Work Begins on Two River Locks and Dams
River engineers started installing new weir wickets at Dama Saven and Eight on the Ka neha river, a two day project delaying boats drawing six feet. The General Wood is due June 20 to replace the Senator Cordill on the Pittsburgh Charleston run. Sixty eight lockages were made and river traffic shows varied tonnage shifts as overhaul work continues along the Elk river corridor.
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Dama Saven
Kaneha
Government River Engineers
Tom’ Greene
Charleston
Cinclynn
Chris Greene
Cincinnati
Tommorrow
Pasaengers
Loch Elzat
River Ana
Pittsburgh-Charleston
Cordill
Ohio and
Kanawha
Hatfield-Campbell's
Greek Coal Company
Dana Landing
Lane
Yelser
Fleischmann
Mitchell
West Virginia Sand and Gravel Company
Elk River
Officials Frown On Sale of Dice to Boys
Juvenile court officials oppose selling dice to youths in five and ten stores after a complaint by Probation Agent Owen Whittington. A store manager detained two boys, aged nine and eleven, who allegedly stole dice. The incident prompted a complaint to Mayor Wertz and a potential city ban.
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Owen Whittington
Rowe
Speakers Announced For Special Meeting On Transient Beggar Problem
Judge Morgan Owen of the juvenile court Boyce M Edens secretary of the Community Chest Pat B Withrow superintendent of the Union Mission Miss Sue Staunton and Miss Mary L Yeager of the children's guardians board are named speakers for next Saturdays conference of social workers to address eliminating professional mendicants who travel from community to community. Social workers from southern West Virginia counties and municipalities are invited to participate and Marshall and New River state colleges will send delegations to observe or join the conference.
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Morgan Owen
Boyce M. Edens
Community Chest
Pat B. Withrow
Sue*Staunton
Mary L Yeager
Children's Guardians Board
OD. E. Shafter
West Virginia
Marshall
New River State
Turkey
Nitro Hearing Opens Tomorrow On Nitro Property Affairs
The special master in the foreclosure case over Nitro properties, T. C. Townsend, will open the inquiry tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Kana wha Valley bank building offices of Townsend and Bock. Judge George W. McClintle appointed Townsend to protect the interests of numerous purchasers from the Industrial Corporation. Several dozen firms and individuals who bought Nitro properties from the Industrial Corporation have been notified to attend.
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Charleston Industrial Corporation
Townsend and Bock
Kanawha Valley Bank
T. C. Townsend
George W. McClintle
United States District
United States
Mfort
Gage
Score
Accousticon aids deaf with dime sized ear piece
After twenty five years in hearing aid making Dictograph Products Co introduces Accousticon a new model for the deaf. The tiny ear piece about the size of a dime transmits sounds clearly to subnormal ears and offers a free ten day home trial. Send name and address for test.
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Dictograph Products Co, Inc
First National Bank
Pittsburgh
Ucon
City Considers New Light Deal With Power Company
Appalachian Electric Power plans to replace all carbon street lights with incandescent units at the same cost at the start of the next fiscal year. Public petitions seek installation of up to 200 additional lights. Current setup includes 207 pedestal lights burning all night at 60 cents, 77 pedestal lights burning midnight at 44.5, 19,000 candle power carbon lights burning all night at 60, 2,800 candle power carbon lights burning until midnight at 94.5, and 432 100 candle power lamps burning all night at 82.
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Appalachian Electric Power Company
Council
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Frank Onlin
United States River Pocinade
Fallanea
S Agtae
Aowaa
Wertz
New
Farpiece
T Listic
Bree
Atwater Kent
Londeree-Cavender Co
Londeree Cavender Co
Schoolfield-Harv
The
Hadley Co
McKee Music Co
Ey Electric Co
Leen Tobe
Liberty Gliding
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