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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1929
Page
2
A dense listing of radio programs by station and city including WOR WIZ WABC KDKA WGY WHAS KYW WMAQ WTAM and others with times for music sketches diversions orchestras and features across Newark New York Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit and more detailing hourly fare and show names for a period broadcast guide.
The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson plays at the Opera House tonight and Wednesday. The film follows Jolson’s ascent from an orthodox home to Broadway stardom, echoing the life of its star and featuring emotional, entertaining moments that move audiences to applause and tears. Also showing is Newlywed's Happy Days.
The ad touts a cleaning service promising prices that lower household bills substantially. It emphasizes affordability and value for customers seeking economical cleaning options.
New York December 31 chain broadcasting firms explained that the initial plan for President Coolidge to give a New Year greeting and the later reversal occurred because a staffer approved the idea in the president's absence. Chester Rogers and Russell Robinson of Boyd Street are recovering from influenza.
New Orleans officials push toward ending the case of Mrs Ada Lebouef and Dr Thomas Dreher amid clemency pleas for life terms. They face execution January 5 at Franklin Tower Jail unless the governor commutes. Trainer Kim Beadle challenges new evidence as fake, claiming the pistol finding was misrepresented and Dreher's self defense claim collapses. Lebouef would be the first white woman executed in Louisiana if clemency fails.
In small town Mississippi a mob of about 2500 executed Charley Sheppherd 41 by burning him on a log pyre after he admitted killing J D Duvall and abducting Ruth Duvall 18. Duvall was found murdered in his dining room and Ruth escaped after captivity.
In Moundsville a man escaped major injury when his train car struck him. he returned home in a blanket. Crantsville’s Calhoun County Bank shuts as influenza strikes four of five staff. Fairmont chronicles the funeral of Old Man Gloom, with a large broadcast audience. John Vaughen and wife of Glen Easton celebrate 64 years of marriage. A significant gas well near Hundred on the Furbee lease yields 2,500,000 cubic feet. Michigan athletic director Hurry Up Yost arrives in Fairmont running late for events.
Ian Fairview and Hon. Ellis A. Yost of Huntington are noted in Fairview where his aged mother lies critically ill. The football mentor from New Orleans attended the annual meeting of the Coaches Association. On Saturday his mother was in a critical condition and he rushed to her bedside at home.
President and Mrs. Coolidge rest on Sapelo Island after a short winter vaca off the Georgia coast. They plan an overnight railroad journey back to Washington for the official executive duties. Coffin hosted the stay as Coolidge hunts game birds and the party progresses by yacht to St. Te land Island, then car to Brunswick station. Portraitist Frank Salisbury reports sittings complete for Coolidge and has painted Mrs. Coolidge during the visit.
New York welcomed 1929 with Trinity chimes mingling with tin horns as crowds thronged Times Square and church bells rang. Gaiety filled cafes hotels and clubs while raids touched all venues and much liquor was seized. Private parties lit up hotels and rooftops as radio kept watch, and even the good book offered a tough on love amid the holiday hubbub.
Pauline Lord will spend most of 1929 on tour portraying Nina in Eugene O Neill's Strange Interlude, a Pulitzer prize drama. The tour follows her distinguished record in serious stage roles and marks a major engagement for the year.
Athens reports Premier Featealon Fos Foley addressing the new year 1929. He urges Greeks to renew resolve after the Asiatic disaster and to heal wounds for a stronger future. Officials outline troop repatriation and public order measures while authorities prepare work on phased reforms.
John Wood of Blueville was seriously hurt December 19 when kicked by a horse while tending animals. He suffered multiple injuries including broken bones and severe trauma. His son Walters Wood, a well known Knottsville schoolteacher, reported he is out of danger but remains greatly affected by the injuries.
Funeral services for Mrs Ethel Straub were held Sunday at 2 30 in the home of L A Sharps conducted by Rev H B McCulty of the M P Church. Survivors include an aged mother, Mr Mattie Herbert, her husband and two daughters and three grandchildren. Out of town attendees included Miss Ida Stockman, Mrs Bertie Grubb of Rowlesburg, W B Sharps of Uniontown, Mrs Welch and daughters of Grafton, and Mrs Ida Reed and Freda Rogers of Grafton.
The text reports that an official claimed the O’Connor appointment was unauthorized and unknown to Governor-elect Conley, who kept silent to avoid embarrassing the outgoing administration. Governor Gore did not state if Conley was consulted on the four year reappointment and has not clarified the matter since.
A list of six to seven prisoners committed by city and county courts in December is noted. Among them, Clar chee Dutch Bolliger escaped by breaking bricks from the west wall on December 24 while serving a drunk charge and a 20 year sentence for alleged liquor possession. Other inmates include Willison, Squire A R Weiton, Justice Mabel Powell Smith, Victor Humphreys, Charles Lemone, and Al RS Semskis, with varied charges from drunk and disorderly to shell war valor mentions.
A Mexican aviator reportedly reached 1,149 feet in altitude aboard a Stinson monoplane near Windor, Ontario, with a companion on the flight. The record attempt included a 40 gram total payload and used a Feanga unit.
Fanny Grive a sewing girl in a department store pursues a future with Waldo after an audition reveals her growing feelings for him. Tom, a hungry jobless man, arrives seeking shelter and work, stirring Fanny to offer him room and a chance at a new start as their lives intertwine amid dreams, hunger, and fragile trust.
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