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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1942
Page
8
Kanawha local board 4 moved physicals for selectees ordered to June 8 and 11 to Cabin Creek. Dr E R Hayes ill in hospital. Dr B Souleyret will substitute at Cabin Creek after Roy Reed announced the change yesterday.
Hollywood report on Lou Gehrig film reaction quotes Mrs. Lou Gehrig after viewing Pride of the Yankees. She praises Sam Goldwyn for truthful handling and Teresa Wright for the role, while Gary Cooper’s portrayal of Lou Gehrig is praised for matching expressions and character.
A scrambled quiz asks about the actress from the Dominican Republic and her heritage, plus which films share common elements. It presents multiple choice style prompts on subjects like Wake Island and Pearl Harbor, and asks to identify subjects from stunts, sailors, and a sports writer who married a famous commentator, with scoring guidelines.
Elsa Janssen depicts Mrs Gehrig in the picture and recalls how Lou Gehrig shaped a life of fame. She shares a bracelet of diamond studs given after each game and notes her late husband would be remembered as a splendid monument by fans and friends in baseball.
The Dairy men's Cooperative Sales association will hold its annual meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Kanawha County Cooperative Farm Bureau offices in the courthouse annex.
Donald G. McGarey will return to Morris Harvey college in September to head the education department and serve as dean of men, announced President Leonard Rigglesman. He leaves a Penn State assignment for further graduate and research work and expects a PhD next year after studying at Columbia University. He is a Thiel College alumnus from Grennyville and earned a master’s degree at Columbia.
County health officer Dr Owen A Groves will depart today to join the American Medical association annual convention this week in Atlantic City New Jersey.
State Selective Service Director Carleton C. Pierce said he received complaints from mine union locals that coal companies have evicted families of men in military service. He cited the soldiers' and sailors' rights act which forbids such action except by proper court order and noted the act allows the secretary of war to allot a soldier's pay for rent if provisions for the family were not made.
Mrs. Lucille D. Diddle presents her piano pupils in a recital tomorrow evening at St John’s parish house. Participants include Nahey Blue, Jackie Childress, Mary Jo Cochran, Jean Dickson, Patty Diddle, Sharon Ehle, Nicholas Ehle, Tommy Walder, Joan Williams, Mary Elizabeth Glover, Norma Hill, Dorothy Keeler, Marilyn Knudson, Lucy Love, Helen Ann Lowe, Shirley Maddox, Marie Myers, Shirley Preiser, Mary Rowan, Etta Mae Shai, Alice Ann Smith, Mary Elien Steinbicker and Billy Walder.
Ka nawha County Council of Girl Scouts hosted Camp Ann Bailey staff at a tea in Quarrier street. About 90 Girl Scouts are registered for the two-week session starting June 29. Waiting-list girls will be moved onto the regular roll for vacancies after tomorrow. Over 450,000 rivets are used in building a British bomber.
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