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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1931

Page

3

Progress Made In Work for Blind in Kanawha County

The Charleston community chest special committee led by George L. Coyle reports ongoing efforts to aid the blind. Six examinations are planned at clinics next week, with eye care, Braille instruction, and training for those newly blind or previously educated in state schools and industry.

Charleston Romaney Coyle Kanawha Community Chest Office George L. Coyle Henderson L Peebles John L. Dickinson Esther Davis

Garden Club Meet at Fort Hindrive Home

The Fort Hindrive Garden Club will gather at 2 30 Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C N Rucker for the meeting.

Fort Hi

To Work on Tax Cases in Bluefield

Joseph Drasnin United States internal revenue agent will go to Bluefield tomorrow to work on tax cases there.

Joseph Drasnin United States Internal Revenue Bluefield

Weather and River Movements Across Ohio and Surrounding States

Partly cloudy for Ohio with chances of thundershowers in the south and extreme north, cooler Sunday and Monday. West Virginia may see scattered showers with cooler highs in the north and west. Western Pennsylvania turns cooler with possible southeast showers. Maryland cooler with local thundershowers inland. Virginia partly cloudy with showers in the north and cooler Monday. Kentucky sees local thundershowers Sunday and Monday, cooler in the north. River data report water levels at key dams and cities, with multiple up and down readings. Local labor notes indicate 7 percent of common labor employed on the new twin locks project on the Kanawha river at London.

Ohio Jaca South Par Hoa West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia Jace Kentucky Kanawh Creighton Margaret Saver Cstherioe Sleven Braunton Pittsburgh Parkersburg Point Pleasant Portsworth Clarinnati Allegheny Pranklin Monongahela Muskhiyum Zanesville Radford Hinton Palls Charleston Williamson Levisa Pikeville Iabor Northport Sand and Gravel Company Fonawhe London

Suburb to Survey Kanawha Turnpike by City Council

South Charleston city council ordered the city engineer to survey the Kanawha and James River turnpike from the paving end east to the city corporation peg at Joplin's branch. A sewer project along Baernsadte avenue was authorized and the recorder was told to contact Chesapeake and Ohio railroad officials about a contract for A street crossing. The new city building code has been published.

South Charleston Kanawha and James River Pega Joplin Baermsadte Central Avenue Booth Street City Recorder Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad

Heat Wins First Heat in Hot Race

Beecher Ramsey and John Wooster chase a theft suspect under intense heat. The pair, exhausted by 100 degree conditions, failed to capture the suspect who fled into Ruffner hollow. The officer notes the thief was big and had “jackrabbit blood” as they discuss the chase and heat exhaustion.

Beecher Ramsey Beeche John Wooster Beecher Baldwin Anotier Fm John Crick John Leutenant Rufiner Hollow

Fast getaway of the first man in a Northwest chase

John, Joan, Beecher recount a dramatic pursuit in which a suspect escaped by sprinting away through underbrush and into a road westbound, likely heading toward Arizona. The trio bets on catching the fugitive, praising his speed while noting police involvement.

John Commercis House Joan Beecher Arizona Northwest Repal Mounted Charleston

D A meeting marks founding anniversary at Broad Street hall

The D A C D of A organizes a founding anniversary celebration next Tuesday at eight in the evening in the hall at Broad and Quarrier streets, with The Fathous Daughters of America in attendance.

The Fathous Daughters of America Broad and Quarrier Streets

Mottsheard Returns to Bluefield Court in Session

Mottsheard, clerk of the United States district court, now in session at Bluefield, spent the weekend in Charleston.

Inn If Mottsheard Julted States District Court Bluefield Charleston

General improvement in business shown in Bradstreet data

Bradstreet weekly food index steadied at 2.14 compared with the previous week, an 11.5 percent decline from January 1. The report notes 14 advances and 16 declines with 53 unchanged, and cites May defaults as the mildest since November 1830, led by retail trade despite overall liabilities remaining above early year levels.

Bradstreet B. FP Sperow Lladay Lewinburg Presbyterian

Retail lumber firm dominates Kansas City market report

Banking Mobilitie, though large in April, dropped to second place with a notable decrease. Defaults were led by food clothing furniture and home furnishing concerns, which accounted for the greatest numbers of failures.

Kansas City

Presbyterian Services Revived at Lick Branch and Kanawha City

Morning services at Lick Branch Presbyterian Church will feature special activities with extended worship and community involvement. Evening services at Kanawha City Presbyterian Church will include music, prayer, and outreach plans for local neighbors today.

Lick , Branch Presbyterian Church Kanawha City Presbyterian Church

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