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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
6
A New York hotel manager proposes salvaging discarded bathroom razor blades for war use. He cites 70 504 blades weighing 200 pounds from a hotel and estimates 100 million blades lie behind hotel walls nationwide, suggesting melted blades could aid tanks or guns in the conflict.
Charleston navy recruiting station saw its busiest day since Pearl Harbor as 62 men enlisted across West Virginia sub stations. Lt. W. A. Saunders, commander of the district, noted a sharp upsurge in enlistments following the attack.
Thirty agents of the Equitable Life Assurance Society branch in West Virginia will attend a full day training session opening at 9 a.m. in the Daniel Boone hotel. Daniel Mason of New York will instruct on The Two-fold Income Plan. John F. Sweeney will preside at a 12:30 luncheon with attendees including Lewis Milam, L. P. Williams, Alan Greenspon, Walter Prankenberger, Howard Glenn, and Victor Boettcher.
OPA inspectors in Charleston visit retail stores to advise on proper ceiling price displays under wartime anti inflation law. Photos show individual price tags, price lines, and group postings for identical items like shirts and shoes, with emphasis on posting accuracy and brand groupings.
Charleston inspectors report merchants show a patriotic attitude with nearly all cooperating in price regulation education. They note 44 percent adequately comply on first day with 41 inadequate and 27 noncompliant, while enforcement will follow in 30 days.
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