Library Plan Drives Free Raleigh County Library Move
The Beckley Woman's Club Junior Department leads a county library campaign to ready permanent quarters by July 1. Volunteers from the chamber, Boy Scouts, Beckley theater, schools, and local firms push book collection and public access as a foundation for a self supporting free library in Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Beckley Woman's Club
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Central School
T. Allen Gatherum
WPA Education and Recreation
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Fayette Street
Oy J. Smith
Memorial Building Board
Register
Eourt
Woman's Club
Boy Scouts
Beckley Theater
Library Fund
Board of Education
B. B. Chambers
George Bright
Chamber of Commerce
Bright
Woman’s Club
Where Experts Belong As New Board Chairman Appointed
President selects Arthur G. Altmeyer of Wisconsin as the new chairman of the Social Security Board. Altmeyer is praised as one of the country’s best informed on social insurance problems and a former framer of the act. He joins Murray W. Latimer of Mississippi as the third board member, bringing expertise in pensions annuities and retirement.
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Winant
al Security Board
Arthur G. Altmeyer
Wisconsin
Altmeyer
Roosevelt appointee to lead with intelligence and experience
The selection emphasizes bringing intelligence and experience to the position, praising President Roosevelt for steering the board away from politics and into the hands of specialists.
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Roosevelt
Pay basics for WV teachers could end state aid racket
Morgantown Post argues that public school teacher pay in West Virginia suffers from a flawed state aid formula encouraging counties to underfund salaries. It proposes the state pay basic nine month salaries directly while counties fund all other needs, asserting fairness and potential salary gains if adopted.
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West Virginia
Morgantown
Cockeyed World News Roundup From a Bright Day
A cheeky digest cites oddities from the era including a child marriage confession in a million dollar suit, jailed crime with a female cellmate, labor strike threats, a self defense murder claim, Max Baer’s reform stance, and a Nazi church cross policy shift. Berlin reports tolerance over church cross display. News continues with global oddities and entertainment.
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Washington
Peggy Garcia
Dayton Dean
Black Legion
Detroit
Maxie Baer
Palookas
United States
Berlin
New York York Telegram
Beer Law Reforms Discussion At State Legislature
The Fairmont Times notes that lawmakers show interest in beer law reforms though enforcement matters loom larger than new rules. It argues against midnight sales bans, urges legal and decent handling in licensed venues, and supports restricting sales to those 18 and older while allowing liquor by the drink to curb street transport of bottles.
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Fairmont Times
Legislation Aims to Toughen Manslaughter Penalty
Morgantown Dominion News urges support for a proposed state measure. It would classify involuntary manslaughter in motor vehicle homicide as a felony with not less than one year and up to five years in prison and a fine up to $1,000. The paper argues drunken and reckless driving endangers many lives and calls on citizens to urge lawmakers.
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Monongalia County
Morgantown Dominion News
Groundhog Day Experiment Reported by Joe Hall
A WV tale notes Joe Hall of Tank Branch above Beaer set up a den with multiple entrances and cages filled with preferred edibles as Groundhog Day approached. The observer reports Groundhog has not appeared in any cage, reflecting skepticism about the event.
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East Beckley Palmer
Dennis
Denzel
Joe Hall
Tank Branch
Beaer
Groundhog
March Weather and Notable Names from Southern West Virginia
In southern West Virginia, March brings snow and two notable names, Harrah and Staats, which fascinate locals and would intrigue Ripley. The piece notes snow on Tams Mountain dividing winter and spring, describes treacherous roads Beckley to the summit, and recalls Lowell Thomas being halted at Flat Top but spared a lie thanks to a road guard’s skepticism.
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West Virginia
Harrah
Staats
Robert L. Ripley
W. F. Staats
Pineville
Tams Mountain
Beckley
Tams
Lowell Thomas
Bluefield
Acoss
L. R. Taylor
Princeton
Thomas
United States
North America
Mr. Thomas
Opinions at a Glance on a Simple Labor Plan
A reader, Harry Stoddard of Toledo, proposes a non drastic mixed plan to fix capital and labor issues. It would pay labor 85 percent and capital 15 percent via stock, operate as a stock proposition, and grant weekly earnings by labor stock shares with idle workers receiving dividends while employment pauses.
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Washington, D. C
Harry Stoddard
Toledo
Henry George
Stoddard
Mr. Stoddard
Nizam of Hyderabad as world’s richest frugal figure
A Central Press feature portraits the Nizam of Hyderabad as the world’s richest man and most parsimonious ruler. It notes a daily income of about $5,000, a car driven only 300 miles, and a habit of accepting cash gifts from visitors, while joking he could star as both King Midas and Shylock in film.
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Nizam OF
Hyderabad
Oeta
Hollywood
King Midas
Shylock
Pistol Shot Ends Vronski Blackmail Plot in Studio
In Anne Phelps's studio a pistol kills Count Anton Vronski who had blackmailed her with love letters. Present are Anne Clarke Bigelow and dancer Karsnakoff who hide the corpse at a party. Bigelow and Dr Austrelitz later move the body to Vronski's rooms. Dryden is arrested after threatening to kill. Karsnakoff confesses she killed Vronski and recounts past revenge against him.
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Anne Phelps
Anton Vronski
Anne
Clarke Bigelow
Karsanakoff
Bigelow
Dr. Austrelitz
Vronski
Dryden
Nee Cienkowitz
Vronski Impostor Revealed In Paris Passion Plot
Karsanakoff recalls the night she confronted the man posing as Count Anton Vronski, a killer in disguise who had stolen her family's jewels and murdered relatives. She explains how she lured him, shot him, and hid the body, then fled with papers and jewels, choosing survival over witness protection.
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Karsanakoff
Cienkowitz
Russia
Vronski
Count Anton Vronski
Anton Vronski
Mariushka
Paris
Be thankful strangers aid Oak Hill crash victim in Beckley care
A Be c kley hospital patient Mr E L Burleson recalls being helped after a highway crash near Oak Hill. He woke in a Beckley hospital bed unsure who helped him and asks for the good Samaritans or any clue to contact him or the newspaper. The author notes Burleson has long been a valued community presence.
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E. L. Burleson
Beckley Hospital
Oak Hill Hospital
Assersby
Oak Hill
Mr. Burleson
Burleson
Detecting Age in Poultry Through Visual Cues
Dark blotches on a few indicate improper bleeding or old age. Inspect chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese before purchase. Check fat distribution is even, not lumped, and skin is firm to the touch.
Winchester lawyer sentenced to two concurrent terms
Thomas G. Scully a 23 year old Winchester lawyer was sentenced to two concurrent sentences of three and a half years each in the state pen. He withdrew a motion for a new trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter tied to the Christmas night death of Frederick Afflee. The second count involved Homer Hook killed when an automobile struck a small group on the highway two miles north of Winchester.
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Winchester
Thomas G. Scully
Frederick M. Afflec
Philip Williams
Frederick County
Homer Hook
Afflee
Liberty
Scully
Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
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Raleigh Register
Cockeyed World
Teeth IN Law
Nevada
Harold M. Riffe
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
William Ritt
Nizam
John D. Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
Henry Ford
Andy Mellon
Park Bench
Edinburgh
India
Mussolini
Papa
Chapter
Austrelitz
Frederick Jackson
Associated Press
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