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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1934
Page
12
William N. Beebler announced a state plan to train social workers locally rather than importing them. Starting June 11, two employees from each county relief administration will report to Marshall College for training.
Huntington hosts a six week course in social service work to train local residents. If successful the program will become permanent through cooperation with the state department of education and Marshall College. Instructor will be Dr Mildred B Mudgett formerly of the University of Minnesota.
Several conversions were reported last night at the revival led by Rev. Hail Lu Calhoun under the Charleston Booster club at the Union Mission tabernacle. He will speak at ten this morning and eight tonight.
City council debates mayoral authority as acting mayor McKee and absent mayor DeVan clash over duties. Wehrle and Matheny push for clarity while salary questions linger and a financial committee seeks extension of time amid DeVan’s extended leave.
Movie listings cover La Vanities The Thin Man No More Women Beloved Maul Rouge featuring stars like Victor McLaglen Gertrude Michael John Boles Gloria Stuart and Constance Bennett Also local financials note city auditor May statement shows possible year end debt though June 30 projections are uncertain with large general fund overdraft and upcoming events by American Legion and Alpha Kappa Alpha A telegram service market updates include Britain telegraphs from booths and a 105 year old death in England
The death of Rev. Charles L. O'Donnell, 47, Notre Dame president for six years, followed a year long battle with scarlet fever. He died at midnight from a streptococcal infection. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church on campus with burial in the community cemetery. His tenure included major expansion with eight buildings and a stadium.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be greeted by at least 50 000 people in Terra Alta as the West Virginia chapter of the Young Men's Democratic Club plans to present deeds to 50 subsistence homesteads. Randolph reports a large welcoming crowd expected along the route and in Washington.
A speaker warned that crime is a deadly epidemic and urged a forceful stance against criminals. He called for strict justice, opposed leniency, and advocated death penalties or maximum-security prisons with no parole. He also urged graduates to face economic conflicts and strive for jobs and stable living.
Dayton’s Ducks edged the Cincinnati Reds 3 to 2 in an exhibition game. Rookie right-hander Ed Hessen limited Reds to three hits over the last seven innings, fanning Lombardi and Comorosky in the ninth. Vance struck out 12 batters but two were triples as Tangeman drove in the tying run with a sixth inning triple before Milles scored the winner.
Eight prisoners escaped from the Mingo county jail in Williamson as officers hunted for two others who breached the attic wall of the jail annex and vanished over the weekend. The inmates forced their cell locks, moved through the hole and climbed down a clock tower, with five of them awaiting transfer to the state penitentiary for terms of two to five years.
Governor Pinchot accused steel companies of arming to counter unions as pressure from Washington over the Wagner bill grows. Officials from Carnegie Steel Jones & Laughlin and Weirton Steel denied any coordinated efforts to combat a strike amid a looming work stoppage by the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers. M F Tighe, president of the union, commented on the escalating dispute.
A spokesman denied any significance to installing flood lights at Weirton Steel plants in West Virginia after an outside source rumored the move. The report followed coverage of a baseball game where Pavlovic, Hartje, Kirke, Jabb, and Hawkins contributed in an eighth inning rally and an earlier sixth inning run. MacAndrews, the new first baseman, sat out with a sprained ankle for at least nine days.
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