Bonus spending to hit Beckley ex soldiers soon
In less than two weeks bonus bonds worth about a million dollars will be delivered to World War veterans in Beckley and across the state. The influx of cash will stimulate business in Raleigh Fayette and Mercer counties with brisk trade in household goods autos radios and real estate. Veterans are urged to spend for lasting assets such as home ownership education or investments, while warning that government borrowings to fund the bonus will raise federal taxes later.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Fayette and
Mercer
Bowal
Congress
Uncle Sam
Debt Free Nebraska Citizens of Nebraska political note
Debt Free Nebraska Citizens of Nebraska warn lawmakers to avoid borrowing beyond the state debt limit of 100000. Five years ago lawmakers proposed 25000000 in negotiable instruments as a workaround using gasoline tax security. Vigorous taxpayers and newspapers vigilantly opposed the plan and kept the issue visible.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Bill On Moral Obligation Defeated
The delegates argued that negotiable instruments might not be bonds but would still require state payment at due dates. They contended moral obligation in the state resembled debt and was unconstitutional. The bill was defeated and Nebraska remained debt free. The speech warned many government principles hide under clever legal wording.
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Nebraska
Ten Jurors Mock The Barrister After A Slanted Verdict
Don’t Tell the Wife Sir Patrick Hastings urges ten jurors to guard wives from told secrets about tea and lawyers. He loses a slander case as the jury, five men and five women, returns a verdict against the defense. The sum sweated for is 2500. The two women jurors’ marriages are not reported.
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Sir Patrick Hastings
Sir Patrick
Mussolini signs with M as Napoleonic echo
A Rome dispatch notes Benito Mussolini ends speeches with an M signature, likened to Napoleon's. The piece ponders how Napoleon signed, and questions the public reception of Zioncheck immunity comments. It also mentions Aimee McPherson dropping Hutton, and riffs on composers and public figures with a satirical tone.
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Mussolini
Rome
Il Duce
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Napoleon
Mr. Bonaparte of
St. Helena
Aimee McPherson
Hutton
Aimee
Sims Capture Clear Majority In State Primary
Luther R. Jones writes that Edgar B. Sims won decisively in the state Democratic primary, defeating five challengers with a strong plurality and majority. He argues opponents had little to gain and credits Sims with the electorate’s confidence.
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Edgar B. Sims
Sims
Luther R. Jones
Coal Valley News
Hoover seeks to fold all federal agencies under his wing
Washington June 4 J Edgar Hoover and his G men are discussed as possibly uniting all federal investigative bodies under his command including the secret service internal revenue and treasury investigators postal inspection service and perhaps part of the coast guard. Congress has final say with Senate approving a larger budget boosting the Bureau of Investigation from 5 million to 6.025 million amid praise and criticism.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
G-men
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hoover
Secret Service
Internal Revenue and Treasury
Postal Inspection Service
Coast Guard
Congress
Quiz week trivia and colorful New York profiles
A brisk quiz exposes quirky facts about public figures and cultural icons. It lists Sean O Casey wearing turtle necks on first nights, a blind pianist selling the song in a Broadway speakeasy, and Richard LeGallienne as a Paris poet father to a famed actress, among many others.
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New York
Sean O’casey
Paris
Richard LeGallienne
Leopold Stokowiski
Helen Morgan
Katharine Cornell
Spain
Billy Rose
Napoleon
Vermin Killing Contest Warns Against Pet Deaths
The county vermin eradication contest warns that killing pets is strictly forbidden. Deputy U S game warden O B Harris says anyone harming house cats will be barred from the contest and, with sufficient evidence, prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Shooting song birds is also prohibited and all uncased gun permit applications must be made in person with witnesses.
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O. B. Harris
U. S
Harris
Local visits and greetings in Lego West Virginia
Mrs. Roy Walker returns home after a week with Mr. and Mrs. Tressie McComas in Pinoak. Several families from Beckley and nearby towns visited or hosted weekend gatherings, including Mr. and Mrs. Russell Graham and Maurice Hanes Jr., Tom Wood with Earl McComas, and others from Princeton Stamford Matoaka Cranberry Ghent and Mountain City.
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Roy Walker
Tressie McComas
Pinoak
Russell Graham
M. H. Smith
Maurice Hanes Jr
Beckley
Thomas Wood
Earl McComas
Cool Ridge
Maxine
Reba Richmond
J. E. Richmond
Stamford
Walter R. Steele
Princeton
Arthur Bryce
T. R
Arthur
Elventon
A. H. Richards
Matoaka
Elmer Walker
Dave Bryce
Norah
John George
Cranberry
E. W. Potter
Elmer
Junior
Mountain City
Tenn
A. W. Wilcox
R. Potter
Altman Family Ties Highlight Mexican Academic Ties
The text notes the family connection with J G Altman a professor of Spanish in Mexico City and mentions the lower Mexican coast in relation to their background.
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Mexican Coast
J. G. Altman
Mexico City
Hollywoods dancing new star Charlie Collins settles into country life
Hollywood star Charlie Collins now known as a color musical leading man, trades late New York nights for early mornings and garden time in Oklahoma style. He and Dorothy Stone plan a home and truck garden while continuing to dance together and seek a future dancing film.
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Hollywood
Charles Collins
Fred Astaire
Charlie Collins
Broadway
New York
Oklahoma
Dorothy
Fred Stone
Collins
Dorothy Stone
Charlie
Weathers vy Margart Bell Houston Synopsis
Rupert commits suicide in front of his wife Hope as Dirk mourns a love that survived past a troubled marriage. Dirk reads a note left by Rupert and confronts the tangled emotions his own affection for Hope triggers amid a backdrop of past unions and unresolved passion.
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Dirk
Rupert
Hope
Elinor Fleming
Rupert’s note and a hidden room seal a grim truth
Dirk confronts a concealed murder twist after Rupert’s suicide note. Hope reveals two gunshots and a hidden wall panel concealing a second wounded person. They uncover a secret door behind the tower room wall safe and a buried clue that changes the悲案.
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Rupert
Dirk
Thurmond Notes Patients Friends and Events
Thurmond West Virginia reports include improving hospital patients Mrs Jim Perry at McKendree and Mrs Comer Gray Raleigh General. Helen Clark visiting Charleston grandmother Mrs Morton. Rev C W Weiles returned from Augusta GA General Assembly. social items with Anchor club meeting and Ladies Aid carnival planning. visitors V Graham Mrs Hall Mullens to Darlington. Drs Ridge and Foster noted as improved and home visits.
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Jim Perry
McKendree Hospital
Helen Clark
Morton
Charleston
C. W. Weiles
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Augusta
Murphy, N. C
V. Graham
Hall
Mullens
C. O. Darlington
Comer Gray
Raleigh General Hospital
Howard Neal
Homer Nicely
J. E. Meadows
Anchor Club
Carrie Thomas
Virgil Gwinn
Clifton Forge
Eleanor Bannister
Walter Liptrap
Jimmy
Oak Hill
C. F. Ridge
Foster
Billy McGuffin
John Burdette
Meadow Creek
Two Sues Seek 25000 In Auto Damages In Virginia Court
Two men filed suits in Tyler circuit court against Citizens Transfer and Storage of Parkersburg for 25000 damages from a December 19 1935 truck collision. Ira Lemley administrator for Okey J Lemley killed in the wreck seeks 10000, Raymond Lemley injured seeks 15000. Both men reside in Shiloh. Coroner's inquest found the collision unavoidable.
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Associated Press
Middlebourne
W. Va
Tyler Cirecuit Court
Citizens Transfer and Storage Company of
Parkersburg
Ira Lemley
Okey J. Lemley
Raymond Lemley
Shiloh
Thumb Sucking Studied At University of Hawaii
A study by Prof. Carey D. Miller surveys a hundred University of Hawaii students to determine if thumb sucking in childhood affected their dental health, as part of research on the effect of diet on teeth.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
T. H
University of Hawaii
Carey D. Miller
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Dutch Schultz
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