Airport progress aided by veterans bonus gifts
E L Kinkead proposes Raleigh and Fayette county veterans, receiving windfalls next summer, donate one baby hand each to a local fund for airport materials. The plan aims to finish Scott Field and open it for public use, while preserving the Memorial building as a community center and temporary courthouse.
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E. L. Kinkead
Raleigh
Fayette
Register
Kinkead
Raleigh County
Fayette County
Scott Field
Shall Freedom Ring Weather Clash in Opinion Piece
A columnist argues overuse of the term old fashioned winter and links weather discourse to political extremism. The piece questions whether modern weather talk betrays American founding values or should align with constitutional traditions.
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Plymouth Rock
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Congressional Record
Phineas Q. Zlutch
Kart
Graucho
Chico
Narpo
Marx
James H. Spencer
United States
Invention May Warn Mines Of Slate Falls
A report describes Harry Northrup of Penn State College proposing a seismiograph like device to detect impending slate or rock falls in mines. The system would reportedly give a week to ten days warning, enabling workers to timber or retreat before a kettle bottom collapse.
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Harry Northrup
Mineral Industries School
Penn State College
Walt
Safe device to prevent falls credited to inventor and agency
A warning instrument is hailed as saving thousands of lives and averting mutilations. The industry and workers owe a debt to the inventor and the financing agency that supported the laboratory work behind the development.
Morgantown Slugfest Over Slot Machines Hits Public View
Grand jury inaction on state police presentments leaves Morgantown torn over slot machines. Dominion News warns operators may not risk stores amid police interference, noting hefty annual license fees and hopes for revenue from taxes, while praising the police for duty.
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Morgantown
Monongalia County
University City
Morgantown Dominion News
Dominion News
State University
De Forest Predicts Radio Era and Energy Breakthroughs
Dr. Lee De Forest, famed as the father of radio, predicts substitutes for gasoline will be developed when prices rise, ending the farm problem. He foresees home radio vision within two years and major advances in wire energy transmission, solar energy generation, and telegraphic print at 3000 words per minute.
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Lee de Forest
de Forest
Pocahontas County Goes Wet for First Time in History
Pocahontas County in West Virginia votes to allow liquor sales, making it the third largest by area and second smallest by population per square mile. Marlinton, the county seat, is the largest town with about 1,600 residents, while the county sits largely within the Monongahelia National Forest. The piece notes historic moonshine stills and a Pickwickian tone in describing the change.
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Pocahontas County
West ‘Virginia
Pocahontas
Monongahelia National Forest
Marlinton
West Virginia
Smoke Hole
Hampshire County
Basic Difference Between Russia and United States
Anna Louise Strong argued at the Charleston Open Forum that Russia’s socialized industry and state ownership of natural resources mark a fundamental difference from the United States where owners hold property and means of production. The piece contrasts the two systems while noting current economic recovery and public sentiment. It cites editorials from the Huntington Advertiser Fort Wayne Journal Gazette and Hartford Courant on political attitudes toward Moscow and the New Deal.
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Anna Louise Strong
Soviet Union
Charleston
U.S. S. Ral
Russia
America
Moscow
Washington
Huntington Advertiser
Man About Manhattan Tales From Broadway and Beyond
New York social scene notes on a Broadway play’s failure and a Canadian author’s move to New York. A restaurateur seeks press favors with witty billets doux. Hemingway hauls a 381 pound Bimini tuna in 70 minutes. Stockholm’s water use rises 3.4 percent to 40.4 million cubic meters.
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John Rutherford
New York
Park Avenue
Earnest Hemingway
Meanest Man
Panhandlers in Fairmont West Virginia fed starving birds with grain during heavy snow then sold the supposed food as chicken feed. The incident exposes a new racket targeting wildlife with the Sportsmen supplying grain and the panhandlers profiting from the gesture.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
W. Va
Panhandlers
Weathering Cold Jokes and Wartime Realities in 1930s Gossip
A collage of quips and quotes on cold weather and current events. Jokes touch Warner Brothers, National Biscuit, and talking Animal Crackers while political satire targets New Jersey governor, Il Duce, and wartime tensions.
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Warner Brothers
The
National Biscuit Company
Marge
WPA Employees to Get First Aid Instruction
Seventy five WPA workers will receive first aid training at Beckley Junior High School starting tomorrow and running through Friday. Sessions begin at 7 30 each evening with participants divided into teams to practice injury handling techniques. Visitors may attend.
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WPA
Beckley Junior High
Wedded Bliss and Court Trends in Tyler County
In Tyler county wedlock wins out over divorce with five divorces granted in 1935 while 98 marriage licenses were issued. Mrs. Gertrude Traugh, circuit court clerk, notes the shift as marital dissension wanes. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California says Colorado river aqueduct needs steel equal to US five month tonnage.
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Associated Press
Midalebourne
W. Va
Tyler County
Gertrude Traugh
United States
Metropolitan Waters District
California
Sights and Sounds from Kollywood on Adverse and More
Robbin Coons reports on final production days for Anthony Adverse with Mervyn LeRoy pushing night cuts and sleep deprivation, plus Bees and school plot work on These Three led by Wyler. Lloyd Bacon films Sons o' Guns over a war torn set as Doughboys rehearse amid explosions and a malfunctioning bomb.
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Robbin Coons
Anthony Adverse
Mervyn LeRoy
Joel
Miriam Hopkins
Merle Oberon
Joel McCrea
William Wyler
McCrea
Oberon-McCrea
Wyler
Lloyd Bacon
Joe E. Brown
Sherman
Tockers
Drill For Gas Crew Keeps 24 Hour Operation On Mountain
A six man drilling crew works three 8 hour shifts to extract gas on Tams mountain. The first shift includes George Doing and Edd Waldeck. The second has Lissie and John McCormick. The third comprises Harris and Sol H. Shriver. When off duty they base at a Birthday Party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foster.
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Tams Mountain
George Doing
Edd Waldeck
Lissie
John McCormick
She Harris
Sol H. Shriver
Frank Foster
Suspected murder case draws in two allege suspects
Hobby Jonéa and Frankie Derwent pursue clues about Alan Carstalace feast's killer. They believe the victim was Alan Yaratalye. Roper Basaing mentions Ur Nieho On and WAO, while Roger appears hostile to Frankie. Nicholson apparently turns evidence, with a looter confessing fear of Nichs olacy. The tale unfolds with a strikingly beautiful central figure.
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Synopeis
Hobby Jonéa
Frankie Derwent
Alan Carstala
Alan Yaratalye
Roper Basaington-Ifrenah
Bassington-ffrensh
Roger
Frankis
Nicholson
Nichs
Jealous husband mystery links to missing funds case
Moira Browly agrees to meet Lady Frances Derwent to recover a 30000 stake. Bobby Jones reveals he is not a real chauffeur and outlines connections among Alan Carstairs, Mrs Nicholson, and a staged accident. Frankie explains morphia poisoning and a photograph key to Roger Bassington French. Moira probes for truth about her husband Jasper Nicholson.
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Lady Frances Derwent
Moira
Alan
Alan Carstairs
Lady Frances
Tila
Meira
Mr. Askew
London
Havkins
Jones
Bobby Jones
Coinsrom Marchholt
Wates
Marchbolt
Frankie
Mrs. Nicholson
Nicholson
Mrs. Cayman
Maria
Franke
Bobbie
Evans
Peru
Pritchard
Carstairs
Roger Sassington-ffrench
Cos
Jasper
Roger Bassingtonsfriend
Roger
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