Jewel Ridge Tunnel Dig Averts Rights Row In Coal County
Jewel Ridge Coal plans a two mile underground hallway to avoid paying 160000 for right of way across lands at Jones Fork in Tazewell County. Work by company miners aims to finish within a month after owners rejected 40000 each. The tunnel traverses private properties to haul coal underground, with total cost estimated 20000 to 25000. Landowners named are Lee Burke Perry White Albert Jewell and Sam Young. Legion District Meet set for Jacksons Mill W Va June 1 delegates from eight posts to name third district commander and send reps to Chicago convention.
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Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
Jones Fork
Tazewell County
Wey
Comple-Xon
Lee Burke
Perry White
Albert Jewell
Sam Young
Legion
Jackson’s Mill
W. Va
American Legion
Chicago
Huntington Aviatrix Plans Solo Ocean Hop
Huntington West Virginia June 1 A solo trans Atlantic flight is the first project which Irene Crum has mapped out for 1940. Miss Crum who today marks her fourth anniversary as a licensed flier disclosed she plans to emulate Amelia Earhart flight across the Atlantic sometime next year after she passes blind flying tests and receives an instrument rating. She is the only woman in West Virginia licensed to fly commercial planes.
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Huntington
W. Va
Irene Crum
Crum
Amelia Harheart
West Virginia
Boone 83 pioneer coal operator dies at Fair View estate
Boone, age 83, long time Fayette county coal operator and pioneer, who retired in 1907, died at his estate named Fair View located between Lewisburg and Ronceverte. Fellow residents mourn the prominent figure in the local coal industry.
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Boone
Fayette County
Fair~ View
Lewisburg
Ronceverte
Kump Urges Resilience At Marshall Alumni Day
Former Governor H G Kump spoke at Marshall College on alumni day warning of ongoing turmoil yet urging resolve. He urged graduates to keep their heads and rise above selfishness and greed amid a complex, mechanized society.
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Huntington
W. Va
H. G. Kump
Marshall College
Kump
Parkersburg Woman Heads Daughters of Union Veterans
Mrs Emma Davis of Parkersburg was elected president of the Daughters of Union Veterans at the close of the annual meeting. She succeeds Mrs Bess Conrad of Wheeling who was named a member of the executive council. Boulder dam cost approximately 70000000.
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Grafton
W. Va
Emma Davis
Parkersburg
Daughters of Union Veterans Today
Bess Conrad
Wheeling
Boulder Dam
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