Lower Travel Fares Bring Broad Passenger Cuts
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders 2 cent fares on all eastern rail lines to take effect next week. Bus lines follow with reductions, Greyhound cutting Beckley to nearby and distant points by 10 to 25 percent. Day coach rail fares drop to a new low while Pullman remains 3 cents per mile. round trip discounts vanish. The move aims to revive rail passenger traffic as long hauls rise but branch services fade. buses offer greater convenience for short trips.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Greyhound
Beckley
Leche Embraces Huey Long Role In Louisiana Inauguration
Report outlines Governor Richard Webster Leche's self description as 225 pounds of Huey Long man and notes the crowd size of about 100000 at the inaugural. Dispatches portray Leche as inheritor of dictatorial powers, raising concerns about free institutions in Louisiana and beyond.
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Louisiana
Richard Webster Leche
Huey Longman
Huey
Leche
Huey Long
Dispatches
Long
United States
Richard Webster Lewhe
Bourbon label in politics misuses a fine old aroma
The line notes how applying Bourbon to dusty reactionaries in politics devalues a worthy, centuries old term. It critiques the casual pejorative use that strips the word of its historical weight and flavor.
Modern Alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone Revisited
Centuries of search for the philosopher’s stone evolved into modern science. Alchemy faded as improbable, yet recent work shows transmutation possible through neutron-assisted atomic changes. Dr. George B. Pegram at Columbia highlights internal atomic rearrangements and the slow neutron as keys to learning about transmutation.
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George B. Pegram
Columbia University
Confidence Sells Goods and Advertising Faith
The piece argues confidence boosts sales and that ads imply belief in the product. It notes common sense supports advertising showing seller faith and mentions a claim about the Japanese pulling the Great Wall apart for barracks. A New York toy fair opens, pleasing youngsters unable to reach counters at Christmas.
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New York
Eggs in storage hit four year low amid withdrawals
Stocks of eggs in storage are the lowest in four years due to recent withdrawals. As Farley said, it will be that kind of a campaign.
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Farley
Bluefield Bond Case Tests City Incinerator Beyond State Lines
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals considers a Bluefield WPA incinerator project tied to bonds for a facility located across the Virginia line. A Mercer county circuit court ruling against the plan is on appeal, raising questions of municipal bonding for out of state construction under a recent legislative innovation. The court’s decision is eagerly awaited.
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West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Bluefield
State Line
Virginia
Mercer County Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Morgantown Dominion News
Carter Glass to decide role in 1936 Democratic platform
Washington Day Book notes Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, long a force in shaping Democratic platforms, may play or skip a key role in the 1936 platform resolutions. Glass, aging but influential, backs Roosevelt but often questions monetary policy while steering Virginia platforms. The Norfolk convention is set for June 16, with Glass undecided about his participation. he seeks re election, facing no opponent in the party.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Resolutions Committee
Virginian
Glass
Roosevelt
Senate
Eter
Weather Diary Notes Rain Delay for Planting
The writer reports predictions of rain that never arrive while garden plants and flowers show strong growth despite dry, dusty soil. Iris columnbine and peonies blaze among flowers as honeysuckle rivals them in color. The note stresses keeping a running to do list for planting, orchard work, berries, and chickens, and mentions abundant bird nests in the apple orchard.
Manhattan Man About Fame Harasses a Young Writer
A New York writer rises to fame after a best selling novel and endures relentless attention from fans and relatives. He is pursued by invitations loans and gossip and must guard his privacy and reputation. Now a recognized author his harassed look shows the toll of celebrity on a once modest life.
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New York
Manhattan
Hollywood
Jeeter Lester
Tobacco Road
Rainbow Room
Rockefeller Center
Leslie Howard
S. N. Behrman
Puff y Crocodile on hunger and broken heart
The crocodile speaks of hunger and sorrow as he thanks kindly hosts yet laments not contributing. He notes discomfort with sal ads and pies and feels he is not doing his share. The scene mixes hunger with gratitude and self-reproach.
Neely Gets Cash for Road Repairs
The Associated Press reports Comptroller General McCarl approved allocations for ten highway reconstructions in West Virginia. Senator Neely announced the release of funds for work in Harrison, Barbour, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Tucker, Taylor, and Upshur counties with specific dollar amounts listed for each county.
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Associated Press
Washington
General McCarl
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
Neely
Harrison
Barbour
Lewis
Marion
Monongalia
Preston
Randolph
Tucker
Taylor
Upshur
Ourfood Sights Sounds By Robbin Coons Hollywood
Robbin Coons cites 1930s film figures who favored vaudeville instincts. Sammy White recalls Show Boat era stars like Fred Astaire Mae West and Will Rogers. The piece skims careers from Marie Dressler to Gus Edwards School Days and notes pay, roles, and backstage anecdotes.
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Robbin Coons
Hollywood
George E. Stone
Vaudeville
Sammy White
Ditto
Fred Astaire
Mae West
Joe E. Brown
Will Rogers
Charlie Ruggles
Frank Fay
Eddie Cantor
Lila Lee
Hugh Herbert
Harry Richman
Sammy
Show Boat
Learing
Marie Dressler
George Jessel
Gus Edwards
Providence
R. I
Gus
Billy Rose
Big
Impressario
Hope Joria Entangled in Dark Family Mystery
Dirk Joris suspects Hope Joria of blackmail and estrangement from her father Rev. Silas Devine. The ailing Hope refuses to act, prompting Dirk to telegraph her father, who travels by plane to intervene in the unfolding crisis at the Paso household.
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Hope Joria
Rupert Joris
Dirk
Rupert
Silas Devine
Paso
Hope
Worthy
Irk
Devine
Devine Pays A Peculiar Call Tonight
Dirk Joris hosts Rev. Silas Devine who travels two thousand miles hoping to see Hope. Devine questions Hope's happiness and insists on staying by her side, while Dirk weighs the prodigal son parable and Hope's fragile condition. The father might plead for her return as Hope faces uncertain health. Development hints at a tense family rift and looming decision.
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Mr. Joris
Dirk Joris
Devine
Dirk
Hope
Mr. Nevine
Pennsylvania
Students seek guidance on selling a song from Romberg
University students inquire about song sale opportunities. Sigmund Romberg, the composer, played piano during Winter Garden rehearsals for fifty dollars a week.
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Sigmund Romberg
Winter Garden
Goldfields Celebrates First Anniversary This Summer
Goldfields Saskatchewan marks its first anniversary as a town after gold was discovered near Lake Athabasca last year and a settlement grew into a community.
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Associated Press Goldfields
Sask
City of Goldfields
Lake Athabaska
Steel firm to build Weirton city hall
Weirton officials will hire Weirton Steel to construct a brick and steel two story city hall to replace last winter's fire damaged building. The project is planned to cost about $61,000 and is set for completion this year.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
Dividend Declared By Union Carbide on Capital Stock
New York May 27. Director of Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. yesterday declared a dividend of 60 cents a share on the capital stock payable July 1 to stockholders of record June 5. In the two preceding quarters dividends of 50 cents each were declared.
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Associated Press
New York
Union Carbide & Carbon Corp
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