Miners in Southern West Virginia Strike Over Rent and Union
In the coal fields near Beckley, West Virginia, miners walk out after rent rises and threats to move non workers from company properties. Unionization spreads as 11 of 25,000 miners are organized with 10 new unions since the strike began April 1. Families face displacement as deputies and operators push relocations while aid filters to tents and camps.
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Beckley
W. Va
Lewis Blankenship
Rho Co
BOF
Blankenship
West
Ed White
Gien White
Amnion
White
Oak Hill
Tr Hemes
Aters
First Radio Show Planned for May Exhibition
The Radio association decided on Monday to hold the first radio show in May or June, to benefit the Totem Radio club. The event will feature all radio equipment on display at the Armory and Hippodrome, with proceeds aiding the Totems and a 250 member junior radio fans group.
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Ite
the Radio Association
Totem Radio Club
Armory
Hippodrome
Totems
Off Peak Current Ordinance Passes City Council Action
City council approves ordinance 426 cutting off peak charges for industrial power. Mayor Caldwell plans to sign. Ordinance shifts municipal light plant rates to run from 9 30 p m to 4 30 a m as part of the revival in several industries.
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Mon Ma
Hickman Moore
Caldwell
Campaigns for Montlake stadium bridge bond heads to voters
The bridge committee led by Worrall Wilson announced active campaigning for the $550,000 bond issue to fund the Montlake Stadium Bridge. Plans are laid to seek voter approval in the upcoming election.
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Montlake Stadibridge
Worrall Wilson
Barrymore Charms Seattle Audiences in Dec Lassee
Ethel Barrymore headlines the Metropolitan Theater in Dec lassee, delivering a powerful performance that overshadows a uneven plot. Edward Emery and Henry Daniel offer strong support as the male leads in Zoe Akins drama, as the company presents the play nightly with matinees midweek.
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Ethel Barrymore
Metropolitan Theater
Miss Barrymore
Seattle
Zoe Akins
Edward Emery
Henry Daniel
Frohman
Steels
America
Bethel Barrymore
Landes Victory Needed by City Says Physician
A physician endorses Mrs. Henry Landes for city council, urging women's participation in politics. The piece highlights Landes’s qualifications from sanitation and welfare work to household governance, portraying her as level headed, unbiased, and capable of sagacious council service.
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Henry Landes
The
Star
George N. McLoughlan
America
Employer and Applicant Clash Over Real Value
A joke exchanges between an employer and an applicant about valuation ends with the applicant noting a suit for breach of promise. The line hints at legal risk in negotiation.
Women Mayors Prove Worth In Local Governance
The council in Ita discusses progress as women take up government roles once viewed as men’s jobs. The piece notes 14 women mayors nationwide and many women council members, highlighting earned credit and improved collaboration between genders.
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United States
Dear Miss Grey column prompts on love and science mixed
A reader writes critiquing Cynthia Grey's Plumley murder framing and questions linking love to crime. The letter also touches on ambrosia myths, cassava tapioca production, metals, citizenship counts, 1461 Poris trial, bone bleaching methods, pneumonia deaths, U S education spending, water freezing point, salivary function, and binoculars versus telescope viewing. The excerpt blends advice, queries, and trivia across diverse topics.
Readers seek Mothers and Fathers Day info from Beattie Star
A column note says readers may request Mothers Day and Fathers Day details by writing The Beattie Star Washington bureau at 1322 New York Ave Washington D C and enclosing a two cent stamped self addressed envelope for reply.
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Beattie Star
Washington Bureau
New York Ave
Washington, D. C
Silk Stockings Imported and Home Spun at Bon Marche
Easter hosiery section highlights silk stockings in various styles and colors. Listings include ILK BOOT STOCKINGS $1.20, OCKFORD silk stockings $1.50, Caper brand $2.25, and ALL-FASHIONED lace or drop-patterns $3.50 to $4.00. Upper main floor at The Bon Marche.
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Ockford
Est
BON Marche
Textile and food deals in mixed yardage sale list
A catalog of fabric by the yard and in 15 yard lengths includes Fruit of the Loom Lonsdale at 19c per yard and Devonshire Cloth at 29c for 15 yard lengths 82 inches wide. Also All-Linen Irish Crash at 29c for 16 inch width and Wakefield's Kippered Herring offered in dozen cans at $1.65 or 14¢ per can for salads sandwiches or whole servings.
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Lonsdale
Wakefield
BON Marche
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Soan
Barrymore
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Ita
Cynthia Grey
Plumley
Miss Grey
Ruth Plumley
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Cecile Lout Chaminade
Poris
Daltimere
Crompton
Mammoth
Wisconsin
Finnan Haddie
Bon Marché Pike
Second Ave
Union ST
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