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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1949
Page
5
A Hollywood critic recalls his father’s elite photography gear and prizes, then misadventures with a Brownie Kodak. The father resists, saying the range finder is missing while the son explains you simply press the button. Humorous banter shifts between Pelham Springs and Palm Springs as memory fades.
Miners face skipped Mondays over Christmas with some firms offering overtime pay for holiday work. D Holmes Morton of Winifrede Collieries confirmed requests for Cabin Creek employees to work holiday hours, though union agreement remains unclear. Other mines idle over maintenance, while Bluefield coal firms seek presidential action to restore a five day week as payroll shifts surface.
Clark and Gable’s marriage ended in 1931 with divorce in 1939 followed by his third marriage to Carole Lombard. Lombard and 20 others died when a war bond tour plane crashed near Las Vegas Nevada in 1942.
Joseph Moran, 24, of Pittsburgh, joined two others in an indictment related to the Follansbee bank robbery. Moran received an 18 year sentence after pleading guilty before Judge Watkins Burnett, with Burnett and Close currently serving terms at Atlanta penitentiary. The text also contains unrelated cooking and animal facts.
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