Laurel Creek Road Hope Dims Amid Impassable Winter Conditions
Residents of Prince Quinnimont and Beckley push for Laurel Creek road from Quinnimont to Layland after delays. They note heavy slides have left base buried and mud holes impede traffic, with 5,000 vehicles using the Prince toll bridge, urging early construction before another winter.
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Laurel Creek
Quinnimont
Layland
Beckley
Prince and
Bailey
Simpson
Fayette County
Prince Toll Bridge
Road Department
WPA Backing Off Armory Plans Across West Virginia
The WPA chief McCullough reversed plans for armories and state police barracks in several towns including Beckley where a new armory was to cost 154 dollars. The decision unsettles communities that expected federal funds from the vast WPA program and disappointed initiators. The piece suggests sympathy for those left disappointed.
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Works Progress
McCullough
Beckley
McCullough urged to end WPA projects and quit
The piece argues McCullough should scrap the entire program rather than finish armories and barracks, cites the Beckley-Mount Hope airport as a failed project, notes looming June 30 deadlines for WPA plans, and says only the new court house under a private contract seems certain to be completed. Beckley mourns the lost armory and airport prospects while awaiting a roofless, costly building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haps McCullough
Beckley-Mount Hope
McCullough
WPA
Beckley
Court House
PWA
Maverick Club helps tame Amarillo youth
In Amarillo Texas the Maverick Club arose to aid unclaimed boys roaming the town. The club provides a safe space with games reading and activities. Since opening forty two boys were paroled to its care by Juvenile Court and only four sent to reform school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
Maverick
Maverick Club
War debt burden, recovery spending praised in editorials
Senator Joseph C. O Mahoney argues that wartime and postwar spending shaped the national debt and recovery efforts. He cites debt figures from 1917 to today, notes reconstruction loans, and asserts highways and public works will outlast generations. Canadian politics are compared to U S trends with a conservative mood.
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United States
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Hoover
Roosevelt
Huntington Advertiser
Washington Daybook outlines New Deal push to aid consumers
The Washington Daybook from November 8 describes President Roosevelt's 1936 strategy to placate consumers amid rising production but lagging employment and wages. Walton Hamilton leads the NRA consumers division, focusing on price reform, quality labeling, cooperative information, county councils, and consumer viewpoint in policy. Tugwell envisions a farmer worker alliance to unite the two major supporter groups of New Deal policies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Walton H.hamilton
Consumers’ Division
NRA
Tugwell’s
Alliance
Hamilton
Tugwell
Farmer-Worker
Apo Alliance
Man About Manhattan Encyclopedic slang guide from Barry Buchanan
New York November story on Barry Buchanan compiling an encyclopedic dictionary of show business terms. He explains origins of phrases such as risley act tormentors gallery gods hoist the rag razorback and weed in the grass while noting card counts rising to 26000. Mentions Lenore Ulric Mae West Al Capone Schultz and prison headlines.
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New York
Risley
Barry Buchanan
Buchanan
John Risley
Riverside Drive
Lenore Ulric
David Belasco
Harmon
72Nd Street
A Column of Comment and Criticism Sparks Debate
A satirical column surveys social mores from relief hardships to education and marriage. It jokes about gender roles, smoking at home, and the appeal of diplomas while noting publicity needs for manufacturers. It also recalls a Charley Chaplin imitator contest and American humor.
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Charley Chaplin
Charley
Bailey May Build Huntington Plant
Ernest L. Bailey, former state road commission official, was considered for a consulting engineer role on Huntington's proposed incinerator. He was en route to meet J. J. West, WPA executive and city finance chair, who aims to arrange funding, though West will wait to see Bailey first.
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Huntington
Ernest L. Bailey
State Road Commission
Bailey
J. J. West
WPA
West
Negro Held in Theft Wheeling
Detectives arrested Herbert Jones, a Black man, and charged him with stealing dairy equipment worth 500 dollars and selling the loot for junk.
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Wheeling
Herbert Jones
Cecilia Parker’s rise from Western star to Hollywood romantic lead
Hollywood interview with Cecilia Parker outlines her five years in films, shifting from Westerns and serials to major studio work in Culver City. She discusses grueling schedules, early mornings, and how riding skills keep her in demand, while noting she admires Bill Henry and Eric Linden but pursues dramatic aims alongside a future feminine Western star image.
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Hollywood
Culver City
Cecilia Parker
Eric Linden
William Henry
Cecilia
Metro
Garbo
Bill Henry
George O'Brien
Fox
Texas Guinan
W. S. Hart
Iowa Leads Nation in Livestock Income in Early 1935
Report shows Iowa ranking first in livestock income during January through April 1935, with Illinois, Wisconsin, and California following. Data highlights state by state contributions to ranch and farm outputs amid agricultural trends. The rankings reflect the period's market conditions and production volumes across key farming regions.
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Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
California
High Courage at Union Town
Jeanne Bowman portrays Nikki Nielsen living among Union Town fishermen to uncover her past and the rift between fishermen and the Farnsworth canneries. Tom Farley, controlling the canneries, ruins a net belonging to the Sorki brothers, Anne's protectors, as the clan meets to decide next steps.
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Nikki Nielsen
Anne Farnsworth
Union Town
Farnsworth
Farneworth
Tom Farley
Sorki
Anne
Teela
Nikki
Judge
John
Jim Farley
Hannula
Farley
Sorks
Tecla
Anne Faces Danger as John Near Return
Anne receives two letters from Kellogg and Hill amid family secrets and a threatened move. Lee Farnsworth refutes charges, while Lissa is fired from Farnsworth Fisheries, hinting at two sets of books and possible embezzlement. John’s voyage looms over anxious, hopeful days.
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Anne
Jack Hill
Hill
Kellogg
Lee Farnsworth
Christian Endeavor Hosts Social in Slab Fork West Virginia
Members of the Christian Endeavor hosted friends at the Buford Riggs home with games dancing and music by B B Coleman Herman Martin and Bill Cook. Refreshments served to a long list of local residents and visitors including Melvina Booth of Ironton Ohio Marcella McMullin and others.
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Christian Endeavor
Buford Riggs
B. B. Coleman
Herman Martin
Bill Cook
Berton Gautier
Tom Cook
Woodroe Johnston
Robert Hicks
Claud Higgins
Elison Adams
Earl Higgins
Hoot” Gibson
Carl Thompson
Albert Gambill
Louis Rakes
Troy Handy
Jim Flower
Marshall Collins
Elmer Branche
Lester
Virgie Holt
Marcella McMullin
Gletina Bucklin
Ruby
Pauline
Mildred Martin
Susie Rakes
Beulah Perdue
Helen
Vir
Melvina Booth
Ironton
Ohio
Sherman Grey
Albert Gampill
J. N. Gibson
Beckley
L. M. Kincaid
John Polosky
Virginia
Affinity
June Gillenwater
Lillian Bucklin
Andrew H. Smith
Margaret
Janet
Pennsylvania
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Newspapers Corporation
W. Va
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Howland & Howland, Inc
Park Avenue
Michigan Avenue
Pittsburgh
Keystone Bank
Catch the Mavericks
Canada
Shreveport Times
Mhrlaw
Manhattan
George Tucker
al Capone
Schultz
Albany
Jersey
Alphonso
Red Cross
Jeanne Bowman
Jennie
Sane
Cisco
Portland
Jenny
Ansel Kelley
Very Truly Yours, Lee Farnsworth
Lee
Rob
Lissa
Molly Neuman
Union
Lapland
Liisa
Len
Pacific
Farnsworth Fisheries
Farleys
Crocker
Slab Fork, W. Va
Ginia Polosky
Alta Sturgill
Almeta Thurbon
Elsie Horton
Ruth Mayse
Ironton, Ohio
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