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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1932
Page
2
A young girl named Helen faced grief after her father's death and showed shifting affection toward her uncle. She reactively distrusted his marriage, then asked about suicide in a troubling exchange with her brother. Therapy and a doll baby from the uncle revived her cheerful mood.
Paramount comedy Million Dollar Legs opens at the Grand Theatre with Jack Oakie leading a star packed cast in a Klopstokia Olympic farce. W C Fields Hank Mann Andy Clyde George Barbier Dickie Moore Lyda Roberts Susan Fleming and Geneva Mitchell headline a chorus of comedy and beauty in a globe trotting spoof of sport and politics.
Twenty eight stockholders of the Farmers National Grain Corporation report improved agricultural outlook and rapid cooperative marketing progress. Officers announce net earnings over 1 million dollars for the year ending May 31, with rising memberships and handling 148 million bushels of grain, over 20 percent of the nation’s crop and 55 million more than last year.
Universal presents Scandal for Sale at the Opera House with Charles Bickford Rose Hobart and O'Brien. The sweeping drama follows a trans Atlantic flight with a failing engine and a pilot and passenger racing to solve the crisis as tension mounts and adventure peaks.
Universal City's Back Ranch revival returns as Tom Mix headlines a new Western series. Claudia Dell, Earle Foxe, Stanley Fields and Zasu Pitts star in Destry Rides Again, booked for August 22 to 24 at the Opera House. The reappearance ends talk of quiet studios and promises blood-tingling thrills with clever dialogue.
The cowboy star prepares more action medicine for a relaxed public. Carl Laemmle's Back Ranch, dormant since Bil Desmond and the late Art Acord, Hoot Gibson, and on Maynard and Harry Carey, is revived with a ropsine West spirit.
Des Moines reports from August 17 state that most markets across Iowa saw little impact from a 20 day strike by National Farmers Holiday Association members. Sioux City area saw heavy picketing with 50 deputies guiding about a dozen trucks, far below normal 600. Hog prices fell 5 to 25 cents as receipts rose to about 10,200 head while interior markets posted around 9,300 last week.
A two day farm and home institute opens August 25 at 10 a m at Mountain Lake Park Maryland with W D Zinn Garvey Eppley and W L Treager among speakers. It covers farming products poultry beef dairy and home economy methods with a rural urban meeting August 26 at 7 30 p m. A minister’s conference is scheduled for August 23 and 24 and Lutheran Day music programs were held at the Tablelands headquarters prior Sunday.
The article describes a cascading arrangement of x ray tubes proposed by American physicist Coolidge of General Electric. Each unit measures 240 meters in length, about eight feet, and the sequence is used to spread electrical energy to prevent damage to the tube. The number of linked units is not stated.
The speaker endorses Tom Townsend as a courageous public servant and long-time advocate for taxpayers. He recalls Townsend's wartime service in 1925 27 and praises his prosecuting attorney career in Kanawha County. The message credits Townsend with a cost saving program in text book policy aimed at relieving West Virginia taxpayers.
The article notes the birth of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh’s second son announced in England with sympathy. It mentions Mrs. Lindbergh remaining in New Jersey after the kidnapping siege and Col. Lindbergh resuming aviation duties, including a test flight at Newark airport.
Testimony shows two receivers oversee all closed banks, C E Law head of 45 and E L Morrison of nine. Attorneys fees argued as minimums by bar associations. Lawhead notes $405000 collected for Central Union Trust Wheeling with legal expense $846 and receiver cost just over $100. Stepote and Johnson paid $19000 for three years of Clarksburg Trust legal services.
The article reports Adolf Hitler’s refusal to accept a compromised chancellorship, asserting no compromise on principles. It covers Thaelmann’s call for broad based economic and rent strikes and a general strike in cities to defend the proletarian revolution, and notes government funding troubles for unemployment relief amid Reichsbank constraints and looming Reichstag session to decide Von Papen’s government fate.
A listing of NBC WEAF CBS WJZ schedules and programs for the evening into late night including dinner music piano recital and various orchestras, bands, sketches, and dramas with time slots and host names.
Lon Wyckoff was sentenced to 90 days in jail by Magistrate Chidester in Wendel for threats or attacking Josh Moore of near Wendel. The case was heard in the morning court session.
New York reports Cornelius Vandebilt Whitney will contest for a Congress seat with his personal friend Robert L. Bacon, son of former ambassador Robert Low Bacon. Whitney and Bacon enter the race amid political interest and family ties in the state.
John C H Reed of Grafton sails from vehacl port aboard the U S S Henderson to Shanghai to join the Fourth Regiment of the Marines. He previously served in Nicara with the 1926 enlistment and was at the San Diego naval base before departure. Reed may stay in Shanghai a year or longer and will witness the city’s sights and sounds.
OCR damaged crossword snippet lists clues and fragments such as medicinal plant, biological terms, and a nocturnal bird. It references epoch era terms and a few numbers and incomplete entries, suggesting a partial puzzle page segment with scattered answers.
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