City Faces Large Tax Bill Over Parkway Leases
Charleston faces back taxes for 1938 and 1939 on about 275 parcels along the Kanawha Parkway, with the city paying more than 1 million dollars in right of way damages. Tax Commissioner Ernest K. James ordered the privately owned tracts to be taxed as of January 1, 1939, noting errors in land-book entries and urging assessment in the owners’ names for the two years.
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Kanawha Parkway
Patrick Street Bridge
East Corporation
Ernest K. James
Charleston
County Court
Board of Education
James
Philip H. Hill
Court Street
Delaware Avenue
Board of Equalization and Review
J. H. Abbott
West Virginia
City's Budget Still in Doubt
Municipal budgeters grappled with trimming Charleston's 1939 40 budget and have not reached a solution. Mayor Dawson warned that any cuts would affect higher paid staff first while laborers and police and firemen may face reductions. Proposals for shared services and a garage riverfront parking exist, with plans to find an economy that avoids pay cuts. The mayor dismissed parking meters as a revenue option, despite some councilmen showing interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Dawson
Guy van Horn
Post Office Site Hangs Fire in Charleston Condemnation
In federal district court no objections were filed by noon to the seven parcels valued at 473 280 for Charleston’s proposed new post office. Government estimates total 975 000, about 60 000 higher than earlier local realtor appraisals, with several awards notably above the government figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
District Federal Court
Lee, Dickinson and
Washington Streets
Congress
Samuel Frankenberger
Lula D. Bowyer
Andrew H. Brown
C. A. Midelburg
H. T. Smarr
Lake B. Corey
Kroger Grocery
Keys and Sweepers May End P. D. Fuss
Vacuum sweepers and a shipment awaiting Charleston's proposed new post office raise questions about their use if the project is dropped. Sweepers could clear the Washington Dickinson Lee street site of dust from the valuation furor. The keys are said to let Postmaster Julius W. Singleton lock himself away with only the remark I told you so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Washington-Dickinson-Lee Street
Julius W. Singleton
Trains Collide in Denver Crash Kills Two, Injures Fifty Four
A collision of two passenger trains at a South Denver crossover killed conductor A S Mack and passenger Roy S Scott and injured 52 others. The crash bent the head locomotive and trapped travelers amid rubble as rescuers fought to free them.
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Denver
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Santa Fe
A. S. Mack
Roy S. Scott
WPA to Name Site Soon
The state will announce the site for the Works Progress Administration headquarters in the coming week. Four bids are under review from Charleston and Huntington owners. Budgets and space limits affect whether Charleston can keep the $300,000 payroll, with Huntington bids cheaper per square foot for required space.
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Works Progress Administration
Joseph N. Alderson
Charleston
Huntington
Alderson
Washington
Morgan Lumber Company
J. H. Nelson
Deardorf-Sisler
Marriage Unearths Half-Sister Bond in 1898 Record
In Charleston a county clerk recovers a forgotten 1898 marriage between Ida Blanche Hume and John C. Bond, linking Mrs. Ida Blanche Bond to Mrs. Robert A. George of Milner North Dakota. The two sisters met after Mrs. George sought her half-sister’s married name during a visit to Cleveland and New York World’s Fair travel.
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Charleston
Ida Blanche Bond
East Washington Street
Robert A. George
Milner
N. D
George
New York City
Ida Blanche Hume
Virginia R. Roberts
John C. Bond
Mr. Hume
Bond
Anthony Garrett
Clarksburg
Mrs. George
Cleveland
Rayburn backs Garner for 1940 nomination
Rep. Sam Rayburn endorsed Vice President Garner for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination in a statement to the Fort Worth Star Telegram. The Texan liberal Democrat, author of securities act and utilities holding company law, wins solid Texas support with Rayburn’s backing and the approval of 12 of 21 Texas House members.
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John N. Garner
Sam Rayburn
Washington
House
Garner
Rayburn
Fort Worth
Tex
Star- Telegram
President Roosevelt
Texas
Sheppard
Conally
Congress
Roosevelt
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Senate
Barkley
D.-Ky
Texas House
Push Program urged by Democrats at Young Democratic rally
The Young Memocratic Clubs of America urged President Roosevelt to press forward with liberal New Deal aims in the 1940 campaign. Homer M. Adams was elected president for two years, with Verda Barnes as vice president and John Neff as secretary. John M. Bailey was reelected treasurer. Louisville won the 1941 convention amid讲话 against reactionaries without naming individuals.
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Pittsburgh
Memocratic Clubs of America
Roosevelt
Homer Mat Adams
Springfield
Ill
Young Democrats
Kelly
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Verda Barnes
Idaho Falls
Ida
Interior Department
Washington, D. C
John Neff
Staunton
Applegrower
John M. Bailey
Hartford
Housing wage project bids opened for Wash ington Manor jow rent housing
At least eight general contractors will submit proposals when bids open Tuesday morning for the 1.2 million Washington Manor low rent housing project on Elk River site north of Washington Street. CHA's Blair withdraws. Montgomery contractor teams busy. 328 units comprise Charleston's largest housing venture. Specifications emphasize fireproofing and long life. costs spread over time reduce price. insurance and heating costs kept low. Bids will be tabulated locally and sent to Washington for USHA concurrence.
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Charleston Housing Authority
Washington Manor
Elk River
Washington Street
Blair
CHA
Littlepage Terrace
Montgomery
Ala
Charleston
Washington
USHA
County Assigns 1 453 Teachers for Kanawha County
Kanawha county announces assignment of 1 453 teachers for 1939 40 term led by Supt Virgil L Flinn. Net increase of 33 teachers from last term. Open Sept 6 with Sept 5 start for teachers. Retirement includes Eva L Meeks Nellie M Ward Theodore Hunt Malcolm Halbert. New principals named at Edison Belle DuPont Cabell and Horace Mann junior high schools.
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Kanawha
Virgil L. Flinn
Flinn
Eva L. Meeks
Bigley
Nellie M. Ward
Tiskelwah
Theodore Hunt
Hill Valley School
Malcolm Halbert
Pleasant Dell
Poe
J. Alfred Poe
South Charleston High School
Kanawha College
Edison
Robert Childers
duPont High School
Belle
Chelyan Junior
Edward F. Garrity
Charleston
Fred Page, Jr
Boyd Junior High
J. P's Are Given Warning on Costs
State auditor warns justices of the peace against excessive garnishment costs under the 1939 law. Of 238 garnishments filed, over half were returned for fees not to exceed 4.50, or 5.00 if contested, with 1.50 for constable fees. Some bills reached 7.60, about 3.10 over the limit. about a dozen cases exceed the cap.
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Justices of the Peace
Cleveland M. Bailey
Bailey
Squalus Salvage Reaches Major Milestone In Mud Grounding
The submarine Squalus with 26 dead was held fast by an uncharted mud hump as salvage operations near Portsmouth Navy Yard halted after an 80 foot lift. Ten pontoons were used to move the wreck from its sinking point. future lifts await tide and weather before final tow to port.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U. S. Navy
Cyrus W. Cole
Falon
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Isle of Shoals
NYA to Build Two Seaplane Bases in State
New York Youth Administration plans to construct two seaplane base hangars at Montgomery and South Charleston with state and city cooperation. Ninety youths from the Naval Ordnance plant will assist in building the hangars, which are standard size, and overall work should wrap by November 1. Seventy youths will also help assemble 6 000 cots to replace army loane beds, with a January 1 completion target.
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South Charleston
Montgomery
Glenn S. Callaghan
State Board of Aeronautics
Naval Ordnance Plant
Callaghan
West
Relief Bureau Costs Slashed Across State Departments
The state department of public assistance cut total expenditures last month to 688,452 dollars across 55 counties with 80 percent in relief grants and 176,367 dollars in surplus commodities distributed. Administrative costs totaled 21,508 dollars and 17,702 dollars on service operations. County costs dropped sharply with about 100 people removed from salaries as the last legislature reduced the department's appropriation by 500,000 dollars this year.
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State Department of Public Assistance
A. W. Garnett
State Department
Garnett
Bid For Second Munich Seen
Berlin reports indicate Adolf Hitler held lengthy talks with Italian and German foreign ministers as the Rome Berlin axis pushes for a Munich like settlement over Danzig. Mussolini may demand exhausting peaceful options before any action, with Hungary’s status and broader Poland issues under discussion at Obersalzburg.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
INS
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Danzig
Europe
Galeazzo Ciano
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Poland
Asaiatt
Hungary
Romania
Black Sea
Ciano
Mussolini
Berlin
Budapest
Reich
Italy
Ribbentrop
Salz
Salzburg
Mayor Prices Signs For 1940 Campaign
Mayor Prices solicits prices for street banners bearing Dawson for Governor as observers dub him a likely GOP gubernatorial candidate in 1940. He has not publicly announced but has not denied a possible run.
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Dawson
Hallanan-Dawson Feud Worries West Virginia Republicans
The West Virginia GOP faces confusion and distrust over rumored deals naming Hallanan Dawson and Bachman as organization candidates for governor and senator. Rumors of Hallanan’s potential Senate bid and northern Panhandle talks fuel fears of a split and possible Ohio-centered nominations.
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Charles R. Morse
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
U. S
Carl G. Bachman
Wheeling
Hallonan
Dawson
Bachman
Hoover-Hallanan
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Republican Party
Hallanan
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M. L. Annenberg
Philadelphia
P.O. Project
P. D. Fuss
Rio Grande Western Coaches
Artie Davis
WPA
State Quarters
New Dealer
Fight
Kanawha City
J. P’s
NYA
S. Charleston
Relief Bureau
Munich
Axis
Fuehrer
Free City
Albert Forster
Fuerth
Forster
Hallanan-Dawson
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