Relief And Flood Control Across Regions
The piece contrasts regional relief policy, praising western permanent works like dams and reforestation, while criticizing eastern temporary relief. It argues flood control and public works, including reforestation and soil erosion prevention, offer lasting value as streams rise and rains thaw. It notes broad federal funding with shared burdens between states.
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Ohio
Potomac River
West Virginia
Harry L. Hopkins
Eastern
Seaboard
Appalachian
Tennessee Valley
West
East
Senate
Amity Spokesman Hirota Seeks U S Understanding
The new Japanese premier Koki Hirota, shaping policy by past remarks, prioritizes cordial U S relations. As former ambassador and foreign minister, he has repeatedly urged mutual understanding, saying on February 24, 1934, the United States should understand Japan's position in the Orient and Japan should understand America’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koki Hirota
Japan
United States
Hirota
Far East
House of Peers
America
Novel basketball season stirs West Virginia courts
A Clarksburg Exponent item notes unprecedented 1936 play with lawyers and the supreme court of appeals entering the scene as schools push novelty. Meanwhile Republican leaders in New England fault Boston’s acting postmaster, a Democrat chosen after 37 years, for a career pause during Harding to Hoover administrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals
Buckhannon
Clarksburg
New England
Boston
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Shreveport Journal
Far East relations and wartime assurances in 1934
The text argues that Japan and the United States should maintain friendly ties and avoid viewing war as likely. It asserts that diplomatic talks can resolve differences and that events in the Far East over the past two years do not erode the 1934 assurances of goodwill in 1936.
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Japan
United States
Far East
Illuminated Highways Dream Moves Toward Night Driving
An official of the Lincoln Highway Association argues that widespread electrically lit highways are near. A tested 14 mile stretch near Dyer Scheerville Indiana used non glare lights every 300 feet showing zero accidents over two years and suggesting safer night driving and reduced daytime congestion.
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Lincoln Highways Association
Dyer
Scheerville
Ind
Illinois State Line
Attitude of Millions Echoes Roosevelt Support
A Laurens county farmer told the Dublin Courier-Herald that he could not say anything against the administration because it helped him when he could not help himself. The Atlanta Journal suggests this sentiment will reflect many voters in the coming election.
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Laurens County
Dublin, Ga
Courier-Herald
Roosevelt
Atlanta Journal
Roosevelt backs farm policy with conviction and rights belief
The Milwaukee Journal notes Roosevelt stands firm on his farm policy. He conveys a deep, sincere commitment to the policy as something he believes is right, not merely politically expedient, reflecting his heartfelt stance.
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Roosevelt
Milwaukee Journal
House managers to prosecute Ritter case with reforms in mind
Washington March 19 The three House managers will prosecute Judge Halstead Ritter of the South Florida district for misbehavior and high crimes before the Senate bar. Senate reforms following the 1933 Louderback trial may ease proceedings. Representative Sumners, who leads, urges a 12 member panel to hear testimony instead of the full Senate.
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Washington
House
Halstead Ritter
South Florida
Senate
Louderback
California
Sumners
Texas
Ritter
George W. English
Illinois
Gena Kaus and Her Modernist Holiday in New York
Manhattan writer Gena Kaus, famed for biographies and films, arrives in New York with vivid energy. Her St Moritz apartment reflects her personality as she discusses Vienna Remarque and Remarque’s single classic, while planning a new historical work from the French Revolution to Napoleon.
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New York
Gena
Gena Kaus
Vienna
Driving On Fire Hose Causes Fines For Two Drivers
J. T. Evans Jr and Harlan McClung were fined 14 dollars each by Police Judge Millard French for driving over a fire hose near the D. W. Anderson store on North Kanawha Street Sunday evening. Theodore Mahoney of Pike Street was fined 23 dollars in fines and costs on charges of drunkenness and assault and battery.
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D. W. Anderson
Kanawha Street
J. T. Evans Jr
Harlan McClung
Millard French
Theodore Mahoney
Pike Street
Argentina rail rate dispute and lone wolf in Texas
The Associated Press reports Argentina’s British-owned railways seek higher freight charges while the government offers improved exchange facilities in exchange for no rate rise. Separately, a lone wolf blamed for killing 40 sheep and numerous young hogs near Beaumont, Texas, over the last six months has been trapped.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Argentina
England
Beaumont
Texas
Endless Range of New York Architecture Draws Visitor
A visitor remarks on New York’s architectural splendors, saying she came to see them and noting she has much ground to cover as her American friends guide her impressions. The quote emphasizes the city’s famed skyline and diverse buildings.
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the Tennant
New York
Hollywood Stars and Collectors Spotlight in March Feature
March 19 column surveys film actor William Powell and Jean Arthur in a new mystery picture their first together in five years. Alan Dinehart details investments worth about 200000, with a Gerald Cassidy piece bought for 150 and a 350 estimate for Poe rarity. Jean Hersholt, John Wayne connections, shifts in blondes to brunettes, and idle notes on Edward Arnold Victor McLaglen round out the piece.
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Hollywood
William Powell
Jean Arthur
Powell
Miss Arthur
Jean
Alan Dinehart
Gerald Cassidy
Poe
Jean Hersholt
Jean Harlow
Joan Blondell
Bete Davis
Alice Faye
Edward Arnold
Essanay Pictures
Chicago
Sutter
Iold
Victor McLaglen
Local Happenings and Nearby Visits in Artie West Virginia
Artie W Va notes report Orville Bearfield able to be out again after illness Elva Estep and J W Williams were business visitors to Beckley on Monday Macel Huffman went to Kanawha Valley hospital for an operation Harlee Stover and Marvin Perry on Saturday Rev Pinder of Colcord and Emmitt Rapley visited the public school Thursday teaching Bible stories and hymns Linus Williams and family of Clear Creek visited Mr and Mrs Broadus Williams Sunday Charles Workman had a motor vehicle accident Saturday plunging over a high embankment but escaping with little injury Rev George Huffman and Rev J W Bacon led a service in the Methodist church Sunday night A large audience attended Corbett Ferrell who escaped from the boys reform school and was recaptured Thursday night by Sheriff Jess Thompson and Constable J W Williams and returned to county jail Mrs Bashia Hamilton was a visitor to Beckley Thursday
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Orville Bearfield
Elva Estep
J. W. Williams
Beckley
Miss Macel Huffman
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Harlee Stover
Marvin Perry
Pinder
Colcord
Emmitt Rapley
Linus Williams
Clear Creek
Broadus Williams
Charles Workman
George Huffman
J. W. Bacon
Corbett Ferrell
Boys Reformatory
Jess Thompson
Bashia Hamilton
Beckley Thursy
Iris and Owen clash and bond in family revelations
Iris discovers Owen is her brother and untangles a family history that crowns her late father as a genius. In a tense rooming-house drama, she faces love, duty, and an impending architectural future as bonds form between Iris, Owen, and their Aunt and Uncle, while Morgan and Phina contest Iris’s path.
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Morgan Black
Ella Lanning
Tris Lanning
Owen
Josephine
Owen Designa
William
Iris
Mabscott residents host Charleston visitors Sunday
Mabscott W Va Mr and Mrs L D Fink and daughter Eloise with Miss Beatrice Gadd spent Sunday in Charleston as guests of Mrs Fink s sister Mrs Clinton Daley and Mr Daley Dewey Ruble was called to Princeton Monday by the death of his brother Everette Fleshman Luci Hart of Whitesville spent the weekend in their homes here Charles Waddell is critically ill with pneumonia Mrs Elbert Houston Mrs J G Snead of Talcott and Mrs Richard Klinebell of Hinton were Monday guests of Mrs Dewey Ruble Reverend L E Fineout is confined to his home by flu Mrs Wanetha Floyd has returned from Winding Gulf where she was guest of Mrs Ethel Stewart and Miss Marjory Peters
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L. D. Fink
Eloise
Beatrice Gadd
Charleston
Talcott
Richard Klinebell
Hinton
Dewey Ruble
L. E. Fineout
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Amity
English
Congress
Federal
Manhattan
St. Moritz
Remarque
Switzerland
Napoleon
London
Voltaire
George Arliss
William Wade
Columbus
Mefoofsky
Mesoofsky
Walter Winchell
N. Y. Daily Mirror
Alphonso
HOLT
By Robbin Coons
John Wayne
Artie, W. Va
Bitter Truth
Sigrid
Phina
Will
Lanning
Uncle Will
Ella
Daddy
Moregan
Aunt Phina
Persia
Pennsylvania
Morgan
Lannings
Margaret Widdemer
Mabscott, W. Va
Wanetha Floyd
Winding Gulf
Ethel Stewart
Marjory Peters
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