Irene Becomes MGM Executive Designer for Gowns
Hollywood report notes Irene, famed stylist, moves to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to dictate all gowns for stars. She plans simple war time gowns for Greer Garson, Myrna Loy, Joan Crawford and others, leaving outside work behind. Also mentions Paramount buys James Edward Grant’s Decoy, and Kay English to wed Norman Kerry after his divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavelia D. Parsons
Hollywood
Irene
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Jene
York
Greer Garson
Myrna Loy
Joan Crawford
Jeanette MacDonald
Ann Sothern
MGM
Montana
University of Southern California
Kay English
Norman Kerry
Kay
Norman
Kny
Ellen May Wells
Ensign Williams Joins Naval Recruit Staff
Ensign PF Williams has assumed duties as assistant to Lt. W. A. Saunders, commander of the West Virginia district. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, he came from Alexandria Virginia where he practiced law and now resides with his family at 1030 Circle Road after earning a BS and LLB at the University of Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign Pf, Williams
W. A. Saunders
West Virginia Navy
Ensign Williams
Alexandria
Circle Road
Little Rock
Ark
University of Virginia, Weaned Enix
Formal Opening of 13 Playspots Set Tuesday
Harris park program announces formal opening of 12 playgrounds on Tuesday with new features such as three men basketball box hockey and nature activities. Play leaders and supervisors named with WPA involvement. several playgrounds listed and a recital by Harris Music students scheduled for the Charleston Woman's Club at 7 46 p m featuring a large list of participants and certificates to be awarded by Miss Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston Park Commission
Lions Club
Reynolds Street
Big Brother
Dad
The
Park Commission
Dorothy Reynolds
Gladys Gison
Virginia Parsons
Mary Steed Carter
Genevieve Carlin
Gladys M. Murry
Stacy Jennings
Evelyn McCown
Murry
Lillian Jarrett
William Quentin Barnette
Eugene Duff
Elda Hawk
Herman Hambrick
Leonard Legg
Carl Watson
George 5. Rayford
C. A. Preston
C. 8. Arnette
Reuben Carp
James R. Jarret
Thompson piano pupils recite at Montgomery Woman's Club
Miss Letha Thompson presents her piano students in a public recital Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Montgomery Woman's Club. Performers include Evelyn Poole Carolyn Ann Walker Jane Semesta Betty Meadows Barbara Cline Doris Smith Carma Lee Stevens Betty Poole Elizabeth Herald Imogene Scruggs Mildred Peters Joyce Palmer Starley Pell Kay Waller Phyllis Sheets Beulah Tayini Cline Earles Bonnie Browne Nancy Lee McSurley Neliene Leonard Bernice Reber Joan Bird Maxine Westfall Choria Pauley Farming Kelie Milligan Kathryn Poole Dorothy Thompson Irene Farren and others.
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Letha Thompson
Montgomery Woman's Club
Evelyn Poole
Carolyn Ann Walker
Jane Semesta
Betty Meadows
Barbara Cline
Doris Smith
Carma Lee Stevens
Betty Poole
Elizabeth Herald
Ima
Gene Scruggs
Mildred Peters
Joyce Palmer
Starley Pell
Kay Waller
Phyllis Sheets
Beulah Tayini
Cialine Earles
Bonnie Browne
Nancy Lee McSurley
Neliene Leonard
Bernice Reber
Joan Bird
Maxine Westfall
Choria Pauley
Kelie Milligan
Kathryn Poole
Dorothy Thompson
Irene Farren
Two From Here to Get Northwestern Degrees
Three West Virginians including two from Charleston will be among 1,900 graduates at Northwestern University Evanston Illinois on June 15. Margaret Randolph Cason of 1519 Jackson Street and George Arthur Shawkey of 207 Beaucegard Street will receive degrees. Cason a Master of Arts and Shawkey a Bachelor of Medicine. Edgar Frank Heiskell Jr of Morgantown also earns a Bachelor of Medicine.
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O We
Charleston
Northwestern University
Evanston, Il
Radio Log of a Busy CBS Affiliate Schedule
The page lists an extensive 24 hour radio log for WCRS CBS Affiliate Ellocyelasy, detailing hourly programs, news, music, dramas, comedies, soap operas, and special features. It names dozens of show titles, hosts, and sponsors across morning, afternoon, and evening blocks, reflecting a dense network schedule.
Greenbrier Military School Receives War Department Honor
Col. H. B. Moore, superintendent of Greenbrier Military School, announced that the War Department has awarded the school an honor rating. Congratulations came from Maj. Gen. Van Voorhis, commander of the Sixth Corps Area at Fort Hayes.
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War Department
Greenbrier Military School
H. B. Moore
GMS
van Voorhis
Sih
Ft. Hayes
Merry-Go-Round Notes on Allied Plans and Members
Fragmentary 1943 article recalls pacified talks with Alaska, U S USSR cooperation hints, and Edith Nourse Rogers interest in WAACs despite age limits. Zionist banquet hosts Ham Fish Nye Worth Clarke, Ed Johnson. Milo Perkins at Swarthmore College. Dwight D. Eisenhower noted for daily cycling habit and official park space.
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Japan
Alaska
U. S
Ussr
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
WAAC
Check-Up Planned In Farm Conservation Training
Agricultural conservation association workers from 31 counties met in Kanawha county at a regional training school to review fare compliance in the 1941 program. J B Davis and R M Snyder led the session with junior assistants and state representatives, as counties listed attendees from Calhoun to Mason and Kanawha to Wood.
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Agricultural Conservation Association
Kanawha County Cooperative Farm Bureau
Court House Annex
J. B. Davis
Washington
R. M. Snyder
Allen J. Miller
Roy Hines
William Hartsook
Calhoun
Leavy Vanhorn
Wayland Gherke
Wood
Alton Phillips
Pearl Eaton
Putnam
W. H. Lewis
Early Casto
Wayne
George Trogdon
Allie Cox
Kanawha
E. C. Judy
Robert F. Flint
H. M. Miles
Wirt—Clawborn Hanna
Jackson
Morley Parsons
Brady Hackle
Cebell
Frank Herron
Sid Blake
Lincoln
Cesco Long
Edgar Miller
Mason
H. A. Johnson
Joh Hudson
Roant
George Holswade
Roy Pence
St Albans Board Schedules Sugar Rationing Session
The sugar rationing sub-board at St Albans will sit from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday through Friday to register applicants for canning sugar. Mrs. W. F. Knapp, acting chairman, announced yesterday.
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St. Albans
Canning Sugar
Knapp
Anmounted
Caution in Tooth Extraction To Protect Heart Health
A New York medical discussion warns against haphazard pulling of decayed teeth. Prof Geiger emphasizes careful extraction, abscess management, and pre treatment with drugs like sulfadiazine to prevent germ spread to the heart, especially for patients with heart defects.
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American Medical Association
Prof
Geiger
War power and German defeat debate in wartime rhetoric
The piece reflects on how air power has shifted the argument over Germany’s defeat, noting the use of air force to pressure German rational policy. It describes bombing Gestapo sites and Ruhr towns, suggesting temporary loosening of Nazi control, with hopes for more free speech amid burning nights in Cologne.
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Essen
Germany
Gestapo
Ruhr
Cologne
Theaters and serials on Virginian circuit update
The Virginian theater listing adds The Spoilers with Dietrich, John Wayne, and Randolph Scott. The Play Girls Kehrse. The Great Man's Lady with Stanwyck, McCrea, and Donlevy. World in Action. Church Island. Tortilla Flat with Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfi eld, and Frank Morgan. Pete Smith Specialty. Bahama Passage with Madeleine Carroll and Stirling Hayden. Bedtime Story with March and Young. Look Who's Laughing with Bergen, McCarthy, and Fibber McGee. Corsican Brothers with Fairbanks Jr. Suspicion with Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Right to the Heart with Brendes Joyce. Blondie Goes to College with Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. What's Cookin with the Andrews Sisters and Gloria Grahame. Corsican Brothers with Fairbanks. Jenks a Million with William Tracy and James Gleason. Tarzan's Secret Treasure with Johnny Weissmuller. South of Santa Fe with Roy Rogers and George Hayes. Tower of Terror with Wilfrid Lawson and Movita. Jesse James Jr with Donald Barry and Lynn Merrick. serial added.
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Matione Dietrich
John, Wayne
Randolph Lee
Kehrse
Barpare Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
Brian Donlevy
Church I's Island
Madeleine Carroll
Stirling Hayden
Fredric March
Loretta Young
Custer
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Fibber McGee and Molly
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Cary Grant
Joan Fontaine
Brendes Joyce
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
The
Andrews Sislérs
Gloria Can
Douglas, Fairbanks
Jenks
William Tracy
James Gleason
Greenbrier
Johnny Weissmuller
Bomber ethos shifts aims with clear German slogans
The text argues for direct persuasion to German troops via pamphlets, urging news of Cologne and Essen to unsettle Hitler’s forces and prompt a homeward pull. It calls for blunt, patriotic messages that urge Germans to save families, homes, factories, and jobs, marking political progress through decisive bomber action.
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Hitler
Cologne
Essen
Fair Enough Political Rant Against Unions and New Deal
A column denounces AFL unions as corrupt and thieving, accuses CIO of Communist loyalty to Russia, and charges the ruling party with shielding criminals. The piece argues to fight the New Deal as a home party while staying loyal to the country, asserting the nation's primacy over transient leaders.
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AFL
CIO
Russia
United States
Beckley Urged as New UMW District Office Center
Beckley Virginia coal field reorganization eyed as United Mine Workers assign District 29 HQ there to cover Greenbrier New River Winding Gulf and Pocahontas Tug River fields while District 17 remains in Charleston handling high volatile coals A provisional president and a five member commission will oversee changes reshaping districts 17 28 and 29 with detailed timing undetermined.
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Beckley
United Ming Workers District 20
West Vitainia
Disstrict 17
Percy Tetlow
District 17
van A. Bittyner
Charleston
Tetlow
Special Commission
UMW
West Virginia
Ae Union
International Headquarers
District 29
Greenbrier
New River
Winding Gulf
Pocahontas
Tug River
UMWA
Washington
George J. Titler
Umwa Chemical Division
United Construction Workers
District 28
Bittner
United Mine Workers
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Churchill's Island
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Omor
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