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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1935
Page
5
A Strand Theatre program showcases a variety of entertainers including performers of song and dance. The show features a lineup of engaging acts designed to delight audiences with lively numbers and stage presence.
The Liberty film The Old Home stead features six original songs by noted composers and the Sons of The Pioneers. The quartet travels from barn dance to a New York cabaret then radio engagement, with lively multi-instrument performances. Fire crews dealt with a gas pipe ignition near Washington Street, extinguishing the blaze with chemicals. damage described as negligible.
Amid a 1936 Logan county campaign backdrop, Mine Workers locals in Agcoville Lyburn and Christian rally against Thurmond. Resolutions accuse the federal collector of dictating WPA patronage and align with Neely's nomination, citing ties to labor groups and opposition to Thurmond in Charleston and surrounding areas.
Holt avoids discussing published reports that Neely favors Neely recommended WP A appointments in West Virginia. The dispute concerns alleged preference given to Neely's picks over Holt in federal posts under the Works Progress Administration.
In Lima Ohio authorities search for Eugene Booker 18 known as the phantom slasher of Defiance after he escaped Lima State hospital disguised as a milkman. Also on the loose is Herman Groty 65 a hospital custodian. Booker attacked women, slashing and slugging, with calls of thrill driving his crimes.
In a fragmentary report a playful exchange hints at romance talk among familiar faces. The overheard chat centers on Leda Howard and Norma Shearer and their supposed partners, with a cheeky nod to timeless Romeo and Juliet dynamics.
A star packed program arrives at the Strand Theatre on Sunday with Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak as the romantic leads. Fred Allen Patsy Kelly Paul Whiteman with his band Ramona Rubinoff and his violin and the Yacht Club Boys appear as featured acts in the entertain mion segment.
Port Orchard Washington December 14 a woman witness Peggy Paulos testified that Leo Hart shot clubbed and stabbed six people to death during a robbery at the Frank Flieder home on March 28 1934. She said Hall the 33 year old boxer coerced her into accompanying him and sought to trap her with an ad
Miss Anita Whitney, San Francisco heiress and longtime workers organizer, was convicted of perjury for falsely swearing to signatures used to place the Communist party on the ballot. She chose 300 days in jail over a $600 fine, paid by a nephew, and was released. Whitney is the daughter of a former U.S. senator and niece of a former U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Everett O. Butts asks a witness to demonstrate how she bound victims using gloves. The witness quickly ties the attorney, who then has to ask the prosecutor to cut the bonds. Spectators laugh as Butts contends the feat was impossible.
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