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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1940

Page

2

Ford Urges Efficient Farms As Nation Builds War Effort

Dearborn Michigan Henry Ford warns that farms form the fundamental defense for the United States amid the peacetime armament program. He calls for efficient farm management and notes that materials for food and clothing come directly from the soil. He cites capability to produce aircraft and stresses agriculture as a life line for national strength.

Dearborn Mich Henry Ford U. S America Ford War Department Roosevelt U.S

Flashes of Life In These U. S. Flashes of Life

Newington Connecticut residents enjoy a municipal park with a swimming pool and tennis courts as school children play hockey. In Evanston Michigan a beehive infestation at the Robert Babbit home disrupts daily life while a painted house complicates air flow. Ford touts farm youth as vital to national morale and policy, praising agriculture and the farmer’s role in American strength.

Newington Conn Join Walsh Evanston Robert Babbit

Bach Wedding Cantata Release Delights Modern Listeners

Victor issues Johann Sebastian Bach Wedding Cantata No 202 for soprano and small orchestra. Elizabeth Schumann shines with silk voice while Yella Pessi leads a refined instrumental balance. Also Milhaud Scaramouche performed by Vronsky Babin duo-piano duo.

Victor Johann Sebastian Bach Bach Eabeth Schumann Yella Pessi Miss Schumann Mimostsilk Tata Mitchell Miller Darius Milhaud Scaramouche Vitya Vronsky Victor Babin Milhaud BFE

Cripple Hitch-Hikes to Lansing to Reach Dying Friend

Seventy seven year old Carrie Yates of Corgicana Texas travels on crutches toward Lansing Michigan to reach a critically ill friend. She relies on lifts from motorists and small-money bus rides with aid from Travelers Aid and supportive groups in St. Louis.

Springfield Carrie Yates Corgicana Tex Lansing Mich Michigan City Travelers' Aid Soci St. Louis

U Boat Sinks Famous British Liner Carinthia

The Carinthia, a 20 277 ton trans Atlantic liner formerly on the England to New York run, has been sunk by a German U boat. Only two officers and two seamen were saved. The vessel had been serving Britain as an armed merchant cruiser.

London Carinthia Admiralty New York Britain

Flag Day Speaker Heeler To Head Charleston Elks Ceremony

Sam R. Heeler of Norfolk Va past chef de chemin de fer of the Forty and Eight will be principal speaker at Charleston Elks sponsored Flag Day ceremonies at the municipal auditorium Friday evening The Elks pledge to honor the national emblem and a grand lodge statute requires each subordinate lodge to observe the day appropriately.

Sam R. Heeler Norfolk American Legion Charleston

New Books Received At Kanawha County Library

The Kanawha county library reports recent acquisitions across sections. Topics include fascism aviation and boat building with titles such as Modern Boat Building and The March of Fascism. Youth shelves add Government Hunter Wings of Glory and Augustus and the River. A teletype is installed in Cane Town South Africa to keep members updated.

Kanawha County Charles E. Butler Edwin Monk Toulouse Lautrec Jacques Lassaigne Pieter , Brueghel, the Elder Gustav Gluck Stephen Rauschenbush Lyons and Maclin Palomar David O. Woodbury Stoyan Pribichevich Hugh Walpole Montgomery M. Atwater Sonia Daugherty Henderson LeGrand Lena Wadsworth George H. Waltz Helen We L. Her Richard A. Don i Homer P. Andersen The Wilders William Bradford Robert McCloskey Cane Town South Africa

Grand Jury to Get 126 Election Cases

The June term intermediate court grand jury, meeting tomorrow, will receive 126 presentments charging election law violations. Prosecutor J Blackburn Watts announced 126 county residents named on the petition seeking Communist party candidates on the November ballot. The investigation followed a request from Gov Clarence Meadows. Presentments will total over 20 and include two murder and three manslaughter charges. Judge Jackson Savage will instruct, then jurors will begin the investigation. The petit jury reports Tuesday to hear old misdemeanor and state appeal cases.

Intermediate Court J. Blackburn Watts Communist Party Pensec Gev Clarence Meadows Watts Jackson Savage Petit Jury

U S Program Is Called Propaganda

The Frankfurter Zeitung calls Roosevelt's rearmament plan imperialistic propaganda and argues America cannot save Britain from defeat. It says Americans favor aiding British parts but prefer not to mount a new world crusade against Germany and Italy.

Berlin INS Frankfurter Zeitung Roosevelt America Great Britain Winston Churchill Germany Britain U.S Europe Italy

Purdue Music Director To Teach 4-H Camp

Albert P. Stewart Purdue University La Fay ette Indiana will teach at the second state Four-H music camp opening for a week at Jackson’s Mill Thursday. Kanawha county Four-H members include Nancy Low Reynolds Eileen Hall Geraldine Vickers Maxine Chapman Robert Lynch Betty Williams Betty Huff Betty Casdorph Maylord Jones Martha Erwin Mary Erwin Joseph Erwin East Bank with 100 plus Four-H youth from across the state. Frank Sanders Wheel ing directs with Reid Anderson University of Michigan Little Symphony assistant. Leaders include Richard Byrne Buckhannon Quivey Baltimore hymnology class and Miss Virginia Davies Morgantown Monongalia county schools.

Albert P. Stewart Purdue University Lafayette Ind Jackson's Mill Kanawha County Nancy Low Reynolds Eileen Hall Geraldine Vickers Maxine Chapman Robert Lynch Elkview Betty Williams Hansford Betty Huff Plus Ernest Casdorph Maylord Jones Charleston Martha Erwin Mary Erwin Joseph Erwin East Bank Frank Sanders Wheeling Reid Anderson University of Michigan Little Symphony Richard Byrne Buckhannon Quivey Baltimore Virginia Davies Morgantown Monongalia County

Pay-As-You-Go Defense Urged by West Virginia Bankers

West Virginia bankers at White Sulphur Springs urged a pay as you go defense plan and revised their leadership as Homer Gebhardt stepped down from secretary. The group backed independent fed banks and privately owned institutions, called for wage averaging under the act, and discussed reducing operating costs and expanding small loans departments.

White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Clark Fairmont Homer Gebhardt Huntington Federal Reserve Banks Wheeling George M. Moore Clarksburg John J. Driscoll, Jr Philadelphia Walter B. French American Bankers Association Trust Division W. P. Walker George Fredericks Parkersburg A. A. Payne Charleston R. A. Yarbrough Bluefield W. H. Davisson

Beasley man files voluntary bankruptcy petition

Thomas Stephenson Rice of Beckley filed a voluntary petition in district federal court listing liabilities of 186306.88 dollars and assets of 532.36 dollars. The filing appears in the National section with the debtor’s name and numbers.

Thomas Stephenson Rice Beckley National

Four Seek U S Citizenship in District Court

Four individuals filed declarations of intention to become naturalized citizens in district court. They include Berthold Wottz and his wife of McClung Street, natives of Czechoslovakia who arrived last March, Louis Kulehar a Gordon coal miner born in Hungary who immigrated in March 1807, and Taquinte Francesco of 1402 Hansford Street a Naples born store room clerk who arrived from Naples in 1910. Also noted, nearly five thousand Finnish homes were struck by Russian bombs.

U. S Berthold Wottz McClung Street Czechoslovakia Louis Kulehar Gordon Hungary Taquinte Francesco Hansford Street Italy Naples Finland Freeggros Licht

Free booklet promotes stomach ulcer treatment from Cleveland firm

A free booklet describes relief from stomach ulcers caused by gastric hyperacidity and endorses Von's Pick Tablet as a home treatment. The ad claims thousands of users found relief without liquids or teas and offers a money back guarantee, directing readers to Cleveland Vow Coy in Ohio.

Von Nature Cleveland Old Arcade Ohio

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