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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1941

Page

5

Leading Creek Church Keeps Same Service Years Later

Elkins August 29 A memoir style profile chronicles Elder Jonah Murphy head of Leading Creek Church Montrose a small Baptist body tied to Hardshell tradition. The piece traces three generations of Murphys from 1854 founding to present noting humble education and lifelong simple worship.

Leading Creek Elkins Montrose Jonah 8. Murphy Murphy First Pioneers Alleghenies Valley Church Creek David P. Murphy James Murphy David Murphy Jonah S. Murphy Jonah Muphy

Official Greenbrier hosts at state fair in Lewisburg

Greenbrier county residents acted as hosts for a party of state officials and legislators at the New West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg. The day featured the Greenbrier Dog Show band concerts a 4-H pageant and horse races while attendees included Senate Clerk A Hale Watkins State Purchasing Director J Buh Shahan Matthew Edmiston liquor control chair Carl Bachmann and State Tax Commissioner George P Alderson. Governor M M Neely could not attend due to prior commitments.

Lewisburg Greenbrier County West Virginia

Waltzes and Jazz Numbers On Victor and Bluebird Labels

Disc Dope highlights Victor artists Wayne King Jo Jo the Hubo Fats Waller Glenn Miller and Eddie Stone with selections like The Waltz You Saved For Me Take the A Train and Headlines in the News. It notes Bluebird and Okeh reissues and the mix of pop and novelty jazz pieces across several catalog numbers.

Victor Wayne King la Golondrina Jo-Jo Jan Savitt Savitt Avri Parrish Glenn Miller Re Eberle Modernaires Fats Waller Mr. Waller Freddie Martin Eddie Stone Columbia Records Hoagy Carmichael Gene Krupa Roy Eldridge Cab Calloway Columbia Okeh

Fuehrer and Duce Visit Eastern Front in Pact Effort

The article recalls discussions of destroying Bolshevist danger and promoting peaceful cooperation among European peoples. It notes the Fuehrer and Duce inspecting eastern front points with an Italian division and being greeted by General Field Marshal Rundstedt, plus visits to Goering HQ and army commander chiefs.

Fuehrer 1 Duce

Biggers to Run London Office as Harriman Steps Back

The chief executive plans to relieve Harriman and place Biggers in London to handle production problems. Roosevelt said Biggers will take over Harriman's duties and he may be used elsewhere, but he refused to label Harriman as a lease-lend administrator at large.

Harriman Biggers Roosevelt London

Bronx sex killings tied to confessed rapist in city

Police tied a series of sex slayings to a single confessed suspect in custody. Superintendent Kelly said the man admitted to four other rapes in the city and two attempted attacks, all involving Negro women, with the case spanning December 1939 to the present month.

Kansas City Strieff Abramowitz Evelyn Andersen Bronx Kelly

The Black Cat Opens at Opera House Tonight

Opera House presents The Black Cat a Universal mystery thriller directed by Albert S. Rogell. Basil Rathbone stars as the horror headman with Bela Lugosi and Hugh Herbert in supporting roles amid a mansion ruled by a murderous will amid a storm and strangled communications.

Universal Opera House Albert S. Rogell Winslow Estate Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes Hugh Herbert Brad Crawford Bela Lugosi

Boston Blackie Comes to Strand in Action Packed Tale

Strand Theatre showcases Columbia's Meet Boston Blackie starring Chester Morris as the lovable rogue. The film features a glittering Coney Island backdrop and a spy hunt, promising one of the year's most exciting melodramas. Blackie, accused of murder aboard a ship, evades police to chase a mysterious girl ashore.

Boston Blackie Columbia Strand Theatre Jack Boyle Chester Morris Coney Island Blackie Knave

Unclear Financial Note On Odd Americana Costs

A fragmented market record questions 182 633 000 Americana and a line item of 376 97 each. The note complains “life of us” cannot recall what seven cents were spent for, signaling uncertain small costs in a past account.

Exiled Queen to Be Honored in Ocean Program Tribute

An NBC Red network tribute program honors Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands on her birth anniversary. The broadcast distributes in the United States Sunday at 11 am with a 12:15 pm delayed feed to England. Schedule lists multiple networks and times for various programs and talks on war and radio entertainment.

Wilhelmina Netherlands England CBS NBC Oklahoma City Nbc-Red Lucille Manners America NBC Blue

Governor Neely to Speak At Cook Annual Reunion

OCEANA Aug 29 Several thousand members of the Cook family will meet tomorrow and Sunday at Chambersfield for their annual reunion Claire L Cook of Itmann president of the Cook Reunion association said today Among speakers Sunday are Governor Neely John W Bosworth Superintendent of the Department of Public Safety Congressman John Kee Mayor D Boone Dawson of Charleston and Hugh The Shott Bluefield publisher Saturday's program will include musical presentations by vocal and instrumental groups

Oceana Cook Chambersfield Claire L. Cook Itmann The Cook Reunion Association Neely John W. Bosworth Department of Public Safety John Kee D. Boone Daw Charleston Hugh’ Thé Shott Bluefield

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