California scientist touts gasoline substitutes for cars
Reseda researcher Ralph Gordon Fear claims to have perfected about fifty motor fuel formulas that blend readily available kerosene diesel and other fuels with inexpensive additives to make gasoline substitutes. He says some mixes require little or no gasoline and can power engines with starting acceleration and power comparable to gasoline, even during rationing.
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California
Ralph Gordon Fear
Reseda
Mr. Fear
Fear
Below the Border Western Melodrama at Opera House
Buck Jones Tim McCoy and Raymond Hatton star in Mono gram six gun thriller Below the Border in which the Rough Rider trio infiltrates a cattle rustling gang in Border City near the Mexican line. Buck Roberts joins the gang undercover to uncover the killer of a U.S. Marshal and restore order with Sandy and Col Tim aiding the mission.
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Buck Roberts
Buck Jones
A. S
Overland Stage
Border City
Senorita Rosita
Linda Brent
Washington
Garcia
Buck
Joe Collins
Sandy
Raymond Hatton
Col
Tim
Tim Mecoy
Mexico
Jim Robbins
U.S
That Uncertain Feeling at Strand Theatre
Strand Theatre presents Ernst Lubitsch's That Uncertain Feeling with Merle Oberon and Melvyn Douglas as a blissful couple who discover happiness has limits. Burgess Meredith Alan Mowbray Eve Arden and Sig Rumann support in a sprightly American Lubitsch comedy noted for wit and twists.
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Merle Oberon
Melvin Douglas
Ernst Lubitsch
Sol Lesser
Strand Theatre
Mr. Lubitsch
Hollywood
Daffy
Lubitsch
Miss Oberon
Melvyn Douglas
Struck Union Enters Talks in Pleasures
Struck Marietta Manufacturing says management will meet Labor Commissioner Sattler and Charleston labor delegates at 3 p.m. in a bid to resolve the strike over wage and union rights as 12 to 15 more workers return. Company attorney Weissenberger cites 35 percent on the job. Callinan disputes the full shutdown and authorized strike claims.
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Point Pleasant
Jason T. Weissenberger
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Charles J. F. Sattler
L. J. Callinan
Charleston
Weissenberger
Callinan
AFL
Sattler
Gallbladder Diseases Diagnosed and Explained by Dr. Clendening
Dr. Clendening explains gallbladder anatomy and disease mostly affects those over 40. Bacteria and toxins travel via bile, pregnancy causes stasis, stones may form, and symptoms mimic stomach or heart issues. The Graham dye test offers a reliable sign, while questions cover heart murmurs and pamphlets offered by the physician.
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Graham
War Effort Urges Efficient Auto Use and Substitutes
Fear urges Americans not to halt automobile use in wartime and promotes distributing substitute fuels from aviation gasoline byproduct to aid workers commuting. He argues these fuels cut refining costs and notes no gasoline shortage, urging patriotic sharing of formulas for widespread use. He cites Germany’s war industry concentration in the Ruhr region at 75 percent.
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America
Mr. Fear
Germany
Ruhr Region
Bathers Must Remain Close City Council Rules
New York council bans beach wear straying beyond 200 feet from shore. Debate over body aesthetics ends with passage amid sharp criticisms by Mrs Rita Casey and councilman Walter Hart condemning wet bathing suits in public.
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James T. Carter
New York
Milady
Betty Grables
Rita Casey
Walter R. Hart
Wartime travel cuts hit West Virginia highways in May
Wartime restrictions reduced automobile travel 18.8 percent in West Virginia in May. The State Road Commission reported that all major highways surveyed showed declines from last year. At 11 automatic recorder stations total traffic reached 641,204 versus 789,639 in May 1941.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Road Commission
War Transport Division
RAF raids resume over Ruhr and Rhineland targets
British war airmen resumed raids on Ruhr and Rhineland plants with mine-sowing in enemy waters. Eight bombers failed to return, a fighter was shot down during intercepts, and another fighter was lost on daylight patrol over northern France. Weather lingered over the operations after a week-long lull.
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London
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
Air Ministry
RAF
France
Labor and management resume talks at Pure Oil refinery
Labor and management representatives resumed negotiations in Charleston to settle a strike that curtailed production at the Pure Oil refinery in Cabin Creek. State labor commissioner Charles J. F. Sattler and federal conciliator John Addicks joined the talks, which followed a CIO oil workers walkout Monday afternoon.
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Charleston
Pure Oil Company
Cabin Creek
Charles J. F. Sattler
John Addicks
Cincinnati
CIO International Oil Well Workers Union
Planes May Carry Boats In Daring Transport Claim
Tl Telegrafo of Leghorn suggested Italian midget torpedo speed boats used against the Russian fleet in the Black Sea were transported there by air rather than overland via the Danube, noting that planes carry tanks and cannons and could carry small naval units.PACE FIV TRENT ASKS SCH HANDLE RIGID RATIONING CHARLESTON, shine 17, ()- School Superintendent W. W. Trent urged eight eastern counties to organize registration for permanent gasoline rationing on July 1 2 and 3, proposing central buildings and staff from county teaching crews to oversee the process.
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Switzerland
Tl Telegrafo
Leghorn
Black Sea
Danube
Ciano
PACE
FIV
TRENT
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Shine
W. W. ‘Trent
West Virginia
United States
Hardy
Pendleton
Mineral
Grant
Morgan, Jefferson
Berkeley
Hampshire
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the Sentinel
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