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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1938

Page

2

Rebate Tickets Ready For Show

Webate tickets to the Charleston Home Show will be available to the general public tomorrow distribution will be made to local firms and customers. The five day event at WCHS auditorium begins June 1 with 15 cent reduction on a 25 cent admission. Liziesil will speak in eight lectures on designs materials and home decor. Appalachian Electric Power will display a complete electric kitchen in a 40 booth exhibit. A local orchestra will give nightly recitals. Mrs Florence Beck of River View was hospitalized after being knocked down on Summers Street but released after treatment.

Charleston the Gazette WCHS Liziesil Appalachian Electric Power Company Florence Beck Riverview St. Francis Kespster Casto Summers Street

Weekly Scout Day at Rock Lake Aims to Help Swim Safety

Rock Lake pool will host a weekly Scout Day this summer starting Friday to educate boys and girls in swimming and life saving under expert instructors. Organizers Mrs. S. W. Pickering II and F. D. Shingleton outline safety plans with Red Cross lifeguards, lower streetcar fare, and special schedules to accommodate 1,000 to 1,500 participants, promising eight hours of fun and learning.

Rock Lake Pool S. W. Pickersing, II Kanawha County Girl Scout Council F. D. Shingleton Boy Scouts Red Cross M. Capitol Washington Street Morris Washington Duffy Ruffner Virginia Capitol Alderson Tennessee Delaware Central Russell Stope South Charleston Rock Lake

Candid Cameras On Night Duty In The Theatre District

Gazette candid cameramen worked through the night in Capitol street snapping shoppers and business people. Over 2,000 pictures were taken and readers can receive three prints by mailing names and addresses with 25 cents. Later, photos may appear in the classified section with a free enlargement offer. Arrests Wife for Trip. M Djjiroff, chief constable of Ihtiman, jailed for four months after arresting his wife and two others to send them on a free Sofia railway trip. The ruse unraveled when a train ticket inspector identified Mrs. Djjiroff on the return journey. An eighty-five year old Copenhagen teacher departed Denmark for Atlantic crossing to America to visit his children.

Gazette Capitol Street Hale Street Sofia Bulgaria M. Djiroff Ihtiman Djjiroff

Board defers WVU athletic director appointment

West Virginia University board defers naming a successor after accepting Harry A. Stansbury’s resignation as director of athletics. Chauncey Boucher says no action on athletic budget or department appointments. The board also delays on Duke Kaese as basketball coach, while Dave Volkin is appointed assistant in agricultural economics.

Morgantown Board of Governors West Virginia University Harry A. Stansbury Stansbury West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Chauncey Boucher Athletic Board Duke Kaese Dave Volkin

Miner Killed In Coal Mine Incident At Avis Eagle Coat

June 4 17 era. Joe Kultas a 65 year old coal loader died in the Avis Eagle Coat mine when a car pinned him against the face of the coal. A native of Hungary he has relatives in the United States.

Logan Joe Kultas Avis Eagle Coat Company Hungary United States

Allison Is Returned From New Orleans Indictment

Fred Allison, under indictment in intermediate court for bigamy, was returned to Charleston yesterday from New Orleans by Deputy Sheriff Frank Skaggs. He was lodged in the county jail.

Fred Allison Charleston New Orleans Frank Skaggs Allison

Governor's Wife Home After Major Operation

Mrs Homer A Holt returned to the governor's mansion yesterday feeling fine after about four weeks in Rochester Minnesota hospital undergoing an operation. Gov Holt met her at Charleston airport on arrival by American Airlines from Chicago. In six months Japan has built 129 miles of railway across two mountainous regions to connect Peking with Jebel in China with one tunnel over a mile long.

Homer A Holt Rochester Japan Peking Jebel China

Father Sought After 4-Year-Old Girl Murdered in Staten Island

Police hunted Raymond Stiincoe in eight states after the body of his daughter Dolores 4 was found in her crib in New York. Autopsy cited brain hemorrhage and possible drowning suspected from being held under a sink faucet. Mother Ning Swincoe described the husband fleeing after neighbors heard a scream.

New York INS Staten Island Raymond Stiincoe Dolores Mendel Jacobi Ning Swincoe

Missing Context: Abuse Allegation Reported in Local Notice

A fragment notes a child suffered abuse as the individual did not treat her as a daughter and allegedly beat her. The incomplete excerpt provides no names, dates, or places to identify persons or locations. Further details are required for a full, factual card.

Building Permits Issued in City Office

Margaret G. Larrimore received a $100 permit to build a wall at 3 East Washington Street. A. J. Humphreys obtained a $60 permit to demolish a house at 02 Humphreys Court yesterday, the sole business in the city building inspector's office.

Margaret G. Larrimore East Washington Street A. J. Humphreys Humphreys Court

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