West Virginia river projects seen as good business
Washington reports war department figures on a $400 million river development plan for West Virginia. Army engineers cite flood control and cash returns higher than costs, but note markets for power are often lacking or doubtful today. Estimates cover projects from West Fork to Monongahela with returns per dollar ranging from 60 to 307 cents depending on the scheme.
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War Department
West Virginia
Army
Army Engineers
West Fork
Neely
D-W. Va
Bluestone
Rush D. Holt
Hinton
Hawks Nest
Divorcee’s Output Continues With Ursula Parrott
SCOTING screened under the title of "Di vorcee." This was the famous novel, Ex-Wife and since its appearance Ursula Parrott has continued to turn out with machine like regularity, one successful book after the other. There's Always Tomorrow is her latest story.
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Ursula Parrott
Yowsah! Ben Bernie’s Catchphrase Becomes Box Office Draw
The Strand screens Paramount’s Shoot the Works featuring Ben Bernie who explains how the catchword yowsah was coined during his College Inn stint. The phrase powered his rise to fame and a lucrative radio deal, shaping his new Southern drawl persona with other distinctive expressions.
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Ben Bernie
Paramount
Jack Oakie
Dorothy Dell
Arline Judge
Strand Theatre
Bernie
College Inn
Chicago
United States
Ursula Parrott hits big with debut novel at Opera House
Ursula Parrott author of There’s Always Tomorrow performs at the Opera House today and Saturday, noting her first book written in two months in 1929. She sold it to a publisher within a month and it broke sales records after publication, with future movie options discussed in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
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Bennie Barnes
Opera House
Ursula Parrott
Bartlesville, Okla
Press associations meet to discuss Labor board action
Six publishers associations including the American Newspaper Publishers Association and the New England Daily Newspaper Association met in New York December 17 and 18 to consider the action of the National Recovery Administration and submitted their views in writing to NRA. A Herald Messenger item incorrectly tied Bruce Savage to a warrant, which Bryant denied, saying he had no connection and was absent. the warrant was sworn by Mike Cotellis associated with the Savage garage.
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Tom Pagt
Davis
American Newspaper Publishers Association
New England Daily Newspaper Association
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Delmar Va Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Pacific
New York
Labor Board
NRA
Sentinel
Bruce Savage
B. B. Bryant
Savage
Bryant
Mike Cotellis
Savage Garage
Mother of Ex Grafton Minister Passes Away
Mrs. Anna Martin Jones, 89, died Wednesday at a daughter’s home in Fairmont. Funeral held Friday at Fairmont First Methodist Protestant Church at 2 pm. Burial in Maple Grove cemetery. She was mother of Rev. Samuel C. Jones, former Andrews Methodist Episcopal pastor now in McMechen, and Rev. Job Jones, pastor of Wayside Church in Parkersburg.
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Fairmont First Methodist Protestant Church
Anna Martin Jones
George Clelland
Fairmont
Maple Grove
Jones
Samuel C. Jones
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Que
McMechen
Job Jones
Wayside Church
Parkersburg
Radio Schedule for Change: Evening Programs Across Networks
A schedule listing multiple radio programs by time and network. NBC features Amos n Andy, Irene Rich, and Red Davis among others while CBS showcases The O Neills and Court of Human Relations. Other times include NBC and CBS lineups with various entertainers and shows. The fragment ends noting RCA tubes and a sales pitch for tamper proof cartons.
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Nbc—News
Gale Page
CBS
Jack Armstrong
NBC
Lowell Thomas
Woody
Willie
Billy Batchelor
Amos 'N
Andy
Myrt
Marge
Jack Denny
Plantation
Red Davis
the O'Neills
Post’s plan for new altitude record faces risky gear drop
The fragment recalls Wiley Post and a planned high altitude attempt, mentioning a lever drop that could cause a dead stick landing. Other blurred text references a store, a post office, and a phone line, providing little clear context.
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Wiley Post
Contract Bridge Hand From Central Press Guide
A detailed duplicate bridge hand analysis by E. V. Shepard describes two South players opening 1 No Trump in a nine handed set. At one table 4 Hearts was led and the defense built counterplay with trumps and clubs. North finessed, West yielded, and declarer discarded clubs. The play by East and West culminated in a game, with complex ruffing and trump management determining the outcome and the final tricks.
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Central Press
South
West
Dummy
Mast
North
East
Loww
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