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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1948
Page
2
Lansing June 3 Olds Motor founder Ransom E Olds now 84 predicts a sharp fall in auto prices due to competition and high costs. He says materials and labor costs are too high and believes the market will adjust after upcoming elections.
City building inspector reports over 4 million dollars in permits issued from January to May 1948, totaling 896 permits for new structures and repairs. May alone reached 466 604 dollars, with 1170 permits year to date, and March was the peak month at 1 692 191 dollars for remodeling and new projects including Diamond department store and Salvation Army citadel.
A 16 or 17 year old girl in Pittsburgh initially claimed she killed her childhood sweetheart after a dispute on a road near Middlesboro. She then said the wound was accidental when Taylor drew a gun and it fired into his knee. Police say she was held on vagrancy charges while investigators verify details and possible Boston theft ties.
Charleston Transit Co will add fourteen 40 seat buses next week on the St. Albans to Cabin Creek route. The fleet expansion replaces older vehicles and eases rush hour service, bringing total new buses to 40 since 1948 and signaling a $500000 investment. General Motors built the buses with six cylinder diesel engines, fluid drive, and modern heating and ventilation.
A list of land and property transfers includes Aubrey W. Tove and wife to Henry Oney for a lot in Highlawn, Albans. Gerald Bins and wife to K D Holstein. Miyford D. Whited and wife to Thomas A. Donahue. James Hartwell and others to Raymond F. Corbin. Kermit Cunningham to Moses Muben. Zelms and Delbert G. Francisca to W. C. Erskine. Sallie H. Malong to A. A. Gansis. Luis and Jewel Cunningham to Dovell and Water Proaly. Mount Vernon Realty Co. to Raymond Sager. Wilbert A. and Isabel G. Jones to Donald S. and Mary Kathryn Stuck. Beasle Lucile Andersgh to Georgia Phoebe Goit. R W Brindle to J W Moran. Garnet Wiseman and James Wiseman to George H. Wisman. Driscoll Caldwell to Elizabeth Caldwell. James G. Workman to Jesse Barold Minner. VU. S. Albertson to Earl Morris. Kanawha City Co. to Lave, Inc.. L. H. Bratta to Warren F. Bratte. Ernest Wilson and Minnie Wilson to David H. Ballard.
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