Potter Talks to Rotarians About Nicaragua Canal Route
Lieut Joseph Potter in charge of the Tygerts Valley dam spoke at the Grafton Rotary Club meeting about a 1929 survey by army engineers to Nicaragua. Visitors included Rev Harold Metzner and H V Wyckoff. Next meeting set for Brookside Inn near Aurora with over 125 Rotarians expected to attend. Potter compared Nicaragua and Panama routes, noting cost differences.
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Social News Guests At Grafton Park And Potomac Park Camp
Dr and Mrs J J Erwin and sons Jack and Jimmy of Baltimore Md are guests of Mrs C C Batson at Grafton Park Rev and Mrs A B Skymen left for Potomac Park Camp Fowling W Va en route home to New Jersey after visiting Mrs B P Batley Harry Simmons of Wilmington Del is a guest at the Batson cottage at the park Edna Lee Leonard is mentioned in the same note segment.
Andrews church pastor visits grandparents and notes interment
Knox, pastor of Andrews church, has been visiting her grandparents and officiating. Interment under the Hamilton Funeral Walnut street and other relatives will be in Bluemont. returned to her home in Charleston yesterday. James Frederick Shafferman, ill at his Blueville home, is now able to be out. Mrs. Lucy Simmons and Mrs. Frank Dickie of Wilmington, Del will leave Monday for home after visiting here.
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WVRA Cuts Reduce Local Office Staff
Ten WVRA employees were dismissed this month due to a smaller allotment from Charleston. Two more workers were reduced to half time, and four others laid off since May 1, bringing total staff reductions to 15, according to acting administrator W. D. Frey.
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Dewey Drives Attack on New York Racketeers Start
Special prosecutor Thomas Dewey sits at his desk in New York as his crime crusade begins. He focuses on the citys major racketeers and organized crime networks.
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Stolen Harmony at Strand Theatre Features Four Lovely Dancers
Strand Theatre advert promotes the Paramount picture Stolen Harmony arriving Sunday. Ben Bernie, famed bandmaster, comments on his band’s all-female dancers, expressing concern over audience reception to the novelty in a prestige era performance.
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Public Hero Number 1 at the Dixie Theatre
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a drama of the secret service against crime. The film features a make up faced lifting operation building a state penitentiary and running fights at seventy miles per hour. Thrilling car pursuits and river crossings are among the standout scenes described for the Sunday Dixie release.
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Let Em Have It star studded Hollywood cast
The Opera House screens tomorrow featuring top stars Richard Arlen Virginia Bruce and Edward Cabot in an epic timely war drama. Producers Alice head Small and Harry M Goetz bring a sweeping film aimed at thrilling audiences with a bold world war themed action.
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Classified Sentinel rates and mixed ad items
Classified page outlines two cent per word first insertion and one cent for later insertions with a 45 cent minimum. It lists multiple rental offerings, a piano sale, lost items including a brown billfold and a brown coin purse, and mentions three figures named Stephens Linden and Gordon Jones as part of a narrative. The notice emphasizes accuracy and consecutive insertions and includes postal and contact hints.
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Nicaragua Canal Proposal Prompted by 1929 Crash
The manuscript recounts a 200 strong U S expedition departing with 150 000 dollars to explore a Nicaragua canal about 172 miles shore to shore contrasting with the 50 mile Panama Canal and noting half the route lies in Lake Nicaragua where little work would be needed The venture halted after the 1929 crash with only a small portion completed The spokesman cites an estimated 7 million dollar price to acquire a new Atlantic Pacific gateway canal path through Nicaragua.
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Mrs Shaw is death victim in Grafton
Mrs Della Glendenning Shaw 61 a Grafton native who lived here all her life except ten years died at 10 30 this morning at 316 West Wilford street after a two week illness of intestinal obstruction Survived by husband George B Shaw five children and five grandchildren including Lorena Rosier and Alva Shaw Funeral Monday at 2 pm at the home of Thaymer Rosier 245 West Boyd street with Rev William ___ accompanying services
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la Donna R. Rosier
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Dance At Elks Dine And Dance Room Hosts Orchestra
A talented local orchestra has been engaged for this evening at the Elks auditorium now a dine and dance room. John Tucker, committee member, announced that if attendance warrants an orchestra will be eased for each Saturday evening.
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