Wage Hour Law and Apple Growers Clash in Appalachia
Carroll F. Miller of Appalachian Apples, Inc. urges fruit growers and packers in Martinsburg and surrounding areas to oppose wage hour legislation. He argues that production costs and farm prices are misaligned, that perishable apples must be sold quickly, and that manufacturers pass wage costs to consumers while farmers cannot.
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Appalachian
Carroll FR. Miller
Appalachian Apples, Inc
Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Government Ready to Help Stabilize Labor Conditions
Secretary of Labor Perkins outlined Roosevelt administration aims to reduce strike reliance by stabilizing employment through government cooperation with workers and management. She stressed establishing basic minimums for health, wages, and hours and using government influence to avoid strikes while negotiating workplace terms.
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Columbus
Perkins
Roosevelt
Miss Perkins
Lamar Keen Named New Capitol Theatre Manager
Lamar H. Keen, former head of the Silver Theatre in Silver Springs, Md., will take over as Capitol Theatre manager Monday. He replaces Tom Baldridge who resigned to become Skyline Caverns GM. Keen, Baltimore native, is married with a young son. Mrs. Keen arrives next month. John E. Harris Jr. serves as acting assistant manager amid Powell Jolliffe’s resignation for a Washington government post.
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Lamar H. Keen
Capitol Theatre
Nat Glasser
Warner Bros
Mr. Keen
Tom Baldridge
Skyline Caverns
Front Royal
Baltimore
Silver Theatre
Silver Springs
Keen
Winchester
Glasser
John E. Harris, Jr
J. E. Harris
West Boscawen Street
Powell Jolliffe
Washington
Murder Suspect Fed While Struggling for Sanity Hearing
Roy Murphy, 40, emaciated and strapped to a stretcher, was brought to Enid court for a murder trial of his brother and sister-in-law, killed January 13. He refused to answer or acknowledge readiness for his defense as a sanity hearing was ordered.
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Enid
Okla
Roy Murphy
Harry Murphy
J. W. Bird
Murphy
James Mathers
Vote on War Referendum Suggested by Rep. O Day
Rep. Caroline O Day told a Senate sub committee that Congress may someday require a nationwide vote before sending American soldiers abroad to fight. She said it may not come this year or in her lifetime but generations of mothers will press the issue until it passes.
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Washington
Caroline O'Day
Senate
Congress
Beauty Pageant Tonight In Clarke County
The Commercial Club of Busyville High School sponsors a beauty pageant and musical revue at eight o clock in the school. About 50 young ladies compete for Miss Clarke County with music singing recitation and dancing to close the evening.
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Busyville High School
Clarke County
Tennessee WPA Probe Continues
Washington May 11 The House WPA investigating committee pressed its Tennessee inquiry into alleged use of federal relief funds to raise land values. Investigator Barger announced further testimony from Treasury engineers and a fish technician about lakes built to boost real estate values benefiting Governor Prentice Cooper former Senator George Berry Col. Claude Reeder Marshall Priest state officials and Nashville realty interests.
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House
WPA
Harry 8. Barger
Treasury
Tennessee
Barger
Eugene R. Kuhne
Tennessee Fish and Game Commission
Prentice Cooper
George L. Berry
Claude Reeder
Marshall Priest
John Horton
C. M. Wrenne Realty Company
Nashville
Sumner
Oon
Chesapeake and Ohio directors seek Nickel Plate seat
Three Chesapeake and Ohio Railway directors asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to serve on the board of the Nickel Plate Road, controlled by C and O. The applicants are John L. Dickinson of Charleston West Virginia Ralph C Gifford of Louisville and John M Mudd Jr of Richmond Virginia.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, Chicago and St. Louis
C, and O
John Ll. Dickinson
Charleston
W. Va
Ralph C Gifford
Louisville
John M Mudd, Jr
Richmond
Bourjaily Wins Virginia State Short Story Prize
Vance Nye Bourjaily a Hand ley High senior son of Mrs. Schuyler Larkin won first prize in the state high school short story contest conducted by the State High School Literary and Athletic League. His tale titled Who Would Not Sing For Lycidas earned top honors among English students from class B high schools in Virginia. Bourjaily is also a Handley debating team member and has multiple awards for essays and public speaking.
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Virginia
Vance Nye Bourjaily
Handley
Schuyler Larkin
State
League Council Puts Off Session
Geneva May 11 The League of Nations postponed its council session at the request of Soviet Russia to allow time for Potemkin to reach Geneva after his Near East tour and to enable talks with other powers on disputed problems.
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Geneva
Russia
League of Nations
Vladimir P. Potemkin
Warehouse Fire Destroys J S Young Licorice Facility
A four alarm blaze swept the 300 foot warehouse pier of the J S Young Licorice Company in east Baltimore. More than 30 fire trucks fought the flames at Boston and Elliott streets as roof collapse threatened crews and the fire boat Deluge responded. Freight cars had to be moved to allow hose access.
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Baltimore
J. S. Young Licorice Company
Boston
Elliott Streets
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
Readable crossword clues mix across and down entries asking for classic word answers. The grid lists numbered hints such as narrow inlet, affirmative vote, seize, and other theme items, with several garbled phrases.
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Endymion
Protest Strike At Parsons High In Reappointment Protest
Four hundred Parsons High School students including juniors walked out in Parsons West Virginia to protest the board of education not reappointing principal J E Riley. Riley urged a return to class as the band led a street parade through town.
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Parsons
W. Va
Parsons High School
Board of Evucation
J. E. Riley
Riley
Parson Streets
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