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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
12
Irving Stone’s Sailor On Horseback uses Jack London’s globe trotting and Alaska exploits as basis for a new magazine serial. MGM paid $50,000 for filming rights to the Stone biography, bought from galley proofs amid brisk early bidding.
Industry whispers cite M G M interest in Charmian London biography of John London with permission Gable's role and Edwards on Billie Burke consent. Warners eye Joan Blondie White project while Luise Rainer settles auto crash claim. Leo Gorcey leaves Lincoln Heights jail after five days.
A county Four-H picnic is planned for June 29 at the Four-H pool on the fairgrounds below Dunbar. The event invites 4-H members and families to participate in a day of activities and community gathering.
New York broadcasts list Robin Hond Deil concerts from Philadelphia on WOR MBS with plans for two weekly airings. Eugene Ormandy conducts Paul Green drama In Abe ham's Bosom on WIZ NBC at 9 with an all Negro cast led by Frank Wilson. Kate Smith ends Thursday night runs on WABC CBS with Phoebe Clark as guest. Rudy Vallee continues WEAF NBC summer slate. several programs and orchestras air across networks including CBS WABC NBC and WEAF with various acts and serials.
Frame announces a new Farm Women’s Club with officers President Mrs Bess Rader Vice President Mrs Lillian Hunt and Secretary Treasurer Mrs N J Fogarty. The next meeting is July 5 at Mrs Rader’s home featuring a salad demonstration.
Sally in a gusting storm seeks aid from a wary companion as they prepare to leave. The man's tense, haunted expression hints at a troubled past and an uncertain future for their escape.
Morris Harvey College reports 434 students in the summer session, the largest enrollment since relocating from Barboursville. The student body includes attendees from several states and a broad area of West Virginia.
The ladies auxiliary of the Great Kanawha post Veterans of Foreign Wars will mark its second anniversary with a dinner at 6 p.m. tomorrow in their club rooms at 808 1/2 Quarrier Street. Members of the post will be guests. Add Obits.
Dr B B Evans a Republican of McCorkle street filed a certificate of candidacy for the board of education yesterday in the circuit clerk's office.
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed yesterday in district federal court by Leo Gordon Smith of SL Albans. He lists liabilities at 2702.08 dollars and assets at 700 dollars.
The Fred E. Brooks arboretum in Watoga State Park will be dedicated at 1 p.m. on July 2. West Virginia Academy of Science leads the program with President Wallace Smith and state park officials speaking. Dean Thomas B. Haught of Wesleyan College will deliver the principal address. The 400 acre arboretum fronts the Greenbrier River near 15 miles below Marlinton in Pocahontas County.
Thirty three Northern Baptist churches from Mercer McDowell and Wyoming counties will be represented at the opening tomorrow night of the 32d annual Rockportville Baptist Sunday School association convention. Speakers include Miss Erna Wells James E Fidler Roy B Shrout and Dr A S Kelly all of Parkersburg.
FP L Summers division manager for West Virginia and Virginia for the McCormick Sales company will attend a scheduled meeting. Summers represents McCormick in the two states and will discuss sales and distribution matters with local associates.
Division managers will meet in Baltimore next week to discuss new policies and participate in an educational program. The event also includes the McCormick sales board semi annual meeting as part of C P McCormick's multiple management plan, inviting active participants in planning the business.
An advertiser touts Calotabs as a superior calomel remedy for biliousness, claiming a single night dose cleanses the system, refreshes the head, and restores appetite. The ad emphasizes easy use with bedtime tablets and a normal breakfast afterward, urging readers to act against torpid liver symptoms.
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