Community Chest Drive Falters Reported by Beard
Jack Beard, Beckley Mabscott Community Chest chairman, reports slow donations in the fourth week of the drive. Melton of Mabscott notes some teams are encouraged while others lag. Total to date is $107 with $103 collected by agencies. chart shows gains and losses and that agencies and divisions are not fully listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Beard
Beckley-Mabscott
Col
Ant! Mel
H. E. Melton, Jr
Bus Scott
I. Bepler
Beckley
Packard's Century of Milestones in Peace and War
A retrospective on Packard, from its 1899 start with a single cylinder buggy to a 20th century industrial giant. Highlights include war engines for WWI and WWII, aircraft and marine power, the 1946 rebound by George T. Christopher, and a production arc reaching into the late 1990s with tens of thousands of cars. The piece notes profits, dividends, independence, and pioneering designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Wilkie
Detroit
Warren
Ohio
Packard Motor Car Co
James Ward Packard
William U Packard
Motor
Packard Brothers
Steollers
Packard
America
Madison Square Garden
Navy
General MacArthur
Philippines
Commany
George T. Christepher
Christopher
Allo‘mobiles
Austria
Booming Car Industry Feels Shutdown Pinch
Strikes widen across steel and coal sectors dragging the U.S. economy toward a potential crisis. Auto and metalworking industries face curbed production, railroads prune schedules, and consumer prices edge higher as shortages threaten cotton baling, gas supplies, and packing canning. Industry-wide cutbacks and unemployment rise as government and economists warn of deeper economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trmk
New
Indor
Jones and Laighlin Steel Corporation
Sawyer
Haimber Yard
Love Gift Offering Reatures Society Meet Wegner Startware
PINEVILLE The dedication service of the Jovegift offering featured the meeting of the Women’s Missionary Society held Thursday evening at the home of Mrs FE. OM. Curry in Crowley Worrell Addition with Mrs Myrtle Layman as co hostess Mrs Harcy UL Stevens conducted the business session and was in charge of the offering dedication assisted by several members The lovegift offering totaled 2612 The hostess served a dessert plate to numerous members during the social hour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Icline
W. II. Gibson
Alaska
Warry L. Stevens
J. IA. Hurns
Vivian Ruse
Sally Cline
Clair L. Cook
Coadwin Jarvis
Eugene Noble
Musick Cooke
Walter Green
Fred Beavers
Victoria Cooper
T. A. Warren
W. F
Rose
W. O H. Gibson
Newey Lambert
Billie Cayman
Ohio Architect Orchestrates Unique Hollywood Hotel
Maurice Miller, a young Ohio architect, spearheads a bold three story all-welded steel hotel on a scraggly Hollywood corner. With no interior corridors the 228 roomed structure uses color coded exterior, a special angled handrail, and a foundation of 36 inch caissons for earthquake safety. The project site drew public intrigue as Miller and partners aimed to create talk and attract Hollywood's gay crowd, while an infant hospital case reports a child’s illness in Mullens.
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Mark Finley
Central Press
Hollywood
Maurice Miller
Mat
Miller
Palm Springs
Arrowhead
Miller Land Partners
Zimmer
Ted Gulkis
Millers
Daytod, O
Herman Miller
Gutkis
Miami
California
South America
Country Club Hotel
Copacabana Palace
Rio de Janeiro
Milady
Double Trouble continues with a ranch night of racing fury
In Chapter 16 at the Randalls and Seltzers home ranch, Mike Randall, beside Mrs. Seltzer, learns Ellen and Mary never returned. Suspecting Joe fired and may have abducted Ellen, Randall vows to ride Blue Star to hunt them, pushing Star into a furious dawn pursuit.
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Randalls
Seltzers
Mike Randall
Mrs. Seltzer
Joan Selver
Les
Seltzer Launhed
Mike
Randall
Ellen
Mary
Joe
Rage on the Ranch Ends in Silence
William Hobson portrays Mike Randall’s fury as he barges into a cabin seeking Joe Allisay after an ambush. Ellen, Mary, and Eten restrain him while Joe lies wounded. Randall agrees to calm Star and tend to the horse, leaving the outcome unresolved.
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Texas
Devil
Randall
Star
Randal
Felf
Tath
Mike Randall
Joe Allisay
Bolton
Ellen
Elena
Turk
Warry
Mary
Eten
Joe
Extension Granted For Condemnation Order At Third Avenue
Mrs. Addie Rhodes won a 30 day extension from City Council on a prior order to demolish two buildings at Third Avenue and Second Street. She cited a mine strike delaying corporate formation to run machinery stored there. Debris must be cleared. one building has already been razed.
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Addie Rhodes
Third Avenue
Second Street
Clarence Bibb
Rhodes
Fast Beckley
Richmond
Clothing to be Sent Mather College Students
A box of clothing will be sent to Mather College by members of the M. E. Carr Mission Group after a Baptist Church meeting on Thursday. Mrs Minnie Wiseman was named to the missionary education committee. Mrs Ada Burdelle presided. hostesses were Mrs J E Devise and Mrs C S Decker. others attending included Mrs J F Ingram and numerous others. Only 12 members of the 1919 Brooklyn team were with the 647 pennant winning Dodgers.
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Brooklyn
Dodgers
Five Fayette couples receive marriage licenses
Fayette records show five couples issued licenses by the county clerk’s office. Names include James Evans and Lyvonia Brydie. Alfred L. Hurley and Mary Cole. David Lee Unrue and Anna Pierce. Vincent Willis and Ruth Lee. James C. Woods and Anna Lee Owens. Also note on Miss Lillian Dawson training as a 4-H agent in Princeton.
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Fayette
Payetteville
James Evans
Sun and
Lyvonia
Register Start
Wesler
Princeton
Lillian Dawson
Indiana
Braxton County
Clifton Dotson
Mercer
Mayor Urges Condemnation to Extend First Avenue
Mayor Gro ver C. Blectrick urged the City Council to begin condemnation proceedings to acquire land for extending First Avenue to Prince Street. He met with Miss Lova Snuffer, owner of the parcel, who would not sell and warned progress would require court action. four fifths vote needed for start. The council also approved a parking-lot contract on South Fayette Street, though a revised draft drew restaurant owners and city lawyers into contention. Fire and police radio plans were discussed, with FCC approval for sharing the old system and questions about reliability and equipment transfer. The meeting adjourned to inspect Prince Street sidewalk irregularities.
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James Lowe
J Company
Bibb
First Street
Minter
Phil Wilson
Grover C. Hedrick
John Street
Hedrick
First Avenue
Prince Street
Grover C. Blectrick
Clarence Bibb
Fayette Street
Beckley Hotel
Pioneer Hotel
Kedrick
Gotter
Philadelphia
William H. File
Vecellio
Grogan
Oriesert
Federal Communications Commission
William P. Laren
Council
Anthony Scalise
FCC
James, Clayton Stewart Birthday Honors Noted
James and Clayton H Stewart were honored at a surprise birthday supper hosted by their mother Lula Stewart in Jesse. Attendees included Buddie Sigmond Ronnie Keith James Eula Dollie Mae Stewart Ravencliff residents and several others from Jesse Ravencliff Oceana Matheny and Glen Fork. A record crowd of 723 373 fans watched the three day state high school basketball tournament at the University of Minnesota.
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Register
Jesse—James
Clayton H. Stewart
Lula Stewart
Jesse
Buddie Sigmond
Glen Fork
Ronnie
Keith
James
Eula
Dollie Mae Stewart
Fred Wesley
Margie
Acie
Pansie
Earnest
Ravencliff
Vadis Maynard
Oceana
Virginia Stewart
Kathryn
Calvert
Wanda
Peggy
Frankie
Kathryn George
Mary Lou Stewart
Boyd
Merlin England
Shelby Halsey
Jancie Neely
Matheny
Susie Stewart
Roy Stewart
Pete McKinney
Harold Till
University of Minnesota
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Releigh Register
Community Chest
Seeee
Howe
A Lore
Dental Bae Wae
Annes
Venetennes
G. Aa. Phellius
New York
Coe
Stee
Chicago
Western Pine Saw Mills
CDO
U. S
Scott
R. J. Scott
Wsiet
Spain
Uskal
Grog Sailor
Power
Wyoming
Mullens
Brenda Sue Yates
Alfred Yates
Bud
Double Trouble
By William Hobson
Mather College
Champion
Carl Neil
South Oakward
Guy Ave
Allenbaugh
Barney's
Calloway Heighte Vass Mercants
E'Company
Coal City Supply Company
Coal City
W. Westmoreland
Glen Daniels
Furrow
Shady Spring
W. Va
Williams
Cirteville
Laren
Bernard Martin
Martin
Clayton Stewart
Barrack
Kanawha St
Fown
Tipple
Grandview Sand Co
Raleigh Glass & Mirror Company
City Ave
Dial
Beckley Ice Cream
Hubbard & Sons
Garwood Avenue
Conalats
Brother Bear
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