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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
5
Newsman Eddie Brietz predicts California will defeat Georgia Tech in the semi final, noting California’s improving play while Tech lags. The column blends sports chatter with light social notes from Philadelphia and Miami, including Connie Mack’s birthday tribute and boxing show chatter.
In yester scrimmage, a player carried the ball and was out of action pending examination. Shortly after, George Kra cum of Pittsburgh suffered an arm injury. East Coaches Andy Kerr and Bernie Bierman said both stars would likely be able to play.
Larry Rollins traces a standout 1940 golf season with $162,000 in prize money and notable moments. Ed Oliver’s disqualification, Craig Wood’s 264 Metropolitan Open win, Gene Sarazen’s comeback, Ben Hogan’s earnings and Vardon trophy, Clayton Heafner’s tree-ball episode, Ed Dudley’s 62 in sectional qualifying, Bryan Nelson’s win over Sam Snead, Lawson Little’s Los Angeles Open finish, and Horton Smith’s late fade are singled out as defining incidents and performances.
East squad of college all stars suffered injuries after a vigorous scrimmage with the Oakland Giants. Xavier Reagan, Penn halfback, twisted his knee, with x-rays ordered to determine if he will miss Shrine East-West Shrine game.
In Miami Tropical Park the 1940 racing title between Earl Dew and Walter Lee Taylor heated up after a post race altercation in the jockeys quarters. The stewards called both riders to explain the clash after a close finish in which Dew led 283 to 280. They weighed in uninjured. no words were exchanged before the fight. Chief steward Tom Thorp called it a flare up of competitive spirit.
West Point selects civilian coach Earl Red Blaik to lead Army football next fall. He will bring his Dartmouth staff including Ellinger Gustafson and Daniels, with Avery Daniell as assistant line coach and Rollins Bevans trainer. The move ends officer-coached policy due to wartime coaching shortages.
Fort Hill High of Cumberland Maryland travels to Riverside drive field-house to face Grafton High’s Bearcats in a holiday season basketball showdown. The game is expected to draw a large crowd as both teams showcase their early season form and seek a strong opener statement from the scholastic rivals.
The county ping pong tournament progresses toward quarter finals to decide the Lear Jewelry company gold cup. Carl Bolliger reaches the semi finals in the lower bracket by defeating Leonard Bott in a tight three game match 21-18 21-19 24-22. Bill Carter faces Mallory Boston in another quarter final while Bruce Gurd meets Bob McCartner in the upper bracket with Charles Cather awaiting the winner. Local interest rises as clubs promote events and a league forms after the new year with Simpson Flemington Bay's club and Tellings of Fairmont among members.
A retrospective from AP notes events from a year ago when Brooklyn Dodgers acquired Louis Berger from the Red Sox and Frank McCormack signed a two year deal with Cincinnati at about 16000 per year. It recalls three and five year olds including Ring magazine naming Armstrong boxer of the year and the Eastern Association of Football Players asking for recognition and better terms amid opposition.
The report notes that scale and Voté reduced the number of officials by ten percent each year to create spots for new talent. This practice aimed to refresh leadership lines and promote emerging figures within the organization.
Universal's farce comedy Slightly Tempted opened yesterday at the Opera House starring Hugh Herbert as a nimble witted confidence man. Peggy Moran and Johnny Downs lead a charming romantic subplot with Gertrude Michael George E. Stone and Robert Emmett Keane in the strong supporting cast. Elisabeth Risdon portrays a village spinster who buys the phoney stock. The plot follows Herbert after prison release as he targets a small town and ends up selling mining stock to the locals.
Tim McCoy stars as a fighting frontier marshal in Arizona Gang Busters at the Opera House. Foreign spies plot air bases and border raids while McCoy tracks the criminals, shoots it out with gunmen, and ends the gang’s scheme in a thrilling Western climax. A top year’s Western bet.
The aging producer says he feels fit though wary of mortality. A bank loan saved his theater studio home a year ago, and he recalls early ties to the stage as a former copy boy for Horace Greeley era New York Tribune. He believes public taste cycles every twenty years toward romance rather than intellectual plays.
Daniel Frohman born in Sandusky Ohio rose from German Jewish peddler roots to New York via frontier touring. He founded the Daniel Frohman stock company in 1885, launching Maude Adams E H Sothern Minnie Maddern Fiske and others. His 1903 marriage to Miss Ilington ended in divorce six years later.
German Railway administration announced passenger service would be restricted to clear the Danube corridor for 1160 troop trains at 30 to 40 per day through January 31. In Bucharest talks, Soviet and Axis delegates tangled over Danube control, with Moscow insisting on Soviet control of the river mouths as meetings recessed to January end.
Diplomatic sources report Soviet diplomats openly warning of Red Army plans to occupy Danube mouths and Moldavia as far west as the Siret river after year’s start. Rumors tie German troop movements to the Danube dispute, while Russia-Romania tensions echo past seizures of Bessarabia and Bukovina.
Classified Sentinel outlines rates two cents per word for first insertion and one cent per word for subsequent insertions. Minimum charge 45 cents. Ads must stay within classification, errors reported, and listings include in-house rent, lost item, and rubber stamps with contact details.
Taylor County records show real estate sold for 1939 taxes in December 1940, with properties including Bailey Arrena 121 acres and various mineral and surface rights. Purchasers were the State of West Virginia with notes on gas wells, coal, and run rights, listing multiple owners and acreage throughout the county.
List shows properties foreclosed for non payment of 1939 taxes in BOOTHS CREEK DISTRICT area with transfers to individual buyers. Names and exact parcels appear for each entry though some OCR fragments remain.
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