Waterway Bill Final Action by Congress Approved
Washington allocates 144.88 million for 170 river and harbor projects spanning Mississippi streams to intercoastal routes. Senate adds 30.6 million, projects stretch one to 15 years, with funds including 48 million for upper Missouri and 25.5 million for Tennessee river works to begin. Hoover expected to sign early this week.
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Washington
House
Senate
Dempecy
Hoover
Mississippi
War Department
Misissippi
Dilnoia River
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Missouri
Kansas City
Sioux City
Ihe
Knozville River
West Virginia Feed Makers Converge With Officials
Feed manufacturers from Charleston Huntington Bluefield and southern West Virginia met yesterday in Commissioner John W. Smiths office to discuss registration and enforcement of the stock feed law.
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Charleston
Huntington
Bluefield
West Virginia
John W. Smith
Reports Dissolution Of Sycamore Fuel Co
Mrs Thacker Improves at Mountain State Hospital after major operation in Grantaville. State official George W Sharp reports the Sycamore Fuel dissolution.
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Sycamore Fuel Co
Jessie Midkiff Thacker
Sycamore
Mountain State Hos Company
Grantaville
Pital
George W. Sharp
Aecre
Esterday
Rotary International delegates laud global progress at jubilee
In Chicago 20 delegates from as many nations gathered for Rotary International’s silver jubilee convention with 17 000 others. They listed key events in their countries marking human progress from peace efforts to education and governance. The first business session will nominate officers and directors.
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Chicago
International Good
Rotary
Rotety International
Kingston
London
England
Bersay MacDonald
Great Britain
M. Charles Gassin Jourda
Nice
M. Briand Tor
United States of America
Everett W. Frazer
Tokyo
Japan
J. W. Warner Brown
Tientsin
China
M. LE. Steinmann
Brussels
Belgium
Mariedose
Humbert
Italy
Hit by Motor Truck Injures Dunbar Woman
Miss Mary Harris, 26, of Dunbar, was severely injured when struck by a truck after alighting from an Interurban at stop No. 13 near her home yesterday afternoon. She arrived at St Francis hospital around 4 30 pm, head and arm injuries, condition uncertain. The truck belonged to a Charleston dry cleaning company, driver unnamed. No official report available last night.
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Mary, Harris
Dunbar
Miss Harrie
Barlow
Charleston
Will Probe Expenses In House Campaigns
In Washington on June 24 the House adopted a policy to form an investigative committee. The speaker Langworth was authorized to appoint the panel to probe campaign expenditures of candidates for House seats in upcoming elections. The resolution passed unanimously.
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Washington
House
Langworth
Condition Critical Patient At St Francis Hospital
The condition of Mrs. Margaret Mitchell of Lewis Street, ill for two weeks, was reported as critical at St. Francis Hospital last night.
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Margaret Mitchell
Lewis Street
St. Francis Hospital
Doctor Named Wyoming County Health Officer
Mullens reports Dr I O Bailins Bullins was named Wyoming county health officer to fill a vacancy more than a year standing.
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Pineville
Bailins
Bullins
Wyoming
Civitan Meeting Highlights Asheville Delegation
Charleston Civitan club members heard reports from the International Civitan convention in Asheville. Delegates visited the Vanderbilt estate and chateau. New Jersey club aided 1,600 immigrants through naturalization. North Carolina club sponsored clinics lowering infant death rate by half.
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Charleston Civitan Club
International Civitan
Asheville
Vanderbilt Estate
Trig
Civitan Club
New Jersey
North Carolina
Salvation Army Head Charged With Bigamy
GRAFTON June 24 A warrant for the arrest on a bigamy charge at Capt W H Arnold head of the Salvation Army unit here was issued tonight by Justice of the Peace John L Wittman Prosecuting Attorney James Holt filed the request after he and Mrs Catherine Fanenke Arnold spoke of a 1922 Cumberland Maryland marriage and a second union with Esther Wolf Arnold allegedly in 1923 in Chuettsburg Kentucky
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Grafton
W. H. Arnold
Salvation Army
Justice of the Peace
Jonn L Wittman
James ©. Holt
Catherine Fanenke Arnold
Cumberland
Arnold
Esther Wolf Arnold
Chuettsburg
Kentucky
Clinic at Clendenin School in Kanawha County
Dr. B F Preston will host a clinic for children at Clendenin High School Thursday at 1 30 PM under the county health unit and tuberculosis association. A total of 28H children have been examined in Kanawha County during the early diagnosis campaign.
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B. F. Preston
Clendenin
County Health Unit
County Tuberculosis Association
Kanawha
Picture Players Fly Over City in Charleston Film Planned
Miss Ruth King and Miss Charlotte Haviland flew over Charleston yesterday with pilot Howard Mayes for aerial footage used in a two reel production titled The Diary of an American Girl Her Visit to Charleston. The film will show Miss King as the visitor and Miss Haviland as the hostess. a theft later struck King when a purse containing money and souvenirs was stolen from her car near The Gazette building.
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Ruth King
Charlotte ‘Haviland
Charleston
Newland Film Company
Kearsey Theater
Cherngston Yesterdty
Howard Mayes
West Virginia Airways
Gazette Building
Hale Street
Missang
Gazette Office
Free Dental Work At City High Thursday
Free dental work will be given to any persons who call at the Charles Town High School building Thursday morning at eight o'clock during the Tina examinations for licensure to practice dentistry in West Virginia by the state board of dental examiners. The examinations began Tuesday with 17 applicants from various cities including Charleston Morgantown Wheeling and Martinsburg. Three applicants for dental hygienist licenses were also examined. Dr. C. M. Jividen of Charleston serves as board secretary.
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Charlestown High School
West Virginia
State Board of Dental Examiners
H. Andre
Charles R. Hilton
Alonzo Martin
Charleston
Fret E Boyer
Morgantown
James Brand Dus
Bowling Green
Louis Broverman
Wheeling
James Campbell
Moundsville
Hubert Davis
Glarksburg
George Dyer
Dyer
J. R. Durrett
Ansted
Elmer L. Houck
Lewisburg
C. F. Hurt
Honaker
R. O. Moore
Welch
E. M. Nash
Alderson
R. O. Reynolds
Chatham
Lewis Smyth
Martinsburg
James Townsend, Jr
Manguin
Scenses
Patricia Bill
Thelma Stone
Connellsville
Mildred Meranda
Cornellsville
C. M. Jividen
Youth Drowns in Ohio River Near Huntington
Virgil Leon Cherrington, 19, died after a boat capsize during a swimming party on the Ohio river at Huntington. Four companions reached shore safely, but his body had not been recovered as night fell. Local searchers reported high winds hindered swimming efforts.
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Huntington
Virgil Leon Cherrington
Ohio River
Cherrington
Hearing Set On Bus Line Permits In West Virginia
F C Sanders state supervisor of transportation will hold hearings on July 2 for the Blue and Gray Transit Company to suspend service between Keyser and New Creek. On July 11 hearings will consider Craft Bus Lines Mullens Mullens to Glen Rogers Thomas B Lovas War War to Grockell a Creek Murphy Bus War DUB One War Newhall Squire and West Virginia Transportation Company Clarksburg Clarksburg New Martinsville scheduled.
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F. C. Sanders
Blue and Gray Transit Company
Keyser
New Creek
Craft Bus Lines, Inc
Mullens
Glen Rogers
Thomas B. Lovas
War
Grockell
A Creek
Murphy Bus Company
Kiwanians Hit With Surprise at Weekly Meeting
Charleston Kiwanis Club members arrived for their weekly luncheon at the Hotel Daniel Boone to find their wives waiting inside for a complete surprise. Wives assisted with arranging the program and led several local musical selections.
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Charleston Kiwanis Club
Daniel Boone
H. M. Gogan
Joseph Sillverstein
Paul Heavener
Sart Gilchrist
Cogan
Club members host Daniel Boone golf outing joke
Members played miniature golf with Roger Creel as guests of honor. Esch treated the event as a lighthearted joke, reflecting a playful club gathering rather than a formal match.
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Roger Creel
Esch
Farmer to Stand Trial in Wife Death at Hancock County
Farer David Pugh 43 of Fughtown will face trial in Hancock county circuit on felonious assault linked to his wife Bessie 40 found dead in a creek near their home March 11 after a family quarrel. Pugh admitted slapping her. Grand Jury had not indicted him on other charges his attorney suggested she may have taken her own life.
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New Cumberland
David Pugh
Fughtown
Hancock County
Astault
Bessie
Postpone Board Meet
The school board meeting scheduled for last night has been postponed by one week.
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King
Haviland
City High School
Ohio
Peacock Garden
St. Albans
Revinaci
America
Clandette Colbert
Ta Hie
Oswald
Spain
José Sanchez-Covila
Academy of Dermatology of Spain
Fleischmann
Arctic
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Summers Street
Charleston, W. Y
E. Baunsgaarn
Norway
AtrRep Braxonetnen
Vienna
Epvaro Burres
Copenhagen
Odette Willard
Montreal
Virginia Mathews
Philadelphia
Tam
Wel Airech
Meade
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