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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1936
Page
5
A sprawling Hollywood column notes Stanwyck and Taylor are teamed in an upcoming film with plans for romantic subplots and musical numbers. It highlights casting rumors including Hersholt, De Havilland, Trevor, and Lugosi, plus studio activity at MGM and Twentieth Century Fox.
Edward Lampton, Woodrow Wilson junior high school PE director, will oversee the Boysfield playground in Virginia and Clendenin streets where hundreds of boys will gather today. The facility, funded by local donations, remains open until the new school year begins. Four showers were installed last year and on rainy days boys can use an old renovated building on Kanawha Street side.
Dr John Temple Graves II told Concord State Teachers college graduates that the nation is coming back to its senses of its own volition. He cited modern life's threats from radios and automobiles and praised better living, music, and reading since 1929 and the economic collapse. He noted the song The Man on the Flying Spree as a sign of brighter times. He then planned to address Bluefield College graduates.
A description of a steam bulb light with a copper coil and tungsten filament used to generate extreme heat and steam when activated. Water flows through, turning to steam after ignition, with argon gas inside the bulb. Development work at Nela Park Lab led by D. K. Wright under W. L. Enfield.
N. J. Himel and Lindsly fatally shoot the Captain then flee in a state car. After a bogged engine, the suspect goes on foot as about 300 men search for the fugitive. Three people are accidentally shot, two fatally. Heavy snows push wolves toward the Valley of Valdres in Norway, near Asia.
State College holds a 2:30 p.m. graduation with Bishop A. Gree of Xeneas City presiding. The editor reports on the ceremony, the speaker’s church mission, and lists ten graduates earning degrees along with many other graduates and honors in the event.
Dr. John W. Davia, president of the college, delivered the baccalaureate sermon last night. Dr. and Mrs. Davin hosted alumni and friends at home in conjunction with the college’s annual president's reception.
Veterans of all Wars will gather at the American Legion hall on Hale Street at eight tonight for an open forum. Officials say the meeting aims to form an active Veterans of Foreign Wars post in the city.
A meeting of Lane S. Anderson post No. 287 Veterans of Foreign Wars is set for tonight at eight o'clock at Armor school in South Charleston.
The piece critiques E. Claude Babcock and the Republican push against the New Deal civil service reforms. It summarizes The New Republic's review by Herbert O’Rourke, noting appointments under Farley, the status of the Civil Service Commission, and the performance of various new deal agencies. It defends merit principles and warns against partisan exaggeration harming civil service reform.
The piece urges both parties bear responsibility for past faults and calls for a far-reaching reform over the next four years, regardless of which party is in power. It notes Sanat et on performed surprisingly well given circumstances.
A clergyman discusses Pentecost highlighting God’s universal mercy and salvation for all humanity. He asserts Christ founded a church to preserve His word and promises, and that Holy Spirit gifts extend beyond apostolic times to all ages through the church.
Readable fragment notes a church setting tied to joining of saints for ministry work and edifying the body of Christ, indicating a religious gathering or ceremony context and a focus on communal faith activities.
Ninety second annual commencement at Ohio Wesleyan College Delaware Ohio lists 255 B A degree candidates. Among them are Charles Anderton Broad Street Welch Miss V White and MacCor.
Students from the Perdue Music studio perform in a public recital tonight at eight at the West Side women’s club. Additional recitals are scheduled for tomorrow and Wednesday at the same hour.
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