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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1936

Page

4

West Virginia Welfare Bill Faces House Debate

The West Virginia House debates welfare reforms as members kill several amendments. Bills seek county welfare board controls, indigent care rules, and Negro representation in counties where minorities are 2 percent. Debate covers permanent planning board funding and road rights of way for Harpers Ferry bridge repair.

Trecainly Oly Senate State Planning Board Goveronors Office Harpers Ferry House Jones McDowell West Virginia League of Municipalities Reed Clay Joint Committee Wysong Webster Song Glerk Tam Watts Wayre Underwood Committee On Taxation and Finance Jegislature Oldham Ohio Butcher Wood Haythe

Reduce Safely: Potterfield’s Rock-A-Water Tablets

A booster weight loss claim offers a box of Rock-A-Water Tablets for 82.00 with a thirty day treatment promising 16 pounds in 11 days. No dieting required.

Potterfield's

New Kane County Seeks Selfs Senate District

A bill introduced in the state senate by Senator Barnhart seeks to make Kanawha county a standalone senatorial district. Currently the county shares its district with Boone and Logan counties in the right hand district system.

Kanawha County State Senate Barnhart Righth Boone Logan

FDR Asked to Probe Floggings amid Arkansas Strike

Gov Fatrell said Frank Weems alive after reports he was slain in an Earle union raid. Sharecroppers' strike demands $150 daily, with Weems fate under investigation as authorities pursue fuller facts. Attorney General Cummings orders fresh inquiry at White House urging.

Striker J. Marion Fatrell Howard Curlin Crittenden County Little Rock Frank Weeme Siiner Earle Weems H. L. Mitchell Michell Sharecroppers’ Union Williams Miss Blagden Carlin Moss Blagden Parkin Ark Union White House Roosevelt Norman Thomas Socialist Party Vader Cummings Farkansas Mitchell

London council builds vast municipally owned dwellings

London county council has constructed over 73 10 flats and cottages the largest stock of public housing for any city. The report notes strife in Akkansas and mentions possible investigations by Cummings and a forthcoming inquiry if Whitaker cannot cooperate. A separate maritime incident involves the vessel Silver Wedding colliding off Erith with the steamer Carey and a crewman thrown overboard. The piece also cites 40000 Scots returning home from abroad in five years and government plans to care for them.

London County Council Akkansas Thomas Cummings Whitaker White House Carey Herbiet Butcher Thameston Erith England

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