Crime Growing Rapidly, FBI Agent Tells Kiwanis
Charles W. Brown, FBI Cincinnati Division special agent in charge, spoke to the Kiwanis Club at the Lafayette Hotel noting crime outpacing population growth. He cited economic strain, juvenile delinquency, and wartime moral shifts as factors and warned that if trends continue 100 million lives could be lost to crime in a generation. He traced FBI history from 1924 and how wartime manpower expanded to about 5,000 agents by World War II.
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Gallipolis
Charles W. Brown
Cincinnati
FBI
Kiwanfis Club
Lafayette Hotel
Brown
Congress
Dillinger
River Traffic at Gallipolis Locks and Kanawha River
Tuesday through Wednesday boat movements on the Gallipolis Locks and Kanawha River report multiple vessels in both directions with times ranging from early morning to late evening. Upper gauge reads 18.7, lower 184 feet, 26 feet at the rollers, Point Pleasant 25.35, Kanawha Falls 2.40 falling.
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Point Pleasant
Kanawha Falls
Legendary unicorns described across enduring myths
Legends portray a creature with a horse head and body the hind legs of an antelope and a lion’s tail. The account notes enduring imagery tied to unicorns across cultures and eras.
Holcomb Rites To Be Sunday
Margaret Isabel Holcomb 87 of Vinton died Wednesday from a fall that fractured her hip. Born April 14, 1865 in Meigs County she married Ellsworth I Keily in 1897. Survived by two brothers, a sister, a half sister group and several stepdaughters. Services Sunday 2 pm at Winton Baptist Church with burial Mount Olive Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Isabel Holcomb
Vinton
Meigs County
Ebenezer Holcomb
Ellsworth I. Keily
Kelly
Margaret May Kelly
Mordecai L
Lowell) Cloud
Otho C
George Holcomb
Maggie Hutton
Winton Baptist Church
Mount Olive Cemetery
Upholstery Class Session Conducted in Rodney
Ruth Sonner led another upholstery class at Mrs. Joe Miller's home in Rodney with Mrs. Edith Spear assisting. The all day session included refreshments and a final meeting planned for next Wednesday.
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Gallipolis
Ruth Sonner
Joe Miller
Rodney
Two Oilers Fined for Disorderly Conduct
Robert L. Oiler aged 24 and Walter E. Oiler aged 22 from Point Pleasant were arrested by the sheriff's office and fined 20 dollars plus costs each for disorderly conduct.
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Gallipolis
Robert L. Oiler
Walter E. Oiler
Point Pleasant
Sheriff's Office
Births and discharges in Gallia county notes
A county birth list records mothers Mrs. Clayton Johnson Gallipolis a son and Mrs. Harold Rice Rutland a son as well as births for Mrs. Alice Leonard Oak Hill W B Cross Racine Audrey Wright Jackson June Ann Terrill Point Pleasant Richard Harmon Mercerville Linda Lou Fisher Southside W Va and Andrew Choka Bidwell. Discharges include Mrs Charlies Charron Margaret Layne Harry Stanley Mrs Isabelle Ball Herschel Norris Elaine Hawley Gordon Moore Fdna Huber Mrs Ralph Rhodes and baby James Smith Mr Hollis Harrison Dwight Greenlee and Mrs Wyatt Chadwell.
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Ronald Sears
Jackson
Tommy White
Gallipolis
Hugh Childs
Addison
Marilyn FE. Jones
Wellston
Alice Leonard
Oak Hill
W. B. Cross
Racine
Audrey Wright
Betty Friend
Syracuse
Homer Brannon
Rio Grande
Theodore Cremeans
Rutland
June Ann Terrill
Point Pleas
Andrew Choka
Bidwell
Charlies Charron
Margaret Layne
Harry Stanley
Charles Sheline
Isabelle Ball
Herschel Norris
Elaine Hawley
Gordon Moore
Fdna Huber
Ralph Rhodes
Baby
James Smith
Hollis Harrison
Dwight Greenlee
Wyatt Chadwell
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