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Copy Sentinel
Cincinnati
Sentinel
Roosevelt Debtors Debt Settlement Debate and Mattern Flight
The piece argues President Roosevelt should reject a 10 percent settlement with Britain on war debts, warning such a move would anger the public and strain Congress. It notes Europe owes far more, and calls for clear, firm terms or fault if not paid. It also covers Jimmy Mattern’s solo around the world flight halting in Siberia with hopes to continue.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Texas
Jimmy Mattern
Russia
Europe
Asia
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Siberian
New York
Moscow
Earth
Glass-Steagall Act Passed By Congress For Signature
Congress finally passes the Glass-Steagall banking act after a long deadlock over corruption and reform. The measure, seen as potentially one of the most constructive laws in years, aims to set the nation’s business life on a sound basis though it may spawn future trouble and financial shifts.
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Senate
Sion
Congress
Massachusetts Joins Move Toward Prohibition Repeal
The piece argues that banking reform and the Glass-Steagall effect could revive confidence and reopen banks while noting Massachusetts vote for repeal of the 18th Amendment. It highlights a broad shift toward individual liberty and criticizes inaction, stating about six and a half million repeal votes to roughly one and a quarter million against.
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Massachusetts
Old Bay State
Regret Over Senate Failure to Submit Budget Amendment
The Clarksburg Telegram notes statewide regret that the state Senate did not follow the House of Delegates in voting for an executive budget amendment. The reform would shift budgetary control entirely to the chief executive, remedying divided responsibility and log rolling that hinder state finances.
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State Senate
House of Delegates
Charleston
Cornwell
Board of Public Works
Clarksburg
Real War Spirit and the Reforestation Kit Scandal
A critique frames government power during peacetime as wartime, linking the Roosevelt era graft to a 1.40 dollar per kit cost on 200000 toilet kits for reforestation camps. It notes the secretary Howe and a manufacturer with ties to a former Roosevelt law partner, suggesting ongoing graft and extravagance.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Howe
Daily Cross Word Puzzle Clues and Fragments
Puzzle clues appear jumbled with scattered numbers and stray letters. A concluding quotation from the Wheeling Intelligencer notes the costly toll of public folly, calling out cupidity and inefficiency as costly to the public.
Indiana Votes Wet In Repeal Debate Across States
West Virginia press notes Indiana joins Illinois and Michigan in voting for repeal as dry forces fail to stave off shifts. Editor comments from Huntington and Morgantown express mixed views while acknowledging Indiana's long dry history and farm community support amid rising wet majorities.
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Indiana
West Virginia
Wheeling Register
Mllinois
Jim Clendenin
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Edi
Tor Clendenin
Bishop Cannon
Illinois
Michigan
Morgantown Post
Preston Republican Book Donation Campaign at Hopemont
The Preston Republican urges readers to donate books and reading material for Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Hope mont West Virginia. Donors receive credit and labels with their names. Patients, many long confined, show strong demand for history fiction science religion and more.
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Hopemont
West Virginia
Preston Republican
Repeal outlook stresses cautious bets across states
The article notes the drys claim leverage in the Solid South and Middle West while Indiana’s wet status keeps repeal prospects unsettled. It cites Bishop Cannon and Morgantown Dominion News warning against overconfidence, as twenty six states remain needed and 13 could block repeal if sparsely populated.
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Missipi River
Middle West
Lows
Middle Western
Morgantown
Indiana
Bishop Cannon
Plan Set Up For Agencies To Find Jobs
Washington June 14 Secretary Perkins announced the appointment of President Robert Hutchins of the University of Chicago as chairman of the advisory committee set up for the new federal employment service. Wagner Senator and AF of L President and Chamber of Commerce head were invited. The service aims to organize the labor market so idle people and jobs can be identified. Twenty states have signaled cooperation, with plans to coordinate with existing state services before forming new ones, and no federal offices will be opened unless invited by the state.
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Washington
Perkins
Robert Hutchins
University of Chicago
Federal Employment Service
Senator Wagner
New York
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Henry S. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Department
A J Wilkinson Goes Home From Hospital
Taylor county residents learn that A J Wilkinson of Huntington, long a local figure, was removed yesterday from Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins to his home. His condition remains about the same after a threatened blood infection following an injured hand, and he wishes to return to family. Wilkinson has lived in Huntington for years and was a former member of the state house.
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Taylor County
A. J. Wilkinson
Huntington
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
Wilkinson
House of
Proposed Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States
A draft amendment outlines repealing the 18th Amendment and restoring prohibition enforcement by state control. It lists ratification supporters and opponents, with arguments for increased revenue, employment, and legal order, and warns voters not to exceed twenty candidates.
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the United States
Congress
United States
Indians Name Walter Johnson as New Cleveland Boss
Walter Johnson known as "the big train" and former Washington Senators manager was named manager of the Cleveland Indians, succeeding Roger Peckinpaugh. Associated Press photo accompanies the report.
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Walter Johnson
Washington Senators
Cleveland Indians
Roger Peckinpaugh
Associated Press
Cabell County Delegates Contend For Governor Nomination
Delegates from Cabell County were heavily involved in the Democratic race, with the figure thrice a contender for the party's gubernatorial nomination, highlighting the county's influential role in state politics.
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Cabell County
Value of Korean lespedeza to Kentucky farmers
The last year estimate places the crop at four million seven hundred sixty thousand dollars in hay pasture and seed sales for Kentucky farmers.
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Kentucky
Notice to Snider Linn and Lawhead on sale redemption
Legal notice to John W. Snider William Henry Linn and C E Lawhead as receivers of Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank. E B Sitter purchaser of 8 acres in Taylor County West Virginia faces deed issuance after September 12 1983 unless redeemed. Redemption figures include sheriff sale tax survey notice and interest totaling 83.37 dollars plus outstanding charges.
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John W. Snider
William Henry Linn
C. E. Lawhead
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank
E. B. Sitter
Court House
Taylor County
W. Va
Bath
H. M. Wheeler
E. B
Emma
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