Help Them John L Lewis Urged to Aid Miners in Strike Standstill
The letter argues AFL chief William Green should back John L Lewis by using UMW funds to aid destitute miners amid the steel strike and prolonged shutdown. It urges a weekly large grant or a special fund to cover basic needs as many workers face hunger and credit loss during the lean period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
William Green
John L. Lewis
CIO
Mine Workers
AFL
Lewis
United Mine Workers Treasury
Greenbacks
UMW
Freedom for Frank Grandstaff After Life Sentence Hope
Frank Grandstaff, once jailed twenty times across three states, seeks a pardon from Tennessee after nine years in prison. He now focuses on composing music and argues for release, claiming improvement and a chance to be a credit to society. The piece questions whether his shift signals genuine change or repeats past patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Grandstaff
Frank
Texas
Tennessee
Ile
Clark
Cyrus
George
Owen
Cleopatra
Mr. Harper
Elvira
Henry R
Robert
Betsey
Frances
Debunking a Newspaper Tall Tale About Bruno Survivors
A narrator questions a Gus Travis tale about Randolph Norton leaving town after a bizarre obituary on a wire hair terrier Bruno. Norton supposedly followed a mountain hunt for dozens of Bruno survivors, but the author finds no Bruno obituary in the files and suspects a tall story from Tarheelia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Norton
Tarheelia
Ran
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte
Herb Sloan
Beckley
The
Observer
Gus Travis
Gus
West Virginia
Randolph
Boston
Bruno
Hades
Norton
Bruno, Jr
Travis
The Nation Today Witchy-Twitchy Fishing Language
James Marlow describes a subculture of freshwater anglers who use plugs with colorful nicknames and a slang of their own. He recalls experiences at Chickahominy Lake in Virginia, noting quirky characters and the devotion that keeps them fishing from dawn to sundown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
America
Joe Smith
Joe Jones
Jones
Chickahominy Lake
Virginia
Richmond
Christ the Man: Van Upp's film on Jesus work
Hollywood producer Virginia Van Upp, known for Cover Girl and Gilda, plans a modern film titled Christ the Man about Jesus teachings. She aims to tell a hopeful story to charging spiritual batteries, writing the script at her Sonora California home after six months of study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Virginia van Upp
Miss van Upp
Rita Hayworth
Gilda
Rita
Jesus
Christ the
Virginia
Gines de la Torre
University of Madrid
Sonora
Calif
Nature Gauges Balance in the Cradle
HAL BOYLE offers wry, epigrammatic musings on balance and human folly. He juggles aphorisms about marriage, fatherhood, luck, love, and the pragmatism of everyday life, blending humor with social observation in a column that reads like sidewalk poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Kentuckian Requests IRS Moonshine Division Job Exam
A Kentucky resident writes to the Bureau of Internal Revenue asking to be informed of the next examination for positions in the Alcohol Tax Unit Moonshine Division as the agency plans to hire more staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Toneda Baptist Women Review Jeremiah Study Meeting
Blanche Cook led a Toneda Baptist Ladies Missionary Society gathering in the church basement with a Jeremiah questionnaire scene. Helen Lester opened scripture, Birdie Cook offered prayer, Sybil Chisler read a piece titled The Voice of God, and Marcella Lambert led closing prayer. attendees included Blanche Cook Birdie Cook Mary Martin Merl Cook and Barbara Cook among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toneda Baptist
Wegister
Oceana
Blanche Cook
Ladies Missionary Society
Toneda Baptist Church
Lord
Helen Lester
Birdie Cook
Voice of God
Sybil Chisler
Marcella Lambert
Implosion Defined By Newswire In NY Discussion
New York experts explain an implosion as the inward bursting of a highly evacuated device such as a large electronic tube. The term contrasts with explosion and describes a reverse outward force event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itress
New York
Letter Reveals Missouri Based Raleigh Pioneer Aided Younger Brothers
A 83 year old Missouri letter from Theodorick Snuffer, a Raleigh County settler and ally of the Younger Brothers, details Civil War hardships, a Gadshill train robbery, a deadly Pinkerton pursuit, and Snuffer’s hopes to reconnect with Owen, Cyrus, and family in West Virginia while noting Confederate sympathies and early bandit activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Wood
Missouri
Raleigh County
Jessie James
W. A. Riffe
Riffe
West Virginia
Saint Clair County
Theoderick Snuffer
George Snuffer
Theodorick Snuffer
Owen
Cyrus Snuffer
Pinkerton
Robertus Love
Snuffer
J. W. Allen
Chicago
James Wright
Saint Louis
James
John Younger
Edwin B. Daniels
Youngers
Daniels
Captain Allen
Raleigh
James, Youngers
Daltons
Brothers
Arkansas
Clay County
Cansas
Double Trouble at Randall Ranch Chapter 11
Jay confronts the dangerous web around Mike Randall as Swinnerton plots to free Joe Allison while Peg Smith lurks on the payroll. Joe recovers in Swinnerton’s cabin as tensions rise over who betrayed whom and what fate awaits Dick’s group in the canyon camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Mike Randall
Joe
Randall
Hank
Peg Smith
Turk
Peg
Mike
Swinnerton
Rock Cabin
Jay Allison
Ellen
Joe Allison
Jim
Jay Rose
Smith
Ranedall
Tangiers as a potential United Nations city of the future
The piece describes Tangiers as a possible UN metropolis with a multilingual and cosmopolitan daily life. It outlines diverse languages, currencies, and goods, plus a mix of nationalities living under an international administration funded by duties. It notes monopolies, a Dutch administrator, and French control over Arab affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Spangiers
Tangiers
United Nations
Mackay
Eastern
Morocco
Dert
Tangier-Fez
Jonkheer van Vredenburgh
the Hague
Indonesia
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