Spruce Up Says McLaughlin for West Virginia
West Virginia should dress up premises from rural to urban to attract tourists. Commissioner J B McLaughlin argues beautifying farms and homes increases property value and supports the growing tourist industry, noting highways repair limits during winter. He urges using paint glass and shrubs to improve aesthetic appeal while roads are finished.
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Ginians
J. B. McLaughlin
West Virginia
McLaughlin
Highway Department
Bailey
State Police Chief Warns on Protecting Drunk Drivers
Captain J R Brockus, former Beckley commander, told Fairmont Rotary that a state policeman must protect the public, not shield a drunken driver, signaling resolve in West Virginia highway safety efforts. The Charleston Mail notes possible political influence attempts to shield traffic law offenders.
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J. R. Brockus
Beckley
Fairmont
West Virginia
Brockus
Charleston Mail
Too Proud For Dole Maine Fishermen Take Loan Instead
Emergency relief in Maine allocated 100000 to aid fishermen but the tight lipped seafarers refused charity. They preferred a loan repaid with fish or cash, keeping their hard won independence intact and rejecting handouts. The article celebrates the stubborn, self reliant Maine fisher folk.
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Maine
Emergency Relief Administration
Beckley Police Chief Urges Nonpolitical Highway Safety
The Beckley editorial asserts public support for police to resist political influence in highway policing. It praises Captain Brockus and the department for upholding duty and safety, stating the public will back efforts to ensure safe policing free from political pressure.
CCC Bridges and Training in Forest Service Program
The civilian conservation corps built 21 907 bridges in a year, including 8 000 vehicular spans some exceeding 100 feet. The bridges aid fire protection and forest administration, aligning with forest improvement plans and proving good for both the forests and the CCC youths.
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U.S. Forest Service
CCC
Monster in Raleigh County Sparks Late Night Lights
In Fireco Raleigh county nights see all indoors, rumors spread of a creature that reportedly severs dog heads from bodies and resists bullets. Local readers debate the monster while crime and fear fuel morning headlines in the Hinton Independent Herald.
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Fireco
Raleigh County
Hinton
Watsons Bid for Indiana Senate and GOP Chair Rises
In a future date book, veteran Indiana maverick James Eli Watson looms as a dual threat for June events. He is discussed as a possible Republican National Committee chair in Chicago and as a potential U.S. senator from Indiana in Indianapolis. Watson, once party boss, could influence both the national chair race and the Hoosier senate nomination despite Roosevelt era setbacks.
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Washington
James Eli Watson
Indiana
Jellers
Sunny Jim
Chicago
Indianapolis
Sanders
National Committee
Senate
Arthur Robinson
Robinson
Jim Watson
Watson
Indiana Republican Organization
Registerings A Column of Comment and Criticism
A collection of Alfanso's observations and critiques on university diplomas speed cameras, crime shifts from Barrow to Dillinger, women sheriffs in Texas, tactful service in a restaurant, and a family's winter collapse. It argues knowledge thirst, societal changes, and the value of primitive living for hardship.
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Barrow
Texas
First Principles By Brooke Peters Church
The Townsends, city born and bred, spend four summer months in a country house that mirrors their urban life with modern electric conveniences. The period marks a low mood that pulls them from their comfortable dream of ease toward the slower, nature-tinged country retreat.
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Brooke Peters Church
Townsends
Cockaigne
Rotary Clan Leaves Today for Conference
A Beckley Rotary club delegation travels to White Sulphur Springs for the 24th district Rotary conference, with William Kelgard of New York City as banquet speaker tomorrow evening. The Greenbrier hosts golf and dances nightly, and special arrangements welcome attending ladies. Local members include Dr. A. A. Tieche and many others.
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Beckley
A. A. Tieche
Tieche
H. P. Guy
G. P. Stinnette
G. H. Thompson
J. G. Smisko
Ted McDowell
P. J. Catlett
J. G. Beard
Ned Payne
Bob Hicks
Edgar Parsons
Bob Campbell
W. W. McCathern
Lou Scherer
Paul Payne
Paul Earwood
A. K. Canterbury
H. A. Sloan
Bob Davis
M. W. Powers
Floyd M. Sayre
Moslem League Sections Elect Mutual Chairman in India
Delhi May 25 Two sections of the All-India Moslem League have settled their differences and elected a mutual chairman. The Associated Press reports the split resolved and leadership agreed by both factions to unite after months of dispute.
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Associated Press
Delhi
India
All-India Moslem League
Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Declining Colorado Grizzly Bears Near Extinction
A report warns the Colorado grizzly bear population has collapsed to about a dozen or two individuals, signaling an imminent risk of extinction for the species in the region.
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Colorado
Jack Rabbits Abundant Across Eastern Colorado Plains
Black tailed jack rabbits are plentiful through eastern Colorado and on the dry plains of the southeastern section, indicating wide distribution across these habitats.
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Colorado
Hollywood Writer Stefani Breaks Into Screen Storytelling
Frederick Stefani, a German baron seeking American citizenship, rose from reader to assistant story editor at Warner's and Paramount before publishing My Candle Burns and earning his first screen assignment. His voyage spanned Europe, Central America, and show business after fleeing political danger and surviving a sewer hideout with 14 others.
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Hollywood
Frederick Stephani
Universal
Warner Bros
Paramount
Warner's
Stefani
Holland
Paris
Europe
Germany
Central America
Sandino
New Orleans
New York
Telephone Subscribers League Formed in New York
A new organization named Telephone Subscribers' Protective League, Inc. is incorporated in New York to protect subscribers rights and promote their welfare.
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Telephone Subscribers Incorporated
New York
Telephone Subscribers’ Protective League, Inc
Murder at the Mocking House Reveals Pierre Dufresne Link
A policeman and a stranger are found dead in Pierre Dufresne's house. Sergeant Harper uncovers a thread pointing to Dufresne. The butler admits Dufresne owned a revolver like the killer’s, then recants in front of Harper and superiors.
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Synoisis
Pierre Dufresne
Dufresne
Harper
The Search For The Revolver In A Dufresne House
Detective Harper leads a house wide search for a concealed revolver tied to a double murder case. Suspects include Pierre Dufresne and household staff as tension rises in the drawing room while the search drags on.
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Dufresne
Harper
Lafferty
Mrs. Whitmore
Macklin
Pierre Dufresne
Connors
Andrews
John Whitmore
Mr. Dufresne
Beckley College Announces Summer Term Schedule
PD. K. Shroyer announced summer school registrations for Beckley College on June 7, 8, and 9. The term runs June 11 to July 20 with courses in English, literature, geography, history, biology, health, journalism, zoology, chemistry, and more. Minimum class size eight, total 60. tuition 16 dollars for 6 hours, 11 dollars for 3 hours, 5 dollars registration fee.
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PD. K. Shroyer
Beckley College
Raleigh County Board of Education
C. G. Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson High School
United States
Shroyer
Census by doorbellers eyed in bill to aid jobless data
A congressional bill proposes an 810 million appropriation to hire a census army. The doorbell ringers would survey America's jobless, agricultural, and livestock sectors for updated labor and economic data.
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Congress
America
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Mr. Harper
Whitmore
Young Donaghy
Richard Croyden
Aline Croyden
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