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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1932

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Radio Schedule Highlights NBC ABC CBS And WJZ

A listing of Wednesday August 31 radio programs from NBC WEAF and WABC and NBC WJZ networks. Includes dinner music segments, orchestras led by Paul Whiteman Victor Young and Ellington, variety acts Kate Smith Benny and Island Boat Club Dance, and time slots from 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM Eastern.

Nbc-Weaf Donald Nevis Paul Whiteman Lanny Ross Goldbergs Johnny Hart Victor Young Shilkre WABC Stern’s Orchestra William Vincent Hall Myrt Marge Tito Guitar Fur Trappers Sam Kate Smith Colonel and Budd Guy Lombardo Shilkret Isham Jones Barlow Symphony Charles Carlile Nelson's Orchestra Dubhin Orchestra Ellington's Band NBC WJZ Mary Steele and Orchestra Lowell Thomas Amos Pickens Sisters Sodero Baron Lee Scotti

The Appeal to Duty and Child Motivation

The article argues that parental expectations based on a child's apparent abilities often ignore emotional wellbeing. Scolding proves ineffective. unresolved fears and jealousy hinder effort. Pushing a bright child to perform without addressing happiness leads to self depreciation and discouragement.

Schild

Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood at Opera House

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood closes its run tonight at the Opera House. George Sidney and Charlie Murray deliver broad comedy while June Clyde Norman Foster and a strong supporting cast provide brisk, sparkling entertainment. John Francis Dilloh directs this exuberant film era farce as audiences laugh at the pair’s zany antics in Tinseltown.

George Sidney Charlie Murray Hollywood Sidney and Murray June Clyde Norman Foster Emma Dunn Esther Howard Dorothy Christy Luis Alberni Edwin Maxwell John Roche Robert Greig Eileen Percy John Francis Dilloh

Reading Raps Teachers For Snappy Selections In Ohio Valley

Miss Marg M Neflin of Charleston West Virginia directed sharp criticism at teachers for reading snappy magazines and books. In a Hamilton County teachers institute talk she urged educators to foster an esthetic sense to instill love of good true and beautiful literature among pupils.

Cincinnati

Former Yale quarterback Wm. Draper Savage dies at 38

Wm. Draper Savage a mining engineer from Crosby Minnesota and Yale quarterback in 1915 died yesterday in La Jolla California at age 38. He was noted for his college football prominence and later professional life in mining engineering.

la Jolla Cal Wm. Draper Savage Crosby, Minn Yale

A View of Russia Its Human Side in Everyday Life

A study of Soviet life highlights human aspects beyond work including youth training, supervised play, and recreation. Scenes show tractor workers studying, a youth armed for physical training at Dynamo stadium, young communists at play, wedding registrations at Zags, a Moscow horse derby, and notable figures like Comrade Kossykev. Children visit Park of Culture and Rest while parents rest, with shop windows displaying jewelry and bric a brac despite modest incomes.

Russia Black Earth Dynamo Stadium Moscow Comrade Kossykev Central Committee Soviet Union Park of Culture

Bids Opened for 35 Miles State Road Jobs

Charleston August 31 Bids for the construction of 35.02 miles of highway and seven bridges were opened by the state road commission. The projects, eight funded with federal work relief aid, include Ruth Alum Creek road surfacing by Southern Oil and Tar Company of Louisville at 36928. Jackson county Evans Mason county ling grading and draining federal aid by Nelson Teer of Durham New York at 87451.55. Mason county Jackson Mason county line at Flatrock road grading and draining federal project by Pete C Minnotti.

Charleston State Road Commission Kanawha County Ruth-Alum Creek Southern Oil and Tar Company Louisville Jackson County Evans-Mason County Nelson. Teer Durham N. Y Mason Jackson- Mason Flatrock Road Pete C Minnotti

Wheeling Girl Appointed Mountain State Festival Princess

Miss Graham of Wheeling named by Congressman Bachmann to represent the First Congressional district as a princess at the Court of Queen Silvia II for the Third Annual Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins October 7 and 8. She is daughter of Mrs EB A Graham and a graduate of St Marys School and Junior College of Raleigh NC.

Graham Carl’g. Bachmann Silvia II Elkins Miss Graham Isa EB. A. Graham Wheeling St. Mary's School Junior College Raleigh N. G

Federal and state bridge and road projects across counties

Construction firms like Hatfield Construction Company and Monty Brothers undertake widening surfacing grading and draining and steel superstructure bridge work across multiple counties. Projects include Roderfield Premier road concrete surfacing in McDowell and Blue Sulphur bridge steel spans in Cabell with federal support and precise bid totals ranging from about 5 324 to 144 550 dollars.

Wetzel County Hundred-Cottonwood Paul Horner Co Clarksburg Mason County Flatrock Jackson County R. Giavina Troy Boone County Monty Bros Charleston Cabell County B. R. Mills Greenbrier County Compa Pittsburgh Logan County Monty Brothers McDowell County Iaeger R. W. Brown Princeton Wayne County Beech Fork T. T. ‘Thompson Barboursville Camp Creek A.T. ‘Thompson

Rudy Vallee to pay wife big settlement

The Daily News reports Rudy Vallee has agreed to a $50,000 lump sum plus $1,000 monthly for life to Fay Webb, his wife of 13 months, with a half interest in their Beverly Hills estate. Vallee says he wants no public discussion and will return to New York soon after the Reno move.

New York The Daily News Rudy Vallee Fay Webb Reno Beverly Hills Cal Vallee

Ritchie Sees Party Sweep In Democratic Race

Albany Aug 31 Governor Albert C Ritchie of Maryland, visiting the executive mansion, becomes the seventh Roosevelt rival to meet him since the Chicago convention. Only Alfred E Smith James A Reed and William H Murray have not conferred since Roosevelt left Chicago. Ritchie, before boarding a New York train for Albany, was asked if he expected Smith to join the talks.

Albany Albert Ritchie Maryland Roosevelt Chicago Alfred 5.Smith U.S Jas. A. Reed Missouri William H. Murray Oklahoma New York New York City Mr. Smith

Maryland Governor Hints at Roosevelt Support Amid Campaign Talk

During an Albany visit four term Maryland governor Ritchie suggested a Democratic sweep and predicted strong support for Gov Roosevelt in Maryland and nationwide. He planned speeches in the east and central Illinois while noting rural urban vote balance. The armory fire near the city caused heavy damage, with 10 000 rounds of ammunition ruined and uniforms destroyed as fire chiefs combated the blaze and crowds gathered.

Smith Maryland Ritchie Albany Roosevelt Fur New York City Central District Illinois

Cows In Shade Produce Better Milk In Shade

A Texas dairyman, J. E. Foster, devised a portable umbrella shed to shade cows. He reports tests showing shaded cows yield richer milk with higher butterfat. The unit on four timbers moves with the sun to keep cows shaded all day. He observed night milking produced 1 percent less butter fat than morning milking after sun exposure.

Houston Tex J. E. Foster Foster

Firemen struggle as Armory fire rages in Baltimore

Baltimore records a major blaze at the fifth regiment armory where Woodrow Wilson was once nominated in 1912. Firefighters from fifty companies battled the four hour fire as ammunition detonations trapped crews, with estimated damage around $300,000 mainly to equipment and misforms.

Baltimore Fifth Regiment Woodrow Wilson Washington Bowie, Jr

State Railway Trainmen Endorse 6 Hour Day Plan

Charleston August 31 resolutions from the state board of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen backed a six hour day for all labor to curb unemployment and urged federal and state regulation of bus and motor freight lines. The board also opposed changes to state primary laws and elected M. R. Herndon of Keyser as chairman J. R. Selvey of Princeton as vice chairman Pg Hinds of Huntington as secretary and S. L. Hundley of Wheeling as legislative representative.

Charleston

Vida Hurst Divorce Reveals Torn Romance Tales

Vida Hurst once wrote of young love and romance. In a Reno divorce court she testified that cat G. Osterstrom, a Kansas City businessman, shattered her nerves and her daughter’s health by fault finding. She said she tried to find the happiness she wrote about but could not.

Vida Hurst Reno Vide Hurst Elist Cat G. Osterstrom Kansas City

Daily Cross-Word Puzzle Across And Down Clues

A scrambled OCR style list of across and down clues with mixed letters and stray phrases. Includes entries like international conflicts epochs simpleton medicinal plant and other misread fragments. The text appears as puzzle clue lines with corrupted spacing and extraneous characters.

Turmoil Over Theft Driver's Card and Misunderstandings

Washington reports a theft claim involving Dr. Herbert Feis papers, followed by a national alert that later proved unfounded as state officials clarified no departmental documents were in the car. The confusion coincided with heavy casualties in ongoing conflicts and a federal response amid a Quito battle. Assignment notices at a Methodist Protestant conference announced pastorates including Clarksburg district and B. L. Arnold.

Washington Herbert Feis State Department State Castle Feis Arnold Spencer Methodist Protestant State Conference Clarksburg Grafton

Revolt in Ecuador Declared Ended in Guayaquil

Four day uprising over presidential naming rights in Ecuador's Guayaquil ended with rebels surrendering. Government said control restored as federal forces expected to enter the city to reestablish order after days of intense fighting in Haymond Settlement and surrounding areas.

Guayaquil Ecuador Harvey Tobias Haymond Settlement

R C Board Buys Remlinger Barber Shop

R C Board has purchased the Remlinger barber shop in the Strand theatre building operating on a no chair basis for the present. He sold his shop near the corner of Main and B and O square to Mr Knotts who is retaining Board barbers with one exception.

R. C. Board Remlinger Strand Theatre Main and B. & O. Square Knotts

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