Bond issue eyed to fund Elk River bridge and city projects
The chamber of commerce and Charlestown officials study a $1,000,000 bond issue for the Elk River bridge street widening market house auditorium Capitol street sewers and a new traffic light system. PWA grants total about $625,000 and annual debt cost is about $63,000 with amortization questions to be decided by voters and the legislature.
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Elk River
City Auditorium
Capitol Street
Chamber of Commerce
P. Puffer
Chamber
Yeaterlay
Putter
Elk Tiver
Public Works Administration
Chamber of Caramerce
Court Street
Delaware Avena
Market House
Auditorium
PWA
Puffer
Vetera
National Home Show Opens in Charleston Area
Modern construction materials and home furnishings drew visitors to the Charleston Nations Home show in Staunton avenue Kanawha City. Mayor D Boone Dawson will formally open tomorrow night at 730 with Gov H G Kump expected to attend. Hours tonight 730 to 1000. Re remainder 1 PM to closing. About 50 Charleston concerns exhibit booths. The event, first of its kind in West Virginia, runs with federal housing administration cooperation in about 64 other cities.
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Charleston Nations
Staunton Avenue
Kanawha City
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
Federal Housing Administration
West Virginia
Polish Miners End Starvation Strike
In Silesia the Pollak miners ended a starvation protest after entombing themselves for days. They surfaced when an agreement promised back pay restitution and a satisfactory solution to other disputed claims.
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Mala Dombrowska
Polth
Silesia
Pollak
Roosevelt renews cooperation plea in Midwest visit
President Roosevelt wrapped up a drought survey tour in Pierre and prepared to move toward Rapid City. He pressed federal state cooperation on long term drought relief with Governors Berry and Miller and other officials while stressing spending money to save lives and property.
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Roosevelt
Midwest
Pierre
Berry
South Dakota
Miller
Wyoming
Rapid City
Black Hills
Bulow
O'Mahoney
Wyod
Carey
Ry Wye
Wallace
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
CCC
Robert Foehner
U “Untess
Dern Farewell Hails Public Service At Capitol Funereal
Washington Aug 29 High ranking army and navy officials and civilian leaders gathered for the funeral of Secretary of War George H Dern Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt attended with her five children and the widow seated in the back of Mount Pleasant Congregational Church An honorary pallbearer group included Gen Malin Craig and cabinet members as the body was later taken to Salt Lake City for another service reflecting Dern s ideal Americanism and loyalty to the president.
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Washington
Army
Navy
George H. Dern
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Russell
Clinchy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Sid Gen. Malin Craig
Dern
Salt Lake City
Ife
Corde Hull
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Homer S. Cummings
Ihe
Harold L. Ickes
Commerce
Daniel Tpper
Harry H. Woodring
William W. Howes
Edward F. McGrady
Agriculture
W. B. Gregg
Gen. Crale
Each Rain Drop Worth Nickel in WPA Drought Aid Update
WPA head Harry Hopkins reports drought relief in 12 midwestern states includes 18 172 farmers on payrolls. Daily additions have fallen from 5000 to about 2500 area wide, with winter care planned for most of the 118 172 aided farmers. If weather stays favorable, 95000 to 50000 more may need aid, reducing earlier estimates.
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Chicago
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
WPA
Kentucky
Business in U S Still on Upgrade
The United States Chamber of Commerce reports continued favorable business trends in July and August across industry and distribution. Industrial production held at April–June levels, factory employment rose, electrical energy usage hit a new mid-August record, and July construction reached its best since 1931.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Treasury
West Virginia Leads U S In July Job Placements
West Virginia placed 4 417 job seekers in July through the federal state reemployment service. Of these 1 038 found private industry work, a 16 percent rise despite a 4 percent national decline. Public works included 117 on WEA projects and 3 227 on other programs. State officials note higher employment than in years. The program is state and national funded.
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West Virginia
J. A. McGinnis
McGinnis
WEA
C. L. Jarrett
Central Mail Office Saves State Thousands of Dollars
The central mail office in the state capitol saves the state money by consolidating mailing duties across departments. It operates with three salaries and minimal overhead, handling about 2,000,000 pieces of third class mail, while boosting efficiency in highway and education divisions and reflecting deeper state modernization.
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Central Mail Office
State
al. Quinn
State Capitol
Highway and Education
Tax Department
Capital Building
Charles Goff
Ollie Pare
Tsans
Oren FR. Rush
U. S
Million May Lose AF of L Standing
Washington August 20 more than a million American workers in 10 international unions will lose their good standing in the American Federation of Labor next Saturday. The federation ordered suspension September 5 unless they quit Lewis' committee for infusing organization.
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Washington
American Federaion of Labor
Joan L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Fire destroys three dwellings in Dunbar Avenue blaze
A fire at about four yesterday afternoon destroyed three dwellings in the 2M block of Dunbar Avenue near the New York Central tracks. Two houses belonged to Ira Costa and one to L M W Thomas. Loss estimated between $12,000 and $20,000, partly covered by insurance. Fireplug distance hampered by hose connections. City of Charleston crews aided Dunbar firefighters. Origin undetermined.
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Dinar
Ira Costa
LMW
Thomas
Dyeelings
Dunbar Avenue
New York Central
Dunbar
Charleston Fire Company No. 3
Florida Street
Charleston
Ira Casto
Accus
Greenbrier Fair Opens Tomorrow at Greenbrier Valley
The sixteenth Greenbrier Valley fair and homecoming begins at seven tomorrow night and runs through Saturday. The fair site lies between Mance Verte and Lewisburg accessible via U S routes 60 and 219. Thousands attend from across the region with a homecoming led by Pocahontas Greenbrier Monroe Summers residents.
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Greenbrier Valley
Manceverte
Lewisburg
U. S
Pocahontas
Greenbrier
Monroa
Summers
C. E. Lewis
Maxwelton
West Virginia
Youth Democrats in West Virginia Call for Government Reform
In Wheeling on August 29, the Young Democrats of West Virginia urged sweeping changes to state government. They backed a short ballot, a filing fee for public office, a fair election law, nonpartisan county school boards, consolidation of state institutions, and stricter anti gambling measures. They argued these steps would improve efficiency, economy, and accountability.
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Warene
Wheeling
West Virginia
Herman Bennett
Charleston
Resolutions Committee
Boards of Education
Four Rescued From Cave-In By Comrades
A cave-in on a 24 inch water line ditch at Virginia and Clendenin streets buried four men for about an hour. Worthy Wickline 28 was badly hurt with internal injuries, Terry Workman 27 Marshall Myers 27 and Shelby Reynolds 25 all sustained less serious injuries. Ambulances took them to Mountain State Hospital. Rescue was directed by Veader with many workers and police assisting as crowds watched.
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Virginia
Clendenin
Worthy Wickline
Reynolds Street
Terry Workman
West Washington Street
Marshall Myers
Slip Hill
Shelby Reynolds
Dune Bar
Workman
Myers
Wickline
E. F. Veador
West Virginia Water Service Company
Hhis
Veader
Policva
W. A. Tully
South Charleston
Kanawha
Virginia Street
Clendenin Street
Henry Clay
The
Water Company
Carth Denit Hughart
Veader Hearswell
Myerd
Tie
Reynolds
Myera
Intec
Gazette
Worthy
Sissonville
Rebels Bomb Madrid Wounding Many and Damaging Buildings
Madrid reports rebel air raid as bombs hit the city causing numerous casualties and shattering hundreds of windows, including the AP bureau. Government officials say damage to key buildings was slight while fronts hold. Denmark, Belgium, and Turkey move to embargo Spain.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Denmark
Belgium
Turkey
Spain
Paris
Count Romanones
Levies for 1936-37 Announced by Kanawha Assessor
J H Abbot, Kanawha County assessor, reports that most levy rates for the 1936-37 fiscal year will be lower than 1935-36 due to increased property valuations and economy measures. The countywide levies show changes across townships and cities including Charleston East and West, South Charleston, Marmet, Nitro, Dunbar, and St. Albans with Class 1 through 4 distinctions defining property types and usages.
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Kanawha
J. H. Abbot
Big Sandy
Cabin Creek
Cedar Grove
East Bank
Montgomery
BNO
Aq&l
Pratt
Charleston
City
Kanawha City
London
South Charleston
Jefferson
St. Albans
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Malden
Seee
AGS Amt
BOSG
Ind
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Greenbrier Fair
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