Government by Threats and the Coal Strike Debate
The piece argues President Roosevelt faces pressure over the Guffey bill and a coal strike, contending John L. Lewis seeks industry control. It recounts past NRA aid, renewed contracts, and warns that continued threats and a 30 day truce risk disruption, while exposing operator-led traffic exploiting Beckley’s workers.
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Roosevelt
House
Senate
John L. Lewis
Lewis
NRA
Jacksonville
Has Policy Racket Moved In
Repeated inquiries to the Register office for advance totals of New York stock exchange sales lead to the conclusion that the policy racket is active in this section. The paper refuses to publish advance numbers and urges readers to await the next day's report, warning that law enforcement aims to stamp out the lottery-like scam.
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Register Office
New York Stock Exchange
Charleston
Beckley
Female education aim not to copy men but to mold a new world
Dr. Alan Valentine of Yale addressed Radcliffe grads urging women to develop spiritual powers beyond masculine tools. He warned against becoming Amazons, calling for integrating intuition and practicality to humanize the mechanized world and shape a better civilization. He noted men may claim the credit when women reshape society.
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Radcliffe College
Alan Chester Valentine
Pierson College
Yale University
America
Valentine
Radcliffe
Little Red School House Restored in Allentown Pa
Allentown's Little Red School House, saved from destruction, will be restored as a permanent monument through cooperation with the Schoolmen's Club. The one room district school is beloved by many Americans for its role in education, despite being judged minor next to larger schools.
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Beckley
Little Red School
Allentown
Charleston Mindset Shift Toward a University Town Idea
The Charleston Dominion News notes interest in forming Charleston University Center Inc to pool denominational colleges like Alderson-Broaddus Morris Harvey Bethany Davis and Elkins West Virginia Wesleyan Kanawha College Greenbrier College for Women into a shared university system. Each would keep its identity while sharing libraries gyms dorms labs and other facilities to survive rising costs and competition from public teachers colleges. The piece observes the better outcome might be for colleges to remain in their own communities but concedes money and students drive consolidation.
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Charleston
Charleston University Center, Inc
City
Oxford
England
Alderson-Broaddus
Morris Harvey
Bethany
Davis and Elkins
West Virginia Wesleyan
Kanawha College
Greenbrier College For
Mor_Santown Dominion News
Manhattan Episode Shows Rough Welcome Outside West Side Eatery
A hot Manhattan day in Hell's Kitchen frames a street scene outside a west side restaurant where a lean picket with a Management Unfair sign clashes with a rotund smiling proprietor. A globe trotter tells stories of cities from Gibraltar to Paris while a crooner named Rudy Valeo appears amid scattered chatter and intrigue.
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New York
10Th Avenue
Hell’s Kitchen
West Side
Eternal “Management
Dorothy Mathews in Accent on Youth takes over role
Front Page, Sing and Whistle reports Dorothy Mathews has replaced Genevieve Lang as the lead in Accent on Youth the Crosby Gaige hit now entering its seventh month.
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Dorothy Mathews
Genevieve Lang
Crosby Gaige
Voiced Letters on Society and Souls of the City
A WV boy, employed in NYC, walks Union Square and condemns bankers from a soap box to loud cheers. The column balances quirks of family dialogue with snippets of local whimsy from neighbors and a noisy street scene.
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West Virginia
New York City
Union Square
Pythians To Attend John Cree Funeral
P C Conner keeper of White Pine Lodge 37 Knights of Pythias asked members to gather at the lodge rooms at one o'clock to attend the funeral of John Cree who died in a local hospital Friday Cree a Rhodell resident succumbed to a long illness Friday morning. Kites in Tokushima Japan flying contests are so large they often require 200 men to hold cords.
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P. C. Conner
White Pine
Knights of Pythias
John Cree
Cree
Rhodell
Tokushima
Japan
Weidler Family of Child Actors Grows in Hollywood
The Virginia Weidler family, a musical clan of six children aged 9 to 16, thrives around a home theater setup. Virginia, the 8 year old known for Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch and Laddie, navigates studio work and a shy, quick acting nature. Their mother, a former violinist and singer, guides a brood with artistic roots while their architect father builds miniature homes. The clan started with multilingual posing for foreign versions and continues with family-made scenery stored in the cellar after a brief neighborhood musical revue.
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Hollywood
Virginia Weidler
Weidlers
Virginia
Sylvia
Verena
Warner
Walt
George
Weidler
Mrs. Wiggs
Cabbage Patch
Sea Shell shaped asparagus plant found by Milton Carlisle
An asparagus plant grown on Milton Carlisle’s farm in Salt Lake City formed a sea shell shape during irrigation. The unusual growth drew interest from local naturalists and residents who noticed the peculiar formation.
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Salt Lake City
Milton Carlisle
Deception in London Flat Tests Laurie and Rex
Laurie Moore pretends to be widow Rez Moore to shield her sister from hunger while Rex returns after a crash. Mark Albery offers Laurie a higher post that may bind all three, as romance and ambition collide amid a planned move to a Chelsea flat.
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Gladye
Laurie Moore
Mark Alvery
Rez Moore
Rex Moore
Mark Albery
United States
Mr. Albery
Laurie
Albery
Lauris
Opwn
Chelsea
Geralte Stanton
Local Social Notes Highlight Gatherings and Newborn in Wickham
Affinity West Virginia Mrs Macie Armstrong of Wickham visited the Church as Sunday guest. A son Noel Graden was born June 21 to Mr and Mrs Okey Lilly. Residents attended a carnival in Sophia Tuesday night. Various visits span Beckley Mabscott and Stotesbury with numerous relatives and health notes.
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Macie Armstrong
Wickham
Avery Church
Okey
Lilly
Noel Graden
Sophia
Emil Meadows
Odd
Kelley Hughes
Coal City
Virginia Hughes
Stotesbury
H. H. Wills
W. J. Wills
Mabscott
Kennedy
Laurie Canne
Katie Smith
Pemtberton
Carl Massie
Beckley
Elsie Lego
N. E. Bumegardner
T. Crawford
Huntington
Roger Crawford
Russian laborer jailed for using flag as handkerchief
Victor Yaroschuck a 41 year old Russian laborer from New York City began a 10 day sentence in Monticello after being convicted of disorderly conduct for allegedly using the American flag as a handkerchief. Spectators complained to police.
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Associated Press
Monticello
N. Y
Victor Yaroschuck
New York City
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Johnny
Dorothy
Jasper
Joan
Pythians
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Moore
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Rex
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