Education Center meeting on college growth in Kanawha
Thirty leaders will hear Waitman Given former West Virginia banking commissioner now Cleveland Bank vice president at Charleston Educational Center tonight at six. The gathering aims to chart progress and future objectives for Kanawha College Morris Harvey College and the Technical Institute forming a nucleus with over 1,100 students. Speakers include M F Shawkey Arthur H Koontz and others.
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Civie
Waitman Given
West Virginia
Cleveland Bank
Etm Ginner
Daniel Boone
Charleston
Shetter
SS Eee
Kanawha College
Morris Harvey College
Technical Institute
Sr M. FP. Shawkey
Arthur H. Koontz
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Crossing Elimination Funds Fall Short in Kanawha
The president approved a crossing elimination program totaling 1 785 808 dollars with 2 877 937 dollars slated for West Virginia work. Kanawha County was not listed among grantees. remaining funds and project breakdowns show four outside municipalities and four within city limits with costs ranging from 144 515 to 905 147 dollars.
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Washington
West Virginia
Anawha County
Secretary of Agriculture
Barber Bureau Head Orders Arrests of Unlicensed Demonstrators
E. L. Peters, director of the state bureau of barbers and beauticians, ordered arrests of cosmetics demonstrators lacking licenses after receiving reports from cities. He said the special drive was directed due to those reports.
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E. L. Peters
State Bureau
Barbers and Beauticians
Former Senator Devore Files First for State Senate
James M. Gevere of Creston Wirt county became the first candidate to file a certificate of candidacy for the state senate primary on May 12 seeking the Republican nomination in the third district covering Pleasants Wirt Ritchie and Wead counties. Devore, a former state senator from 1924 to 1928, now identifies as a farmer and oil man.
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James M. Gevere
Creston
Wirt
Devere
Senate
Pleasants
Ritchie
State probes door-to-door cosmetic peddlers without permits
Peters labeled this class of workers as the biggest problem. His four inspectors have made 115 arrests in the last 14 months across the state, targeting unpermitted cosmetic peddlers encountered at doors.
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Peters
Pleas Court Jury Awards Plaintiff One Dollar
A common pleas court jury returned a verdict for one dollar to plaintiff George W. Bowes of Cedar Grove in a suit against Henry Kirtley and Clarence Wheeler of Mammouth. Bowes claimed $40.70 for automobile repairs after an accident and alleged Wheeler drove recklessly as his car was nearly off the highway.
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Common Pleas Court
George W. Bowes
Cedar Grove
Henry Kirtley
Clarence Wheeler
Mammouth
Bowes
Wheeler
Growth of Townsend Pension Plan Stirring Politics
Washington dispatch notes growth of the Townsend old age pension movement as strategists from both parties assess its effect on the 1938 elections. Leaders say it likely won’t decide the presidential vote but could influence congressional races across districts, with Townsend clubs now over 5,000 strong nationwide.
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Washington
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Congress
F.E. Townsend
Movement
Townsend
B. G. Rankin
Democratic
Republican
Rankin
Sims Praises Woman For Sending State School Land Money
Auditor Edgar B. Sims commended Frances I. Radenbaugh of Parkersburg for sending 3,440.91 from tax delinquent land sales. He noted this large check as a model for other county school land commissioners and remarked that costs often eat into profits.
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Sims
Edgar B. Sims
Frances I Radenbaugh
Parkersburg
Wood County
Radenhaugh
Morgan Wins Damages Suit Over Roof Injury
J. L. Morgan was awarded 22.48 by a common pleas court jury yesterday in his suit against J. J. Newberry company for roof damage to the Morgan building on Capitol Street. He sought 75 dollars claiming circus posters placed on the side of the building caused the harm.
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B.S. Morgan
Common Pleas Court
J. J. Newberry Company
Morgan
Capitol Street
Clarksburg Man Seeks Army West Point Scholarship
George Thomas Michael twenty one of Clarksburg won the right to compete with national guardsmen for a West Point scholarship. Adjutant General Finny Ash reported Michael, a student at West Virginia University, had the highest grade in the examination to determine the candidate. He will travel to Washington March 4 for further tests.
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George Thomas
Michael
Clarksburg
West Point
Finny Ash
West Virginia’ University
Washington
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