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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1937

Page

14

Mission Society Elects Officers At Central Court Meeting

The Woman's Home Missionary Society and the Ladies' Aid Society of South Charleston First M E Church met at Mrs. S S Derrick's Central Court home. Mrs J O Jarvis led devotion with a team including Mrs T W Hayes and several others. Mrs RB O Dell was elected president with a slate of officers. The next meeting is set for July 1 at Mrs E R Osborne's home. many members attended.

Woman's Home Missionary Society Ladies’ Aid Society South Charleston M. E. Church S. S. Derrick Central Court J. O. Jarvis T. W. Hayes W. C. Filmore J. A. Nichols A. Fuppin Robert Cavender Mra. E. R. Osborne R. O. O'Dell C. K. Stover The Missionary Society Mra. RB Russell Smith R. H. Rockwell S. Derrick Old Society ER. Osborne David Bird Denver Henson Mra J. B. Robinson A. Nichols A. 8. Dandy A. C. Lambert Olle Gaynor K. J. O'Dell H. B. Clay F. ©. Czato

Misa Margaret Hanson Hosts Bible Class Evening

Misa Margaret Hanson entertained the Friendly class of Spring Hill First Baptist Church Thursday night at her Davis Creek Road home. Plans were completed for a membership contest to begin Sunday. String music was provided by Gilbert Jones, Frank Combs, and Samuel White, with several attendees listed including Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hanson and others.

Misa Margaret Hanson Spring Hill First Baptist Davis Creek Road Plana Gilbert Jones Frank Combs Samuel White 3. B. Hanson Howard Snodgrass Josephine Poff Anna White Frances Hundley Neda Mae Gillispie Eupha Justice Edna Williams Betty Williams Jeff Escue

Jobless Budget Submitted By State DepartmentOfficial

Director John 3 Stump presented the quarterly budget of the state department of unemployment compensation before the federal social security board in Washington. The plan outlines expenditures for the quarter starting July 1 and reflects proposed spending and program needs.

State Department of Unemploys Federal Social Security Board Washington John 3. Stump

William Douglas as SEC chairman questioned by Congress

The piece portrays William Douglas at 38, his blunt style before a congressional panel, and his sharp, probing cross examination. It notes his ties to Yale and Chicago figures, and contrasts supporters' view of initiative with Wall Street fears that he could be more dangerous than Trotsky or Browder in overseeing corporate reorganizations.

New York Douglas Congressional SEC Wall Street Bonglas Robert Hutchins The Univeralty of Chicago Yale Hulebina Ilineia Hutchins Eastern University Mulching William Bill Douglas Wall

Day by Day Contiacted From Page Four Item

A fragment mentions $40,000 worth of drugs found and a narrator reflecting on urban life. The speaker dismisses talking and describes a push toward examining seamy urban areas before visiting historic sites. The passage references London Soho and India Rock Road locales.

Amelia Earhart Deepens Africa Flight to Fort Lamy

Amelia Earhart and Capt. Fred Noonan push their world journey deeper into Africa flying from Gao in the French Sudan to Fort Lamy near Lake Chad. They expect to cross Anglo-Egyptian Sudan next as they head toward Asia and Australia. Powell Recovering From Flu at Warner Bros Studio

Amelia Fort Lamy French Equatorial Africa Miss Amelia Earhart Africa Geo French Sudan Miss Earhart Fredi Noonan Gao Lake Chad Theers Sudan Asia Australia Powell Hollywood Dick Powell Warner Bros. Studio Toluca Lake Joan Blondell

Havre’s red light district judged by a visitor

The writer describes Havre's red light area as the most depraved district visited, noting dense dens of drink and vice on a Saturday night with gendarmes patrolling and ambulances frequent, yet the scene appears calm and almost staged for visiting firemen. Harold Lovelace is cited as the guide.

Havre Delvera Singapore Harold Lovelace the Gazette

Tax Dodger Reference in Political Heartfelt Rhetoric

The fragment implies a speaker praising a tax dodger with a loving heart while noting attempts since 1920 to use exemptions. It references a governor and a president as exemplary figures, suggesting long-standing political scrutiny and moral debate within a historical context.

Fragmented editorial riff on legal jargon and confusion

The excerpt critiques government and legal prose, noting snags and ambiguities that even lawyers struggle to parse. It mocks the tendency of statutes to shift meaning between paragraphs, reflecting a skeptical view of the law's clarity.

Mr. Big

All-Bran Helps Oxford Mother with Constipation

Mrs. Doris Eyre King of Abbey Road Oxford reports relief from terrible constipation after using Kellogg's All-Bran. The ad claims bulk aids digestion, the cereal absorbs water to form a soft mass, supplies vitamin B and iron, and can replace pills. It promotes serving with milk or fruit and notes availability through grocers.

Alice Doris Eyre King Abbey Road Oxford England Kellogg’s Kellogg Battle Creek

Huntington Seeks Ten Million For Wall Flood Aid

Flood central advocates plan to request a ten million dollar federal allocation from Congress to fund a wall project in Huntington. The push targets relief measures connected to the ongoing June flood concerns.

Flood Central Congressional

Control committee weighs $10 million wall for flood protection

Dr. W. S. Rosenheim, managing director of the chamber of commerce flood control committee, said a delegation will appear before the council to urge an appropriation of ten million dollars for cone struction of a wall to protect the city from future inundations.

Cotton's uses split by three fifths and two fifths in U S

A congressional group notes cotton consumption in Washington on Monday shows three fifths of U S cotton used for slashing and household articles while the remaining two fifths goes into industry.

Congressional Group Washington United States

Recount Confirms Rickey Victory by Seven Votes in Moundsville

Circuit Judge James F. Shipman ruled J. W. Rickey elected prosecuting attorney by seven votes after a recount prompted by John Hopkins. The county court's post election tally reversed Hopkins leading by a small margin from the November results.

Moundsville James F. Shipman J. W. Rickey

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