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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1944
Page
9
Fifteen members of one family and twelve from another volunteered when an army blood transfusion unit visited the village of Witte shire England.
The South Charleston district Boy Scout rally is scheduled for tomorrow night at 7:30 in the South Charleston high school gym. Units include troops 8 8 and many leaders. Events cover signaling, knots, tying, stretcher drill, rope climbing, and firelighting with flint and steel. Public invited.
Kanawha county and state reports show heavy snowfall disrupting communication and traffic, hindering bond sales in the E series. A bond rally at Fast Bank was canceled, county chairman J. E. McDavid said, with county and state quotas largely unmet as E series sales lag well behind targets.
Applications are being accepted for many civil service posts across the 4th U S region including price specialists laboratory and mechanical workers for NACA research labs storekeepers checkers tally men and supply clerks Qualifications are based on sworn statements of experience with no written test required Contact Irving Dimentstein at the U S courthouse annex for details and eligibility
An urgent appeal seeks furniture donations for the day lounge in the basement of the old post office. Miss Stelle Gay chairs the 25th battalion committee and aims to complete the room this week with a fan, three or four lounge chairs, lamps, and tables. The lounge will serve local personnel for recreation and as a waiting area for newly sworn members before basic training in Charleston.
The sixth war loan series E bond sales reached 1.408 billion dollars as Treasury officials foresee hitting a 2.5 billion target. Officials expect continued December rises through payroll deductions, with total securities sales at 15.496 billion dollars and corporate investments at 1.1982 billion.
Only one of forty four members attended yesterday as the commission discussed making the body a permanent part of state government. Chairman Carl Frasure said more members will be sought and a bill could go to the 1915 legislature. The bill would fund incidental expenses for the commission. The panel was created several months ago by Gov. Neely to study interracial issues and promote goodwill statewide.
Edward Knapp, 40, of Marmet, suffered a possible skull fracture yesterday from a 40-foot fall off a tipple at Marmet Coal Co. He was admitted to Charleston General Hospital in satisfactory condition.
Supreme Court sides with general rule that wage assignment assent rules do not apply to loans under the canal era act. Major cases span Mercier, Kanawha and Mingo counties involving the U S Coat and Coke Co Eddie Baker and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Decisions address a crossing covenant at Hansford, a $10 000 judgment in Fayette County, a stay of suit under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, and a new trial for Davie Arrowood in a Norfolk and Western death claim.
The court directed a verdict for the defendant ruling that Frank Arrowood was guilty of contesritory near sense, a finding disputed as legally ambiguous and subject to appeal.
Miss Valetta Wood urged Charleston residents to feed birds with dry bread crumbs and nuts for squirrels. She advised placing crumbs on ground cleared of snow to help wildlife yesterday as a light covering blanketed the area.
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