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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1934
Page
4
The report notes the return of an aged survivor from the original Liliputians troupe brought to the United States over 80 years ago by a major circus. The piece references a long historical appeal and the survivor's enduring connection to the circus era.
The article notes a man described as a “little giant” who stands three feet two inches tall, marking his 31st birthday and a 30 year marriage to an 8 women younger wife. It also profiles Rev Miles B Spruill, a Negro Baptist minister in New Bern NC, claiming thousands of baptisms, funerals, weddings, and sermons over 52 years in ministry.
National leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will attend the West Virginia south district conference at the chapel on Pennsylvania Avenue and Biren Street. Sessions open at 2 PM and 8 PM Monday with speakers Apostle Charles A. Callis of Salt Lake City and Miles L. Jones of Louisville, president of the East Central States mission.
Elder James M Kirkham of Salt Lake City will succeed Mr Jones as president and establish headquarters in Louisville. Known as an agricultural expert and newspaper publisher he tours districts with Callis and President Jones. He helped organize the American Farm Bureau Federation and served during World War I under Herbert Hoover in the food administration.
The article notes Jones, head of the East Central States mission formed in October 1928, covering West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. Since his presidency, many baptisms by elders and five chapels have been built. A Ogden native and former city commissioner, he served missions in England and California, and he and Mrs. Jones will return to Utah.
A South African scientist reports a new preparation using sodium hydroxide and alcohol to revive the original appearance of long dead Egyptians. Tested on mummified Bantu bodies about 200 years old, the method allegedly restores skin color, skeleton, hair, and even dermal ridges and fingerprints after brief treatment.
Washington report analyzes Justice Department data for the first quarter showing 55.8 percent of the 87,107 arrests were under 30. Seventy percent of auto theft, burglary, and robbery arrests involved youths under 26, with 35 percent of those arrested having prior fingerprint records. A separate note mentions oil beds near Lake Baikal and Chilean port issues affecting fruit and meat supplies.
A mild winter made the Montana ice crop such a failure that comparatively little was harvested.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate government teams facing delays and inconsistent progress on year-end tasks. Names and places are unreadable, but the report centers on administration challenges and potential impacts on policy rollout. Further details are not legible in the fragment.
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