Park Your Car Fourth Annual Employee Party Held
Park Your Car company and affiliates held its fourth annual employees party at the Daniel hotel last week. About 175 attended from Park Pontiac Inc Alas Tire Sales and Daniel Boone Service station. M C Paterno president acted as toastmaster among speakers including Mr and Mrs J C King and others from Standard Oil and General Motors entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Your Car Company
Daniel Hotel
Park Pontiac, Inc
Alas Tire Sales, Inc
Daniel Boone
M. C
J.C. King
C.D. Hughes
Frank E. Smith
H. Morris
Emmett Showalter
Charles Halstead
Standard Oil Company
N. J
John F. Daneke
Charles Lochlefeld
General Mo
Ters Acceptance Corporation
George Rutgaber
General Exchange H Insurance Corporation
A. B. Hunt
Ly George Bays
General Motor
Eugene Foley
Pontiac Motors
Cincinnati
Miss Grace
Austin
Southern West Virginia Automobile Club
M. C. Paterno
George Byers
W. H. Sowers
Anthony Giudice
Park Your Car Organization
Richwood union debate features CIO claims and pay concerns
A reader argues about whether a company union exists in Richwood, noting that many workers receive less net pay after union dues and arbitration offers. The letter criticizes the CIO if it would seek majority via election and accuses some unions of fascist tendencies while listing local supporters and critics.
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Richwood
Titler
CIO
Uniona
West Virginia
Roosevelt sends wreath on Wilson tomb birthday observance
A wreath from President Roosevelt was laid on the tomb of Woodrow Wilson in Washington Cathedral. Col Horace Smith represented the president at the quiet ceremony. Bishop James E Freeman offered the prayer as Wilson, born eighty five years ago on this date, was remembered.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Col
Horace Smith
James E. Freeman
Report from a crowded block on census and neighbors
Pd Rather Be Right recounts a warden taking a census in his apartment building, skipping one woman. Other residents, including Mr. Ball the super and Mr. Koenigsberg the owner, appear. A stranger named Mr. Simpson joins with a claim of enlisting benefits for a kid, while the narrator muses on dawn, purplish skies, and Hitler’s threat to raze the blocks, deciding to leave out extra details to avoid police workload.
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Goldsmith
Ball
Koenigsberg
Mr. Simpson
Hex
Hitler
Inside the Cup and The Crisis in Wartime England Portraits
The piece contrasts two leaders, Winston Churchill in retirement and the visiting prime minister facing a world crisis, detailing their distinct lives amid an era defined by global upheaval. The Gazette 1941.
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Winston Churchill
Gazette
Chronology of West Virginia State and Local News 1941
Chronicle of events from 1941 listing notable West Virginia happenings. Mentions school budget cuts, derbies, hotel association elections, plant site purchase in North Charleston, arrests and deaths, banking deposits, price controls, new bakery, property valuations, and public welfare notes. Ends with continued note and health census figures.
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North Charleston
West Virginia
W. W. Trent
John D. McDaniels, Jr
Charleston
W. J. Cole
Bluefield
West Virginia Hotel Association
White Sulphur Springs
Arthur ©. Ratliff
Charleston Street
H. D. Vaughan
Dunbar
John D. Woodrow
State Real Estate Commission
West Virginia Real Estates Association
William P. McBee
Mason
Tash
Workmen's Compensation
U. S
State Board of Control
Logan
W. S. Wyzong
Board of Control
Post Offices May Sell Auto Use Tax Stickers
PARKERSBURG December 2 officials in Washington consider hardening federal use tax stickers for autos through post offices. West Virginia collector F Rey Yoke said stickers would be handled by his office here with applications to owners by January 15 and distribution starting around January 24. Stickers would be obtainable in person at post offices and the collector’s office but not mailed. A third set of locks is being built to secure the Panama Canal from bombs.
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Parkersburg
Washington
F. Rey Yoke
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Yoke
A Man of Might Aurelian Emperor of Rome
Aurelian born in Pannonia now Hungary rose from farmhand to Roman emperor noted for strength and prowess. He reportedly killed 48 Sarmatians in one day as a youth and led campaigns singlehandedly during the period. Also notes American origins of dive bombing with 1918 invention by Marines and 1932 public exhibit inspiring Udet to adopt it.
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Aurelian
Pannonia
Hungary
Flying Marines
Cleveland
Acc Udet
Smonths
East Bank Quintet to Meet Alumni Wednesday Night
East Bank high school hosts an alumni team in a Wednesday night game at the high school gym. Notable players from the alumni roster and current team predictions include Green, Welch, Spelock, Jones, and Jones, with multiple West Virginia college ties noted.
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East Bank
East Bank High School
Cray
Cabin Creek
Say
Tv Mns
Ter Roger McClure
V. PT
Mike Hraanen
Greenbrier
Tubby Tharker
Art Johnson
Bearcat Smith
Morris Harv Footsie Palmer
West Virginia
Nile Johnson
West Virginia Tech
Lefty Baughan
Scab Hudnall
Paul Hudson
Nugent
Pany Green
Francis Welch
Marion Spelock
al Jones
Death Penalty Decreed for Hoarding in Libya
A Libya related report from an Italian news agency states the death penalty has been decreed for grave cases of food hoarding. The dispatch originates from Switzerland dated December 28 7, and notes the penalty applies to severe hoarding of food supplies.
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Libya
Switzerland
Corsage Trends At Charleston Cut Flower Co
The designers at Charleston Cut Flower Co. on Capitol Street craft corsages from orchids camellias and roses after Christmas. The manager Coleman notes orchids are favored for corsages and advises buyers to specify gown color. New Year’s Eve typically brings peak demand, though a steady flow followed many dances before Christmas.
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Charleston Cut Flower Company
Capitol Street
Coleman
Charleston
Cut Flower
The Brighter Side Continued on Page Four
A described arranged marriage in Japan shows parental rejection, a formal registration change, and a six month test period overseen by a nakodo. The bride later sails to the United States with money and a consul certificate confirming support.
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Japan
Nakodo
Los Angeles
Gazette
Alloy Worker Dies Of Accident Injuries
HINTON December 28 Richard Grimmett 31 an employee of the Electro Metallurgical company at Alloy died in a hospital today from injuries suffered in an automobile crash on state route 20 near Hinton Saturday. Investigating officers said Grimmett who was driving the car apparently lost control and the machine crashed into a cliff. Two passengers Helen Grimmett 18 of Sandstone and Nellie Richmond 19 of Hinton remained in the hospital for severe lacerations and shock.
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Hinton
Richard Grimmett
Erectro-Metallurgical
Alloy
Grimmett
Helen Grimmett
Sandstone
Nellie Richmond
Dunbar Juniors Set With Eleanor Quint, Bulldogs Play Reds
Dunbar junior high champions of Lower Kanawha Valley will face George Washington junior high Monday night at 7 30 in the local gym. Dunbar high meets Frank Polk's Charleston Reds Tuesday night at 7 30 in their second game of the season after defeating the alumni earlier. Likely starters include Falkiner Mallory Young Cadle Perrow with Jones Delmar Good and Fish also expected to see action.
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Dunbar
Dunbar Junior High
George Washington Junior High
Dunbar High
Frank Polk
Charleston Reds
Nelson
Brage
Falkiner
Mallory
Bill Young
Cadle
Perrow
Jones
Delmar Good
Bob Young
Fish
Flames Damage Two Residences In South Charleston
Two South Charleston homes were badly damaged by weekend fires. A gas stove near a wall at 504 MacCorkle Ave caused the Hen son building blaze late Saturday, injuring no one. Damage estimated at 3,000 after firefighters fought it over three hours. A second fire from a defective floor furnace at 115 7th Avenue caused about 2,000 in damage. Chief J. D. Barrett noted the large civilian defense auxiliary aided in handling the blazes with 18 total fire personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Charleston
J. D. Barrett
A. W. Quarrier
7Th Avenue
Barrett
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Mike” Paterno
Ziti
Understandine
Tonjaca
Keyes
Gi Galperin
Ospitel
J. E. Ratliff
Ing
Dial
Hewkinten Vreed Sarvi
Papa New Cestaurant
Lowens Cafe
East Washington
Stabse
West Virginia Water Service Company
Thees
Great
Kanawha Valley
John W. Roland
Victor Shrabar
F. A. Heymann
C. C. Campbell
T. C. Miller
Dan Bartuck
A. Cortis
Paul Labish
Kathryn Ellets
Archie J. McDonnell
Bernard H Mays
Roland C. Nowling
Mar
Robert W. Smith
Leroy C. Weiland
Wien
Helen Wells
Leste B. Weetfall
Luther Wolfe
Columbus
Chicago
Huntington
W. Va
Clarksburg
Pittsburgh
Moundsville
W. Vi
Ohio
Hutler
Penna
Beckley
W. Ve
Elkins
Wilson
Merry
Fart
Amun
Hye
Gabl E. Parsons Kanawha Ried
Ciendeninst
Gulf Products
Panama Canal
Ripley
R . Bombing
U.S. Marine Corps
Haiti
America
Mrs, Lord
Isle of Man
Dickinson Street
Eleanor Quint
Bulldogs
Arvin
Stewart
Cornwell & Barkus
Washington Street
Holliday
Goshorn Hardware CO
Virginia St. E
Automobile
Daniel Boone Hotel
Nash Red Wickline Motors
Sales & Service Distributors Dial
Court St
Pritchard Motor Com
Broad ST
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