False Picture of Youth Aid Leader Drawn by West Virginia Papers
West Virginia newspapers protest Aubrey Williams of the National Youth Administration arguing his statements imply that 70 percent must live below decency and wealth is concentrated in two percent. The piece questions the purpose and funding of the NYA and defends youth opportunity and government aid in education.
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West Virginia
Aubrey W. Williams
National Youth Administration
State Education Association
Charleston
Williams
Smokeless Coal Region
Sam
A Lover of America What of America
Christa Winsloe, author and playwright, discusses her views on American life in Ladies Home Journal. She first visited in 1933 staying eight months and returns regularly. She praises American leisure for women, class harmony, and broad car ownership as signs of freedom, contrasting with European norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Christa Winsloe
Ladies Home Journal
Europe
Americans Welcome: A Visitor Praises Freedom and Courtesy
A traveler contrasts American warmth and honesty with European deference. She notes unlocked boxes and fence free gardens, polite service without the tip pressure, honest money handling, and generous, relaxed people. She hopes to return again and again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Los Angeles
Justie Saime
America
Why Men Go Hunting This Season
An essay argues most hunters are not bloodthirsty and hunt mainly from homesickness for the woods. It asserts few kills occur and many hunters feel ashamed to admit their love of nature, using hunting as a visible justification for their pastime.
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Messrs
Hoover and Mills
SNS
Treasury
Eiko Independent
Dem
Swan
the Waldorf
Jack Conroy
47Th Street
Prince of Wales
Doing The Impossible Inventions And Modern Feats
The piece notes new cars claiming to reach near 100 speed while recalling old admiration for the flyer at 15 miles an hour. It reflects on progress from the railway to seemingly impossible feats becoming routine, hinting at lifting ourselves by bootstraps in the near future.
West Virginia AG sues four former officials over school fund loss
Attorney General Homer A. Holt files suit for the state against the governor auditor treasurer and superintendent of schools from 1929 to 1933 seeking 38917.06 plus interest for allegedly improper investment of the irreducible school fund. The action targets a 75000 loan to Consolidated Fruit Co of Williamson with a fruit company building as security amid ongoing constitutional questions.
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West Virginia
Homer A. Holt
Tne
Consolidated Fruit Company
Williamson
Fruit Company
Shepherdstown Register
Helen Morgan Returns to New York Nightlife in House of Morgan
George Tucker recalls Helen Morgan back in New York clubs, her fall from Chez Morgan in 1927 after a federal raid, life on Long Island, and moments with showbiz circles. The piece notes Mary Boland, ventriloquism by Swan, and various Broadway figures in a nostalgic capstone to Morgan's era.
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George Tucker
New York
Helen Morgan
Helen
Morgan
Chez Morgan
Orchid
Prohibition
Rialto
Miss Morgan
Broadway
Danville
Long Island
Ziegfeld
Gal
P. G. Wodehouse
Morro Castle
Wadehouse
Pennsylvania
Mary Boland
John Drew
Europe
Odd P F. T. A. Meeting Highlights Education Talk
The Odd school held its monthly P I A meeting Friday night November 15 at 7 36 with 55 in attendance. Acting president Mrs Roy Rebinette called the session to order. Cecil Shrewsbury Killarney school principal gave the main program on The Value of Education. Refreshments followed and the meeting adjourned.
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Odd School
Roy’ Rebinette
Cecil Shrewsbury
Killarney
Registerings A Column of Comment and Criticism
A column of opinion and quotes covers varied topics from child discipline and post offices to Ethiopia’s politics and Italian puppet kings. It notes a Connecticut girl center on a football team described as “asking no quarter” and jokes about a chicken fancier’s query ended with the department’s blunt reply.
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Connecticut
Kump Proclaims Thanksgiving Day for West Virginia
Governor Kump designates Thursday November 28 as Thanksgiving Day urging gratitude for abundant blessings. He notes the annual custom of giving thanks to Almighty God and invites citizens to join in the observance across the state.
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Associate Press
Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Hollywood Unreel Notes On Singers And Stars
Robbin Coons surveys film previews and rehearsals with Lily Pons and Henry Fonda in I Dream Too Much and Ah Wilderness. It notes Kathleen MeGes as a local high school clarinetist, dog star Rin Tin Tin Jr. bathed in coffee, and gossip on The Country Beyond, Crime and Punishment, Jean Harlow diet, and dance stars. Grave Creek mound near Moundsville, West Virginia, is described as the largest conical prehistoric earthwork in the United States with a 320 foot base and 70 foot height.
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Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Lily Pons
Henry Fonda
New England
Kathleen MeGes
Rin Tin Tin Jr
Anna Held
Anna
Rinty Jr
Buck the St. Bernard
Prince the Great Dane
Dickie Moore
Josef von Sternberg
Peter Lorre
Edward Arnold
Marian Marsh
Jean
Jean Harlow
Colin Tapley
Claire Trevor
Eleanor Powell
Ruby Keeler
Colleen
Ruby
Broadway
Agnes deMille
C. B
Cleopatra
Fay Wray
Grave Creek
Moundsville
W. Va
United States
Designation of November 28 1934 as Day of Thanksgiving
Governor H G Kump proclaims November 28 1934 a day of Thanksgiving and prayer urging West Virginia citizens to gather in homes and churches to give thanks and seek Divine guidance in all affairs.
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H. G. Kump
West Virginia
United States
Anne Adams Faces Court and Homebound Resolve
In Union Town Anne Farnsworth wins support as the court conscripts evidence to clear her of a grave charge. John Kellogg aids, while Rob Crocker and Tom Farnsworth face federal arrest in bootleg ties. Anne contemplates returning home with new leadership at the canneries and plans for a fresh start, walking toward the Pacific as justice unfolds.
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Farneworth
John Neuman
Kellogg
John
Anne
Hee Farnsworth
Lee
Yvonne
Teela
Mrearnsworth
Rob
Charlotte Farnsworth
Union Town
Lissa
Ocermen
Ansel Kellogg
J Frei
Shia
Annikki
Kokell
Anglicki
Rob Crocker
Tom
Luke Farnsworth
Nikki
Jon
Sharlee
Charlotte
Mabel
Tam
Salem Penitentiary
Pacific
Salem
Loy
Corvallis
Jotn
Jaanne Bowman
Mission Study Class Session On Saturday
The Junior 2 and Primary departments of the Methodist Episcopal Church South held a mission study session Saturday afternoon. Mrs John Hull supervised with help from Mrs O D Harrold. the event was sponsored by the Wontons Missionary Society. Refreshments were served to a list of girls and boys including Mary Stuart Malone, Sarah Kathryn Malone, Margaret Rose Malone, and others.
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The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
John Hull
O. D. Harrold
Wontons Missionary Society
Mary Stuart
Sarah Kathryn
Margaret Rose Malone
Margaret Sloan
Betty Lou Hull
Ray Harrold
Geraldine Williams
Meredith Williams
Alma Mae Wetzel
Margaret Wetzel
Anna Mae Trent
Dorothy
George Harrold
Philip Kuharski
Court House Bid Day Set for Raleigh County Project
December 10 is the bid receipt and opening date for the Raleigh County court house project. At 2 pm sealed bids will be publicly read by the county court in the present court house.
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Raleigh County Court House
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