Prohibition Debate Across Nations Stirs London Letters
London dispatch notes British reactions to American prohibition, with Tandy Antar and Lord Astor among frequent contributors. It cites mis information, media influence, and polemics from Star and Morning Post about U.S. prohibition, court rulings, and moral shift, while criticizing The Morning Post as pandering to fixed opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Cherch
London
England
Tandy Antar
Lord Astor
United States
America
A. Maurice
Supreme Court of the United Sistes
Methodist Church
Morning Post
Glee Club and Orchestra Stage In Arcady Operetta
Uhameston High School Glee club and orchestra presented In Arcady a two act operetta as part of Music Week. Performers delivered clear enunciation and pleasing solo work with costumed farmerettes and bright ensembles. Cast includes Woodbine Arcady figures, townsfolk, and students, with a lively chorus and comic numbers like We’ll Pat Ain in the Calaboose.
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Glee Club
Arcady
Mary Elizabeth Thayer
Uhameston High School
Levolute
Iemedy
Sreves
Henry Francia
Byran Mayer
Sheldon Hopkins
Tera Derrick
Constables
L Pat Ain
Calaboose
Three Boys
Mary
Right
Maxleee
Woodmen Name State Delegates at Martinsburg
Edgar C. Lawson of Charleston was elected delegate at large to the Modern Woodmen of America national convention. The quadrennial state convention in Martinsburg also chose delegates from districts six through five and elected W. J. Cook, Gap Mills, and Walter Brown, Wheeling, as state head consul and M. J. Daniels of Elkins as head clerk for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar C. Lawson
Charleston
Martinsburg
Milwaukee
A. C. Cunningham
Lawson
John A. McLaughlin
Marlinton
Pocahontas County
Grat
T. J. Wilmoth
Falrrsont
A. Bowers
J. A. Henry
Weston
N. T. Virzin
Parkersburg
W. J. Cook
Gap Mille
Walter Brown
Wheeiling
Daniels
Elkins
Rome Art Theater Plans Long Tour
The Associated Press reports Rome Art Theater will present Ne by Hugene ONeill Ila in its first season repertory, with Pirandello works and others from Britain Austria and France. The company plans 22 productions from mid March to mid June then aims for an extended tour abroad. It will stage pantomimes and music theatre with lectures by Dunsany Pirandello and Louis Aragon.
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Associated Press
Rome
Hugene Onell
Ila
Luigi Pirandello
Art Theatre
New Playhouse
Britain
Lord Dunsany
Austria
Schnitzjer
France
Debuasey
Stravinsky
Casella
de Falla
Dunsany
Pirandello
Louis Aragon
Magnolia Girl Typing Champion Leads WV State Tourney
May 9 Buckhannon WV Magnolias high school student Manet Darth from Magnolia New Martinsville won the state high school typists championship at the West Virginia Wesleyan tournament in Buckhannon with 64 words per minute earning the gold medal. Sara Wosen and Micy Meidel placed second and third as team Welch High School led with 437.20 wpm? The Welch team won the overall meet with strong averages and individual honors went to Sara Babe and Margaret Kahtop among others.
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Buckhannon
Micy Meidel
Triadelphia
Marte Stubb
Sen Aversee
Charleston
RM Yom Ron
Warwaed
Everagesy
Welch
Governodta Cnp
Sara Babe
Weich
Mee
Margaret Kahtop
Aveenyen Ay Yi Rone Joseph
Shinhsten
Thadelphin
Accemd
Ata Weleh
Thidelphia Seas
Nouth
Pinte Wiwania Club
Mary Metdel
Stade Hhia
Mret
Marke Htulop
Tiblelphin
Leonid Siebman
Weleh
Ming Metdel
Charlestan
Clarksburg
Buelhnanon
Chtnnston
Wheeling
Warnwoed
Morsancewn
New Martingyitley Parkerabby
Ruumey
Mindelphia
Tavenaiynod
Ft Au Indent
New Apparatus Measures Molecules at Berkeley
Berkeley May announcement describes a device by UC graduate student Keott i Kw ink for counting molecules in a vapor via light scattering. Light reflected from roof mirrors passes through lenses into a box to capture scattered light on a plate, enabling molecule counts from the exposed image.
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Berkeley
Cal
Keott i Kwink
Kyaduate
Universty of California
Burgess Bedtime Stories From A Wild Forest Fire
A fragmented tale by Thornton W. Burgess describes a fiery Red Terror spreading through a green forest after a burning cigarette starts a wildfire. Farmer Brown's Boy rallies neighbors to combat the blaze, while Thimmy Slaumke mourns the damaged woods and wonders who caused the disaster.
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Farmer Brown
Tisymy Slaumke
Yerror
Rhein
Mutteread Minis
Crean Moredt
Jammy
Rupher
Andreas Hing
South America World Apart Says Scientist Report
Scientists led by Elmer Riggs report fossil finds from five to fifteen million years ago in South America show the region was literally world apart from North America. Field Museum work, spanning 28 months, traces animals to ancient epochs, with bones and remains suggesting a northern migration of species during the Pleistocene era and connections to Africa and Asia.
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William A. Curry
Chicago
May S
South America
Nouthern
American
Field Museum
Elmer 8
Riggs
D. C.davies
Migs
Mynuseum
Darwin
Rowthern
Argentina
Rigen
Fivya
Terija
Tolivia
Walter
Halles
Teispecies
Mielt
Iiss
Sanath Cru
Asia
Africa
Crapes-Hid
Thas Tin
Centenarian Praises Dress of Modern Girl
Mrs. Margaret Latshaw of Pittsburgh lauds short skirts as sensible in a centennial celebration reflection. She recalls being born in 1824 when Pittsburgh was a small town and notes young women’s fashion changes. The piece mentions her seven children and references a separate Aberdeen prison sentence involving a man linked to a friend.
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Margaret Latshaw
Pittsburgh
Margaret S. Latshaw
Dan
Iris
Ida
Old Monroe Home Gives Way To Time Of York
A dilapidated house at Prince and Lafayette streets once home to President James Monroe is slated for demolition to clear space for a cloak and suit building. Local historical societies had pressed to preserve it as a memorial to the fifth president and father of the Monroe Doctrine. The two story building was sold yesterday for about 1,000,000 dollars and the buyers plan a one story loft structure at a cost near 1,800,000 dollars.
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York
Prince and LaFayette Streets
James Monroe
Varrioty
United States
Prelate warns of American settlers driving Canadian provinces
Episcopal Bishop from Swaskatchewan accuses British rule of inviting American migration into Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta. He predicts a decade of rapid colonization by foreigners, including Americans, risking loss of key prairie provinces to United States settlement.
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Lleya
Swaskatchewan
Canada
Aglind di Wien
Abeherta
Manitota
Athe Tostrarion
Prairie
Ehlerly Amur Joand
Todread
Antertuans
Jie
Ootario
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
United States
Qnada
Bishop urges emigration to bolster British provinces
A bishop warns British imperialists that in 10 years three Canadian provinces could govern themselves with their own votes. He pushes colonization and organizing a permanent emigrant agency. Welcome committees form across his diocese to aid newcomers from 50,000 English settlers in the district.
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England
Ile
Hla Dincese
Pune
Anid
Country Club elects officers and board members in Kanawha Valley
A Kanawha Valley Country Club annual election elected A. R. Stapp as president and Henry Davenport as vice president. New board members include George Welmmen Jr. of St Albans Arthur MM and Hugh Stewart with holdovers W. B. Geary W. De Guver Judge A. P. Hudson and BM Shadle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Stapp
Kanawha Valley
Henry Davenport
Funora
George Welmmen Jr
St. Albans
Arthur MM
Hugh Stewart
W. B. Geary
W. de Guver
A. P. Hudson
BM Shadle
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Mildred Lurber
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University of California
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Marjgaret Christie
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Walker Furniture CO
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Remington
Remington Typewriter Company
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St Albans
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Hugh G. Stewart
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