Army Radio Mechanics Training Opens For West Virginia
The Army Signal Corps calls for Charleston area radio mechanics to join an advanced training track at $1 440 yearly. Classes run at Stonewall Jackson High School, WV Institute of Technology, and WV State for Negroes at Institute, with openings for experienced applicants. Completion qualifies for civilian signal corps roles at $1 620 annually. State education and civil service offices coordinate support as war training expands. Two assistants head to St Louis for a national war training conference en route to secure salvaged metal for precision instruments at WV training centers.
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Army Signal Corps
Charleston
Stonewall Jackson High School
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
West Virginia
Institute
Civil Service Commission
Charleston Post Office
Signal Corps
W. W. Trent
Education Department
St. Louis
John M. Lowe
William A. Williams
Rock Island
Ilinois
Library Adds Twenty Five New Volumes to Ka mawha County
Ka mawha county public library extended its shelves last week with twenty five new titles reported by Librarian Charles E. Butler. Among non fiction: The Men Who Make the Future. Paradise Limited. Need ed W omen in Aviation. The National Nutrition. Young People in the Liberal Church. How to Get Along in the Army. For Nation. Anarchism. The Amazing Roosevelt Family 1613 1942. America in the New Pacific. New Poems 1842. Fiction includes Meet Me in St Louis. Until the Day Break. The Strong City. Corn in Egypt. And Now Tomorrow. The Renegade. The Case of the Drowning Duck. House in the Dust. Post Stories of 1941. Calamity Town.
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Kamawha County
Charles E. Butler
Bruce Bliven
Paradise Limited
Thomas Blake Clark
Georgette Chappelle
Morris Fishbein
Phen — Fritchman Chungking
Suyin Han
Mercolized Wax Cream Promises Whitening Skin
An advertisement claims Mercolized Wax Cream reveals a whiter skin tone by speeding natural activity and shedding dull surface skin. It emphasizes effective ingredients and directs use as labeled, mentioning lightening and clearer appearance.
Telephone exchange asks public help on 11a dialings
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company at the Charleston exchange seeks public cooperation to handle 11a dialings not listed in the directory. Chief Operator Lottie Burford and staff urge consulting the directory first to save scarce materials and aid the national effort while maintaining service during wartime. A replacement directory is available by calling the business office.
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Charleston Exchange
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Lottie Burford
Irvin Wildman
Wildman
Belle News Roundup of Meetings and Birthdays
Belle rural church groups plan canning demonstrations and war bond sales at local stores. Members organize picnics, purchases of bonds, and sugar rationing registrations while honoring Alice Nelson on her 16th birthday. Community members attend meetings at Judson Baptist, Kanawha, and Nazarene churches. notable visits include Rev. W. Barkley and Rev. R. Danneht’s return to Birmingham.
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Mrs. Son
Alice Nelson
Esther Pauley
Curt Davis
Youeil Nelson
Dorothy Martin
Ernestine Adkins
Peg-~ ‘Gy Hunter
Maxine Nelson
Lola Anderson
Ellery Chambers
Ann Lee Riggs
Louise Lovely
Dorothy Har Ton
Marty Surdette
Christine Stout
Mary Ann Nelson
Ruth Matier Nelson
Messrs. Niel Thorne
Ralph Jarvis
Wayne Douglass
George Hunt, Jr
Dick Mutt
Garland Jarvis
Wiliam Nelson
Cecil Plants
Carl Kincaid
Harold Boling
Charles Smith
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Library’s New Books
Aes
Diamond Ice & Coal CO
Drs. Collins & Collins
Street Flour Medical Arts Gidg
Belle
Dale
Judson Baptist Church
J. J. Douglass
H. L. Fletcher
Jursom Baptist Church
Kanawha Forest
W. S. Barkley
Juli &. Sims
L. G. Keeney
R. V. Danneht
Sra Company
Birmingham
Ala
Esther
The
Presbyterian Church
Leroy King
Norman Moore
Edward Vander Jagt
Nazarene Church
E. 5
Washburn
Lawrence Hemmings
Mothers and Sisters Club
Sohn Hoglund
Alaska
Teeland
Mead
Avck Knipp
Kanawha Avenue
Ann Judson
M. S. Washoorn
Bill Belcher
Arch Johnson
Morgantown
Paul Jones
Winthrop, Ark
Earl Adkin
Mary Cline
God's Bible School
Cincinnati
Ohio
Gan
TG. Keeney
Pittsburgh
Aliss Kathryn Estep
Hurricane
Charles Sentesco
Roger Booth
David
Billy
Kentucky
Corp
Walter D. Straight, Jr
Panama
J. A. Efaw
D. H. Caste
Nancy
Caste
Denyer Lowery
Win Casto
Michi
Rey
Ernest L. Honts
Calvary Baptist Church
Charleston Ministerial Association
R. C. McCord
First Christian Church
Ray Ni Shaffer
Weekley Memorial United Brethren Church
B. W. Tinsley
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
Samaritan Institution
Nellie B. Hastings
Broad Street
Charleston. W. Va
National Furniture Company
Pyro
Hacen
Velora
Marchandise
Axminster
Drapery
Bath Ensemble
Wational
U. S
A. R. Koch
Hala
Over May Shae Co
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