Legislative Gridlock and Tax Proposals Highlight State Session
The article rails at idle Senate action and boasts of House progress while urging tax reforms. It proposes a mixed board billboard levy and a franchise tax to fund a special session, alongside steps to reduce local government costs and property tax bills. Also notes Lindbergh birth happiness and public sympathy.
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House
Bill Board
City School Board
City Commission
Grafton
Cty
Gratton
Skiff Life Dream Fulfills Aged Adventuress Randi Lerohl
The Wheeling Register recounts Randi Lerohl, an elderly woman who fled a life of drudgery by skating down the Mississippi in a canvas cabin skiff. She was found near the river mouth by a Coast Guard crew and now lives in tranquil, self chosen exile aboard her small craft, dreaming of southern skies and freedom.
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Middle West
Mississippi
Randi Lerohl
Coast Guard
Jean Lafitte
National mood and Lindbergh era in a radical era
The piece discusses Lindbergh's rise as a national figure through his personal character and his wife, contrasting public spectacle with private virtue during the kidnapping and death of their son. It critiques political movements like the Jobless Liberty Party, notes health officials allowing a St Louis convention, and reflects on American conservatism in times of hardship versus prosperity. It also attacks a contemporary newspaper for harsh rhetoric about Hoover and cites Democratic precedents on handling riots.
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Lindbergh
Liberty Party
St. Lows
Father Cox
Combine
St. Louis
Clarksburg
Hoover
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Cleveland
Grover
Coxey
World’s greatest men list eyed for library facade
University of Washington proposed placing eighteen renowned figures on a public library facade. The panel includes Adam Smith Darwin Galileo Shakespeare and Newton among others with Franklin as the only American. The exercise notes poetry may signal immortal fame, and emphasizes beauty and cleanliness as town assets in attracting residents and visitors.
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University of Washton
Twest
Adam Smith
Beethoven
Dante
Darwin
Leonardo da
Benjamin Franklin
Goethe
International Law
Galileo
Gutenbers
Herodotus
Imor
Justisian
Moses
Newton
Pattewr
Plato
Shakespeare
Franklin
Hurricane Breeze
Cumberland News
Nepotism Criticism in State Agencies Draws Fire
In a commentary The Register defends Governor Conley against nepotism insinuations linking relatives to state jobs. It argues many accusations are unfounded, noting a Health department cousin of Road Commissioner Henshaw served long before his appointment.
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Conley
Itate
Henshay
Health Department
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Henshaw
Shepherstown
Warning to business on prospects for prosperity
A Fairmont Times excerpt reprints Business Conditions Weekly from the Alexander Hamilton Institute. It warns that expected business improvement could fail if freight rates building costs and manufactured product prices rise or stay high. The piece stresses trends in those costs will determine whether the recovery is lasting or merely temporary.
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Alexander Hamilton Institute
Fairmont Times
Corrigan-McKinney Merger Completed
Cleveland announces the Corrigan-McKinney Steel Co affiliation with Newton Falls Newton Steel Co became operative after stockholders deposited shares. W G Mather and Donald B Gillies chair and president of the Cleveland company. The affiliation is a closed trade agreement supplying Newton with unfinished bars and slabs for sheet steel production.
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Corrigan-McKinney Steel Co
Newton Steel Co
Newton Falls
W. G. Mather
Donald B. Gillies
Cleveland Company
Corrigan-McKinney
Newton
Liquor Laden Auto Wreck Kills Youth in Virginia
The body of Cecil Snyder, 24, of Princeton West Virginia, burned beyond recognition after a liquor laden car wreck near Christiansborg Virginia. Federal officers pursued the car. the crash occurred near Little River Bridge. The coroner ruled death by burns from the accident. An alleged driver of a pilot car was arrested and detained. he claimed no connection to the liquor car or its occupants.
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Cecil Snyder
Princeton
W. Va
Little River Bridge
River
Floyd
A. Bhowalter
Snider
West
Beckley Neighbor Clarifies Statement by J C Belcher
A fragment notes J C Belcher, head of Beckley, addressing a neighbor related remark. The unreadable OCR leaves the exact dispute unclear, but the reference indicates Belcher responding to a neighbor in Beckley.
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J. C. Belcher
Beckley
Freight rate battle planned by Western Pennsylvania coal operators
Pittsburgh August 17. Coal operators in Western Pennsylvania plan a new freight rate fight under ICC authority to intervene in Kentucky operators’ complaint. Pittsburgh Connellsville and Freeport fields oppose 10 cent rate differentials as railroads seek to lower lake port coal prices. Virginia line cuts Pittsburgh district rate to Ohio lake ports to meet Wheeling and Lake Erie's new $1.45 a ton, effective Sept 9.
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Pitts Pureh
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kentucky
Connellsville
Freeport
Western Pennsylvania Coal ‘Traffic Bureau
Pittsburgh and
West Virginia
Ohio
Great Lakes
West Virginginia
Ohio Lake
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Interstate Commerce 1 Commission
Poison May Prove Fatal In Monongah Case
Fairmont August 17 James Mike 31 also known as Jimmie Babela is in critical condition after swallowing bichloride tablets at Monongah Monday night Doctors treated him locally and he was rushed to Fairmont Emergency Hospital where recovery seemed unlikely Monongah officers investigated but police chief McDonnell said no clear motive or details emerged.
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Fairmont
James Mike
Jimmie Babela
Mike
McDonnell
Poison incident linked to unidentified man
Mike reportedly told relatives he did not know why he swallowed poison while not at home. His condition was assessed later. The Yangtze Kiang is cited as China’s longest river at about 3,000 miles.
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China
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