Capital Symphony Orchestra Plans West Virginia Talent Bureau
A Bluefield meeting aims to organize an all West Virginia music program and a benefit concert by the Charleston and Bluefield orchestras. Mrs. Helen M. Thompson will speak on building a state talent bureau, with proceeds aiding the local orchestra and sustainment costs.
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Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Bluefield
Civic Virginion Orchestra
Westirginian Hotel
Helen M. Thompson
Charleston Orchestra
American Symphony Orchestra League
Isiu
West Virginia
Charleston
Haseen
Ochestra
Tizens
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Blanket Surplus Sale Continues in Charleston West Virginia
State Director Alex H. Cooper of the War Assets Administration announced ongoing surplus wool blankets sale through June 30. Purchases are by 20 or more for schools and health institutions. wholesalers and retailers may buy 1000 or more. Also spot bid sale at Norfolk Naval Supply depot opens June 25-26 to veterans and June 30-July 3 to the public, with items including electrical equipment textiles apparel footwear housewares chemicals office supplies automotive parts and tools.
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Charleston
W. Va
Alex H. Cooper
War Assets Administration
Norfolk, Va
Naval Supply
Abingdon Livestock Sale Report Abingdon Va June 12
Total 2827 head with lambs 169 percent and weights from 61 to 90 pounds selling 10.90 to 26.00 per head. Sheep included good and choice slaughter ewes at 6.90 and common to medium quality. Vealers ranged from 11 to 26 per hundredweight with weights from 81 to 201 pounds. Cattle shows steers slaughter none, stocker and feeder 14.00 to 19.00, heifers 11.75 to 21.10, cows and bulls not sold by report. Hogs 34 with average 13 and weights up to 223 pounds selling 19.60 to 21.50 per hundredweight.
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Abingdon
Man Critical After Electrical Shock
Hubert M. Weatherby 26 of Minersville Ohio was reported in critical condition in Charleston after an electrical shock knocked him from a 30 foot utility pole. He worked for Keystone Construction on lines at Cross Lanes Kanawha County. The incident left major body burns with second degree injuries. The report notes tobacco use as a widespread narcotic reference.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hubert M. Weatherby
Minersville
Charleston (Staats
Weatherby
Keystone Construction Company
Cross Lanes
Kanawha County
Near Twin Lines: The French Line Fleet and Button History
The French Line formed in 1855 and ran 75 sailing ships, many used for cod fishing off Newfoundland. Earlier records show buttons first used as decorations, becoming fasteners by the 15th century.
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Newfoundland
Evicted Family Finds Shelter in Bethlehem Church
In Chicago on June 12, six members of the Bernard Ortiz family aged two to 12, plus Mrs Ortiz who is expecting again, have lived in Bethlehem Presbyterian Church basement since Sunday after eviction from their flat. Pastor Rev W E Hunter sheltered them as six pews were joined to form three beds. Mrs Ortiz says they have always paid rent and refuse to split the family despite seeking a new home after a notice a month ago.
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Chicago
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
Bernard Ortiz
Ortiz
W. E. Hunter
Vaccine Developed for Bovine Bang's Disease Prevention
The U S Department of Agriculture announced a new vaccine to prevent bovine Bang's disease. It is described as preventive, not curative.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
C P to Erect Beckley Addition
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia will begin a two story brick addition to its Beckley exchange building on July 1. The project, costing about 120000, should finish by December on the current garage site to add dial switches and long distance facilities. A metal alloy is noted to change color with every 25 degree rise between 500 and 900 degrees.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of
West Virginia
Beckley
Burns Suffered When Live Wire Touched at Coal Company
Robert Chewing, 81, of Bandy Boone County, was brought to Charleston General Hospital with an electrical shock and a minor chest burn after touching a live wire at Princess Dorothy Coal Company. He was knocked from a 12 foot utility pole. condition not serious.
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Charleston
W. Va
Robert Chewing
Bandytown
Boone County
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Cleo Ann Roberts
Roy Roberts
Paul Roberts
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el Dorado
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