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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1949
Page
3
Dorothy Dix answers readers on trust between spouses and money matters, noting wives’ earning rights, fear of gold diggers, and the dangers of anonymous critical letters. A reader asks about a much older widower, and Dix counsels caution, then offers general guidance on love across age gaps and the cowardice of anonymous critics.
New York reports vaudeville’s return gaining strong shows at the Lustaire Palace theater. RKO plans nationwide revival with plans to extend after opening in May. Sol A Schwartz of HBO theaters notes aim to bring variety acts to major titles nationwide by fall.
The West Virginia Telephone Pioneers of America chapter will hold its annual meeting and picnic today at Jackson's Mill. Principal speaker is Robert C. Meehann of Washington DC, vice president operations of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies. McCann and J B Crigter will introduce him. meeting directed by William H. White of Clarksburg, president of the WV chapter. The group is a national organization for long-time telephone workers.
Edmond Coda unit No 129 of the American Legion Auxiliary will elect and install officers at 8 p.m. Monday in the Legion hall. Mrs Virginia Lee, president, announced. Mrs 5 A Metmyre, third district president, will install the new officers. A recent Poppy Sale campaign with booths in nearby communities and a WON radio program brought in 532.15. proceeds will go to a child welfare and needy veterans fund.
Washington June 3 AP survey shows about 71 American cities slow to use home rule to end rent ceilings. In decontrolled areas rents rose from barely perceptible to 10 percent, with Nebraska statewide decontrol effective next November. Some owners used large increases to push out tenants, while others agreed to moderate changes. In Americus Georgia federal ceilings were restored by Housing Expediter Woods due to rising rents.
Dr B R Lakin of Cadie tabernacle Indianapolis will address the Great Kanawha Valley Bible conference starting 7 45 p m tomorrow at Unson Mission tabernacle Washington St Buford Cadre will announce for family prayer period and speakers during the first week Former pastor John Tron-Dr Takin of Mendy Nemoria church Chicago leads the second week with Fred Rabel Warne directing the musical program for the two week conference.
A June decree by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet lowers nursery and kindergarten charges and grants mothers with children up to one year old and employed expectant mothers the right to transfer to nearer jobs without losing seniority. Benefits are reduced for husbandless mothers earning under 000 rubles monthly. the decree appears in Supreme Soviet News.
The Civil Service Commission announced three eligibles Ward Biseden Roland B Metcaly and Berkeley J Carter for appointment by President Pruman as Petersburg Van postmaster. Acting postmaster Lewis M Chink was not among the 22 applicants for a Civil Service appointment.
In Greenfield Massachusetts on June 3 Paul Kozlowski 39 fell 50 feet from the Montegre City bridge into the Connect cut river and escaped unhurt. Harry Bastarache 31 of Tur née Paths also fell several feet, struck no girder and sustained multiple rib fractures.
John McPherrin editor of American Druggist told the Proprietary Association meeting in Greenbrier that the U S must decide if it is ready for socialism before adopting socialized medicine. He warned the British plan represents broader government control and urged caution in modeling U S policy on it.
Frinton June 3 The body of Paul Sanders 39 of Radford was recovered from the river bottom after the center span of the incomplete Bluestone bridge collapsed killing four others and injuring two while dynamite charges brought the span down Roanoke VA experts assisted diver Normen Smith from Norfolk The wreckage was pinned under debris near a concrete pier
The Monongahela Railroad plans a July 1 start on a 83 mile extension from Grant Town to Sugar Run headwaters opening 10,000 acres of virgin coal. President J A Appleton said the line will cost about 1 725 000 dollars and the field holds around 85 000 000 tons of coal.
Bethany college will graduate 131 students at commencement exercises this Sunday here. Dr Winfred Ernest Garrison of Chicago literary editor since 1923 of the Christian Century will address the graduates. Garrison is a widely known author and traveler.
Northern observers logged earth tremors spanning a 125 mile swath through northern Nebraska and south central South Dakota. Ainsworth Nebraska recorded 2 08 pm while Pierre South Dakota marked the northern edge with Millboro South Dakota described as the epicenter near Tripp county. A Mille bora resident described the quake as a trembler with a rearing wound that shook houses and rattled dishes.
Cpl Shaheen of 412 Ross 18 reenters service with the West Virginia Military District Headquarters at Charleston after a short tour. Former Air Force member with 3,000 flight hours and 25 Pacific crossings, she earned the Army Commendation Ribbon and plans to return to teaching in September.
An unidentified man in Army uniform perched outside a Dib floor railing on the 10th floor of the Willard hotel for nearly an hour. Police and firefighters coaxed him to safety as hundreds watched from Pennsylvan ia Ave and 12th Street. A net and rope team were ready, but he was pulled back over the railing and escorted inside.
Dorothy Sue Ashmore of Charleston West Virginia is a candidate for a bachelor of arts degree at Furman University. The commencement exercises are next Monday with former Secretary of State James Byrnes delivering the commencement address.
An advertisement promotes a beginner crochet pattern for daisy dolls by Laura Wheeler, claiming easy instructions and charts. It offers a $0.20 return offer and lists the Charleston Gazette Needlecraft Dept address in Brooklyn for pattern requests.
Matt Jus dee, 55, a McDowell county farmer, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Richard F. Sons after a jury found he was the same person convicted three times in federal court on liquor charges and in a 1924 state case for second degree murder. The case involved a 30 year old Curtis Whitt killing and the information demanded a life term under habitual criminal law.
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