City sewer manholes spurt after heavy rain prompt city action
A long complaint from N G Kambouris of Craft Street prompted the Beckley City Council to address sewer problems after a recent downpour. Kambouris’ representative described a manhole overflow large enough to bury a table and horse, with garbage scattered across his yard. Street Commissioner Sterling Lee explained he loosens covers to relieve pressure during storms and noted lines are undersized. Council assigned Lee and James Lowe to inspect a ditch near Sylvia school and plan drainage work on City Avenue in front of Quality Lumber.
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N. G. Kambouris
Craft Street
Beckley
Kermit Locke
Kambouris
Council
Locke
Sterling Lee
Mabscott
William P. Laren
Sterling
Lee
James Lowe
Sylvia
South Oakwood
City Avenues
City Avenue
Quality Lumber Company
Improved Safety Measures at Big Eagle Mine Cited
Federal inspector R B Jones praised the Big Eagle No 2 mine for a timbering plan adequate ventilation surface guard belts and hard hats plus first aid and accident records. He also urged fixes including roof control haulage car stops air course improvements explosive storage safer handling of cables and a fire safety and first aid training program.
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R. B. Jones
Bureau of Mines
Big Eagle No
Big Eagle Coal Company
Cirtsvie
Jones
Hope
Boy Scouts Plan November Rally
Plans for a joint troop rally and court of honor were discussed at the Scouter Round Table Conference of the Piney River District. The session at the Appalachian Power Building was led by H. W. Hall with B. C. Minter and Gus F. Walker speaking on advancement and long-range program respectively.
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Scouter Round Table
Piney River
Boy Scouts
Applachian Power Building
H. W. Hall
B. c. Minter
Gus F. Walker
Business Minded G O P Denounced
Federal Judge Ben Moore held Abe and Tenale M Lowen, operators of a Charleston grocery market, in contempt for allegedly selling groceries, meats and produce at above ceiling prices on 28 occasions between July 1945 and June this year. The court deferred penalties pending information on the store’s average profit and excess profit.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Ben Moore
Abe
Tenale M. Lowen
OPA
Council For Opa
Moore
Rooms No Trial The Asenciated Place Newark and Grafton
The Associated Press report notes a murder case in Newark New Jersey with a trial scheduled to start yesterday in Essex County Court. In Grafton a Republican senator’s campaign remarks accuse Democrats of funding social programs while opposing intact war profits tax. A silent robbery occurs in Chicago as a liquor store cash heist with a gunman leaving after taking $187.
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Newark
N. J
Associated Press
Grafton
Essex County
U. S
Harley M
Chicago
Loop
William Schwartz
Schwartz
Central Police
Fires claim more lives by burns than WWII toll
The United States has seen nearly twice as many deaths from fatal burn injuries in fires since 1900 as were killed in World War II. This trend highlights the persistent danger of residential and industrial fires and the need for enhanced prevention and safety measures nationwide.
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West Virginia
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