Books and Bestsellers Roundup from a 1940s Review
The Legacy by Nevil Shute features Jean Paget as heiress to a vast fortune and a wartime dream in Malaya England and Australia. Europe Unite by Churchill collects speeches on uniting Europe. Dr Katherine Bell by Evelyn Harter centers a cautious doctor in a small town. The Case of the Musical Cow by Erle Stanley Gardner weaves murder and crime with a doctor and state police. Tales from the Elves Forest by Emilie Louise Michel offers 11 elf tales including Shathula Hu's Shoe. Notes mention Eleanor Roosevelt drafting Partners the United Nations and Youth. Wall by John Hersey garners multiple literary awards. Best-sellers include The Cardinal and The Mature Mind.
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Nevil Shute
Morrow
J Jean Paget
Douglas
Maylaya
F * Shute
England
Malaya
Australia
Europe
Winston S. Churchill
Houghton Mifflin
Churchill
Burma
Erle Stenley Gardner
Narturder
Rob Trenton
Linda Carroll
Emilie Louise Michel
Charlotte Heaton-Sessions
Carton
Franiy
Franni Tee
Shathula Hu
Eleanor Roosevelt
Partners
United Nations and Youth
Doubleday
The
John Hersey
Knopf
Newspaper Guild of New York
Jewish Book Council of America
Dropsie College
Henry Morton Robinson
H. A. Overstreet
Remembering West Virginia's golden jubilee plans and era highlights
A reminiscence recounts the West Virginia golden jubilee commission in Parkersburg, naming key figures like Charles J Paw B W Peterson J B Wilkerson Grant F Moats Henry G Davis and John K R Day. It notes 1902 Othello at Burlew Theater with Gen Noyes and Burlew, and 1904 Coal River rail expansion to Briar Creek with vast lumber and Kanawha seam coal. It mentions extension trains to St Albans Forks, a work train for the construction, and Edwin Burdette's Courier era with John Vickers as editor.
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Billie Richardson
West Virinia
Parkersburg
U.S
Charles J
Paw B. W. Peterson
J. B. Wilkinson
Grant F. Moats
Coal River
Western ci
Briar Creek
St. Albans
Kanawha
William Burdette
Courier
Charleston
John Vickers
Capitol Ct
Virginia Sts
Burdette
State
Senate
Remember This Scene Old Picture Contest in The Gazette
A Saturday notice invites readers in Kanawha and nearby counties to describe a pictured scene for a $5 prize. Submit with the Gazette clipping and passmark by the Wednesday deadline. the winning description prints the following Sunday. No winner announced last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Kanawha
Kiwanis to Stage Choral Programs Across Nation
Kiwanis International and Mutual Broadcasting System begin a 13 Sunday choral broadcast series today from KHJ Hollywood featuring the Burbank High School Choir and other groups. J Hugh Jackson of Stanford, Kiwanis International president, greets listeners. Local airing on WTIP 4 PM. Also listed are choirs from Princeton Athene W Va to Boston Barber Shoppers.
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Kiwanis International
Burbank
Cal
KHJ
Hollywood
J. Hugh Jackson
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
Stanford
United States
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
Yukon Territory
WTIP
Princeton-Athene
W. Va
Union-Endicott
Altoona
Kilwanis
Battle Creek
Mich
New Library Books and Reads Highlighted at Kanawha County Public Library
A list of new titles received at the Glastone and Kanawha County Public Library includes works by Tigtion Brick Seager Walsh and Beale among others. The collection features fiction non fiction poetry and educational titles ranging from The Heritage of the Reformation to Easy Spanish for beginners and Easy Latin American studies.
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Chatterton
Corbet
Gaines
Tasker Martin
Harret
Dr. Kasherine Hell
Howe
Seager
Betwethern
Glaastone
Genes
Hertwick
Kanawha County
Hook
John
Dewey
Remler
Lee
Mason
Mitchell
Orton
Cleveland
Toor
Weiss
Mexico
Two City Students Elected To State Club Posts At Columbia
Special to The Gazette reports two Charleston West Virginia students chosen as second vice president and secretary of the West Virginia State Club at Columbia University this summer. The piece also mentions a famous heavyweight champion and promotes a digestive remedy with claims of fast relief and a money back guarantee.
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the Gazette
New York
Charleston
W. Va
West Virogima State Club
Columbia University
Migs Stacy Pauline Jennings
Broadmoor Apts
Sixteen West Virginians at Michigan 106th commencement
Sixteen West Virginians were among 4 388 degree candidates at the University of Michigan 106th commencement exercises. Names include Mary Ann Lilly Athens master of music H Joy Rosenfeld Bluefield bachelor of arts Maurice E Dosier Charleston master of business administration Morris I Mendelofé Jr Charleston doctor of dental surgery James Riley Kelley Chattaray Paul Kingston Rankin Mt Hope bachelor of science in Engineering.
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West
Paul Kingston Rankin
Mt. Hope
Michigan U Degrees For Calvin Dietz and Others
Calvin Dietz of Princeton earns a bachelor of science in pharmacy. Frederick Hough Totman of South Charleston receives a bachelor of science. Billy MN James of Sutton completes a bachelor of science in wood technology.
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Michigan U
Calvin Dietz
Princeton
Frederick Hough Totman
South Charleston
Billy MN. James
Sutton
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Katherine Bell
Evelyn Harter
Katherine
Miss Harter
Hale Street
Thomas Keane
Mosler
Office of Business
Laird’s
Roy H. Pierson
Beckley
Ibutor
A.B. Dick Co
Victor
Kiwanis
M. Lindsay O’neale
Charleston Kiwanis Club
Mutual Broadcasting System
Kiwanis Internationsl
Mutual Sysem
Mildred Lee Robinson
O' Beauregard St
Columbia
New York Area
John L. Sullivan
Chile
Kanawha Banking & Trust CO
Charleston, W. VA
Federal Reserve System
FFEC
Emmett Blevens
Louisville
Bel Air
Fisher
Chevrolet
McMillion Motors, Inc
Charleston, W. V
Rhodes-Walker Chev. Co
South
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