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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1947
Page
9
Major Timothy Morgan recounts a racy wartime past and a Graflex camera moment that left him a scar. A Midwestern newsroom tale unfolds with a nudist camp, a photographer, and a mistaken romantic past, all ending with a $20 note offered but declined for family circulation.
Helen M Thompson executive secretary of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra will speak on The Value of a Symphony Orchestra to a Community at a Bluefield Civic Symphony Association meeting tonight in Bluefield. Lewis H Reiland chairs the music committee planning next season.
The Gazette Radio Editor curates a compact snapshot of today’s top broadcasts across IWOHS WENA and Montgomery stations. Highlights include Arthur Godfrey, Don McNeil Breakfast Club, Art Linkletter House Party, Morning audience participation, and a mix of music, news, and live shows scheduled before 6 PM.
The State Police are revamping their radio system to add a statewide FM network. FM transmitters are already in Becl ley Shinnstom Logan Mingo Summers and Randolph counties with more planned for Moundsville Romney and central areas. The move aims to cut static and interference while standard stations shift from 3900 to 4200 meter band next month.
Prosecutor reports plea bargains in intermediate court for residents of Witcher’s Creek. Clyde Emmett Grass, 25, and Virginia Isabelle Patzig pleaded guilty to assault and battery and received eight months jail and two years probation respectively. William Edward Lacy admitted forgery of a $52 check and was placed on probation for three years.
Six high school students from Charleston Dunbar and South Charleston left to attend the all state girls camp at Jacksons Mill sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary posts. Names include Barbara Logan Adele Wagner and Alvin Muntey among others. One youth was electrocuted on the first day of a pit job assignment during the trip.
Police Chief Robert Clifton said Gather Cole a 35 year old Negro is jailed in Mingo county on a murder charge after a fatal grabbing of a patron in the restaurant Cole operated. The victim John Jackson aged 45 died minutes after the stabbing.
State Police Corporal C. Clinton said Clarence Farr Smather Jr, held in Mingo county jail on an auto theft charge, waived extradition to Canton North Carolina where the car was alleged stolen. He is also wanted on a breaking and entering charge in North Carolina and is on parole from Utah state prisons.
Common Pleas Judge Charles Ritchie opened the June term and set the docket for original jurisdiction and appeals. He will hear chancery matters this week with jurors reported by June 30.
State Fire Marshal Robert H. Kidd was named to a Presidents Conference on Fire Prevention sub committee to draft fire laws for adoption by U S municipalities. The appointment was made by W E Reynolds commissioner of public buildings Federal Works Agency Washington D C.
The Supreme Court upheld awards totaling 96,538 to William M. Dickinson and 2,900 to F. H. Withrow of South Charleston West Virginia for damages to lands caused by the Winfield dam project in an unanimous decision.
Local listings showcase new features and serials at Midtown venues. Appearances include Kearse presenting It Happened on Sth Ave with DePore Harding Ruggles and Gala. Caphei The Farmer's Daughter with Loretta Young Golten and Barrymore. plus Puppetoons at Joon and Bows.
The Rainbow for Girls opened its silver anniversary session at the Shrine mosque with about 450 delegates from across the state. Olive M. Zimmer of Charleston is the supreme deputy and Frances Fletcher is the grand worthy adviser. The meeting runs through today and tomorrow with officer elections planned this morning. The Charleston chapter of the Order of De Molay will entertain delegates with a picnic tomorrow.
Lloyd Layman the Parkersburg fire chief who has been on leave since May 1942 to serve in the Coast Guard resumed his direct ion of the department today. Layman was released by the Coast Guard where he served as a commander Archie W. Cook had acted as chief in his absence.
State Police said Miles Haynes of Eagle Fayette county received treatment for a bullet wound in the head after a shooting. Haynes declined to identify the shooter and was released from Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery after treatment.
Detailed surveys of coal petroleum reservoir sands natural gas salt brine and groundwater were completed in the past year by West Virginia State Geological and Economic Survey laboratories. C R Orton notes increased technical work and upcoming publications including Clays of West Virginia and a Big Lime formation map.
Sgt Tyree and Roy Lee Harmon attended a highway safety meeting in Beckley sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Beckley Jaycees provided $75 for a high school teacher’s expenses while a driver’s course is offered at West Linn University or Marshall College.
London. C Page of Mount Hope was chosen commander of the seventh American Legion district at a Hin ton district meeting last weekend. He succeeds Frank Johnson of Marlinton and will take office Aug 2 at the state Legion convention in Parkersburg. Committee appointments were announced including district junior baseball chair Robert Dawer and resolutions chair Clyde Hopper. Legion activities featured Boy Scout sponsorship, Boys State camp at Jacksons Mill, and emphasis on Americanism and universal military training.
Harry Totten, 45, of Cabin Creek, was found unconscious on the river bank near the Spring Street bridge. He told police he was beaten and robbed of 300 dollars. Taken to Kanawha Valley hospital, he suffered a shattered jaw and a facial cut. doctors reported the jaw injury was serious though his overall condition was not.
Gov. Meadows designated William C. Handlan as honorary member of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm Springs Memorial Commission in Atlanta Georgia. The Warm Springs building, known as the Little White House, will be formally dedicated on June 25.
Hollywood buzz reports 20th Century Fox will adapt Jack London etalon White Fang with dogs as stars and Mark Stevens and Jean Peters in key roles Irving Cummings plans to film Theresa Paquin after Sign of the Rain Susan Peters comforted after the accident and Patricia Kirkland connected to The Miracle of the Bells while Ed Wynn praises Keenan and Carole Stone in stage chatter and Will Rogers Jr. visits backstage on opening night
Sorgnvin defines a range of small grain cereals grown widely in tropical regions. It highlights a major grain called millet, also referred to as Indian millet or Guinea corn, as a key example within these crops.
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