Governor's special session urges budget reform and voter rights
The governor's message to a special legislative session stresses reconsidering constitutional amendment submission and calls for new revenues to balance the budget. It questions economy bills outside the call while urging the senate to respect the voters' right to decide at the polls. The piece critiques salary cuts and argues for board-led reductions rather than blanket caps, and notes related university and state hospital concerns. It also reports on two kidnap plots and a pair of insurance-claim schemes, and discusses railroads versus trucks and regulatory impacts on freight.
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Senate
John Roscoe Turner
West Virginia University
Sentinel
Turner
State Board of Education
State Board of Control
Odd size suits offer tailored value for hard to fit
Fitting We presents odd size suits at regular low prices for customers who buy clothing beyond their budget. Made of fire fabrics, these outfits promise perfect tailoring and strong value for tall, stout, short, and lean frames.
Regulation and highway trucking slang in the era
The Washington Post argues trucking’s speed makes it a vital service while railroads demand fair treatment through regulation. The Cumberland News notes the stance, and the Fairmont Times adds slang on resilience as a social motif.
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Atlantic
Mississippi
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Washington
George Washington
Capitol-Greyhound
The
Washington Post
Cumberland News
Frankie Powell example inspires with patient optimism
Frankie Powell, who endured 100 operations at Cook Hospital in two years, is highlighted in The Exchang eite as an emblem of resilience for readers nationwide. The national piece extols his cheerful spirit and suggests others learn from his perseverance and hopeful outlook amid hardship.
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Frankie
Frankie Powell
Cook Hospital
Exchangéite
National Exchangé Club
Frankies
Powell
Substantial Planes Survive Giants' Hailstorm Landing
A commercial plane with two pilots and seven passengers landed in Kansas City after a rough flight from Albuquerque. Inspectors confirmed hailstones as large as apples battered the craft, cracking windows and denting the fuselage, yet the crew landed on schedule with all aboard unharmed, a testament to modern aircraft construction and piloting.
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Kansas City
Albuquerque
Department of Commerce
Clarksbure
Sister of founder dies closely tied to paper chain
Ellen Browning Scripps sister Inte B W Scripps, famed philanthropist and founder of the newspaper chain, dies. The obituary notes her significant impact on journalism and charitable work, marking the end of an era for the Scripps organization.
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Ellen Browning
B. W. Scripps
Dies
Six Hour Day Hearing to Be Resumed in September
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced it will resume hearings on the six hour day for railroads. Hearings set for September 19 focus on express and sleeping car companies under the I C G4 act with first evidence on the impact of the shorter workday.
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Washington
Interstate’ Commerce’ Commission
Court Action Dismissed Over Returned Records
In Clarksburg Aug 2 Judge John C Gouthern dismissed the action against attorney J B Lew representing Harry E Powers. The suit sought him to show cause why he had not returned to the clerks offices the papers and records of Powers trial. The court proved all records have been returned and dismissed the case.
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Clarksburg
J.B. Lew
Harry E. Powers
Powers
John C. Gouthern
Law
Woman Goes to Death Over Niagara Falls
A Niagara Falls report describes a woman who ended her life at the falls. Norman White and a local Ba y Diffin identify a purse left on the river bank as belonging to his wife Mrs Gree Diffin 47 Latrobe Street. The note in the purse is traced to Diffin’s wife handwriting. The item references the livestock and meat industry as a major national sector.
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Niagara Falls
Norman
Bay
Diffin
Grafton Pyr
Latrobe St
Gree Diffin
Fiduciary Notice of Claims in Taylor County Estates
Creditors and beneficiaries of the estates of Elizabeth A. Jones Susan Frances Chadduck Elizabeth A Hoffman and Guy D Haymond Sr are notified to present verified claims with vouchers at 59 West Bala Grafton W Va on or before January 20 1933. Failure to comply may bar claimants from benefits. Notice dated July 26 1932 from Harry Friedman Commissioner of Accounts.
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Elizabeth A. Jones
Susan Frances Chadduck
Elizabeth A. Hoffman
Guy D. Haymond
West
Bala Grafton
W. Va
Harry Friedman
Taylor County
Veterans plan move of bonus expeditionary force
Doak Carter announced the bonus expeditionary force will relocate from Johnstown to another Pennsylvania site as soon as possible. Mayor Eddie McCloskey called a showdown after a conference and said he would wire Commander Walter Waters to clarify plans, with trucks to be obtained from Governor Pinchot if the group disbands or moves.
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Johnstown
Doak Carter
Pennsylvania
Carter
Eddie McCloskey
Walter W. Waters
McCloskey
Pinchot
Carl Rogers Heads Eagle Church Body at Convention
Carl Rogers was elected president of the Eagle district council of religious education at the annual convention held in Prospect Valley Sunday. Claude Baker became vice president and Miss Bertha Coffman secretary-treasurer as a large crowd attended.
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Rnnual
The
Eagle District Council’ of Religious Education
Prospect Valley
Dr. Rogers
Claude Baker
Bertha Coffman
NAE Diploma Forger Nabbed in Palo Alto
New York reports Jules Ross was jailed in Palo Alto after a four year manhunt for forging high school diplomas for sale at several hundred dollars. Police say the suspect operated a scheme selling fake certificates to unwary buyers. Further investigations are underway to trace the extent of the operation and any victims.
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New York
Palo Alto
Cal
Jules Ross
Tombs
Yale Grid Star Albie Booth Weds Marian Noble
Albie Booth of Yale University and Marian Noble of New Haven were married on July 4 in New Haven Conn with details filed in a social notice. The prominent Yale football figure and his bride are noted in this society brief.
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Albie Booth
Yale Grid
Marian Noble
New Haven. Conn
Albert James Booth, Jr
Dyniamic
Yale University
New Haven
Mide
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