A plea on WPA street work and air route notes
The letter urges preservation of WPA street projects in Grand and Front streets, warns that delaying repairs on Spruce Street Knott Avenue and Barrett Street will raise costs, and argues for timely resurfacing. It also advocates developing the Tri-County airport with Harrison and neighboring counties to provide regular air service and regional benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Street
Front Street
City
WPA
Spruce Street
West Grafton
Knott
Second Ward
Barrett Street
West Main Street
Leonard Street
Grafton
Washington
Cincinnati
Elkins
Charleston
Huntington
Monongahela Valley
Elkins Field
Bridgeport Field
Tri-County
Harrison County
Bridgeport
Tri- County
Taylor
Marion
Harrison
Barbour
United
Taylor County
Safety in Steel derailment on B&O train in Ohio
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train derailed in Ohio last week at high speed. More than one hundred passengers were thrown from seats and perches. three required hospital attention. The age of steel likely averted a catastrophe, with most carriages remaining intact.
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Wheeling News Register
Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio
Steel Coach Revolution Ends Wooden Car Era
In early railway era descriptions, wood coaches battered in wrecks rose fire risk and high deaths. The shift to steel coaches marked the era’s safety leap, replacing wooden cars on most lines as older stock was scrapped.
West Virginia Tax Scramble faces municipal revenue push
Wheeling Intelligencer reports a state wide drive backed by Wheeling City Council and the West Virginia Municipal League to win more municipal revenue from the 1939 legislature. The piece notes debates over taxing authority, possible redistribution with liquor profits, and potential losses to Wheeling’s water department if the Public Service Commission rules against current rates.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Wheeling
Virginia
West Virginia Municipal League
Water Department
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Wheeling Water Works
Isolation Illusion and the Costs of Economic Involvement
The article argues that U S isolation is impractical as global interdependence grows. It warns against shrinking imports or exports while noting fears of boycotts and currency-influenced capital flows. It emphasizes that heavy taxes threaten public finances and urges tax reform without increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Canal defense supported by editorials across papers
Editorial voices from Fairmont Times Rochester Times-Union Scranton Times East Arkansas Record Indianapolis News Wilmington News and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette urge stronger Panama Canal protections. They push for a separate ocean navy, durable locks, anti aircraft defenses, and even a potential Nicaragua canal to ensure unbroken naval mobility and imperial reach.
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Fairmont Times
Woodring
Panama Canal
America
Rochester Times - Union
Scranton Times
Central
South America
East Arkansas
Indianapolis News
United States
Atlantic
Canal
Virgin Islands
Pacific
Wilmington
Del
Nicaragua
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Holgate Impresses at Sylvan Beach Dances
Thornton Holgate, newly elected president of the Rice Faculty club, attends a lively Sylvan Beach dance with Sara Sue Davis. He charms seamen and meets charming locals, gaining confidence, while a shipmate shows interest in Sara Sue, leading to awkward flirtations and a dramatic interruption. The night ends with an unsteady note as Duke O’Reilly asserts himself.
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Thornton Holgate
Galveston
Houston
Holgate
Rice
Sara Sue
Thornton
Massachusetts
Sylvan Beach
Thorny
Mil
Leila White
Dr. Holgate
Mr. White
Dr. Lovett
Ye Olde Barn
Tomers
Sara Sue Davis
Duke O'Reilly
O'Reilly
Liverpool
London
Cherbourg
Mr. O'Reilly
Sara Bue
Tag
Narrow canal vital to national defense plans
The canal is described as the weakest link in the defense strategy with experts warning that a sudden air attack could not disrupt the coast but a direct strike on the canal could seal the waterway and delay naval operations. The newspapers emphasize its critical importance to national security and naval capacity.
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Baltimore Sun
San Antonio
Kennebec Pulp and Paper Plant Hit by Major Fire
A spectacular general alarm fire at the Kennebec Pulp and Paper company in Augusta Maine damaged the sulphite storage plant and offices. Officials estimate the loss unofficially at 309000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Paper Company
Maine
Augusta
Kennebec Pulp and Paper Company
Guard Slayer (Continued From Page One)
Salazar confessed to killing Kennedy and assaulting the Kennedy family. two girls Fay 4 and Imogene 13 were wounded. Sheriff Allen said Salazar admitted the double killing but memory failed about attacking the children. He later fled with Wilma, driving to Austin, and hid in a sister’s house until deputies captured him.
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Iff Lee
Salazar
Kennedy
Wilma
Ethics
Allen
Fay
Imogene
Austin
Lee O. Allen
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Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel PU Sliseng Company
Latrobe Street
Grafton Printing Co
David
Lord of Hosts
Ernest Minor Patterson
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Europe
Far East
China
Japan
Ane
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