Jeff Lipscomb rites held at Parsons home
Last rites were held Monday for Jeff Lipscomb 70 Tucker county pioneer and former editor of a Republican paper in St George. He moved to Parsons twenty years ago and served as commissioner of accounts at his death. His brother Lawrence Lipscomb is Parsons postmaster. his funeral included Rev J W Bedford and pallbearers Dr Rodney Barbe and others.
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Lipscomb
St. George
Tucker County
Parsons
Parsons ‘Advocate
Lawrence Lipscomb
Grafton
Norman Davis Receives 35000 Chile Loan Fee
Senate bankers questioned Otto H. Kahn over income tax returns. Kahn disclosed Norman H. Davis American ambassador at large received 35000 in 1925 for promoting Chilean loans tied to a 20 million loan to the Mortgage Bank of Chile and another unnamed loan. The fee was split with 15000 from the banking group and 10000 from the guaranty company with a later 10000 discussed.
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Washington
Senate
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn, Loeb and Company
New York
Kahn
Norman H. Davis
Ferdinand Pecora
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Guaranty Company of
Davis
Mortgage Bank of Chile
Guaranty Ay
South Ameriia
Taur
Citi
J. R. Swan
Guaranty Company
Banking
Pottery Industry Sets 25 Cent Minimum Wage Rules
Pittsburgh reports that under the National Recovery Act the ceramic industry fixes a minimum wage of 25 to 30 cents an hour and a 40 hour workweek. At a United States Potters' Association meeting leaders plan enforcement boards to prohibit sale below manufacturing cost and will seek Roosevelt relief from foreign competition.
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Pittsburgh
America
United States Potters’ Association
Roosevelt
Pottery Wage Debate and Tariff Critique
Spokesmen warn the new minimum wage of 25 cents for women and 30 cents for men falls short of pottery industry norms. Cleaners and watchmen gain the minimum. They claim foreign pottery imports depress American wages while tariff needs no relief. W Edwin Wells of Newell, West Virginia, says the association claims 75 percent of American voters support them.
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W. Edwin Wells
Newell
W. Va
Board Studies Wages For Public Works Projects
Washington outlines cabinet board examining hours and pay for workers on Roosevelt era public works. A 32 hour week and 45 cents hourly rate are proposed by Hugh S. Johnson. Decision also on moving workers from reforestation camps to aid construction. William Reed named submarine inspector for San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge after S-51 incident.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
National Recovery Act
William Reed
New York
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
Preston Republican Book Donation Campaign at Hopemont
The Preston Republican urges readers to donate books and reading material to Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium in West Virginia. Patients, many long-term, show a strong demand forHistory fiction science religious and other genres. Donors may send items to the paper for labeling and delivery to the library.
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Hopemont
West Virginia
Preston Republican
Tree Tragedy In Beaver Creek Forest Worksite
Harley Skidmore of Norton was fatally injured when a falling tree struck him as brothers cut telegraph poles on Rich Mountain near Elkins. They carried him one mile to a road for ambulance. Skidmore, married to Blanch Ball with five children, died at Davis Memorial Hospital.
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Elkins
Harley Skidmore
Norton
Beaver Creek
Rich Mountain
Skidmore
John Skidmore
Gerald Skidmore
Oarton
H. C. Skidmore
Davis Memorial Hospital
Blanch Ball
Kingsville
Oncoming Train Drama in Sundown Tale
In a vivid scene by Mary Graham Bonner we meet Rip the Dog Jelly Bear and Honey Bear as Top Notch flutters his feathers. The trio races to save the train as peril looms threatening their small town journey and a perilous ride.
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Rip
Dog
Jelly Bear
Honey Bear
Top Notch
Jelly Bear and Honey Bear Stop a Looming Train
In a tense scene the bears panic as a speeding train nears. Jelly Bear urges Honey Bear and others to move off the tracks shouting for the train to stop. The bears’ cries blend with noises of the engine as the train rushes toward them, raising danger and hope.
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Jelly Bear
Honey Bear
Effects of Punishment on Child Self Discipline
The passage argues parental revengeful punishment harms a child by teaching avoidance of punishment rather than self discipline. It sparks anger, loneliness, and distrust, weakens confidence, and lowers the child’s standard of self by diminishing respect for parents as role models.
Booze and Prosperity Poem Against Prohibition Flows
A late submission by a dry advocate argues against repeal by contrasting alcohol with essential goods. It claims prohibition keeps wealth from buying food, fuel, clothing, and vehicles, and warns that prosperity cannot come through legalized drink, urging readers to oppose repeal.
John B Easton rushed to Charleston hospital
John B Easton of Williamstown, president of the State Federation of Labor, is confined to his Charleston hotel room with an obstructed bladder. Doctors say the illness, though painful, is not serious and surgery is unnecessary. His wife and daughter Mary are at his bedside as rest is prescribed.
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Charleston
John B. Easton
Williamstown
State Federation of Labor
Easton
Mary
Baseball taunt at Puffy sparks pitched showdown
In a tense exchange the batter curses the pitcher with a command to throw to the catcher while the pitcher purrs and mutters that Puffy is put in his place, highlighting a charged moment on the field.
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