Debate over Southern shift and bridge tolls in Ohio Valley
The piece argues Southern opposition to Al Smith's 1928 campaign shaped today’s stance among Democrats and Republicans, noting shifts in Georgia and North Carolina. It also reports governors Kump and WV officials moving to condemn toll bridges, with plans to finance the Parkersburg span at 1.25 million in revenue bonds amid disputes over fair value and replacement costs.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Ohio River
Beckley and Hinton
Parkersburg
Mariella
St Marys
W. Va
Kump
Wood and Pleasants
Ohio Bridge Commission
Clinton Bridge
Democrats respond to Republican demand over Ramp Administration record
At the Clarksville convention 2500 Democrats applauded a campaign comparing the Kump administration to the Republican record. They praised Holt for pride in Democratic service and touted improvements in state debt, tax, school, and road systems while attacking Hallanan and his allies. Rocky Holl denies part in the record but supports the governor’s direction.
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Homer A. Holt
Ramp
Holt
Clarkslurg
Kump
Walter Hallanan
Underwood
LI. C. Ogden
Hallanan
Rocky” Holl
Mad Dog of Oslo Kotzky Linked to Foreign Contacts
Oslo police questioned Leon Kotzky about ties to foreign visitors and calls with Paris during a period of French strikes. The piece notes Trotzky’s discredited status and claims he seeks credit for global labor unrest he did not create.
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Oslo
Leon ‘Kotzky
Russia
Norway
Paris
Trotzky
Dentist uses Beeth oven Fifth Symphony to soothe patients
In Cincinnati a dentist told a convention that Beethoven's Fifth Symphony can aid when treating stubborn molars. He described a device broadcasting music to calm patients during grinding, noting that popularizing both music and tooth extractions is challenging.
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Cincinnati
Noisy Weekend Incidents Include Hospital Request
A corpu ral A Scalise reports a man badly cut after a scuffle and a caller’s insistence on hospital care. Police discuss road dangers from emergencies and a driver’s mistaken right of way. A mattress atop a moving car nearly caused a crash, prompting warnings to drivers. News notes at Watkins Drug store and Venice blinds update.
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A. Scalise
Iho
Scalise
Plake
Quillen
New Jerusalem
Watkins Drug Store
Venice
Arras
Watkins Drug
Washington Daybook on labor row and McGrady role
The piece weighs the labor dispute between industrial and craft unions, McGrady’s role as acting secretary, and the political implications for Roosevelt and Landon. It notes the distance to any test before November and possible labor party maneuvers by 1926, with major party concerns centering on the Lewis Green rift and union activity in steel.
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Grover Passers
McGrady
Perkins
Europe
Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Tion
Lewis- Green
Major Berry
Labor Nonpartisan League
Democrats
Lewis-Green
A. F. of L
Federation
United Labor
Lewis
Public Forum Let Them Squall Letter From Oakley Mills
A letter from Oakley Mills Crab Orchard West Virginia dated August 7 1936 attacks Republican Bum Gardner accusing him of courting Democrat press. The writer says Curtis backs another party and predicts more Democrats will reveal opinions.
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the Register
Gardner
Curtis
Oakley Mills
Crab Orchard
W. Va
Man Held for Theft from Car
Hubert Light aged 23 was in jail awaiting a hearing on petty larceny. Constable Buster Foster arrested Light on charges he stole a cushion pillow and a bathing suit from a car owned by Boyd Hutchinson on Harper road.
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Hubert
Red) Light
Buster Foster
Foster
Light
Boyd Hutchinson
Harper Road
Revival Services to Continue at East Beckley Church
Revival services at East Beckley Pentecostal Holiness Church will continue this week conducted by Reverend Albert H. McGhee. Meetings are nightly at ten o clock.
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East Beckley
World with a Fence Shee Synopsis in Ashboro High
Denis Ford supports Carol Torrasce as she excludes San Cates the delinquent known as bad boy of Ashboro from her high school. A further complication involves Afike Man tigan, the handsome son of Hatead, who tries to sway students while Carol contemplates marriage and professional conflicts.
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Denis Ford
Carol Torrasce
San Cates
Ashboro
Carol
Denis
Afika Mantigan
Afike
Astraght
The Little Blonde and Mike Hannigan
Mike Hannigan courts Annabel Monroe in a tense town tale. Annabel schemes to sway him while her father Mr Monroe and Miss Torrance observe. Mike aspires to college on football, later facing moral tests as their plans collide.
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Annabel Monroe
Mike Hannigan
Mika
Annabel
Mike
Merchant
Monroe
Uo Roosevelt
NRA
Nike
Papa Fist
Carr University
Miss Torrance
Denis Ford
Marian Sims
Pineville Men Attend State Democratic Judge Nomination
Pineville reporters list J Rush Cook R D Bailey J K Shipman Ward Lewis Dr Ward Wylie Dr J L Bailey John W Shufflebarger and H E Fogle of Mullens as attendees at the in state convention of Democrats to nominate judges to the supreme court in Clarksburg.
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Register
Pineville
Clarksburg
Supreme Court
J. Rush Cook
R. D. Bailey
J. K. Shipman
Ward Lewis
Ward Wylie
J. L. Bailey
John W. Shufflebarger
H. E. Foglesong
Mullens
Woman alleges rape attempt. man arrested in Pineville
Pineville August 8 Tom Cooper 38 of East Pineville was arrested by Constable Cade Cooper and brought before Squire George M Farley for preliminary hearing on an attempted rape charge. The accuser is 51 and Cooper was released on bail.
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Roetster
Pineville
Tom Cooper
East Pineville
Cade Cooper
George M
Farley
Coper
Mrs Gilkerson Repairs Lewis In Sheriff Office
Thelma Gilkerson, a sheriff's stenographer, mends ex Police Chief Dick Lewis's shirt with metal fasteners after a seam comes apart. Lewis, in work clothes, pays his taxes and leaves pleased with the repair.
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Thelma Gilkerson
Sheriff's Office
Dick Lewis
Lewis
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