West Virginia Baedeker idea urged for state travel guide
The Huntington Herald Dispatch suggests compiling a West Virginia travel guide modeled on Baedeker. It cites the state historical commission's county reports and Raleigh County examples, urging accuracy checks and broad inclusion to boost tourism and regional pride. It also notes mythic calendar lore from Samuel Zovello with Egyptian roots and card imagery, adding a lighter historical aside.
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West Virginia
Baedeker
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Bailey
West Virginia Historical Commission
Raleigh
Violet Cook
Winton A. Riffe
Grandview
McKinley and
Hayes
Beckley
Huff's Knob
Sophia-McAlpin
Raleigh County
Historical Commission
Kump
West
Calendars to Cards in a Historical Shift
A fragment notes playing cards evolved from calendars, shifting from a serious timekeeping role to lighter gaming use. The brief hints at a transition in cultural use of cards and calendars without detailing dates or figures.
CCC Policy and future gains under the New Deal
The Fairmont Times outlines how the Civilian Conservation Corps builds human value and physical strength, develops forest and conservation work, and creates parks access. It argues CCC, part of Roosevelt's New Deal, plans for a broader future economic and social order under his leadership.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Roosevelt
Fairmont Times
Senate sustains veto easing treasury concerns on bonds
Washington reports the senate's 54-40 vote to sustain the president's veto of the Patman bonus bill brings relief to Treasury officials. They foresee easier bond issuance for funding the $4 billion work relief program while caution remains over potential inflation and future bonus legislation. High SEC registration delays attributed to uncertainty.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Morgenthau
Supreme Court
Treasury
White House
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
New Yorks Sea Crime Echoes In Sensational Six
The article notes four of New Yorks six major sensational crimes linked to sea crimes, highlighting the Lindbergh kidnapping as the only solved case and detailing the Starr Faithfull Ben Collings Arnold Rothstein Fujimura and Agnes Turverson disappearances. It contrasts fame and mystery with violence and ends by a tavern anecdote about mint in drinks reflecting changing tastes.
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New York
Lindbergh
Starr Faithfull
Ben Collings
Arnold Rothstein
Hisashi Fujimura
Agnes Turverson
Faithfull
Long Beach
Collings
Long Island Sound
Fujimura
S. S. Bergenland
Secret Service
Poderjay
Europe
Rothstein
Broadway
Registerings A Column of Comment and Criticism
A collection of observations and opinions by Alphonso Doubtless, touching on social and political topics. The text riffs on crime portrayal, population trends in Raleigh county, judge activity, national divides, automobile deaths framed as natural, fashion fads, transportation costs, road signage, and a tongue in cheek lottery call. It closes with a poke at local patriotism.
Officials Seek To Avert Strike Trouble
Authorities in the Pacific northwest brace for a lumber strike as plans to reopen mills unfold. Portland workers reject a five cent wage increase and demand written union recognition. National guardsmen with tear gas patrol Tacoma while seven operators resume work amid tense confrontations.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Oregon
Portland Sawmill and Timber Workers Union
Hollywood Wire Tricks Shape Screen Drama Backstage
Hollywood relies on wire work to stage stunts from dangles to golf ball shots while shunning real danger. They now seldom use wires for animals though a prop cobra scene stalled for a real reptile. Wires still power football explosions and cup shots as directors chase practical effects.
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Hollywood
Bobby Jones
Ventilating System Details on the liner Normandie
The Normandie liner features 160 dependent ventilators powered by motors and fans. The system supports onboard air circulation and climate control, reflecting naval engineering standards of the era.
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Normandie
Deception Deepens as Airman Returns to Claim Truth
Laurie Moore continues posing as the widow of Rex Gore to preserve her job and protect her sister from a painful past. Rex returns sighted after two years, demands Laurie keep up the ruse to safeguard his position with Albery, and condemns her for her choice. Laurie grapples with guilt and fear, torn between honesty and survival.
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Gladys
Australia
Laurie Moore
Rex Gore
London
Mark Albery
Rea
Rex
Pacifico
Laurie Uhe
Albery
Laurie
Sydney
Glad
Rex Moore
Coralie Stanton
Counterfeit Money Ring Busted in Parkersburg Group Sentences
A counterfeit money ring operating in Parkersburg and Elkins was broken up with four defendants sentenced. Minnie Marshall, the alleged leader, received eight years at Alderson Federal Prison. Walter J. Schwendeman got two years at Lewisburg. Frances Hendricks and Nellie Helen Golden were jailed for one day. Earlier three men had also been sentenced.
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Associated Press Elkins
Parkersburg
Minnie Marshall
William E. Baker
Federal
Alderson
W. Va
Walter J. Schwendeman Drew
Northeastern
Lewisburg
Frances Hendricks
Nellie Helen Golden
Randolph County
Former Morgan Nurse Christina Fletcher Dies at 104
Berkeley, June 27 Christina Fletcher a former Morgan family nurse died yesterday at age 104 as she had predicted Her long life ended just short of a century and four years amid memories of service to the J Pierpont Morgan household
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Morgan
Associated Press
Berkeley
Calif
Christina Fletcher
J. Pierpont Morgan
Elderly Woman Buried In Shroud She Made
A 105 year old woman will be buried today in a shroud she crafted herself. Mrs. Fletcher, who came to New York from Gotland Island at age 16, recalled working as a domestic for the elder Morgan and nursing his children. She remembered President Theodore Roosevelt visiting the Morgan home and shaking hands with the servants.
Dunn Breaks World Discus Mark In Exhibition
Gordon Slinger Dunn former Stanford star spun the discus beyond the world record of 171 feet 113 4 inches. His best throw reached 176 feet 6 inches in the exhibition meeting.
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Gordon “Slinger” Dunn
Stanford
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