Sunday Morning 1935 Beckley Newspaper Rate Card
The piece presents subscription rates for the Beckley Beckley newspapers including daily and Sunday editions, weekday only options, and six month plans. It notes the Sunday Morning dated September 1 1935 and lists advertising representation Rae Howland & Howland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Newspapers’ Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
A. S. Johnston
Associated Press
Rae Howland & Howland, Inc
New York
Park Avenue
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Junior partners assume control of Raleigh Smokeless Fuel Company
The Raleigh Smokeless Fuel Company, founded sixteen years ago to sell smokeless coal via a producer oriented system, passes management to junior partners Ragland Conway Pugh and Hunt as J B Clifton steps aside due to health. The trio, linked with Lillybrook Coal and Raven Red Ash in Virginia, now steer the firm’s finances and operations toward a bright future in Beckley’s coal market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haveeome
Raleigh Smokeless ‘Fuel Company
Ryr
Lillybrook Coal Company
Raven Red Ash Company
Virginia
J. B. Clifton
Tihe Well-Spring
Clifton
Ragland
Conway
Pugh
Hunt
Beckley
Will Rogers Estate Showcases Life Insurance Wealth
The Rogers Estate valued above 2.5 million with life insurance of 800000. A Lloyds of London policy delivered 2.5 million boosts the estate, funded by a 100000 yearly premium. The piece praises insurance as prudent wealth management for families and as a boon to the industry.
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Will Rogers
Pamary
Itavas
Lloyds of London
Rogers
Lloyds
Avith
America
Big national park and lake project eyed for New River valley
Government plans target 40 000 acres along the New River from Hin ton to the state line in Summers county for a national park and power development. Scenic boulevards could back a dam above Hinton to create a lake stretching to Glen Lyn with an estimated eighty mile shore, promising about 4 million dollars yearly to the government per W T Sawyers of Hinton.
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New River
Hin‘ton
Virginia State Line
Summers County
Mercer
Monroe
Hinton
Glen Lyn
Avhem
W. TH. Sawyers
New River Could Harness Vast Power in Hinton Plan
Local boosters claim New River offers one fifth of US water power if developed. Sawyers notes the river carves a canyon through the Alleghenies, revealing coal iron gas oil marble asbestos limestone manganese timber and other industrial wealth. Hinton leaders back the idea hoping revived trade and prosperity follow.
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New River
United States
Sawyers
Alleghenies
Hinton
School Days and the Return to School Life
The piece reflects on the annual shift as children return to school and mothers regain quiet. It praises education’s two shifts from free to compulsory and from exclusion to access, noting teachers’ hopes for neatness and readiness and the familiar bustle of students resuming the classroom routine.
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Oest
Press Comment on The Wheeling Register's Last Issue and The News-Register Move
The Wheeling Register, founded in 1863, ends its morning edition with No. 50 of Volume 72 and merges with The Wheeling News to form The News-Register under Ned Smith. The commentary notes the shift toward consolidation, expects a virile Democratic-leaning paper, and cites broader trends of newspaper consolidation and market exits in U.S. cities.
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Wheeling Register
West Virginia
West
Register
Wheeling News
Ogden
News-Register
Ned Smith
News
Peter Finley Dunne
Good Morning
Ned’ Smith
America
Pittsburgh
The
Post
the Dispatch
the Gazette
Times
Chronicle-Telegraph
the Sun
Leader
Press
Wheeling
Republican
Democratic
Morgantown Dominion News
Beckley Plans for Growth and Local Industry Support
The platform outlines summer resort development and Beckley’s weather as a draw, aims to boost merchants and distributors from the broader trade area, and proposes a city planning commission to guide growth. It envisions a park, leisure recreation, and promotion of dairying trucking fruit and poultry in Raleigh County through subsistence farmers, plus a penny advertising tax on West Virginia Smokeless Coal.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Man About Manhattan by George Tucker
George Tucker reviews Coward plans and Broadway mood as six short plays and film-era stars mix with gossip from New York to Hollywood. He notes Coward’s return to London playwriting and previews of Lee Tracy, the Gishes, Schwab, Barton, Lunt and Fontanne, Bankhead, and Marguerite Clark in social and theater circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tucker
New York
Noel Coward
Broadway
Coward
London
Point Valaine
Osgood Perkins
Lunts
England
Lee Tracy
Hollywood
Dorothy
Lilian Gish
Kate Hepburn
Larry Schwab
St. Louis
James Barton
Jeeter Lester
Pobacco Road
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Tallulah Bankhead
noThis
Clark Gable
Marguerite Clark
Holly
Sweden’s Seastrom to produce King of the Jews in England
Victor Seastrom, Sweden’s veteran cinema figure, is set to produce the religious drama King of the Jews in England. The narrative opens with the crucifixion and features anonymous actors, with the Christ role to be voiced rather than shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Seastrom
Sweden
England
Ture
Christ
Column of Comments and Criticism by Alphonso
A collection of observations and quips ranging from Ethiopian pronunciation and charity taxes to Will Rogers and Broadway chorus girls. The piece weaves satire on estates taxes, air travel myths, and small town religiosity with barbed asides about prison life and a humorous dialect exchange about misfortune and loss.
Gunnoe Family Reunion Planned for Sunday
Descendants of the late J A Gunnoe and their friends will gathering next Sunday September 8 at the M H Worley farmhouse near Bolt announced by Foglesong Allen of Sophia a Gunnoe grandson. Attendees are invited for an informal day with a noon basket lunch as a highlight.
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J. A. Gunnoe
M. H. Worley
Bolt
Foglesong Allen
Sophia
Allen
Gunnees
Voice on the Cutting Room Floor In Hollywood
A nostalgic look at the sound stage chorus as unused lines and off camera comments are cut from films. The article details how director calls, script reads, and actor reactions vanish from the final cut while private scraps sometimes become hidden humor.
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Hollywood
Mike
Fair attendance and visiting families in West Virginia
Shady Springs Dr. F A Couch and family attend the Lewisburg fair. Lena Marshall and her children Geraldine Evalyn Katherine and Gloria of Harvey visit Mrs Ar- and Mr. -- with relatives in town.
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F. A. Couch
Lewisburg
Lena Marshall
Geraldine
Evalyn
Katherine
Gloria
Harvey
Pete Moorefield
Florabell
Downie
John R. Griffith
Pulaski
Mr. Moorefield
Lorene Meadows
Whitby
John R. Smith
Wilmer Snuffer
Ann
Beulah
Snuffer
Eccles
Walton Williams
Beckley
Emily Morally Breaks From Elston to Seek New Life
Emily, a librarian in Elston, longs to leave town after college to pursue work and independence. She weighs moving to Birmingham or Ardmore diploma paths while her partner Jeffry fears loss and supports her, and Judith reveals her own pregnancy and future plans.
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Bynollis
Emily Felton
Elston
Avan
David
Judith Carroll
Ohna
Peaunife Carroll Planation
Emily
Frances
Birmingham
Charlotte
Jeffry
Edwin
Tia
St. David
Istanbul
Constantinople
Snrys
Carrollton
Will
Judith
New York
Lima
Marian Sims
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Huntington Advertiser
Quey Long
Wayne
Manhattan
Wood
Planation
Louisiana
Alphonso
Ababa
Zanzibar
Kokomo
S E
Knute Rockne
Bronson Cutting
Mandy
Gunnoe
By Robbin Coons
Shady Springs, W. Va
Morning Star
Mother Nature
Hope
David Carroll Morton
Francis
Biven Jeffry
Bryant
Chap Griffith
Staunton Griffith
Blanche Lilly
Raleigh General Hospital
John Lilly
Georgia
Blue Jay
E. B. Lilly
Lelia Willis
Mt. Hope
Nellie Rakes
Annis Bryant
DeFuntake Springs
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