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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1940

Page

2

New Broadcasts Highlight Summer Radio in New York

New York reports a slate of summer programs led by NBC CBS and MBS. This week features This Our America on WJZ NBC at 7 p.m. Wednesday, United We Stand on CBS next month, and Blackout Over America on MBS at 7 p.m. Friday. Melton concert tonight and a full lineup of musical and dramatic broadcasts fill the schedule with European and American programs across WEAF WABC WUZ and more.

New York Wjz-Nbc Our America National Resources Planning Board CBS United, We U.S. Office of Education MBS Melton Europe WEAF NBC Burns and Allen James Melton Grant Park WABC Blondie Howard & Shelton Bob Burns Alias the Deacon Guy Lombardo WUZ Hollywood Green Hornet Toscanini Buenos Aires Mbe Goldman Band Sen R. R. Reynolds Weafnbc Mrs. Roosevelt Yvette Cbs-Chain Men and Books Golden Gate Quartet Michael Loring WJZ Farm and Home Nbc-Weaf Alex Templeton Paul Martin NBC- Wie Ask Denny NBC Weaf WMMN KDKA Lew Diamond Edwin C. Hill Eddy Duchin Ben Cutler Adrian Rollini WLW Fred Waring Pleasure Time

Vacations and Health Tips from Dr Gibbs Column

Dr Gibbs discusses vacations, personal responsibility on travel, and basic health prep. He urges typhoid vaccination, clean water caution, and simple first aid supplies, plus practical advice on car travel posture and sun care, with reader questions on phenobarbital and medical pamphlets.

Adrian Gibbs Brenneekeet Clendening

Alma Kitchells Journal Matinee Networking Hours

Alma Kitchells Journal lists a 1 p m hour and a 3 club matinee with two dance periods, detailing schedule entries for a social event.

Alma Kitchell MBS

Radio Listings Showcase Central West Virginia Powerhouse Signal

Central West Virginia's premier station 290kc powering 5,000 watts airs a dense schedule from 5:30 to 11:30 with NBC CBS and MBS lineups. Programs include Tim Healy's Stamp Club, Paul Sullivan News Review, Jack Hollister sports, The World Today, Liberty Theatre, Lone Ranger, and Rodgers orchestras.

West Virginia Nbc-Weaf Tim Healy CBS Paul Sullivan NBC WJZ EDKA Jack Hollister the World Today Paul Douglas Lowe ‘Thomas Grg America Amos Lux Radio Theatre WMMN West Virginia University

Tennis Ace Francis Shields Wins Divorce in Court

Tennis star Francis X. Shields testified in Bridgeport Connecticut that his famed forehand helped secure a divorce from socialite Rebecca Tenney. He agreed to pay 30 percent of net income as alimony.

Francis X. Shields Rebecca Tenney Manhattan Bridgeport Conn Shields

McNary Named Willkie’s Preferred Second on Ticket

Oregon Senator Charles L. McNary was reported as Wendell Willkie’s first choice for second on the Republican ticket. McNary’s Northwest allies provided major opposition to Willkie at the Philadelphia convention.

Senate Charles L. McNary Oregon Wendell L. Willkie McNary Northwest Willkie Philadelphia

Ford Crisis Sparks Dominion Takeover Demands

Acting leader M. J. Coldwell demanded the Canadian government seize all Ford Motor Company interests in the dominion and bar Ford products from sale. Ford has refused to supply airplane motors for Britain.

Hoase of Commons M. J. Coldwell Ford Motor Company Dominion Ford Britain

Coffee Queen Toasted at New York World’s Fair

Miss Peggy Van Vliet of Glen Ridge, N J, crowned Coffee Queen at Perylon Hall in the New York World’s Fair. Representatives from Central and South American coffee producing countries honored the event with toasting coffee.

Peggy van Vliet Glen Ridge, I Perylon Hall New Yo

Fifth Column Suspect Arrested in Federal Sweep

Federal agents arrested a man named Herbert Hochne of Germany under the new anti Fifth Column law. He is held on $25,000 bail for failing to register with the Secretary of State as an agent of a foreign power. The case follows Congress’s recent passage of the law.

United States Indiana University Wendell L. Willkie G.O.P Willkie Culvert Af Akron Ohio Military Academy Indiana Commonwealth and Southern Rumania Russia Balkan Austria-Hungary

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