Urges Extension of National Banks to Aid Farmers
Washington December 2 The comptroller of the currency John W Pole urges extending branch banking by national banks to improve rural communities and agriculture He notes growth of group banking via holding companies and calls for liberalizing the national bank laws He cites total resources of all banks at year end and contrasts city banks with country banks arguing the latter operate on small capital and face losses He warns failures in large city banks harm small depositors and argues the rural banking system has broken down necessitating reforms He also points to shifts toward centralized operations reducing country banks capacity to diversify and expand business He recommends branch extensions within trading areas to sustain local economies Baby Run Over Unhurt A baby crawling into the street was run over by an automobile in Little Rock Arkansas but was unharmed
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Washimgton
John W. Pole
Mee Currenty
Group Bankfing
Maat
Edo
Pole
Little Rock
Ark
Federal Reserve District
McFadden Hank Act aims to balance national and state banks
The speaker argues that the McFadden Hank act of February 25, 1927, created parity between national and state banks but has largely failed to meet this goal after nearly three years. He proposes extending branch banking to strengthen rural banks and reestablish national banks as the primary system, plus supervising holding companies for group banking.
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McFadden Hank
Pole
Panka
Congress
South Charleston Bans Fireworks City Council Approves Ordinance
South Charleston council passed an ordinance prohibiting fireworks within the city limits at its Friday meeting. The panel also ordered buying two new steel cells for the fall and referred overdue sewer certificates due May 1 to city attorney Homer Bowyer for collection.
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South Charlanton
Connect
Homer Bowera
Campus Club Holiday Dance at Charleston Woman's Club
The Campus club held a Christmas vacation dance Friday night at the Charleston Woman's club with the Coloncla orchestra from ming until 1 am. Attendees included many young socialites and Miss Mary Elizabeth Mason and Mrs. George Crane among numerous others.
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Charleston Woman's Club
Coloncla
Ming
Mary Elizabeth Mason
Weldon Petty
Marguerite Truelove
Florance Turner
Mary Lou Hampton
Carolyn Lewis
Jackie Monroe
Dorothy Hall
Ann Mitchell
Edna Mays
Charlotte Haviland
Nana Peyton
Pary Price Woodroe
Jean Goodwin
Ruth Hisle McKee
Virginia Sarver
Lewisburg
Ann Ball
Frances Rice
Peachy Perry
Parker Baker
Georgiana Beake
Joe Ford
Eather Kenny
Sis Edmonds
Helen Wick
Nancy Lee Warner
Bunny Laing
Betty Him
Virginia Hill
Marguerite Haggerty
Sia Mason
Elizabeth Mathews
Eleanor Fuller
Louise Kirkland
Keith Martin
Nellie Ward
Felix Lilly
Tom Hill
Edward Chambers
Gordon Fraser
Ben Keller
Howard Temple
Bob Hail
Clarence Pharr
Forest Hunter
Morrison Wilson
William Ray
Doe Sellie
Nelson Axton
William Morgen Jy
Raymond Miller
Herman Carson
Gan Glover
Don Ford
Ralph Dollman
George Guthrie
William Wick
Cameron Patchell
Hugh Faulkner
Frank Lytle
Tvan Gladwell
Frank Simmons
Join Thomas
Bill Abbott
Joe Abbot
Mitehell Bacon
William Mathews
James Mathews
Don Poffenbarger
Phillip Herman Cohen
Russel Temple
Ralph Young
Dick Hart
Eugene Fuller
Eugene Houchins
Leo Harmon
Lester Masterson
John Haley
Duncan Hesclaw
Ernest Auftman
Tom Carathera
Carl Wiley
George Crane
Jack Craft
Bill Whittaker
Guy Hosclaw
Thomas Mathis
Joe Isaac
K. Payne
Edward Simms
John Fuller
Ed Grenn
James Mays
Dymock, Smith
John Merrill
Sam Galperin
Myer Poland
Bob Quarrels
Jameen Mathews
al Bolarasky
R. Smith
Vincent Rushman
John Faconoli
Fred Weaver
Ade Slotnick
Clarence Lward
Jack Burke
Myr. Spottewood Preston
Billi Hughey
John Morrison
B. Denyer
Reeve Bordmiller
Sam McCormick
Stop Fighting Best Way To Prevent War Shaw Says
George Bernard Shaw argues that the sole method to avert war is to stop fighting. In an exclusive interview with The United Press he addresses the disarmament conference Kellogg pact Hoover’s five power naval talks and the Allglо-American relations while offering blunt opinions on hospital ships and a future arms agreement.
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Shaw
London
George Bernard Shaw
United Press
Lady Aster
Hoover
Russia
Geneva
Kellogg
Bignor Mussolini
League of Nations
Werfe
Pacifist Debate on Disarmament and War Prospects
A dialog discusses whether a coming disarmament conference will cut war, skeptical that Kellogg pact truly halts conflict. Mussolini is noted as franker. a Nobel prize critique questions usefulness and replacement. The interviewer probes Anglo American cooperation and US Britain relations, preferring action over talk.
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Remerque
Ibaoka
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Britain
France
Russia
United States
British Empire
Great Britain
Lady Astor
As- Hor
Astor Named as Best Man in Proposed Arrangement
In talks about leadership roles, Lord Astor is seen as the optimal choice for the position. Lady Astor is suggested to remain at home and take a prominent, coordinating role from within the group.
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Lord Astor
Lady Astor
Dot
Local Man Appointed Reserve Corps Officer
The officers reserve corps appointment list includes Arnold Kortner Lee, 69, of Charleston for major quartermaster and lieutenant infantry, and Hubert Harrold Stewart, R. FP, D. 2 Roby Road Huntington for second lieutenant infantry. Vinotines of Bolivia are modernized to increase production.
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Washington
Arnold Kortner Lee
Elly
Charleston
Seca
Lautenant
Hubert Harrold Stewart
Roby Road
Huntington
Leutenant
Bolivia
Postmasters Named in West Virginia Nominations
Today John A. Ferguson of Hollidays Cove and Ray Merrifield of Smithfield are named postmasters for West Virginia. In Rome three alleged Communist spies were arrested in Genoa after attempting to obtain sensitive documents from France Italy and Germany.
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Weat
Virginnia
John A. Ferguson
Hollidays Cove
Ray Merrifield
Smithfield
Rome
France
Italy
Germany
Genoa
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