpatrick
Whipple
W. Ve
New River
Skeleton
W. Va
Beall
Scalf Medicine Co
LaFollette, Tenn
Ady
Old Subscribers as the Paper’s Golden Corrective
A veteran writer extols long time subscribers as the most valuable asset of a newspaper. He argues their vigilant, personal scrutiny keeps editors and writers precise and fair, and praises their role in shaping editorial judgment and public affairs reporting.
Obituary notices from a small town newspaper
Obituary notices report Andrew Jenkins a 72 year old farmer of Woodrum's Lanes who died at home with services planned at his residence and burial in Jackson cemetery. Survivors include a daughter and three others. Also listed are infant deaths Mildred Florence Taylor and Katherine Hill with funeral services and burials in local cemeteries. Marion Leslie Hanning, six months old, died at a local hospital, with immediate family surviving. A note mentions a prewar Kaiser yacht hoisted by a Swedish company as a separate blurb.
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Andrew Jenkins
Woodrum’s Lanes
Frank C. Brown
Jackson
J. W. Thompson
Eva Raines
Fred Jenkins
Mildred Florence Taylor
Elk Street
Union Mission
Williams Cemetery
Marion Leslie Hanning
Marion Lesie Hanning
Walter Hanning
Fairplain
Du Pont Acknowledges Witness Testimony On Embargo Evasion
Senate hearing on arms shipments reveals Du Pont and Hoover testimony about the 1825 Geneva arms accord. Casey defends lack of knowledge of destination, while Gillis reports criticize enforcement in China. Discussions touch on possible war with Japan and embargo removal pressures across the China trade.
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Korea
Far Eastern
Manchuria
Casey
U. S
Clark
DuPont Company
J. Gilli
Navy
Moorer
Hoover
Palo Alto
Geneva
State Department
Secretary of State
Gillis
Sen. Clark
China
Embardo Vialadan
Japan
Talat
Washington
Irene DuPont
Bases urged for Pacific coast air defense network
Naval experts advocate two additional U S air bases along the Pacific coast to create a protective air screen for the San Francisco Bay area and the West Coast fleet hub. With Norfolk as the sole Atlantic base, planners argue for a broader defense to deter enemy attacks.
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San Francisco
Pacific
U. S
Mevy
Atlantic
Norfolk
Simul
Navy ponders base location for secure mainland supply
Discussion focuses on a possible large base to ensure supply lines and communication remain intact, with Newport, Nar ragansett bay, and southern Maine among considered sites. Authorities note Key West exists but a substantial mainland facility is deemed essential for protection of naval operations.
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Newport
New England
Narragansett Bay
Maine
Navy
Key West
Gulf entrance at Florida Keys and Virgin Islands base plan
Fragile strategic notes describe Gulf entrance at the Florida Keys and a proposed West Indies base near the Virgin Islands to guard the Atlantic approaches. Mention of Germany banning export of raw copper appears as a brief policy point.
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Gulf Entrance
Florida Keys
Chess
West Indies
Virgin Plands
Antilles
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MAS
Fox Toys
Stet Muoplisa
Foster Bost
Sperdead & Ick
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Olaks CO
Hale
Gass
Ray Power
Holt
Nadine Clark
John V. Ray
Chloe Goodall
Ethel Jones
Charles F. McCabe
Zell Cain
Arnold A. Barnes
Phil Conley
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B. Cook
Mr Homer
A Mott
Amas Mor
Melville Hindser
C. Ross
J. Hurrae Baie. T
Edwards
Betty Carson
Misa Eliza Bland Murphy
Marset Cowl
Mira Cecile Goodall
Elizabeth Goodall
Mary E. Gorrell
Elale Jones
Misa Ethel Jones
Daisy Lemaster
Elizabeth Martin
Maywood Milligan
Iiss
Ares
Linnie Schley
Okling Stalnaker
Milas Genevieve
Starchie Bec
Suley
Sian
Mortet J. de Coleman
James 3. Conley
DeVan
Dr. Bleard E. Hyde
Charles P. BeCahe
B. Moffit
O. F. Rifte
Bhéernant Sclove
R. Ray Scott
W. B. Thulin
F. Ray Powers
Politica
Scarf
D W. Scalp
Katherine Hill
Helen Hin
Estill Street
Harry Hill
Baltimore
Lavenia White
James White
Hohenzollern
Patna
Capier
Charleston ‘National Bank
Kanawha Valley Bank
Kanawha Banking & Truat Coq
National Bank OF Commerce
du Pont
Senate
Grove
Germany
Potterfield’s Drug Store
Corner Capital and
Virginia Kts
Kroger
Reguler Price
Samtooth
Gale
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