Gasoline prices blamed on producers and taxes in WV
West Virginia Petroleum Association argues gasoline costs are driven by refinery and producer margins plus transport and state and federal taxes. They note refinery prices last week ranged about 4 to 5 cents per gallon, while consumers pay around 20 cents, with government takes totaling over 6 cents. The group calls the tax burden heavy, claiming a "100 per cent" markup versus cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyser Echo
West Virginia Petroleum Association
West Virginia
Still Making Demands From CIO Leader John L Louis
Hinton News reports CIO president John L Louis renews demands before the senate labor committee. He urges denying federal contracts subsidies to firms using spies and armed guards against unions and seeks broader Wagner Act enforcement penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton News
John L. Louis
CIO
Lewis
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Senator Lafollette
Detroit
Plight of European War Children Shocks Civilized World
The article highlights 120000 orphaned and refugee children suffering from Nazi Germany and the Spanish Civil War. It notes France Britain the Netherlands Soviet Russia and Switzerland aiding many. Private funds feed clothe and house them while Sweden funds a 1500 child colony in France and Holland builds a large camp for German refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Times
Europe
Germany
Spain
France
Great Britain
The
Netherlands
Soviet
Russia
Switzerland
Sweden
Holland
China
Lewis urges CIO drive to fix economy in Wheeling report
John L. Lewis told CIO executives in Washington that only the CIO can clean the slate to solve economic ills blamed on industry and government. The report notes mixed views on coal prices with Bev indications that prices are broadly close to expectations, while some operators warn higher rates could invite oil and gas competition. Local West Virginia operators note price disputes and calls from officials for adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Industry
Congress
West Virginia
Morgantown
A. W. Laing
Charleston
Wyat Coal Company
Edward Graff
New River Company
Mt. Hope
Beckley Black New England
Commission
Bluefield
Duncan Kennedy
History of Taylor County figures of Grafton leaders
Fabricius A. Cather and Thomas Cather are highlighted as pivotal figures in Grafton and Taylor County from 1861 to the 1930s. The narrative covers Civil War service, postwar reform, city improvements, and civic roles. It notes major projects under Thomas Cather, including water filtration, cemetery restoration, street paving, and municipal building purchase, plus later local figures linked to schools, industry, and the Ward hotel lineage.
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Fabricius A. Cather
John Cather
Flemington
Rector College
George R. Latham
Daniel Wilson
Grafton Guards
Sheridan
Hunter
Kansas
Grafton
Thomas Cather
Old Central School
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia University
Colorado
Bluemont Cemetery
Morigan and
Vance
Knotts‘avenue
Haslop
Christiana
Washington
Francis
Market Streets
Main
Washington Streets
Dewey Avenue
West Grafton
Thayer Street
Armstrong Alley
George W. Ward
Beverly
Parry House
Ward House
Taylor
Coal price talk draws mixed views from industry leaders
Secretary of the Kanawha Coal Operators Association and executives from Wheeling Monongahela Rail and River Coal Fairmont Producers District 3 and Carbon Fuel Charleston weigh in on proposed price ranges. Some praise potential industry unity and price stability, others warn of harm if prices are not firmly established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha Coal
Operators Association and
Secretange
Frank Costanzo
Wheeling
Howard W. Showalter
Monongahela Rail and River Coal Corporation
Fairmont
Charles W. Shinnamon
L. N. Thomas
Carbon Fuel Company
Charleston
Morgantown
R. M. Davis
Chapter Forty Three Kate Douglas Visits Twin Chimneys
Kate Douglas arrives at Twin Chimneys on a June Friday to find Jessica, Eleanor, and the Parish clan living in a lively domestic swirl. Kate shares news of a new job and future plans while Eleanor faces Jessica’s frank questions about love and trust amid a bustling country scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Douglas
Long Ridge
Eleanor
Jessica
Kate
Isasha
Gert
Liberty Mall
Mat
Nell
Dennis
Dennis Pryor
New York
Kate Dennis
Eccles urges public investment to revive employment
Eccles told Harvard Business School alumni in Boston that housing construction railroads and utilities offer the best chance for reemployment. He urged government led public investments such as toll roads tunnels rural rehabilitation farm tenancy loans rural electrification and expanding public housing while proposing mortgage rate cuts to spur home ownership. Roosevelt outlined self liquidating projects including a federal corporation buying railroad equipment to lease to railroads with an estimated cost between 30 and 500 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eccles
Harvard Business School
Boston
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Reserve
Roosevelt
Thaat
Thea
Lions to Elect District Governor Today in West Virginia
BECKLEY June 17 Two deputy district governors wrap up campaigns as Lions club members vote at the annual convention to elect district governor for West Virginia. Martinsburg appears favored to host next year’s convention. Leading contenders to succeed Carl Kennedy include Walter Purdy of Ravenswood and Harley Staggers of Keyser.
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Beckley
West Virginia Lions Club
Martinsburg
Walter J. Purdy
Ravenswood
Harley O. Staggers
Keyser
Carl L. Kennedy
Montgomery
When a big game hunter ceases to hunt in Asia
A lighthearted column notes fame fades quickly, spies and bets affect men, barbers quit for futility, bald futures loom, aviators’ lofty occupations, and optimistic views on weather. It blends jests about public memory with amateur observations on careers and quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Notre Dame
Asia
Suspect questioned in infant smothering case trial notes
Hyzer said Robbins talked with Mrs. Fink outside her parents home on the night the infant was spirited from his cradle, smothered and thrown into a creek. Investigators questioned Mrs. Fink, the father Irvin 23, and Mr. and Mrs. Baker among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyzer
Robbins
Filling Station Talk Figures in Tuesday Night Discussion
Edwin Baker age 20 and John Stone a filling station operator discussed with Mrs. Fink Tuesday night Hyer reported. The fragment notes an interaction involving these named individuals and a local event or inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Baker
John Stone
Hyer
Transatlantic Flight Plan Advances To Marseille
The itinerary outlines a route from Horta in the Azores toward Sunrise Sunday with a stop in Lisbon for the night. On Monday the flight is scheduled to continue to Marseille. Five of the passengers are women.
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Transatlantic
Bertson
Horta
Azores
Lisbon
Marseille
Sales tax versus income tax across states debate
The article weighs sales tax and income tax as revenue sources across 27 states using both, noting opposition from economists and arguing moderate sale tax rates could boost state revenue. It cites figures from 1936 data, highlights anxieties about purchasing power and poverty, and contrasts local revenue impacts in states like California Illinois Michigan and Ohio with federal rate burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newore Aunies York
Massaculfornia
Pan American Airways Opens Mail Route Flight to Public
Pan American Airways has operated a mail service along one route since May 20. Today’s flight marked the first time anyone outside the company’s staff participated in the service, signaling a wider public involvement in the route’s operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan-American Airways
Phenix Submarine Disaster Deepens Naval Losses
The Phenix submarine of the French navy sank at 10 30 am Thursday, adding to a string of submarine disasters this month after the loss of the American Squalus with 26 lives and a British submarine in another fatal incident.
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Ifrench Navy
Phenix
Boy Visitor Drowns In Big Sandy River
In Kenova West Virginia on June 17 14 year old George Shahan of Albuquerque New Mexico visiting his uncle Guy Britton fell into the Big Sandy River and drowned. Coroner P H Osburn reported the body was recovered about a day after he left his uncle's home.
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Kenova
W. Va
George Shahan
Albuquerque
N. M
P. H. Osburn
Guy Britton
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Associated Press
Taylor County
Charles Brinkman
Chapter
Charles QC
King
Taylor County Court
Jacob R. Morgan
Clarence A. Hinkle
G. Thomas Vance
John Newcome
Ray A. Monroe
Clay Cather
Grafton High School
U. S. Fleming
Henry Cather
Baltimore and Ohio
Texas
Lone Star State
Fabricius
Helen Cather
Thomas W. Brohard
Old Central
Thomas W. “Brohard
I. A. Barnes
Putprit
Methodist Protestant Church of
Brohard
Lafayette E. Ward
Bluemont
Graton
Ame
Charles
Sonny
Phil
Darling
Lions
Ankoer
Harley L. Lutz
Public Finance
Princeton University
Grafton Printing Company
Grafton, W. VA
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