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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1939

Page

2

Roosevelt Birthday Broadcasts From New York Station

Mrs Theodore Roosevelt marks her 78th birthday with a family picnic at Oyster Bay. WEAF NBC will air a radio series starting September with Winston Churchill as the first speaker and a rotating lineup including Leon Blum M Yvon Delbos and Lord Duff Cooper. Future plans list Anthony Eden to follow.

Theodore Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt Oyster Bay, L. A New York Winston Churchill Wjz-Nbc Leon Blum Fiannee

Wednesday Radio Schedule and Events Summary

Radio listings show a Wednesday lineup across WABC CBS WEAF NBC and others. Programs include sports by Ted Husing and Artie Shaw, discussions like Information Please, and musical interludes with Bob Crosby, Hal Kemp, and Enoch Smith. Also noted are farm and home hour segments and the Hambletonian stakes harness race.

Tomey Uncle Wait Cbs-Crain Enoch Smith Uncle Jonthan NBC Mbs-Chain

War Games and Danzig Tensions Shape Britain and U S

News notes Britain plans blackout drills from London to Yorkshire with a peacetime sea and air training program led by King George. The U S reports Capitol changes to speed federal courts, expanded judge appointments, and a Supreme Court expansion plan as Roosevelt signs new laws.

England London King George Weymouth Britain Yorkshire Admiralty Naval Air Service Poland Danzig William Strang Foreign Office Moscow Soviet Russia Supreme Court

Anti American and British Protests Reported Across China

The Pieping Chronicle says large anti American demonstrations surged in Kaifeng with crowds before American shops and fiery speeches. Similar protests were noted in Shihkiach wang Hopeh province with unknown American presence. A Chinese press item cites 30 American missionaries at Kaifeng including 15 nuns and four priests. The Pieping press lists British goods barred from sale and urges selling Japanese or German goods instead. At Peitaiho merchants were told to charge British customers five times normal prices. Flooding threatens Tientsin with Hai river near dyke levels. A suspected anti British riot was reported at Chasan on the Tsinan Tsingtao railway in Shantung. a mass meeting at Tsingtao was postponed due to Navy permission issues.

Grafton W Way Sentinel Pieping Chronicle Kaifeng Shihkiachwang Hopeh Hankow Pieping Chasan Tsinan-Tsingtao Shantung Tsingtao Tientsin Hai River Pieping Press Peitaiho

Radio Schedule Highlights and Nighttime Orchestras

A dense listing of radio station programming across networks NBC CBS and regional stations. Includes a wide range of shows from Glenn Miller orchestras to news talks and dramatic programs with numerous named performers and times from 5:30 PM to 11:30 PM.

NBC Glenn Miller CBS Michael Loring Wiz Ink Spots CKLW KDKA Chet Smith WHAS Bsidewalk Snoopers International New Easy Aces Fred /Waring Chesterfield Time Andy Hutine WLW Quicksilver Bo ‘Brow Ransom Sherman MBS Elliott “Roosevelt Watts Dazz Ene Conley Jeugene Conley Morton Gould Orchestra Fernational News Shep Field Orches Kings Jesters Amos Fred Waring WHP Melody Edwin C. Hill Nat’s Conference of Catholic Charities WHK Johnny Hamp Wsm—World In Review WTIC WSM Cab Calloway Dick Jergen Doc Sunshine WGR Manhattan Schnickelfritz Jan ‘Savitt Blue Bar Everett Hoagland Walsh Tony Emma Frankie Masters Orch Charles Barnett Johnny” Messner Reichman WMMN Weather

London holds for aerial maneuvers with blackout planned

London continues the blackout drill through Friday night with the finale set to begin at 12 30 a m Thursday. The maneuver aims to test civilian and military coordination during an anticipated blackout scenario.

London Wum

Missionaries Refuge Location Near Hwohsien

Continued from Page One Taiyuan the provincial capital Mr and Mrs Scoville were said by missionary sources to have taken refuge at Kiehsiu fifty miles north of Hwohsien with other individuals seeking shelter as part of a broader relief effort and missionary report.

Taiyuan Scoville Kiehsiu Hwohsien

Code of the Streets at Opera House

Universal stages a grim dramatic tale at the Opera House with a rough band of juvenile stars and a capable supporting cast. Harry Carey Frankie Thomas James McCallion Leon Ames Juanita Quigley and Dorothy Arnold appear as the main players in a brisk social drama about slum life’s impact on youth, with a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and Gordon Kahn.

Universal Opera House Harry Carey Frankie Thomas James McCallion Leon Ames Juanita Quigley Dorothy Arnold Arthur T. Horman Gordon Kahn

Skaggs & Company Sells Gorham Silver Bargains

Gorham Sterling Silver offers weight and dignity in design and can be bought on a budget plan. Easy to purchase and a joy to possess. Visit Skaggs & Company Exclusive Jewelers to see the collection.

Gorham Skaggs & Company

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