Davis Child Shelter needs girls dormitory in Charleston
The Davis Child Shelter in Charleston seeks funds for a new girls dormitory to replace a fire hazard laundry building behind the main house. Since 1898 the statewide, nonsectarian charity housed nearly 2,000 children, funded by voluntary contributions. A mining-strike charity pool could fund the dormitory.
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P. Carr
Children’s Home Society of
West Virginia
Davis
Charleston
Charleston Dawyer
Raleigh
Beckley Rodd
Henry Gassaiway ‘Davis
Elkins
United States
Christmas Seals Fight Tuberculosis Across the World
The article notes tuberculosis as a continuing public enemy despite progress. It explains Christmas seals, created 80 years ago by Danish innkeeper Einar Holb, fund raising for tuberculosis efforts. Today the seals are recognized in 40 countries including the United States as symbols of seasonality and health.
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Iseal
Bank Closings Decline to Fourteen‑Year Lows This Year
Sound Banks reports 167 bank closings so far this year, the lowest total in 14 years. Only seven of the closings involved banks that were members of the Federal Reserve System.
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The
Federal Te
Deposit Insurance Boosts Confidence In Banks
The Deposit Insurance Corporation notes state banks with uninsured deposits and 2430 bank failures in the year ended June 30, 1932. Insurance of small accounts has generated confidence, with 49,115,221 accounts in FDIC banks guaranteed, mostly in full. Vast funds remain tied up in closed banks awaiting final distribution.
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Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
War scare fades as Balkan tensions ease in 1930s reflections
A dated commentary argues the Jugoslav Hungarian clash cooled without immediate air strikes, noting provocation from expulsion and property seizures, war fatigue, and limited Western intervention. It predicts Jugoslavia will redraw borders while Hungarians seek homes elsewhere, with the League of Nations possibly guiding settlements.
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Alexander
Jugoslavia
Hungary
Little Entente
France
Europe
League of Nations
Washington
Balkans
Captain Warms and the Morro Castle Crisis
The public doubts a goat symbolism and questions the arrest of Acting Captain William F. Warms for negligence and misconduct. Testimony at the Morro Castle hearing suggests Warms did his duty as he saw it, while critics blame superiors and inspectors for cloaking him in authority. The investigation is seen as incomplete in determining ultimate responsibility.
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Morro Castle
William F. Warms
Warns
Armstrong Steps In At West Virginia University
The Wheeling Intelligencer reports Dr. Robert Armstrong assumes interim leadership of West Virginia University as Turner’s retirement looms. The paper warns success hinges on strong cooperation from faculty and students and questions if a lasting solution to the university’s governance will emerge.
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Robert Armstrong
West Virginia University
Turner
Armstrong
University
West Virginia
University Board of Governors
Dy. Turner
Han
Wheeling Intelligencer
West Virginia University Names Dr. Armstrong President
The state newspapers and Morgantown editorials praise the board of governors action naming Dr. Robert Allen Armstrong as WVU president. Editors emphasize his long educational record, sincerity, ability, and qualifications for the top post in state education. A Fairmont Times editorial notes public approval across papers. Exchange quip on pioneers closes the item.
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Robert Allen Armstrong
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Board of Governors
Armstrong
Fairmont Times
Observations and Opinions by Alphonso Column
A collage of quips and reflections on politics romance and society. The writer muses on wealth fame a Mediterranean cruise the Geneva peace plan and Hungary and Yugoslavia while jokes about golf and hospitality close the piece.
Unsolicited Favors in Adoption Compared by Brooke Peters
The piece argues about adoptive parents versus those who raise their own children. It notes adoptions may have high success rates, yet failures highlight risks. It emphasizes parental attitude over heredity and urges restraint in moments of irritation toward adopted children.
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Brooke Peters
Taylor Burial This Afternoon
Funeral services for Isaac Taylor 74 who died at Crab Orchard yesterday morning will be held at Crab Orchard Baptist Church at 2 o'clock this afternoon led by Rev O C Sturgill. Burial at Canomaday cemetery Glen White under Caffee funeral directors. He died from complications after a minor operation. Surviving are his wife Jane and eight children along with a long list of relatives including a brother and two sisters and twenty seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Isaac Taylor
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
O. C. Sturgill
Canonaday
Glen White
Taylor
W. M. Taylor
Ash County
North Carolina
Mr. Taylor
West Virginia
Jane Taylor
H. H. Taylor
Alpaca
G. L. Taylor
Tams
Octavia Fitzgerald
Mabscott
C. A. Terry
Matoaka
N.C. Taylor
Ben Taylor
Pelyton
Kentucky
Wilburn Farmer
White ‘Top Gap
Virginia
Jacob Taylor
Hope Girls Make Good Over The Radio
Two Mount Hope girls Evelyn and Emily Rates daughters of Mr and Mrs William Rates are making a name in the big city through singing. They broadcast weekly from WSAZ in Huntington with favorable comment. Each Wednesday at 5 15 PM the sisters, Marshall College students, perform on air.
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Mount Hope
Big City
Huntington
Evelyn
Emily Rates
William Rates
WSAZ
Marshall College
Mr. Trench
Osborne
Sir William
Molly
Aubrey
Dancing Stars Return to Film as Talkies Shape Sequences
Hollywood chronicles the rise of dancing in sound films from Annabelle to Fred Astaire, noting early legends like Valentino and Gene Kelly successors, plus new numbers in musical scenes. The piece highlights revived old dances, new contracts, and the ongoing dance emphasis across Paramount and Reinhardt productions, with a brief note on Oregon stamp sales rising 17.67 percent in October 1934.
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Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Annabelle-the-dancer
Carmencita
New York
Annabelle
Fred Astaire
Valentino
Alice Terry
Mae Murray
Devil Dancer
Sound
Skols
Alerfina Rasch
Marilyn
Mies Millar
The
Talkies
Phay
Welleward Ig Denne
Mad Ag Pount
George Rett
Aernha Tomhard
Tean
Velez
Valanda
Paramount
Nina Theilade
Harriet Hector
Ziegfeld
Trial of The Missing Formula Spurs Turbulent Alliances
Jdidnét Will Osborne S NOUsIS Nicholay Trench Molly Gi Brien and Jerry Mordaunt seek to recover a stolen formula gworth milena after Os borne’s murder. Nick dust is acquitted but remains sought by sinister interests who threaten the trio. Nick consults Sir William Avon the renowned chemical engineer during a lunch meeting.
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Nicholay Trench
Molly Gi Brien
Jerry Mordaunt
Drolly
John Osborne
Osborne
Nick Dust
Nick
Neveretheless
William Avon
Wealthy inventor secrets move to Essex factory
Sir William questions the Os bore case and offers terms for the invention. Osborne met in June and proposed a test production of a metal alloy with potential to beat aluminium. He would sell the secret for twenty thousand pounds with ongoing profit shares.
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Sborne
Sir William
Mr. Osborne
Osborne
Essex Marshes
Maplin Sands
Penn Publishing Co
George Raines Nabbed For Summers County
George Raines, sought by Summers County authorities on multiple breaking and entering charges, was arrested yesterday by State Trooper Frank J. Skaggs. He will likely be returned to Hinton to be held at a church basement meeting Monday December 10, with a community dinner served prior. The report also notes Japan’s silk spinning industry employs about a third of its textile workers and remains largely hand conducted.
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Associated Press
Pope
Redley
Mall
Beckley
Baby
Sutay
Howland & Howland, Inc
New York
Park Avenue
Viicago
Michigan Avenue
Deek
George Raines
Summers County
Frank J. Skaggs
Raines
Hinton
Mesdames B. M. Hall
Ralph Blake
Stanley Seletyn
O. D. Weikel
Russell Blake
V. K. Harless
J. D. Sevlin
W. L. Green
L. P. Grogan
S. M. Blackwell
C. Il, Hice
Harvey Pruett
Mary Blake
the Hostess
Japan
Woman's Missionary Society meets in Helen at Mrs Blake home
The Woman's Missionary Society gathered Friday evening at Mrs Henry Blake's home in Helen. Members addressed several business items and completed plans for a forthcoming banquet event.
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Alphonso
Mediterranean
Dizzy Dean
Geneva
Yugoslavia
Department of Agriculture
Santa
Rudy Vallee
Harvard Lampoon
Holiwood
Oregon
Jdidnét
William
America
Nicholas
Helen, Wa
Foster
Mabecett
W. Va
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