Upsets mark some of tilts in county tourney semis
The M C A county independent basketball tournament heads to its semi finals with the Green Imps facing the Simpson Independents and the Baptists meeting the Vikings. Recent games thrilled fans with high drama as the Green Imps defeated the South Side Independents 56 to 30, Simpson Independents edged the Battling Barbers by one point, and the Baptists defeated the Hi Дж akers 38 to 36 in a tense, fast contest.
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West Virginia Beer Law Defines Licenses and Fees
Legal analysis outlines beer licensing under the new West Virginia act with on premise dispensers paying 100 annually and package dealers 50 annually. It notes state tax commissioner issue licenses, allows local regulation to curb nuisances, and sets definitions for non intoxicating beer, manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers with specific tax per barrel or case.
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Woman operates own coal yard in East St Louis
Mrs Libbie Z Roth runs a wholesale and retail coal business in East St Louis. She handles every detail including shoveling when needed and serves as one of the citys four official weighers. She wears overalls and heavy gloves, insisting there is nothing a woman cannot do when she wants to.
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East St. Louis
Libbie Z. Roth
Resignation wave hits West Virginia boards and agencies
Gov. clamors over mass resignations sweeping the state from the road commission and board of control to public service commission and hospitals. Among those leaving are chairmen Coffman and Nethkin, hospital wardens, sanatorium doctors, and university and state education officials, with many officials signaling shifts after an extraordinary legislative session.
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State Police Board of Commissioners
John R. Davis
State Board of Aemnautics
John B. Easton
Reconstruction Corporation Board
B. O. Robertson
Appoints Tariff And Radio Group Members
President Roosevelt names former Mississippi representative Collier to the tariff commission and James H. Hanley of Nebraska to the radio commission. A note on a birch tree shedding its bark appears as an odd finishing line.
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Nebraska
Radio Commission
Little Orphan Annie Opens at Opera House
The stage version shows Daddy Warbucks seeking fortune in the west while Annie and foster daughter care for a soap box stand. Annie shelters a homeless boy Mickey, faces obstacles at the orphanage, and stages a campaign to keep him with her. Warbucks returns and a Christmas party follows.
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Blonde Venus Shines at Strand Theatre This Week
Marlene Dietrich returns in Blonde Venus at Strand Theatre for a two night run then tonight plus Friday and Saturday. Dietrich plays a wife and mother entangled with crime pursuit and love with Cary Grant and Herbert Marshall supporting. The film blends a down to earth story with Sternberg’s lush panorama and dramatic climax.
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Court hears divorce path for Walker suit in Florida
James J. Walker former New York City mayor faced a circuit court recommendation after testimony by Mrs. Walker and others. TL Dowdell, master in chancery, heard the evidence. the recommendation goes to Judge Worth W. Trammell who oversees the divorce filing.
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Jimmy” Walker
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Grafton Boy Named to Mountaineer Week Tour
Morgantown March 23 The Mountaineer Week team of 10 West Virginia University undergraduates was announced to tour approximately 50 high schools across the state from April 17 to 19. Members include Fred Ford Charleston Ralph Haines Romney Oren Jones Middlebourne William Sargent Morgantown William Miller Martinsburg William Parriott Morgantown Denny Scott Terra
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Perkins Defends Reforestation Plan As Relief
Frances Perkins told a congressional committee that the reforestation measure is relief, not jobs, arguing against the $30 a month wage scale. She spoke after forestry chief R Y Stuart urged private land use for a civilian conservation corps and noted current limits to public land west of the Mississippi.
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Frances Perkins
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Mississippi
Walker Divorce Recommended in Florida Docket
Miami March 23 Dissolution by divorce of the marriage of Janet Allen Walker and the cited spouse proceeds in Florida court as the case advances, with the filing noting official dissolution steps and the parties involved.
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Celler Bill Approved by House Judiciary Committee
Washington March 23 The Celler bill to liberalize liquor prescription by physicians won committee approval 10 to 8 The measure mirrors the prior version save for a missing house door amendment to permit malt liquor prescriptions It would apply only to spirited and vinous liquors and would place prescribing power in physicians hands
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