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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1939
Page
5
Hollywood beauty column answers readers on easy school hairdos for long necks with a soft fluffy bob and formal styling. It also offers skin care tips for blackheads, complexion routines, and a double chin remedy via posture and neck exercises.
Dear Miss Leeds answers two reader questions on styling to camouflage sway back figures using bloused backs partial belts waistline shaping peplums and back bows. A nail growth query is answered by noting nails grow with proper blood nutrition and circulation rather than topical lotions.
Dear Miss Leeds I have very oily skin with enlarged pores and blackheads. I use a complexion brush and have tried ice cubes but they did not help. When I remove any skin seems to flare and oil returns quickly.
The article advises sterilizing tools in boiling water or alcohol before use. It warns to avoid bruising skin and not to press all blemishes at once. After each blackhead is pressed out, the spot should be touched gently to care for the area.
Mrs. Victor White and Mrs. Howland Wentworth offer color analyses using a series of colored collars to determine each woman’s best colors. The piece notes Bamboo beige outfits and previews McDowell School’s Freehand Draping exhibit emphasizing correcting figure faults through line and draping for embryonic designers.
Two couples applied for marriage licenses yesterday at the office of Paul E. Wehrle, county clerk. Karney Eakle Tinney, 30, and Irene Bailey, 25, both of Potag taligo. Dewey Woodrow Jones, 21, and Violet Gibson, 21, both of Charleston. A claim about a locomotive 100 feet long with 28 wheels and 160 tons being tested near Valenciennes, France, and headed to West Africa appears in the report.
A brief promotion for Lois Leeds new leaflet Body Building Routines claiming walking exercises can eliminate excess fat from hips and thighs. Readers are asked to send a self addressed stamped envelope with a 3 cent stamp to Lois Leeds at the Charleston Gazette.
A. A. Knapp, manager of the Charleston social security office, notes that school vacations boost applications for social security numbers. He explains minors with part time work must be covered, urges vacation workers to obtain numbers first, and asks employers to collect numbers before hiring.
Miss Elizabeth Turner of St Al bans left Sunday night for northern Pennsylvania where she will represent the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions as lecturer at the summer conference at Camp Cor bly. She will relate her experiences during the Sino Japanese conflict and on return will attend several conferences for college students as guest lecturer.
Dr. W. H. Miller, local veterinarian, will travel to Columbus for a three day Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine conference. It offers a post graduate course on latest animal disease treatment and control. Dr. Miller plans to return Saturday while Dr. S. E. Hershey oversees his practice in his absence.
A clinic report from the eastern states details plastic surgery for disfigured noses and faces, noting dramatic before and after changes and the role of precise measurements. It discusses the emotional relief and social gains post operation, the use of psychiatrists in recovery, and the broad potential for improving facial disfigurements through modern techniques.
FAIRMONT June 12 The second hearing of Owens Illinois Glass company on charges it intimidated coerced and spied on employees for union activities opened before a national labor relations board examiner. The rehearing was ordered after the NLRB set aside the first trial examiner's findings. William T. Ringer is examiner. about 40 witnesses will be called, with about 10 for the company.
Judd reports no accident but an emergency has place three hurt near Van Nuys hospital. Kay learns the victims include a chauffeur and a man and woman, identified later as Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Bonniewell, triggering fear and hurried plans. Judd protects Kay as Larry confronts him at the bus depot and a tense night ends with a plan to drive Kay home.
Esther Eugenia Davis of 1654 Franklin avenue and Kay Wells of St. Albans are included in Henry Harrison poetry anthologies. Books titled Eros Son nets Music Unheard and The North American Book of Verse will roll out, featuring listed national poets such as John Gould Fletcher Josephine Johnson and others.
Household Finance promotes a new loan service allowing borrow up to 300 with repayment over 2 to 20 months. Illustrative plans show $100 loans repaid in 12 monthly installments of 10.05, six months at 18.46, or 20 months at 6.72. No credit inquiries, no joint guarantors, and private arrangements.
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