Chips off the Old Lives: Third Party History in Presidential Elections
The Register launches a series from The Associated Press examining third party runs in U S history. It notes Lemke’s candidacy on the Union party ticket amid past efforts by Know Nothings and Bull Moose as powerful but ultimately unseat political forces. The aim is to illuminate the pattern of political defections and realignments shaping national elections.
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William Lemke
Union— Party
Lemke
Roosevelt
National Union For Social Justice
Know Nothing
C. Breckenridge
John Beil
Constitutional Union
James B. Weaver
People’s Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Bull Moose
R. M. la Follette
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
South
Tom Watson
Watson
The
Register
Associated Press
West Virginia
Democratic Party
The Decline of Another Bryan
The piece recounts Ruth Bryan Owen rushing for a street car in Washington and jokes about Bryans chasing what they want. It argues she has overstayed as U S minister in Denmark and should be removed for alleged conflicts of interest in government affairs.
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Bryan
Ruth Bryan Owen
Washington
Bryans
Diplomat Mrs Owen urged to resign over marriage to Danish officer
The article commends Mrs. Owen as a capable diplomat who has broken gender barriers. It argues her planned marriage to Captain Borge Rohde of Denmark would place her near royal affairs and a potential conflict of interest, urging resignation or removal from service.
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Mrs. Owen
Reginald Owen
M. C
Royal Engineers
Borge Rohde
Denmark
Rohde
Christian
Exploiting Youth in a Democracy Speech
University of California President Robert G. Sprout condemns social racketeers exploiting youth and urges solutions rooted in abundant life ordered liberty and democracy. He warns against nihilistic voices like Aubrey Williams and calls for freedom, tolerance, responsibility, and respect for law.
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National Education Association
Robert G. Sprout
University of California
Italy
Il Duce
Russia
Dr. Sprout
America
Dr. Sproul
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Nazi laws grant Jews war service and restrict promotions
Nazi amendments change the 1935 Nuremberg provisions to exempt Jews from peacetime military training but not from service in war, and apply the German grandparent rule to Aryans with limits. Vienna reports the World Congress of Jewish Front Fighters proposing a memorial village in Palestine for 12,000 German Jews who died in World War I, challenging Nazi memorial practices.
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Berlin
Vienna
Jewish Front
Palestine
World Jewry
Germany
Bug Dust Musings and Natural Oddities in Raleigh County
The column notes a Cecropia moth with a 6.5 inch wingspan peeking from its cocoon after two days of forced sleep. Dr. Bendrat recounts the creature’s 14 September emergence and the family scene in South Kanawha. The piece also jokes about dictionaries and coal discoveries in Matoaka, plus farming tips on flushing bars and tax talk on oil stations.
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Jescape
Imaye
T. A. Bendrat
Beckley College
Eleck
Dr. Bendrat
R. A. Boyd
South
Kanawha
Bendrat
Matoaka
Pocahontas
Great Britain
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Prince
Kanawha Streets
Consolidated Bus Lines
Beck‘lex Service Company
J. E. Craft
High Panjandrum
Consolidated
W. H. Merriweather
Ernest Lee
Craft
Ms Bus Company
R. E. McDaniel
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Pure
McDaniel
Virginia
Accidents Happen at Dusk Most Dangerous Hours
The Charleston department of public safety says five to eight in the afternoon are the state’s most dangerous hours for motorists based on 2650 accidents. Fatalities peak at 1 a m while 3 to 4 a m are the safest with seven accidents. Col. P. D. Shingleton says the study will guide highway patrol assignments.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Department of Public Safety
P. D. Shingleton
Judge Disregards Five-Cent Cigar
George Aldridge exchanged a five-cent cigar with Municipal Judge Cyrus W. Hall but still received a 30 day jail sentence on a minor charge in Charleston West Virginia. Hall had previously given Aldridge five dollars to help him leave the city after promising to depart.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
George Aldridge
Cyrus W. Hall
Hall
Aldridge
Metalton Man Hurt in Mine Accident Injures Foot
Ernest Cooper, 23, of Metalton, a coal loader for Summit Coal, was injured in a mine accident yesterday at Raleigh General Hospital. A car bumper fell and struck his left foot, causing a broken toe and crushed foot.
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Ernest Cooper
Metalton
Raleigh General Hospital
Cooper
Summit Coal Company
Democrats counter Republican charges in Philadelphia address
Delegates including Senators Barkley and Robinson defend the 1932 platform. Barkley cites GOP promises while calling out past platform reversals. Robinson claims Democrats have mostly upheld the party’s program though budget balance faced changes, framing GOP pledges as a test of integrity.
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Ashington
Barkley
Robinson
Philadelphia
Murder Tonight by Laurenc W Meynell
Inspector Hylton suspects multiple villagers in the murder of Arthur Burdett an unsavory figure whose death brings mixed relief to Hope Enderton. A dressing appointment and a ride to Morechester are tied to the case as officers question suspects and check details.
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Mraiea
Hylton
Ala
Arthur Burdett
Burdett
All
Hope Enderton
Thinga
Morechester
Tramp Durley Intervenes In Scotland Yard Plot Night
Inspector Hylton reveals authority to Durley and Fanshawe. Alf Durley returns a locket case to the barroom theft tale and identifies a queer night involving a back lane, a poacher, and a missing notebook. Dale Shipley case links complicate the chase.
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Mr. Fanshawe
Charles Fanshawe
Hylton
Cuthbert
Ayrton
Fanshawe
Alf Durley
Mr. Durley
Kingsley Hylton
Dale Shipley
Scotland Yard
Mrs Rhoda Pack Buried Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Rhoda Virginia Pack 68 were held at her home with Rev L E Lilly presiding. Interment followed in the family cemetery. She died Friday evening after a 12 year illness and four days paralysis. Born August 2 1865 in Summers County she married Christopher Pack March 4 1886. She lived in Raleigh County five years and was a Baptist. She is survived by her widower three daughters seven sons two brothers and two sisters thirty grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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Imping
Rhoda Virginia Pack
L. E. Lilly
The
Baptist Church
Christopher Pack
Raleigh County
Eccles Man Dies of Pneumonia and Miner Dies in Home
Eccles resident Leon Bacquet, 42, a miner, died at home after a brief illness. The obituary notes his wife Minnie Martin Bacquet and son Charles Bacquet of Eccles as survivors. Funeral arrangements pending at Keyser Funeral Home.
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Eccles
France
Minnie Martin Bacquet
Charles Bacquet
Keyser
Bern
Leon Bacquet
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Laurenc W. Meynell
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Guynor
Fanshaw
Charles Fanhawe
Darley
Hope Anderton
Fanshawer
Marchester
Ergeant White
White
Fentown
Iike
Genneman
Corse
Bind
Howard Pack
Waynsboro
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Fred Pack
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St. Louis
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