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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1941
Page
3
Salvation Army needs a large refrigerator for a summer camp for underprivileged children opening Monday. Maj. Hal Hughes urged restaurants or butcher shops to lend a sizable unit or even a large reconditioned box, and provided contact at 27-233 for pickup.
Bus reservations for a historical pilgrimage to Scary battlefield and the home of Gen. John McCausland near Pliny, 40 miles down the Kanawha river, may be made by telephoning C. E. Butler's office in the Kanawha county library today or tonight. The tour will start at the Library building at 1 p.m. Sunday and return at 6 p.m. The Knights of Columbus was organized in Connecticut in 1882.
CIO machinists weigh joining AFL in suspending the San Francisco shipyard strike as Gypsum Workers vote 5 to 1 to return Monday. AFL and CIO wage demands diverge on master contracts with raises from 1.00 to 1.12 and overtime pay. Gypsum, Sperry Gyroscope, and Curtiss Wright plants face potential or actual strikes amid wage hike pressures and stalled negotiations.
R C Dickens of Charleston sued Park Your Cat company for damages to his automobile. A common pleas court jury awarded him 326 dollars after the defendant admitted liability. Dickens claimed an employee drove the car off the lot and wrecked it in a collision with another vehicle.
Applicants for marriage licenses listed by the county clerk include Howard Ernest Clay of Villa Rica and Marie Alberta White of Charleston. Also named are Woodrow Wilson Hunt of Ward and Mamie Irene Gay of Hugheston.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices present for individuals from various towns including Minersville Buffalo Charleston and Ansted. Highlights include Joseph M McGurl 49 of Minersville died recently and Virgie Whittington 57 of Buffalo died of heart ailment with services today. Martha Jane Tully 84 of Sugar Creek died after a fall with burial at Jenkins Cemetery. Henry H Johnson 70 of Ansted prominent local figure with planned funeral at Ansted church and Highlawn Memorial Park.
Local monument company advertises contact at 2041 Macaafeams address with options for sending blast equipment and service quotes. listing 15 Alderson St and other details for inquiries.
Hartford June 26 Secretary Ickes urged Americans to choose sacrifice over ease in the war for liberty. He warned that without swift backing of Britain America risks losing more than words and attacked Lindbergh for pro Hitler leanings while praising Allied resistance. He called for sweat blood and tears to match Churchill and warned Hitler may leave America “all in” without help to Britain.
The ladies auxiliary of the United National Association of Federal Office Clerks hosts a barbecue tomorrow at 4 p m at the armory. The public is invited. Spaulding assistant city health commissioner said death resulted from heart disease. Surviving are two sons Carroll and Joseph of Lickerek, three daughters Mrs George Snodgrass Chesspeake Mrs Ace Brogan Spring Hill and Miss Grace Eappling Charleston and a sister Mrs Clarence Campbell Onley. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Senator Andrew Jackson Houston, 87, son of Sam Houston, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a stomach ailment operation. He passed at about 8 p.m. with his two daughters Ariadne and Marguerite beside him. He was the oldest man to enter the U.S. Senate after being appointed by Gov. W. Lee O’Daniel to succeed Morris Sheppard.
The Camp Fire Girls report a membership of 250 006, highlighting a large national enrollment. The figure underscores the group's broad reach across communities and ongoing recruitment efforts.
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