Rankin Doses Promoting Safety Is Hobby of Carbide Employee
Long article recounts Carl Hamill, supervisor of insurance and compensation at Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. plant in South Charleston, as a safety and first aid advocate. Since 1934 he has trained over 1,400 workers, led Red Cross safety activities, and earned top honors for his service. He emphasizes leisure spent teaching first aid. Local Red Cross praises his untiring efforts as unmatched in the chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edler
Hamill
Mr. Hamill
Huntington
South Charleston
Carbide
Carbon Chemicals Corp
West Virginia
Caiie
Saag
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Kanawha-Clay ‘Red Cross
National Aquatic School
Minnehaha Springs
Pocahontas
Red Cross
Ritchie weighs dismissal of picketing order motion
Common Pleas Judge Charles Ritchie took under advisement a motion by Charleston Local 1551 Retail Clerks AFL seeking dissolution of the temporary injunction restricting picketing at O J Morrison department store. The judge asked for briefs after Dec 21 injunction limited rear picketing and front pickets to two individuals walking singly. Also notes church events and a note on Peter Seeman Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Morrison
Charles Ritchie
Charleston
International Assoc
AFL
Ritchie
Scarce Supplies Persist in West Virginia Building Program
Shortages of softwood and hardwood flooring hinder construction across West Virginia while cement and brick supply meet demand. Paint remains scarce especially outside varieties, plumbing materials are uncertain, and copper pipe has improved since price controls ended. Steel, terra cotta pipes, electrical parts, nails, wallboard, and heating equipment are all in tight supply, with only framing lumber currently adequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Civilian
CPA
Alex H. Cooper
Cooper
CPA Moves Offices To Virginian Building
The Charleston District office of the Civilian Production Administration will open on the fourth floor of the Virginian building at Capitol Street and Kanawha Boulevard on January 2. District CPA Manager Alex H. Cooper said current facilities in the senate judiciary rooms at the state capitol will be required again when the legislature convenes January 8, and the Virginian building quarters are intended as permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Civilian Production Administration
Virginian
Capitol St
Kanawha Blvd
CPA
Alex H. Cooper
Senate
State Capito
Cooper
Certificate Recognizes Boys and Girls Club Accreditation
C D Stepard general manager Royal Crown Bottling Co Charleston presented a certificate of recognition to the Boys and Girls Club Friday night before a large group of teenagers Miss Annetta Turner club director accepted on behalf of the youth center She thanked adults for cooperation and pledged to uphold the club ideals R L Walker district manager noted the companys nationwide youth center program and the free monthly Teen Talk newsletter for distributing ideas to youth groups nationwide
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Stepard
Royal Crown Bot Hing Co
Charleston
Annetta Turner
Miss Turner
R. L. Walker
Columbus
Dlans
Dewey and Taft Vie for 1948 GOP Nomination
Washington dispatch notes a looming Republican fight for the 1948 presidential nomination between Thomas E Dewey and Robert A Taft as peers maneuver for delegates. Harold Stassen lurks as a lesser hopeful, while James Bricker may become a Taft ally. Veterans and war records influence the value of the candidates as the party contemplates a Midwest pick against Dewey’s New York base.
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William K. Hutchinson
Washington
INS
Thomas BE
Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen Ofinnesota
Taft
Fleet Jon W. Bricker
iGhia
Bricker
James A. Garfield
GOP
John Sherman
U.S. Grant
Truman
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
House
Charles Halieck
Indiana
White House
Midwest
Senate
Capitol Hill
Will of Gov William M Dawson bequeaths silverware to son
The will of the late Gov William M Dawson probated by the county court allocates a chest of silverware valued at more than $40,000,000 to his son William Brown Dawson. The document, naming Leah Jane Dawson Palm as executor, also grants equal interest to Dawson and his sister in part of the estate and mentions a share in the remainder. The will notes ties to the Myrtle Road home and references to Gleason and staff gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Brown Dawson
Maude Brown Miller
Supreme Court
William N. Miller
Dawson
Myrtle Rd
Taft
William Brown
Senate Labor
Leah Jane Dawson Palmgood
Myrtle Road
Daniel Daw
Nawha Banking and Trust
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Renkin
D-Miss
Ula
UMA
Charlerion
W. Va
Somes Painting CO
Paebes Y Vivanta Ave
R. F. Coleman
Capitol Street
Keviman Bren
State
Gpoogie Cid
F. Collins Phame
Quarrier Ethics Mediesl Avisity
Fises
Bruce Lambert
First Baptist Church
Rensselaer
N. Y
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Southeast Church of
Evangelist Israelson
Peter Seeman
Congress
the Army
STRAN
STEEL
West Virginia Steel Corp
Charleston, W. Va
Oveneet
Stran-Staal Division
Traat Lakes Steel Corp
Virginian Bldg
Westvaco
J. A. Mooney
Westvaco Chlorine Products Corp
Miarlin G. Geiger
Davison Chemical Corp
Baltimore
M.H. Norton
South Hills
W. N. Willams
Mr. Mooney
duPont Company
Norton
iSouth
F. Houseman
Beohlet
Roy West
Dation
Milan
Peannas Aes
Hietet
NYAL
Carper Drug Co
Magic Modern
Sintra Maisto Ace A. Sp
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