The Veterans Bonus and Immediate Payment Debate
The Baltimore Sun outlines why voting pensions now for World War adjusted compensation certificates is not the same as doubling the bonus. It notes that present value of $3.5 billion due in 1945 is about $1.7 billion today, with most certificates payable before 1945 upon holder death, and compares to endowment insurance features of the original act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baltimore Sun
Veterans’ Bureau
Congress
Government not saddled with large bonus debt yet says expert
The document explains that initial policy sums would grow through interest until 1945 when the government would set aside about 112 million annually. It notes the fund now stands near 770 million and argues paying face value now would spark huge debt and excessive interest allowances, not the claimed 3.5 billion debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Combatting Automobile Accidents
William BroSmith of Travelers Insurance argues the automobile accident problem needs broad resource use to succeed. He notes about 300 million dollars paid by insurers in 1930 for auto injuries, nearly as much as fire losses. He credits the National Safety Council schools and police work for progress, especially in teaching children safety, and urges adults to follow suit as adult deaths rise while child deaths fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William BroSmith
Travelers Insurance Company
National Safety Council
Police
Press Comment Attacks Dan Chafin Amid Logan Labor Clash
The report accuses Dan Chafin, Logan county boss, of leading a covert system. He allegedly deputized coal mine guards as sheriff and surveilled strangers. A college man known in New York, he previously faced a prohibition conspiracy conviction and was imprisoned in Atlanta.
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Brooks
Dan Chafin
Logan
Chafin
Logan County
New York
New York Times
Atlanta
McClintic
Huntington
Huntington & & O
Moundsville Journal
Washington Daybook describes Berlin embassy purchase
The piece notes the $1.8 million Bluecher palace purchase for the American embassy in Berlin. It details office and staff counts, rent arrangements, and estimated property value, comparing Berlin to Washington and Paris centers and stressing centralized offices for American diplomacy and travel.
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Washington
Sam
Berlin
Bluecher Palace
Unter den Linden
Treasury Department
Labor Department
Ambassador Sackett
State Department
Nually
Bluecher
Central Park
Pariser Platz
Wilhelm Strasse
Plaza Hotel
New York City
Europe
Paris
Place de la Concorde
Germany
Try Angle in a World of Busy Bits and Gossip
A column of opinion and light social notes blends wry reflections on life, work, and love with local class lists and brief personals. The piece mixes humorous maxims, jokes about employment and gender roles, and short reports from Eccles Juniors, Miss Trump and Miss Laing’s groups, plus several local visitors and weekend travels.
Harper WV Church Services and School Honor Roll
Harper West Virginia church services list Sunday school at 10 30 a m and Epworth League at 7 30 p m. January honors go to No 6 Hill school students in first through fifth grades with named teachers and a long roster of honorees including Laing McCaffrey Dillon Lester Jenkins and many others.
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Epworth League
No. 6 Hill School
Miss Laing
Stanley Rusenski
Vivian Dillon
Louise Jenkins
Brada Godbey
McCaffrey
Laura Dillon
Carl Cox
Enos Dial
Howard Lester
Virginia Barron
Genevieve Lester
Elwood Bostic
Elmar Dial
Billy Henrichs
Juanita Dillon
Evelyn Faris
Imogene Graham
Anna Mae Jenkins
Virginia Stanley
Theadus
Honor Roll and Local News From Pluto West Virginia
Honor roll students at Harris school include Josephine Adkins Lloyd Roberts Aaron Mason Mildred Ellison Charlotte Meador Earl Mason Ernest Roberts John Richmond Ralph Meador Arthur Richmond and Quinton Richmond. Teacher Freda Thompson and Bryant Meadows are ill at home with tonsillitis. Local visitors and guests include Victoria Crotty Glen Morgan the Arthur family and the Richmond family. Oley McGinnis drove to Beckley on business. Noah Crotty and Clyde Harris were recent visitors.
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Harris School
Josephine Adkins
Lloyd Roberts
Aaron Mason
Mildred Ellison
Charlotte Meador
Earl Mason
Ernest Roberts
Richmond
Ralph Meador
Arthur Richmond
Quinton Richmond
Freda M. Thompson
Bryant Meadows
Victoria Crotty
Glen Morgan
O. B. Arthur
Geo. Arthur
Abraham
W. G Richmond
Marie Richmond
Zeretha Crotty
Noah Crotty
Etba Richmond
Oley McGinnis
Pluto School
Beckley
Mintie Richmond
A. M. Richmond
Freda Thompson
Clyde Harris
War Dept Reports No Immediate Kanawha River Improvement
The War Department issued an unfavorable report to the House on further improvements to the Little Kanawha River in West Virginia at this time. The finding suggests limits on federal action pending other projects and costs.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
House
Little Kanawha River
West Virginia
Novelist Finds Free Liberal Education in New York
A former office worker turned fiction writer notes that with success he has ample leisure and drafts only a few hours daily. He reflects that afternoons became empty until discovering an unexpected benefit: one can obtain a liberal education for free in New York if one does not have fallen arches.
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New York
Informal University of Lectures and Cultural Offers in New York
The text catalogs lectures and events across New York City venues. It notes trips to museums, concerts, exhibitions, and neighborhood excursions. Subjects include physics, art, love, monogamy, personality in business, advertising, novel writing, and poets.
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New York
Society For Physchical Research
Brooklyn
Columbia University
Floyd Dell
Aehi
Murder Mystery Deepens in Dutch Garden Tragedy
Police Superintendent Richmond probes the murder of Miss Annabelle Querdling as letters threaten and suspects abound. Marjorie Blake, Evelyn Querdling, Lionel Duckworth, Major Gresham, and Joe Allen face questions while a strange car and possible hidden romance swirl around the estate. The story builds toward a dramatic chapter with a mysterious note writer unsettled by the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annabelle Querdlino
Richmond
Jimmie Haswell
Marjorie Blake
Miss Querdling
Netherton
Marjorie
Ebvelum
Lionel Duckworth
Major Gresham
Roscoe
Evelyn
Duckworth
Mackintosh
Major
Jimmie
Annabaile Querching
Joe Allen
Joe
Querdhling
Cotyright
J. B. Littincots Co
Notable Lectures Highlight World Literature Series
The World The Wild Grizzlies of Alaska and War Dances from Europe are cited among works in a world literature series featuring eminent lecturers including Andre Maurois John Cowper Powys and Professor Frantisek Posisil.
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Alaska
Europe
Andre Maurois
John Cowper Powys
Prof
Frantisek Posisil
Rich Cultural Options Open in New York Museums and Theaters
The piece surveys New York City cultural offerings amid philanthropic support. It notes evening museum courses funded by groups like the People’s Institute and Rand School, and afternoon visits to museums such as the American Museum of Natural History. It mentions talkie language films and international plays featuring Greta Garbo and Maurice Chevalier, concluding that few fully seize these opportunities.
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The
People’s Institute
Rand School of Social Science
Ethical Culture Society
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
New York Academy of Sciences
Museum of Natural History
Art
Aquarium
Zoo and Shrines
New York
Bowery
Greenwich Village
Greta Garbo
Annie Christie
Maurice Chevalier
Paris
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Washington Daybook
Herbert C. Plummer
BY Hall
Ain
Arm of the Law
Ben
Lindsey
Albany
Thelma Jenkins
Audrey Minor
Miss Stafford
Mary Ella Cooper
Mildred Lowery
Grethel Borrer
Dorothy Holmes
Eccles
Irle
Weiner
Miss Trump
T. K. Laing
F. W. Wallace
Thelma Biggs
Harper Road
Rosa Brock
Beulah Dunn
Betty Joe Dunn
Pax
Pierce Stover
Stover
Betty Stafford
McDowell County
Rachel McCaffrey
Kentucky
Madeline Trump
Concord College
Emerson Walker
Sun, and Daughters
Walker
Beulah George
Anna Watts Harper
Lee Snuffer
Deepwater
Harper, W. Va
Pluto
W. Va
By Richard Massack
Tune In the Blue
Risbon
Richy Craig Jr
Mda Iw
Blue Ribbon
Adj Arent Nailer
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