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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1930
Page
7
A fragmented note describes a radio era film titled Check Double Check featuring Amos ’N’ Andy in an all talk format shown at the Opera House. The text hints at public fascination with radio pictures and stage presentation, noting a "nerdy" but eager reception.
At the opera house the stars screen debut is billed as the year’s show event. The production features Morton and Miss Carol in a romance undertone while Madame Queen, Ruby Taylor and Kingfish deliver strong character creations. Crowds await the first flash of radio Amos n Andy favorites tonight as director Mel Brown applies radio craft to film, aiming at the millions already hooked on radio.
Impatient fans of Amos n Andy gather tonight for the talking screen debut titled Check and Double Creek at the Opera House. The program features radio stars with a white face cast including Sue Carol Irene Rich Ralph Harolde Charles Morton Edward Martindel and Rita LaRoy, delivering the familiar Harlem comedy on stage for three days.
Senator Steiner, an Oregon Republican, urged a higher tariff on wheat today instead of a temporary embargo. He argued that the 42 cent tariff should stand to keep wheat imports out if world prices drop enough to permit them.
John C Terry narrates Gloria's uneasy experience at OLY WIGH night spot while Tom Ees, her boyfriend, takes her away. Frances, in New York for Christmas shopping, keeps Gloria staying with her as family from the same town join. Gossip spreads as Groats Howe reports Gloria's movements and a hotel search for a forwarding address in New York.
An old advertisement extols creosote as a premier treatment for coughs from colds and bronchial irritation. It claims rapid relief by soothing the mucous membranes, inhibiting germ growth, and aiding recovery after illness with Credwulsion and similar health products.
July 31 highlights from West Virginia include Miss Luella Whetsel linked to a Harrisonburg fatality case, a $80,000 fire in Camden-on-Gaugh, and 300 Glen-Darter mine workers striking over a 12 percent wage cut. The report notes flags for cedar rust, a Morgantown sheep breeders group forming, and a Romney jury convicting Walter Crabtree in a grudge killing.
A vault preserves Milton Sills last film The Sea Wolf and Men of Steel in which he and Doris Kenyon appeared. The son Kenyon Sills will someday see his father move and talk on screen, with his mother contemplating a future public return as a concert artist rather than film work.
A condensed ledger covers fire deaths in Bluefield, trials in Charleston, burials in Huntington, a state geologist's death in Morgantown, and officials proposing prison labor cement plants. It notes Mass killings, prison sentences, legislative sessions, a governor's reprieve, and education and infrastructure developments across Martinsburg, Charleston, Buckhannon, and Wheeling with multiple names and dates.
Grand Rapids Michigan report on Mar Carmody supreme knight Knights of Columbus shows pneumonia in hospital. Physicians say condition improved today but remains serious. A London paper notes a worker walking 20 miles in daily duties.
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