West Virginia Retail Sales Hit 1939 Total of 493 Million
Federal Census shows West Virginia retail trade across 18 928 stores employing 42 318 people paid out 98 263 000 to workers and held 51 252 000 in year end stock. Independent sellers led with 31 400 859 000 in sales across 123 195 stores. chain stores totaled 9 105 825 000 across 22 495 outlets. Independent stores employed 4 925 384 workers nationwide in 1939.
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Washington
West Virginia
Federal Bureau of Census
Nati
Returns to Duty paper stores and business payroll totals
The record shows various retail sectors and payrolls including paper stores with 143 employees paid 147000, hardware stores with 213 shops and 553000 paid to 480 employees, eating places with 1738 outlets and 2,177,000 paid to 4,078 workers, and drug stores with fountains and 9,790,000 paid to 1,403 staff. Overall, all other kinds of business total 4,760 establishments with 7,955 employees paid 7,125,000 and sales of 86,634,000.
Community church to be dedicated with revival and baptist events
Sunday dedication service at the San derson Community church at 11 a m followed by a revival led by Rev Eugene Wolfe and Rev C W Hamrick. The Schwamb Memorial Presbyterian church hosts a daily vacation Bible school this week ending with a Friday picnic. Rev Fred W Christie leads the school with a large volunteer staff and an Open Door mission sermon tonight. The Rosoffs preach at Randolph Street Baptist church and a large First Baptist pageant for Vacation Bible school children is planned. Kanawha Presbyterian hosts Y M C A official Rev Robert C Boothe speaks this morning. <text contains garbled closing letters and unrelated personal note>
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Eugene Wolfe
C. W. Hamrick
Schwamb Memorial Presbyterian Church
Fred W. Christie
C. E. Campbell
J.P. Henkel
FR. L. Conner
R. T. Cummings
W. R. Bower
T. C. Kester
Guy Moss
Wilma Bostic
C. H. Christy
C. 5. Blake
Rosoffs
Randolph Street Baptist Church
Randolph Street
Albert Rosoff
Metropolitan Opera
Michigan Conservatory of Music
Daniel Rosoff
First Baptist Church of
Winston-Salem
First Baptist Church
Community Vacation Bible School
Jerusalem
Robert C. Boothe
Kanawha Presbyterian Church
Teresa Coal Company Chartered in Morgantown
A charter issued for Teresa Coal Company Morgantown with 5000 authorized capital and 1000 paid in. Incorporators are Phillip Perroots Teresa O Hare and Richard E Davis all of Morgantown. A lighthearted Oklahoma City note explains a clothespin trick pilots use to reel in aircraft antennas during landing.
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Teresa Coal Company
Morgantown
Phillip Perroots
Teresa O'Hare
Richard E. Davis
Oklahoma City
Army Tank Price Sparks White House Scrutiny
Patterson stalls a multi million dollar order for trackless tanks after ordnance experts deem the price excessive. McCloy defends the cost citing research investments, while the firm fails to appear at a later meeting. The issue leaves the order unsigned on Patterson's desk.
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Patterson
OPM
Army Ordnance Bureau
Army
John J. McCroy
Ordnance
War Department
McCloy
New York
F Patterson
Free booklet promises relief from stomach ulcers
Distress from gastric hypersoidity touted with a home treatment claiming quick pain relief and a money back guarantee. Advertisement urges readers to request a free booklet from Cleveland Von Company, 1017 the md Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Cleveland von Company
MD Arcade
Cleveland
Ohio
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