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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1944
Page
2
A Charleston Gazette note discusses teen skincare and grooming practices. It emphasizes cleaning routines with mild soap, hazel-based astringent, and careful nose chin and hairline care, plus hair brushing and weekly professional manicures to prevent blemishes, along with nail care and subtle rewards.
Patricia Attaway a seven year old girl in Aurora Ib lay dying from lymphatic leukemia. Her Seabee father Chief Petty Officer BM F Attaway had obtained leave from his post as the navy extended it. Doctors warned death could come in days as a hemorrhage near her left eye signaled rapid decline.
Major John C. H. Lee led six men through enemy lines to blow a bridge over a stream in Belgium. The action trapped a convoy of 30 German tanks and infantry, cutting off their escape as American forces closed in. Lee, son of Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee, had been captured at Normandy but escaped.
MOUNDSVILLE, Dec. 25. Employee of the converting department at the Benwood mill of the Wheeling Steel Corp. who resumed duties after a strike returns to the job as the plant reopens following settlement talks.
Washington reports Moscow presses Switzerland over recognizing Soviet Russia. Swiss neutrality long limits ties though two years of Swiss press debate and October talks in London preceded November rejection. Diplomats say Moscow may seek normal relations despite Allied war pressures and Swiss hesitation.
Delegates representing United Mine Workers in Dist. AL will participate in a district convention in Fairmont June 1 to select a sealed committee. The international scale committee will join the Appalachian wage conference in New York City before the producers contract expires next March 31.
Washington December 23 Inter-American affairs news reports Wallace K. Harelson of New York named deputy coordinator to fill Rockefeller's vacancy at the state department. Harrison affiliated with Arizona Fouilleaux and Abramovitz firm since 1940. Swiss Foreign Prostalites resigned after criticism over Moscow.
Ruralizing urban youth, the National Farm School near Philadelphia trains city boys in scientific and practical farming. Since 1896 founder Krauskopf built a 1200 acre campus, graduating 1250, with 47 percent in agriculture or allied fields, many in armed forces, farming, or government research. Tuition is free, production supports the school, and enrollment shifted by age and drafts.
Students travel nationwide for schooling with incidental fees totaling 150 dollars and total assets 290 dollars funded by pupils according to ability. About half receive scholarships while nonpaying students are known to the boys. Classroom work is augmented by farm detail tasks. students begin at 8 and spend most days in field activity. The school runs year round with 28 days personal vacation. The farm includes 60 purebred livestock.
A seven year old boy described as a junior commando slid down a chimney at his Palo Alto home and was rescued after a rope was tossed to him. The tale highlights a fireplace outlet issue and mentions a bizarre sequence amid farm notes about a breeding operation and extensive greenhouse and orchard acreage.
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