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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1934
Page
2
A film star George Arliss departed to avoid an autograph rush as fans called out Look there’s George Arliss after a Technicolor shoot. The crowd surged, but he escaped before close contact.
Opera House shows George Arliss in The House of Rothschild under his new Schenck Zanuck deal at United Artists. The film’s dramatic scenes and a brilliant Arliss drew deafening applause from a packed audience during the sneak preview.
Ickes argues that oil industry rules are routinely disregarded by the uncooperative for profit and detriment to cooperative obeyers and contends no government or industry can sustain edicts or rules. The remark follows continued coverage from page one about regulatory attempts.
A guide by John van Guilder explains making the most of school photography. It covers camera choice, planning shots from home to class, and capturing spontaneous moments rather than posed pictures to create a flowing pictorial story in yearbooks.
Philippi August 27 two first aid stations for motorists will be set up in Barbour County by the local American Red Cross chapter. A committee led by L C Stevens and including Dr Karl J Myers and John Carpenter will choose locations on the Philippi Grafton and Philippi Belington roads with trained personnel and equipment approved by the National Red Cross. A third station may be added later on the Philippi Buckhannon road. A letter of appreciation was sent to H D Lowry, former principal, who is moving to Huntington.
Union choir led by Maynard Godwin and several others conducted the annual Hodgesville and Teter and W. F. Townsen choirs with each singing twice. Richard Waddell, son of Mrs. Alex G. Waddell, a WVU law student, left for a statewide goodwill tour. A. 3. Hawkins and others attended a Masonic meeting in Walkersville, completing district visits. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lewis Jenkins and Miss Jeniviere, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Chrislip with John Albert traveled to Pittsburgh.
An American woman, Miss Thompson, recounts being ordered to leave Germany after a Berlin stop. She accuses Goebbels of suppressing information to shape foreign opinion and cites prior articles about the Jewish question as factors in her expulsion. The delivery of the order was banal and unexpected.
The column mocks General Johnson and the New Deal, calling idealism and constructiveness silly while condemning leaders who chase prosperity by scarce goods. It criticizes editors for cowardice and hypocrisy and portrays mass gullibility toward optimistic promises. A separate scene describes a youth subdued with tear gas, restrained, and jailed after a shotgun incident with Weaver.
During the year ending June 20, 1934, the national reemployment service and the state employment services received 15,387,008 applications for jobs.
Mr and Mrs C V Miller of Walnut street host their son Benjamin F Miller his wife and their children from Detroit Michigan along with Mr and Mrs Ralph Hood of Bristol and their young daughter for a family gathering with extended relatives.
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