Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Births
The region shares a flurry of social visits and family news. Pvt Grover Melton and Mrs Melton of Mobile are honored at a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs L M Doyle. Births are announced for Paula Jane Kanawha Valley hospital and a son born at St Francis Hospital Pie. Several families travel between Charleston Spencer Marmet and Cabell areas while kin gathers for weekends and visits.
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Cord
L. M. Doyle
Pvt
Grover Melton
Melton
Mobile
Ala
Pvt. Melton
Tom Melton
Sadie Melton
J. H. Perry
Tillie Payne
Ida Perry
Coco
Robert Brabbin
Famiy
A. C. Martin
John Campbell
Chelyan
W. B. Cabell
Great Lakes
Guy Roberts
Spencer
Roberts
Pie
John Swyers
Fort McClellan
Marmet
J. Curry
Charleston
M. Pendleton Spruce
Ann Louie Arbaugh
St. Albans
Betty Vealey
L. M. Wingate
J. W. Bickham
Portsmouth
Hood Thomas
William Lore
Detroit
Mich
Lore
J. i. Lore
Clyde Seltes
Lillie Howell
Leslie
Ford Howell
Lon Howell
Dorothy
Carl Swyers
Nitro
Jean Garretson
C. E. Garretson
Everett Gainer
Grantsvilly
John F. Jacobs
John R. Jacobs
MacMillan
William G. Seacrist
A. L. Stacrist
Vance Family Open House in Charleston Observed
Mr and Mrs James Vance of Charleston RFC No 4 celebrate their longtime marriage with an open house from 10 p m to 4 p m at home. He is a 72 year old retired farmer and she is 69. They have two sons and a daughter, plus numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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James Vance
Charleston
RFC No. 4
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Adron Stevens
Grantsville
Arles
Merman Vance
Rt 4
Mary Clendenin
Dunbar
Myrtle Cunningham
Nancy Cunningham
Rayford
Alma Eads
Cabin Creek
John Smith
Sugar Stamp Rules Limit Supplemental Canning Sugar
Kanawha war price and rationing board No. 307 ruled that supplemental canning sugar cannot be issued until 10 pounds from coupons 1 and 16 of war ration book No. 1 are used. L Bruce Cooper, board executive secretary, said requests for extra sugar before using 15 and 18 coupons are outside authority. The 15 and 18 coupons cover 10 pounds per person. after use, up to 15 more pounds may be granted with proof of need.
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Kanawha
L. Bruce Cooper
Board
Cooper
Monsanto Wage Increase Denied in West Virginia Case
The West Virginia regional War Labor Board denied a 15 cent general wage increase for 23 Monsanto Chemical Co. Nitro employees, finding company rates already above average and existing increases since January. The panel offered maintenance of membership with an escape clause and a revocable union dues check-off, with later decisions pending second and third shift differentials. C. C. Bradford dissented on maintenance of membership and check-off.
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Charleston Gazette
James Lecber, Jr
Beckley Country
Fairmont
Aluminum Warkers Local No. 1
CIO
Little Steel
War Labor Board
West Virginia
Monsanto Chemical Co. Nitro
Fairemont Aluminum Co
Monsanto
United Mine Workers Local 12610
Boar
C. C. Bradford
Tri-Partite
Charleston
Carl. Davis
Ray MM. Evans
Retrial Docketed in Slaying Case for Thursday
Carl Wright, 44, miner of Hansford, is docketed for a Thursday retrial in an intermediate court for the fatal January shooting of Sherell Clendenin, 34, Crown HII miner. Wright says the shooting followed an argument at his home after Clendenin accused him of stealing liquor and money. the first trial ended with a hung jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wright
Miner
Hansford
Sherell Clendenin
Crown Hii
Wright
Clendenin
Elkview native becomes army air forces cadet at Penn State
Cpl Charles Calvin Harper formerly of Elkview and Denver Conn has been named a cadet in the army air forces and assigned to Pennsylvania Military academy for engineers corps training. Thomas W McCormick of South Charleston is listed among a class of student officers and cadets nearing graduation as pilots and earning wings from the Stockton Cal flying school.
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Cpl
Charles Calvin Harper
Ett
Dg. E. Harper
Elkview
Denver
Conn
Army Air Forces
Pennsylvania Military Academy
Engineers Corps
Harper
Thomas W. McCormick
Robert C. McCormick
South Charleston
Stockton
Cal
Kaiser Plans 400 Automobile For Sale After War
Kaiser, Pacific coast shipbuilder, unveiled a prototype and said he would market a $400 car through every gasoline station nationwide. He expects 10 million buyers could pay cash, cutting financing and overhead. The Werbnder engine aims for 80 hp, air cooled, magnesium and aluminum frame and tubular construction.
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Detroit
Henry J. Kaiser
Pacific Coast Shipbuilder
Kaiser
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Thomas Smith
Methodist Church
Dora Berry
A. Smith
O. S. McLaughlin
Em Mett Roush
Lewis Hamm
Joe Price
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Calvert Allen
Dorothy Mae Roush
Racine
Edith Allen
E. Campbell
Muntington
J. C. Layden
Carmn
John McLeod
Ronnie
Joh Clendenni
H. D. McPheeters
Morgantown
McPheeters
Charles Curry
W. J. McPheeters
Kanawha City
Sarah Dupler
Freda Stewart
Freda Kersey
Baltimore
Carl B. Heary
Alpene
Michigan
G. B. Rader Denilt
Kanawha Banking
Trust
Arter Paint & Glass CO
Hale ST
Ellvador
Lydia F. Pinkham
Pinkham
Air Cadets
Ruffner Hotel
Ruffner Grill
BUHL
DR. Polan
Eves
G. B
Potterfield
Tha White Haven the White Knight
Serta Mattresses
Woodrums
Simmons
Virginia St
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