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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1939
Page
2
Volunteers led by Mrs. W. E. have fed unemployed miners' families at the Wendel school center for two weeks now, with a twice daily plan and meals varied to 155 at peak. The program partners with Works Progress Administration and local Assistance to provide vegetables and surplus groceries.
Gangster Brad McArthur seeks public favor through a press agent and a boy named Bobby. Linda and Clint double cross him, leading to a mountain escape and a climactic choice that ends with Brad turning himself in to save Bobby.
An 80-year-old vice era and high life drinking sparked a gambling crackdown that moved enforcement away from local police authorities, following a continued hit on gambling establishments reported yesterday.
The aged man was rushed to a hospital after being struck twice on the head and once on the hip with a gun by his son Lyle Ash. The son claimed self-defense amid long family disputes as officers placed him in custody. Corporal Strader noted the father’s drinking and destruction of three family guns prior to the incident.
G men and Philadelphia police joined a broad search after a bank robbery where a patrolman, McManus, fired his gun and was later suspended. Officers described the robber duo as amateurs despite precise movements. Director James H. Malone ordered the suspension amid the manhunt.
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