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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1937

Page

9

Soap Box Derby Council Is Organized at Meeting

A city county and state officials meeting at the Chevrolet zone offices in the Security Building organized the Soap Box Derby Council. Mayor D Boone Derson and Kanawha WPA recreation leaders joined Chevrolet dealers and local firms to appoint entry, race, prize, parade, judges stand, safety, and judges committees for the derby to be run July 7.

Astate Chevrolet Motor Company D. Boone Derson Herbert Tustin Albert Jameam Kanawha County WPA Recreation Department Edward Lempton Earl Bastian Cecil Walker Schmidt Motor Company South Charleston Walkering Tie Wate Department of Public Safety Barry Paxton Russell Thom Franknight The Gazette Deaby Chevrolet Clark Poot McMillion Motors, Inc F. D. McKitrick Harvey Pipe J. Moore Ags Monda Theie Paxton Mulls Jameun Thom Lamnton J. Gorman Charles E Hodges Bastian Pool Pipe Moore Juges Tustin Virgil Frizall H. N. Rexroad W. A. Tully Maj A. E Maan M. H. F. Kinesy Charleston Ares Boy Scout C. J. Schmidt Saye MecMillian Dawson Freese Schmidt ‘Motor Company Yes

British Cruiser Speeds To Trinidad Amid Riots

PORT OF SPAIN June 21 The British cruiser Ajax rushed toward Port of Spain to quell strike riots that left nine dead at Fyzabad Six strikers were shot near a pelle car at San Fernando and three policemen were killed in clashes Martial law has been declared over the island as native workers strike and refineries halt in anticipation of the British naval arrival

Port-Of-Spain Trinidad Fyzabad San Fernando Brittah Fyzabord Point-a-Pierre

Double Interest in Snapshots for Amateur Contest

Entry guidance for The Gaz zatte Amateur Snapshot contest explains labeling on back with name address and class. It outlines two subject interests dog in bath belongs to class C animals and pets while boy and girl portrait belongs to class D informal portraits.

Easton Will Address East Rainelle Meeting

John B. Eaton, president of the State Federation of Labor, will speak at a rally in East Rainelle on July 5. O. M. Williams, an local federation official, announced the event. Several thousand people are expected to join a parade.

John B. Eaton State Federation of Labor East Rainelle M. Williams

K of P Lodge to Hear Broadcast of Braddock Louis Fight

Glendale lodge No 78 Knights of Pythias will hear a radio account of the Braddock Louis heavyweight championship tonight, with members invited to join in the listening session at the lodge hall.

Glendale Lodge No. 78 Knights of Pythles Braddock

Knight rank to trigger fight at lodge

D Ray Pauley chan cellor commander says a receiving set is installed in the lodge room and the fight will be tried in after the rank of knight has been conferred on a loss.

D. Ray Pauley

Six Ohio Miners Burned in Explosion

Six men were burned, possibly fatally, in an explosion at Keystone mine near Jackson Ohio. Three brothers Edward Daniel and Theodore Rupert were among the injured, along with Kerr Harris George Cadd and another miner. They were treated at Gallipolis hospital with doctors noting only a slim chance of recovery.

Gallipella Hospital

Actor Menjou Bickers With U S Over Taxes

Adolphe Menjou, film actor, is in a tax dispute with the United States. He petitioned the board of tax appeals to reverse an internal revenue commissioner decision denying deductions for professional expenses. He says the allowed deductions would cut his tax by $3,000.

Washington Adolphe Menjou Uncle Sam Board of Tax Ppeala Internal Revenue Commissioner Menjou

William McCoy Held To County Grand Jury

William McCoy charged with felonious assault on Helen Dial was held to the county grand jury by Municipal Judge Cyrus W. pil. J.C. Wilts, charged with selling baseball tickets, forfeited a $10 bond. A hearing was deferred until June 28 in Bryant Witt’s case for obstructing the view of his establishment with curtains.

William McCoy Helen Dial Yesterone Cyrus W. Pil J.C. Wilts Bryant Witt

Slipshod Speech-Rates Teach Correct Pronunciation

Reader guidance on avoiding mispronunciations with examples like pitcher for picture and decade for decade. Encourages checking pronunciation in a 40 page booklet Words Most Often Mispronounced to improve social and business impressions.

Terre Haute Ind Gloucester Mass

Comforting Relief For Women At The Time They Need

An advertisement touts BC as a fast acting remedy for headaches backache neuralgia and muscular discomfort linked to functional disturbances. It claims the formula contains reliable ingredients and is widely prescribed by physicians with no opium or derivatives.

Fountaina

Memory Reunites Long‑Lost Cambridge Siblings

In Cambridge Massachusetts a brother and sister who had not seen each other for 19 years were set for a reunion due to the memory of a police clerk. Thomas McAultere recalled sending a summons to Freed Emery and provided the brother’s address after Rachealley N. Y. requested help locating him.

Cambridge Mass

Pronunciations and Acceptance Among Cultured Readers

A concise note discusses how pronunciation choices are judged by cultured audiences. It highlights accepted forms, influence of regional speech, and the role of standardization in print and public writing.

Booklet order ad from The Charleston Gae fete phonetic misprint

Notice urges readers to send 15 cents for a booklet to a New York address at 199 West 19th Street. It asks for the name and address of the purchaser and booklet title, written plainly.

Charleston

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