Claims Paid in Clarksburg Area Social Security Update
A September report from the Social Security board notes 48 old age insurance claims totaling $2,937.90 certified for payment in the Clarksburg area covering Barbour through Webster counties. Statewide, 246 WV claims totaling $13,492.69 were certified, with Clarksburg’s average payment $61.20 compared to the state $54.85.
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Clarksburg
Raymond Kenny
Social Security Board
Barbour, Braxton
Doddridge
Gilmer, Harison, Lewis, Marton
Monongalia
Pocahontas
Preston
Randolph, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur
Webster
West Virginia
Kenny
United States
Hungry Cuts Seeks Czechoslovak Redraw After Munich
Hungary pressed for territorial gains from Czechoslovakia linked to the Munich accord. Premier Imredi warned of enforcing justice if Prague rejected the seventh offer detailing troop moves, plebiscites in disputed areas by December, and self determination for Ruthenians and Slovaks, with a half million troops on the border awaiting Prague’s reply.
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Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Germany
Prague
Budapest
Prague Debates Czechoslovakia Hungary Border Plebiscites
Prague leaders consider ceding areas with clear Hungarian majorities while keeping mixed regions under dispute arbitration. Government aides say Czechoslovakia plans to resist giving up fortified, timbered, mining, and rail hub regions. In Romania border skirmishes, a gendarme died and seven were wounded near Svalava as Hungarian terrorism continues.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jan Syrovy
Joseph Tiso
Andrew Brody
Ruthenia
Svalava
Realtor Wins Continues Inconsistent Laws Licensing Fees
Judge Jo N Kenna dissented but did not file an opinion as a court upholds a 1937 real estate law creating a commission and setting annual fees. The act taxes brokers by town size and prices salesmen differently, while the 1931 act imposed a flat 50 dollar fee on all agents. The state argued revenue power for 1931 and regulatory power for 1937, treating them as separate acts not repealing each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo. N. Kenna
Mrs Gull's Last Rites Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mariah Catherine Gull 61 will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the east Main street residence with Rev. William E. Knox officiating. Burial will be in K. of P. cemetery Newburg under G. T. Bartlett. cer.
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Mariah Catherine Gull
East Main Street
William E. Knox
Andrews M. E. Church
K. of P
Newburg
G. T. Bartlett
Rumrich Reveals Nazi Spy Network Ties in Court
In federal court Rumrich described Germany financing espionage in the United States by borrowing from winter relief funds and named Karl Schlueter as a contact. He testified that plots were hatched in East Side New York beer halls and that Schlueter boasted of rifling U S mail pouches aboard the Europa.
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Rumrich
Knox
U. S
Lester C. Dunnigan
Matthews
Finox
Germany
United States
Guenther Gustave Rumrich
U.S
Karl Schlueter
Mar
Schlueter
German War Ministry
Benjamin Matthews
East Side
New York
Bricker accuses Sawyer of using corporate fund solicitations
Ohio gubernatorial candidate John W. Bricker charged in a radio address that Sawyer headquarters were demanding contributions from corporations doing business with the state. He claimed the Democratic organization sought funds from liquor operators and cited a list from Francis Poulson. Bricker said CIO support shaped the Democratic labor plank and accused CIO officials of drafting speeches for Sawyer.
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Bellaire
John W. Bricker
Charles Sawyer
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Bricker
Sawyer
Francis Poulson
Poulson
Committee For Industrial Organization
Cameron Utility Seeks To Increase Its Rates
Cameron Heat and Light asks the Public Service Commission for a rate hike estimated to yield $14 000 more annually citing gas production shortfalls and falling industrial use. Over 200 consumers joined Cameron city in opposing the proposed increase.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Cameron Heat and Light Company
Marshall County
Cameron
Three Hurt in Charleston Three Car Crash
Three persons were slightly hurt in a three car crash near Charleston. One car was virtually demolished and all victims suffered lacerations according to the initial police report.
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Charleston
Magic spray held success grows larger flowers
A new spray combining oil and colchicine makes flowers larger and enables plant hybrids. Dr Blakeslee and colleagues report results on over 40 plant species with deeper green leaves and sturdier fruits. The seeds from sprayed parts grow into permanently larger flowers, yielding lasting genetic change.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Chapel Hill
N. C
National Academy of Sciences
Alfred F. Blakeslee
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Station For Experimental Evolution
Cold Springs Harbor
New York
Academy
Blakeslee
E. W. Sinnott
H. E. Warmke
Free Minds Needed in Education Says Hutchins Forum
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt spoke by radio from Cincinnati on Youth Contribution to keeping the mind of the nation young. Dr Hutchins contrasted two state theories, opposing anarchy with fascism and warned that any state sacrificing the common good to private interests is a fraud subsisting by force. He urged free minds able to operate well to understand the order of goods and achieve them.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cincinnati
Hutchins
Disciplined Mind and True Ends of Education
The text argues that education begins with forming good habits and understanding what is good. It cautions that freedom of mind fails when guided by bad, and warns that societies chase gadgets and goods while neglecting substantive life aims and enduring social problems. It critiques focus on means over ends and superficial concerns.
Registrations For November Ballot Hit Taylor County Court
Thirty-five Democrats eighteen Republicans and one independent registered yesterday as Taylor County court met to add names missed by registrars for the November general election. Today is the last day for registration unless individuals appear in person before the court.
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Taylor County Court
Accused Fight Slayer Acquitted By Jurymen
Princeton, Oct 25. Jack Candler, 20, accused of striking the blow that killed 50 year old Jim Elmore, was acquitted after a 45 minute jury deliberation. Judge John M. McGrath had urged involuntary manslaughter or acquittal. Witnesses said the former deputy sheriff and Candler quarreled after a street meeting last August. Elmore died later.
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Princeton
Jack Candler
Jim Elmore
John M. McGrath
Young Candler
Elmore
Continuance Requested by Order Foundation Voted
The state federation of Temple sisterhoods voted to continu e the Hillel student foundation at West Virginia University. Morgantown was chosen for the 1979 meeting. Mrs. Paul Broida of Parkersburg was elected president. The assembly approved continued aid to the national committee on assistance for European refugees.
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Charleston
Hillel
West Virginia University
State Federation of Temple Sisterhoods
Morgantown
Paul Broida
Parkersburge
National Committee On Assistance
Shag Dance Injury Claims Victim In Sparta
Sparta Illinois reports Lester Heimack broke a leg while dancing the Shag to a swing version of Tiger Rag. He is hospitalized awaiting treatment and recovery.
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Shag
Sparta
Ill
Lester Heimack
Defense Will Navy Expenses Rise With Defense Needs
The article notes an impending rise in military outlays tied to defense needs and a survey already underway. It references President Roosevelt’s unspecified thoughts on cost reductions, with a past July estimate showing a large cro deficit and expenditures over a hundred million dollars.
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R Velt
Democrats Bolt Revelation of GOP defeat and labor revolt
In a period of party infighting, David L. Lawrence challenges GOP optimism as labor groups and CIO leaders accuse Democratic officials of job related graft and price demands. Senator Guffey and Governor Earlesoy face questions over defections and unity within the party amid mounting political stratagems.
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Page
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Guffey
John L. Lewis
George Earlesoy
U. S
Alvin Jones
Pittsburgh
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