Roosevelt Goes To Universities
President Roosevelt visits Temple University Philadelphia to receive an honorary juris doctor degree and Harvard later, praising Washington’s educational role. He attends Fry Club dinner in Cambridge marking its centennial and his son John’s initiation. Hyde Park plans tax bill details for the farm program election year debate.
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Negro Activities Highlighted By Various Community Events
The Junior League met at Mrs. Nannie Price's home in Beckley planning a ball The Dance on the Green set for March 13 Invitations will be issued soon Founders Day events at Tams Chapel A M E church include a morning sermon 3:00 pm program and 7:00 pm worship with guest educators and choirs Ebenezer Baptist Church Goodwill Month services feature speakers A. M. E. Mamie Lee funeral at Raleigh East Beckley burial at Jackson and Son Funeral Home hosts Seven Seat Rally at Mt. Zion Baptist Church lineup of pastors and dates Lt L A Oxley addressed Byrd Prillerman High School and J J K Wells accompanied visit Ohio State star Jesse Owens to visit in April La Promenade alumni event a success and a positive report on Lola Nelson after an appendicitis operation Seventh grade program at assembly hosted by Mrs Bernice Dobbs Tyre sponsored by the school.
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East Beckley
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Beckley notes and visitors report from local schools
Noon activities include Vernon Goldston Ivory Wiley Leslie Hughes Beulah Johns Joydise Dodson Ermine Wheeler and Adaris Farmer. Visitors in Charleston Beckley and Huntington include the Cheatwoods and Rev Abram Prof Wells Lt Oxley and others with brief addresses and church duties noted.
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Public Forum A Bit of Historic Political Truth
A Beckley Post-Herald account reports a Lincoln Birthday Rally at the Presbyterian Church in Raleigh. Speaker Putnam, tied to Raleigh county coal interests, mocked the Bluestone Dam as unnecessary, provoking critique of GOP missteps amid flood control and power projects at the New River Gorge.
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Roosevelt Era Commentary Sparks Old Party Battle
A column argues New Deal policies revived industry and credits Franklin D. Roosevelt with pulling the country from depressions while blaming moneyed interests and both major parties for financial panic. It cites 1864 to 1992 as period facts and lauds Roosevelt amid postwar praise in a Germany notice.
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Shott Announces Run for U S Senate Nomination
Hugh Ike Shott publisher and former congressman declares his bid for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate. His sole opponent is Dr. George M. Fisher of Patterson's Creek. Shott plans a 7:45 p m formal address via a statewide radio hookup across multiple stations.
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Eccles School Basketball Tops Trap Hill 12 to 10
Eccles West Virginia notes a basketball win over Trap Hill by 12 to 10 on Thursday night. The school’s glee clubs and band held joint programs in February with multiple named students participating. The band elected officers on Feb 18 and a public performance is set for March 5 at the Sixth Parent Teacher Association program. The eighth grade presented a Washington’s Birthday program and student leaders are named for the student body activities.
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Washington
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Ruth Elkins
Margaret
Lovings Bosiles Host Birthday and Social Roundup
Fr i day feb 14 events include Elwood Lovings birthday party with games and refreshments at the Bosiles home and a birthday gathering for Mrs F P Lewis. Hospital updates note Mrs R D Holt in Beckley and W I Tate improving after weeks ill. A car crash near a roadhouse injures Edwin F Ellis, 17. New York lawmakers push divorce ease and marriage restrictions.
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W. I. Tate
Henry Boyes
Gilbert
Two Pittsburgh Students Killed In Auto Crash
By the Associated Press two University of Pittsburgh students died in an automobile streetcar crash. Doris Vogan, 17, and another student were killed and several others injured in the incident.
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