WPA Workers Near Victory in Fight to Extinguish 54-Year Mine Fire
WPA crews of over 300 skilled miners block the New Straitsville blaze with barriers turning 36 square miles into a sealed zone. The 1884 mine fire, longest in memory, threatened Ohio coal regions including Hocking Valley as private firms failed. new efforts slowed the inferno and aimed to smother it before it spread.
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WPA
NEA
New Straitsville
Ohio
Hocking Valley
WPA fire-fighters tame buried mines in 1934 surge
James R. Cavanaugh leads unemployed coal miners in a WPA project to seal a long burning mine fire. They faced abandoned tunnels, rotted timbers, and underground lakes as barriers at Plummer Hill, Lost Run, and Shawnee. Drill and drain methods, finds of miner relics, and hopeful progress mark the effort to halt the blaze.
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James R. Cavanaugh
Plummer Hill
Cavanaugh
Carl Watson
APA
Used Car Week to Open on Saturday
DETROIT, Mich. National Used Car Exchange Week opens Saturday as the auto industry launches a recovery drive to boost used car sales. Charles R. Hook of the National Association of Manufacturers says rising employment and purchasing power from private enterprise will lift all industries, with the motor industry leading the way. He notes its direct and indirect use of over 5,000,000 workers and links to steel, rubber, glass, leather, and many other sectors.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles R. Hook
National Association of Manufacturers
Hook
American Rolling Mill Company
Imatur
Hoofprints Mark Path of Man On Way to Hell
In Bath North Carolina residents point to eight shallow pits along the highway as old hoofprints tied to a legend about a country gentleman and his horse. An aging stump is cited as supporting evidence while scientists offer natural explanations such as underground pockets of water or air.
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Bath
N. C
North Carolina
Incoherent OCR Fragment From Champaign Area Text
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Jenny and an early inoculation reference, with dubious names like Jack Robingan of the University of Mie and figures such as 124. The passage is garbled, lacks a clear event or date, and reads as incomplete notes from an article segment.
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Jack Robingan
University of Mienoisy
Coal fire siege plans reveal long term sealing option
WPA and U S Bureau of Mines reports note persistent mine blaze. Cavanaugh estimates sealing all openings could smother the fire in about three years at less than 100000 dollars, saving many times the cost in coal recovered. Five small mines operate within the barricaded area, eight men each.
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Cavanaugh Beieves
Cavanaugh
WPA
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Finals of AAU Cage Tilts Wednesday
Conway Ark groups Arkansas State Teachers College and Arkansas College Batesville reached the AAU state tournament finals after Tuesday wins. Teachers overwhelmed Tromble College as Batesville edged Stats-O-Gite Tidependents 42 24 in a high scoring day.
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Conway
Arle
Arkansas State Teachers College
Arkansas College
Batesville
Tromble College
Conwas
Arkansis Callew
Panthers
Aillings
Stats-O- Gite
Dittle
Mathis
Paset
John Bray
Mepointa Fae Arkainsas College
Othur New
Satl-O-Lify
W O W Members to Receive Refund Checks Abroad
Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society will mail refunds totaling more than 1 million dollars to nearly 100,000 members. Most checks go to the United States, but some travel internationally, including to Spain, Japan, Scotland, and many other countries, with one addressed to Farreros in Puenty Qleda, Spain.
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Life Insueene Society
de Burnett Bradshaw
United States
Porta
Farreros
Puenty Qleda
Trailer Library Brings Books to the Curb
A special trailer with shelves holds 1,500 books and serves as a curbside library. A driver delivers books to passersby, with a librarian's desk aboard. The trailer parks in parks and busy intersections on select days, and more units may follow if successful.
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Trailer Library
Lenin
Belec
Butte
It Is Dangerous Ut Is Dangerous to Sull a SUBSTITUTE
A fragment warns that selling a SUBSTITUTE is risky for profit and customer trust. The speaker flags danger in cutting corners for a few cents and notes customers are valuable assets, urging better business choices. The text appears as a stray, partial quote likely from an advertising or editorial context.
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Josetha
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Kenneth Rush
Hackeysund
Rushes
Plummer's, Hill Barrier
Shawhee Barrier
Perry County
Hocking County
Toynae SP
Piomamer Ui
Mlummer
Hall Bros
Hall Bros, Cleaners & Hatters
Hamilton Trust Fund
B.J. Ogburn
C. R. Philbrick
Hamilton Depositors Corp
Denver
Colorado
Gibson Drug Co
Kobe-Corean
Lespedezas
Superior
Mont's
Chas, A
Ella E. Champlin
Reliance
Speedway
Automotive Supply CO
Hell
Cope
Jenny
State Teachers and
GIB Lewis Garage
General Motors
Oldsmobile
South Elm—Hope, Ark
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