Utilities Valuations Reform Set by Public Works Board
The West Virginia Public Works Board cut utility valuations for 1944, granting Hope Natural Gas a $10 million relief while Appalachian Power rose by $2.4 million. Total utility value fell to $859,739,700, with real estate and intangible property adjustments shaping the net reduction. The board kept Baltimore & Ohio at $77.5 million and left other major railroads unchanged.
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Hope Natural Gas Co
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Appalachian
Cabin Creek
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Virginian
Vasusthena
Ohio River
Ohio State Bridge Commission
Sempre
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co
Wheeling Electric Co
Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc
Hope
Manufacturers Light & Heat Co
Waste Paper Salvage Committee Plans City Drive
Waste Paper Salvage Committee to meet at 7:30 p m in City Building to finalize plans for the city-wide paper salvage drive set for July 9. Members listed include Frank N Clark C R Morgan Frank L Craner Eugene Carter Frank A Rebhan John Jones Heber Thaxton Howard Bruner and Carl Rippetoe.
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Frank N. Clark
Municipal Defense Council
Clark
C. R. Morgan
Frank L. Craner
Eugene Carter
Frank A. Rebhan
John Jones
Heber, Thaxton
Howard Bruner
Carl, Rippetoe
Bergoo Elk River Bridge Bid Invited by State Road Commission
The state road commission called for bids to build a new Elk River bridge at Bergoo Webster County to serve mining access for Pardee and Curtin Lumber Co. Specifications include two 2 foot and three 34 foot steel beam spans and one 62 foot steel plate girder span on concrete substructure. Bids open July 11.
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Bergoo Elk Bridge
State Road Commission
Elk River
Bergoo
Webster County
Pardee and Curtin’ Lumber Co
Tuberculosis Cases Among Veterans Investigated
Health Commissioner J E Offner said 40 suspected tuberculosis cases were reported by the veterans hospital in the past year. A county check then confirmed 16 as definite TB and 11 as veterans of the present war.
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State Health Department
Veterans Hospital
J. E. Offmer
Health Department
Offner
Future Farmers Picnic Draws Elk chapter Members
The Elkview Future Farmers of America held their annual picnic at Coal Ridge. Attendees included Fred Myers Remus Clark Wallace Jarrett Thomas Jarrett Joseph Glenn Claude McGraw Jerry Wiseman Annette Carte William Clay Fred Taylor James Humphries William Chambers Sonny Burgess Pat Kennedy Ronald Cames Mike Naylor Kenneth Durfament and Arthur H Holland as advisor. Electric lighting in Chungking China is now cut off every fifth night.
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Future Farmers Picnic
Boys of Elk
Future Farmers of America
Elkview
Coal Ridge
Fred Myers
Remus Clark
Wallace Jarrett
Thomas Jarrett
Joseph Glenn
Claude McGraw
Jerry Wiseman
Annette Carte
William Clay
Fred Taylor
James Humphries
William Chambers
Sonny Burgess
Pat Kennedy
Ronald Cames
Mike Naylor
Kenneth Durfam
Arthur H. Holland
Flight cadet Robert W. Smith killed in plane crash
Robert W. Smith, 21, son of Mr and Mrs C W Smith of Montgomery, was killed during a routine training flight at his base in Aloe Texas on May 22. Cadet Smith had completed academic training for pilots and had 36 flight hours toward wings and 24 toward a commission. His wings and a citation were sent to his mother by his commanding officer, Brig Gen Walter F Kraus. He attended Montgomery High School and one year at West Virginia Tech, and before joining the air forces in 1942 worked at Norfolk Navy Yard. He was an only child.
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Robert W. Smith
Mra
C. W. Smith
Montgomery
Aloe
Tex
War Department
Smith
Harry B. Jacobsen
Walter F. Kraus
State of Montgomery High School
West Virginia Tech
Air Forces
Norfolk, Ye Nay
Selective Buying Pushes Industrial Stocks Higher
New York June 24 The stock market closed the week with selective gains in industrial favorites lifting key shares. The Associated Press 60-stock average rose slightly from a week ago but remained below Monday’s peak. Trading volume was light as turnover drifted lower throughout the week. Prominent gains appeared in International Telephone Certain teed American Woolen U S Steel Sears Pullman and General Motors while declines showed in Union Pacific Great Northern preferred Southern Railway and others. Bond activity remained steady with total rails sales about $4.67 million versus $5.16 million last week.
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New York
Associated Press
International Telephone
American Basch
American Woolen
U. S. Steel
Sears, Roebuck
Pullman
Blinds
General Motors
Chrysler and
Packard
Graham Paige
Hupp
Continents Motors
Willys Hel
Union Pacific
Great Northern Preferred
Southern Railway
Chesapeake & Ohio
Cities Service and Carrier Corp
Brown-Forman Distiller
Brewster
Aero
American Gas & Electric
Creole Petroleum
Wheat futures tumble on crop prospects and terminal demand
Chicago trading pins down wheat as new crop prospects lure selling. Prices slide across contracts with September and December showing declines while barley drops as trade digests demand at inland terminals. New York wholesale price index edges lower, with slight shifts in bond averages noted.
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Chicago
Tts
Property Transfers and Treasury Report Highlight June News
A mixed dispatch lists numerous property transfers including Linabeth H Ramasy to Campbell and Blanche Jonas to Verate, with various parcels in Oakwood Meadow Brook and Spring Hill flagged. The Treasury Bureau reports June 22 receipts of 412.9 million and expenditures of 48.2 million, balancing a working balance of 9.26 billion. Gold reserves stand at 21.2 million, and Australia plans to recruit 7500 soldiers monthly while diverting 20 000 to rural industries.
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Linabeth H. Ramasy
Charleaton
Copan
W. Cc
Copen Pend Wits
Coopers Creek
Mile
Eada
Jom Miller
Lewis Addo
Jefferson
M.A. Gare
W. C. Bartlett
Meadow Brook
Millie Barraves
Spring
Poward F. Skidmore
Charles
Naylor
Addin
Florence Ainclair Frietzon
Tucy Sinclair Quarles
Lewin
Tney Sinclair
Sinclair Frierson
Brond
Treasury
Washington
The
Australia
Huntington Firm Gets Core Drilling Work at Airport
The Mott Care Drilling Co of Huntington wins a contract to drill eight core holes at Kanawha airport site beginning this week. Whitman Reynardt Associates of Baltimore leads the airport project and specifies deep drillings at widely separated points to assess earth strata. NW-SE NE-SW runway surveys are ~75 percent done with about 60 acres cleared and 59 men on clearing and 14 on survey work. Plans include two 4,000 foot runways funded by citizen votes, with extensions and extra runways contingent on federal funds.
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Mott Care Drilling Ca
Huntington
Kanawha Airport
Fred C. Alley
Whitman, Reynardt and Associates
Baltimore
State Road Commission
Alley
Sponsors LSM Launching Mes Vinnie C Jennings Event
Vinnie C Jennings sponsor of an LSM 187 navy craft launching at Charleston navy yards. Her husband John D Jennings slated to head stockman in the supply department. Matron of honor Mia Anne Crawford from RFD 2 city attended. The Jennings recently moved to Charleston.
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Vinnie C. Jennings
RFC
Charleston
3. C
Navy Yards
John D. Jennings
Mia
Anne C. Crawford
RFD 2
City
Jennings
Camp Freedom Opens for Catholic Girls at Fort Les
A two week session for girls up to age 16 will begin at Camp Freedom for Catholic girls at Fort Les on the 4 H fair grounds near Dunbar. Registrants may report Monday to the camp or at Charleston Catholic High School at 8 39 p m with transport arranged. A total of 87 girls are registered and capacity is capped at 100. The boys camp closes today at noon.
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Camp Freedom
Fort Les
Dunbar
Charleston Catholic High School
Russ Parsons
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Benbon Coafhaten National Bank
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