Capital Punishment Debate and Mrs Van der Elst Visit
A British anti death penalty advocate, Mrs. Violet Van der Elst, plans a U S tour to push abolition amid debates over executions. The piece questions substitutes for punishment and cites grim California and Georgia execution anecdotes, arguing for a humane alternative and asking what replaces capital punishment to prevent future murders.
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Violet van der Elst
England
United States
Great Britain
van der Elst
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
California
Georgia
Herbert's Trade Impact Highlighted in 1929 Context
The passage credits Sir Herbert with much of the rise in Canadian trade in 1929, noting that his reputation boosts the country’s standing as much as his own. It cites wheat as the sole exception to the overall growth and underscores the value of his influence both nationally and personally.
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Sir Herbert
Our Best Neighbor Sir Herbert Marler To Visit U S In Fall
Canada’s minister Sir Herbert Marler will visit the United States next fall to strengthen neighborly ties. He believes Canada is the closest ally to the U S and aims to deepen amicable relations with Washington’s diplomatic corps. He notes closer ties with Americans than with Britons and seeks to apply his past diplomacy in Japan to this mission.
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United States
Canada
Sir Herbert Marler
MacKenzie King
Herbert
Washington
Great Britain
Sir Herbert
Japan
Unemployed King Boris seeks work and pay
The self styled Boris I, Count Earl Orange-Baux and Baron of Skossyreff, claims the throne of Andorra and has roamed the earth for 13 years. He seeks any job not harming his dignity, capable of providing regular meals, claiming seven languages and odd possessions as qualifications.
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Boris I
Earl Orange- Baux
Baron of
Skossyreff
Duke of Guise
One More Racket and the Five Dollar Request
A New York confidence scheme features a stylish woman who begs an elderly man for five dollars, claiming her purse was left in a taxi. The dilemma: risk embarrassment or part with the money, as bystanders note both potential generosity and opportunistic theft.
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New York
James White
England
Alice Cooper
Alice
Hell
Enderton
Lawrence W. Meyneil
Prohibition Not Solution for West Virginia Beer Issue
The Charleston Daily Mail argues legislators should not push blanket prohibition. Instead they should empower local and state authorities to revoke licenses and target lawless beer venues, creating a strong administration to curb vice and restore order without banning beer outright.
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West Virginia
House-And-Senate
Charleston Daily Mail
Beaming baby chick hatches from shavings at Daniels mill
The story, from Daniels near Beckley, notes a chick and freshly fractured egg shell found in a pile of shavings at the Tilden Cochran lumber mill. Deputy Brammer reported the hatch occurred under sun heat, with the hen absent and no clear caretaker for the chick. Nearby, West Virginia university staff faced travel mishaps.
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Mike Adkins
Tilden Cochran
Daniels
H. F. Brammer
Rents and Roads: Teaching Children Vehicle Safety
Brooke Peters Church argues that lessons once given for horses should extend to cars. He warns children imitate dangerous car habits, warns against leaving children near engines or on slopes, and urges early teaching of safe car handling to prevent future harm.
Washington Daybook on labor drive and steel disputes
Washington leaders fear a possible labor war stemming from John L. Lewis drive to organize steel workers. Lewis, allied with Roosevelt and United Mine Workers, proceeds under Wagner Act while industry officials warn of paid organizers. Navy spies and secrecy claims surface as naval officials testify on leaks.
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Ashington
Lewis
American Iron and Steel Institute
Steel
Inspector Hylton Trails Dale White in English Case
Inspector Hylton suspects Dale Bhipley murdered Arthur Burdett. In London Dale remains at large while Sergeant White contemplates his life, his wife Alice plans a rendezvous with a game keeper, and Edward Perry watches the town square as White weighs future moves after a shifting day.
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Inspector Hylton
Dale Bhipley
Arthur Burdett
Nancy Featherstone
Dale
London
Hylton
Sergeant White
White
Alice
Edward Perry
Hope Enderton
Funeral for Everette Adkins Held Today
Funeral services were held at 2 p m for Everett Adkins 35 of Glen Hedrick who died Saturday after 14 months with tuberculosis in Mount View church burial in Mount View cemetery He worked as a clerk for Chesapeake and Ohio railway and belonged to the clerks union Survived by wife Novie three children Harold Juanita and Dorma Fay his parents Mr and Mrs W M Adkins of Flat Top four brothers and sisters and several relatives Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers were named.
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Everett Adkins
Glen Hedrick
J. R. Foley
Eli Lilly
Mount View Church
Mount View Cemetery
Adkins
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Clerk
Novie Adkins
Harold
Juanita
Dorma Fay
W. M. Adkins
Flat Top
Cecil
Barn
Franklin
Streeter
Ethel Pack
Raleigh
Sylvia Hatcher
Wingfield Family Back From South Journey
Pax July 20 Roy T Wingfield and his family returned from a motor trip through Virginia the Carolinas Georgia and Florida. Bill Treadway of Pax accompanied them. They visited Thom Jeffersons home the University of Virginia and other historic spots at Charlottesville Va en route to J N Ayres former Pax resident. They toured battlefields near Richmond before heading to the Georgia coast.
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Pax
Roy T. Wingfield
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Bill Treadway
Thom, Jefferson
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
J. N. Ayres
Richmond
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University
McElroy
Robert Lilly
New River Anid Winding Gulf Mining Institute
Mountainair
Institute
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K. M. Jarrell
Mrs. Jarrell
Mr. Hill
Frederick Hill
Greenbrier
Renick
James A. Newton
Lewisburg
Newton
H. FE. McMillan
City Recorder
East Gulf
Morris Findley
T. R. Coleman
Beckley Hospital
R. W. Watts
McMillan
John Bridge
Brooke Peters Church
Washington Daybook
By Preston Grover
New Deal
Mr. Lewis
Secret
Los Angeles
Navy Department
Senate Munitions Investigating Committee
Erghant White
Hoops
Mr. Hylton
Marchester
Punt
Ames White
Scotland Yard
Perry
Jimmy
Alice White
Lonnie Jackson
Jordan Williay Sawyers
Jessie Pack
Ho Houchins
Lawrence Corley
Orary Pallbearers
James Taylor
John Adams
John Mulcah
Bruce Carper
J. C. Hobson
Raymond Martin
R. R. Noel
Fore Noel
Clarence Noel
Joe Noel
W. B. Darling
T. W. Darling
G. B. Wood
Wingfield
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