Mayer Tops Nations High Salary Earners
Hollywood producer Louis B. Mayer leads a Treasury Department list of top salary earners with 908,070 from Loew's Inc. Other high earners include Charles E. Wilson of General Motors at 459,041 and Thomas J. Watson at 425,548. The list also notes Abbott and Costello combined at 424,320, Fred MacMurray at 419,166, Walter Wanger of Universal Pictures at 409,928, and John B. Hawley Jr. of Northern Ordnance in Minneapolis at 400,000.
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Washington
Hollywood
Louis B. Mayer
Treasury
Mayer
Loew’s Inc
Treasury Department
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Thomas J. Watson
Abbott and Costello
Fred MacMurray
Walter Wanger
Universal Pictures
John B. Hawley, Jr
Northern Ordance Oan
Minneapolis
Minn
Vote Against Chartering War Vessels Angers Senate
In Washington the Senate, by 36 to 28, rejected chartering about 620 surplus war ships to Russia, Britain, Norway and others under lend lease. Debate focused on selling terms and fears that continued charters would let rivals build faster ships, while Byrd criticized the charter plan as too complex.
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Washington
Senate
Russia
England
Norway
Knowland
H. F. Byrd
D-Va
Let Meon Out of Moline Cat Rescue
Moline police sought a counterpart of a man who tossed a kitten into a well and dumped a cat into a downtown mailbox. Postal authorities were notified after a mailman rescued the feline and turned it over to officers who thanked him.
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Moline
Ill
Johnny Green
Big John Stout
Public Sale of Household Furnishings and Office Desks
Public sale scheduled for December 15 1945 at 10 am at 21 E Clark St and George Crower Storage Warehouse. Items include two three drawer Governor Winthrop mahogany desks three single beds with mattresses six mahogany dining chairs one round mahogany extension table one garden umbrella five folding beach chairs two canvas hammocks four metal porch chairs two canvas hammocks croquet set and more stored and not viewable until sale morning. Agent G G Baker.
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E. Clark St
George Crowser
Governor Winthrop
Government safety booklet mocks office mishaps with tips
A Federal Interdepartmental Safety Council illustrated guide warns workers against risks in offices. Advice ranges from avoiding stair missteps and loose file cabinets to securing cords and guarding pencils. The piece recalls 49 000 on the job accidents last year and ends with a humorous Lew Partridge anecdote from Erasmus High School.
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J. Frank Tragle
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Federal Interdepartmental Safety Council
New York
Brooklyn
Lew
Erasmus High School
Three Young Men Grow Bubble Business From Garage
Three young men Donald A. Barnes Hubert B. Jerman and James T. Duckworth created Rainbow Bubbles a popular bubble solution. They started in a Charlotte garage expanded to 50 offices 110 staff and daily output up to 100000 bottles after early sales in Myrtle Beach and Atlanta.
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Charlotte
N. C
Canada
Donald A. Barnes
Hubert B. Jerman
James T. Duckworth
Jerman
Barnes
Duckworth
Myrtle Beach
8. C
Joe O. Scott
Randolph Scott
Scott
Atlanta
Manhattan
Woolworth’s
Community Notes and Meetings in Middletown Virginia
Alberta Martin of New York visited Middletown guests as W S C S members held their last meeting at Mrs Sam O Neals with officers elected Ona Evans Park Everly Gordon Keith Mattie Ogden Anna Reely. Next meeting January 3 at Park Everly. Sunday guests at Mrs Brown included P J Wakeman Leonard Brown and children from Winchester. Judith Anne Moore ill at home. Karicoffe and family moved into Henry apartments in Church street. Jones family to Kansas for Christmas.
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Middletown
Alberta Martin
New York
Claude Carper
Martin
Boyce
Sam O'Neal
Ona Evans
Park Everly
Gordon Keith
Matt
Karicoffe
Harrisonburg
Henry Apartments
Church
Joseph Bowers
Joseph III
Chauncy Kelly
Herbert Jones
Anne Jones
Kansas
Jones
Apple Pie Ridge News and Local Family Notes
Master Scott Brown remains ill but improved at home. Families relocate with Charles Ketterman moving to Moorefield. A. W. Adams ill with influenza. Stewart Hawkins returns to work at Blue Sunoco Gas Co. Van Hahn reports hogs butchered. June Brown returns to school after illness. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. White visit Winchester friends. Fragments note visits by Trimble Hawkins Jackson White and Miller. Geraldine Morris visits Frances Jackson. Jerry White suffers a severe cold and infection. First snow falls and freezing rain damages trees and power lines, hindering travel.
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Apple Pie Ridge
Scott Brown
Melvin Brown
Charles Ketterman
Galway Clark
Moorefield
W. Va
A. W. Adams
Stewart Hawkins
H. F. Nelson
Blue Sunoco Gas Co
van Hahn
June Brown
M. C. White
John Johnson
Winchester
Flare Trimble
White Hall
Walter Jackson
Agreement Eases Interstate Trucking Tax Dispute
Governor O Conor announced a Maryland Virginia accord on the two percent gross receipts tax for interstate trucking. Virginia will defer the tax until January 1 and Maryland operators may file for the first quarter by April 1 1946 pending Virginia legislation.
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Annapolis
O’conor
Virginia
Washington
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Maryland
Ebenezer Disciple Church Service Notice
W A Strother Superintendent Bible School at 10 30 a m Evening worship and Communion at 7 30 p m Sermon by Rev C A Quenzel Subject Godsift to the world Special music All are welcome
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Ebenezer Disciple Church
Mrs Filbert's Margarine Built On Local Craft And Care
A Baltimore housewife created Mrs Filbert's Margarine aiming for a superior tastier product. After 28 years of door to door sales from neighborhood to town it grew beyond ordinary wartime margarine. It remains independent with no large corporation or big interests backing it.
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Baltimore
Mrs. Filbert
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Meon
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Loudoun St
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R. E. Buncutter
S. Braddock Street
Apple Pie
Yardley
Yardley Men’s
Miller’s Drug Store
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N. Loudoun St. Winchester
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Northern Virginia Power CO
Cloverdale Soft Drinks
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