Hotels and Liquor Controversy in West Virginia
The West Virginia Hotels Association convention in White Sulphur Springs sparked debate over liquor law changes to benefit hotels. The Register opposes liberalizing liquor control, arguing only profit motive backs such pushes while current laws provide decent access. The piece also defends free speech for academic figures like Dr. James E. Allen and discusses broader constitutional rights. It closes with a note on sawing firewood as a winter activity for city residents.
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West Virginia Hotels Association
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Repeal Council
J. Lewis Bumgardner
Istore—Avid-Agency
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James E. Allen
Marshall College
United States
Supreme Court
Dr. Allen
Kump
John Roscoe Turner
Chicago
West Virginia University
Turner
Allen
Voltaire
Sawbucks and sturdy wood fuel carpentry in winter
The article notes hardware stores lack sawbucks and describe homemade bucksaws shaped like harps. It mentions Navy requests for sawbucks, the need for long wood, and that wood is already cut to fireplace lengths by machines. Despite this, carpenters still require muscle and view winter sawing as exercise.
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Iwood
Wwe
Navy
Queer Case Concluded In Greenbrier Kidnapping Saga
The Greenbrier circuit court concluded a bizarre kidnapping case in which a man, now 39, married a 12 year old girl eight years ago and has a 15 month old son. A jury failed to reach a verdict on abduction, the man pleaded guilty to a technical charge and was placed on probation. The girl, now a mother, sided with her husband as her parents pressed the prosecution, and the couple faces an unsettled future as they resume their itinerant life with their child.
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Greenbrier County
Solomon
America
Greenbrier
Just Ordinary Shirley Temple as an unusual mind
A university psychologist studying Hollywood child stars describes Shirley Temple as ordinary in conscious behavior yet genius unconsciously. The analysis suggests dual personality with acting instincts developed beyond normal, raised by the gauge of American dollars as a measure of genius.
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Shirley Temple
Hollywood
New Use For Old Cars Increases Exports Of Junked Vehicles
An observant note on rising exports of obsolete cars sold for junk and possibly converted abroad for war matériel. The piece likens car graveyards to garbage dumps and questions solution while joking about foreign buyers and beer can value.
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Sully
Hoover and backers push gold standard talk
The Charleston Gazette argues that calls to return to the gold standard reveal perceived currency weakness. It notes the U S money supply and gold backing ratios, contending the system already has stable backing and questions the push for a gold standard.
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Mr. Hoover
Gelebe
Charleston
Gazette
Night in Manhattan a Russian mood and vodka dream
George Tucker describes a wintry New York night from Hell Gate to Yonkers with snowfall, bright lights, and a cab ride to a Moscow style club. The narrator and editor sample vodka and caviar, meet a Rasputin figure, and watch a red-booted dancer perform amid smoky rooms and double-eagle decor.
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Manhattan
Moscow
Rasputin
Russia
Mt Hope P T A Meets Tomorrow
H F Frazier of Fayetteville assistant superintendent Fayette county schools will address the Mt Hope P T A at 7 30 tomorrow evening in the Junior high building. A varied program by pupils will be presented and the usual business meeting will be held.
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H. F. Frazier
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Mt. Hope School
Registerings A Column of Comment and Criticism
A collection of social observations and quips by Alphonso cites various figures and events with satirical asides. It pokes fun at journalists, recalls Nobel laureates, and aside from politics mentions deer shooting in Pennsylvania and a joke about deviled ham from a Sunday school lesson.
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Rodney
Treasury's December 5 Position Shown by Associated Press
Washington on December 7 reported the treasury position as of December 5 with receipts of 21.22 million dollars and expenditures of 7.99 million, leaving a balance of 1.41 billion. Custom receipts for the month totaled 5.93 million. Fiscal year receipts since July 1 reached 1.53 billion, with expenditures including 1.45 billion in emergency outlays, creating an excess of 1.70 billion. Debt stood at 29.62 billion with a related decrease from the prior day. gold assets were 10.02 billion.
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Associated Prose
Washington
The
Treasury
Bross
Jdayy
W C T MEETS AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
The W C T U will meet Tuesday evening at seven o'clock in the First Baptist Church. Miss Gamette Thompson will speak and Mrs Geo W Bricht will lead the program. A note mentions khaki uniforms first used in 1848 by the British Guides in India.
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First Baptist Church
Gamette Thompson
Geo. W. Bricht
Guides
India
Hollywood Lights Fre Sound Story of Early Struggles
Robbin Cong profiles Michal Whalen and Joseph Shovlin, two actors who endured poverty before signing with Twentieth Century-Fox and breaking into Hollywood. Whalen built weight while awaiting steady work, while Shovlin recalled saving money, eating lentils, and living on pennies before achieving screen roles. Both maintain optimism and ambition to become successful actors.
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Robbin Cong
Hollywood
Michal Whalen
Twentieth Century-Fox
Joseph Shovlin
Wilkes- Barre
New York
Eva LeGallienne
Beckley Hospital and Beckley area brief visit notes
Stanaford West Virginia Mrs E E Stanley and daughter Audra visited Mrs Stanley's brother William Johnson of Layland at Beckley Hospital Friday. Mrs M M Bowers was called to Beckley last week by the death of her sister Thelma Starr of East Beckley. Mr and Mrs Paul Lomac visited friends at Beaver Thanksgiving Vaughn Stanley, student at Concord State Teachers College.
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E. E. Stanley
Audra
Lady Weve Never Mind The Lady Up Ever Mind
Allaire Weat helps Terry Wilett and George For attaché at the American embassy. They work to aid Allaire against a dangerous plot amid a country on the verge of revolution where safety is scarce for everyone involved.
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David Garth
Allaire Weat
Terry Wilett
Hitler Taading
le Aubsts
Terry
Eiver
Hilder
George
Allaire
Pax
Willett
Fox
Cor I
Attaché Sui
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Hoe
Hils
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Mr. Fox
Dent
Ionderstand
Legation Chile
Vera Cruz
New York
Plot Twists as Willett Forges Escape Plan
In a tense scene, Pax and Fox discuss threats as Willett plans to flee aboard the Parasaiho. The American Ambassador orders evacuations while Fox schemes to extract travelers by ship. Allaire West contemplates peril and Willett's last move looms. stakes rise around covert tabs.
Thanksgiving visits fill Athens area with relatives
Athens residents and relatives hosted and visited during Thanksgiving weekend. J E Hollandsworth welcomed guests from Beckley BluefieldLegon Gordon area and Layland. Magdalene McGuire from Springdale attended Sunday dinner with J D White. Meredith White, a schoolteacher, spent the weekend at home. Additional visits included the Clays and Persingers at Glen Morgan and Nina Hughes of Coal City calling on kin. Nearby visitors included Sam Wickline of Peterstown and Mrs. Rosca Bailey with family.
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Athens
J. E. Hollandsworth
Shannon Carr
Beckley
Jo Carr
Myrtle Carr
Blue‘field
Pied Wall
Howard Hall
Layland
J. D. White
Elbert Warden
Magdalene McGuire
Springdale
Blue
Tday
Basil Young
Persingers
Eliza Hollandsworth
Ed Hollandsworth
Nina Hughes
Coal City
Sam Wickline
Peterstown
Josephine Bailey
Forest guard to protect Turkish forests against fires
Turkey forms a military style forest guard to shield forests from fires and peasant devastation. Last summer five hundred fires burned on one and a half million acres. Seven Oklahoma University law students, all Democrats, hold seats in the state legislature and will serve again in January.
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Ankara
Turkey
Uni [Versity of
Oklahoma
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