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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1929
Page
7
Mary Graham Bonney presents The Giant's Story featuring John and Peggy and a magical Little Black Clock that can bend time. The giant laments shrinking and seeks readers with tales of past giants while hinting at future adventures with Wind Whistle and Horn.
Arthur Fleming Scotten, Stanford graduate and current Harvard Law student, is among 32 recipients of the Rhodes scholarship announced by the Associated Press.
The item notes Uncle Sam schooling future generals at West Point to save seven dollars fifty daily to qualify for Christmas leave from a $720 annual allowance. It cites 1928 total US income at $89.4 billion with $51.1 billion earned by workers. Also mentions about war debt payments and various radio listings with anecdotes on fashion and longevity across cultures.
Readable snippets show a dense radio timetable with stations WEAF WJZ WHAS WHAS WHAS and others. Entries list times programs orchestras singers dance numbers news concerts and various musical ensembles across cities with some unclear annotations and misprints.
An excerpt debating the shift from silent films to talkies and synchronized mechanical music. It questions value for theatre patrons as audiences fund a changing entertainment era led by the American Federation of Musicians. Joseph N. Weber is listed as president.
Chester Held Productions presents Campus Knights a clever comedy of twin brothers played by Raymond McKee. A professor at a girls college and his sport loving brother cause chaos with mistaken blame. Filmed on a real girls college campus the production delivers fresh laughs.
Overnight news briefs mix theatre and international moves from Washington to London. Highlights include a London naval conference talk on multination navies, Stimson’s diplomatic stance, and a London weather emergency. In the U S, a senator spars over reservations while prizes are awarded in radio, and a murder case funds a large charity. Other items report a Johns Hopkins hospital patient, a Vatican beatification, skeleton finds in China, and a student strike in Buenos Aires.
Ohio coal figures argue informal competition harms profits, noting losses up to 45.10 cents per ton due to West Virginia and Kentucky rivals. They urge consolidation of mining firms to enable investment in updated cutting, loading, and cleaning machinery to meet industry fuel demands, with Gary Indiana oil stations linked to the Columbus Company era.
Dane and wife Viola were connected to a bank holdup in Jefferson Wisconsin. Police found two machine guns a sawed off shotgun two high powered rifles and bags of shells and tear bombs. Viola Dane 35 was taken into custody claiming ignorance of any wrongdoing. Neighbors recall Dane as posing as a bank and business owner.
A fire on a lower level caused a deadly incident as a group of women attempted escape via a fire escape. A ladder failed or became jammed, trapping some climbers.
A new British airship, paired with its sister unit 101, is described as the largest aerial craft today. It was moved from hangar and maneuvered for about half an hour, observed by a small group.
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