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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1936

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2

Santa Visits Two Dying Boys In Christmas Hope

In Kansas City and Omaha a 5 year old with pemphigus and a 3 year old with cancer of the bone receive early Christmas gifts as doctors fear death before the holiday. Charles Mendenhall enjoys a new tricycle despite his illness while Johnny Hernandez smiles at a glittering tree during a rare hospital moment. An unnamed mother funded the gift for Charles, but he died before Christmas as Santa’s message of hope arrived too late.

Kansas City Santa Claus Charles Mendenhall Johnny Hernandez Omaha Santa Johnny Charles Lenough

Louis Eddie Simms Fight Tonight On NBC Network

Radio schedule lists heavyweight bout Joe Louis versus Eddie Simms at 10:15 P M on NBC WYZ KMOX and multiple stations. Various musical acts, dramas, and news bulletins fill the day into late night with programs from WMMN WLW WGN and more.

Eddie Simms WYZ NBC Joe Louis CBS Marion Carley KMOX News WGBF Tarzan WGN Buddy Ginger KDKA WSM Sarie Sallie Geo Hall Orch Int'l Buenos Aires Jack Armstrong WGPO Singing Lady Sonny and Amos ‘N' Andy Franklyn Fitton Billy Mills Orches Mary Small WMMN Uncle Ezra Popeye the Sailor WJZ WLW Jack Abe Lyman Oliver Smith Bernice Claire WCPO William Hogue Fairmont State Teachers College Warden Lawes Sing Sing Cbs—Radio Theatre Joe E. Brown Doris Kenyon Elmer the Great WBC Greater Minstrels Brandford Art Gillham WOWO Hallyhock Lane Diamond City News Richard Himbers Jack Pearl Baron Munchausen Clif “Sharlie Morton Bowe Tommy Dorsey Clifton Utley Jerry Cooper Sally Singer the Debonaires Ray Black Wave Wynn WIRE Squire Sterling Stasia WBBM Jack Randolph Jack Denny Ozzie Nelson Amos 'N Andy Franklyn MacCormack Jack Fulton Wave—Railway WHAS Louisville Earl Hines Cameron & Karnes Ray Nobles Magnolia Blossoms Wdjz Glen Gray

Oldest Western House Built by Columbus Kin 1509

In Santo Domingo, a house claimed as the oldest in the western hemisphere was erected in 1509 by Coiego Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus. The structure stands as a historic link to early colonial era in the Caribbean.

Christopher Columbus Coiego Columbus Santo Domingo

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