Who's News on Broadway and radio debuts and reissued discs
Mona sored radio debut May 13 two months after leaving the service introduces Maes New York and sponsors. Berch's renewal begins in June as a year of warbling under the same sponsorship. Humphrey Davis portrays Arnell in Give Me Little Kiss on Abbott and Costello show, drawing encores and causing Amy Arnell’s two year old song to be reissued as a collector’s item.
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Broadway
Mona Sored
Maes
New York
Ext
Berch
Ame
Humphrey Davis
Arnell
Amy Arnel
Amy
West Virginia VFW convention opens with 5000 delegates expected
The West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars convened at Parkersburg with registration underway and crowd projections above five thousand. Delegates will hear from state and national officers, legislators, and veterans bureau officials as they shape the 1946 program. Notable speakers include senators Kilgore and Revercomb, representatives Randolph Ellis and Neely, Governor Meadows, and commander in chief Joseph M. Stack. The convention plans a possible state bonus for WWII veterans and may signal a shift into politics. The event runs from today through Saturday with memorial services and a parade finale.
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Piane
West vi
West Virginia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Agency
Harley Kilgore
Chapman Reverscomb
Randolph
Ellis
Neely
Meadows
Joseph M. Stack
Pittsburgh
Veterans
VFW
West
Virginia
W. Chester Williams
Williams
Parkensburg
Golden I.underwood
H. G. Hooks
Huntington Veterans Hospital
Mas ‘Charles Wood
Baltimore
United Services Organization
James B. Chess
Veterans Administration
Richmond
Fternoon
Official CO service deaths list shows 4863
Charleston June 27. A War Department report lists 4 863 West Virginians killed or missing in army service during World War I. The compilation covers May 21 1941 to January 31 1946. Kanawha led with 500 dead or missing, while McDowell Fayette Ohio Cabell Harrison Raleigh Mercer Marion Logan Monongalia Hancock Wood and Marshall also show high totals.
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Charleston
West
Kanawha County
McDowell
Fayette
Ohio
Cabell
Harrison
Raleigh
Mercer
Marion
Logan
Monongalia
Hancock
Wood
Marshall
Barbour
Doddridge
Hampshire
Hardy
Lewis
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Preston
Randolph
Ritchie
Taylor
Tucker
Upshur
Webster
Wetzel
Assassins Target James M Ragen Sr Shot in Chicago
James M Ragen Sr 65 Chicago racing publisher was shot in a bold gun battle as his car halted at a traffic light. Assassins in a canvas covered light truck fought bodyguards, leaving Ragen seriously wounded. Authorities issued a sensational statement alleging Capone gang members sought control of Chicago horse racing gambling with gifts to politicians. The claim named names and cited 600000 in gifts.
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James M. Ragen
Chicago Racing News
Ragen
al Capone
Chicago
Democratic leaders grilled by students at four day course
Oscar R. Ewing and Senator Morse faced tough questions from a rowdy student body. A coatless student pressed them about Truman policy versus Roosevelt policy and the emergency strike control law. Applause and heckling followed the exchange amid the 1946 campaign discussion.
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Oscar R. Ewing
Democratic National Committee
Senator Morse
R-Ore
Ewing
Democratic Party
Truman
Roosevelt
Congress
Grafton Pool Questionnaires Seek Public Input
All residents near this paper are asked to answer two questions about a proposed Grafton park pool. Readers should give name and address and return to the Taylor County Board of Trade for planning. Responses are for planning only and carry no contractual obligation.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Penney Building
Main Street
Grafton
W. Va
Board of Trade
OPA probes western lumber industry under Clark urging
The Office of Price Administration, urged by U S Attorney General Tom Clark and funded by a recent appropriation, has expanded its investigation of the western lumber industry. The report notes a broad hiring of investigators over the past months.
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U. S
Tom Clark
Congress
OPA
Foot Itch Relief Ad Claims Fast Results
An old advertisement offers a five minute test and a full strength fungicide named TEOL to curb athlete’s foot. It promises deeper penetration to kill germs and restore foot comfort with a money back guarantee fragment, attributed to Mallone's.
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Mallone
Window Tax in 18th Century France Highlighted
A fragment notes that in the 18th century France every window faced a tax and ends with a promotional prompt urging Mrs Housewife to ask for brooms made in Grafton.
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France
Grafton
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