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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
2
Haceleston Amateur Radio club plans to set up 12 transmitting and receiving stations at South Hills near the water tank during the annual field day expedition of radio amateurs nationwide this weekend.
The event runs Saturday 2 PM to Sunday 6 PM with public viewing of equipment. Sponsored by the Arachvia Recio Relay league to train members in disaster time operation and self powered communication. The Charleston club meets monthly at the Daniel Boone hotel with officers Taylor Marcum, George Whiteman, Merle Gossett, and Mortor Talbott.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to wake the liver bile, promising two pints of bile daily to aid digestion and relieve constipation. It urges asking for the product by name and offers 20 cents and 2 34 for purchase, with a warning against substitutes.
Repairs and alterations budgeted for the Quarrier Building include a vitriolite front and lobby remodeling after Inspector George Hendricks issued a permit to A G Higginbotham. A permission was granted for Esta Bonham to construct a 600 garage at 1407 Frame Street.
Rev B Overmyer pastor of Bream Memorial Presbyterian church was elected president of the Charleston Ministerial Association at a Tuesday dinner meeting at Wren's Nest. Rev Herman Mees Aleyer of St Paw Lutheran church was preceded as past president. New officers include Rev H Lloyd Parkinson and Rev C Bral Lowe with installation planned for September as over 50 people attended.
A report shows $87,675 contributed toward the state’s Red Cross quota, 44 percent of the goal. Charleston officials expect $30,000 from Kanawha and Clay counties as yesterday’s total reached $12,681 with gifts from Dunbar Garden Club, Kanawha Valley hospital alumnae, Charleston Rotary Club, State Nurses' Club and Charleston General hospital alumnae.
The Charleston naval recruiting office dispatched 12 men to Richmond Virginia for final enlistment exams. If all succeed the monthly total from the local office will reach 28 with 44 on the waiting list. Lieut. Com A B Becker Jr in charge of the Richmond district inspected the local station and spoke last night before departing for Huntington.
Ida Minor of 1823 Bisley avenue told city police a burglar entered through an unlocked window between 1 and a.m. yesterday and stole 3.50 from a pocketbook. Thefts also included a 1937 Plymouth sedan carried by Blubaigh bakery and a 1937 Buick owned by L. J. Bowditch of Riverview apartments.
A monthly clinic for indigent children drew about 180 patients from southern West Virginia. The event showcased public assistance efforts and provided essential medical services to families in need.
June 24 29 was National Swim for Health Week with a booklet Swimming and Diving describing underwater movement floating strokes the crawl and life saving. Send ten cents to Service Bureau 101% Thirteenth Street Washington DC for the illustrated guide.
A short circuit in an electric wire started a fire yesterday in the garage apartment at 207 Bradford Street occupied by Howard Caleman. Firefighters were called to Ruffner Avenue and Dixie Street where a power wire had fallen at 1 47 p m. Appalachian Power Company workers repaired the break quickly with about 4 damage reported. No other damage noted.
A requisition was signed by Mayor Dawson for the Final SIBABL.76 of PWA funds to equip four new fire stations at a total cost of SBLCON. The buildings were completed about six months ago, but delays in agreeing on equipment types held up the final requisition.
A youth arrested entering the Loose-Wiles Biscuit warehouse on Wilson Street was turned over to juvenile court to be sent back to the boys' industrial school at Pruntytown from which he had escaped 11 days earlier. He is also charged with breaking into the Blubaugh bakery plant Monday night, according to officers.
Melvin Hippart pleaded not guilty in municipal court to attempted theft of an automobile and was held to the grand jury. In default of bond he remained in jail.
Albert Bunyon, 55, of Fore mile, Huntington, apparently died of a heart attack while at the wheel of a car that lurched from the road into a cornfield. He was found dead at the scene.
Fred Alley, manager of the municipal airport, has been appointed chairman for West Virginia of the American Association of Airport Executives. Alley learned of the honor in a letter from Albert L. Edison, director of the first region and national secretary.
Justice will leave Sunday to attend the annual meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in Hartford Conn. June 2.
The Brewers and Beer Distouters committee of West Virginia, led by Director T. C. McKinley, recommended revoking five McDowell county beer licenses after a week long surprise recheck by state inspectors and tax department agents. Five other license holders were warned to “clean up.” Petitions were filed with Assistant Tax Commissioner E. A. Hansbarger as four outlets face revocation actions.
War era notes warn Welch and Keystone, plus Jaeger and near English, about unspecified hazards. Separate line mentions a ban on importing poultry food into Eire due to the war, forcing farmers wives to quit chicken-raising. Sweden supplied three-fifths of iron and steel shipped to the U.S. in April.
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