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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1946

Page

5

Scarce soap schemes land man in jail in 1946 Charleston

State Trooper Guthrie reports Howard E Edens Jr 31 formerly of Blue Creek Charleston and Leon Mason county led a bogus soap firm Process Soap and Supply Co advertising soap chips and laundry items. A $26 payment and about $50 in orders were unfilled after a cashed check. Edens claims shortages blocked delivery as he awaits transfer to Grafton. Charter news follows.

Maneger E. C. Guthrie Guthrie Howard Edward Edens, Jr Blue Creek Charleston Leon Mason County Edens Kanawha County Grafton Process Soap and Supply Co Pennsylvania B. and K Simpson Taylor County

Ministers Attack Steubenville Judge

Steubenville ministers released sermon texts calling Municipal Judge William D. Downer a court jester who taunts justice. They accuse him of liberalism that frees friends and delays justice while denouncing his stance against vice raids and corruption.

Steubenville William D. Downer Robert K. Russell Russell A. R. Anderson

Pastor Builds Church Almost Single Handed

Danville Illinois December report tells Rev T A Gookin, age 60, dug the basement by hand last summer with help from two neighbors. The 30 by 34 foot structure rises with side walls of grey cement blocks nearly finished. He hopes to complete for Christmas as a gift to his Nazarene mission congregation which meets nearby while shortages limit material donations from Rhode Island and elsewhere.

Jes Gookin Danville Ill Rhode Island Christ

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