Tax maps may fix flawed assessments in Connecticut and Virginia
The article argues that many Connecticut towns have unassessed tracts, some over 3000, and that initial costs for good tax maps may deter adoption. It cites Mr Noonan asserting that investigations show re assessment is prudent and penny wise, pound foolish. It also criticizes West Virginia for haphazard real and personal property assessments and says tax maps promote uniform, equitable taxation by ensuring every parcel is assessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Noonan
West Virginia
Beer Garden Indictments Signal Crackdown in Raleigh County
A Raleigh area editorial urges stern enforcement of liquor laws against beer joints. It supports grand jury actions and calls for revoking licenses, stiff fines, and jail terms to deter bootlegging and corrupt establishments, asserting the county will not tolerate such vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beer Garden
Ra Ieigh
Fox
Criminal Court
Grand Jury
Raleigh County
Prince station as pivot for future C and C railroad growth
The piece argues for a revived railroad focus at Prince station to connect Laurel Creek and New River regions, estimating 100000 potential riders. It urges state action on Laurel Creek road, improved passenger facilities, and lower fares plus trains stopping at Prince to end Beckley’s isolation and better route passengers from distant offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Creek
Prince
Layland
Prince Station
New River
Beckley
No Man’s Land
Cincinnati
Richmond
Assessment maps for urban areas aid accurate property valuation
Insurance underwriters use precise city maps showing every parcel owner and current assessments to streamline rate making. The approach, now spreading to general property assessment, relies on accurate paper maps to avoid missed parcels and faulty valuations, as noted by Albert W. Noonan of the National Association of Assessing Officers. Connecticut towns have begun aerial tax mapping, revealing many parcels previously overlooked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Albert W. Noonan
National Association of Assessing Officers
Connecticut
Safety slogans fail driving, police curb risk with fines
Advice campaigns in Pennsylvania prove ineffective as drivers ignore signs. West Virginia police adopt fines and magistrate appearances for careless driving, citing prior attempts at warning and decades of reduced accidents in Detroit. The shift toward enforcement aims to curb crashes nationwide, while librarians seek finance titles amid a 1928 expert debate.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Col. Shingleton
Detroit
WV candidates seek judgeships in sixth and fifth districts
In West Virginia the two recent gubernatorial contenders announce bids for circuit court judgeships. L R Via of Huntington, runner up in the Democratic primary, seeks the sixth district judgeship after resigning as assistant U S district attorney. Judge Lewis H Miller, from the fifth district covering Calhoun Mason and Roane counties, remains a candidate for his current post.
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West Virginia
L. R. Via
Huntington
United States District Attorney
Lewis H. Miller
Calhoun
Mason
Roane
Fairmont
Do You Like Roosevelt On 1936 Platform
A New Orleans Hem comment notes Mr. Hoover limits national campaign to 30 issues. A wag suggests the core question remains whether Hoover supports Roosevelt as strongly on the 1936 platform as on 1932. More framing will not change this core issue.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
New Orleans
Pocketbook Proof of Roosevelt Impact Charges
Gleanings from financial reviews weigh Tory claims that Roosevelt ruins the country. Electric output from 19 major utilities rises from 10.2 percent to 30 cents over last year. U S Steel shows sharp earnings gain due to renewed demand for heavy steel products driven by Roosevelt era emergency spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Roosevelt
U. S. Steel
Roosevelt
Wheeling News- Register
Rural Beckley Notes on Roads and Local Life
A column reflects on coal field life and growing traffic concerns. It laments road conditions along Laural Creek near Quinmont and Prince Bridge, contrasts air and ground dangers, and humorously muses on traffic lights, police, and a local Lions Club president. It also recalls a local car crash at Spanishburg, a hospital stay, and changes in car lamp standards and braces vs galluses fashion.
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Road Commission
Laural Creek
Quinnimont
Prince Bridge
Beckley
Batoff Mountain
Cliff Mays
Pecans Crop Shrinking Across Texas and Oklahoma
Frost and cold are trimming the states pecan harvest with growers from Oklahoma and Texas reporting a much smaller crop this year. Okmulgee groves are not expected to bear, Roy Bagley of San Saba estimates a 25 percent crop for the San Angelo region. Mae West also took her first airplane ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Okla
Roy Bagley
San Saba
San Angelo
Mae West
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Man Slashed Near Amigo Attacked, Dewey Akers Says
Dewey Akers, 37, told Beckley hospital attaches he was attacked near Amigo last night. He had knife slashes on his face which physicians noted. Akers said he did not know who wounded him and did not report the incident to police. He was allowed to go home after treatment.
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Dewey Akers
Beckley
Amigo
Akers
Princewick WV Social Notes Parade Visitors
Princewick WV residents record visits and greetings with relatives and friends from Oak Hill Fire Creek Bluefield Elk Creek Derby Big Stone Gap and surrounding areas. Names include Johnson James Lester Ingale Meadows Justice Davis Hodge Ragland and many others as families travel and host over a recent week.
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Car
Johnson
Alvin James
Lawrence Johnson
Oak Hill
W. M. James
Ted
John Yancey
T. T. Smith
Lettie Lester
Harrison Mills
Sophia
John Cree
Rhodell
Bill
Bob Cree
Eldredge Ingale
Roger Eugene
John G
Orley Matherly
Elbert Meadows
Dave Thomas
Lillybrook
Ruth Ingale
Roy Hodge
Coal City
Albert Hodge
E. E. Justice
Marie Harry
Johnnie Natl
Bertie Lester
A. C. Davis
C. B. Vencll
Bluefield
D.T. Perkins
Elk Creek
Virginia
4. C. Davis
Davis
Dee Brakefield
Ross
Jimmy Billie
Olene
Howard Ragland
Tip Conner
Derby
Big Stone Gap
M. B. McCautey
Princeton
Treacher
Golden Meadows
Laura Bolen
Resaco
Wiley Bolen
Eliza Farley
Tom Gross
East Gulf
J. A. Meyers
Josie Montgomery
Beckley Hospital
Emmett Lively
Red Star
Grasshopper Menace Diminishes in Estevan Area
A survey by the Dominion Entomological Bureau finds the grasshopper infestation in Estevan Saskatchewan reduced this year. In Minnesota, the university committee on student affairs rejected an application for official recognition of a Communist club.
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Associated Press
Estevan, Sask
Canada
Dominion Cntomological Bureau
University of Minnesota Committee On Student Affairs
Communist Club
Manhattan Trio in New York Apartment Lives
Article profiles three young women in a sunny East River apartment with yellow curtains and blue vases. Lucy, 23, from Shreveport, makes rug designs earning monthly profits. Martha, 107 pounds, teaches kindergarten and longs for a school. Jean, a Maryland secretary with freckles, keeps pace with their shared life.
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Valentino
James Cagney
Charlie Chaplin
George Tucker
New York
Dil l
East River
Lucy
Shreveport
Luck
Martha
Cucy
Peoria
Jean
Maryland
Ito
42Nd Street
Corporation
Prosperity West Virginia Church Cleaned and Events
Prosperity residents report a busy period with church activities. Rev Grant Stephens will preach Sunday at 11 am and 7 30 pm. A new community playground features table tennis volleyball and other play items. Several local residents visit relatives and recover from illnesses while others attend church services and summer plans.
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The
Baptist Church
Grant Stephens
Temperament in Hollywood: Men Struggle With Flair
British star Herbert Marshall explains why temperamental bravado rarely succeeds for male actors in Hollywood while female stars like Katharine Hepburn Garbo and Pola Negri often benefit from a distinctive offscreen or onscreen temperament. He notes that audiences sympathize with temperamental women but not men and cites box office trends and industry anecdotes as evidence.
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Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Herbert Marshall
England
Marshall
Katharine Hepburn
Garbo
Pola Negri
Mae Murray
Jose von Sternberg
Local residents host gatherings and students depart for WVU summer session
West Virginia community news lists visits by Mr. and Mrs. Flemings Mabscott to the Floyds, McMullins family weekend with Watkins and Overbey, Haseltine Howell Oak Hill visiting Edna Tucker, Marcella McMullin with Sherman Grey, Sherman Trail and Edward Bri Wai leaving for Morgantown for summer term, and Orlin Riffe enrolling at Concord college. Other notes include Mrs. Fred Webb's illness, homecomings at Canaday and Bluefield Virginia trips, Mullens, Huntington travels, and a mention of modern feminist protest gifts to senators who declined them.
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Willard Flemings
Mabscott
Leonard Floyd
A. M. McMullin
B. E. Watkins
Sherman Trail
Edward Bri- Wai
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Katherine Ervin
Becksley
J. H. Overbey
Haseltine Howell
Oaks Hill
Edna Tucker
Marcella McMullin
Sherman Grey
Mr. Grey
Slab Fork
Tommy Floyd
Hazel Henderson
Hurricane
Margaret Burton
Denver Griffith
Maxwell Hill
Maben
Maxine
Clifton O'Neal
Pete Clay
Surveyor
Fred Webb
Nellie Collinsworth
Alvin Williams
Logan
Grffith
New River
Charles Craddock
Wilson
Stotesbury
E. P. Canaday
J.B . Canaday
Tom Quinteer
Pittsburgh
Carlos Worley
Katherine Snyder
Worley
G. C. Winfrey
Bluefield
Virginia
W.R. Campbell
L. Harmon,Jr
Mullens
Orlin Riffe
Athhe
Concord College
Pierce Brown
Paul Bond
Brown
Madeline
Huntington
Marshall College
Dallas Covey
Helen Fink and
Okeyther
Glen White Gunther
Gile
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Douhtless
Harold M. Riffe
Everett Sylvester
Beckley Lions Club
Jackson County
Robert Lilly
I. C. J Sons
Sie
Lilly
Hawaii
California
Samuel
Bluestone River
Spanishburg
Robert
Walter Burke
Lyric Theatre
Princewick, W. Va
Man About
Manhattan
Prosperity
W. Va
Burleigh
Church of Christ
C. L. Spencer
Billy
Marmet
Nathan Wright
Ross Stover
Walter Starks
Starks
Virgil Ray Stover
Cranberry
Alvin McGuffin
Laws
Charlie Davis
Eccles
Bre
C.A. McNeil
Sturay
Percey Toney
Lee Kidd
Mr. Toney
U S.army
Edgar Arthur
Marjorie Lee Bragg
Fayetteville
Bobbie Bray
Violet Stover
Pauline Davis
Arnott
Athens
Arnott Short
Glenya ‘Stover
D. B. Stover
Ohio
Lester, W. Va
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