Letters To Editors on Prohibition and Temperance Reform
Readers argue repeal of prohibition is the path to sane legal regulation of liquor. They contend temperance ideals are admirable but irrelevant to current policy and criticize lawmakers as mere mouthpieces while urging masses to enforce laws themselves.
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Nyorle
England
Christendom
Old England
Rome
Brittain
New York City
Chicago
British Empire
Strand Theatre In 10 Reels and Paramount Comedy Prices
A notice lists Strand Theatre 10 reels and Paramount comedy show times with Sunday matinee 15c and 25c, night 15c 25c and 35c. The piece argues repeal of prohibition and criticizes anti repeal stance while recounting personal experiences near home and urging liberty in law, referencing press and public sentiment.
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Paramount Comedy
Prohibition debate and Alumni Night at Grafton High
Speakers at the Grafton high school Alumni Association banquet mixed reflections on prohibition with praise for the class of 1933 and the school’s history. Senator Watkins lauded graduates while Superintendent Kuhn lauded the class, with performances by Pierette and a Harlequin romance scene enhancing the evening.
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Watskins
Alumni Association
Fred ©. Blue
Charleston
Blue
Helen Davis Robb
the Union
Kuhn
Katherine Koelz
Wellington Rowan
Carolyn Readie
Richard Dean
Kenneth Cole
Davis and Elkins College advises teachers to prepare
Summer Term at Davis and Elkins College urges teachers to stay prepared as competition for desirable positions rises. Even with a degree, reviews are needed. without one, standards climb. The message notes possible shorter terms and salary cuts but endorses continuing preparation for eventual return to earlier salaries and longer sessions. James E. Allen, President.
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Davis and Elkins College
James E. Allen
Rising steel output speeds nationwide in mid year surge
The report notes a climb from about 12 percent capacity in early March to 40 percent across the country by late May. Steel centers outside Pittsburgh posted above average rates, as output continued to rise into the current period and referenced earlier years for context.
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Pittsburgh
May Business Slackens After April Gains
May shows slackening in business after continued April improvement. Electric power use and carloadings rose while the bank notes stronger retail buying in April though not the sharpest since 1919. Buying boosted by higher wholesale prices bank deposits Easter shopping more employment and some wage increases.
Missionary Union Meets Next Monday at Andrews Church
The Missionary Union of Grafton will hold its first quarterly meeting Monday evening at 7 30 at Andrews M E Church. It originated from the Day of Prayer last March and has become a yearly custom. Mrs W A Beavers serves as president, also leading the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Andrews Church.
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Union Missionary Society
Grafton
Andrews M. E. Church
Non-Securion
W A. Beavers
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
Williamson Miners Win 10 Percent Wage Increase
In Williamson on June 3, the Williamson Operators' Association ordered a wage increase averaging 10 percent for about 4,000 miners in the Williamson field. Workers currently earn a basic rate around 29 cents an hour for motormen of mine trains, with an estimated two days of work per week under present conditions. A separate note mentions a new horseback trail to Mt. LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park being built.
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Williamson Field
Williamson Operators’ Association
Mt. LeConte
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Briton Urges End to Prejudice at World Conference
London June 3 Neville Chamberlain warned in the Commons that the world economic conference opening June 12 must see nations set aside prejudice and mutual concessions or risk failure. He outlined a threefold aim: raise world prices, stabilize currencies toward a gold standard, and reduce barriers to international trade. He criticized critics for not offering a concrete plan and refused to specify terms for the June 15 war debt payment.
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London
Neville, Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Roosevelt
Commons
America
Bandit's Wife Nabbed Near Stolen Auto
Jay Oklahoma June 3 In a tense pursuit near Dripping Springs Delaware county posses hundreds armed with shotguns and rifles hunted fugitives from Kansas prisons. Three deputy sheriffs reported encountering three men near a stolen car late last night with one man believed to be Pretty Boy Floyd. A woman was arrested for investigation and denied being Floyd's wife.
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Kansas
State
Delaware County
Dripping Springs
Wewoka
Okla
Charles Arthur
Pretty Boy
Floyd
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