County Management Reforms in West Virginia Targets County Courts
West Virginia moves to strip county courts of control over secondary road funds and shift power to state level. The change follows widespread waste and neglect seen in Raleigh County’s Prince road project where 100000 dollars frittered away and a 66000 dollar contract ballooned to 166000 without penalties. The piece argues for a modern county government model with a central manager to hold officials to account and prevent such losses.
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West Virginia
Raleigh County
Prince Road
Circuit Court
Milton Curtis
Maxwell Proposal Advocates Retail Sales Tax Plan
Judge Maxwell urges a state retail sales tax as West Virginia’s solution and rebuts opposition, noting border-town trade loss and the strong revenue potential of a two to three percent levy. He argues local share in receipts would aid counties and municipalities while acknowledging penalties on the poor and on cross border shoppers.
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Maxwell
West Virginia
Congress
Hoover
U S and Russia Move Toward Diplomatic Restatement
A public exchange between the Soviet Republic president and the U S president suggests possible resumption of relations halted sixteen years ago after the czarist overthrow. Economic aims include farm product and machinery sales on long credits. politically, recognition could lift world peace and prompt Russia’s possible league participation.
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Russia
U.S
League
Soviet Republic
United States
America
League of Nations
Japan
Germany
Roosevelt
Europe
Uncle Sam
Moscow
Geneva
Equality of Opportunity Under the National Recovery Act
The article outlines NRA aims to ensure equal opportunity among industry labor and consumers. It notes public hearings in Washington, government veto powers, standardization of costs, and the push for earlier purchases due to rising factory output and prices. It urges consumers to buy now to offset anticipated increases.
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Washington
NRA
Prison workshop reborn as Johnson suspends retail ban
Recovery Administrator Johnson suspends for ninety days the rule barring prison made goods from the market, as Warden McClintic reports while at the Atlantic City prison congress. Supporters urge shelving the restriction, arguing prison shops provide useful work and address the employment problem for inmates. The NRA codes bring mixed views in editorials from Wheeling and Cleveland.
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Johnson
McClintic
American Prison Congress
Atlantic City
Wheeling Intelligencer
A Colomn of Observations and Quips by Alphonso
A column of comments and quips touching opinions on sleep, self opinion, free lectures, mirror vanity, Germany in WWI, NRA screen salaries, pedestrians, rights, duels with single track minds, liberty, Notre Dame football, a Scotsman in London, and local social news. Notable items mention Hiller on Germany, an automobile expert on pedestrians, and various local social events and travelers to the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago.
Local News from Stanaford and Surrounding Areas
W. Va. resident J. E. Wollandsworth, recently discharged from Raleigh General Hospital, fell Monday and fractured his arm again, needing return to hospital. Mrs. S. N. Fox of Crickmer visited her mother Mrs. R. H. Harrah last week. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hedrick and Oscar Walker drove to Crickmer and back Sunday. Miss Nina Hollandaworth of Lego attended the Beckley Round Table and visited here. Born: to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar]
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J. E. Wollandsworth
Raleigh General Hospital
S. N. Fox
Crickmer
R. H. Harrah
L. M. Hedrick
Oscar Walker
Nina Hollandaworth
Lego
Beckley
J. E
Hollandaworth
Oscar
Modesty: teaching children privacy and self respect
Brooke Peters argues modesty grows from self respect and dignity rather than shame. He warns against prurient attitudes amid bathing and beach cultures, urging parents to guide children gradually toward privacy and temperance.
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Brooke Peters
Cat mothers chickens meet in Wisconsin tale
In Plainfield Wisconsin on October 21 an unusual hatchback story unfolds as a farm flock loses chicks and a cat takes on the role of feathered mother. Ernest Cornwell spots a cat nesting in a hayloft and discovers the newly raised brood the tabby has carried to safety up a flight of stairs.
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Associated Press
Plainfield, Wis
Ernest Cornwell
Puppet Troupe Brings 750 Marionettes to Hollywood
Hollywood witnesses the Podrecca puppeteers unveil I Am Suzanne starring Lillian Harvey and Gene Raymond. Victor Podrecca claims 750 puppets, two and a half miles of string, and decades of training behind their screen debut, highlighting a lifelong career with Teatro dei Piccoli and touring across Europe.
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Hollywood
Vittorio Podrecca
Podrecca
Suzanne
Lillian Harvey
Gene Raymond
Teatro Dei Piccoli
Signor
Signora Podrecca
Pedrecca
Italy
Europe
Raymond
Miss Harvey
This Day and Age Actor Marty Green Recalls Pay Drama
Marty Green received 6 000 for a roles in This Day and Age with Cecil B JeMitte. The price was 4 000 he was sent three which he returned after the takes they sent him six Benny Fields predated Rudy Vallee and crooned amid a noisy club Fields once grabbed a megaphone by mistake during a performance.
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Marty Green
Cecil B. JeMitte
Benny Fields
Blossom Seeley
Rudy Valee
Fields
Albert Reaves Dies In Mine Accident At Carlisle
Albert Reaves a 32 year old miner of Carlisle was instantly killed Thursday afternoon when run over by a motor in the Carlisle mine. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Glenwood Alabama by Rev J A Adams. Burial will be in Glenwood cemetery. Survived by his widow and other relatives.
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Albert Reaves
Carlisle
Glenwood
Alabama
J. A. Adams
Glen- Wood
Tryce and
Dew
Oak Hill
Reaves
Devil in the Dark at Hale Place
Caroline returns to Hale Place to find Jim Rand al hunted by danger after a mysterious intruder in the dark. In candle light they shelter in an oak panelled room, seeking answers about the visitor and the threat to Jim, while events hint at a deeper link to vanished emeralds and a possible scandal.
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Caroline Leigh
London
Jim Randal
Anda Patey
Robert Arbuthnot
Patey
Robert
Caroline
Patsy
Jim
Sunte van Berg
van Berg
Elmer van Berg
Aroline
Tim
Passaes
J. BR. Lippincott
Local residents notice weekend visits and family travel
MacDonald West Virginia residents report returning from Washington D C and Charleston visits. Miss Helen Cook of Huntington visits her parents while Mrs R J Holmes returns to Kenova. Sarah Walters comes from Fayetteville and Harless visits parents from Charleston. Guests include Squire Allen Raleigh County and F R Daniels Glen Rogers. Nel Walters teaches in Montgomery and visits home. Epson Cook hosts Andre Rembert and Viola for their daughter Helen and Alfred Moon with Miss Ann Griffin in Georgia.
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Raycher
Beckley
Sarah Walters
Fayetteville
Ottie Walters
Charles Harless
Charleston
Fred Harless
Epson Cook
Squire Allen
Raleigh County
F. R. Dansiels
Glen Rogers
Nel Walters
Montgomery
7 . Walters
Epson
Huntington
Andre Rembert
Miss Viola
Suiton
New York City
Helen
Nicked Griffin
Alfred Moon
Ann
Georgia
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Amigo
Bluefield
Chicago
W. C. Mays
Morgan
J. E. Richmond
Edyth Gallaher
C. E. Gallaher
Raymond Warden
Bill Collins
Mildred Warden
Elsie Oliver
Lula Jones
Vena Warden
Stanaford, W. Va
Rtalks
Holewood
By Robbin Coons
Hale Place
Patsy Ann
Robert Lancelot
Patsy Elaine
Maude Reaves
Berwind
Hattie Williamson
Brantley, Alabama
Ojm
Thenglis
Careline
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