Raleigh County Schools Stand Ready Amid Payment Uncertainty
Public support backs the Raleigh County Board of Education in allowing schools to stay open while the board absolves members from personal liability for operating costs. The state must fund teacher contracts and transportation, as Raleigh teachers and staff continue work awaiting funds. The community applauds the liberal stance and urges legislative action to end delay.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Crafton
Japan Seeks Control of Manchukuo Rail Line
Japan plans to erase the Chinese Eastern Railway from the Far East political map. Built via Chinese soil by Russia with French funds, the line could be handed to Manchukuo after the Manchukuoan government already holds the Chinese half. Russians are offered a nominal share price amid political over financial concerns. Negotiations proceed as railway operations deteriorate.
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Manchuria
Far East
Manchukuo
Russian notes and Manchukuoan officials warn Russians
The passage describes Japanese pressure on Russians and Manchukuoan officials as a tactic to force concessions. It notes the Japanese aim to control a transasiatic railroad, seen as key to trade, and suggests Washington's interest in U.S. recognition and friendship amid these moves.
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Russia
Washington
Moscow
Tokio
Days Of Youth And The Pace Of Life Reflections
A thoughtful piece contrasts youth length with the pace of living and how clean living extends youth. Judge Maxwell’s tone signals continued private legal practice. The column notes Republican shifts led by Senator Hatfield, and jokes about the U.S. debt to France at 650 million dollars.
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Judge Maxwell
The
Bar Association
Hatfield
Prison labor policy sparks Supreme Court test
A Wheeling Intelligencer editorial condemns the Hawes Cooper act as class legislation and argues the prison shop system is essential for reform and employability of convicts. It notes a contractor using 200 inmates at Moundsville penitentiary has paused operations while Kleeson Manufacturing and J C Bardall run only day by day awaiting the court decision. The piece urges continued use of light manufacturing for inmate labor.
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Moundsville Penitentiary
Kleeson Manufacturing Company
J. C. Bardall Company
Hawes-Cooper
Huey Long Faces House Setback and Senate Inquiry
Washington dispatch notes Huey P. Long narrowly avoiding an electric car mishap on opening day. The House refuses to seat Bolivar Kemp amid an elections committee probe, signaling a setback for Long ally Kemp. The piece also recalls past Long machine investigations and Salud Welles returns to the State Department desk after Cuba episodes as Hortensia Lamar quips on his fate.
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Congress
Louisiana
Senate
Capitol
House of Representatives
Bolivar Kemp
Long
House
Kemp
J. ¥. Sanders, Jr
Overton
Kemp-Sanders
Welles
Sumner Welles
Cuba
Hortensia Lamar
Registerings A Column of Comment and Criticism
A miscellany of observations and quips on public figures, social trends, and politics. Jokes about Judge Maxwell, No Rackets Allowed, evolution, older readers, and a punny quip about the busy bee.
Public Forum on Court Power and Constitutional Guardrails
A public letter argues the U S and state supreme courts face attacks from critics amid a pivotal West Virginia case. It defends judicial integrity while urging respect for the Constitution, calls for elected judges who heed the people's mandate, and criticizes political liberalism and the impeachment talk.
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Hatcher
Woods
West Virginia
Brandeis
Cardoza
United
Holt
Hill
Mrs Jones Turned Bored Walks Into Town Sightseeing
Mrs Jones challenged her children to see their town as strangers. They left usual toys at home and explored on foot then by trolley, discovering houses, factories, vistas and hidden corners. After a year they knew the town better and valued fresh air and imaginative outings.
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Mrs. Jones
Jones Famly
River Low Reveals Boat Wrecks From 50 Years Ago
With drought and freezing waters in the upper basin, the Mississippi River runs unusually low, exposing sunken wrecks of boats that sank decades ago.
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Mississippi
Famous flyer Langton mystery irks aviation ace Grahame
Frank Grahame, aviator and explorer, becomes enmeshed in a tangle surrounding the disappearance of Langton. He shares a controversial theory that Langton crashed inland near Yucatan while tracing a possible eastward flight path. The board weighs his hunch amid broader search fatigue and public grief over Langton’s loss.
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Synovsis
Frank Grahame
Alyberg
Janice Kent
Myberg
Ofive
Grahame
Miss Kent
Flyer Langton
Langton
Valparaiso
Andes
Central America
New York
Gulf
Caribbean
New Orleans
Amazon
Orinoco
Yucatan
Board of Investigation
Nicaragua
Honduras
Gulf of Honduras
Mexican Gulf
F. A. Grahame
Venezuela
Goddess by Herbert Jensen opens Langton mystery saga
Grahame, the forceful frontier adventurer, returns to find Cadwallader’s lost party in the Orinoco jungle. Four survivors are aided and the press hails Grahame as a modern adventurer. His war ace past and striking appearance fuel swashbuckling newspaper lore as Tomorrow, Frank sees Mr. Greene’s handiwork.
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Orinoco
Cadwallader
Grahame
New York
Uncle Sam
United States
English actor Hugh Williams breaks schooling myth in Hollywood
Hollywood file. Hugh Williams, new star in All Men Are Enemies, recalls bad school days during war era and how bridge kept him sane. He left at 16, studied in a Swiss cram school, then read thoroughly for five years to satisfy a growing thirst for knowledge before pursuing theater and film success with Rome Express Bittersweet and Charlies Aunt in his career arc.
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Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Hugh Williams
England
Hugh
Switzerland
Mordaunt Shairp
America
Los Angeles
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