Bridge Traffic To Be Clocked In One Day Survey
Boy Scouts under Emmett Thaxton will conduct a traffic survey on the South Bridge and its middle bridge starting Saturday at 5 a.m. The 18 hour count aims to measure the relief from toll free upper Kanawha City bridge, with prior surveys in 1940 and plans for next spring to gauge the impact of the 1928 bond aided two bridge system.
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Emmett Thaxton
South Bite
Gazette
Kanawha City
Boy Beauts
West Side
South Charleston
Booth Ride
Lost Flier's Son Forecasts Bridge Capacity And Duty Blocks
A fragmented notice lists hourly duty pairs from five to eleven pm and morning shifts for multiple workers with names such as Charles Eskey John Crites Frank Barnea Tom Robert son and others. It also notes Opals In Vogue in Europe as fashion pushes gem demand and price hikes.
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Fallowa
Charles Eskey
John Crites
Frank Barnea
Frank Griffee
Tom Robertson
Fred Robertson
Malcolm McConnell
George Leslie
Billie Thompson
Alfred Winter
Billy Tucker
Carl Tucker
Tweleve A.m
Morton Leven
Billy Stutler
Sam McNabb
Tommie Bryan
Elmer Canaday
John Holsdow
Bill Hager
Harold Roush
Harley Roush
Lawrence Winter
Channing Lovell
Europe
Flier Thomas Nelson Found After Air Mail Crash Near Cleveland
The body of Thomas P. Nelson 24 was found in a ravine near Chagrin Falls southeast of Cleveland after he disappeared during an air mail flight from Bellefonte to Cleveland. His parachute was partly opened, signaling a belated jump. 15 planes led by Charles Lindbergh had searched over 1,200 square miles when the body was located by Joseph Vincent while rabbit hunting. Nelson survived by widow Helen and four children. he had 2,900 flying hours and 200,000 miles logged, with a prior fire incident near Ringtown, Pa. The wreckage lay 28 feet from a highway, hidden by snow.
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Cleveland
Thomas P. Nelson
Bellefonte
Nelson
Chagrin Falls
Pennsylvania
Charles A. Lindbergh
Joseph Vincent
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Chicago
Early Descriptions of a Portable Motorized Vehicle
The fragment notes a compact vehicle with a dual end design and a bearer power motor capable of reaching 20 miles per hour. It mentions travel to ten cities and returning, suggesting demonstrations of range and reliability in early testing.
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