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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1939

Page

2

NBC and CBS Plan Air Coverage of Manassas War Games

New York August 14 NBC and CBS networks will broadcast live activity from the Manassas and Plattsburg war games in Virginia and New York. Previews began Sunday with talks and will continue with a Manassas pickup at 10 30 tonight. Broadcasts will feature Plattsburg programs and final days war games with additional speeches such as Baldwin on Democracy at Work relayed by multiple stations.

New York NBC CBB Manassasy Vac Plattsburg N. Y A. Baldwin Congress Wabc-Cbs Wjz-Nbc Wor-Mbb

Physician Max Vieweg Dies After Illness

Dr. Max William Vieweg, 56, stall physician at Ohio Valley General Hospital, died last night in Wheeling. His widow and two sons survive. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.

Wheeling Max William Vieweg Ohio Valley General Hospital

Romney Students to Hold Dance at Grafton Park

Students from the School for the Deaf in Romney plan a September 3 dance in Grafton City park pavilion with Mayor P F Gillispie granting permission for the event.

Romney Grafton Park School For the Deaf Grafton City Park P. F. Gillispie Park Pavilion

Radio Schedule Highlights Across Stations and Programs

A detailed grid lists evening programs across stations including WMMN WMMN NBC CBS and more. It includes orchestras dancers and comedies such as Amos n Andy Blondie and The Lone Ranger. Highlights feature international news music hours and various talent lineups with times spanning 5:30 to 12:00 midnight.

GBS Uncle Jonathan NBC Ray Perkins Comeder Smith Idewalk Snoopers Fred Waring Chestersfield Amos ‘N' Andy WGAR Sidney Andorn Ellis Vander Pyt Luther & Lamen CBS Maxine Sullivan Michael Loring WHP WLW WOR WFAR Watts Blondie KDKA Larry Clinton Wwe Ricardo MBS Lone Ranger WBEN Ruth Nichols Rain‘baw Joseph Gallicchio Science Joe Gallicchio Advs Jimmie Allen WSM WPAR George Kolsky WTIC Patti Chapin CKLW Voice of Social Justice WMMN Mode Minstrels Voice of Firestone Waz CRLW WIBX Mr. Bailey International Hollywood Gac McCalh RCA Horace Heidt CBS8 Guy Lombardo WBAL Park Wpar—Radio Theater Group WSB Georgia Ambassadors Ben Bernie Orches Joe Rines Chesterfield KYW WCAU Edwin C. Hill Ted Fio-Rito Wsm—World In Review Betty & the Dixie Dons del Courtney Little Jack Little Everett Hoagland Kdea—Dance Orchestra Jan Garber Tommy Dorsey Everett Hoagland WHAS Geo. Walsh WIW Henry Strong WRG Martin Ommiy Dors¢y Bile Fitzgerald Johnny Davis

Confessed Kidnapper-Murderer Details Lurid Miami Case

Herbert Goddard alias Charles Jefferson, a radio announcer, confessed to kidnapping and killing two high school girls from Miami Florida. He stated he lured Frances Ruth Dunn and Jean Bolton with a promise of a screen test near Boca Raton and kept the other prisoner under threats before Dunn was slain. He spoke while jailed in West Palm Beach Florida.

Miami, Fla Herbert Goddard Charles Jefferson West Palm Beach, Fla Goddard Frances Ruth Dunn Boca Raton Fla Miss Dunn Jean Bolton Miami Palm, Beach

Celebrates 4th Birthday of Social Security Program

Washington marks the fourth anniversary of the social security program. About 45 million workers hold old age insurance cards and 1.8 million needy aged receive federal state aid. Old age payments rose to 411.5 million last year, with lump sums of 20.2 million paid on 381,675 claims. Unemployment insurance paid 44.43 million in the last fiscal year, up from 18.0 million prior year. June benefits averaged 10.09 dollars weekly for total unemployment and 5.53 dollars weekly for partial unemployment.

Washington Treasury

Loiterers Ordered From Town After City Arrest

Two youths Leonard Keyton and Foster Miller both of Bridgeville Virginia were arrested near the municipal building early Sunday by Policemen Leo Evans and Pau Sturms. They faced arraignment before Mayor P F Gillispie this morning and were ordered to leave town immediately.

Leo Evans Pau Sturms P. F. Gillispie Leonard Keyton Foster Miller Bridgeville Virginia

Truck crash victim dies in Patersburg hospital

Thearl ieval, 24, of Chester, Ohio, died yesterday in a Patersburg hospital from injuries suffered in a truck accident at Tuppers Plains, Ohio.

Parkersburg W. Va Aus Tuppers Plains Patersburg Thearl Ieval Chester

Dud Blows Up Killing Six at Fort Knox Training

Indiana National Guardsmen were killed and three others wounded when an artillery shell they handled exploded. Names of the six deceased are listed with ages and hometowns. An immediate military inquiry was ordered as officials study how the blast occurred during a 15 day training period at Fort Knox Kentucky.

Fort Knox Board of Inflatry Corp Charles E. Handricks Oakland City Roy E. Maxey Paul Maxey Willis Snow, Jr Evansville Johm R. Jones Princeton Arthur McCarty Leggt William Co. Hart Pinceton Ralph Carter Fort Branch Dorris K. Fitch Tyndall

Notices to creditors in Keane estate in Grafton WV

Claims against the estate of Francis M. Keane must be filed with voucher verified and presented at the Grafton Banking and Trust Company Building in Grafton West Virginia by February 14 1940 or be barred. Beneficiaries must appear on that day to protect interests. Filed August 7 1939 by John K Burdett commissioner of accounts Taylor County WV. Aug 7 14 21

Francis M. Keane Grafton Banking and Trust Company Grafton West Virginia John K. Burdett Missioner of Accounts Taylor County Grafton Banking and ‘Trust Company Este’ S

Fiduciary Accounts Before Commissioner of Accounts

Notice that fiduciary accounts are before the commissioner for settlement in Taylor County West Virginia. Dorsey B. Fowler as executor of Ottie Fowler seeks a final settlement. Prudie M. Deacon as guardian for Clifton W. Gurd and Bruce Gurd seeks a partial settlement.

Final settlement of Ot te Fowler estate in Taylor County

Fiduciary accounts present as last will and testament of Ot te Fowler deceased. It concerns the final settlement for Clifton W. Gurd and Bruce E. Gurd infants. Date noted as a partial day of August 1939 before the Commissioner of Accounts Taylor County West Virginia.

Commissioner’s Notice Keane Deceased Estate Claims

All persons having a claim against the estate of Francis M Keane, deceased, are requested to present their claims with proof at the stated address within the period prescribed by law. The notice warns creditors to file timely claims or be barred.

Francis M. Keane Francs M

Estate Claims Notice for Ella Jennings and Related Bequests

Creditors and beneficiaries of Ella Jennings deceased are notified to present claims with vouchers verified before the commissioner of accounts at the Grafton West Virginia office by February 15, 1940 or be barred from estate benefits. Beneficiaries must attend to protect interests. notice dated August 12, 1938 signed by Jay J Guy Allender.

WPA to Pay $18,000 Damages in Tar Barrel Incident

Washington August 14 The WPA agreed to pay $18 000 in damages after a tar barrel explosion on a WPA project injured or harmed Virginia children and others. The president signed an act authorizing the WPA to determine individual damage amounts.

Washington Virginia

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