West Virginia Teacher Pension Board to Meet in June
The six member retirement board chaired by Gov. Neely will hold its first meeting on June 24 to hire an executive secretary address office location and complete initial organization. About 100 pension applications are on file and 140 recipients under the 1939 act will transfer to the new plan with state matching to teachers.
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West Virginia
Gov. Neely
W. W. Trent
Trent
R. E. Talbott
Edgar B. Sims
A. Clinton Loy
Romney
Dean FE. L. Haught
Concord State Teachers College
Gertrude Roberts
Huntington
Cal
What Your Handwriting Says About You
Kay Stewart introduces Elmer Wheeler a New York sales expert whose Tested Selling Institute counsels big firms and frequent mail order successes. Wheeler claims handwriting shows personality and offers his views on how script reveals character while recounting his sales career and notable clients.
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Elmer Wheeler
Tested Selling Institute of New York
Johns-Manville Company
The
Texas Company
H. H. Macy and Company
Hoover Company
Handwriting analysis pitch linked to Wheeler and The Gazette
The writer offers to analyze handwriting like Mr Wheeler’s signature and cites Adler’s study of Gazette readers. It claims readers are above average in intelligence and have discerning taste, being smart buyers who follow Gazette ads from Charleston merchants offering bargains.
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Mr. Wheeler
Elmer Wheeler
Adler
Gazette
Charleston
Sample Handwriting Request From Miss Kay Stewart
A reader solicits a confidential handwriting analysis from The Charleston Gazette. The note offers to pay ten cents in coin or fifteen cents in stamps and a three cent stamped self addressed envelope, asking for analysis of a sample text and to sign the response.
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Miss Kay Stewart
The
Charleston Gazette
Charleston, W
Plane Detector Was British Air Raiders Warning System
Palo Alto reports the inside story of Britain's radar network revealed by anonymous sources. Cyril F. Elwell a former Stanford engineer is named as originator of the idea and a key figure in early radio transmission projects. The system uses tall towers along the English coast and curtain radio waves to detect approaching planes by reflected energy. Stanford records show Elwell visited Britain in 1936 and 1937 to aid in building towers for rearmament.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Britain
Cyril F. Elwell
Stanford University
Elwell
England
Martinsburg Member Elected WV Funeral Directors President
Howard Brown of Martinsburg was elected president of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association at the annual convention in Morgantown. He succeeds R. C. Jones of Fairmont, with vice presidents N. H. Rogers Keyser Joseph Ford Fairmont and Joseph Bonsell. Stanley N. Vaughan was reelected secretary treasurer. Sergeant-at-Arms B C Comper Montgomery and Delegate-at-Large P B Bratton of Bielfeld named.
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Morgantown
Howard Brown
Martinsburg
West Virginia Funeral Directors Association
R. C. Jones
Fairmont
N. H. Rogers
Keyser
Joseph Ford
Joseph Bonsell
Stanley N. Vaughan
B. C. Comper
Montgomery
Bratton
Bivefield
International money orders restricted by Postmaster General
Postmaster General Frank C. Walker forbids issuance of international money orders payable in Albania Austria Cape Verde Islands Czechoslovakia Danzig Finland Germany Italy and Switzerland. Postmaster Julius W. Singleton said the ruling stays in effect until further notice.
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Albania
Austria
Cape Verde Islands
Czechoslovakia
Danzig
Finland
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Frank C. Walker
Julius W. Singleton
Flashes of Life In These United States
A Baltimore auction at the Ath letic club draws little movement as bidders buy a poker table and the whole property after bids on items. In Kansas City Charles A Lindbergh makes his first trans continental flight stop. In Caldwell Idaho ex governor Ben Ross notes farming yields more than politics with May milk profits. In Omaha a drunken driving case ends with a $25 fine and 86 day license suspension as a judge quips at the Holdler pun.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Athletic Club
Kansas City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Omaha
Aly
al Fiedler
Governor Neely Funds Negro Boys' State With $120 Check
State Police Supt. John W. Bosworth announced at Bluefield State Teachers College that Gov. Neely contributed $120 from the governor's contingent fund to the Negro Boys' State program. The gift aids operation costs of the school in practical government and citizenship, sponsored by the American Legion, with a larger proportion to the Boys' State Inc. based on attendance.
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Bluefield
John W. Bosworth
Bluefield State Teachers College
Neely
American Legion
Boys’ State, Inc
Jackson's Mill
More Reserve Officers Ordered to Duty in West Virginia
West Virginia military headquarters issued orders yesterday for infantry reserve officers to report for extended active duty at Camp Shelby Mississippi starting July 1. The group includes 2nd Lieut Leo Loeb of Charleston and lieutenants Vincent Fiora Terra Alta Lester Bolyard Williamson Fayoz Ammar Morgantown Lois Manus Summers Stotesbury Scranage Ashman Wheeling Boyd Arnold Bayard James Connor Fairmont James Fletcher Alderson Joseph Frye Jr Bramwell Edward Holmes Clarksburg Gibson Kyle Charles Town Morton Santgrifte Paw Paw Ned Shott Bluefield.
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West Virginia
Robert Ashman
Wheeling
Boyd H. Arnold
Bayard
James R. Connor
Fairmont
James J. Fletcher
Alderson
Joseph T. Frye, Jr
Bramwell
Edward B. Holmes, Jr
Clarksburg
Gibson M. Kyle
Charles Town
Morton Santgrifte
Paw Paw
Ned E. Shott
Bluefield
Amazing results from 5.9.8 Tonic claims
An advertisement touts 5.9.8 Tonic as a digestible liquid tonic that rebuilds red blood cells, strengthens stomach digestion, and restores vitality and color. It promises improved appetite, energy, and resistance to disease. Thousands report feeling like themselves again.
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