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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1935

Page

2

Wanted Female Help for General House Work

Classified notice seeking a girl for general house work with application by letter to Sentinel office including age experience and wages. Also advertisement for a girl or woman for general house work with telephone contact. Additional notice seeks man or woman to sell Watkins products in Grafton with earnings average 25 weekly and immediate pay, addressed to J. R. Watkins Company in Columbus Ohio.

Watkins Grafton J. R. Watkins Company N. 5Th Street Columbus Ohio

State Trooper Victor In Race With Motorist

State Trooper W J Murphy reported a race down Riverside Drive at over 60 mph leading to the arrest of Wade Wiseman of Clarksburg for a road violation at 5 30 pm Friday. Wiseman, 22, pleaded guilty and was arraigned before Justice W E Rightmire Friday night, fined $10 plus costs. He claimed he could not hear the siren. Murphy said the siren was fully lit. Wiseman was stopped about a quarter mile from Fetterman bridge.

Riverside Drive W. J . Murphy Wade Wiseman Clarksburg W. E. Rightmire Fetterman Bridge Murphy Wiseman Fetterman

Treasury Bids Sought for 283 New Postoffice Sites

Washington announces bids on 283 new postoffices. In West Virginia bids open in Spencer on September 3, Logan and Weirton on September 4, and Oak Hill on September 7, with postmaster overseeing each opening.

Treasury Washington West Virginia Spencer Logan and Weirton Oak Hill

Willys Career Highlights and Ambassadorship

Willys built a $500,000 annual bicycle business in El Mira and formed Willys Overland in Indianapolis. He later bought Pope Toledo, moving the plant to Toledo. He chaired the foreign trade committee of the auto chamber and sold his holdings in 1929. President Hoover named him ambassador to Poland in 1930, serving until 1932.

Willys Page Elmira Poland Overland Automobile Company Willys-Overland Company Indianapolis Pope-Toledo Company Toledo Willys-Overland Automobile Chamber of Commerce

Radio program listings and tube prices prompt confusion

A long grid of radio station schedules for NBC CBS WGN WLW and others runs hourly from 5:30 P M to 1 P M with programs like Fibber McGee and Molly Lone Ranger Amos n Andy and Dance Music alongside a block promoting genuine RCA tubes and discounts. The piece blends entertainment listings with a wartime style sales pitch for RCA tubes and sets.

WLW Amos 'N' Andy CBS Just Entertainment KDKA WGN Bob Elson NBC Ezra Patti Chapin Wdz Tony Gus Palmer House WSM Jack WWVA WFBE Quin Ryan WJZ Chas, Laveer Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra Lone Ranger WGY KMOX Frank Hazzard WBBM Elena Moneak Dorsey Brothers Margaret Speaks Levening Paris Pick Pat Harry Horlick Greater Minstrels Cbs—Radio Theater Meredith Wilson Orches Princess Pat Players the Follies Alice Sturenberg Ray Knight Cuckoo Hour Wayne King Crusaders Grant Park March of Time Louis Prima WEBE Joe Reichman Abe Lyman Amos Andy Ink Spots Jesse Crawford The Texans Lum Abner Leonard Keller Isham Jones Pick and

Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues

Across clues mix river names languages and roles with hints from literature and geography. Down clues reference animals tools and numbers alongside partial phrases and abbreviations, producing a themed word grid with cross checking.

Daily Cross

Rogers laid to rest after last rites

Will Rogers was honored by both plain people and stars in Hollywood with services after his body lay in state at Forest Lawn. A mass funeral followed at the Hollywood Bowl before the body was moved to a crypt at Fair Lawn cemetery until a final resting place is chosen.

Will Rogers Hollywood Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Bowl Rogers Fair Lawn Cemetery

Automobiles Will Be Put On Block By Uncle Sam

Federal authorities will auction six automobiles and 2,500 pounds of sugar confiscated by the alcohol tax unit. Sales set for September 11. Also listed are multiple land parcels in Knottsville and Grafton districts with deeds dated 1898 to 1923. Terms require a quarter cash and rest in 1, 2, and 3 years with interest. Auction notice dated August 24, 1935.

Uncle Sam Wheeling Alcohol Tax Unit J. H. Patterson South Grafton Miranda J. Bunner Harry V. Flannagan Ida E. Jaco Knottsville Louise Shingleton Sally Ann Shingleton Samuel R. Barr Tygarts Valley Thomas F. Thayer Ida F. Jaco Jaco City of Grafton Ross Street J. O. Jaco Yanda J. Bunner J. C. Jaco William P. Hendrickson Clarrissa Hendrickson

Thomas Edison Sent to East Orange Remembered Leader

Thomas A Edison Jr. and his role as head of the research engineering department at the West Orange plant are noted as he is sent to East Orange. He is survived by his wife Beatrice H Edison a brother William of Wilmington Del a sister Marion Oser of Norwalk and two half brothers Charles and Theodore and a half sister Mrs John E Sloane all of West Orange.

East Orange Edison Thomas A. Edison Company West Orange N. J Mary Stillwell Beatrice H. Edison William Wilmington Del S. Marion Oser Norwalk Charles Theodore John E. Sloane

Commissioner Sale In Taylor County West Virginia

In accordance with a circuit court decree dated July 10 1935 the front door of the courthouse in Grafton West Virginia will host a public auction on Tuesday September 10 1935 at 2 o clock in the afternoon. The sale covers parcels of real estate in Taylor County including a land parcel owned by Ida E Jaco excluding coal and mining rights.

Arctic Club Tce Cream Company Loren Hoffman Beech Street West Grafton John L. Hechmer Circuit Court Taylor County West Virginia William Morgan & Ing William Morgan & Co Ida E. Jaco J. Oscar Jaco Hart Produce & Candy Company T Shall Grafton Taylor

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