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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1943
Page
6
Executive Secretary R. B. Marston of the State Education Assoc. said West Virginia teachers oversubscribed by 1083 dollars toward an 8000 dollar goal set by the national association to support the war and peace effort in education.
Four members of the College Girls volunteer nurses aide class are shown in the children's ward at St. Francis hospital on Tuesday. The group includes Reva Scietz of Goucher College Baltimore, Betty Anne Halstead of Marshall College Huntington, Beth Holcombe a senior at Duke University Durham N C, Nancy Fairley a Charleston High School graduate entering nurses training this fall, Mary Carroll Chilton who will enter Sweet Briar College, and Margaret Stub Wallace who trained at the University of Chicago signal school and has been assigned to a merchant ship in the Pacific. They are sisters of Mrs. Herman Combs of South Charleston.
A dense radio log lists programs, speakers, and time slots across many studios and networks. It mentions personnel such as Me. and Mrs. Chandler, Ensign Gardner, and various performers, with notes on Navy V-12 training and college affiliations.
Navy announces new ensigns including Thomas James Keen 24 son of Mrs Huth Terrill Kern of Kanis Division and Henry L Swoope among graduates from the Pensacola Florida oval training center. Wings of gold renewed as naval aviators.
F. J. Sprage of Littleton Wetzel county filed a $40 damage claim in the court of claims after a road commissioner rolled into his parked truck and left thinking Spragg needed help. Separately a mole was noted to dig a 68 foot tunnel in 25 hours.
Two bottles unearthed from beneath the West India docks cornerstone were opened by the Port of London Authority and found to hold a manuscript record and coins. In Mexico, President Avila Camacho authorized the Indian Affairs department to buy a Toltec hacienda near Tula to establish an Indian center.
Denmark has banned wooden ures used in automobiles as dangerous components. Authorities cite safety concerns and potential failure risks, prompting recalls and updates to vehicle regulations. Public guidance follows on proper disposal and replacement options.
After seven weeks of intensive work researchers found the cause of nausea linked to Fletcher's Castoria batches. A nationwide warning urged consumers and retailers to stop use or sale and return stocks for destruction. The FDA has been kept informed of all developments and future Castoria will bear a distinctive green band for protection.
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