Forgiving Maxwell Through a Drugstore Memory
A narrator recalls past grudges with Mr Maxwell from a New York drugstore in 1922 and 1947, describing long hours, petty abuse, and street-life humor. He recounts volunteering to mail letters, buying stamps, and the druggist’s weary stance as he jokes about medicine and small profits. The piece ends with a paradoxical forgiveness and a note on a stolen perfume sale near the Ziegfeld Theater.
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Bill
Mr. Maxwell
Eleanor
Tittle
Max
Law
Poe
Jersey
Society of Pharmaceutical Research
Gallstone
Ziegfeld
the Gazette
Hamtramck man awarded $1500 in assault suit
Frank L. Elswick, 21, of Hamtramck, won a circuit court jury verdict for $1500 in a $9500 suit against Ed Marcum Cedar Grove poligemin and the American Surety Co of New York. Elswick claimed Marcum broke his bond during a so called arrest in October 1945 causing hearing loss in one ear.
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Frank L. Eiswick
Mamtmoth
Ed Marcum
Cedar Grove Poligemin
American Surety Co
New York
Elswick
Marcum
Local Radio Highlights From Multan Gazette Listing
Radio guide notes printed today for five stations with gaps due to space. Highlights include WCHS WENA Birthday Club 8 15 a m and a packed schedule of talks music and audience participation across WGRY WMON and others with programs like Heart's Desire, Jack Berch, Vic Damone Show and Mel Blanc segments throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaserbe
Stadeos
Networks
Gazetté Tacio
Wchs Wena
Jack Berch
Minean
WMON
Three Sons War
Heart's Desire
Wmon Sim
Tie Mutual
Ty Montgomery
Z Yan
Um Hop Harrigan
Florence Staunton
Phatay Fee
Kay
Trou
Tom Mix
Mix
Sam
Provence Fulter Lewis World of Sports
Ayday
Baarts
Ews
Intermento
Captain Stubny
Maurice Browh
World News
Mus
Ding
Townsend Sports
Doris
Deb
Itty
Kallensarn
Big Town
Dick Hogue
Casey van Garber
Milton Berle
Davis Spec
Srec
Bomerhing
Stilton
Barle
Mel Blanc
Green Hornet Adventures of
Adv
The
Falcons
Irving Sharp Jone
NeWsiGreen Hornet
Dhe
Falcon Ace
Mey
Arthur Godfrey
Gabrtiel Healter
the Police
Gauriel Yaereank Husige Af Sportscheinnatl
Eall
Freedom of Labor American Forum
Flinder
Aly
Rhythm & Reason
Red Skelton
Ted Skelton
Lawrence
Jack Smith
George Sterner
Phil Baker
Lusic
Iamil Coleman
Tamorton
Gren
Arlsne
Ghace Foster
American Parade
Gauck Foster
Soft Eishis Reus
Vaughn ‘Monroe
Jd Tony Fastor
Sours
Vaughatt Manros Moontigt
Tony Pastor
Duke Eilington
Rendezvous
Night Patrol
Malaiotte A.m
Local Graduates and Students Named in Commencement Week
Miss Barbara Guthrie of 506 Kanawha Blvd Painesville Ohio starred in The Cradle Song at Lake Erie College as part of commencement weekend. Editorial by Russell Burns of Welch won a Quill and Scroll contest award. Midshipmen from Charleston join 1347 U S Naval Academy graduates David Walker Cammacs and Cabell Seal Davis listed. Betty Lewis Gates will graduate from Simmons College Prince School of Retailing in Boston. Betsy White Putnam to receive bachelor of arts at Marian College commencement with ecology focus. Larry Charles Otto of Kanawha Ave S EB graduated from Mercersburg Academy, member of chemistry club and Irving Literary Society, earned varsity football letter.
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Barbara Atm Guthrie
J. L. Guthrie
Kanawha Blvd
Lake Erie College
Painesville
Gregorio
Maria Sierra
Department of Dramatics
Russell Burns
Welch
Quill and Scroll
Young Burns
Charleston
United State Naval Academy
Annapolis
Larry Charles Otto
New Maugham Film Buzz and Industry Notes
Hollywood reports strong audience response to The Razor's Edge with $5,000,000 gross and projected $8,090,000 including foreign markets. News covers Carry Zanuck buying Neil Mac Adam, Gene Markey producing a Missiono Borneo tale, and Pawnee Bill’s segment. Also notes Pamela Kellino’s Lady Possessed, and Baroness Empain’s new Egypt studio project with Betty Rowland’s ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louella O. Parsons
Hollywood
INS
Somerset Maugham
Carry Zanuck
Maugham
Neil MacAdam
Gene Markey
Borneo
Maj
Gordon Lilly
Pawnee Bill
Buffalo Bill
Ecreen
Herman Edwin Mootz
Rootin
Edward Alperson
Joan Jungermeyer, Jr
20Th
James Mason
Amietvka
Pamela Kellino
Slaids
England
U. S
Pamela
Belly Rowland
Los Angeles Strip
Betty
New York
Kiwanians to Entertain High School Honor Graduates
Kiwanians host Charleston Stonewall Jackson and Charleston Catholic graduates at a luncheon meeting at the Daniel Boone edition. The event honors students, parents, and faculty with Rev. Robert M. Savidge of Bethany Congregational Church also invited. Morris Harvey College adds a full time student pastor for fall term, first in THi-year history. Denver Hird named manager of George Washington Life Insurance agency in Charleston with office at 820 Virginia St. E.
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Charleston
Stonewall Jackson
Daniel
Marietta Morris Harvey College
Marietta
Denver H. Hird
George Washington Life Insurance Co
Virginia St
Truman Seeks Extension of Oil and Gas Compact
President Truman sent to the Senate a copy of the 16 state interstate compact to extend oil and gas conservation four years beyond the current expiration date. The expansion adds members while the original pact covered five states and was ratified earlier. Signatories include Pennsylvania West Virginia and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Tennessee
Murder Charge Lodged Against Oak Ridge Man
County police report a murder charge against William C. Burdette of Oak Ridge Malden district in the death of his 24 year old son Otha Clarkson Burdette. Otha died in Charleston hospital from a head wound after a Saturday shooting. The elder Burdette admitted the shooting but said it was in self defense and is held in Kanawha county awaiting arraignment before Justice Forrest E. Levy.
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Oak Ridge
William C. Burdette
Malden
Otha Clarkson Burdette
Charleston
Burdette
Kaniwha
Justice of Peace
Forrest E. Levy
GOP Woman's Club Bridge Luncheon Planned for Saturday
Kanawha county Republican Woman's Club with Mrs Chapman Revercomb and others will host a state wide bridge luncheon Saturday June 28 at the Daniel Boone hotel. About two hundred women from all clubs are expected to attend per local club president Mrs Hallie Kendall. Tickets are distributed by Miss Roxia Robinson and Mrs C W Smythe. A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed in district federal court by John Davis of East Beckley listing liabilities of 1035 and assets of 100.
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GOP Woman's Club
Kanawhe County
Republican Woman's Club
Chapman Revercomb
D. W. Stubblefield
W. W. Wertz
Daniel Boone Hotel
Hallie Kendall
Roxia Robinson
C. W. Smythe
John Davis
East Beckley
Confessional Court Session Nears End at Pairmont
In Pairmont on June 2 a criminal court term neared its end with pleas of guilty heard in about 50 cases. Judge Charles Miller said no jury trials occurred this term, the first such instance in the court's history as jurors and witnesses were dismissed.
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Pairmont
M. Criminal Court
Charles ©. Miller
Greenbrier Awards Students at 135th Commencement
Greenbrier Military School held its 135th commencement in Lewisburg with certificates and diplomas awarded to four sophomores and 76 seniors. Recipients include George P. Grasser for the band medal, Roger Jessup for the Coffin award, Jack Vollmer for the McCue award, Joan H. Cousins for the Berchtel award, Richard Morton for the state sportsmanship award, Joseph Painmho for best all around athlete, and several other honors across athletic, military, and academic categories.
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Lewisburg
Greenbrier Military School
George P. "Grasser
Wilkinsburg
Gilbert
Coffin
Roger Jessup
War Engie
McCue
Jack Vollmer
Phillipsburg
Berchtel
Joan H. Cousins
Fairmont
Richard Morton
Camden-on-Gathley
Joseph Painmho
Beaver
Bait Kyzev
Chicago
Gary | Rose
Daniel Offutt
St. Clairsville
Schultz
Jay Jarrell
Pittsburgh
Fae Wingle
Zanesyne
Car Fire Damages Vehicle on Ruffner Avenue
A vehicle owned by Robert Turner suffered an estimated 150 damage when the car caught fire in the 700 block of Ruffner Avenue at 2 29 pm yesterday. Firemen attributed the blaze to a cigarette and said Turner’s address was not obtained.
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Auto
Robert Turner
Ruffner Av
Turner
St Albans church group to meet at Mrs Wardens home
The Suzanne Rinch circle of the St Albans Baptist church will meet tonight at the home of Mrs E O Warden, 212 Second St. Reports to the Northern Baptist convention were noted by Mrs J J Trowbridge. Visitors include Rodney B Wollaral and family from Durham NC visiting L J White and Professor and Mrs Wolfard of Huntington. Mr Wolfard plans to enter Baylor Fort Worth Seminary after Harvard and a Duke faculty stint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Albans
Suzanne Rinch
Newist Baptist Church
Stuenight
O. Warden
Second St
J. J. Trowbridge
Northern Baptist
Rodney ‘B. Wollaral
Rodney, Jr
Durham
N. C
L. J. White
Pennsylvania
Wolfard
Huntington
Baptist Theological Northwestern Seminary
Fort Worth
Texas
Harvard
U. S. Navy
Duke University
Two Candidates Removed From Fairmont Charter Board Race
Fairmont directors disqualified two of 26 candidates for 11 seats on the municipal charter board to be voted June 10. The two aspirants were ruled ineligible for not meeting the two-year city residency requirement.
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Fairmont
Tordly
Charleston Shrine No 7 Meets at Shrine Mosque Tonight
Club notes report 8 p m meeting at the Shrine Mosque with members recounting the Supreme Shrine session in Long Beach Cal Mrs LeRoy Meeker serves as worthy high priestess presiding Charleston Assembly No 1 Rainbow for Girls hosts an informal dance 9 to 11 30 p m Thursday at North Charleston Recreation Center De Molay Boys assembly members will be guests admitted by membership card
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Charleston
Tomorow
Supreme Shrine
Long Beach
Cal
LeRoy Meeker
Charleston Assembly No
Order of Rainbow
North Charleston Recreation Center
de Molay Boys Assembly
Bcard
C and C Protest Assessments Set At 93 Million
West Virginia hearings opened on railroad property valuations with Chesapeake and Ohio seeking relief from a tentative 93.99 million. Baltimore and Ohio accepted 77.506 million, Virginian Railway did not protest at 30 million, while Norfolk and Western and Western Maryland urged reductions amid recent losses. New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad pressed for downward revisions, citing poor earnings and asset values from Wheeling terminal and other lines.
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West Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio
Board of Public Works
Baltimore and Ohio
Virginian Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio Rail‘way
Norfolk and Western
Western Maryland Railway
New York Central
NYC
H. Browning
Cleveland
Cieal
Pennsylvania Railroad
R. J. Littlefield
Pennsylvania
Wheeling
Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis
Monongahela Railway Co
W. J. Conaty
Nicholas, Fayette and Green
Western Union ‘Telegraph
Fairmont State graduates urged peaceful use of production
Fairmont State college awarded diplomas to 42 seniors as Dr Harland H Hatcher of Ohio State urged peace oriented goals. The ceremony followed by a luncheon where Dr George Thomas Evans of the class of 1938 was elected president of the college alumni association.
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Fairmont
Ohio State U. Bean
Faimont State College
United States
Harland H. Hatcher
Arts and Sciences College
Ohio State University
George Thomas Evans
College
Gross Trial Continued To September Term
William Henry Gross Jr., 37, of Muldemore Elk district, faces murder charges in the death of his sister-in-law, Mrs Dillson M Chapman, 42. The case was moved to the September term as Gross remains under examination at Weston state hospital. Chapman died from shotgun wounds last April amid a long running property dispute, with police saying Gross fired as she returned home.
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Gross
William Henry Groes, Jr
Mu]ergek
Elk Distriet
Dillson M. Chapman
Cyrus W. Hall
Frank L. Taylor
Weston State Hospital
Chapman
Local Theaters Feature Farces and Romances Across Week
The program lists numerous film titles and star casts across venues including Midtorcn Kearer, Sirginian, New Curle, and West theaters. Notable names include Bob Hope, Dorothy Ventura, Peter Lorre, Barbara Stanwyck, Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Gregory Peck, Claude Jarman Jr, Jean Fontaine, Paulette Goddard, Hurd Hatfield, Beth Hughes, Robert Armstrong, and Penny Singthlou. The lineup blends comedies, dramas, and technicolor features with cartoons and serials continuing through the week.
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Kearer
Vite
Bob Hope
Dorothy Vetour
Peter Lorre
Lyn Chaney
Sirginian
Catratsy
Barbara Stanwyck
Humphrey Bngart
Alexis Smith
Hewe Capitel
Tech
Gregory Feck
Lane Wyrman
Claude Jarman, Jr
Kialio
Dolson
Erin
Cartoon
Custer
Charter Boyer
Detinifer Jones
Slate
Mexico
Adela Mara
Edger Barrer
Paul Kelly
Ment Taylor
Betty Hutton
Barry Pitegerald
Don DeFore
Hubert Bencting
Village
Jamen Anson
Ann Todd
Paulette Goddard
Hurd Hatfield
Beth Hughes
Robert Armstrong
Penny Singthlou
Arthur Take
Danger Woman
Renga Joyce
West Virginia farm prices dip as egg costs fall
The Crop Reporting Service notes West Virginia prices received by farmers declined in mid May led by eggs down 15 cents per dozen to 28.7 cents and milk prices dropping 2 cents per 100 pounds. The state general farm price index slipped one point to 263 percent of the 1910-14 base while other food groups mostly gained. Prices for bran middlings scratch feed and laying mash also fell, with figures given for May 15 alongside April 15 contrasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Virginia
Crop Reporting Service
West Virginia
Judge Hall Places 5 On Probation Lists
Five persons were placed on probation yesterday by Judge Cyrus W. Hall after entering city pleas. Edward Moody of Gallipolis and Lee Burgess of South Charleston faced theft charges, with three year terms. Chester Mathena of Saint Albans charged with assault and battery, two years. Ray Hembrick of Saint Albans charged with assault and battery, two years. Philip Ammar of Truslow Street charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, two years. Ammar also charged with buying and receiving stolen goods. A separate note mentions a giant floral clock display at Sydney Zoo with an 18 foot dial and eight foot minute hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interma Jusipe
Cyrus W. Hall
Edward Moody
Gallipolis
Lee T. Burgess
South Charleston
Hollis H. Deeds
Toledo
Chester Meson Mathena
Elizabeth St
Narval Ronald Mallory
St. Albans
Ray Dennis Hembrick
Franklin Av
William Lee
J Due
Philip Ammar
Truslow St
Ammar
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Henry Singleton
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Jolsom
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Roy
Aorrow
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Joan Fontaine
Mark Stevens
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Paul Pillaman
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Chartestan
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la Chattanooga
Roy E. Shafer
Eddie
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la Marque
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Ostar Swanson
Fargo
N.D
W. P. ‘Lynch
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James Maven
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OHLY
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Phillie
Fradee
Sidney Greavatrent
Fetar Tare
Pete
Omar Arner
Ethel Senith
GAS House Kids
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Charles Bayer
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Sorry Fitzgerald
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