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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1941

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2

WWJ Detroit to celebrate anniversary with Fred Waring broadcast

WWJ Detroit marks an anniversary week starting Monday with Fred Waring and his entertainment crew broadcasting five NBC Red shows from Detroit Masonic Temple to a 5 000 person studio audience. WWJ dates its start to Aug 20 1920 and plans multiple special programs plus the station’s salute in Detroit.

New York Special News Service WWJ Detroit Fred Waring NBC Red Fred Detroit Masonic ‘Temple Detroit News CBS NBC Nbc-Red Don ‘Ameche Major Bowes-M. Gould Prof. Quiz Nbc-Blue Montreal_ symphony New England

Pleasant Creek Sayre reunion set for August 17

Pleasant Creek residents report a busy week with visitors from Buckhannon Clarksburg and Fairmont. The Sayre reunion will be held at the community Sunday August 17 with a program starting at 10 a m EST. Judge Ira E Robinson will deliver the address as Sayre descendants recall pioneer settlement around 1790.

E. W.S. Kennedy Hazel Cole Fairmont Sayre Ira E. Robinson

Cuban Held as Nazi Charged in Havana Arrest

Ernesto Bluhme Sanchez a 47 year old Cuban of German parentage was placed under arrest in Havana. Police say firearms Nazi propaganda material and maps of strategic sections of Cuba were found in a home.

Ernesto Bluhme Sanchez Havana Cuba

Island Courthouse in Manteo North Carolina

A court housed in Manteo North Carolina stands as one of the two courthouses in the nation built on an island. Morning temperatures around 42 degrees marked a shift of over fifty degrees from Monday.

Manteo North Carolina Royal Australian Air Force Singapore South Pacific Japan Central Press

New Jersey Governor Pleads With Knox Over Shipyard Takeover

Gov Charles Edison of New Jersey urges Navy Secretary Frank Knox to delay federal seizure of idle Federal Shipyards at Kearny. The yards were offered by L H Kondorff, president, and were a private shipbuilding firm contracted to build warships and merchant vessels for defense.

Charles Edison New Jersey Navy Frank Knox Kearny N. J L. H. Korndorff

Mussolini Leads Funeral for Bruno Mussolini in Predappio

Il Duce and family members accompany the body of Captain Bruno Mussolini, 23, son of Benito Mussolini, from Pisa where he died in an experimental airplane crash to Predappio. The procession includes Donna Rachele, Bruno's mother, a sister-in-law, his widow, and his brother Vittorio. Bruno lay in state at Pisa railroad station.

Benito Mussolini Bruno Mussolini Dice Pisa Italy Predappio Mussolini Donna Rachele Bruno Vittorio

Fingertip Fame Sorhe and the world’s longest nails

Juliette Marglin arrives in New York from Hollywood amid splash of fingertip fame. The photo feature highlights her claim to world record long nails and public fascination with unusual achievements.

Sorhe Juliette Marglin New York Hollywood Central Press

German High Command claims Smolensk victory in three week battle

The German High Command announces that the Smolensk three week battle has ended in a Nazi victory with heavy Russian losses. Field Marshal Gen Fedor von Bock is named as commanding the German forces in Smolensk as a new offensive is planned.

Smolensk Fedor von Bock

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Fred. Waring Pleasant Creek Renick Philippi This Place Brooks Keener and Son Mt. Clair Harrison County J. M. Kennedy R. 5. Bucklew Grafton Dewey Proudfoot Robert Lois Eastman Clarksburg Frank Griffith Lawrence Hammond Bridgeport Barbour County Road Machine Gibson Buckhannon Wilbur Mitchell Elihu Mitchell Clemtown Earl Neal Harold Webster- Simpson Highway J. B. Kearns C. R. McCoy Volga Hope Natural Gas Company Bissie Riggleman E.ward Wilcox, Jr Philipp Far East Knox Gov Wallace C. P Robert Brown Wallace United States William E. Leahy District of Columbia Young Wallace Washington Richmond Camp Lee Il Duce Son M. D. Maier Howard Schenken Asbury Park Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz Central Prese Maine Parke Grindell John Wakefield Maine Twin Club Lakewood Bath Fingertip Fame Jacob L. Devers Fort Knox U.S America Newark N. d ST Ene William $. Knudsen Pope Pius St. Peter's Cathedral Vatican City Baltimord Pennsylvania Railroad
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