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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
4
Logan dispatch reports 30 year old Estill, a Stirat No 19 mine employee of the West Virginia Coal and Coke Corp, sustained serious knife wounds in a Bran cus beer parlor brawl. deputy Cherlif Algie Skeens said no arrests have been made.
Letters ask how to improve posture at age 80, hair color maintenance for auburn hair, nail cuticle care, gray hair in teens, and teen fashion hats. Lois Leeds answers advise balanced diet, proper posture practice, fitted undergarments, lemon rinses, cuticle cream, and home rinses.
The report lists several servicemen visiting family and returning to posts including Pvt Darren Young at Ian airfield Ft Worth and Pfc Ronnie Petry returning to Camp Atterbury. Enlistments at Charleston navy substation include Paul Paint hter Jack Hartley and Eugene Swi ney. Waves training entries include Teresa Avella and Wanda Huffman, with Craige assigned to Waves administrative school in Nacogdoches.
Catholic Church leaders announce Camp Freedom to run two sessions at Fort Lee near Dundas. Aimed at boys eight to fourteen, registrations start with a $1 weekly fee, meals and indoor recreation in a log house setting, with a second meeting planned at Charleston Catholic High School.
James Wo Tanion from Rt 1 Clendenin and other West Virginians were among non commissioned soldiers who recently graduated from a special course at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland. The group included Robert Fr Hailey McCorale and Cpl Randolph at Taydad, with postings noted around Charleston and Panama Canal quarters.
The U S Bureau of Mines urged ten West Virginia coal mines to improve ventilation dusting timbering and ignition hazard controls. Named mines include Webb Coal Mining Co Nos 1 2 and 3 Boone County the Lande Coal Corp Landia Mine Lan dia County Mings County the Norfolk and Chesapeake Coal Co Nor folk County the Carbon Fuel Co No 5 and Imperial Colliery Co No 6 Kana wha County Page Mining Co Loup Creek No 1 South Side Co South Side Mine Fay vile County and Davis Coal and Coke Co No 39 Tucker County.
Rev B E Ewing of Charleston, head of the West Virginia Anti Saloon League, was elected by the Pennsylvania group to succeed Dr Scott McBride as of Sept 1 though he has not yet decided. He noted he awaits a follow up letter by telegram and faces other matters before accepting. Ewing previously led the Iowa league and served in Harrisburg, Pa.
Justin M. Cunkle, 69, longtime Uniontown and Morgantown newspaperman and Sigma Chi founder at West Virginia University, died today in Uniontown Hospital. He helped establish the Morgantown Sigma Chi chapter in 1895 and served as a national officer. Survived by his wife. funeral Friday in Uniontown with burial in Morgantown.
The average American housewife faced rationing as shortages hit bacon and pork, beef and veal, eggs, butter, cheese, and milk. The piece notes shares of weekly and daily staples allocated to soldiers, allies, and households, reflecting wartime constraints.
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