Mount Hope water profits push Beckley city gains
Mount Hope highlights Beckley’s public water operation as a model for city gains. The piece argues water profits could fund street repairs and public improvements, noting salaries and stockholder payouts at the Beckley Water Company and proposing municipal ownership to cut costs and taxes. It cites a 34 231 dollar annual profit and past salary figures for officials, urging prompt municipal takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Beckley
City Council
Beckley Water Company
Water Company
Public Service, Commission
Midea
W. A. Stanley
Charles G. Farmer
Festus Scott
Stanley
Scott
Farmer's
Harvey
Beckley Electric Light and Power Company
Public Service Commission
Waier
Iself
Son of W W West Led Life of Service and Drama
The article recalls Jim Sam West, son of Rev W W West of Raleigh County, who became a noted minister and Red Cross narcotics advocate. He preached in Beckley and conducted President Harding’s funeral services as pastor of First Baptist Church, while his wife Miss Nancy Barbara Senner had a remarkable career from London to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. West
Lester
Bill
Raleigh County
Beckley
Jim Sam
Baptist Church
Upper Surveyor School
Mary Dunn
Harding
First Baptist Church
City
Red Cross International Narcotic League
Oregon
Utah
Montana
California
Jim Sam West
Nancy Barbara Senner
London
Guernsey Island
Rome
United States
Alexander Graham Bell
White House
Taft
Wilson
Bell
Senner
William Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
San Francisco
Dr. West
Grace Cathedral Church
Tomorrow Town: a modern village within New York’s 1938 fair idea
The concept envisions a self contained neighborhood with 40 homes, shops, a community arts center, nursery school and playground. It aims to house varied family sizes for workers and white collar staff on dead end streets with up to date utilities and small parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
England to place Bible in every home next year
A church federation in England plans to distribute ten million Bibles to every English home next year. The piece recalls four centuries ago parish Bibles and notes broader distribution in the United States, ending with a cautious question about reader uptake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Bible's fading grip on modern readers and language
The article notes declining Bible reading among all ages and even church-goers. It highlights widespread ignorance of Hebrew and Christian scriptures among youth, contrasted with the Bible's enduring impact as a source of strength and beauty in English language and literature.
Production control debate in New Deal era
Charles P. Stewart weighs New Dealers versus anti New Dealers on production control. He notes farmers cannot self regulate like industrialists and discusses government guidance versus philosophical scarcity. He emphasizes balance and the risk of over or under production harming both producers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Youre Telling Me by William Ritt
Column humorously critiques modern society noting exhibitionist drivers cause accidents and lampoons public figures. It compares Dewey to a hero and jokes about the Duke of Windsor’s American visit and readers’ appetite for self-help books.
Aged Turtle Named Rubber Check Returns After 36 Years
AVERAGE family near Pato, Michigan, has kept a turtle under guard since 1901. Verne Judevine first carved initials and date on its shell. The same turtle, later found by Dannon Judevine, bears the same inscriptions and earns its nickname Rubber Check for returning regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tonia
Mich
Vera Judevine
Pato
Judevine
Judeline
Dannon
Frank Judevine
Verne
The Steeple’s Shadow Hustle in a Big City
A local man reports being lured by a red cap porter to an overpriced hotel near a bus terminal. He discovers the room is poor and the ruse seems aimed at overcharging travelers. A sobering tale of street courtesy and manipulation in an urban transit hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Mississippi
Darkie
Funeral Sermon for Harding Reported As Scripted News
Newspaper editors and photographers pack West church as Secretary Wilbur asks Dr. West to conduct a 5 pm funeral service for President Harding. A hurriedly written prayer is approved under pressure from press associations. Attendees include Gillette, Hoover, Pershing, Daugherty, and others. Mrs. Harding voices praise of her husband after viewing the casket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. West
Secret Service
Jardine
Harding
Gillette
Tower House of Congress
Herbert Hoover
John J. Pershing
Joe Boone
Daugherty
Two’s Company in a Tangle of Weddings and Sparks
Nina navigates her mother Honey’s new marriage to Nichard while planning a rapid change in life. David, an auto salesman, reconnects with Nina at a party but he is flaky about calling. Cordelia Thorpe remains a social force as Nina, and Button briefly enters, muddying the mood.
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Honey
Nina
Nichard
David
Cordelia
David Day
Button
Daddy
Darling
Ning
Honey Dear
Richard
Bridget
Mina
Hot Springs
Cordelia Thorpe
Sargared Herzog
Parable of the Good Samaritan Told in Local Column
A local man helps two young men, a Mississippi youth and a colored companion, by offering food work and shelter after promising to assist. The narrative emphasizes living faith through action and ends with a call to emulate the Samaritan.
BEAR STEALS SHEEP REPORTED IN WELCH AREA
In Welch a large black bear was seen raiding a lumber area and stealing sheep from a Wood Mountain farmer on several occasions. Deputy Game Protector Francis Polick notes ongoing missing livestock incidents as the bear continues in the area.
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Bibles
William-Ritt
Thomas
Dewey
He-do
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
America
the Good Samaritan
Two's Company
Margaret Guion Herzog
Nina Rons
Public Forum
the Register
Yestersday
Stratton High School
James O. Smith
Beckley, W. Va
Prince Hubertus Loewenstein
Spain
Prince Hubertus
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