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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1946
Page
16
Infantry Journal presses edition chronicles all six Marine divisions in the Pacific fought by veterans. Capt Mabry cites firsthand authorship by those who served with the units. Each division covered separately with Guadalcanal and Garapan battles among key episodes.
Civilian Production Administration last week approved sixteen building schemes costing over 350000 each for housing and related uses, with thirteen more projects totaling 340087 disapproved. Major items include an 82500 warehouse for Persinger’s in Charleston and a 65000 Libbey-Owens-Ford upgrade in Kanawha City. Six projects were cleared as having minimal impact on vital materials for veterans housing.
Construction guidance for wooden soap box racers. Details cover base shapes like ironing-board styles or box frames, corner reinforcements, axle trees, mounting bolts, wheelbase minimum of 40 inches, and cautions against heavy steel braces or coil springs. Includes notes on front axle drilling, king bolts, and avoiding rear coil springs. Also mentions Youth for Christ Crusade tour by five young women in the southern states.
The New Homemakers of America hold their second annual state meeting at West Virginia State College tomorrow and Tuesday. Each affiliated chapter will be represented by at least two senior or junior high school girls and the local club adviser. AJL delegates on arrival should report to the homemanagements house for registration.
E V McVey of Wheeling, former mines department inspector, asks the state court of claims to approve 1625 dollars for back salary covering the last five months of 1945. Melvina Logan of Mt Carbon Fayette seeks unspecified damages from the road commission over her father John H Logan’s death, claiming pneumonia from unsafe transportation and working conditions.
Six Charles Wan police department members head to Huntington for the West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police state convention. Delegates include Capital City lodge No. 74 members Inspector Roy F. Jarrett Captain William R. Lacy and Captain T. M. Dangerfield with Lt. Fred Hammack trustee Patrolman Charles Honaker vice president and Wallace W. Bias retired sergeant past president. They depart at 2 p.m. today for sessions at the Frederick hotel.
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