Ceremonial Razing of Kanawha Bridge Monday
Charleston reports the old Kanawha river bridge, in use over 50 years, will be dropped into the river Monday at 2 pm in a splash predicted to draw about 25 000 onlookers. A new concrete and steel span costing over a million dollars replaces it, WPA funding about 600 000 and city funds the rest. Completion is set for next spring. A 24 hour ferry serves residents south of the city, with state WPA administrator F Witcher McCullough presiding and officials from Col Har rington to Hopkins in attendance.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Kanawha River
WPA
F. Witcher McCullough
C. W. Harrington
Harry L. Hopkins
Personal mentions of weekend travel and guests in region
Numerous society notes list residents and visitors traveling by motor to Pittsburgh Huntington and Washington. Names include D W Bryson Thomas Garges Miss Margaret Garges Lorin Shafer Edith Grogan Anna Lee Spradlin Katharine Avis and others. Activities center on attending the Pitt Notre Dame game and family visits with a few health updates and job moves.
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D. W. Bryson
Bluefield
Richard Haliburton
Thomas Garges
Skelton
Margaret Garges
Charleston
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
New York
Lorin D. Shafer
Edith Grogan
Huntington
Anna Lee Spradlin
Roa‘noke
B. ©. Houchins
Frank S. Harkleroad
Harvey
Paul Nichols
Oak Hill
Pittsburgh
William Penn Hotel
G. Dean Richmond
Beckley Hospital
Burgess Street
Adam Kosnoski
B. F. Nutter
Phillipine Islands
Morgantown
Carmen Nutter
University
Lew Bays
Kingwood
Bays
Jerry
Beckley
Malcom Lilly
Earle Bailey
Pitt
Dam Inundates Railroad Line On Tygart Work
The Associated Press reports engineers for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad are building a new branch line to replace one submerged by the Tygart dam. More than 2,000,000 cubic yards of dirt and rock moved, 2,700 feet of single track laid through two tunnels, nine highway overpasses and two underpasses built, and 4,000 feet of highway relocated.
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Associated Press
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Tygart Dam
F.E. Barrett
Diverse Career of Deputy D. C. "Date" Meadow Roy Harvey
Roy Harvey, a Beckley deputy sheriff, has led a varied career from Monroe County farm roots to rail service as a Virginian locomotive engineer. He joined the strike in 1923, later worked for Beckley Music Store and Columbia Phonograph, and since 1930 has served as a Beckley patrolman under his third city administration.
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Roy Harvey
Monroe County
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Alderson
Virginian Railroad
Virginian Lodge 7072
Beckley
Harvey
Beckley Music Store
Columbia Phonograph Corporation
New York City
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Tam
Democrata Party
C. M. Ward
Black Draught Laxative Promoted as Pure Plant Remedy
An advertisement extols Black Draught as a purely vegetable laxative made from dried leaves and roots of medicinal plants. It claims no additives, offers thorough relief from constipation, and notes its gentle effect on the lower digestive tract. The copy cites long use since 1840 and widespread consumer preference.
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Summers County
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Raleigh
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London
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Democratic Executive Committee
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