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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1936
Page
13
The Charleston Tennis Club hosted an open house at Mileaway the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bennett in South Hills. State tournament participants were honored guests and the club plans another event tonight from nine to one with a dance at Zimmergarten open to tennis fans.
Mr and Mrs 4 W Shank hosted the Ladies Union of Starcher Baptist church Tuesday evening at their North Charleston home. Guests included Rev C L West and Mrs West, and many local couples and members such as Mrs W L Kieffer Mrs G R Sanders Mrs W H Hogan Mrs T L Vernon Mrs Dick Cavendar and Frances Shank.
A long, fragmented column discusses apposite wartime policy, monarchy, and imperial Britain with references to an emperor, the Duke of Gloucester, and Japan. It contrasts England's protests on gun elevations with Japan's likely actions, then shifts to nature versus human cruelty, race mortality in cities, and corruption in crime prosecutions.
Curtis Bonham was arraigned yesterday in small court charged with assaulting Gladys Bonham. Judge Cyrus W. Hall deferred until July 25 the hearing of the case against E. F. Canterbury charged with driving the automobile that struck Joseph Ramella at Washington and Clendenin streets some time ago. Only 17 percent of London residents own radio receiving sets.
West Virginia notes report A F Dott of Ballard injured by a shotgun blast while milking hospital says wounds not serious State police indicate 27 applicants passed diver license tests with ten rejected Elks with Joseph W Hussion elected exalted ruler in Grafton Cal E W Eu bank WVNG commander to host state officers meeting in Dunbar Milton Feyett 22 lost his head to a freight train in Welch after failing to catch it officer charged Ed Staley with DWI after car crash in Welch injuring Mrs Cecil Leedy 40 Retail Clerk’s Union presidents change Welch union elects William McIntyre as new president succeeding Hobart Callaway.
Census Bureau figures show 2,077,474 U S farmers held other jobs part of the time in 1934 up from 1,902,898 in 1929. Days worked for wages totaled 202,208,247 in 1934 vs 199,868,288 in 1929. West Virginia saw 48,519 farmers in other pursuits totaling 5,462,154 days in 1994, up from 30,503 farmers and 5,104,346 days in 1929.
Mrs B M Grove and Mrs Max Grove held a surprise party Wednesday night at Hall Street home celebrating the birthday anniversary of Mrs Ollie Bremer sister. Attending were Mrs Robert Brown Mrs Emma Carper Lydia Carper Mammie Carper Gay Carper Cora Carson Edward Hampton Violet Fallaberry Harry Davidson Nell Moran J A Grouse Nora Pennington Kathleen Klipple Kate Carper Emma Settle G D West Avie Carper and Libian Young.
Two U S Public Health Service physicians, Dr Albert Russell and Dr Rey I Jones, were injured in an automobile collision on the west side of Coal Mountain in Putnam County. Authorities reported their conditions as not serious with a head wound and leg muscle sprains.
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