Sunday paper publisher enters Beckley post office details
The fragment mentions a Sunday newspaper publisher in Beckley interfacing with the post office and subscriber details. It lists associates such as Johnston and Groth and references publishers in New York and Chicago. The OCR shows dates and addresses, but specifics are unclear.
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NCAT
Beckley
Dale
Suniiz
Sania
New York
Pack Avenue
Chicago
Wachyan Avenue
Harmony Split Clouds West Virginia Political Scene
West Virginia reports show dissension between federal and state agencies and within the official family in Charleston. Feuds entre Governor Kump Senator Neely and Holt, plus friction at the road commission and Beehler’s rising opposition. Public view: federal relief jobs should not replace state payrolls. calls for decisive action to stabilize the road agency and address the Neely feud ahead of next year.
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Charleston
Kump
Neely
Holt
Road Commission
William N. Beehler
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Drivers Who Imbibe: The Dangers Behind the Wheel
The article argues that drinking before or while driving endangers road safety. It asserts liquor distorts judgment and balance, makes some drivers overconfident while others indecisive, and warns that any alcohol impairs operation of a motor vehicle. It likens a car to a private locomotive and notes the need for training.
Drunk Driving Warnings Highlight Railroad Car Risks
A fragmented article warns that locomotives demand sober engineers and that drivers must abstain from intoxicants. It argues cars lack rails and stresses the danger of driving under drink, urging intoxicated drivers to leave their vehicles in the garage.
Mail Barty in the Day Postm master Ellison pleads for early mailings
Ellison urges earlier and more frequent outgoing mail to the post office to prevent daily jams. Clerks say 5:00 to 6:30 p m dispatches from star routes and Beckley’s chief send all local mail at once, creating a heavy backlog.
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Ellison
Federal Building
Beckley
Postal Service
Southwest Land Prices Rise Amid Hardest Drought Years
A Wichita area report from the Land Bank notes 1933 price gains of 20 percent over 1932 for farms and ranch lands in the Southwest, 34 percent rise for 1934 over 1933, and about 20 percent for the current year over 1934. Sales grow as buyers, hardened by droughts elsewhere, remain confident in value and food supply.
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Wichita
Kan
Nine Months School Term Policy Debate
The Press comments on Tax Commissioner Fox urging counties to limit maintenance and supervision costs to enforce a nine month school term. The editorial questions whether nine months always equate to better education, warning that spreading funds thin may lower quality and urging focus on keeping schools strong rather than merely longer. Morgantown Dominion News.
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Fox
Morgantown Dominion News
Vandenberg as Presidential Possibility Gaining Attention
Washington dispatch notes growing talk of Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg as a GOP standard bearer. He rejects talk of a campaign, but Illinois organizers push for his nomination, citing his tax plan and budget discipline as potential assets.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Roosevelt
Illinois
Chicago
Vandorf Gray
Gray
Man About Manhattan by George Tucker
New York notes sketch a bustling, surreal cityscape from Hell’s Highway to Hell’s Kitchen and the Hellgate Bridge. It paints celebrities in late night moments at St Moritz and Times Square, tennis booms, fashion-gone-skimmed skin on film sets, and a Cairo to Manhattan awe felt by an engineer returning after 14 years.
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New York
11Th Avenue
Hell's Highway
Hell’s Kitchen
Hellgate Bridge
Gloria Vanderbilt
Long Island
Helen Hayes
Tallu
Lah Bankhead
Jack Oakie
Rose Hobart
St. Moritz
Sky Gardens
International House
Heil Hitler
I Duce
Haile Salassie
el Goose
Pluribus Unum
Mlle. Lenglen
Tilden
Metro’s
Jean Parker
England
Times Square
Egypt
Isn't New York, Mister That's Brooklyn on Stage
Rex Weber, a ventriloquist who sings without moving his lips, is named as one of Broadway's favorite ballad singers. He invites the audience to view New York from the other side for the ship, noting Brooklyn as the vantage.
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New York
Brooklyn
Rex Weber
Broadway
Registerings A Column of Comment and Criticism
A pasted column by ALPHONSO extracts from the Post Herald about Emperor Haile Selassie urging Ethiopians to fight Italy for independence. The piece flits between satire and opinion, noting potential reactions, foreign correspondence risks, and the paper's limited Africa reach. It also wryly recalls a Huntington hitchhiker robbery, a private business forecast, and social quips on money, fear, and capital.
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Post-Herald
Haile Selassie
Italy
Farm Families Are Off Relief Rolls
Rural resettlement officials report 290,155 farm families removed from relief rolls in the year ending last April through rehabilitation efforts formerly under FERA. April figures show 212,712 farm families listed as rural rehabilitation clients, removed from direct relief rolls.
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Associated Press
Washington
Relief Administration
FERA
Betty Brent Reinvents Herself In Hollywood Return
Betty Brent downsizes from film star to apartment living and a trio of careers after leaving Paramount. She tours the country, acts on stage and radio, plans another act, and says money never mattered as much as helping others. Fans still recall her notable roles in Underworld and The Last Command. Improving Argentina economy boosts demand for household electric appliances.
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Hollywood
Evelyn Brent
Betty Brent
Underworld
Last
Paramount
Bessie Love
Priscilla Dean
Monte Blue
Ruth Roland
Betty
Rural relief figures cite 825000 farming families
The ERA estimates that about 825 000 rural farm families are now receiving direct relief as thousands of households return to self sustaining living.
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ERA
Rez and Laurie Moore Claim A Pretend Marriage
Rex returns from a bold Africa flight and embraces love with Laurie. Both hide their true feelings as Rez suspects Mark Albery loves Laurie, complicating a luncheon setting and their tangled romantic ruse.
Mrs Steele and Rex Moore In Quiet Luncheon Interlude
Mrs Steele and Mark Albery discuss Rex Moore after luncheon while Laurie’s secret concern grows. Albery suspects Laurie loves Moore as he watches her, and Rex Moore’s reserve about his personal life fuels jealousy as Gladys’s carefree day contrasts with Laurie’s tension. Gavin Drake shifts again tomorrow.
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Laurie
Mrs. Steele
Mark Albery
Albery
Vanda
Rex Moore
Moore
Mr. Albery
California
Laurie Moore
Gladys
Streatham
Sydney
Lord Dagenbury
Rex
Fen Gretton
Dallas
London
Brooklands
Abbery
Corale Stanton
Dynamite Blast Kills Road Worker in Philippi
A 75-pound stone hurled by a dynamite blast on state route 72 killed Strother Ramsey, 30, of Wolf Run Belington, and injured two others. Joseph Martin, 35, was taken to Elkins hospital. W. C. Marsh, a schoolteacher, suffered minor injuries. The men, sheltering under a wooden platform, were struck when a plank they rested on was hit.
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Associated Press
Philippi
Strother Ramsey
Wolf Run
Belington
Joseph Martin
Elkins
W. C. Marsh
Bluefield Names Deputy Boxing Commissioners
In Bluefield West Virginia on July 1 19 Ward Wylie secretary of the State Boxing Commission appointed deputy commissioners for Bluefield Howard Spates and Philip Smith reappointed and Jimmy Nunan.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
W. Va
Ward Wylie
State Boxing Commission
Howard Spates
Philip Smith
Jimmy Nunan
Mott Street in Chinatown and Mott Avenue in the Bronx
A note explains that Mott Street in New York's Chinatown lies far from Mott Avenue in the Bronx, emphasizing the distance between similarly named streets in different boroughs.
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Mott Street
New York
Chinatown
Mott Avenue
Bronx
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