Navy halts Marietta plant expansion at Point Pleasant
Navy order stops expansion of the Marietta Shipbuilding Corp yard at Point Pleasant West Virginia. About 1,500 construction workers lay down tools and 500 Marietta employees halt work while mine planter construction continues for the Army.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Marietta
Point Pleasant
Marietta Shipbuilding Corporation
W. Va
Charleston News Dispatch
Navy Yard
Old Town Creek
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Navy
Maxon Construction Co
Mississippi
Board of Education
State Department of Education
Ordnance Works
Court Adjourns as Divorces Ordered and Navy Yard News
The county circuit court adjourned with all jury matters resolved or continued. Judge Miller ordered divorce decrees for Orville Burgess vs Delcia Burgess and Elizabeth Stortz Behymer vs Claude E Behymer. Navy yard plans dominate town talk as construction progress nears 80 percent, with housing needs and wartime contracts shaping local growth.
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Point Pleasant
Miller
Orville Burgess
Delcia Burgess
Elizabeth Stortz Behymer
Claude E. Behymer
Charlotte McCausland
S. H. McCausland
Frank Brown Takes New Work at Depot
Frank Brown leaves passenger and freight work at Union Station to become telegrapher in the railway office at the depot. C. O. Parsons arrives from Alley as the New York Central agent, both natives of Leon. Brown has been with the Virginian Railroad and at Union Station since May 1918.
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Point Pleasant
Frank Brown
Union Station
C. O. Parsons
Alley
New York Central
Mr. Brown
Mr. Parsons
Leon
Brown
Virginian Railroad
Walk Construction Authorized in Point Pleasant
County court approves May or B. Walter Krodel to reconstruct paving diagonally across the courthouse yard from Viand to Main Street. Cost not to exceed 200 dollars. Contractors who paved Viand and Sixth Street will perform the work, along with ongoing city street and sidewalk repairs.
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Point Pleasant
B. Walter Krodel
Viand
Main St
Sixth St
Marriage License Issued in Point Pleasant
A marriage license was issued to Edward Marion Bumgarner of Letart and Letha Belle Capehart of New Haven in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Edward Marion Bumgarner
Letart
Letha Belle Capehart
New Haven
Bates Arraigned on Fighting Charge in Point Pleasant
John Bates was arraigned before Magis trate Quillin and fined $5 and costs on a fighting charge.
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Point Pleasant
John Bates
Quillin
Sentences Imposed by Judge Miller in Circuit Court
In POINT PLEASANT several defendants faced indefinite prison terms after confessing to crimes. Sylvester Craig and Charles Gibeaut admitted breaking and entering Brue tle Brothers stores. James Hayman, indicted with Gibeaut, confessed to a misdemeanor and received six months. Kenneth Biggs, also confessing, got four months. Charles Edwin Putney, indicted for bigamy, remains jailed awaiting next term with bond set at 1000. Prosecution says seven men were sent to the penitentiary this term. aside from Glenn Simpkins, given 40 18 year sentence for murder, others’ discharge rests with the pardon board.
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Sylvester Craig
Charles Gibeaut
Craig
Bruetle Brothers
Gibeaut
Varian
James Hayman
Kenneth Biggs
Charles Edwin Putney
William H. Bardin
Glenn Simpkins
Miller
State Pardon and Parole Board
FASTEETH Denture Powder Promises Secure Comfort
False teeth wearers faced embarrassment when plates slipped or trembled. The ad urges sprinkling FASTEETH alkaline powder on plates to hold dentures firmly and reduce odor. It claims non souring action and comfort, offering a drug store purchase option.
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Ae Flakorn
Walter Krodel
FHA
A. L. Adkins
F. L. Smith
Gordon Jackson
Staats
Holly Simmons
K. C. Bellows
Lawrence Capehart
M. R. M. Daniel
W. G. Carpenter
J. FE. Meyers
Edward Somerville
Donald Parker
Stewart Burdette
Lloyd Welch
Sarah Burdette
John King
J. C. Slack
Mary Slack
Presbyterian Auxiliary
J. S&s Rhoades
Laula Lewis
Ross Filson
Word of God
Elzabeth
Charles E. Hogg
Howard Smith
Jean Bugijayski
Dixie School
Viand St
Mason County Public Library
M. J. Lilly
Upland
Delbert C. Staats
Garet Green
C. O. Weissenburger
Harold Sayre
C. O. Durfee
Charleston
Casby Meadows, Jr
Wisconsin
George Gaskins
Syracuse
Ordnance Works Reservation
NEA Telephoto
Mr. Moto
United Nations
New Guinea
Raarr
Procter & Gamble
Ishington
North Dekete End Mentone
Athens Ohio
NAR KK
Lego Lamb
Rork Sausage
Chuck Roast
Tuley Tender Frankfurters
Keystone
Nelsonville
Morton
California
Rinn
Yalice Gues Ee
Oxydol
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