Mine Strike and Guffey Bill Loom in Washington
The Grafton Sentinel reports growing tension as a threatened coal strike is used to press passage of the Guffey coal bill. Miners seek a 30 hour week and 10 percent raise while offered 35 hours and current wages. Critics warn the bill could nationalize the industry, raise coal prices, and harm producing regions amid wage and price disputes.
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John le
Lewis
Wheeling Intelligencer
Confidence and recovery hinge on security, Ayres argues
Oakland Republican columnist cites Colonel Leonard P. Ayres of Cleveland Trust, urging that business confidence depends on security and stable policy. He warns taxes and restrictive legislation hinder revival, noting NRA and mortgage moratorium rulings sparked a brief uptick when constitutional protections were seen as intact.
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Oakland
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland Trust Company
Ayres
Supreme Court
NRA
Frazier-Lemke
Glass Defends Constitution Amid New Deal Card Analogy
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia likens the New Deal to a stacked deck in a speech defending constitutional limits. He frames federal expansion as risky to individual rights and warns against emergent powers unchecked by law. The Weston Independent notes his stance as a critique of policy overreach.
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Roosevelt
United States
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Hale
Maine
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Sen. Glass
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Carter Glass
Virginia
Two Heavily Armed Convicts Escape Jail in Arkansas
Two heavily armed escaped convicts abducted four men and wrecked two cars as they fled. Identifying themselves as Tucker prison farm guards, they forced victims Harvey Hewitt, W. M. Stewart, Harry Crow, and W. A. Marcer to ride with them before letting Hewitt and Stewart go. A second car was wrecked, and a family of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Williams with their daughter were forced from their vehicle.
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Little Rock
Ark
Tucker Prison Farm
Harvey Hewitt
W. M. Stewart
Pine Bluff
Harry Crow
W. A. Marcer
Hewitt
Stewart
A. B. Williams
Robbers Loot Theatre for Receipts at Alvin
Four men robbed the Alvin Theatre box office in New York stealing between 12000 and 13000 dollars. They overpowered the night watchman and bound him after attending the musical Anything Goes. The haul included Wednesday’s receipts and yesterday’s holiday performances. Police believe the culprits remained in the theatre until after the audience left.
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New York
Night Watchman
Alvin Theatre
Girl Blamed for Poisoning Incident In Flour Bin
A light girl aided her mother by filling a flour bin with a sack that contained insect poison. Mrs. William Collins and her five children were poisoned after eating biscuits mixed with the flour. Physicians expect recovery.
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Bluefield
William Collins
Aged Man dies in county rail accident continues page 1
George Gross supervises arrangements for the deceased with Simpson and Undertake. Mr. Robinson is survived by two daughters Mrs Pete Victoria of Rosemont and Miss Ellie Robinson of Belingcon, plus a step-daughter Mrs James Gibson of Rosemont. The death marks the first railroad fatality in the county in four years.
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Simpson
George Gross
Robinson
Pete Victoria
Rosemont
Ellie Robinson
Belingcon
James Gibson
Slayer of Old Continuea Shot to Death at Sandwich Shop
Police report a man named Gulley lured a girl from a taxi to a ride then opened fire as they returned with no driver present. Harper was killed and the girl wounded before Gulley fled. officers later overtook him without resistance. An adjacent public notice advertises sealed bids for coal delivery to Grafton facilities, due July 6, 1938.
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Page One
Gulley
Harper
Bipartisan 1936 Plans and Nye Presidential Boom
A Central Press survey outlines orthodox Democrats considering Byrd Talmadge as anti Roosevelts and a Palmer Buckner style slip, while Senator Nye grows a Republican presidential boom. Analysts question if lower prices and broader purchases could ease financial strains and boost incomes worldwide.
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Central Press
Washington Bar
S Street
Charles P. Stewart
Washington, D. C
Byrd
Talmadse
Palmer
Buckner
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Palmer and
Dodo Bird Mystery and 1919 British Comedy Link
Fragmented notes discuss the extinct dodo of Mauritius killed in 1861 and its name origin, then jump to 1919 US society trivia. Mentions include Charles Spencer Chaplin and names that hint at Lost humor figures. The text blends trivia prompts with horoscope hints and scattered references to missionary work and Canada.
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Mauritius
Notice to unknown bondholders and creditors in Taylor WV case
In the Circuit Court of Taylor County West Virginia Ed Smallwood et al versus Tygart Valley Traction Company and others, notice that Commissioner J Guy Allender completed a report on June 10 1935 and filed it for inspection until July 22 1935. Parties may file exceptions. various notices of sales and tax deeds follow for property in Grafton and Taylor County.
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Ed Smallwood
Tygart Valley Traction Company
Tygarts Valley Traction Company
Grafton Banking & Trust Company
Taylor County
West Virginia
J. Guy Allender
Chancery
Hugh R
Frank Bennett
John W. Keefe
Taylor County Bank
Grafton
William P. Samples
County of
Taylor
Trusteessale of Wolfe and Murphy Barber Equipment
Trustee will sell at public auction at the Taylor County Court House front door on July 15 1935 at 1 PM the trust described property including five barber chairs wall case five laboratories and pittings shoe shining stand eleven customer chairs and one National brand item under a deed of trust dated March 13 1934 recorded in Trust Deed Book A B page 141 default declared by W Merle Watkins Trustee for Guy V Wolfe and James T Murphy partners trading as Wolfe and Murphy.
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Guy V. ‘Wolfe
James T. Murphy
Wolfe and Murphy
W. Merle Watkins
Marci
Taylor County
West Virginia
Will
Otter
Contract Bridge: Essentials Used by Experts
A long feature argues contract bridge is a genuine science not a pastime. It contrasts essential rules with non essentials, warns against sales hype, and promises weekly articles detailing basic facts and expert methods for standard play and bidding.
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Noah
Ark
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