Gadget Inventing Tennessean Turns Up With Some New Ones
Chattanooga tire salesman Willie Fred Dixon, a WWII Navy veteran, says he dreams up practical gadgets while in bed. His inventions include an automatic theater usher, a paper deliverer, a beam ray for harbor defense, and a collapsible bedside tray. He also describes an auto gas pump using a 50-cent coin and a two-compartment bottle for outdoor sports.
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Chattanogoua
Tenn
Willie Fred Dixon
Chattanooga
Dixon
Navy
Florida
Metter
Fam
Personal buying power and rising demand for merchandise
An analysis notes that individual purchasing power is at a high level, while consumer desires for various goods are equally strong, reflecting broad retail vitality and heightened demand across markets.
Lions Buy Eye-Testing Machines for Schools
13 southern West Virginia Lions clubs purchased eye-testing machines for local schools in 1946 as six new clubs joined District 29-W 10 107. District Gov Ralph W Bailey announced at Mt Hope, noting a district convention planned for March at Beckley’s Black Knight Country club. The Mt Hope club also outlined a New Year’s Eve dance from 10 PM to 2 AM featuring the Commander's Orchestra of Concord.
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MT. Hope
Southern
West Virginia
Ralph W. Bailey
Bailey
Black Knight Country Club
Beckley
Commander's Orchestra of
Concord
New Books at Kanawha County Public Library
Kanawha County Public Library lists new arrivals last week across fiction and non fiction. Notable titles include Orphan Paul by Maxim Gerky Ferdinand and Isabella by Hermann Kesten The Masterpiece by Emile Zola The Car Owner s Handbook by Paul Green and The Great Wall of China and other Pieces by Franz Kafka plus works by Tolstoy Mencken Freud and Van Doren.
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Kanawha County Public Library
Orphan Paul
Maxim Gerky
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Hermann Kesten
James Parker
Lydia ‘Bailey
Kenneth Roberts
Idella May
Richard Sullivan
Ann Watkins
Emile Zola
Tris Carpenter
Gustav Fechner
Sigmund Freud
Paul Green
Shelby Harrison
Southwest Pacific
Herbert Hoghin
Franz Kafka
Masuo Kato
Henry Mencken
Louise Rich
Leo Tolstoy
Ernest Simmons
University of Virginia
Charles Smith
Edward Stieglitz
Tahiti
William Stone
Mark van Doren
Raymond Vonderlehr
Handel
Herbert “Weinstock
Gertrude ‘Williams
Anniversary Observed for Mr and Mrs John Steele
Mr and Mrs John Steele of Diamond celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on December 25. They have lived in Kanawha County for 40 years. Mr Steele has worked for New York Central Railway Co for 45 years. They have five children and twenty grandchildren.
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Auw
Uv Onannon
Wyoming
Tjon Clear Fork
Shannon
DB. L. Shannon
C. R. Burdette
Charleston
Pearl Shannon Simmons
Clear Fork
John Steele
Diamond
Kanawha County
Steele
New York Central Railway Co
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Lions
West Virginia University
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B&o
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Capitol
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Kanawha
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Roane
Calhoun
Clay
Braxton
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