U S Grants to State Totaled 9 5 Million in 1938 49
Figures released by Fred A Worl manager of the Charleston field office of the Social Security administration show a total of 9 457 000 expended on federal state programs in West Virginia during the year ended June 30 1938 The grants covered public health education vocational rehabilitation and welfare services as part of the Federal Security Agency The report notes progress in developing human resources while calling for improvements in social security health and education programs and methods to fund medical costs through a national prepayment system
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West Virginia
Fred A. Worl
Toanager
Charleston Field
Social Security Administration
Federal Security Agency
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FSA
Br B. RB. Coffey
PSA
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Office of Education
Congress
American Printing House For
Coffey
Official Asserts Traffic Mishaps Major Disaster
Don McClaugherty State Motor Vehicle Commissioner told Charleston Kiwanis yesterday that automobile accidents are a major life disaster. He noted hazards vary with time, weather, road conditions, vehicle and driver state, plus age fatigue and disabilities. Pedestrians die at 30 per day and 700 are injured. 11,000 pedestrians and cyclists were killed last year, mostly by pedestrian error.
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Don McClaugherty
Charleston
McClaugherty
Attack Fatal for Quinwood Man After Sleep Attack
Trey Farley, a year-old resident of Quinwood, died in a Montgomery hospital from a crushed skull allegedly received during an attack while he slept near a church. John Walter Hardiman, 37, of Charmea, Greenbrier County, is charged with murder and held in Greenbrier County jail. The two men, both coal miners, reportedly argued earlier that day.
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Greenbrier
Montgomery
Trey Farley
Quinwood
John Walter Hardiman
Charmea
Greenbrier County
R. Dawson
Rainelie
Frooper Dawson
Hardiman
Ruinelie
Keyser Power Lines Case Is Continued In State Action
A continued State Road Commission case seeks removal of poles and wires from Heskett and Mineral streets in Keyser. The Potomac Light and Power Co. faces a June 1 hearing after failure of counsel to agree on issues. The suit asks the utility to remove lines at its own expense to aid approaches for the Keyser McCool bridge over the Potomac River.
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Supreme Cour
State Road Commmission
Potomac Light and Power Co
Road Commission
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Mineral
Keyser- McCool, Md
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Greenbrier College Receives New State Charter
Greenbrier College for women in Lewisburg obtained a new state charter yesterday as part of a reorganization. Greenbrier College Corp will assume all assets of Greenbrier College, Inc. Incorporators are French W. Thompson H. B. Moore and J. K. Palmer of Lewisburg. Also chartered yesterday was Clay County Sportsman's Club, formed at Clay by Ray Reed B. F. White and A. A. Smith.
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Greenbrier College For Women
Lewisburg
Greenbrier College, Corp
Greenbrier College, Inc
French W. Thompson
H. B. Moore
J. K. Pallmer
Clay County Sportsman's Club
Clay
Ray Reed
B. F. White
A. A. Smith
Falling Rock Damages Car in Court Claim
Dalton Spreching or Reea of sana wha county asks the State Court of Claims to award 96.33 for car repairs after a boulder fell from an overhanging rock on an embankment near UW along Campbell's Creek road on January 20. He alleges the State Road Commission left a hazard.
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Dalton Spreching
Reea
Sanawha County
State Court of Claims
Dalton
Campbell’s Creek Road
County Court Adopts Summer Hours Today
Kanawha county courthouse switches to summer hours starting today and will remain in effect through June and August. Courts close at 4 PM on weekdays while Saturday hours remain 6:30 AM to noon.
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Kanawha County Court House
Brick House Moved In Charleston On Washington Street
The first brick house moved on a preumatic fired trailer in Charleston was eased onto Washington Street to McClung Street. Spectators watched as the heavy trailer and house were hauled by a diesel truck around Duffy Street, wires and tree limbs hindering the route. Charles S. Frankel owns the house and plans a new commercial site, while Miss Suzdanhe Shank vacated her beauty shop in the dwelling. A new company will use the lot for a future office building as Frankel shifts to a drug store location at Duffy and Washington. A separate report notes a new disc dictation device that can produce up to nine hours of dictation per record, using a fast semi-automatic system to refresh discs at the site.
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Statehouse
Duffy St
Deisel
B. E. Fisher
Crewe
Appalachias
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Fisher's Assurances
Charles S. Frankel
Franke
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Washington
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Brnck
McChang St
East Washington St
Dictation Discs Sold By Gray Manufacturing Co
Gray Manufacturing Co of Martford Con offers used dictation discs for a wide range of machines. They announce replacement coils for all types and claim availability to customers on a national and international basis, with Gray representatives covering the United States Canada and 351 foreign countries.
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Gray Manufactrring Co
OV Martford
Gray
Canada
Average Temperature Below Normal in State
West Virginia reports an average weekly temperature of 81 degrees for the week ended May 27, three degrees below normal. Cool weather and adequate rainfall favor small grains and meadows, though some hail and water damage occurred in central counties. Corn stands are fall to good. wheat heading slightly short but overall prospects hold a bumper crop. Apples vary, peaches require thinning. milk production remains high due to good pastures while other dairy output declines.
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West Virginia
Federal
Measles Outbreak Hits Three Northern Counties
Measles outbreak reported by the State Health Department across three northern West Virginia counties. AO cases in Monongalia 30 in Wetzel 18 in Tyler and 17 in Greenbrier Jackson Jefferson McDowell Ohio and Wyoming. Other diseases listed include chickenpox 14 diphtheria 1 measles 0 influenza 4 mumps 23 pneumonia 1 rheumatic fever 6 scarlet fever 4 tuberculosis 0 whooping cough 15 and vaccination note 28.
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West Virginia
State Health Department
Monongalia
Wetzel
Tyler
Coiln Une
Greenbrier
Jackson
Jefferson
McDowell
Ohin
Wyoming
Otte
Damage suit opens over auto crash near Montgomery
The $315,000 damage suit of Pell against Frank Stewart, Mrs. Stewart, and F M Whiting begins in circuit court for injuries from a Nov 28 1948 collision on Route 61 near Montgomery. Pell alleges Whiting drove recklessly and a smoke cloud from a burning city dump obscured the road. City of Montgomery was dismissed. suit cites municipal immunity for certain governmental functions.
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Frank Stewart
Montgomery
F. M. Whiting
Piney View
Raleigh County
Fell
Aria
Whiting
Pell
Stewart
City of
Montgomeary
Esse
Junior Humane Group Discusses Activities
The Charleston Junior Humane Aggee met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henri Schultz at 194 Washington St E on Saturday. They discussed laws for future meetings and advancement, served refreshments, and awarded prizes for new members. Linda Donnelly won first and Nancy Lynn Whiteman won second.
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Charleston
Junior Humane ‘Aggee
Henri Schultz
Washington St. E
Linda Donnelly
Nancy Lynn Whiteman
Marvin Watring
Clara Evien Selby
Jimmy Custer
Grace Csistér
Stephen Parker
Larry
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