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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1936
Page
7
The subject expresses pleasure with local consideration and intends quiet rest in the country. On landing he told immigration officers his visit is not business. When asked how long he would stay in England, Gregory said the pilot is on a six months visa and renewal depends on eel.
The Opera House opens Columbia's The Public Menace featuring Jean Arthur and George Murphy in a fast paced thriller about a news scoop gone wrong. Also reviewed Millions in the Air a romance with Wendy Barrie and John Howard amid an amateur hour showcase. Willie Howard headlines as an Italian vegetable peddler.
Ken Maynard headlines the Cor bin western thriller Heir to Trouble at the Opera House with Joan Perry. The story follows a ranger who adopts a late friend's child and fights custody battles amid inheritance intrigue, with a comic nursemaid horse sequence. Supporting cast includes Harry Woods Martin Faust Fern Emmett and Pat O'Mally. Gregory comments on Lindbergh citizenship and the Morgan family in separate notes, while the Lindberghs enjoy New Year in Liverpool.
About 5,000 workers in independent glass plants across eight cities began a strike at midnight after failed talks. Federation head Glenn W. McCabe said the walkout targets a 7 percent pay rise above 58 cents an hour. Night shifts at Four ce Glass in Clarksburg Va. left early. 350 to 400 employees affected. No picketing or trouble reported. several plants in Fairchance Pa and Sistersville W Va also involved. Eugene Rolland of Fource declined comment.
Ward Sargeant of Glenview rode perched on the rear spare tire of his car after a collision of three autos in Evans ton. He attributed the incident to his stalled engine and insisted he could not be proven to have been driving while intoxicated. Police considered charging him.
Washington January 1 Senator Van Nuys of Indiana calls for a congressional inquiry into fourteen lynchings since May 1. He accuses state and local authorities of failure to prevent or punish. He will introduce a resolution urging the investigation. The piece also notes a Warner list embargo affecting broadcasters and a clash with the American Society of Authors and Composers over fees, naming M. Witmark & Sons Remick Music New World Music and T B Harms Inc.
Paramount’s Millions in the Air comes to the Strand Theatre as the season’s most entertaining radio amateur hour tale. The film features a human pyramid impersonator of Popeye a singer with a girl tap dancer accompanist and an embryo Greek Hou Gini among the contestants seeking glory and gold.
Sally Rand performed with a fan and bubble for a balloon dance created by Dance Director Dave Gould for MGM The Perfect Gentleman. Filmed at the Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles the number features six hundred extras and ten thousand balloons, with careful notes on nails and pins to avoid punctures.
The Lindy family arrived yesterday in New York aboard the S. S. American Importer after a ten day voyage from Liverpool aboard the vessel. Officials say the Lindberghs plans remain indefinite amid rumors of travels to the French Riviera or South Wales. Gregory issued a brief six months visa and a short statement.
Police tied the fatal shotgun death of Jennie Csontos 35 to unrequited love by her sweetheart John Swanton who also wounded her mother Julia Csontos and brother Davis Csontos 23 at their home before allegedly shooting himself. Swanton fled the scene and may die from self-inflicted wounds as hospital staff report serious injuries to the family. The deaths follow a New Year party where Csontos reportedly refused Swanton's dance request.
President Roosevelt will present two main issues to the seventy fourth Congress for the second session. The first is renewing the Neutrality Act with expanded White House discretion over embargoes. The second asks Congress to fix inequities in the 1935 Wealth Tax act, especially for corporations.
New York January 1 36 000 copyrighted tunes including many popular hits were barred as the new year opened in a major headache for Tin Pan Alley and the radio broadcasting industry.
Fragmentary text cites Spanish milled dollar as basis of colonial currency in Virginia and mentions paper shilling and sixth of a dollar. No coherent events or people clearly identifiable from the readable portions.
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