Toscanini to Return Jan 9 Broadcasts to Resume
NBC reports conductor Arturo Toscanini will resume Saturday night NBC Symphony broadcasts on January 9 after a four week absence. Artur Rodzinski led the ensemble during the hiatus and NBC notes station growth and planned television demonstrations for 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHEW
York
Artiro Toscanini
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Artur Rodzinski
Cleveland Symphony
NBC
Lenox R. Lohr
WJZ
Nine Industries
WEAF
Rudy Vallee
Bing Crosby
Bob
Radio Schedule Fragments From WABC WJZ And WEAP
Friday listings show a mix of talk shows dramas and music across stations WABC WJZ and WEAP. Programs include Penner Smith Bowes workshop drama Crosstown New York Americans at Work and Lets Talk It Over plus Ma Perkins Your Family and Mine Farm and Home Hour and NBC Symphony with Paulistic Choristers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WABC
CBS
Joe Penner
Kate Smith
Major Bowes
Crosstown New York
WJZ
NBC
Mr. Keen
Dirry Belcher Neighbors
Maurice Epilamhy
Weapnbc
Ma Perkins
WAB
Paulistic
NBC Symphony
Grafton Fire Department Report Details Loss and Calls
The Grafton fire department report shows a $5 500 loss from two Park View houses destroyed last fall and an average of six and one third calls per month. November had the peak with 18 calls. February May and July had only two calls. From March 31 to December 20 1937 the per capita loss was 0 048597 dollars with total damage of 3 760 and 48 calls answered in the nine month span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park View
Grafton
Radio Schedule from 1939 Evening Lineup
The page lists a dense, station by station schedule for 5:30 P.M. through midnight, detailing programs and performers. CBS NBC WABC WOR WJZ CKLW WMAQ WOOF WGMN and others feature a mix of dramas, music, comedies, and variety shows. Notable entries include Dick Tracy sketches, Tommy Mix Straight Shooters, Bing Crosby performances, Abbott and Costello, and orchestras with a broad array of entertainers across major networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CBS
Nila Mack
WLW
Jack Armstrong
WMMN
WCAU
Jean Shaw
WOR
Dave Bacal
Wiz
Tom Mix
WABC
the Layman
Dick Tracy
Uncle Bob
Aunt Mary
NBC
Metropolitan Opera
Gail Wiz
Jimmy Richard
Cbs—News
CKLW
WHP
Uncle Don
Howie Wing
WJZ
Patricia Gilmore
Jane Anderson
WSM
WGBI
Bill Pierce
WPAR
Wait
EDKA
Armchair
Bob Trout
WHAS
Paul Suitt
Asher
Little Jimmi
Lowell Thomas
ONBC
Straight
Sweet and Low
Orches
MBS
Johnson Family
WGY
Amaz
WSB
WJR
Easy Aces
Amies
Andy
Cooper
Rhodes
Hawaiians Club
Melody Men
Qnbc Schaefer Am-Star
Joe
Penner
Ben Pollock
OWSM
Mario Cozzi
Science Forum
Dick Gasparre
Hobby Hornes
WMAQ
Rudy Vallee
Kate Smith
Abbott & Costello
Jack Miller
Jeen Hornet
Ecklw
Montreal Orchestra
Dick Groves
Alfred Wallenstein
Sinfonietta
Burns Baptist Church
KDKA
WIBX
Kiwanis Club
Maj. Bowes
WGR
George Sokolsky
Henry Weber
Pact Smashers Attacked Over Peace Treaty Punishments
Senator Pittman warned that world peace hinges on Christians punishing treaty violators without war. He cited sanctions as sufficient and urged Churches of Christ in America to denounce injustice in government. He criticized past multilateral pacts for failing to protect weak nations and questioned colonial surrender trends.
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Washington
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Federal Counsell
Churches of Christ In America
Council
League of Nations
China
Ethiopia
France
Iuesia
Poland
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Indentured possessions risk loss of independence
The text argues that protective measures would fail as such possessions are seized and governed by other authorities, likely under harsher control. It presents a critique of relying on external safeguards rather than direct sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ions
Model Airplane Work Planned This Winter
Carl Hopkins area supervisor of Recreation projects in the second branch visited Grafton and outlined plans for model airplane clubs to be sponsored by local agencies under the W P A Recreation project. Hopkins plane recently won a state and national championship for the longest flight ever recorded. People interested should contact J B Dryfield county supervisor of Recreation for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hopkins
Grafton
Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
J. B. Dryfield
New Hubby Revealed As Cinderella Man in Divorce Case
A newlywed bride’s 24 hour mystery over her husband ends with Henry Orbe named as the spouse. Orbe, 33, is described by his employer as a $5,000 year man, vice president and grinder wheel salesman, expert boatman and a capable pistol shot. His brother runs a Shrewsbury food store and heads the local board of trade. The bride’s attorney notes Orbe descends from a Huguenot family in the US since the 1600s. Ceremony said to be in Dallen Conn on Dec 6, followed by travel to Bermuda and Miami and a business pleasure trip to Los Angeles and Honolulu.
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West
Henry Orbe
Lower Broadway
Edwin L. Best
Orbe
Board of Trade
Shrewsbury
N. J
J. Arthur Leve
S. R. Guggenheim
United States
Dallen
Conn
Bermuda
Miami
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Contracts for jail addition bid by Engstrom Wynn
Huntington December 29. County Clerk Fred A. Ware says contracts for Cabell county jail addition, with Engstrom and Wynn of Wheeling the low bidders at 415 551, will probably be awarded today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Cabell County
Engstrom and Wynn
Wheeling
Fred A. Ware
Girl Accused by Officials in Greensburg Hearing Next January
A 15-year-old girl-wife released on 1000 bail faces a juvenile court hearing January 10 on charges of attempted extortion breaking and entering robbery and forgery. Corp Joseph J Conwell of the state motor police filed the charges via Mrs Lawrence Shirey of West Bolivar Pa WPA worker.
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Greensburg
Corp
Joseph J. Conwell
State Motor Police
Lawrence Shirey
West Bolivar
WPA
Waid the girl admits scheme tied to Cumberland marriage
The statement notes the girl admitted the plan involving a Cumberland Maryland marriage two years ago and a $2,500 threat to burn the Belz home on December 14, with Mrs Bets signature on checks. Friends secured Mrs Shirey’s release on bail last night.
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Waid
Cumberland
Aged West Virginia Leader General Thomas S. Riley Dies
General Thomas S. Riley, 86, prominent West Virginia attorney and longtime Democratic figure, died after a long illness in Wheeling. Born January 8, 1852, in Marshall County, he helped shape state politics before 1900, served as Democratic state chairman for five years, and was attorney general in 1892. He faced U S senate defeats in 1897 and 1906. Survived by widow, Judge James B. Riley, and two sons Robert J. Riley and Thomas S. Riley.
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Wheeling
Thomas S. Riley
West Virginia
Supreme ‘Court
James B. Riley
John E. Kenna
A. B. Fleming
W. Asbbley
John T. McGraw
J. W. Sinclair
Marshall
Laurel's Wife Starts Action Over Stan Laurel Life
Los Angeles records detail Difana Lau charging Stan Laurel with separate maintenance and asking ejectment from Canoga Park home. The Russian dancer, who married the comedian three times in 1938, seeks $15000 in alimony and $25,000 in attorney fees. She cites disturbances by his former wives, police visits, and anonymous letters as grounds.
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Los Angeles
Stan Laurel
Difana Laurel
Yuma
Aziz
Dhana
Canoga Park
Laurel
Laurel and Roach feud over income and job status
Laurel faces unemployment after Roach deemed him to have broken his contract. He testified that income had been 80 000 dollars annually and that he earned two a year, yet taxes and alimony tied him to living off a government annuity from years ago. Superior Judge Leslie E sul noted Laurel had paid out large sums without receiving value in return.
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Laurel
Roach
Harry Langdon
Reeiver Hardy
Leslie E.sul
Electrician Dies in Gary Heart Attack
Joseph Wilston, 1 year old electrician for the U S Coal and Coke Company, died of a heart attack in Gary. A native of Cedar Bluffs Virginia, he had lived in Gary about ten years.
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Gary
Joseph Wilston
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Cedar Bluffs
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Columbia Workshop
WIR
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Mac Parker
Cos
Ceorge Hamilton
Wsm—Amies
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Vincent Lopez
Artie Shaw
WHAM
Skeeter Palmer
ABC
Jimmy Griers
Sweet Adelixie
the World
Nbc—Dance
Cab Calloway
Bono
Dick, Stable
Radio Tube
RCA
Crosley
Sen. Pittman
Walter R. Cragg
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Mary and
Joseph Brandino
F. Donald Coster
McKesson & Robbins
Philip Musica
Thomas Riley Long
Frank Cole
Bridgeport
W. VA
Etta Keit
Joo
MALL
BY Paul Robins
Mortimer
Nes
Grafton Drug & Chemical
Cal
Mort Y . WoTe
Talon
Big Sister
Uncle Jims
By Les Forgrave
Muggs and
Skeeter
By Wally
Bishor
Parlin
Lal
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