Inventors Exhibit Gadgets at National Congress Show
Chicago June 1 Bright ideas crowd the National Inventors congress exhibition opening June 6 Roy Burns says 300 to 500 gadgets will be on display John Lapka's shaving brush hides a second brush for narrow surfaces A bartender friendly bottle breaker Safe box Sled and coaster Adam Gay A deep electric socket mouse trap that toasts cheese on connection to power Burns notes the device.
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Chicago
National Inventors Congress
Roy Burns
The
Congress
John Lapka
Burns
Adam Gay
Three Charleston Women Elected Officers Of Veterans Auxiliary
In Grafton on June 1, Mrs Emma Davis of Parkersburg was chosen president of the Daughters of Union Veterans at the closing session of the annual meeting. She succeeds Mrs Bess Conrad of Wheeling on the executive council. Other officers include Maud Zoll and Gwendo lyn Shaw of Charleston as senior and junior vice presidents, Alice Hart as chaplain, Anna Belle Rheuss of Wellsburg as treasurer, Bessie Lohr of Wheeling and Mary Gump of Mann ington as executive council, Clara Amend of Elm Grove as patriotic instructor, and Della Smith of Elm Grove as inspector.
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Grafton
Emma Davis
Parkersburg
Daughters of Union Veterans
Bess Conrad
Wheeling
Grand Army of the Republic
Maud Zoll
Charleston
Gwendolyn Shaw
Alice Hart
Anna Belle Rheuss
Wellsburg
Bessie Lohr
Mary Gump
Mannington
Clara Amend
Elm Grove
Della Smith
Greenbrier 1939 Brier Patch yearbook tribute issued
The 1939 Brier Patch from Greenbrier Military School goes to subscribers. Editor is Paul Miller Jr., son of Capt. and Mrs. Paul Miller of Walterboro NC, with Cadet George Davis as business manager. Dedicated to Dr Lloyd McF Courtney. Special mention to prospective attendees at military and naval academies. Final band concert directed by Capt Beardsworth with dress parade to follow.
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Lewisburg
Greenbrier
Paul Miller, Jr
Paul Miller
Walterboro
N. C
George Davis
George L. Davis
Harrisville
Lloyd McF. Courtney
Old Stone Presbyterian Church
U. S
200 Reported Killed In Fighting in Syria
Reports from Damascus say more than 200 people killed in fighting between Syrian nationalists and Alouite tribesmen in the western hills. Fourteen villages were burned by irregular troops of Suleyman Mershed, who seeks an independent Alouite state under French protection.
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Damascus
Syria
Suleyman Mershed
Flier and Student Drown When Plane Dives Into Bay
Lieut. Joseph Fox aviation instructor and his student Alfred Izy drowned when their plane plunged into Pensacola Bay. Both men became tangled in wreckage. The cause remains undetermined. Fox, a Seattle native, had married in Pensacola recently to Norma Cook. Izy hailed from Norfolk, Virginia.
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Pensacola
Fla
INS
Joseph Fox
Alfred Izy
Pensacola Bay
Fox
Seattle
Wash
Norma Cook
Izy
Norfolk
Problems Given Youth to Solve
Former Gov. H G Kump at Marshall College Alumni Day warned that current turmoil resembles past crises and urged graduating seniors to keep their heads. He said the younger generation must solve the era’s complex problems born from an organized, mechanized society and entrusted to college men and women and the nation’s workers.
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Huntington
H. G. Kump
Marshall College
Kump
America
Flashes of Life in These U S Flashes of Life
In Florence the city recorder fines a drunken man eleven dollars claiming a half drunk man is a bigger nuisance. In Columbia Bruce Harris tows two boys to safety after a lake rescue, then discovers his clothes are missing leaving him in the boat.
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Florence
S. C
City Recorder
Columbia
Bruce Harris
Harris
Huntington Aviatrix Hopes to Fly Atlantic
Huntington June 1 Irene Crum plans a solo trans Atlantic flight for 1940 after completing blind flying tests and obtaining an instrument rating. She is the only West Virginia licensed woman to fly commercial planes.
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Huntington
Irene Crum
Miss Crum
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
West Virginia
Intermediate Group Dance Sponsored by Young Judaea
The Intermediate group of Young Judaea will sponsor a dance Saturday night from 8 to 12 at the B'nai Jacob auditorium. Proceeds will benefit the Jewish Boy Scouts of Palestine.
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Young Judaea
B'nai Jacob
Jewish Boy Scouts of Palestine
Democratic Women Plan Institutes for State Government
The Democratic women’s division outlined two institutes for northern and southern parts of the state to be held late this month with nationally known speakers. The aim is to educate women on government and discuss economic social and political problems and organization plans. Attendees at the Kanawha hotel meeting included Mrs. Douglas W. Brown and several state and local leaders.
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Democratic State Advisory Board
Douglas W. Brown
Huntington
Brown
Kanawha Hotel
Russel C. Newman
Charleston
J. C. Burchinal
Fairmont
Elizabeth Hooker Lee
Pearle E. Poteet
Helen Kilgore
Beckley
Fern Runyon
Frances Evans
Logan
Ethel Hinton
Hinton
Edith Mohler Sweet
St. Albans
Barton predicts GOP victory in 1940 election
Congressman Bruce Barton of New York forecast a Republican win in the 1940 presidential race while in Chicago for Charles P. Randall's funeral. He cited decisive shifts in 1936 and 1938 congressional votes, noting history suggests the minority party wins the next presidential election.
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Chicago
INS
Bruce Barton
New York
Charles P. Randall
Barton
Sunstroke Fatal in Chicago Heat Wave
Frank Chyba aged 28 died from sunstroke after suffering yesterday as Chicago recorded an official high of 88 degrees in a heat wave. He is the year's first heat fatality reported in the city.
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Chicago
Frank Chyba
Purse Found After Bridge Collapse Reward Restored
In Stratton Nebraska on June 1 a purse lost when a car fell into the Republican River after a bridge collapse was recovered by three youths exploring the river bottom. They returned the $185 to Mrs. W. B. Hall and each received a $10 reward. The note adds Nicaragua is trying to stop female cattle slaughter.
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Stratton, Neb
Republican River
W. B. Hall
Stratton
Nicaragua
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Flier
Student
Court of States
Holt
Marshall
Derby Head
Harry L. Paxton
Chevrolet
the Gazette
Democratic Women Plan
GOP
Broad ST
Washington ST
Silverbrook
RAF
Nutley Brand
Iona
Kellogg’s
Iona Brand
Sultana
Lge
Ann Page
Canay Soap
Lux Soap
Lifebuoy
Va. U
Calif
Doz
Gay Spring Green
Grand Central Station
ron _ aes
Sunnyfield
Amer
Pimento Kraft
Libby
Sultana Peanut Butter
Wheaties
Post Toasties
Sunnyftield
Red Circle Coffee
Bokar Coffee
Koffee Hag
Sanka
Boscal Coffee
A&p Fey
Graham
Ajax
Ige
Argo Laundry
White House
Pekoe
Oka
Wee
del Monte
Zions BE
Laver
Cane Sugar 5 Inc
Porterhouse
Jumbo Bologna
Baby Haddock
Ateor
Vienna
Chuck Roast
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