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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1928
Page
2
Fanny Brice enters a Warner Bros musical plot with Audrey, Waldo, and Lazarus. In a tense audition, Waldo battles distraction from Audrey while Fanny battles nerves and a ruined number. The producer judges harshly, signaling a setback and future tension.
Eastern standard broadcasting schedule lists multiple stations and lineups across WEAF WIL WABC WPG WOR WGY WBZ WSBE WHAS WMAQ WLW WTAM VOX and more with dance music, orchestras, singers, news, and special segments throughout the day including Dinner Music, Organ Recitals, and Studio Concerts.
A Strand screen listing for The First Kiss shows Fay Wray Cooper Lane Chandler Anna Lee Mulligan Talbo William Talbot Carol Talbo Leslie Fenton Ezra Talbo Paul Fix Pap Malcolm Williams and other suitors in the cast.
A melodrama set around oyster fishermen and a roguish Mulligan who hides his thefts behind grants for his brothers. Anna Lee loves him despite insults and class divides. After his arrest, she testifies, then reveals his aid to the brothers, leading to a dramatic parole and courtroom turn. Showing at the Strand Theatre today and Friday.
Warner Bros presents Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer at the Opera House on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. The film of Samson Raphaelson's comedy drama features Jolson as the Broadway singer son of a cantor with May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Otto Lederer and others in a gala production directed by Alan Crosland.
Albert A. Sapp, 85, of Shinnston, was found dead in the West Fork river after apparently taking his own life by jumping from a bridge on Christmas Day, telling his twin brother they would both be better off dead.
Overnight reports from New York to Capetown detail Byrd expedition news and Coolidge trip plans. Fires, murders, and accidents in Chicago Roseau and Chihuahua accompany political moves in Washington. A Pacific jet shark warns bathers while a string of international events unfolds across Africa Asia and Latin America.
John Wittman magistrate elect in Grafton district opens offices in Summerville building on Main Street near courthouse and will be ready for first cases January 1. Vacancy remains in district after death of Squire Haymond and retirement of Squire Wittman will be sole justice until January 7 with county court to appoint successor. Marion Allender defeated, Molded by retirement. Justice elect will locate in either first ward or midtown as plans.
In Orange New Jersey soap magnate Sidney Colgate suffers a grave leg fracture while maintaining humor, sending friends cards with a rocking horse motto. In Seattle Moritz Thomson, employer gifts total over $1,000 yet he urges thrift and savings for families. Los Angeles widow Frances Marion inherits from Fred Thomson as she stands by the late cowboy screen star. In Dillingham Alaska Anna Yukluk dies after an explosion saves 75 dormitory peers. New York traders seek disposal solutions for aging automobiles dumping on Bronx vacant lots. Sixteen floors of ”
A 31 story building will be erected on Wall Street to store documents for corporations that currently rely mainly on warehouses in Brooklyn. The project aims to consolidate records storage in a high rise facility, signaling a shift from warehousing to centralized document management among local firms.
Berlin reports youth film star Jackie Coogan ill with influenza. Officials say excess Christmas excitement and play in his hotel room led to illness. Coogan, spared by parents, remains in bed as doctors monitor him.
Residents of Unishamjet in Hemlock Ohio awoke to flames consuming the mayor’s office the jail and a Monsurat Coal Company mine office. A state fire marshal is en route and two men are being held for investigation amid suspicions that Christmas revelers started the blazes.
New York reports professor John H Gerould of Dartmouth College described observations of butterfly and silkworm hearts beating bidirectionally. He notes a butterfly heart is more efficient than a human heart in at least one respect, with periodic reversal first proposed by Marcello Malpighi. The claim retraces a forgotten 17th century observation and suggests corroboration.
The crew expects 10 to 18 days aloft with limited fuel capacity. Le Blond motor used 25 gallons on a seven hour test flight. Sponsors Marshall Chamber of Commerce and Nicholas Benall Aircraft Corp will back the flight and seek NAA authority in Washington. Graphs will be recorded on site.
Weasels of the north Pacific were asked today to search for the Italian steam Gilda Cuderi, long overdue from Kobe, Japan. The vessel sailed from Seattle November 5 with a crew of 26 and has not reported in since.
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