Ex-GI’s hot job tests fabrics by sweating for living
Eugene Belner a 23 year old ex GI known as the human perspirator subjects textiles to extreme heat in a subterranean chamber at 125 degrees. He weighs 265 pounds after starting at 280 and earns pay by undergoing weight reducing treatments while garments are tested for color fastness and tensile strength.
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New York
Eugene Belner
Manhattan
Belner
Benner
Mojave Desert
West Virginia manufacturers to push savings bonds plan
Shoffstall of the West Virginia Manufacturers association announced a two week series of meetings to promote savings bonds sales through payroll deductions. Sessions are set for Charleston Huntington Parkersburg Wheeling Clarksburg and Martinsburg.
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Huntington
W. Va
Arthur
Shoffstall
West Virginia Manufacturers Association
Charleston
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Martinsburg
Mehall Elected President of Welch Lions Club
Frank Mehall popular store manager was elected president of the Welch Lions club on Wednesday night succeeding W. B. Mc Claugherty. New officers include Claubert White first vice president William Mitchell second vice president John Earnest third vice president Clarence Lockhart secretary J C Kender treasurer Al Blake lion tamer Rodney Walker tail twister and Norman Bryan and Robert Marrs directors. New officers take office July.
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Welch Lions Club
W. B. McClaugherty
Mehall
Welch
Weirton
W. Va
Latrobe
Claubert White
William Mitchell
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Clarence Lockhart
J. C. Kender
al Blake
Rodney Walker
Norman Bryan
Robert Marrs
Injuries Force Amputation At Maitland Mine
A. J. Stacey of Maitland suffered crushing injuries at the Kopper's division mine and required amputation of the right leg just above the knee. He is a patient at Stevens Clinic hospital where the limb was removed yesterday morning. WELCH MRS. SUEBELLA.
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Maitland
Kopper’s Division
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Stevens Clinic
Nee. Welch
Suebella
Funeral services for Cecil S. Carter in Welch area
Funeral services for Cecil S. Carter, 44, former Welch resident who died Monday night in Charleston, will be held at 2 PM today at the O J Douglas Mortuary chapel. The Rev O C Mitchell pastor of the Methodist church will conduct. Burial will follow in Maple Hill cemetery Bluefield Virginia.
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Welch
Charleston
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O. C. Mitchell
Methodist Church
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Nine Arrested On Vagrancy Charges In Richmond
Richmond justice Carleton Jewett hears vagrancy charges against nine young men. Four defendants post $100 bonds for four months, one receives a three month suspended sentence, and four have charges continued with admonition to seek work. Two defendants show barber diplomas and GI bill receipts. judge urges any honest work while stressing unemployment must end.
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Carleton Jewett
Justice Jewett
Public Employment Bureau
Petition Dismissing Damage Suit Denied in Virginia
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals refused Lou Emma Bartley’s petition for writ of error in a Wise county damage suit against Emmett Yeary for $15 000 from a May 7 motor vehicle accident. Bartley sixteen formerly Richmond worker, sought reversal of a circuit court verdict.
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Wise County
Emmett Yeary
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
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High Court
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Fairfax County
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Supreme Court
Page County
Hopkins
W. W. Ford
Mrs Suebella Loria Rites This Morning
Requiem high mass for Mrs. Suebella Loria wife of Salvatore Loria of Algoma will be held at 10 o'clock at Sacred Heart church Powhatan. Rev Father Thomas Rafferty will preside burial in Woodlawn cemetery Rosaries were said at her home last evening She was born March 3 1875 in San Giovanni Italy came to America in 1901 lived in McDowell and then Algoma Surviving are her husband and son Joe Larry plus a brother in Detroit
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Sam Larry
Algoma
Father Thomas Rafferty
Woodlawn
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San Giovanni
Italy
America
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Joe Larry
Detroit
Postmasters Attend West Virginia Convention
Mrs. Ann H. Wetherby post master and Mrs. E. B. Wheeler left yesterday for Wheeling to attend the annual West Virginia Postmasters association convention. Wetherby serves as president and will preside over sessions.
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E. B. Wheeler
Elkhorn
Wheeling
West Virginia
City Council Meeting Reported For Welch Tonight
Welch city council holds a regular meeting at 7 30 tonight in the city hall. The session was postponed from the first Monday of the month.
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Welch
Mrs J J Rhodes Rites To Be This Morning
Funeral services for Mrs. J. J. Rhodes were held at 10:30 this morning from St. Luke's Episcopal church. Interment followed at Woodlawn cemetery near Bluefield. She died unexpectedly Tuesday at a Columbus Ohio home. pallbearers included nephews Happy Chandler Edward Kavanaugh Charles Gearhart Stuart Altizer Walstern Kavanaugh Emmett Kavanaugh Francis Claytor Jr. James
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Warren A. Seager
Woodlawn Cemetery
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Rhodes
Columbus
Happy Chandler
Edward Kavanaugh
Charles Gearhart
Stuart Altizer
Walster
Carwile Seeks Probe of Prison Conditions in Richmond
Howard H. Carwile Richmond attorney sent Governor Tuck a sworn affidavit by former state penitentiary guard John Reginald Schwartz alleging filthy cell-house conditions. Schwartz said a fire, bedbugs and rats appeared amid restricted visitor access in cell house A and urged a formal inspection.
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Howard H. Carwile
Tuck
State Penitentiary
Carwile
Schwartz
John Reginald Schwartz
Dee
Whisky Production To Return To Normal
New York reports whiskey makers expect to resume normal operations by late September. Retail price recovery lags prewar levels due to higher taxes and costs. Scotch ranges 5 to 7 dollars, bourbon 5 to 6, blended whiskies around 3 50. Industry notes war depleted stocks are rebuilding and demand remains below last year’s peak.
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New York
Threat Of Strike Hangs Over France
Paris reports a general railroad strike threat after talks between union leaders and Transport Minister Jules Moch. Government cost cited at 20 billion francs yearly. Paris traffic thinned as gasoline workers strike continued and 800000 construction workers staged a two hour token walkout. Bakery workers accepted a seven percent raise with a $4 monthly bonus.
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France
Jules Moch
Paul Ramadier
Ramadier
Civil Air Patrol Office Likely to Move to Huntington
The Civil Air Patrol state headquarters and CAP Army Air Forces liaison office may relocate from Elkins to Huntington around July 1. Post Office rooms on the second floor may be provided after a request to the U S attorney general. Army plans mention the move and a Huntington optometrist is offered wing commander but not yet accepted.
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Huntington
W. Va
The
Civil Air Patrol
CAP Army Air Forces Liaison Office
Elkins
Fred Lunsford
U. S. Attorney General
Charles R. Stapp
Army Air Forces
At &Lens
CAP
L. E. Farnworth
Brain Operation Fails to Save Wounded Child
Memphis reports that 15 month old Frederick Adkins Jr. died after a delicate operation to remove a .22 caliber bullet from his brain. Surgeons had removed a pellet before complications arose. the child was struck by a stray shot on Monday night while on his grandfather’s porch in the Loosahatchie river area.
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Memphis
Tenn
Little Frederick Adkins, Jr
Loosahatchie River
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