Good Year At State School Shows Strong Production
An annual report from the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys cites a total farm and dairy output valued at 60409.74 with a net profit of 26470.82. The year saw 325 discharges and paroles, 424 inmates at year end, and only 16 escapes. Projected water filtration began, with half funding from the last session and federal funds. An almost completed athletic field and a $6000 mule barn were added, built largely by inmates under supervision, with repairs to several buildings and ongoing improvements.
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West Virginia Industrial School For
Fed
Shytate
Bell
FERA
Taylor County Hardware Serving Three Counties
The Taylor County Hardware Company, a Roberts Hardware branch, serves Grafton, Taylor, and Preston counties with a large stock and buying power. Ed Headley, the Grafton manager, outlines a record program for the coming year offering hardware and house furnishings at great savings to customers.
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Grafton
Taylor
Preston Counties
Taylor County Hardware’ Company
Taylor County Hardware Company
Roberts Hardware Company
West Virginia
Ed Headley
Radio Schedule Snapshot From The War Era Night Lineup
A dense listing of radio programs across networks WHAS WGN WBC WCPO and more detailing orchestras, sketches, dramas and musical acts. Entries include performers like Jack Armstrong Lily Pons Abe Lyman and Leon Belasco with times ranging from afternoon 1:15 P.M. to after midnight. The schedule emphasizes variety shows galore across stations NBC CBS CBS related programs and local orchestra names.
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WCKY
Buddy
Ginger
WGN
Irene Wicker
CBS
Jack Armstrong
KMOX
Gogo Delys
WSAI
NBC
Clara
Lu and
WCPO
Wdjz
Animal News Club
Buck Rogers
WBBM
Buddy and
WLW
Nugent
Lee Gordon
Buddy Benson
Jim
Golden Opportunity
WWVA
WSM
Orches Kmox
Sk Cbs
Bob Newhall
Milton Charles
WEAF
Billy and
Betty
Asher
Little Jim Emox
Jimmy Allen
Amos
Andy
Myrt and
Marge
Sket
Palmer House
Ensen
Frank Simon
cHums & Allen Orchestra
Wayne King
Velozé
Yolanda
Lily Pons
Andre
Kostelanetz
Town Hall
Ray Noble
Connie Boswell
Wgn—Wallenstein
Sinfonietta
KDKA
John “Charles Biante
Frank Tours
Orches
Kansas City Philharmonic Symphony
el Caballero
Gt | Kmo
Nbc—Music Guild
Wjzz
Jimmy Fidler
Eddy Duchin
WJ2
Dorothy Lamour
GBS
Myrt
WJZ
Ink Spots
Abe Lyman
Clavide Hopkins
al Dotbhue
WBEM
Bennet Sisters
WHAS
Sweet and Low
Jesse Crawford
Jan Garber
Randall
Leon Belasco
George Olsen
Shandor
Harold ; Stern
Hal Kethp
Average Farmer Better Off Than One Year Ago
Charleston reports Commissioner J B McLaughlin says the average farmer is much better off than last year. He foresees 1936 holding gains and possibly advancing, citing economic recovery in agriculture and increased purchasing power among West Virginia's 500000 farm population paying off mortgages and buying manufactured goods.
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Charleston
J. B. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
West Virginia
Mrs Travis Grateful For Winning Kelvinator Prize
Mrs J W Travis of Lincoln Street expresses gratitude after winning a Kelvinator in Sidrow's General Radio Shop Christmas prize essay. She thanks Mr and Mrs Sidrow, the judges, and the delivery boys, and wishes ongoing success in the coming year.
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Mrs. Travis
Kelvinator
J. W. “Travis
Lincoln Street
Sidrow
General Radio
Karpis hunt continues as agents push search in cabin
W A Smith of the FBI bureau of investigation said six men pressed the search for Karpis but had nothing definite to go on. Fanning’s story drew skepticism with psychologists noting a head injury and a 1934 Iowa insanity finding.
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Hunt Karpis
W. A. Smith
University of Iowa
Kansas City
Kas
Strand and Dixie theaters plan a banner 1936 year
Grafton manager J L Bush announces a strong 1936 program for the Strand and Dixie theaters. He cites top films booked such as David Copperfield and The Great Ziegfeld, plus long lists including The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, Captain Blood and Romeo and Juliet, with stars like Ronald Colman, Grace Moore, and Errol Flynn.
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Strand
New Dixie Theatres
J. L. Bush
David Copperfield
Red Gap
Bush
Grafton
Dixie
Paramount Picture
the Dixie
Frank Morgan
Good Pictures
Mr. Bush
Ronald Colman
Robert Taylor
Grace Moore
Robin Hood
Warner Baxter
Rose Marie
Nelson Eddy
Jeannette MacDonald
William Powell
Norma Shearer
Louise Rainer
Musa Dagh
Wallace Beery
Tarzan
Johnny Weissmuller
Frederic March
Captain Blood
Errol Flygan
James Cagney
Clerox
Joe E. Brown
Leslie Howard
Bing Crosby
Gladys Swarthout
Collegiate
Joe Pencher
Broadway
James Melton
Lawrence Tibbett
Henry Fonda
Man
Monte Carlo
New Financing Seen by Bankers for 1936
New York bankers expect a marked rise in new financing for construction and productive purposes in 1936. They base this on two assumptions an improving industrial outlook carrying energy from 1935 into the next year and favorable monetary and credit conditions.
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New York
Secretary Roper Sees Bright Year Ahead for Nation
Secretary of Commerce Roper forecast a happier year for the country, citing a broadening recovery from the past year. He noted improvements in agriculture, employment, purchasing, industry, and rising security markets as the recovery expands activity in a widening circle.
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Washington
Renn
Roper
Commerce
Three Youths Die In Milford Auto Wreck
Milford Conn Jan 1 three youths died in an early morning car crash after striking a truck trailer on the road home from New Haven Police said two victims were Charles Ryan 19 and George Packard 22 both Milford residents The third victim Wicklow Bel 21 was tentatively identified pending confirmation
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Milford
Conn
New Haven
Joseph Wicklow
Charles Ryan
George Packard
Wicklow Bel
Phedr
Smith Looms as Constitutionalist Hope in 1932 Race
Shouse will address the Liberty League on January 25 amid talk that Alfred E. Smith could be nominated as a Constitutional Democrat. Former Governor Ely’s offer to back Smith sparked speculation, though Ely suggested the Liberty League may not press Smith or any candidate. Lewis, a retired Democratic chair, warned multiple contenders could emerge and that New York’s vote could decide Roosevelt’s fate.
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Shouse
Smith
New Deal
Liberty League
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Ely
Lberty League
Jouett Shouse
Lewis
Roosevelt
New York
New York State
Blaine
Grover Cleveland
Constitutional Democrats
Brinkman Opera House Plans Big 1936 Lineup
The Brinkman Opera House in northern West Virginia, one of the oldest show houses, reports greatly improved patron comfort in 1935 and outlines a strong 1936 with top pictures. Manager George Brinkman cites perfect sound and seating, notes a new rest room, and invites patron suggestions for future bookings.
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Brinkman Opera House
Good Pictures
West Virginia
George Brinkman
Brinkman
Opera House
Lafates
Abduction Hoax Confession by Milne IV
Caleb Milne IV, heir to a Philadelphia textile family, is under arrest in New York after confessing to J Edgar Hoover that his nationwide kidnapping scare was a publicity hoax. Hoover says Milne, a society figure and mystery writer, planned the stunt to gain acting work and money due to desperate finances.
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Caleb Milne
Philadelphia
New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Hoover
Milne
Girl Jumps From Home Fractures Wrist in Salem
Deputy Sheriff J. E. Cade reported Margaret Watkins seventeen leapt from the second floor of her home to avoid being returned to the Girls Industrial Home at Salem. She suffered a fractured wrist.
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Princeton
J. E. Cade
Margaret Watkins
Salem
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R. P. Bell
Taylor County Hardware
Val Yorke
Herbert Koch
City Voices
Boake Carter
WAVE
Quin Ryan
WEW
One Man's Family
Bs—Cavalcade of America
Harold Levey
Wdz
Rendezvous
Clyde Lucas
WCRO
Sherdena Walker
Orch
Lowe
Wheeling
Rar Greig
Charles Bontie
Benito Mussolini
Benito Muscolini
Pontinia
Italy
C. W. Bailey
J. Lynch
Coffman-Fisher Co
West Main Street
the Conservation Commission
Sentinel
LEE Bennett & Son
Greece
Main Street
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