Railroads Progress and the Rise of Ultra Streamlined Trains
The Pennsylvania Railroad trimmed time on many long trips from St Louis to New York and Chicago. A new Midwesterner ultra streamlined train will debut with a 11:35 p m departure from New York, reaching Chicago in 18 hours and becoming the line’s second fastest. The piece notes broad improvements in rail travel and praises the industry’s sweeping modernization from kerosene light era limitations to now unseen speeds.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Spirit of St Louis
St. Louis
Newark
St. ‘Louis
New York
Chicago
Broadway Limited
Baldwin
Coal protection tariffs urged to aid West Virginia counties
The piece argues for a tariff on imported fuel oil at least half as high as Britain’s to protect the U S coal industry. It cites near ports and eastern seaboard needs and urges broad support from coal and oil sectors. West Virginia counties Raleigh Fayette Wyoming McDowell Boone Logan Mingo would feel the impact as mines operate steadily.
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Register
South America
Great Britain
England
Atlantic
America
West Virginia
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Tariff Shift Seen Benefiting Coal as Nation Grows Sensible
The article argues that a nationwide unanimous sentiment for a tariff on fuel oil or other goods would aid the coal industry. It states that southern West Virginia counties form an economic bulwark and that the tariff debate has shifted from a political circus to practical economic policy. The piece asserts that applying tariff benefits to coal would be sensible for the American public.
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West Virginia
Legion Eases Conduct At Cleveland Convention
The American Legion, meeting in Cleveland for its eighteenth annual convention, vows calmer behavior as delegates age and hotel damage from past gatherings declines. Organizers note the average Legionnaire is now about 42, with earlier wild antics fading over time while still preserving some lively wartime nostalgia.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Aga
Mtanly
Legion
Wroughto
Paca
King Henry's Wife in Baltimore Sparks International Interest
The article details Ernest Simpson, a New Yorker who renounced U.S. citizenship to live in England, and his wife Mrs. Simpson of Baltimore. It notes Simpson’s shipping-agent work with his father, his ex-wife and daughter in New York, and mentions his former mother-in-law calling him charming. Mrs. Simpson is described as a niece of Mrs. Buchanan Merryman of Washington and rarely visits the U.S.
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England
Mrs. Simpson
Baltimore
Simpson
Ernest Simpson
New Yorker
New York
Winfield Spencer
Buchanan Merryman
Washington
Maker of Stars Press. Thalberg’s Rise and Tragic End
The 37 year old Teving Thalberg, famed Hollywood producer and Norma Shearer’s husband, shaped cinema for four decades with quality and bold talent decisions. He helped bring Romeo and Juliet to the screen and fostered landmark film progress amid Hollywood phoniness, earning respect from Hollywood and Broadway and affection from friends, while his drive ultimately led to his death.
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Kwis
Thalberg
Hollywood
Norma Shearer
Broadway
New York World-Telegram
Fascist Ring in Prospect
The Moundsville Journal argues that German propaganda on fighting Communism masks a civil war context in Iberia. It warns the fascist sphere could widen in Europe, risking France’s isolation if the Spanish rebels succeed, while Britain remains neutral.
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Germany
Iberian Peninsula
Spain
Europe
France
Corral
Great Britain
Moundsville Journal
Bug Dust Memoir Sketches Wide West Virginia Life
A jumble of anecdotes and notes from Bug Dust recounts Harold M. Riffe and White Oak Jake at the Cranberry mine pumping station, local gossip on Mrs Wauhop, a Rome postcard from Wallace Givens, and stray remarks from Str F C Crawford and Judge Summers Sharp. The column mixes humor, curiosity about stamps, scorpions, lizards, and small-town figures as it wanders through 19th century names and local scenes in West Virginia.
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White Oak
Jake
Jaké Phoenix
Phoenix
Gulf Mining Institute
Chicago
Thomasville
N.C
Hickory
N. C
New River Company
Same Dixons
Str
F.C. Crawford
State Police
Beecher Dunn
Bolt
Mr. Dunn
Crawford
Jack Johnson
Fay‘etteville
Clinton” Meadows
Rainelle
Mr. Meadows
West Virginia
Walter Wanger Persuades Harold Lamb to Write Arabian Nights Film
Walter Wanger recruited Harold Lamb, famed for Genghis Khan and Omar Khayyam, to write The Arabian Nights. Lamb, a long-time, globe-trotting author with deep knowledge of Asian histories, uprooted his family to begin this Hollywood project that will be filmed in Italy, marking a significant milestone in Lambs career.
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Bobbin
Maly
Lamb
Genghis Khan
Tamerlane
Omar Khayyam
Bagdad
Henry
Bagdad-on
Hmself
Alexandria
London
Alpine
N. J
Eastern
America
Talks to Parents of Struggle For Freedom
A column by Brooke Peters Church urges parents to accept their children’s growing independence. It reassures that youth pull away to assert their lives, and returns are common after establishing autonomy. Parents should ease restraint to help youths find guidance again.
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Brooke Peters
Tach Oldes
Onts
The Wrong Murderer The Violent Night Escape in London
In a tense scene Terrence Mahony assaults a man on a doorstep and escapes after a murder. Inspector Kennedy and two detectives arrive at the Elm Street house, take Elsa Little’s account, and begin a formal inquiry as Lawson explains the events leading to the fatal knife wound.
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Kennedy
Aahony
Seeman
Stelett
Lawson
Alden Opera
Atte
Mahony
Olga
Korie
Lawéod
Risa
Polcéjan
Elsa
Bollea Déctor
Feader
Spector Kennedy
Scotland Yard
Hig
Al[Petty
Diad
Sean
Mr. Little
Monk
stepHieeche
Ida
Elga
Eisa
Little
Bisa
Lisy
Albert Hall
Vincent
Lue
Mel Thiok
Usaids
BoMetow
Miss Little
Adamson
Arlington
Alpsworth
Barrington
Barton
Borisoff
Lawson, Lavertrey
Lee Ramaden
Lessing
Macklafoeh
Maddershaw
Rugh Clevely
Kansas Speaks on Education and Rural Schools
Adele Hays of Wellsville Kansas criticizes Landon for neglecting rural school conditions in Kansas. She notes 7000 of 8000 schools are one room and lack modern sanitation or heating, pupils must buy books, rural term lengths are seven months, and some top teachers have left state universities for higher paying jobs.
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Landon
Chautauqua
Kansas
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Sack Wauhop
Sis
Wauhop
Popeye
Wayhop
Rome
Wallace Givens
J. W. Givens
Mussolini
Givens
W. G
Jiggs
J.C." Purcell
Shamrock
Texas
Screen Life In
Columbia University
Hugh
Clevely
Terence Alas
Police
RARK
Adele Hays
Wellsville,Kansas
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