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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1936
Page
8
The New Jersey Senate approves Kimberling as police director after debate over his suitability. Governor Harold G Hoffman faced criticism over the Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry and Col Schwarzkopf’s recent departure after a third term.
Fort Williams Ontario report describes a massive invasion of green and orange caterpillars spreading across the area. The episode is described as the worst in years for the Thunder Bay district with efforts to halt it seeming futile. Over 100 square miles of sunlit ground affected.
The Capitol shows Furs plus Sylvia Stanley and Spencer Tracy with Abe. The Virginian features Bullets or Wallets with Edward G Robinson and Joan Blondell. Other venues present Farmer in the Dell with Otto Kruger Gloria Holden and Margaret Gutchill, and Leavenworth Case Feud of the West with Norman Foster Donald Cook.
Territory reports devastation from tent caterpillars with eyeing duplicates at Part rlaur and streets inches deep. Civic authorities spray as roads near cities and tree foliage vanish. Few residents flee to summer camps while insects sweep across homes and streets in a mass invasion.
Graying veterans of the war with Spain plan a colorful military parade and ball in Wheeling to close the thirteenth annual West Virginia department encampment. The West Virginia auxiliary also holds its eighth annual encampment with elections and officer installations and a banquet. National officials Irma Hill Vor eel and Arthur C. ime spoke at the morning joint session, with Herbert J. Price presiding. Marie Bruce led auxiliary meetings.
Four persons pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge S Del Jett Littlepage in intermediate court. William Dunton received two years in the state penitentiary for larceny of an automobile belonging to Van A Bittner. Charles Mitchell drew one year and four months for larceny of cigarettes valued at 6250 from the New York Central railroad. Lawrence Jeffrey and Carl Duncan were jointly indicted for burglary of a school building and theft of food valued at 40 with sentences of six months in jail.
About twenty thousand women who served in World War I as nurses in the Army Navy and other services will receive adjusted service certificates. Notable among them is Miss Lillian C O Malley secretary to Major General John H Russell head of the Marines now serving at Marne headquarters, with many other national ethel yeomen women recalled to duty.
Deaven L. Morgan auditor of Charleston National Bank and W. W. O'Dell assistant credit manager of Kanawha Valley Bank have enrolled for the session of the graduate school of banking at Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey. The program runs from June 22 to July 2 conducted in cooperation with the American Institute of Banking.
Early returns show Floyd B. Olson slightly ahead of Carl E. Taylor for the farm labor nomination for the U S Senate in Minnesota. Elmer Benson leads Magnus Johnson in the gubernatorial farmer labor contest. Lewis Barrows trails Elin Page in a Townsend backed Republican race. James C. Oliver leads the Republican first district field with 38 of 147 precincts. State conventions in Indiana and Virginia heighten political activity between national party conventions.
The condition of Leroy Steele three year old son of Mr and Mrs Elias Steele of Diamond who was injured Sunday when struck by an automobile at his home was reported favorable last night at McMillan hospital.
A historical essay traces the discovery of life enabling chemicals. It cites Holmes and eighteenth to nineteenth century chemists Berzelius and Liebig and introduces lactoflavin as a key vitamin like substance. It notes its presence in milk and tissues and links to B vitamin complex activation of cellular respiration.
Bond figures show 40 veterans eligible for bonds with 3,518,000 packets shipped about 4,000,000. Total bond value 150,000,000. Bonds shipped value 1,650,000,000. 37,000,000 bonds printed. Mail weighs 300 tons and fills over 25 rail cars. Emergency workers handling the job about 8,000. Largest bonus 1,500 dollars. Smallest 40 dollars. Average around 50 dollars.
Fires on Crescent and Virginia streets caused no damage after gas ignition and a quick smothering by O J Halter. A naptha blaze at Kings Shoe Repair on Quarrier street was controlled before firefighters arrived. An oily rag in Day and Night Bank building drew six trucks with no damage reported. A later fire of undetermined origin damaged the Umbach residence and its contents.
Floor leaders from both houses forecast a swift wrap up of the special session within ten days with House Delegate LaFon and Senator Paull expressing confidence no delays are needed and a Saturday night finish is possible for the legislature’s work.
Rescue workers recovered the body of E. F. A. Towles, 39, a cutter, after a 35 ton slate fall at the Ownings mine of Consolidation Coal near Shinnston. Fellow worker Barney Blair narrowly escaped death as fifty employes fought through the night to reach him.
Miss Elizabeth Norrah Miller has returned from Northwestern University at Evanston to spend the summer with her parents the Rev. and Mrs. William Brice n in East Washington Street. On her way home she visited a friend in Indianapolis.
The church opened its annual vacation Bible school with an enrollment of 187 pupils. The program runs for three weeks with classes each morning from nine to twelve. Children aged three to fourteen are eligible to attend.
Cardiff June 6 A strong plea for strengthening sanctions in the League of Nations was urged by Ramsay MacDonald who leads opposition to the Chamberlain line. Speaking at the Ast interna tional peace congress he pressed for a tougher mechanism to curb aggressors and criticized calls to withdraw from Geneva.
Circuit Judge Arthur P. Hudson announced the suit by the state against Citizens National Bank of Phillips was settled out of court. The action, tied to a depository bond of 65,000 dollars, involved the bank’s former president E. R. Dyer and the state retaining 57,000 dollars when the bank closed. The case was removed from the docket by mutual counsel agreement.
Julius Pruner, 38, a Somerset County storekeeper, shot his wife Froner 29 in bed and then killed himself. Officers say he arose early, did chores, returned home to fatally wound his wife, and died in hospital. Three children, Pauline Wilma and Francis, survived. Motive unclear.
A man who had been drinking yesterday and under observation for a mental condition was found dead with a rifle beside his body. Survived by a sister and brother in Wheel ing, West Virginia.
Sergeant Joseph P. Horne resumed duties in the state department of public safety after a week in leave.
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