Buckshot From Land Pays Off for Ex-GI Johnny Ballance
Ex-GI Johnny Ballance at the Las Vegas gunnery school turns scrap buckshot into profits using a home made separator. He netted about $15,000 in weeks by salvaging lead from desert sand, selling at six cents a pound. Ballance employs a five man crew with wages around $75 weekly each, aiming to expand to other ranges.
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Las Vegas
Johnny Ballance
Matt
Johnny
Desert
H L. Dixon
Air Corps
Sam
Estrance
Dezert
Ballance
Einstein
Speal
Service Station Blaze Damages Kanawha Station
A fire swept Johnny Stuart’s service station at Kanawha Blvd W and Patrick St early yesterday morning causing about 700 in losses, 500 of it to contents. Fire Lt Charles C. Clendenin said the one story brick station owned by Rish Equipment Co. had an undetermined cause.
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Johnny Stuart
Kanawha Blvd
Patrick St
Charles C. Clendenin
Rish Equipment Co
Miner Hurt in Slate Fall at Kelley’s Creek Colliery
Sammy Hackworth aged 38 of Ward sustained spine and right arm injuries in a slate fall yesterday at Kelley’s Creek Colliery. He was admitted to Charleston General Hospital.
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Sammy Hackworth
Ward
Kelley's Creek
Charleston General Hospital
Dairymen Urged to Use Pastures to Feed Stock
Kanawha County dairy farmers are urged to maximize pasture and hay use to conserve grain. Secretary Robert E. Flint says milk output should approach recent records despite limited feed, with all feed wasted avoided and pastures fully utilized.
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Kanawha County
Robert E. Flint
AAA Committee
United States Department of Agriculture
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Crosby
Sinatra
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Collins
MAEON
Sherman
Capitol
Flrat
Marxman
Charleston
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