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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1940

Page

14

Easy Laura Wheeler Sty Knit Adds to Any Wardrobe

A catalog style note lists numerous names including James I Praff, B A Robertson, Lawrence EF Bali 5, W Savage, Dr A Slsex, Mrs Rose Siegel, Capt Geel Sheer, Robert L Smit, Pred Staunton and Paul E Steinbickes among district representatives and officials from various towns. The fragmentary OCR offers no clear event, date, or outcome.

Laura Wheeler Col James I Dea PE. Ree B.A. Robertson Lawrence EF Bali U W. Savage Slsex Rose Siegel Capt Geel Sheer Robert L. Smit Pred Staunton Paul E. Steinbickes B. OH Swint Cal C. C. Taliman Frank A Frederick L. Tham Mra R . Thompson Ke Turner F. Yeador John Baker White E. Youell Woodrum Favawha Coleard St Albans Fenton C. B. Pierce C. Dickinson Virgil Given Ross J. Culpepper Clendenin M D. Bouldin Burnwelly I. A. Wilelis Coalburg G. C Alderson FL. Sibert Rayford Reed Hatfield Reed H. E. Snyder Handley Frank G. Fletcher Frank R. Hyre Dunbar. CH Co C. Greesang Widen J.B. Wheeler F.H Fast Clay

Red Cross Chapter Elects Graham as Chairman at Dinner

Robert N. Graham, now in New York, was unanimously elected chairman of the Charleston chapter of the American Red Cross at the annual dinner at the Daniel Boone hotel. Officers retained were Roger Creel as vice chairman, BP, AL Herscher treasurer, and Alma C. Corbitt secretary. Sixty five executive committee members plus district representatives were named. The speaker urged meeting a revised quota of 830,000 and noted Red Cross work in disaster relief, home defense, and wartime logistics. Representatives attended from Boone, Waad, Putnam, Wayne, Cabell and Roane counties.

Dewey Kuhns American Red Cross Hart Ruil Crass Yure Germany Boone Waad Putnam Wayne Cabell Roum Hare M. Alston B. EL Andre Baar A. Baer N. H. Baker G. H. Barksdale A. Barth M Anna Bessier Sol Bloom Henry M. Brow Robert L. Bryan C. A. Bundick Wm. A. Carreil Howard Chernoff PRISM Coates H. H. Corrie George L H. Doherty WLC Eas W. FL Ficklen Virgil L. Frankenberger A. W Elizabeth J. Goodall T. F. Goldthorpe A. B. Haneke C. Paul Heavener Charles ©. Hodges J. C. Huffman Bailey A. Hupp A. J. Lindenberg Julia Lindenberg Howard N. Lackey H. L. Moranda W. Martin D. N. Mohler John T Morgan John T. Morgan J. N. Murphy L. H. Mynes McGovran Herderson Feebles M. F. Petersen W. Picker

Etiquette for Every Day booklet advertised in New York notice

A Charleston Gazette promotion urges readers to buy the 40 page Etiquette for Every Day booklet. It outlines manners for dining dancing travel visiting and social introductions and offers details to send 15 cents to The Home Institute in New York for delivery. It emphasizes poise and proper introductions.

New York Byers Charleston Gazette Home Institute West 7H Street N. Y

Calling All Dogs a Wartime Collar Law Poem

A Terhune essay comments on a British wartime ordinance requiring dog owners to engrave their names and addresses on collars and tags. The piece notes exceptions for hounds, sporting dogs, or working animals and suggests America might adopt similar safeguards to reunite lost pets.

Great Britain America

Four Couples Apply For Licenses To Wed

Four couples applied for marriage licenses at the county office yesterday. Edwaid Wellh of Kanawha City and Opal Canterbury of Marmet. Marley J. Gnev of South Charleston and Mary vabeta Ast of Fo Nomey street. William Edwara Bailey of Crown Hill and Rebecca Mae Hudnall of Holley Grove Brute A, Han City Michigan, and Rita Ruth Gailivan of 142 Quarrier Street.

Edwaid Wellh Kanawha City Opal Canterbury Marmet Marley J. Gnev South Charleston Mary Vabeta Ast Fo Nomey Street William Edwara Bailey Crown Hil Rebecca Mae Hudnall Holley Grove Brute A Han City Mich Rita Ruth Gailivan Quarrier Street

Republican National Convention Opens With Hoover Address

On June 24 Philadelphia hosts the Republican National Convention with the session opening at 10 a.m. EST. Rev Dr Paul M Andree guides travel, national anthem sang, and Joseph W Martin Jr of Massachusetts is named permanent chairman. Hoover then addresses the platform committee reports follow the recess.

Philadelphia Paul M. Andree Lutheran Church of John Andrew Gregg Kansas City Herbert Hoover

Woman Held on Charge Of Possessing Stolen Goods

Dixie Burke was arrested on Bonnaby street by Sergt H B Moales on a possession of stolen goods charge hours after police took up a complaint from Mr F L Stanley Fuaman. A dress belonging to Fuaman was found on Burke who was seen wearing it by the Beckley couple. Burke was released on $1900 bail.

Dixie Burke Bonnaby Street H. B. Moales Adill Stanley Fuaman Fugman Fupman Summers Street Beckley Steerling Ross Manles Burke

Taft and Taftite Echo in Bellevue Lobby Satire

A satirical collage notes Fair Enough impersonating a Charlie Chan figure in the Bellevue Looby amid spoof premonitions and Taft references. It mentions Warner Oland, Mencken, and Senator Vancenders while describing a 10 foot tall lobby frame honoring Winston Frank Garnett’s expenditure as a sardonic rebuttal.

Taft Forest Davis Warner Oland Nee Charlie Chan Robert Taft Taft Taft Dutton Henry Mencken Sen Vancenders Adolf Veter Benjamin Franklin Hotel Frank Garnett

Dorothy Dix Says on marriage power and control

A humorous misandrist tirade argues wives rule the home from marriage and husbands lose autonomy. It claims wives dominate finances meals and routines, while husbands stay submissive to avoid conflict, urging men to assert their rights and resist tyrannical behavior. The piece lampoons the New Deal era as a backdrop.

Miss Dix Belargs

Questions and Answers in the Gazette Service Bureau

Readers are invited to send questions to the Gazette Game Service Bureau at 101s Thirteenth Street Washington DC with a three cent return postage. The page 13 feature lists seven test questions on topics like the lightest metal, world leaders, natural kingdoms, naval reserve members, U S presidents, lotteries, and Irish city.

Gazette Game Service Bureau Thirteenth Street Washington D. C Canaan U.S Abraham Lincoln George Washington United States Northern Ireland Seisure

Gretna Green and elopement lore from Scottish border country

Fragmentary OCR describes common errors in adjectives and phonograph speeds, then details Gretna Green as a famed elopement site near Scotland’s border. It notes many elopements occurred at village smithies due to laws restricting marriages in England in the early nineteenth century.

Scotland England

Old Q A Trivia On Hale Newberry Social Security And Rebecca

A collection of questions and answers covers Nathan Hale's execution for spying, Truman H Newberry's senate expulsion, Social Security retirement earnings limits, and the stage role of Rebecca. The fragmentary text blends historical trivia with policy notes and a brief lines about a Rebecca appearance.

Nathan Hale Washington Long Island Truman H. Newberry Michigan U. S. Senate Senate Rebecca Stone

West Virginia split over Willkie at Republican convention

Philadelphia June 24 West Virginia delegates formed an eight member anti Willkie bloc led by Walter Hallanan claiming at least half the state's 16 votes would oppose him on the first ballot. D. Boone Dawson cited Dewey support and noted 75 percent of Republicans in the state prefer Dewey while 25 percent oppose Willkie. Cara Ebert was reelected national committeewoman and Anthony McCue named vice chairman as convention selections named Hallanan Davis Schuck Hatfield and Gaines for various duties.

Philadelphia West Virginia Wendell L. Willkie D. Boone Dawson Charleston Willkie Walter Hallanan Imed West Cara Ebert Parkersburg Anthony McCue Clarksburg Hallanan Ed Blake Ronceverte Richard Earle Davis Morgantown Charles J. Schuck Wheeling MacGinnis Hatfield Welch

Colorado Governor Joins Willkie Backers

The Philadelphia dispatch reports Governor Ralph Carr of Colorado has consented to second Wendell L. Willkie’s nomination and serve as a floor manager. Willkie hails Carr as one of America’s outstanding progressive governors and welcomes his endorsement.

Philadelphia INSI Wendell L. Willkie Ralph Carr Colorado Carr America

Pond Poison Thwarted by Seizure and Individual Removal

The advisory states that consuming minute aquatic animals makes poison bait useless. Copper sulphate would require dangerous concentrations harming fish plants and pets. It recommends seizing the pond and destroying frogs individually as they are captured.

Doan's Pills Advised for Backache Relief

Many suffer backache and fatigue from tired kidneys. Doan's Pills, claimed effective for over 40 years, are urged to cleanse kidneys and remove poisons from blood, restoring energy and reducing aches.

Duan Doan

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