Air Parcel Post to Start September 1
All American Aviation will operate the Air Parcel Post system alongside air mail and air express. Packages up to 8 by 8 by 17 inches fit container limits. larger shipments may be handled where airports exist. Domestic deliveries save from one to six days with initial rates of 55 to 80 cents per pound, subject to change as volume grows.
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All American Aviation
Air Mail
Air Express
Air Parcel Post
Aften
Air Line
Post Office
Post Office Department
All American
RFD
International Air Parcel Post
United States
Special command course for reserve officers at Fort Meade
The West Virginia Military District announced a special experimental course for reserve corps and National Guard officers at Fort George G. Meade Maryland beginning October 10. Officers should contact their local unit instructor or the military district headquarters to attend. A separate fragment notes that certain hair breeds of sheep are distinguished from goats by tail direction, upward in goats and downward in sheep.
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Charleston
Fort George G. Meade
National Guard
West Virginia Military District
Organized Reserve
Military District
In Memoriam for Gloria Lucile Duff
In loving memory of Gloria Lucile Duff who died ten years ago on August 28 1938. The verse speaks of ongoing grief and belief that she rests with God. Signed by Mother Lola Ball Brother Gerald Kenneth Duff and Grandmother Mrs Robert L Moran.
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Gloria Lucile Duff
Lola Ball
Gerald Kenneth Duff
Robert L. Moran
Elmer Todd Wins New York Trip For Editorial
Marshall College senior Elmer Lee Todd editor of the Parthenon earns a fully paid trip to New York City August 29 to September 4 as one of three winners for a 300 word editorial on The Future of Huntington. Todd is the son of George Todd of 363 West Main Street and a WWII veteran who starred in high school athletics.
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Elmer Lee Todd
Arts’ and Sciences College
Marshall
the Parthenon
Marshall College
New York City
Young Todd
George Todd
West Main Street
Grafton Senior High School
New York
Huntington
Robert J. Yok
Teachers College
Lahoma Dolores Maynard
Williamson
Todd
Future OF
Marshall Journalism School
Elmer Todd
Parthenon
Ohio
Hold Couple For Mistreating Child
A blind mother and husband, Gordon G. MacDonald and his wife, were jailed on child neglect charges in Los Angeles. Their 10 year old daughter was said to be hung by her feet upside down and occasionally chained to her brother Jeremiah. The couple’s two year old son Wayne was tied to a chair and fed only once daily. The children, Darlene, Jeremiah, and Wayne, are under Juvenile Hall care. The mother claimed exhaustion from work since age four. The mother’s dog Beauty is in an animal shelter.
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Los Angeles
Gordon G. MacDonald
G. B. Barber
Darlene
Jeremiah
Barber
Wayne
Metimes
Mrs. MacDonald
Beauty
Reform School Bean Crop Sets Record This Year
The West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown reports a record bean harvest with 10,000 gallons canned. Part of the crop will be sold to other state institutions while potatoes and tomatoes are counted for feeding 225 boys. Canning continues as farm work accelerates with the school resuming studies.
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West Virginia
West Virginia plant curtailment cuts 60 workers
At the Westinghouse plant in Fairmont a curtailment of a May order means about 60 workers will be furloughed. The spokesman said a glass plant cutback will occur next week with three shifts working five days replacing four shifts seven days. Meat output in May rose 22 percent to about 4.2 million pounds with 7,100 cattle, 3,800 calves, 12,400 hogs and 300 sheep and lambs slaughtered statewide.
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Fairmont
Aug
Westinghouse
Pia
Charleston
West Virginia
One Day Home Erected in Beech Street, Harrison Residence
The Harrison family at 226 Beech Street welcomed a new four room cottage built in nine hours by Harmon Brothers contractors. The pre engineered Scott Home features Homasote walls, pre finished oak floors, aluminum windows, and a concrete block basement. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, both connected to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, expect to move in by September 1.
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Beech Street
Boxer Street
WD. Hatton
Harrison
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Scott
Harmon Brothers
Ten Raen
GOP Confident Bricker Predicts Dewey Victory
Senator Bricker of Ohio forecast a tremendous Dewey win in November while Oklahoma Governor Turner urged Truman support. Bricker warned results look set, Turner said Truman campaign teams will do needed work, with a possible September Oklahoma visit for the president. Penguins differ from other birds in lacking specially developed quill feathers on the wings.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
Roy Turner
Oklahoma
Truman
Turner
Dewey
Roosevelt
Truman-Barkley
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Grafton
Gloria
God
Lil
Siazim
Unil
Malone’s Drug and Chemical Co
George Selden Wallace
India
Floyd’s Shoe Shine Parlor
Latrobe Street
Frank R. Morgan
Reform School
Frank Yankovic
America
Malone’s Drug ¢ Chemical CO
Radio Ranch
Wickwire Road
Hollywood
Ken Curtis
Columbia Pictures
Shug Fisher
Republic Pictures
Hank and the
Foggy Mountain
Jake Taylor and
the Rail Splitters
Santa FE Trailsmen
WMMN
Eagles
Round
Ted Mitchel
Orchesta
Eagles Lodge
Eveready
Everhot
OTMER
Latrobe ST
Chrysler
Wiedebusch Plumbing & Heating Co
W. VA
Nnun
Valley Inn
Joe Diggs
Johnie Born
Freddie Ross
Paul Criss
Cole Slaw
Waldorf
John Deere
Ensilage
Barbwire
Aluminum
Feeder
Aaa Ed
Caren
Pel
Meniou
Metro-Golohyn-Mayer
Liberty Films
Frank Capra
Fay
Howard Swesay
Russel Rouse
ATL
Verler
Myles Comhout
Aanard Anthony
Idool
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