Lowered Interest Rate Bait Seeks PWA Preference
Secretary Ickes urged a cut in the four percent PWA loan rate at a meeting of the allotments advisory committee. The panel recommended only 893,470 in projects from a total 108,635,809 sent to President Roosevelt. Hopkins W P A remains favored for easier terms, even as Ickes loans 6,173,000 of old PWA funds to back new projects and nine states see 34,963,379 in work programs.
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Associated Press
Washington
PWA
Ickes
Advisory Committee On
Roosevelt
The Itch Ad for Gates Sanative Remedy
An advertisement urges readers to visit Watkin's or any drugstore for a large bottle of Gates Sanative guaranteed to stop the itch and its discomfort, promising quick relief and wide availability.
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Watkin'’s
Gates
Community notices from Beckley area churches and residents
Local updates report improvements after operations and illnesses. Rev MacDonald at Glen White delivers a Sunday sermon “What Lack I Yet” and will return next week. Bolding and other residents show steady recovery while Sanders Bolding dies, survived by wife and five children. Church services and visits round out the week with several families and locals attending or hosting events.
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MacDonald
Glen White
First Baptist Church
Howard
Beatrice Brown
J.C. Knight
Beckley Hospital
Jim Nelson
Taylor
Gus Davis
Mr. Bolding
Hughes
Catherine Pinkard
Mead
Julia Hansbury
Lillybrook
Melvira Davis
Lillian Vaughn
Anniversary rally marks third year pastorate at Magnolia Baptist
A rally for Rev. B. L. Zeigler's third year at Magnolia Baptist Church ended Sunday July 14 raising 86 dollars. Ministers and groups included Rev. Jennings Wyco choir Rev. R. C. Brown Glory tone quartet Rev. C. H. Edwards Rev. C. J. Clemons Rhodell choir and Rev. William Ruth. Mrs Elizabeth Taylor sang a solo. Miss Helen Flynn wed Charles Barksdale at the bride’s home with family and friends present. After dinner gifts were exchanged and the couple will live in Tams. Fireco Activities revival services were noted.
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B. L. Zeigler
Magnolia Baptist Church
Jennings
Wyco
R. C. Brown
Glory Tone
C. H. Edwards
C. J. Clemons
Rhodell Choir
William Ruth
Elizabeth Taylor
Beckley
Helen Flynn
John Flynn
Charles Barksdale
Tams
Local Notes from Beckley Area Obituaries and Visits
Funeral rites and burial at Greenwood Memorial cemetery referenced. Rev T Jennings of Glen White visited Mrs Mattie Martin. Miss Queen Esther Carter returned home from Powellton after visiting friends. Mrs Mattie Martin attended John Cousins funeral at Glen Rogers. Mrs Martha Carter travels to Gary Indiana and Chicago for vacation. Mrs Bessie L Cozart of Beckley underwent Tuesday operation at Beckley hospital and is reported in good condition.
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Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
T. Jennings
Glen White
Mattie Martin
Queen Esther Carter
Powelton
John Cousins
Glen Rogers
Martha Carter
Gary
Indiana
Chicago
Bessie L. Cozart
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Catholics Protest Sterilization Laws In Vatican Dispute
Vatican City notes a strong protest over Germany's alleged breach of the concordat as Catholics object to sterilization law measures. The report emphasizes church concerns about civil policy conflicting with papal agreement.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
Germany
Vatican
Catholic Church objects to Nazi sterilization policy
The Catholic authority denounces Nazi sterilization laws affecting Catholics and interference with Catholic lay organizations and press freedom. Osservatore Romano echoed these concerns on its front page, asserting ongoing struggles to defend dogma morals and inalienable rights in Germany.
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Reich
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
State Department
Germany
Teaches Kindergarten Half Century
The Associated Press reports from Shreveport Louisiana on July 18 that a kindergarten teacher marks a half century in the profession.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Pioneer Shreveport Kindergarten Founder Still In Class
Hattie Schuster, who opened the first kindergarten in Shreveport in 1887, continues to run her program and teach young children, preserving a long tradition in the Louisiana city.
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Hattie Schuster
Shreveport
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Works Progress Administration
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Atwell-Catron Motor
Dodge
Plymouth Dealers
W. J. Carter
Ella Mae Hairston
Homer Atkin i
Sanders Bolding
Lester
Besoco Activities
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
J. R. Reed
Ernest Gruening
Interior Department
Brewster
R—Me
New York
Vice Battle
W. R. Woodson
Mr. Zion Choir
Besoco
Smyrehart
Hannor
Willing Workers
J. A. Jackson
Anna Belle Johnson
Winding Gulf
Jackson and Son Funeral Home
H. C. Craig
Thomas E. Dewey
Lower Center
Lewis J. Valentine
Henry Bruckman
Upper Center
Frank J. Taylor
Tammany
Fireco
Amtech Ee Eee
Cy Ae
Delmonico
Lyric—Today
Ardiniay
Cael
Huston Richerd Arle
Sun
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Garvin Burnett
Scots City
Kansas
Smao Aan
Seagram’s
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The
American Tobacco Company
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