Fear of God Grips Flier After Seven Days Adrift
Dr. Frank C. Brown recounted Jack Grayson's seven day survival story from a Pacific air raid. A bomber crew of six and three other planes battled 18 Japanese fighters before crashing and drifting on a rubber raft. They rationed rainwater, prayed for aid, landed on a Malayan island and later reached a Dutch settlement.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Pacific
Frank C. Brown
Dallas
Tex
Brown
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In
United States
Jack Grayson
Grayson
Marmet Sugar Rationing Board Sits This Week
The Marmet sugar rationing board will meet today tomorrow and Friday from 3 a m to 3 p m at Marmet grade school to register sugar. The Marmet Woman's club will run the work and Housewives seeking sugar allotments for canning and preserving are asked to bring their Tabooks.
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Marmet Sugar Rationing Board
Marmet
Marmet Woman's Club
Dunbar Forms New Red Cross Unit
A Dunbar unit of the Charleston Red Cross chapter began Monday night in the city hall under Sam B. Montgomery. Additional units will meet this week in Chelyan and Cedar Grove with sessions at 7 30 p m. and plans to localize Red Cross leadership and boost community involvement.
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Dunbar
Charleston Red Cross Chapter
Sam B. Montgomery
Chelyan
Cedar Grove
Syrian Baptist Church
Red Cross
Montgomery
Standard Oil stockholders back management at annual meeting
Several hundred Standard Oil stockholders, about 500, approve the leadership of president W. S. Parish amid government pressure. James W. Gerard defends the firm and disputes assertions about relations with I G Farbenindustrie and rubber plans. A noted critic, William Floyd, offers a resolution of concern, which fails. Farish cites 12 million invested in Buna rubber plants and predicts 400,000 tons of synthetic rubber material by 1943. earnings are described as black but not strong due to product shifts and costs.
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Plemington
N. 1
Standard Oil Company
W. S. Parish
James W. Gerard
Germany
Gerard
Gerald
Thurman Arnold
U. S. Attorney General
Department of Justice
Standard
1 G. Farbenindustrie
German Dye Trust
Arnold
William Floyd
Floyd
Bompans
Farish
Mr. and Mrs. North to Open Tonight at Shrine Mosque
Kanawha Players stage a mystery comedy Mr. and Mrs. North by Qwen Davis from The New Yorker stories by Frances and Richard Lockridge. First of two performances tonight at 30 dollars. Leste Gora debuts as Lt. Weigand with a large cast including Peter Spala Fore and Margaret McNemar.
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Hdr
Mrs. North
Qwen Davis
Frances
Richard Lockridge
New Yorker
Kanawha Players
Shrine Mosque
Jack Jane Lewi
Leste Gora
Lt. Weigand
Detective
Peter Spalafore
Margaret McNemar
Charles Handlin
Pegey King
Ray Penner
Carl Rose
Joe Farris
John Morrison
Neil Borden
Alice Farnum Kramer
Lawrence G. Hess
David Brawley
F. Wesley Best
E. J. McDonough
Marriage Licenses Asked by 1 Couples
Applicants for marriage licenses yesterday the county clerk office included: Robert Elbert Hensley of St Albans and Virginia Opal Byrnside of Scary, Qwen Paul Foster and Leora White of Byr vse James Cowper of Dawes and Opal Bernice Parsons of Miami. Glenn Clyde Hyder of Gallipolis and Martha Arminda Slumps of 2301 East Washington Street, Sylvester Mazzella Jr. of Villa Jalle and Lena Virginia Payne of 40a Ohio Avenue, Robert Best Wilson of 422 Maine Street and Glenna Naomi Meador of 117 Delaware Avenue. Part Smith and Edna Marie Bowsh of Route 3 Charleston, Wille Edward Yeager of Fort Bra and Evelyn George of Winifrede, James Harrison Williams of Route 1 Charleston and Geneva Cobb of Lick Branch. Dempsey Mullins and Delma Pauline Casin of Sanderson, Frederick Herron Auld of Key Field, Mississippi, and Mary Floyd Hieatt of 804 Hallette.
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County
Clera
Robert Elbert Hensley
St. Alebans
Virginia
Thrift and Patriotism Replace Luxury in Penney Purchases
The piece notes a shift from pride in lavish living to frugality as American shoppers embrace cash purchases and thrift. It highlights Mission residents joining Penney customers who value simple buys, cash payments, and home delivery as patriotic, prudent choices driving a new consumer ethic.
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Penney
Bays files candidacy for Kanawha Board of Education
Oliver E Bays of St Albans submitted a certificate of candidacy for membership on the Kanawha County Board of Education in the circuit clerk's office. South Africa reports a goldfish shortage affecting aquariums and retailers.
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Kanawha County
Webster Springs man files voluntary bankruptcy petition
Clarence Beale of Webster Springs filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in district federal court listing liabilities of 816.27 and assets of 71.85. Britain is rationing canned sausage.
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Clarence Beale
Webster Springs
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