Global War Mood Echoes From Jehol To Reichstag Fire
A fragmentary opinion piece contrasts Japanese advances in Jehol and Chinese resistance with Germany’s Reichstag fire and Hitler rise. It argues that Belgian resistance delayed German triumphs, predicts heavy Japanese costs, and warns that Hitlerism threatens liberal democracy while schooling costs and public education trends are analyzed as catalysts for national strain.
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Reichstag
Berlin
National Capitol
Washington
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Plan for Ratifying Convention in Charleston?
The proposed method to select a state convention to ratify or reject the amendment to replace the 18th Amendment appears favored by legislators at Charleston. It involves submitting twenty declared wets and twenty declared drys on a single ticket for a vote.
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Charleston
State convention size debate and Fairmont charter
The piece argues for a larger state convention body, proposing 30 members from each senatorial district or aligning with the state senate apportionment, while noting the value of a district based master conventions. It also discusses Fairmont’s push for a new city charter backed by 7,000 signatures and the return to a mayor and council form as opposed to commissions or city managers. The editorial contends that government success hinges on the people and the individuals in office, not the structure. It notes the prohibition repeal push and the shift of public sentiment influencing the dry and wet campaigns.
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Upper House
State Senate
Fairmont
Sentinel
House of Representatives
Statewide election plan to settle wet and dry issue
The proposal seeks to name delegates to senatorial conventions and place two district delegates on a state ticket. It urges a statewide final declaration of opinion through a simple, low-cost election. Three election officials could conduct polls across precincts and return ballots in a half day, avoiding endless dispute over the public stance on wet versus dry.
Daily Cross Word Puzzle Mixed Clues and Scrambled Entries
Crossword grid presents a jumble of across clues and fragments including imprecation faucet gratis search out state of whiten Salem capital and various foreign language hints. readable items point to a dated puzzle page with scattered answers and partial phrases across multiple rows.
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State of Whiten Salem
Capital
Deruy
Fragmented Chant Promotes Gall Bladder Health Myths
The passage mixes odd lines about gallbladder removal with garbled phrases and vague references to chemistry, health claims, and "Germany greatest chemists" without coherent facts. It reads as a damaged OCR snippet blending health fad notions and scattered names, lacking verifiable specifics.
Repealing Prohibition: Patience and Law in Liquor Debate
Dr. Clarence True Wilson notes that West Virginia's 1911 prohibition amendment took until July 1 1914 to dry up the state, comparing past dry campaigns to today as the nation and state move toward repealing prohibitions. He urges measured legal reform and stronger liquor control laws rather than chasing rapid repeal.
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Clarence True Wilson
West Virginia
Morgantown Papers Clash With Times Over Higher Ed Critique
Morgantown Post responds to The Times by disputing claims that local papers oppose all schools but the University. It argues the higher education system is failing under its own weight and that funding burdens strain the state, urging scrutiny of the entire university system.
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Morgantown
the Times
Morgantown Post
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State higher education system must fit pocketbook
Sues corrected, but it is to the advantage, let the teachers collage at Fair mont or Marshall College at Huntington because if the system isn't corrected all the schools will go down together. We have been saying for ten years that the state must have a system of higher education that will fit its pocketbook and is going to have such a system in the near future.
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Sues
Fairmont
Marshall College
Huntington
West Virginia mining towns face relief abuse and job misuse
Reports from a mining region in West Virginia note funds from R. RG. are used for public construction while mines struggle to hire. The welfare board warns relief workers and abusers will be held to account, saying jobs created to favor specific individuals risk becoming labor snaps.
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Easy Sons
West Virginia
R. RG
Welfare Board
Sugar in a Gourd Letters to the Editor
A reader riffs on prices and citizenship citing Wilde and Confucius while lamenting idle stores and shifting values. The author recalls a grandmotherly refrain about keeping a little sugar in the gourd as a homefront rallying cry for workers and citizens.
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Mr. Holt
Oscar Wilde
Confucius
Four Train Riders And Two Trespassers Jailed
Six individuals were arraigned before Magistrate James Lincoln Lilly after being picked up by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Police. Four train riders and two trespassers were fined, and in default of payment were jailed.
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James Lincoln Lilly
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Notice of First Meeting of Creditors in bankruptcy
In the District Court of the Northern District of West Virginia Henry Clay Stipe of Flemington Taylor County was adjudicated bankrupt on February 4 1933. The first meeting of creditors will be held at Union National Bank in Charleston on February 25 at 2 o clock to prove claims and transact business. Scheduled liabilities total 6772.25 with assets of 263.65. Referee Ray L. Strother and attorneys William Samples represent the bankrupt.
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West Virginia
Henry Cisy Stipe
Henry Clay Stipe
Flemington, Taylor Co
W. Va
Iters
Union National
Oleginia
Sais Coe
Business Ag
Poten
Ray L. Strother
Clarksburg
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