Our Platform for Beckley and Smokeless Coal Area
Our platform calls for more mine workers on subsistence homesteads, expanded farming in the Smokeless Coal Region to supply fresh goods, and more parks in Beckley. It advocates managerial government in Beckley and Raleigh County, a one cent per ton advertising levy, a Beckley forest from cutover land, boosted tourist traffic with better accommodations, and a regional promotion group for four smokeless coal counties. Altitude climate scenery are our inexhaustible community asset.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Back in the Saddle: Louisiana’s reform efforts stall
A reflective critique of Louisiana politics notes two years after Huey Long disclosures that reform efforts falter as political machines regather power. It highlights New Orleans reelecting mayor Robert S Maestri, questions Governor Sam Jones's effectiveness, and argues honorable reformers face entrenched tactics yet endure, inspiring future civic effort despite setbacks.
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Louisiana
Huey Long
New Orleans
Robert S. Maestri
Sam Jones
Becket Beckley couple noted for large family record
Randolph Norton details German Christian Walker and Nyanza Cerulian Walker of Odd Slab Fork District as the Beckley region’s premier long-running family unit. Married July 4, 1897, they now parent 15 children across Raleigh Wyoming McDowell Kanawha and Mercer counties, with 24 grandchildren. The feature blends domestic life with wartime aims like tin can recycling and girdle controversy, reflecting 1943 social currents.
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Grover Cleveland
Beckley
Raleigh, Fayette
Wyoming
Mercer County
Christian Walker
Nyanza Nicite Cerulian Walker
Odd
Slab Fork
Nyanza Nicite Cerulian
Egeria
George Walker
Raleigh
George Christian Walker
McDowell
Kanawha
Mercer
Walker
German Christian Walker
Nyanza Niite Cerulian Walker
Why the Nations to the South are Important to Us
William H. Glover surveys the 20 southern neighbors as a vast storehouse of supplies and trained manpower for pan American defense. The piece outlines key figures and implications for democracy and regional solidarity.
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William H. Glover
Uncle Sam
Arsenal of
Democracy
Hollywood Notes on Stars and Studio Rules
In this Hollywood column by Robbin Coons, industry chatter covers Inez Coo r and Johnny Weissmuller links, Hedy Lamarr comparisons, No Visitors rules lowering studio access, and shifts away from gala premieres. It notes Boris Karloff, Raymond Massey, Lon Chaney Jr, Frank Capra, John Ford, Gregg Toland, and Clyde Elliott in various productions and plans, plus crew changes and a hair saving film delay. It also mentions Jane Withers, Steve Geray, and a Monogram Brazil expedition aimed to mirror Fawcett. Andy Hardy’s sister returns with a bolder look, affecting future Ball of Fire tie-in.
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Robbin Coonsollywood
Inez Coor
Johnny Weissmuller
Tarzan
Hedy Lamarr
Cooper
Boris Karloff
Raymond Massey
Karloff
Lon Chaney Jr
TUDIO
Frank Capra
Cy Bartlett
Ellen Prew
Larceny, Inc
Steve Geray
Moteworthy
Clyde E. Elliott
Devil Tiger
Frank Buck
Monogram
Brazil
Matto Grosso
Amazonia
Elliott
Col
P. H. Fawcett
Stanley
Fawcett
Livingstone
Laraine Day
Cecilia Parker
New York
Andy
Andy Hardy
Wartime Washington honors private soldiers in Congress and defense trials
In the wartime capital, Pvt Frank C Osmers of Haworth N J votes for war then enlists. Pvt Robert H Brooks a Negro armored forces casualty is memorialized at Fort Knox. Sen Harry S Truman memorializes another private in a Civil War tale. District of Columbia defense drills reveal sirens lack a public alarm formula as new electric units arrive.
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Ashington
House of Representatives
Frank C. Osmers
Haworth
N. J
Osmers
Camp Lee
Fort Knox
Brooks Field
Robert H. Brooks
Brooks
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Sen
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Johnny Allen
Mississippi
Congress
Tucker
Washington
District of Columbia Ocd
Broadway notes and inter American war planning report
New York column notes the film Unholy Partners features Edward G Robinson and Edward Arnold with a post WWI setting and a brief mention of Flo Ziegfeld feud. Joe Kelly’s Village club era nostalgia leads to a Broadway look at In Time to Come about Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations. Military and economic sections detail Latin American material supplies and armed forces, with country by country offerings and shipping arrangements for war production.
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York
Edward G. Robinson
Edward Arnold
Althrough
George White
Flo Ziegfeld
Ziegfeld
White
Ann Pennington
White 00
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
League
Congress
Germany
U. S
United States
Vyst
Latin America
Mexico
Peru
Brazil
Cuba
Bolivia
Chile
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Americas
Uncle Sam
Washington
South
Central America
Argentina
Colombia
Uruguay
Paraguay
Venezuela
Strait of Magellan
United Nations
Panama Canal
South America
New Orleans
New York
A Ring Fixes Dick's Secret Money Plight
In the Walton household, Susan discovers Dick hid money by having Helene sell his ring after it is found in Helene's room. Dick admits the ring's sale but claims it was for funds he needed, while Ophelia contemplates trust and discipline as Susan considers leaving to avoid further family drama.
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Helene
Susan
Mrs. Walton
Ophelia
Orphelia
Mr. Richard
Helen
Dick Walton
Richard
You Got to Bend Whether it is true or not we Amer
A fragment reflects a humorous, informal remark on American women and wartime sentiment. The line hints at national self confidence and social talk typical of period columns, but lacks a complete event or clear person or place.
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Randolph Norton
Nat Berman
L. Berman and Son Junk Company
Malay Peninsular
Sammy
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Hollywood
Jane Withers
Jane Refe Tate Geray
Jack Stinnett
Allen
Private Allen
Ticker
Pvt
John Allen
OCD
D. C
George Tucker
Joe Kelly
Jimmy
Wison
League of Nations
Richard Gaines
Gaines
Fe Ag
Abe Lincoln
Woom Aredingirods
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