Worst Ohio River Flood Threatens Wheeling WV Area
Ohio River flood reaches five year high as Wheeling city and Wellsburg brace for crests near 45 to 47 feet. Evacuations underway, mills withdraw furnaces, and state prison crews assist with flood emergency as Charleston Kanawha river also rises but not yet critical.
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Wheeling Island
Wheeling Steel
William N. Hunter
Patteson
Moundsville
Wheeling
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Wellsburg
Charleston
Ohio
Gauley Bridge
Point Pleasant
Kanawha
High Water Blocks Roads Across State as Elk River Rises
Flooding plus snow hit state roads and rural routes. Elk River at Clay rose to about 20 feet before easing. Evacuees faced freezing water and more winter weather with 5 to 8 inch snow in mountains. Wheeling Red Cross activated emergency divisions and relocated about 200 people in central Wheeling.
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Elk River
Clay
Wheeling Red Cross
Center
Wheeling
Three Driver Permits Granted on Virginia Side
Virginia examiner Trooper E S Jones based in Lebanon announced three driver licenses and three learner permits were issued in Bluefield Virginia yesterday.
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Virginia
Virginia Examiner For
E. S. Jones
Lebanon
Bluefield
Requiem Mass for Sister Mary Oswald Lee at St Josephs
In Wheeling West Virginia on December 4 a requiem mass is set for Sister Mary Oswald Lee senior class teacher at St Josephs Academy. She died after complications from a hip fracture suffered last month and the service will be held at 10 a m tomorrow.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Mary Oswald Lee
St. Joseph’s Academy
Santa’s Treat Depends On Yule Show Donations
Santa’s Christmas program in Bluefields relies on helpers and donations for the Community Christmas Tree show on December 17. Barney Nash directs acts with radio support from WHIS, eight hours of performances from noon to 8 pm, with free admission and telephone pledges to fund the event.
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Pocahontas, Va
Queens of Harmony
Colonial Theatre
WHIS
Bluefields
Barney “Nash
Santa
Arias
Commerce Street
Barney and
Aleta Jo Nash
Blanche Armentrout Thompson
Henry Fortune
Ella Nash Jarrell
Mel Barnett
Princeton
Saint Nick Arrives in Tazewell for Christmas Parade
Santa Claus led a 7:30 last night parade from Main Street to North Tazewell as the Tazewell school band welcomed him. Multi colored lights lit the business district for the holiday window decorations unveiling.
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Santa Claus
Tazewell
Main Street
Sister's Advice Helps Mrs. Macaure with HADACOL Benefits
Mrs. J. P. Macaure of New Orleans, suffering vitamin deficiencies including B vitamins Niacin and iron, credits HADACOL for improving nerves and mood after her sister urged use. She praises the product, keeps a bottle at hand, and notes a trial size price of 1.25 and hospital size 3.50 with direct ordering from The LeBlanc Corp. Lafayette La.
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J. P. Macaure
New Orleans
Macaure
LeBlanc Corp
Lafayette
LeBlanc Corporation
West Virginia Holds 59 Percent Voter Turnout in 7th General Election
Official returns from all 55 counties show 637,367 ballots cast out of 1,080,113 registered. Incumbent William H. Ansel Jr. wins state treasurer by 92,189 over Hal F. Morris. Attorney General William C. Marland is reelected by 85,655 over William H. Rardin. Other results include Supreme Court winner Leslie E. Given and three constitutional amendments with varied support. congressional races list multiple winners in districts one through six. Final second district results incomplete.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
William H. Ansel, Jr
Springfield
Hal F. Morris
Ansel
Morris
William C. Marland
Glen Rogers
William H. Rardin
Point Pleasant
Marland
Rardin
Charles Ritchie
Supreme Court
Leslie E. Given
Identity sought for deaf mute girl found in Buchanan county
Buchanan county officers seek information to identify a 19 year old deaf mute girl found during a rainstorm near the mouth of Garden Creek. She was brought to Grundy jail by an unknown motorist wearing blue denim trousers a green blouse and blue jacket. She is about five feet tall 110 pounds with brown eyes and hair and a sallow complexion. Anyone with information should contact Sheriff Ishmael Fletcher Grundy Virginia.
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Buchanan County
Garden Creek
Grundy
Ishmael Fletcher
Night Club Floats Down Ohio River at Wheeling
A converted towboat housing the Wheeling Marine Club broke loose from moorings on the Ohio River near Wheeling and knocked two cables from a suspension bridge. Traffic on state route 40 was halted while damage was checked. The 100 foot boat, once named The Carbon, served as headquarters for the Wheeling Boat club and naval reserve personnel with about 50 amateur yachtsmen aboard.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Marine Club
Wheeling Island
Wheeling Marine Club
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Carbon
Wheeling Boat Club
Naval Reserve
State Lawmakers Study Vet Bonus in West Virginia
Charleston WV December 4 joint meeting of two West Virginia legislative groups discussed financing a $90,000,000 veterans bonus approved in the November election. Dr Carl M Frasure of WVU chaired the session and did not disclose specific measures. The interstate cooperation commission will meet to consider a personnel administration bureau and road legislation aligning state law with the uniform motor vehicle code.
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Charleston
W. Va
Joint Committee On
West Virginia Re
Carl M. Frasure
West Virginia University
Interstate Cooperation Commission
Bureau of Personnel Administration
Driver Drowns in Swollen Creek Near Malden
Leonard Adkins of Malden was trapped in his car when it plunged into Swollen George's creek near Malden. State police report his body was found in the driver's seat after a passerby spotted the car wheels protruding from the Swift Creek waters.
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Charleston
W. Va
Leonard Adkins
Malden
George’s Creek
H. M. Starbuck
Adkins
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