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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1940

Page

5

Radio Leaves French Scene and All-Star Game

Paris staff departures mute postwar broadcasting as American networks shift to London Rome and New York. Radio listings for Friday and Saturday show dense schedules across WEAF WABC WJZ CBS NBC and MBS with dramas comedies concerts and specialized programs across multiple time slots.

New York France Germany MBS Paris CBS London St. Louis Europe WEAF NBC WJZ Lucille Manners J. Warim Madden Los Angeles Times Byrd WABC New Time Harry Kogen Sinfonietta Grand Park Geneva Switzerland Central City Cbs-Chain Country Journal Renfrew of the

Consuelo Back Home From France Relief Work

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan arrives in New York from France where she did relief work. She was met by her brothers William K. Vanderbilt and Harold S. Vanderbilt after her first husband was the Duke of Marlborough.

Jacques Balsan Consuelo Vanderbilt New York France Consuelo Duke of Marlborough William K Har_old_S. Vanderbilt

French Break and Weygand Report From Vichy

A dispatch notes June 26 resignation amid a Petain loyalist label. It contrasts with De Gaulle’s London committee recognized by Britain on June 28. It also reports Weygand remaining at Vichy, Laval’s bid for a new French constitution gaining Senate support. A separate Lyon dispatch describes a large munitions explosion in the Rhone valley.

Comunuea Sun Pegeant Petain French National Committee London Charles de Gaulle Weygand Cichy Lyon Petit Dauphinois Rhone Maxime Weygard Vichy Pierre Laval

Radio schedule notes from Tate World and affiliates

A dense fragment lists Tate World and NBC-WEAF programs for Friday May 3, detailing station lineups across CBS NBC MBS and local outlets. It names shows, hosts, and emcees such as Captain Healy, Paul Sullivan, Fred Waring, Ted Steele, and Johnny Presents, with sports and music segments, news, weather, and ball scores interleaved.

NBC WEAF Captain Healy CBS Paul Sullivan WJZ KDKA Jack Hollister Rocky Gordon MBS WMMN the World Today WEAP Paul Douglas Fred Waring IBC Josef Maris S—Fulton Lewis, Jr Amos Andy Richard Himber Nbc-Weaf News of Ted Steele WLW Inside of Sports Kate Smith Wdz Fourth Row the Vitamen Sam Mbs—Sinfonietta West Virginia Jack Benny Bob Ripley Griff Williams Thomas Dewey Amos ‘N Andy

Return of Wild Bill rides again at the Dixie theatre

Wild Bill Saunders star Bill Elliott leads the Ford era western in The Return of Wild Bill at the Dixie theatre today and Saturday. Elliott, famed for daring gunplay and acting, rescues a countryside terrorized by renegade brothers whose plot to seize ranch lands sparks a dramatic showdown.

Wild Bill Saunders Old Southwest Columbia Wild Bill Bill Eliott Dixie Theatre Elliott Saunders Actiow

Opera House Good Old Siwash Film Debuts on Screen

The Alma Mater beloved from Saturday Evening Post Siwash tales by George Fitch is finally captured on celluloid. The film follows the lively students who revel in cinema after classes at the campus venue.

Paramount Dixie Theatre William Holden Bonita Granville Ezra Stone Judith Barrett Vaughan Glaser Fitch Siwash Knox College Galesburg Illinois Knox Saturday Evening Post George Fitch

Classified Rates and Rules for Sentinel Adverts

Classified sentinel classified advertise rates are two cents per ward for the first insertion and one cent per word for each additional insertion after the first. Minimum charge is 45 cents. Each initial and each figure counts as eight words. All ads restricted to proper classifications. Errors reported immediately. The Sentinel not liable for more than one insertion.

Sentinel Tunis

The Mad Empress Plays Strand Here Tonight

Strand Theatre presents The Mad Express a Miguel Torres production released by Vitagraph local debut featuring Medea Novara as Calotta with Conrad Nagel and Lionel Atwill The film dramatizes Archduke Maximilian’s 1860s Mexican throne and the Mexican government’s cooperation including museums palaces jewels and the army for authentic setting.

Maximilian Carlotta Miguel Torres Vitagraph Screen Medea Novara Mexico Calotta Conrad Nagel Lionel Atwill Benito Juarez Jason Robards

Edison the Man plays four days at Strand

Edison the Man opens at the Strand Theatre next Saturday for a four day engagement. Spencer Tracy stars with Rita Johnson Lynne Overman Charles Coburn and Gene Lockhart in a truelife drama about Thomas Edison. Clarence Brown directs and John W Considine Jr. produced the picture.

Edison Strand Theatre Spencer Tracy Hollywood Players Father Flanagan Rita Johnson Lynne Overman Charles Coburn Gene Lockhart Henry Travers Felix Bressart Clarence Brown Jerean Albot i Kee HOH Wicom Consdine

Paris Facing Under German Occupation In 1940

Paris remains under siege atmosphere as German planes and troops patrol, cafes close by 9 30 p m and curfew at 10. Blackouts continue while refugees flood back and food shortages loom. German general news and anti English and antisemitic propaganda fill papers as only DNB and German radio sources are allowed. Banks and government buildings are occupied as dynamited sites, with souvenir shops busy among soldiers.

Paris Paris Soir le Matin la Frantie Au Travail France DNB Govermental

Mangin’s 1918 Counteroffensive in German Right Flank

A historical note discusses General Mangin’s leadership in the 1918 counteroffensive against Germany, his proposed Rhine buffer state, and use of African and French colonial troops, alongside hints of anti semitic ideology tied to contemporaries. It also covers Hungarian cabinet links to fascist figures and shifts of power under Gigurtu, paralleling Mussolini and Hitler.

Charles Mangin Germany Mangin Rhine France Iron Guard Budapest Gigurtu Hans Otto Roth Roth Romania Carol Gheorghe Tatarescu Mussolini Italy Adolf Hitler van Hidenbenburg

Hazardous Device Incident Shuts Abukir Base Area

A hazardous device incident disrupted operations at the Abukir military base area prompting evacuation of government buildings and stations. Authorities report the site was cleared of most residents, leaving around 500 natives after initial population of 9,000.

Abukir

Soviet Press Continues Skirmish Over Provocateur Claims

The piece asserts captious reports aim to harm German-Soviet ties defined by existing treaties. It accuses the rumor mongers of using slander as a cover for anti-Soviet schemes and calls their motives clear.

U.S.S.R Germany

Oil Supplies and Oilmen Excluded in Post War Upheaval

News notes shift in oil power with Iraq Petroleum Company led by Anglo‑Iranian, Shell, and others facing scrutiny after 1925 concession. In Bucharest the Gigurtu government orders 24 hour departure for British oilmen, a move seen as possible nationalization step. At Chicago World’s Fair a bomb incident injures several. detectives Lynch and Socha die, with two others critically injured.

Iraq Petroleum Company Iraq Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Royal Dutch Shell Group Compagnie Francaise Des Petroles United States Bucharest Ion Gigurtu Josephine Chemiel Joseph J. Lynch Ferdinand A. Socha Socha Lynch Fairgrounds William J. Federer Joseph Gallagher

Bomb devastates pavilion area during attack on fair

A bag found in the fan room by a pavilion worker was taken to a deserted area and reported to authorities. An explosion followed within ninety minutes, damaging the pavilion and overturning hats clothing and debris over a wide radius, with a five foot wide crater.

Bat Squad

Disarmament debate and corporate state critique

A speaker urged disarmament and warned that nations removing arms risk weak governments. He argued Italy Germany and Russia run a corporate state more efficient than democracy, noting American delays from checks and balances. Two Huntington fliers were injured near Madison when their plane ran out of fuel.

Italy Germany Russia Madison Huntington Dell White J. G. Shanklain Francis Keefer

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