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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1936
Page
2
Eleanor Holm Jarrett, champion swimmer suspended from the Olympia team, stays in Berlin to cover the games for an American news service. Her husband Arthur Jarrett, a radio singer, traveled to support her and threatened legal action when denied a meeting with Avery Brundage, chair of the American Olympic committee.
In Chicago, Billy McGowan, age six, was swept into Lake Michigan by a large wave. His parents Mr and Mrs Thomas McGowan cried at his bedside until doctors and firemen restored his breathing. Moments later Billy woke, comforted his mother with Don't cry mom, and regained life after resuscitation efforts at Central [Presumably Precise].
National Guard troops move to near Allegan Michigan in west Michigan maneuvers following earlier drills at Fort Knox Kentucky. The operation mirrors ongoing attack readiness exercises with U S involvement and Army reserve units coordinating with local authorities.
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