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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1949
Page
5
State job figures show a 0.2 percent decline from October to November with 458,842 non agricultural workers versus 459,719. The Employment Security Department cites coal and steel strikes as the cause, noting production interruptions lowered overall employment and that construction and production sectors showed gains while wholesale and retail trade fell.
A temporary power outage hit Charleston's West Side and Edgewood late Thursday, blamed on an overload from Christmas decorations. Appalachian Electric Power Co. said relays at area substations tripped but circuits were rerouted with no further outages expected.
Carl We Gus of Wheeling was elected president of Imperial Glass Corp and Ben O was named chairman of the American Glassware Association, succeeding Calvin B Rae, retired president of Fostoria Glass, Moundsville.
An advertisement invites readers to mail twenty cents for pattern 133 The Charleston Gavetts Needlecraft Dept The Old Chelsea Station New York expects details heartily The offer also promotes Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book with fifteen cents more for a 164 illustration volume featuring beginner friendly designs and a free pattern excerpt.
A debate on science and religion unfolds as a narrator argues science fuels both progress and harm. Joe counters that science advances bring material gains yet threaten spiritual values, while a defender recalls historical conflict with heliocentrism and asserts science enlarges human wonder and faith.
A reflection on Christmas as a moral test of our era. It urges a generation to make lasting peace a daily vocation, not merely a seasonal gesture between years. The piece contrasts selfish trends with a call for steadfast humane discipline.
Six passengers were held up by a masked bandit on U S Route 52 near Huntington. A sawed off shotgun was used to threaten drivers, with $125 in cash taken from the bus driver and a cash box, change carrier, and envelope of paper money stolen. Police suspect the same man may have robbed Driver John H. Hall earlier, while a second report notes $139 missing from a home in a burglary on Ruffner Avenue.
An appeal across nations protests the arrest of American Consul Angus Ward in Mukden. Portugal warns Washington it cannot protest to Chinese Communists for fear of provoking an invasion of Macao. Reports claim hundreds of former German officers flee Allied zones to join a German militia under Soviet auspices. Ambassador Kirk signals in Moscow.
Fragmentary wartime notice reports names like Gen Yon and Alfred Mason alleged to be released from prison camps to head a pro German army under Moscow blessing. Several residents including Herman Garver and Eugene Flint are listed with December dates amid turmoil and alleged communist connections.
Birth notices list new arrivals across multiple families including Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Huffman at St Albans on December 19 with a baby boy. Also noted are births to Mr and Mrs William Shafter in Flir view on December 20 a girl. Additional entries: Mr and Mrs Dean Yates Hand ley December 20 a boy. Mr and Mrs Aaron Curney R Gad ver with a girl. Mr and Mrs Edward Lucas Southamerton December 12. Grace Chase birth to Mr and Mrs Verher Cooper at Dry.
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