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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
9
The Newcomers club will hold a bridge luncheon at 12 30 p.m. Tuesday at the Charleston Women's club with Mrs John Houchins and Mrs FP L Woods as hostesses Reservations must be made by Saturday noon with Mrs William Wray phone 3 701
Mrs DeWitt Gallaher plans an informal tea at her Grosscup Road home this afternoon to honor her guest Mrs Arthur Dudley Underhill of Yonkers New York. Several small gatherings are arranged during her visit with guests including Mesdames Ward Koontz Zimmern McCabe Dana Smith and several others.
The piece notes a N. Manager’s resignation to avoid becoming a figurehead amid the Merry-Go-Round drama. It then cites Martha Wood of the OPA mocking the glamor focus in cosmetics. A listed order describes a perfume named Savage Love timed to a lunar quarter as part of maximum price regulation See Paragraph (B) TF Maximum Price Regulation 393.
The piece argues the governor can secure the nomination by uniting various moods and discontents. It notes he focuses on one problem, doing so brilliantly, while the larger question remains for the convention to address.
A social meeting will be held at 8 p m today at the home of Mrs. Frank Reed 403 Swinburne Ay. John Brawley Post No 20 auxiliary Alkherst Rebekah lodge No 93 IOOF sponsor a bake sale Saturday at the Diamond Dept Store. Mrs Elsie Tillis will have charge.
Advertises Lady Esther baby-texture powder claiming a youthful, smooth, natural finish that hides blemishes for hours. Promotes exclusive Twin Hurricane Process and ingredients, with testimonials from thousands of users that it stays fresh and non chalky in strong sunlight.
Janice Herter of Union City is named the girl with the most beautiful dogs in America after a nationwide contest with 6000 contestants. At 17 she models a versatile dress by Carol Crawford featuring four patented elements and promotes a bond tour sponsored by the Venida League. Lois Leeds urges readers to buy bonds to support beauty prizes and summer attire while noting bonds issued March 2 1987 and mortgage releases filed by H E Twyeffort for Guaranty Trust Co. of New York across multiple counties.
Ensign Robert Patrick Kelley son of Mr and Mrs Harold E Kelley of Knoxville Tennessee formerly of Charleston was killed in an airplane accident near Jacksonville Florida Services will be at Owen Barth mortuary chapel tomorrow burial will be in Base Memorial park He graduated in 1941 from Charleston high school where he participated in dramatic activities He trained at Chapel Hill Memphis and Pensacola where he earned his commission a month ago.
Huntington June 27 Thelma Brumfield 25 wife of a soldier on the Italian front was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the April 30 shotgun slaying of Boyd Williams 47. The jury of farmers and businessmen deliberated one hour four minutes and the judge postponed sentence pending further action. Williams a World War I veteran was shot in the yard of Brumfield’s home and she pleaded self defense with a penalty of one to five years.
Four men received head and arm lacerations yesterday after their car rear ended another on Kanawha Blvd near East Ay. Injured are C. E. Shawver 26 of 504 Wyoming St Daniel Hin kle 26 of Kenna Homes William Mc Callister 26 of 2816 28th St Nitro and Don Clark of Clendenin. They were treated at Charleston General Hospital. W. T. Homburg driver of the struck car was uninjured.
Staff Sgt. George H. Turley Jr., 22, son of Spring Hill resident George H. Turley, received an oak leaf cluster to his Air Medal. The citation praises his courage and coolness in combat missions, noting his 12th mission veteran status. He is a South Charleston high school alumnus and former grocery clerk at Spring Hill's J. M. Fleck store.
West Virginia Gas Corp cancels an issue of 2.5 million dollars in sinking fund mortgage eight years before due date. The move reduces long term debt and reflects managing costs, with details indicating a 5 percent rate and related financial restructuring.
Maj. Gen. Charles Hartwell Bonesteel, former UN forces commander in Iceland and head of the infantry school at Fort Benning, will replace Lt. Gen. Delos Emmons as western defense commander. Emmons leaves San Francisco for an undisclosed post. Bonesteel, 59, from Fort Sidney Nebraska, served in Iceland from 1942 to 1943 and received the Distinguished Service Medal in June 1943.
City police issued a lookout for a group of West Side youths accused of smearing grease on four mail boxes. The vandalized boxes were at Bigley Avenue and Blatterman Street Crescent Road and Gardner Street Crescent Road and Cora Street and Pennsylvania Avenue and Lilly Street.
John R. Fraser a 49 year old Piedmont Road resident fell from the roof of his home while making repairs suffering serious head and chest injuries. He was rushed to Charleston General hospital where his condition was reported serious last night.
Hjalmar J. Procope the Finnish minister expelled from the United States for inimical activities left Washington today with aides and may stop in Stockholm. Helsinki cabinet under pressure from events and Red Army advances toward Helsinki could resign, possibly reshaping relations with Prussia’s reports. Procope would return to Helsinki with a new cabinet. Madame Procope remains in the United States with two children and is expecting a third.
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