Floods threaten Wheeling Downs and Central West Virginia
Rising Ohio River floodwaters endanger Wheeling downs on Wheeling Island as officials seek stables for 450 horses. One death is linked to floods as rainstorms close roads, wash out bridges, and disrupt the sixth annual strawberry festival in Buckhannon.
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Ohio
Wheeling Downs
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Wheelings Downs
Wheeling Island
Panhandle
Albert Custer
Wheeling Police
Wheeling Creek
Buckhannon
State Road Commission
Charleston
New Martinsville
Hundreday
Sistersville
Wetzel
Tyler
Ritchie
Marshall
Monongalia
Harrison
Marshall County
Church of God
Wileyville
Dream recall in children outshines adults in vividness
A study notes children remember dreams more vividly than grownups. California records the nation’s highest, lowest, and hottest temperatures observed in the United States.
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Childern
The
United States
California
Record Coal Shipments Set New County Peak
Buchanan county coal shipments hit a May record with 9,130 cars totaling about 593,450 tons, the largest month ever from the county. Officials at Weller Yard note the prior high was September 1939 with 9,100 cars and 531,500 tons.
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Buchanan County
Weller Yard
Buchanan
Allen son of Oakwood family listed at Arlington Cantonment
Jerome E. Allen, son of Mr and Mrs T. M. Allen of Oakwood, has been stationed at the Arlington cantonment in Virginia with the army.
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Jerome E. Allen
T. M. Allen
Oakwood
Arlington Cantonment
Transferred Soldier Reaches South America. Local Family Notes
L Company of the 12th Infantry has been transferred to South America. Mrs. Allen received a letter from her son yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hendricks are visiting in Norfolk Virginia. Henry Goodman, a Garden Creek High School attendee, has accepted a job in Squire.
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12Th Infantry
South America
Large County Fete At Big A Mountain Draws Big Crowd
A four county conference next Sunday on Big A mountain near Honaker Buchanan county expects its largest turnout yet. Tazewell Russell Dickerson and Buchanan counties participate with hillbilly music, a fish fry and other entertainment promised by the committee. Best access from Grundy goes via Haysi as advised by locals.
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Big A Mountain
Tazewell
Ussell
Dickerison
Buchanan
Big A
Honaker
Buchanan County
Grundy
Haysi
Chamber Committee Meets This Evening in Buchanan County
The Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce nominating committee meets at 8 p.m. in Dr. W. G. Burkes offices to nominate officers and directors. An election is set for Friday evening June 13 at the Grundy hotel with a president, vice president, secretary treasurer, and six directors to be chosen. Current officers include President Dr W G Burkes and Vice President Dr P Q Daniel.
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Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce
W. G. Burkes
Grundy Hotel
P. Q. Daniel
Jimmy H. Huff
R. L. Sutherland
J. W. Thomas
George O. McGuire
Revival Services in Falls Mills Report 35 Conversions
The Rev. Clarence Greenleaf conducting a Church of Christ revival in Falls Mills Va reports about thirty five conversions during the service series. Hoyt and Larry of Grundy visiting relatives in Stuart Va. Corporal Aubrey Matney of Camp Monroe Va visits his mother Mrs. John McClanahan at Page. Mrs. Frank Sartin and Misses Margaret Wolfe and Ruby Keen of Garden Creek visited Richlands yesterday.
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Hoyt
Larry
Grundy
Stuart
Clarence Greenleaf
Church of Christ
Falls Mills
Greenleaf
Aubrey Matney
Camp Monroe
John McClanahan
Page
Frank Sartin
Margaret Wolfe
Ruby Keen
Garden Creek
Richlands
Flashes of Life In Army Camps
A fragment reports at Camp Wolters Texas selective service officials relieved by Alpha Omega Wiggins who lost his induction card five times yet received replacements. At Camp San Luis Obispo California a brisk two man hand clasping session occurred recently at the depot with a railroad employee noting the event.
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Camp Wolters
Texas
Selective Service
Alpha Omega Wiggins
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Generals Meet in Humorous Exchange at Camp Claiborne
Major General Walker K. Wilson meets a railroad man with a family claim named Walter K. Wilson. They share three handshakes and compare names. Soldiers from battery 125th field artillery march past two bystanders as Sergeant Frazer directs eyes right. War games prep draws smiles from officers in Manchester Tennessee.
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Walker K. Wilson
Walt K. Wilson
Walter K. Wilson, Jr
Walter K. Wilson III
Camp Claiborne
125Th Field Artillery
Donald Frazer
Duluth
Minn
Unusual Local Place Names Reported in Area
The article lists nicknames for locations in the region including Polecat Hoodoo Little Hope Scare-of-Fat Dogtail Creek Custard Holley Jump-Off Cove Gnat Hill Aye-Around Schoolhouse and Billy-Wont-Work school.
Two Escape Serious Injuries In Plunge
Donald Diltz of Preston street and R E Scruggs of Hoge street sustained only bruises and minor abrasions when the automobile they rode in went off the Princeton highway near the water plant. The car knocked over two guard posts and overturned near the pump house under the N and W underpass. They were treated at Bluefield sanitarium and released after examination showed minor injuries.
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Donald Diltz
Preston Street
R E. Scruggs
Hoge Street
Princeton
N.&cw
Diltz
Scruggs
Bluefield Sanitarium
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Buchanan County Coalfield Bureau
Mrs. Stafford Williams
Associated Press
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Best
Manchester
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Princeton Road
America
Federal Street
Montgomery Ward
Will
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