Fredric March to star in Northwest Mounted Police film
New York report states Fredric March will join Cecil B DeMille in Northwest Mounted Police at Paramount with Madeleine Carroll Joel McCrea and Robert Preston already signed The piece notes March high salary demand and Hollywood salary cuts while praising Valued actors and directors and mentions Walter Pidgeon Deanna Durbin Kay Francis Mary Healy Linda Darnell John Payne and Sidney Lanfield in related projects
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New York
Paramount
Cecil DeMille
Fredric March
C. B
S “Northwest Mounted Police
Freddy
Hollywood
March
DeMille
Madeleine Carroll
Joel McCrea
Robert Preston
Universal
Walter Pidgeon
Deanna Durbin
Kay Francis
Kaloha
Walter
Republic
Claire Trevor
Claire
Deanna
Mr. Pidgeon
Mary Healy
Mary
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
New Orleans
20Th Century-Fox
Linda Darnell
John Payne
Sidney Lanfield
Guthrie-Morris-Campbell Employees Laud Banner Sales Year
Guthrie Morris Campbell staff praised for a strong 1939 sales year at the 13th annual Kanawha hotel dinner. Fred Morris noted the year was more than satisfactory with a sizeable volume increase. The group extended sympathy to Field and Co. and to the Gazette on losses. George Guthrie presided. speakers included H B Campbell and J LaMont Guthrie. New salesmen were introduced. about 80 attended.
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Guthrie-Morris- Campbell
Kanawha
Fred Morris
Thomas Field and Co
John A. Field
The
Gazette
Clyde H. East
George G. Guthrie
H. B. Campbell
J. LaMont Guthrie
George Grubb
Hope Natural Gas Seeks Absorb Reserve Gas Co subsidiary
Seek to absorb Utility Application of the Hope Natural Gas Co. for permission to absorb the Reserve Natural Gas Co. a wholly owned subsidiary operating chiefly in Harrison and Lewis counties, was submitted to the public service commission yesterday. An order is expected within a few days.
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Hope Natural Gas Co
Reserve Natural Gas Co
Harrison
Lewis Counties
Public Service Commission
Havana University Plaque Honors Humboldt Statue in Berlin
Havana University places a plaque on the Humboldt statue in Berlin recognizing his scientific investigations in Cuba. The act highlights scholarly ties and colonial era scientific links between Cuba and Germany, with emphasis on Humboldt’s Cuban research legacy.
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Havana University
Humboldt
Berlin
Cuba
Everything Happens at Night Tonight at Theaters
Theaters screen Hollywood stars Sonja Henie Ray Milland and Robert Cummings in Everything Happens at Night. Capitol showcases Balalaika with Nelson Eddy Ilona Massey Charles Ruggles and Frank Morgan. A travel feature visits Quaint St Augustine. Robert Benchley appears See Your Doctor. Virginian features On Dress Parade with the Dead End Kids John Litel Frankie Thomas and Cissie Loftus. Caribbean?
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Sonja Henie
Ray Milland
Robert Cummings
Capitol
Balalaika
Nelson Eddy
Ilona Massey
Charles Ruggles
Frank Morgan
St. Augustine
Robert Benchley
Doctor
Dead End Kids
John Litel
Frankie Thomas
Cissie Loftus
Rbt
Benchley
Lack of State Unity Deplored by Blue
Fred O. Blue of Charleston told the Exchange Club at the Ruffner hotel that West Virginia’s vast natural resources will remain undeveloped without unity. He cited rifts among northern and eastern panhandles and central and southern sections, urging all people to unite to realize the state’s potential. Wayne A. Rich was installed as club president, taking over from A. L. Monteith.
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Fred O. Blue
Charleston
West Virginia
Exchange Club
Ruffner Hotel
Blue
Panhandles
Wayne A. Rich
A. L. Monteith
New Gas Utilities Rules Are Proposed
The public service commission heard proposals from gas engineers for new natural gas utility rules and regulations. The commission will prepare a proposed order, serve it on utilities, and allow exceptions and hearing requests. The revised technical regulations cover pressure content processing and service extension.
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The
Public Service Commission
Commission
New Rules Imposed At Child's Shelter
In Summers County the Kanawha county children's shelter near Dunbar adopted new rules after a 16 year old inmate escaped briefly then was recaptured on Summers street by a Charleston officer. Superintendent H C Melton ordered changes to the honor system and said the youth would be placed in a cell as punishment. The escape, the first since the shelter opened on December 10, followed prior confinement in a jail section.
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Kanawha County
Dunbar
H. C. Melton
Charleston
Summers Street
Melton
Shelfer
Refrigerated Ship Carries 80 Million Salmon to Tokyo
A refrigerator ship transported eighty million salmon trout from the Chishima Island fishing grounds to Tokyo Japan. The voyage highlights large scale fishery logistics and Japan's demand for seafood.
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Chishima Island
Tokyo
Japan
MacCorkle Project To Be Discussed By Officials
City officials Dravo corporation and Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co. will confer Wednesday to discuss resumption of MacCorkle avenue improvements Mayor says. Council transferred Sammons Robertson contract to Dravo for 2100 feet river bank work. Sammons Robertson completed about 1500 feet near C O station. Dravo seeks full protection against damages from earth slides among main topics.
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Dravo Corporation
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co
MacCorkle Avenue
Dawson
Sammons-Robertson Co
Dravo Company
Sammons-Robertson
Dravo
Charter Issued for Criss Concrete Co of Parkersburg
The Criss concrete company of Parkersburg received a state charter yesterday with authorized capital of 25000 dollars. Incorporators are A. V. Criss, E. J. Criss and J. F. Hill, all of Parkersburg.
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Criss Concrete Company of
Parkersburg
A. V. Criss
E. J. Criss
J. F. Hill
Little Prospect Seen For Hitler Stalin Rift
Prof C E Roth of Morris Harvey College told Charleston Lions at a Daniel Boone hotel luncheon that wishful thinking of a Hitler Stalin split is unlikely in modern European power politics. He warned that Russia will make a Baltic lake while Britain blocks at Helgoland, Gibraltar, and Suez with stoppers for the Mediterranean. Moscow now has 40 theaters.
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Stalin
C. E. Roth
Morris Harvey College
Charleston Lions
Russia
Baltic
Roth
Britain
Helgoland
Germany
Gibraltar
Suez
Mediterranean
Hunting Licenses Valid Two Days in January
The conservation commission extended the hunting season in southern counties to compensate for forest fire losses and will honor 1939 licenses for two days in January 1940. Rabbit season continues into the first two days of January, with old licenses valid in Mercer McDowell Mingo Wyoming Logan Summers Raleigh Fayette Boone Kanawha Lincoln Putnam and Greenbrier counties.
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H. W. Shawhan
Mercer
McDowell
Mingo
Wyoming
Logan
Summers
Raleigh
Fayette
Boone
Kanawha
Lincoln
Putnam
Greenbrier
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