Highway financing plan for West Virginia merits study
The piece argues motor vehicle licenses and gasoline taxes could fund new construction and maintenance, retiring state road bonds on a pay as you go basis. It notes Virginia debt issues near retirement and envisions a future with no bonded indebtedness, while acknowledging objections and urging careful study to form an adequate highway financing program for West Virginia.
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West Virginna
Virginia
West ‘Virginia
West Virginia
A New Road Financing Plan for West Virginia
West Virginia could raise a larger highway fund by a direct property tax to pay interest and principal on state bonds while using motor license and gasoline tax revenues for construction and maintenance. The idea challenges the tax amendment limits and raises questions about faith with local road financing and the evolving role of the State Road Commission.
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Igantown
West ‘Virginia
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Tvo
Hichr
Thas
Obvious city value lies beyond dollars and cents
The passage argues that a city cannot be evaluated by money alone. A city's worth depends on an intricate network of living conditions shaping residents' quality of life, which defies simple financial measurement.
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Hinton Daily News
Teacher's College of Columbia University
Columbia Savants
Run government like a business for better West Virginia roads
The writer argues state and local government should run on business lines with efficiency and impartiality. He notes broad county fragmentation in Hardy Pendleton and Grant and suggests counties could be merged. good roads and faster travel erase old distance limits, urging practical consolidation to save sentiment and politics.
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Grant County Press
Hardy, Pendleton
Grant
Hardy Or
Pendleton
Mt. Storm
Martin
Buckwheat Boom Connects West Virginia to Breakfasts
West Virginia expands buckwheat farming with 25 counties involved and Preston County leading production. The state ranks third nationally behind New York and Pennsylvania, with an estimated 350000 bushels this year. Buckwheat serves as a fall or early spring crop substitute and offers solid cash returns for farmers.
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Parkersburg Sentinel
Baltimore& Ohio
West Virginia
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
New York
Pennsylvania
McLaughlin
State Department of Agriculture
Preston County
Hampshire
La Guardia's New Path Toward a National Labor Party
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart assesses Fiorello La Guardia's recent tie to the American Labor party as a potential prelude to a national leadership bid. Stewart notes La Guardia's nonalignment with traditional parties, his distinct politico economic stance, and the need for his own party to match his country-wide ambitions, likening him to La Follette in 1924.
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American Labor Party
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Robert M. la Follette
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Telling Me! William Ritt commentary on Franco and more
Central Press columnist William Ritt mocks Franco’s single ultimatum and Christmas proclamations and riffes on Rose Bowl selections, money and friendship, Japanese government explanations, London fog, and the coming of televised political delivery with ghost reading by stars.
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Central Press
Francisco Franco
County is second and Barbour county is third
The item notes county order where county ranks second and Barbour county ranks third in the sequence. It records a simple hierarchical placement among counties without additional events or context.
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Barbour County
Bank official appointed amid Farmers Bank closure in Charles Town
Commissioner George Ward named John 8. Alfriend Jr as assistant liquidator of the closed Farmers Bank and Trust Company after examiners found a $500,000 shortage in the accounts of J. Richard Russell, assistant cashier. The report continues with floor discussions on other matters in the legislature.
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Charles Town
George Ward
John 8. Alfriend, Jr
Farmers Bank and ‘Trust Company
J. Richard Russell
Doctor Injured In Car Crash At Embankment
Doctor W. Simmons of Alley is in critical condition after his car skidded off the road and plunged into an embankment. The accident occurred near Montgomery December 16, with medical staff reporting the severity of his injuries.
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Montgomery
W. #. Simmons
Alley
Mimi and Jerry at the Veiled Prophet Ball and Beyond
Jerry wins Mimi in a contest of dress boxes and slips of paper. Mimi writes I promise to pay on demand, revealing a sweet confession. As the summer unfolds, Mimi’s charm and her mother’s ambition pull them through music, theater, and a life of vanity and choice, with a future uncertain.
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Jerry
Lionel
Uncle Jerry
Stiles Sanderson
Vanity Fair
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Brun
Ludlow's stance on transit and a sweeping peace amendment
Washington reporter Ludlow, a five term house member, distrusted street cars and taxicabs, preferring a long stride to travel. He championed a two part peace amendment that would let Americans vote on declaring war and, if war is declared, empower the president to conscript all public and private war properties for government use.
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House
Ludlow
America
United States
Ellers Taxi and Coal Hauling Ad in Grafton WV
Local ad lists Ellers Taxi offering moving and hauling services at 26 East Main Street Grafton West Virginia and coal distribution from North Pole Ice and Coal Distributors with a Union Miners contact and phone numbers 811 7% 895-M 87 131-1 for coal and hauling inquiries.
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Grafton
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North Pole
Mendelson Junk Company Beef Hides and Scrap Prices
Grafton West Virginia junk dealer Mendelson Junk Company advertises high prices for beef hides and scrap junk. Call 9643 for quotations during the sale period from November 22 to December 22.
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Rowiih
Shesteoe
Mendelson Junk Company
Grafton
W. Va
Barclay on Bridge Gift Strategy Not Always Take Too Much
Central Press columnist Shepard Barclay explains in Barclay on Bridge that a player should sometimes throw away tricks to induce an opponent to give a gift later. The piece emphasizes patience and timing over always grabbing the immediate trick.
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Andy
Walt
Barclay
Central Press
Shepard Barclay
Endgame misstep in Four Hearts on a Read by North
Deal commentary notes North should have forced West to misread by using four heart tricks then club finesse. South allowed Q of clubs to hold and faced an unavoidable diamond loss. North criticizes partner for a risky finesse given West’s tenace readings.
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