Civil service for Charleston experts urged by state departments
Two state departments urge placing Charleston technical staff in civil service. The public service commission highway department and others argue permanency curbs political abuse and improves efficiency. A civil service system is praised as working well federally and suggested for West Virginia.
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Boeing Civil Service
Charleston
Highway Department
Public Service Commissaion
Public Service Commission
Public Service
Cctess
West Virginia
Lincoln club pushes clean campaign plan in Kanawha county
The Charleston Lincoln club aims to organize precinct workers across Kanawha to ensure clean campaigns and elections. It seeks only public welfare as its motive, warning that private or business interests may thwart such efforts and threaten public service.
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Lincoln Club
Charleston
Kanawha
Educators Urge Better Help for Raleigh County Schools
Readers following Education Week and The Register note a new high standard in teaching and supervision in Raleigh County. They warn that teachers shoulder heavy loads with 50 teachers for 40 or more pupils, some as high as 65, amid crowded conditions and lagging plant and equipment.
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Raleigh County
The
Register
Education Week
Joyful schools boost county education aims
County reports nine months of school for every child and a premier teaching staff. Officials say the next step is to improve school housing to match standards in other parts of the educational system.
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Joy
MacDonald Defeat Highlights Labour Internal Strife
The report notes Ramsay MacDonald’s parliamentary defeat by fellow Labour members after joining Britain’s first Union labor government. It argues Labour won broadly but fought among itself, praising MacDonald’s measured reaction and noting possible knighthood and rise to the House of Lords if he chooses.
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MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
Labor
England
House of Lords
Horns or Brakes Take Lead in City Talk
Mayor LaGuardia hears a traffic tale from Henry Oldfield about horn use. The speaker urges drivers to ease off the accelerator and apply the brake rather than blast a horn. He notes the public rarely follows this, hoping law enforcement will curb honking.
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Barney Oldfield
Hoover again as election season rhetoric heats up
Shepherdstown Register accuses former president Hoover of using speeches to push false statements, praising truthfulness while noting decades of alleged deception. The piece claims Hoover claimed wages would be maintained in 1929 and that the tide had turned in 1932, with Democrats supportive and Republicans wary.
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Hoover
Shepherdstown
Red Cross Roll Call Praised For War and Peace Relief
Randolph Review lauds the American Red Cross and Salvation Army as leading relief bodies in war and peace. It urges prompt public support during the ongoing Red Cross roll call to aid victims of war, floods, fires, hurricanes, unemployment, and poverty.
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American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Randolph Review
Can't Tell Em Nothing Reckless Drivers Kill Many
The Bluefield Telegraph laments weekend deaths caused by reckless drinking motorists. It notes many offenders do not read safety warnings and that newspapers and safety groups struggle to reach these drivers. John U. Cant-Tell-Me-Nothing symbolizes the broader public apathy.
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John U
Bluefield Telegraph
Man About Manhattan: New York Snaps into November Fashion
In New York City on November 15 the author notes warm, unwelcome Indian summer days despite autumn displays. The piece blends urban mood, fashion scenes, and showbiz anecdotes from Broadway, with references to Mussolini, Haile Selassie, George Arliss, and Peg Leg Bates as crowds react to current headlines and nightlife.
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New York
Manhattan
Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Bronx
George Arliss
Sixth Avenue
Peg Leg Bates
the Paradise
Eleanor Powell
Broadway
Ace of
Registerings and Opinions From the Column Commentator
A形式 sampling of observations and questions by ALPHONSO on college paybacks, Caesar and Italian architecture, recent $10 000 bill recalls, prison commission unity against chain gangs, Notre Dame after beating Ohio state employees, and playful palm on poultry humor with jokes about Molly Leghorn and hatchling ducks.
Scout Work Discussed At PTA Meeting
A Mt View school PTA meeting discussed scout work and crime causes and remedies. Robert R. V. Twohig spoke on scouting and citizenship. Irvin S. Maddy addressed crime and its impact on school age children. A pie supper was planned for November 19 to raise funds for the fifth grade library. A new California law requires trucks to have green clearance lights for visibility.
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Mt. View
Robert R. V. Twohig
Irvin S. Maddy
Woodrow Wilson High School
Haskell Price
Eustice Cantley
Floyd Farley
Azet Farley
Zada Barrett
John Miller
California
It Happened in Hollywood and the Studio Clamor
Robbin Coons examines Hollywoods busy studio life noting a gap between onscreen Hollywood and real practice. The piece ruefully observes late schedules, constant fittings, and time pressures as executives dodge punctuality with rehearsed excuses.
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Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Studio
Wheeler dies after long illness in Gatewood West Virginia
W. A. C. D. Wheeler died at his home Tuesday after a long illness in Gatewood. Survived by daughters Miss Mary Wheeler Miss Ann Wheeler Miss Susan Wheeler Miss Elizabeth Wheeler and sons Frank William and Thomas Wheeler. Burial conducted at Pleasant View cemetery. Personal notice: Mr and Mrs Clarence Epperly announce the birth of a...
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C. D. Wheeler
Mary Wheeler
Ann Wheeler
Susan Wheeler
Elizabeth Wheeler
Frank
William
Thomas Wheeler
Pleasant View
Clarence Epperly
James Dixon
Mason Lodge
Thurmond
J. A. Duncan
Fayetteville
L. C. Riner
G. W. Fox
Ansted
Buel Hitchcock
Savannah Shocky
Beland Cotecamp
Clara River
Martha Maynor
T. W. Jones
Frank Martin
Basil Kelly
Lansing
C. E. Jones
Mount Hope Hope
Mas. J. Jones
Annabel Richmond
Jessie Riner
Summertee
Nilah
Fayetteville High School
Stis Dooly
Ethel Rodes
Garfiewd Martin
Sam Parkins
Fire Creek
Myles Wickline
Montgomery
L. Wickline
S. S. Goff
Charleston
Mary Wire
Ann Fox
Earl Rodes
P. H. Ellis
Ann Wire
Brooklyn
SteHn Fox
Mary, Brown
Garfield Martin
Elbert Clower
Irene
Earl Fox
Hawks Nest-Puesday
Farnsworths and Farley Rally Over Family Murder Trial
Anne Farnsworth stands accused of murdering her uncle Lee Farnsworth while Tom Farley, district attorney, prosecutes at trial where the fate of the alleged innocent girl hangs on the jury. The case centers on foster parents Luke and Lucinda Farnsworth and suspected relatives.
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Anne Farnsworth
Erich
Lee Farnsworth
Alice
Luke
Lucinda Farnstworth
Ghemye
Tom Farley
Annd
Anne Farnsworth faces murder trial amid court drama
In Astoria Nikki Nielsen now identified as Anne Farnsworth stands trial for murder. Tecla Sorki reveals adoption origins linking Anne to Luke Farnsworth and Orvi Nielsen, claiming a secret kept since birth. The judge orders identity proven, and Anne insists on her right to a fair trial. The case hinges on confirmed ties between Nikki Nielsen, Anne Farnsworth, and the Farnsworth family.
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Nikki Nielsen
Cedient
Tecla
Lori
Anne
Lenholm
Tecla Sorki
Luke Farnsworth
Orvi Nielsen
Wharfo
Farnsworth
Luka Farnsworth
Astoria
Orvi
Anna Nielsen
Tom Farley
Farnsworths
Farley
Tecia
Caniay
Hoin
Annikki Nielsen
Anne Lucinold Farnsworth
Anne Farnsworth
Jeanne Bowm
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Flying Eagles
Bluefield
Hinton
David Demosthenes Ashworth
Border Line
Harley Martin Kilgore
Molly Leghorn
Holisnwood
Gatewood, W. Va
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Sorks Brothers
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Nikki
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Teela
Nikk Nielsen
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