Speedway car wash debuts on Capitol Street with quick five minute clean
A new Speedway car wash on the Daniel Boone parking lot operates like an assembly line. Cars are conveyed through a staffed system using a secret, soap free cleaning solution and water from the city supply. The process preserves paint and finish while customers wait in a comfortable building near the Daniel Boone hotel.
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New “Speedway
Daniel Boone
Washington
Cincinnati
Speedway
Daniel Boone Hotel
Capitoltreet
Capito Street
Epidemic of Broken Windows Solved by Police
City police captured Louis Nahodil of St Albans after a 10 day spree in which he broke six plate glass windows valued at about 600 dollars. He reportedly threw bricks through windows at Harris Upham in the Masonic Temple, Fred W. Smith in the Chamber of Commerce, C O railway office in the Virginia Land Bank building, and confessed to damage at Appalachian Electric Power, Central Trust, and Bundles for Britain offices.
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Buiness
Louis Nahodil
St Albans
Harris-Upham Company
Masonic Temple
Fred W. Smith Company
Chamber of Commerce
C. & O. Railway
Virginia Land Bank
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Central Trust Company
Britain
Preston and Davis Law Firm Formed
John J. Preston former public service commission chair and J. Horner Davis announce the formation of Preston and Davis Law Firm with offices in the Union building. Davis is a former Kanawha county Democratic chairman and ex partner of Payne Minor Ray and Davis who ran for Charleston mayor in 1935. Preston was appointed to the public service commission in 1933 and reappointed in 1939, resigning early this year after Gov. Neely took office.
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John J.D. Preston
State Public Service Commission
J. Horner Davis
Preston and Davis
Union Building
Davis
Payne, Minor, Ray and Davis
Kanawha County
Charleston
Preston
Public Service Commission
Kump
Holt
Neely
Pepsi Cola in Forefront For Purity And Quality
A photo shows the spotless Pepsi Cola plant at Long Island City where concentrate is prepared and shipped to bottlers. Walter S Mack Jr, president, observes as the 1120 Main Street local plant follows modern assembly line methods to ensure cleanliness and flavor while expanding Pepsi Cola’s reach among national bottlers. Dorothy Dix commentary then discusses family duty and domestic relations law as a separate moral note.
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Pepsi-Cola
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
New York
Walter S. Mack, Jr
Major) Ramsey
Main Street
Focal
Pepsi- Cola
Nafiin
Shouldered Burden by Unsharing Family Support
Dorothy Dix answers a reader about neglect by brothers who avoid supporting a vulnerable mother and orphan, arguing that family care should be shared. The column urges all children to contribute to elder care, noting mothers belong to all offspring and a single bearer is unfair.
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Susan
John
Mother
Mary
Tom
Susin
Domestic Relations Court
Dorothy Dix
Miss Dix
Advertising greetings to Charleston newcomers from multiple cities
The page extends greetings to new Charleston residents and notes services offered by advertisers. It lists cities including Hazard Kentucky Sutton Philadelphia Cincinnati, Baltimore, Baltimore, and others, implying availability of services for those making Charleston their home.
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Charleston
Sailor Keith E Smith Completes Training Course
Keith E Smith of 1663 Fourth Avenue is among 486 sailors who successfully completed the technical training course at the U S Navy Service School located at the Ford Motor camp plant in Dearborn Michigan.
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Keith E. Smith
Fourth Avenue
U. S. Navy Service School
Ford Motor Camp
Dearborn
Mich
Old Hats Sparkle At Fife Street Hat Dept In Shop Photo
Chester Webber, a seasoned hat maker, demonstrates hat making at Fife Street Shoe Shop which runs a hat department for nearly a decade. The business creates varied weights hats from quality materials and reblocks old hats to restore sparkle. Clarence Arthur, manager, notes they use materials equal to top manufacturers.
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Fife Street Shoe Shop
Chester
Speedy” Webber
Clarence Arthur
Auto Plunges Over Bank Injuring Negro Maid
Mrs. Loraine Taylor a 24 year old Negro maid from South Charleston was injured Saturday night when she lost control of an automobile and plunged over a 38 foot embankment into a house occupied by Ward Reeder. She is in St Francis hospital with three broken ribs facial lacerations and numerous body abrasions.
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Loraine Taylor
South Charleston
St. Francis Hospital
Ward Reeder
Reeder
Youth Hurt in Fall at Laidley Field Football Game
Albert White 17 son of Frank White of Glasgow broke his right wrist Saturday after noon when he fell from the north wall of Laidley field during the Charleston East Bank football game.
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Albert White
Frank White
Glasgow
Laidley Field
Charleston East Bank
Reds Charge Civilian Slaughter in Rostov
Moscow radio alleged hundreds of women children and elderly people were shot in Rostov before German forces were driven from the city. German dispatches reported civilian resistance to the German advance Rostov.
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Rostov
Moscow
Moscow Radio
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