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Beyenarenen
Grafton
W. Va
Associated Press
Asociated Press
Vals Peeper
Ee Ener Communications
Aia Cass Coy
Sia
A. B. Clayden Inc
New York
Lexington Avenue
Chicago
North
Michigan Avenue
Strength for the Faint and Old Guard on New Deal Critique
A long colonial era style essay reflects on Isaiah 40 28 31 and criticizes Franklin D Roosevelt s New Deal arguing the program worsened economic pain by subsidizing hydro electric power and harming coal mines railroads and labor peseants West Virginia coal operators and labor figures call for tariff protection and end to federal hydro power subsidies while a court ruling on free speech and picketing is cited as supporting organized labor limits.
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Central
South America
New Deal
Hull
TVA
James D. Francis
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
West Virginia Coal and TVA Debate on Trade Effects
In West Virginia the bituminous coal industry and railroads employ about 150 000 workers and support over 500 000 residents. They fund government and schools, pay 30 percent of property taxes and 35 percent of the state gross sales tax, and significantly aid Ohio border regions. The piece compares coal and fuel oil, noting 1937 fuel consumption and potential coal use if power were steam driven, highlighting competition between energy sources.
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West Virginia
England
W. VA
TVA
Wheeling Intelligencer
Wrogether
Ohio
Illegal Picketing Ruled Illegal By Illinois Supreme Court
Ross Swing operates a Chicago beauty shop with 16 employees. The Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Union caused picketing after they refused to join. An injunction blocked the picketing and banners. Illinois Supreme Court upheld lower courts, holding nonemployees cannot legally picket to force union membership.
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Morgantown Post
Ross Swing
Chicago
A. F. of L
Swing
Ufair
Tlinois Supreme Court
Tllinois
Should Congress pass Chandler bill on railroad composition
The Chandler bill would allow voluntary composition between railroads and creditors to avoid bankruptcy. Senate amendments restrict applicability to two roads, raising constitutional doubt and potential class legislation concerns. Editors urge Senate to yield to House on key provision to make the measure helpful.
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Wall Street Journal
Chandler
Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Inter-state Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio
Lehigh Valley
the & O
L. V
V. L
King Snake Immune to Rattler Poison Cited In Factographs
Factographs note odd claims about a king snake immune to rattlesnake venom. They mention Melgarejo, Bolivia’s 1860s dictator, allegedly sending troops toward France while oceans separate continents. Seattle health chief Dr Frank M Carroll calls laughter a sign of health. A Jaun-Gries item shows new laundry marks visible only under lamp light. A Red Mont Ponte spider is identified as a Black Widow species.
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Frank M. Carroll
Seattle City
Jaun- Gries
Spidera
Unfortunate Welling family of Grafton remembered in Taylor County history
The narrative chronicles the Welling family’s tragedies in Grafton from 1852 onward, including two young deaths from a fire in a carpenter shop, the pneumonia deaths of James Welling and his wife Maria, and the later passing of Georgianna and the Compton couple. It also highlights Frederick Burdett, a key early Taylor County figure, his descendants, and John S. Burdett’s political roles, including securing the railroad franchise and serving as state treasurer.
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Grafton
James William Welling
Welling
Grafton Junction
Maria
Moses Luzadder
East Main Street
Well
Edward
Charles E
Georgianna Welling Compton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bloomfield
New Jersey
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Frederick Burdett
Culpepper
Virginia
Susan Sinsel
Pruntytown
Taylor County
James McDowell
Taylor
Kemble
Warder
Johnson
Blue
John S. Burdett
General Assembly
Richmond
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ohio River
John Letcher
West Virginia
McDowell
Burdett
James W. Burdett
Prunty
Society of
Town
Echoes of a family symphony at Eleanor's vigil
Eleanor Parrish eyes her husband Phil and son Sonny as tension over family leadership erupts in the quiet of a morning. She wrestles with words to restore order, while memories of shared love surface, signaling a fragile reawakening of their bond.
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Eleanor
Phil
Dennis
Tim
Speed
Jessica
Sonny
Dad
Eleanor Parrish
Son
Political depressions and the rise of un-American economics
A reflection on political depressions versus natural economic recoveries. The piece argues that government control worsens downturns, citing 1929 to present debt growth and high unemployment. It criticizes New Deal policy as socialist and un-American, claiming experts warn against directing business and warn of fiscal danger.
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Retgemers
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Union Brokerage Inc
Marion
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