Kump Seeks Townsend Resignation over Tax Office Actions
Judge Kump demands the resignation of T. C. Townsend the Republican nominee for governor arguing the state tax commission is misused and the Townsend campaign is run at public expense. The house of delegates was shown payments to special collectors led by C. H. Gadd totaling 65 715.88 over three years with Gadd receiving 35 495.93.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kump
T. C. Townsend
Office of State Tax Commission
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Townsend
C. H. Gadd
Charleston
Gadd
Townend
Tax Commissioner
Baltimore fortune teller fined for predicting prosperity
Miss Richardson a Baltimore fortune teller was fined 21.45 dollars after charging fifty cents to predict prosperity would return on September 7 and to perform rituals with a prosperity card. The Baltimore Sun commented on the case noting taunts about past forecasts by presidents and stock letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Richardson
The
Baltimore Sun
Republic
Bronx
Miss Richardson
City Council and Beckley Water Tie Up Over Fire-Flow Upgrades
The city council and Beckley Water Company face a stalemate on expanding fire flow and adding fire plugs to reduce insurance costs. Officials suggest submitting the dispute to the Public Service Commission for arbitration, noting winter makes main laying impractical and urging a decision to protect residents.
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Beckley Water Company
Public Service Commission
Press Comment on West Virginia Judges and Lively Nomination
The Wellsburg Herald argues that West Virginia Supreme Court judges show bias toward corporate interests in key cases involving natural gas and taxation. It favors Judge Lively’s renomination, citing his opponents as more aligned with corporate utility and criticizing county delegations backing Lively.
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West Virginia
Supreme Court
Lively
Maxwell
Hatcher
Tite
Judge Lively
Litz
Woodstook
Wheeling
Brooke County
Great Windsor
Judge Woods
Judge Litz
United Fuel Gas Company
Woodstock
Spencer
Williamson
Huntington
Charleston
State Senate
Wellsburg Herald
Comment and Criticism: A Fragment from a West Virginia Voice
A column mixes satire and opinion on crime, temperance, and politics. It cites a Kansas murder confession over a debt, notes wartime currency issues, and lampoons diet doctors. It praises Franklin D Roosevelt, condemns Hoover, and extols West Virginia Democratic strength led by Judge Kump.
Local Social Roundup in Affinity West Virginia
Affinity West Virginia residents share visits and activities from a week. Wiltu Bumgardner returned after a visit with Marel Adkins at Fitzpatrick. Several groups traveled to Odd, Ghent, Mabscott and Pemberton for visits and shopping.
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Wiltu Bumgardner
Marel Adkins
Fitzpatrick
Millie McRae Meadows
Minnie Hughes
Odd
Myrtle
Ruby McCormick
Pemberton
Carl Massie
Geraldine Wills
Hen Roles
Ghent
Co. W. Earley
Eddie Mohar
Eddie Dworonick
Charles Traybor
Pep Harrison
A. M. J. Park
Steve Harrison
Clarence Reedy
Beckley
Foster Smith
HW. H. Wills
Jack Pritchard
L. M. Webb
Mabscott
G. M. Pennington
Edythe
Sprague
Sophia
Ann Dworonick
Women voters weigh Hoover claim in 1982 forum
In Beckley West Virginia on August 26 1982 a Republican committee member Mrs Ellis A Yost challenged the claim that women favor Hoover more than 1928. She said women favor Franklin D Roosevelt and await November polls to prove it. A leading Republican noted Roosevelt carries a strong leadership image.
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Wilson
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Kump
West Virginia
William Taylor
Republican Committee
Ellis A. Yost
Taylor
Celebrities as Models Tell of Beginnings in Ads
NYCps Herbert Dobbins once famed as a Santa Claus model recalls early romance with a Kansas girl and later acting stints. Carleton Emory, Amherst native and ad sitter, describes leaving a desk job after his son Carl used him for a modeling call. the two generations turned modeling into steady work. Black Sheep Bil Black, Pittsburgh born publisher family member and Carnegie Tech alum, is noted.
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New York
Herbert Dobbins
Olathe, Kus
Santa Claus
Good St. Nicholas
Peggy Fears
Manhattan
Olathe
Fellows
Dobbins
Burt Rogers
Kansas
Rogerses
Buddy
Buddy Rogers
Carleton Emory
Amherst
Mass
Amherst College
Emory
Carl Emory
Grand Hotel
Carl
Black Sheep
Bil Black
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Bas
Bill
Tech
Jimmy Walker
Jimmy
Nothing Venture by Uns Wentworth
Nan Forsyth demands ten thousand dollars to marry Jervis Weare who must play husband for three days or lose a fortune to Rosamund Caran. The wedding at St Bartholomew's unfolds with secrecy as Nan accepts payment and a settlement while Jervis protests penniless marriage. Nan recalls Leonard Forsyth and Croyston rocks, hinting at past dangers and a hidden truth behind the marriage bargain.
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Nan Forsyth
Jervie Weare
Rosamund Caran
Rosas
Ais
Jervie
Farey
Nan
Bho
Mrs. Weare
Nigel Forsyth
Jervis
Palace of Truth
Leonard
Latin America
Croyston Rocks
Mr. Leonard
Croyston
Lippincott
Dr Ware Returns Home From Richmond Hospital
Dr Ritchie Ware pastor of the Christian church returned to his Wickham avenue home after ten days as an outpatient at Stuart Circle hospital Richmond. An afflicted appendix was removed and he spends recovery at Ware's Warf Virginia before resuming duties.
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Stuart Circle Hospital
Richmond
Ritchie Ware
The
Christian Church
Wickham Avenue
Ware
Beckley
Warf
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Aly
Aerabe
Lished
Mr. Gadd
Mr. Townsend
Chicago
the Land of the Free
Children’s Bank
Affinity
W. Va
William Gaines
Uns
Jervis Weare
St. Bartholomew's Church
Herps
Nac
Robert
Models’ Guild
Equity
Servis Weare
St. Bartholomew's
DR. Ware
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