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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1939
Page
2
Broad European programs face frequent interruptions as networks list overseas pickups. The feature notes регуляр broadcasts from London Paris and Berlin with executives like Eden and Kaltenborn contributing. Stations and times are sketched, highlighting the unsettled news and cultural content in the era.
Program listing shows Salvation Army event at 8 30 with battle of the sexes followed by Alec Templeton piano. District attorney appears at 9 80 Uncle Walt doghouse. Radio schedule includes Bob Crosby swing Hal Kemp orchestra Artie Shaw and Information Please.
The Grafton Common Council dictates the City Clerk must present monthly books and records showing receipts and disbursements for the prior month, itemized to align with state tax commission forms. If levy estimate forms miss items, the Clerk must also report those receipts and disbursements in the specified particulars at the first monthly session.
Radio listings show WMMN with a full evening slate from 5:30 PM to midnight including Woody Herman, Ink Spots, and Bobby Crosby orchestras. Numerous stations and shows are listed such as CBS and NBC programs with musicians like Johnny Presents and Cab Calloway.
A fragmentary radio schedule lists multiple programs and times including Vic and Sade at 3 30, Institute of Human Relations, U S navy band at 4 15, Manhattan Melodies, Uncle Jonathan, Farm and Home Hour, club matinee and a Salzburg music festival among others, with several entries cut off. The OCR reads 2 30 All-Ohio Boys and 8 15 Salzburg music festival in a garbled block.
Ad promises rapid relief from hay fever with POTAS-A FRAS. It claims to stop choking, dry up exuded secretions, and restore normal sleep. Sold exclusively by Malone's Cut Rate Drug Store at 16 West Main Street.
An ordinance declares urgency for immediate preservation of public peace health and safety. It stipulates passage takes effect immediately, stressing necessity for the public good. The fragment references Section 3 and urgent adoption without delay.
The city council decided to install parking meters on downtown streets. No date for installation has been set.
Coupon offers one volume from a 42 volume World’s Greatest Literature set with a 39 special gift price. Mail orders require 60 extra for postage and handling per book to the World's Greatest Literature Department at Grafton SentIn Office.
W P Lipscomb, screenwriter of Universal's The Sun Never Sets, performs at the Opera House and praises working with George Bernard Shaw. Lipscomb, the first scenarist to work with Shaw, adapted Shaw's Pygmalion for the screen after bringing his typewriter from England to the Universal set.
Mary Wallace sues Jackie Coogan in Los Angeles for 30100 claiming a false scandalous remark that Wallace was stepping out with Coogan's stepfather Arthur L Bernstein. The case targets actor Coogan and accuses slander amid street and topography notes requesting 51 percent property owner signatories to begin work.
City finances force new charges on property owners for street work. Roads to be improved include Ross Street Knott s Avenue Ringler Alley Barrett Street Walters Street Durbin Street Dorsey Street McGraw Avenue Spruce Street with reconditioning base and blacktop plus curb walks and walls where specified.
Extradition proceedings proceed in N with Robert Mitchell, inmate at Moundsville penitentiary, as authorities seek to transfer him under applicable legal channels.
Public notices concern estate of Mollie Lake and creditors must present vouchers by September 4. Another abstract announces an order of publication for Naomi L. Trimble vs Arthur Franklin Trimble seeking divorce, requiring appearance within one month after first publication. Publication in Graf ton Sentinel.
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