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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1932
Page
15
The French government plans to convert Napoleon's Aix home into a museum. The relics from his life on the island, including a painting of Napoleon and the Bellerophon, will be displayed as part of the exhibit. The narrative recalls his exile and the fading grandeur of his reign.
An exodus fugitive named Charles Olver from Kanawha Street Waterloo in 1618 was wounded while fleeing from a disaster in Paris after a collision between an automobile and a truck. He was rushed to St Francis Hospital for treatment as authorities pursued him along the Atlantic coast toward safety.
The passage recounts Napoleon Bonaparte fleeing to Aix in July 1815, boarding the Seale, and surrendering to Captain Maitland aboard the Sellerophon after days of harboring. Baron Gaspart Gourgerd accompanies him, and his descendant Baron Gourgan later donates the Aix mansion and Napoleon relics to the state.
Washington dispatch notes big Democratic and Republican platforms drafted since prohibition became law. Prohibition appears sparsely, mainly criticizing enforcement. Two platform committees will wrestle with prohibition and economic crisis as they shape 1929 era party positions ahead of Chicago conventions.
Six county boards of review and equalization were filled by the state board of public works. In Wirt county H L James of Elizabethtown succeeds 5 L Bhowalter and James A Parks of Elizabeth succeeds H J Bhearn. In Taylor county George D Harden of Flemington to succeed George H A Batson. In Mercer county H F Martin of Athens to succeed the late T K Massie of Princeton. In Calhoun county B S Shider of
May Head Platform Committees set cash payment plans for veterans certificates. Final action by Congress on pending measures will shape party farm planks. Democrats criticise Republican farm board and Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Both parties face tax burden relief and budget balancing, with wage cut opposition and economy measures under debate amid debt and Orient tensions.
Freet was named to succeed William Snider of Freed Pleasanta county F F Morgan of St Marys succeeds J L Hissom of St Marys With the exception of Morgan a democrat who succeeded a democrat all appointees were republicans like their predecessors The board of public works approved depository bonds and made tentative assessments of public utility properties
Four corporations received charters from Secretary of State George W. Sharp yesterday. Red Parrot Coal Co of Charleston with $500 shares. Fairland Realty Co of Beckley with $10,000 capital. Hizey Oak Co of Huntington with $920,000. Guyan Motor Co of Hamlin with capital by E A Hatcher. The Independent Telephone Co of Augusta authorized for $85,000 by J P Everett and others. Hominy Creek Land Co of Beckley reduced capital from $80,000 to $10,000. Also noted Kalamazoo college president’s remark on youth behavior and a GM Truck plan to build 60 exhibitors’ buses for Chicago fair.
Morris Hill, six years old, son of Bir and Mrs. Cecil Hill of Leon, accidentally wounded his sister Leon Child while she passed an open window. He placed a calture cartridge in a rifle and fired. The bullet struck her abdomen. she remained in a Charleston hospital improving yesterday.
In Bend Oregon residents faced an invasion of mining barger bugs that could clip a hair with strong mandibles. The city endured an uncomfortable day until shifts in the wind ended the disturbance.
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