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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1941
Page
4
Thomas J. Britton enters the army in Newark and requests assignment to Oahu Hawaii after finding a pineapple package with a note from Lolita Kaha mahui. He writes back with his photo and hopes to meet her, noting he lacks funds to travel.
A guide to choosing flattering hair styles with tips on bangs, waves, and updos. Includes professional advice by Lois Leeds and fashion notes on summer looks such as the pancake hat and long bob. Practical care tips and reader fashion questions are addressed.
The Gazette presents a set of ten quirky quiz items. It asks about anthropophagicians and nursery rhymes, names a U S food administrator, and poses questions on eclipses, Esperania, Navy Knox and cabinet entry, a state capital, spelling of questionnai re, a translation in a chariot, and materials for rope making.
The note advises using the word angry to describe anger rather than implying madness or insanity. It warns that anger does not equal insanity and suggests precise language to avoid misinterpretation.
President Roosevelt accepted Emil Schram’s resignation as chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Schram will become president of the New York Stock Exchange. The letter commends his integrity, vision, and public service and wishes him happiness in his new field.
An African Besengis dog stows away aboard the freighter West Leshway, hidden in Boston harbor after 27 days in a hold. Unable to bark, the unique dog survives on coffee beans until rescue, prompting alarm about home security if such a dog were owned.
New York state supreme court ordered 93 009 from frozen German American Bund assets to pay attorney Peter Sabbatini who defended Bund Leader Fritz Kuhn on misappropriation charges. The court also instructed payment of a $3 000 bill in six monthly installments.
Fort Hill developments transfer to Francis C Farley and Joseph Mason with Mary Derrick. Elk district gains three tracts and lots 3 4 in Ravenswood area. Jefferson district sees several transfers including Lot 24 in Redd addition and Lot 80 in Country Club Acres. Numerous other parcels move between individuals and companies in Kanawha and surrounding counties.
West Virginia selections for the officers reserve corps include James Emory Coleman Fayetteville and William Oren Crandall Gauley Bridge named second lieutenants in Coast Artillery. Cleo Montgomery Hunt Charleston also becomes a second lieutenant, with Philip Henry Killey Vivian, Morgan Wilson Logan, Lee Campbell Tait Logan, Charles A Tulloch Jr St Albans as second lieutenants in Cavalry and Engineers. John Mackey Trapnell Jr Charles Town and Theodore Roosevelt Whitaker Weirton named first lieutenants in the Medical Corps.
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