Women Delegates Urged To Aid Less Fortunate
At the northeast conference of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women a breakfast speaker, Mrs Ellen S Woodward, urged delegates to aid less fortunate women. She criticized WPA critics, cited home problems knowledge, and urged sympathetic tasks in sewing rooms and library projects. The talk linked to Roosevelt’s spirit of service and self respect through work for those in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garitla
National Federation of Busines and Professional Women
Ehaba
Ellen 8
de Wormen
Roosevelt
Guiding Your Child By Alice Clarkes Richmond
A pamphlet discusses Fourth of July safety, urging parents to educate children in handling firearms and explosives. It notes accidents persist and common sense plus precautions can prevent harm. It argues training under supervision is essential rather than leaving hazards to chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiding Your Child
Alice Clarkes Richmond
Hoover to address West Virginia police meeting in Fairmont
J Edgar Hoover will speak at a banquet of the Fraternal Order of Police and the state sheriff’s association in Fairmont tomorrow. The event features a boxing bout by Autrey Kid Martin versus Jess Calhoun, a pistol shoot, and remarks from Lieut John H Pence Sergeant Timothy ONeil Sheriff R C Andrews and other officials.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Bureau
Order of Police
Autrey
Kid" Martin
Jess Calhoun
Cincinnati
John H. Pence
Canton
National Fraternal Order of Police
Timothy O'Neil
East Chicago
R. C. Andrews
Charleston
Sound travel and ship drill described with curious details
A narrative describes underwater sound measured by machine, a life boat drill with loud speakers and sirens, and a distant hospital report from St George London claiming hay fever treatment via electric coating in nostrils with repeated yearly applications reducing attacks for a year. The piece blends technical musings with vivid imagery and medical claims.
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St. Georgen Hospital
London
Nominators Rally For Roosevelt Nomination Attendees Set
Dunbar mayor M M Maloney and Nitro’s Albert M Harmon chair a Roosevelt nominators rally at the fairgrounds next Saturday night. Program includes seven oclock start an air show with parachute jumps, planned nine oclock national nominating acceptance speech, refreshments served.
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M. M. Maloney
Dunbar
Albert M. Harmon
Nitro
Fairgrounds
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
G. M. Tolley
Dunbar Group
J. W. Skages
Nitro Group
C. C. Gillespie
J. A. Spence
Hugh Hartley
Jobn Thompson
Walter Milton
C. H. Cole
Peck Arthur
Waitran Biggs
P. W. Caste
Coal production drops in West Virginia in week
Coal production in West Virginia declined by 63 008 tons in the week ending June 6 totaling 2 006 608 tons from the previous week. The U S Bureau of Mines reports this for 1936, compared with 2 392 008 tons in the same week of 1935.
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West Virginia
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Vacation Bible School Closing Exercises at South Charleston First Presbyterian
South Charleston First Presbyterian Church held closing exercises for its annual Vacation Bible School on Friday night. Tests of memory awarded emblems to seven pupils for reciting the greater catechism. Thirty five pupils earned perfect attendance awards from an enrollment of 114. A social hour followed in the church dining room hosted by the women’s auxiliary.
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South Charleston
First Presbyterian Church
Florence Peters
Ruth MacLaughlin
Eleanor Sutherland
Etha Mae Bailes
Frances Woodrow
John Miller
Clyde Ferguson
West Virginia Briefs Highlight Local Crime and Events
West Virginia briefs report Deputy Dempkey arresting Ted Wheeler for beating WPA worker Charley Harmen at a Mrs. Murphy home. Harmen’s condition is described as little chance of recovery. a severed cord noted. Other items include a ceiling struck by a bolt at the Baberis residence causing minor injuries, a church anniversary celebration in Cilcns ton, coal mine first aid teams contest July 18, American Legion district meeting June 27, a one day jail term for a Niagara Falls man in a horse theft case, Republican magisterial meetings July 6, and a federal judge sentencing a barber to two years for illegal “tip tickets.”
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Associated Press
Welch
Grover Dempkey
Ted Wheeler
Charley Harmen
WPA
Mary Murphy
Harmen
Asid Harmon
Numerology Traffic Course Promoted at Alabama Summer School
At the University of Alabama summer session a class on numerology for traffic officers is advertised. The blurb explains counting vowels in names to reveal personality types, links numbers to traits and compatibility, and pitches a four page booklet with charts, harmony tests, lucky days, and party ideas.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama Summer School
Ethel Hays
David Hart
Anne Dell
Local Request for Numerology Booklet Addressed to Gazette
A reader asks to send five cents for a booklet titled Becretz of Numerology to The Charleston Gazette. The address given is Home Inati tule, 199 Weat Nineteents street, New York, MW. Y. The request asks for a plain written reply including the sender’s address and booklet name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston Gazette
New York
Future Farmers Open Seven Day Convention in Huntington
Huntington June 21 Farm boys from nine state high schools begin a week long convention at Marshall College with 150 delegates. The public speaking contest will be Tuesday night with winners advancing to regional in Springfield Massachusetts and a chance at national competition. Notable speakers include William Shaffer national FFA president and Charles Hartley West Virginia four leader.
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Huntington
Marshall College
John M. Lowe
Future Farmers of America
Springfeld
Mass
Kansas City
Hunter Griffin
Shinnston
Leonard Tench
Shady Springs
Vernon Fisher
Elkview
Arington Linton
Hedgesville
William M. Kidd
Burnsville
Fred Teylor
Union
Donald Brown
Masontown
Murder Trials Start in Uitera Court Today
Two men charged with murder face trial in Uitera court before J Collett Littlepage. Ivy Rohrig of Spring Fork is charged with killing his wife by head injury from a brick. Malcolm Sutphin of Chesapeake is charged with fatally stabbing his nephew Alvin Sutphin on January 13.
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Uitera
J . Collett Littlepage
Ivy Rohrig
Spring Fork
Malcolm, Sutphin
Chesapeake
Rohrig
Y Suthpin
Alvin Suthpin
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Hopkins
Mrs. Eden Woodward
National Furniture CO
Gen Earawek
Police and Sheriffs
Sadent Wave Shop
Saari Siel
Vacation Bible School
Potedam Road
Germany
Berlin
Bluefield
Newton Baberis
Simone
Moundsville
Cilcnston Methodist Church
J. B. Bright
Cameron
Morgantown
The
Monongahela Valley Coal Mining Institute
Point Pleasant
American Legion
Wheeling
Nell Moran
Peter Amiteaecel
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Charles Pape
Browns Run
Ohio County
Federel
George W. McClintic
Remington
Proctor
Drs. Collins & Collins
Ft. Mane
Paint & Glass Co
BALE
Chere
Bance Orchestra
Kay Thomsen
Ray Heatharton
Columbia Wetwork
Future Farmers Open
Tengatly
Indiesapolis
Tadar
Atlantic Greyhound Bus
Summers Street
He B Ageten and Sons
Charlestos Building Contractors
Arthur M. Hill
WCHS
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