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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1944
Page
3
A Charleston circuit court jury awarded Mrs. Reta Kessler 26 dollars in her defamation and injury suit against Mike Yaverneris, operator of Ere Food Bakery in Washington, after alleging an assault and humiliation from January 8 following termination of employment. The case seeks 2,500 dollars overall.
Mayor Proclaims Wac Week as the All-Wac Band arrives in Charleston for The Gazette Army Show. The 402nd Army Service Band, led by Warrant Officer Miss Margery Pickett, tours the Midwest and will perform Monday at the Armory with a Huntington parade and appearances in Ohio and Indiana. A war display booth will promote enlistments and war-effort agencies at the Armory during the show.
Staff Sgt Leo S Williams son of Mrs Maggie Williams Rayford is awarded the Air Medal for meritorious aerial flight with the American 15th Air Force in the European theater He is stationed in Italy serving as a ball turret gunner on a Liberator bomber Before service he was a maintenance mechanic with Carbon Fuel Co
Powellton post No 88 American Legion will hold a Memorial Day service Sunday at 10 30 a m in Powellton with Mayor D Boone Dawson of Charleston as principal speaker. The event avoids clash with Montgomery post celebration held last Sunday. The Army has developed rain wear and windproof clothing from fabrics cast with plastic polyvinyl wildride.
Executive Secretary George W. Sing leads the West Virginia Association of Retail Grocers delegation to Chicago for the national convention. WV attendees include C. J. Casdorph Ansel S Umberger D I Davis Harry Kinnaird Van Walson and others from Charleston Clarksburg Huntington Beckley Wheeling and nearby towns.
The state supreme court issued an injunction stopping further actions in two civil suits filed by Thomas A. Whelan as trustee for the late George Alvin McWilliams against James Clifford McManaway in Harrison county over estate settlement. McManaway appealed a circuit court decision denying the order. Whelan seeks return of a residence in Clarksburg and $1,000 damages while McManaway claims McWilliams owes him $14,648.
State School Supt. W. W. Trent named a seven college and state education board committee to evaluate armed services training for college credit. Members include E. C. Macline, Luther E. Bledsoe, A. C. Blackwell, Robert T. Crawford, William J. L. Wallace, Mrs. Eleanore Cook, and Miss Genevieve Starcher. West Virginia University and Wesleyan College will name representatives later. First meeting is June 19 in Charleston.
Undernourished children under four gain as many as 18 points on intelligence tests after receiving an adequate diet. Researchers report the improvement reflects the impact of nutrition on cognitive development and learning potential.
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