Grafton Hall Attracts Balti more & Ohio Rally Plan
Local notice outlines approval for using the new athletic field house in Grafton WV as a rally venue for Baltimore and Ohio employees. It notes seating for 1500 to 2000, center as railway headquarters, and aims to showcase the hall to the state. It also reports on national business views condemning New Deal policies and questions funding impacts on local taxes.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Carmichael
Clarksburg
Grafton
Bathmore & Ohio
West Virginia
Willard
Administrator's Sale of Monongahela West Penn Stock
The administrator will sell at Taylor County courthouse on May 4 1935 at 1 30 P M sixteen shares of 7 percent cumulative preferred stock of Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company Certificate Nos 1998 4437 and 4366 with bids due by public offering Terms require at least half cash with the balance on credit of three and six months notes secured to be approved Bid rejection reserved by the administrator Stephen Mahaffey the personal representative.
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Taylor County
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
B. Mahaffey
Stephen Mahaffey
The Curse of the Dole in Rural New Yorker Ads
A Jersey City man advertised farm jobs in the Rural New Yorker offering ten dollars a month and board for two friends. Nearly 300 farmers offered positions with varied promises of advancement or higher pay. He shared letters with two friends before seeking relief agencies, who doubted the jobs could be filled at those terms. The piece contrasts relief dependence with job scarcity amid widespread unemployment in New York City. It also recalls Canadian Pacific Railway migrants to Western Canada and their limited settlement.
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Oakland Republican
Jersey City
New Yorker
New York City
Canadian Pacific Railway
England
Western Canada
Canada
Sasketoon
Regina
Left Wing Tour Promotes Share Our Wealth Plans In Chicago
The piece reports on a left wing rally with speakers attacking the Roosevelt administration and promoting Henry Ford style critique. It mentions calls to push the Patman bill, and Senator Long urging aid to soldiers via new currency while predicting growing support for a left wing movement. Governor Olson watches the exploratory gathering for signs of a potential third party.
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House
Howard
Williams
National Farmer-Labor Party
Long
St. Vitus
Congress
Vincent Astor
Patman
Roosevelt
The
Nourmahal
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Olson
Pardon Board Refuses Clemency in Blackjacking Murder
Bobby Edwards, a 22 year old anthracite worker, awaits execution after the Pardon Board denied clemency. Alienists deemed him sane after testimony about the July murder of Freda at Harvey’s Lake, where he struck her with a blackjack during a night out and hid the death. He maintained he acted in panic to avoid blame.
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Bobby
Pardon Board
William Healy
Rockview
Edwards
Freda
Harvey's Lake
Wilkes-Barre
Firefighters Support Gains Momentum In City Drive
A local official praised the firemen for their energy in a fundraising push despite difficulties. He expressed support for aiding the firefighters and anticipated backing from fellow officials. Attorney Bailgpy Wyckoff was asked to speak and delivered a brief response stressing continued backing.
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Bailgpy Wyckoff
Watkins
Honorary member pledges support for city fire protection
Attorney General urges full cooperation from business and citizens to back the fire department. Ralph H. Cline outlines plans to raise funds and notes the risk of a major fire due to land and wind. He cites $10,000,000 railroad assets at stake and warns replacements would be impossible if destroyed. Mayor Waugh calls for compliance with traffic rules and no parking on yellow-painted areas.
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Chanic
Ralph H. Cline
Cline
Connellsville
Pittsburgh
Fairmont
Cumberland
Grafton
Canwellsville
E. Otto. Waugh
Birth of Paul Miner Highlights City Fire Safety Needs
Salt Lake City, Utah. Little Paul Douglas Miner born with two teeth in lower jaw marked on curbs. His birth, described as essential, signals easy passage for fire trucks and reveals low water pressure on hillside mains, urging an extra pump truck for simultaneous hillside fires.
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Paul D. Miner
Paul Douglas Miner
Salt Lake City
Utah
Paul
Proposed Canal Defended By Leader of Youngstown
J C Argetsinger, head of the Youngstown Chamber canal committee and counsel for Youngstown Sheet and Tube, rebutted critics of the Beaver Manning canal. He called Upper Ohio Valley Association statements mis leading and deceptive, accusing Pittsburgh steel interests of trying to throttle free competition in the steel industry.
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Washington
Upper Ohio Valley Association
J. C. Argetsinger
Youngstown ‘Chamber of Commerce Canal Committee
Argetsinger
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Congress
Pittsburgh
Ministers to Meet to Plan Training School
Members of the Taylor County Ministers Association will decide the time and place for the annual standard teachers training school here. Sponsored by the County Council of Religious Education, the meeting in Andrews M E church Monday at 10 o'clock will lay plans in conjunction with the training school and coordinate with the county council to ensure a successful program.
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Taylor ‘County Miniserial Association
County Council of Religious Education
Andrews M. E
John Campbell
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Latrobe Street
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James F. Holt
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North
Michigan Avenue
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber of Commerce Convention
Theodore Roosevelt
UO Vadis
Preston
Co. Journal
Arthurdale
Reedsville
Preston County
Madison Recorder
London
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Phi Alpha Zeta
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Cheotti
Indiana
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Youngstown
Patronize Sentinel
Kelvinator
Sidrow
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