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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
1
A gas explosion at a former house used as a school in Barberton Ohio injured 57 people including 53 children and four adults. Three children and the janitor were not expected to survive.
Willie Willis reflects on a pivotal moment when a conversation with a new kid eased fear. He recalls both feeling scared and realizing the lesson first through their exchange.
At a White House conference leaders sought to adjourn by mid July but neutrality legislation blocked assurances to President Roosevelt. They promised to report progress on major bills next week and may decide adjournment timing after committee reviews. The arms embargo repeal and travel through combat zones remain key issues.
Frederick Snite Jr. of Chicago, who lives in an iron lung, attended three masses at the Church of Our Lady Lourdes and received a blessing from an English bishop leading a Leeds pilgrimage. After physiotherapy he spent half an hour out of the iron lung and breathed with help. He expressed gratitude and said he felt fine after a grotto benediction.
Mrs Leah Miller, 16, of Des Moines Ind, gives birth to a 13 pound 12 ounce son described by a child specialist as one of the heaviest on Iowa medical annals. The baby’s father is a 30-year-old WPA worker and the grandmother is 32.
Maj. Gen. Van Horn Moseley testified before the House committee on un American activities denying a bid for a coup while urging a purge of Communists on government payrolls and mobilization to save the nation. He admitted acquaintance with Fritz Kuhn and described rightist groups as anti Trojan for Communism, insisting he would not seize power if in office.
In a Chicago court, 46 year old Mary E. Peterson described a plan for husband sharing with widow Caroline Bertram as a failure. Peterson accused Bertram of unfair conduct in the case of Nelson M. Peterson a locomotive engineer. A letter from Peterson asserts that the husband must be home on her birthday and on her nights, threatening consequences if the arrangement continues.
Veteran star John Barrymore, 57, is under oxygen care after a heart attack and exhaustion. Doctors report no coronary blockage. rest, diet, and 24 hour nursing are prescribed. He plans to resume My Dear Children next Monday. performances for the week are canceled. Elaine Barrie, his estranged wife, may visit if condition worsens.
In Ruston Louisiana on May 31 Two Louisiana Tech co-eds held a pie duel under a Tech campus oak for honor after a spat over Ann Holstead alleged satisfaction as she plastered Varnelle Plastow with pie. The crowd cheered as both faced off with seconds present and witnessed the humorous bout.
The Townsend old age pension bill was called economic heresy in the house as debate raged over a vote due tomorrow. Rep. Hendricks argued the plan is a national recovery measure funding pensions up to 200 dollars monthly via a graduated tax, hoping to revive industry and reduce unemployment.
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho assailed the administration's neutrality proposal as aiding other nations and said he would not vote for it while alive. He noted pressure for swift adjournment and stalled senate action on neutrality bills, with House debates delayed into late June.
State Auditor Edgar B. Sims was ordered by the supreme court to appear on June 13 to show cause why he should not authorize payment of West Virginia University's athletic debts totaling about $130,000 from 1931 to 1933. The rule in mandamus was awarded to Morgantown printer John F. Glover for $2,794.55, as 43 creditors may be covered by a single decision.
Robert Galligan, a 38 year old miner, was pulled from under rock and dirt after 65 hours trapped near Shenandoah Pennsylvania. He was reportedly uninjured. two companions escaped the same slide.
In New York on May 31, Martin T. Manton's counsel presented eminent character witnesses for the former U S circuit judge ahead of his expected testimony in a bribery trial over alleged decisions on the appellate bench. Witnesses included Alfred E. Smith John W. Davis Rev George B Ford Raoul Desveraines John J O Connor Alfred J Talley Emmett McCormack and others.
An overheated day in Camden prompts a call to police as a man reports a flock of sparrows attacking him and his wife at Magnolia and Park boulevard. Officers find only scratched arms and the birds gone, temperature at 90 degrees.
New York City recorded its hottest May 31 in 43 years as the temperature reached 92 by 2 30 p m The day marked the second hottest May 31 in the weather bureau record. The 1895 reading of 95 remains the record heat with cooler weather expected tomorrow and a forecast of thunderstorms.
London and Paris reacted to Vyacheslav Molotov's Moscow speech in which USSR rejected Britain and France's latest proposals to form a bloc. Some saw a potential for future talks, but the speech signaled a sharp setback and limited optimism for negotiations.
Queens deputies halted a Miss Nude of the World’s Fair contest at the Cuban village as over 300 spectators watched. Sheriff Maurice A. Fitzgerald ordered arrests of four performers clad in minimal outfits, led off stage to the exhibitor’s office. Lois De Fee identified among the captured contestants.
In a supreme Soviet address Vyacheslav Molotov rejects Britain’s proposals for a joint anti aggression front while urging an exclusively defensive pact for the Soviet Union and allies. He warns against being drawn into other powers’ conflicts and calls for balanced ties with Germany and Italy amid rising tensions.
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