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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1939

Page

2

Baer Nova Fight on NBC Sets Televised Ring Debut

New York reports that the Baer-Nova heavyweight bout may be the first regularly scheduled outdoor arena scrap in the city to be filmed by a live electric camera. NBC has staged exhibitions from Radio City studios in prior years, but this telecast marks a broader television push with prominent radio lineups and program schedules filling the weekend.

Fe York New York NBC Radio City Bob Ripley Denny WEAF Lucille Manners Guy Lombardo Wwabc Cbe Burns and Allen Orson Welles Helen Hays Victoria

Unclear schedule notes with times and names

Fragmentary OCR shows times 2 p.m and 5 30 with phrases Nothing up my eity and Renfrew of tr ee ov ea. indicating incomplete event or schedule details without clear context or complete names.

Revival Opens Saturday at First Brethren Church

A three week evangelistic campaign begins tomorrow evening at the First Brethren church at the corner of Highway 50 and St Charles street. Rev William Clough of Uniontown Pa and the local pastor preach the first week. Clough is noted as a successful pastor and evangelist.

First Brethren Church Highway 50 St. St. Charles Street William Clough Uniontown Clough Grafton

Radio actor Murrell Poor dies in car crash at 40

Murrell Poor 40, longtime radio and Chautauqua entertainer of WMMN, died from a fractured skull after a car wreck between Fairmont and Philippi earlier this week. He was to appear at Grafton High School next Wednesday. his body lies at R. C. Jones Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife and son Robert, 7.

Murrell Poor WMMN Grafton High School Myers Clinic Philippi Recreo Club Poor R. C. Jones Fairmont Newport James W. Smith Mill Creek Smith John Graham Howard Binnix Martha Lee Hood

Hoppy Faces Blackmail Plot in Renegade Trail at Dixie

Hopalong Cassidy star William Boyd travels with Windy to a frontier Arizona community where an ex convict partners with rustlers to steal cattle from his wife. Russell Hayden, George Hayes, and Charlotte Wynters co star in this two state adventure card at the Dixie Theatre.

Hopalong Cassidy Windy Dixie Theatre Hoppy William Boyd Russell Hayden Lucky Jenkins George Hayes Windy Halliday Arizona Russell Hopton Charlotte Wynters Miss Wynters

Lady and the Mob at Strand Theatre in Columbia

Fay Bainter, fresh from an Oscar win for Jezebel, headlines The Lady and the Mob at Strand Theatre. Ida Lupino co stars as Bainter’s associate as the plot follows an autocratic Mrs Leonard battling racketeers who overwhelm police and mayor, prompting vigilant action.

Fay Bainter Aca Strand Theatre Columbia Ida Lupino Daughter Quality Street Miss Bainter Leonard

Slayings Near Beaver Tap Trio Found Dead at Home

Paul Cook, 17, was taken into custody in Beaver Pennsylvania over the slayings of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Cook and his sister Eleanor, 25. The trio were found hacked and shot to death at their South Beaver home where Mr. Cook was township collector.

Paul Cook Beaver Forrest Cook Eleanor South Beaver Cook

Joan Crawford Stars in Spectacular Ice Follies of 1939

Joan Crawford leads The Ice Follies of 1939 with James Stewart Lew Ayres and Lewis Stone. The backstage romance and a no marriage clause threaten a singing skater Mary McKay as she pursues stardom. The Dixie theatre opens the film on Sunday.

Hollywood Joan Crawford James Stewart Lew Ayres Lewis Stone Dixie Theatre Miss Crawford Mary McKay Stewart Lew ‘Ayres Ranidiv

One Pair of Hands author Monica Dickens rises in literary field

London publication marks Dickens kin Monica Dickens as the latest entrant in letters. The great granddaughter of Charles Dickens, her father a lawyer, and her surroundings noted with listed names from Parkersburg to Wheeling. Delegates and officials connected to the event are named. Special guests Walter Thurmond and Brig. Gen. W. D. Hornet observed the industrial school corps.

London Anothe Dickens Monica Dickens Charles Dickens Zena Weishaupt Elm Grove Katie Craigo Charleston Mary Gump Mannington Rose Davis Bessie Lohr Wheeling Mildred Floyd Walter Thurmond State Board of Control W. D. Hornet West Virginia

D A V SELECT Officers Elected At Meeting

D A V SELECT officers were chosen with ersburg as president succeeding Bess Conrad of Elm Grove. Other officers elected included Maude Zoll of Charleston as senior vice president Gwendolyn Shaw of Charleston as junior vice president and Alice Hart of Charleston as chaplain.

D. A. V. Select Page Oneersburg Bess Conrad Elm Grove Maude Zoll Charleston Gwendolyn Shaw Alice Hart Chaplan

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