The Farce of Lynchings Legislation Debate
A Tuskegee Institute report on lynchings in 1937 is cited as proving anti-lynching bills are unnecessary. The piece argues the law already exists, that only eight were lynched that year, and that proposed penalties would not prevent violence but empower families. It criticizes enforcement and calls for reform of the Wagner Act and labor regulation.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Tuskegee Institute
United States
Congress
Tuskegee
Efee
South
North
Ford Case Sparks NY Herald Tribune Warning on Labor Strikes
The New York Herald Tribune urges suspending judgment in the Ford Motor case until federal court review and fair hearing for both sides. It cites the United Automobile Workers pattern of sit down strikes and warns of union coercion and hidden spying within the Wagner Act framework.
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FORD
Morgantown Post
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
New York Herald Tribune
the Herald Tribune
United Automobile ‘Workers
U\A. W
General Motors
State police take over raid on numbers game in Fairmont
State police swept into Fairmont and Marion county executing a cleanup on illegal gambling and highways oversight. The piece questions local police adequacy and notes the state force implying readiness to assume duties if local enforcement remains unable to provide needed service.
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Fairmont Times
Department of Public Safety
Fairmont
Marion County
Feirmont
State police under fire amid Clarksburg scandal critique
Editorial urges restraint on state troopers amid Clarksburg city council scandal rebuke. It warns against overreach and snooping in petty raids and marble machines, arguing the state force serves a larger purpose beyond local enforcement.
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Dereliity
Clarksburg
State Department
Perkins report cited as impartial to labor unions clash
Editor cites Secretary Perkins testimony praising Labor Department impartiality in AFL-CIO strife and Labor Board protections for workers. It questions board actions at Weirton and laments union peace talks, noting perceived biases toward CIO and reactions to sit down strikes.
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Labor Department
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Labor Board
Lewis
General Motors Corporation
Perkins
Ab Weirton
C. I
Labor and farming unite in Minnesota in 1930s view
The piece outlines the potential for a farmer Labor party fusion in Minnesota led by the Non-Partisan League. It notes the historical strength of the party in Minnesota, including Senators Kipstead and Lundeen, with five representatives, and discusses how urban labor and agriculture coalitions might balance opposing interests as prices and wages shift.
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Charles Lydd
Cental
Presa Oes
Washington, D
Washington
Labor
Stiffer Requirements Tied to School Jobs Proposed
CHARLESTON December 29 The state board of education proposes tougher standards for county school superintendents. If approved by January 10 the plan would raise required administrative hours from 12 to 16 and mandate a master’s degree.
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Charleston
State Board of Education
David Kirby
Coal and General Ethaling Call North Pole Ise and Coal
Miners and distributers named in a terse note urge coal purchases from North Pole origin sources. The item signals a dispatch about coal supply and pricing from a dispatch-like public notice.
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North Pole
Ces Walon
Youre Telling Me Novelty in Holiday Posing and Press
A fragmentary satire on critics and trends mocks holiday spending and public fuss. It spars with dated phrases about reviews and Japanese and U S gunboats while weaving jumbled references to New Year’s Eve, January sales, and President Roosevelt in a clipped, humorous style.
Adrift in Moonlit Inheritance and a Fateful Return
Jerzy Acock confronts a will that binds him to Uncle Jerry’s ranch after a night of startling revelations. He grapples with his father’s caution and his own desire for vivid life as he plans a daring move toward Mimi in St. Louis, amid an impending family farewell and a rain soaked reunion.
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Heritance
Jerzy
Jerry
Ike
Uncle Jerry
Learing
Father
Mimi
Sam
St. Louis
Ife
Theresa
Mimi le Brun
St. Loui
Lucille Merrick
Mim
Jon Lake Michigan
Man Held on Stoning Charge at Cheat Lake Roadhouse
Magistrate D F Dusenberry ordered Charles Shatter of Cheat Neck held under $500 bond for a hearing on a charge arising from glass broken by a rock thrown through a six window at a roadhouse on Cheat Lake operated by Frank St Clair.
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Morgantown
D. F. Dusenberry
Charles Shatter
Cheat ‘Neck
Cheat Lake
Frank St. Clair
Health department notes weekly disease decline in West Virginia
The state health department reports a drop in communicable diseases for the week ending December 4 in West Virginia. Measles fell from 237 to 122 cases and scarlet fever declined from 7 to 6.
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Charleston
State Health’ Department
Virginia
Aged Lady Hurt In Parkerburg Fall At Home
Mrs. BE Rouse, 92, sustained a fractured hip after a fall in her Parkerburg residence when her shoe heel hooked a tug. The injury occurred December 29 and is reported by local officials.
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Parkersburg
BE. Rouse
Quake in Peru Kills About 100 in Two Towns
About 100 people were killed or missing as a quake struck Huancabamba in Junin and Oxapampa in the jungle region near Lima. The tremor caused heavy damage across the two Andean towns, with reports of destroyed homes and disrupted services.
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Lima
Peru
Mendelson Junk Co Buys Beef Hides and Skins in Gratters
Men delson Junk Company offers top prices for beef hides and skins in Gratters West Virginia. Advertises period from November 22 to December 22 with contact phone 9643 and prompt selling guidance.
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Mendelson Junk Company
Gratters
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