Gazette carrier earns Washington trip for bond sales
Thomas Easter a Gazette carrier from St. Albans earned a two day all expenses paid trip to Washington D C after selling 6200 dollars in defense bonds in three days. The drive raised about 100000 dollars in bonds statewide with 74300 sold by Gazette carriers. Easter joined about 200 carriers in the capital visiting Bolling Air Force Base the FBI and meeting leaders including Atty Gen Howard McGrath President Truman and Sec of Treasury John Snyder. They toured the Pentagon and met Sec of Defense George C Marshall and saw sites in Washington.
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Thomas Easter
Gazette
St. Albans
Washington, D. C
International Circulation ‘Managers’ Assoc
The
Treasury
West Virginia
Young Easter
J. T. Easter
Kanawha Terrace
Charleston
Pewsboys
Bolling
Easter
Defense
Ronald Haddad
Charleston Daily Mail
Quantico visit highlights drills tours and submarine tour
At Quantico Marine Base boys observed drills and maneuvers and took a guided tour of a submarine. Carrier salesmen returned late Friday. Of 350 carriers in the Charlestion area, the top tan in each of 16 districts will win a four trip to Coney Island near Cincinnati. Runner-up to young Easter was Dickie Pauley of Belle, who sold $5,975 worth of bands.
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Quantico Marine Base
Charlestton
Coney Island
Cincinnati
Young Easter
Dickie Pauley
Belle
Salvation Army Transfers Officer to Bluefield
Lt. Katherine Padden, longtime youth officer and cashier, is transferred to Bluefield to oversee youth work and the summer camp. Lt. Capt. Janie Blanchard replaces her, previously heading Oakland Corps No. 2 in Washington Street WV and stationed in Covington, Virginia. A public service at 8 tonight at the local citadel, led by Brig. John Bivans, welcomes Capt. Blanchard.
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Katherine Padden
Salvation Army
Bluefield
Janie Blanchard
Oakland Corps No. 2
Washington St. W
Covington
Padden
Bluefield Corps
Citadel
Capt
Blanchard
John Bivans
Two Stolen Bicycles Reported to Police
Two bicycles were reported stolen to city police yesterday. Mrs H R Williams of 265 New House Dy said a bicycle belonging to her son was taken in the 100 block of Summers St. Mrs W L Meadows reported a bicycle theft from her home at 142 1-2 Avon St. Elesha Garrett of Capehart Adda said a .38 pistol was stolen from him hours after purchasing it from a local pawn shop.
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H. R. Williams
Newhouse Dy
Summers St
W. L. Meadows
Avon St
Elesha Garrett
Capehart Adda
Tobacco Men Meet at White Sulphur Springs
The Tobacco Association of the United States holds its annual meeting in White Sulphur Springs with delegates from all leaf trade segments. Focus will be on ECA funds for German purchases of American tobacco and unresolved 1951 crop allocations. Discussions include ceilings and other trade issues. The National Geographic Society notes the Red River delta in Indo China as highly populated.
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United States
ECA
Germany
Bodies of 14 State Soldiers On Way to U.S.
The Valdosta Victory carries 349 American war dead from the Korean conflict to the United States. They will land at San Francisco around June 24 and be escorted to the next of kin. Included are 14 West Virginia servicemen with listed names and parental addresses.
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U.S
Boyd L. Cooper
Delbert C. Cooper
Creston
Delbert L. Cosner
Lyle L. Cosner
Bayard
Robert FR. Dodd
Robert R. Dodd
Wilsonburg
Lamar G. Hudson
Leroy G. Hudson
Everett
Charles B. McDaniel
Mae McDaniel
Bristol
Guy W. McNeely
Clida McNeely
Huntington
Wiliam H. Reynolds
Samuel Reynolds
Cameron
Donald H. Tucker
Leo V. Tucker
Grafton
Vernon R. Yost
Ercer L. Yost
Berkeley Springs
City Student Earns Mechanical Engineering Degree
Eugene D. Legg, son of Mr and Mrs Stanley G Legg of Charleston, graduated June 11 from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology with bachelor degrees in mechanical engineering and science. He served as an Air Force navigator in the Pacific and will join Procter and Gamble Co. in St. Louis after July 1.
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Eugene D. Legg
Stanley G. Legg
Charleston
University of Minnesota Institute of Technology
Chamberlain
Charleston High School
Air Force
Legg
Eugene Legg
Alpha Mu
Kansas State University
Minnesota
Milling Engineers’ Club
Assoc. of Operative Millers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pi Tau Sigma
Mechanical Engineering Society
Tau Beta Pi
Procter and Gamble Co
St. Louis
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Charleston Gazette
Washington
Ted
Best Buy
Ae Sherwin-Williams Paints
Cobb Mercantile, Inc
Crosa Jones
W, Wa
Pickey Penne Clothes
National Geographic Society
Red River Delta
Indochina
Ste
Parkersburg
Burlington
N. C
Bane
Riverview
ROY West & Company
Joergstoan
Youngstown
Ghreas Mc
Woodrums
Virginia St
W. Va
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