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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1941
Page
4
The official SWP organ Returns to Post lists Oscar Coover Alfred Rus sell Oscar Schoenfeld Max Geld man Farrell Dobbs and Carl Kuehn among board members and contributors announcing a new issue and organizational actions.
In Minneapolis a federal jury clears all 23 defendants of seditious conspiracy charges and convicts 18 on conspiracy to create insubordination in the armed forces. The jury urges leniency with sentencing set for Monday at 10 a.m. The convicted include W R Dunne Harry DeBoer Carlos Hudson and James P Cannon among others.
Two secret ordes motorized U S Army outfits bivouacked in Charleston last night and pulled out early today. About 60 trucks and men arrived at Reynolds street show grounds around 6 p m and left by 3 30 a m with another unit arriving yesterday afternoon and departing around 4 48 a m The units, returning from North Carolina maneuvers, faced muddy conditions warned by police that their trucks could bog down if rain. Soldiers defended their vehicle ruggedness despite the mud.
Obituaries note services for Belty Lee Schoolcraft daughter of Carl Schoolcraft of Blakeley who died in Charleston Hospital with funeral at Blakeley church. Also listed are Danny Robinette infant son of James and Mrs Robinette of Hugheston with services at home and burial at Pratt cemetery. Anna V. Lynn 75 of Kanawha Parkway dies after three weeks illness. survived by daughter Mrs G G Bratt two sisters and three grandchildren. born in Charleston November 1 1868 to Louis and Mary Wehrle. Sacred Heart member.
Morgantown ordnance works faced a picket line as 67 striking welders opposed entry of new workers. M A Brown, vice president of the United Brotherhood of Welders, said the stoppage concerns jurisdiction with outside hires tied to AFL Steam Fitters Local 449 in Pittsburgh.
Sen Alva Blanchard Adams a Democrat from Colorado and serving his third term died in Washington today from a heart attack caused by overwork amid wartime emergency. He will be buried in Pueblo after a funeral. the Senate adjourned in respect and Vice President Wallace praised his hard work.
The Shaw University Choral Society of Raleigh North Carolina will give a concert tonight at the First Baptist Church located at Washington and Shrewsbury Streets. Harry Gil Smyth directs the choir.
The auxiliary of Col. Charles E Young Post 57 of the American Legion will meet at 8 tonight at 504 Court Street.
A federal court jury convicted Willie Lawrence Hicks and his parents William and Nellie Hicks of conspiring to evade the 1940 selective service act by misrepresenting Willie's birth year. Deliberations lasted about one hour. Sentencing deferred for tomorrow.
Assistant district attorney Charles M. Love Jr. notes that the defense presented no evidence beyond testimony from the family, and hints that not all family members realized a child named Widdie had been born to Mrs Hicks. The remark frames the ongoing trouble as likely temporary.
In Mullens on Laurel Branch a house fire last night killed Ernest Lee Lafferty aged 6 and Laura Jane Lafferty aged 7. Four siblings escaped after a 16 year old woke to barking. Parents James and Mrs Lafferty were visiting relatives. The boy carried three younger siblings from the home before the roof collapsed.
Myctle Craft, 35, is to be arraigned today before Justice of the Peace Harry Adams on a charge of fatally stabbing her husband, John Craft, 39, Saturday night. State police from the Chelyan detachment said she is held in jail.
Gray hair can be refreshed with a home mix using glycerine hay rum and Barba Compound in water. Apply as directed for natural color that won’t wash out or rub off, leaving hair soft and glossy without affecting permanents or scalp.
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