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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1927

Page

7

The Brute at Opera House Stirs Western Saga

Warner Bros star Monte Blue leads the Western spectacle The Brute at the Opera House presented by the Opermenours. The film promises wild West action with gold rush, rodeos, fights, and romance, directed by Irving Cummings and featuring Clyde and Carroll Nye among a large cast. Tonight only.

Warner Bros Monte Blue Opermenours Blue Tata Leila Hyams Clyde Vauteville Oklahoma Red Peeter Carroll Nye Paul Nicholson Irving Cummings Opera House

Advertising Leaders Gather for 23rd International Meeting

Denver hosts the twenty third annual International Advertising Association convention from June 26 with a western emphasis. Industry and government leaders including Hoover Work McKelvie Blair Sargent Hays Henderson and Ro- xafel will address sessions while railroads aviation and radio groups are featured. Delegates from Britain France Germany Australia Canada and Mexico will attend.

Denver Colo Denver Advertising Club International Advertising Association Mississippi River San Francisco Houston Texas E. D. Gibbs Dayton Frederick W. Sargent Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Will H. Hays Paul Henderson Mer National Transport Company Aviation Merlin N. Aylesworth National Broadcasting Company America Indugue Radio Group Sta Samuel Wz McKelvie Nebraska Haseen Emily Newell Blair Democratic Nawtional Committee Herbert Hoover Hubert Work Hoover Work John Mitchell Chapple National L. Rothafel Roxy New York Great Britain France Germany Australia Hawaiian Islands Canada Mexico

Overnight News: Airdrome Watch for Bellanca From New York

Berlin airfield alerts for possible Bellanca arrival from New York. Monoplane Jeanne D Arc to search Newfoundland for Nungesser and Coli, shipped from New York to St Johns. Jewels stolen from Ritz Carlton suite in New York. Mexican police quiz a stranger about a street informant. Soviet minister Kollantay questioned about a secret meeting, apologizes on identity. Sir Austen Chamberlain says injuries from London car collision are slight. Mrs. Cathleen Neilson Colford dies in Paris. NY police to ban parades by groups based on religion or race in the city.

Templehoff Field Berlin Bellanca New York Jeanne D'Arc Newfoundland Nungesser and Coli St. Johns P. A. B. Widener Philadelphia Ritz Carlton Hotel Mexico City Instreet Kollantay Austen Chamberlain London Cathleen Neilson Colford Reginald Vanderbilt Paris Warren Ku Klux Klan Tascisti New York City

Prohibition Officials Plan requiring bills of lading for imports

Washington officials back the idea of bills of lading for every shipment leaving Canada for the United States to curb illegal liquor importations and strengthen enforcement. Meanwhile Kentucky eastern mountains suffered storms and floods over Monday and Tuesday causing extensive damage and homelessness. A Louisville committee reported on the disaster as the United States Chamber of Commerce sponsors a $1,750,000 fund to aid agricultural rehabilitation in flood zones of Mississippi.

Waahlington Canada United States Thas Kentucky Louisville Chamber of Comree Corpete

Baltimore and Ohio executives tour to inspect Parkersburg area

A large party of B and O officials led by President Daniel Willard visited the city yesterday afternoon with two dozen officials and secretaries. They met at Parkersburg to change crews en route to an undisclosed final destination and may inspect the newly acquired C I W railroad as part of a mid western division.

Baltimore Ohio Daniel Willard James M. Scott West Virginia T. K. Faherty Charles W. van Horn Monongah Hice R. Laughlin Cumberland Division Edward W. Scheer Eastern Lines Stimson W. W. Wood Parkersburg C. I. & W. Railroad Bis

Flashes of Life and Miscellany Across Nations

A collage of brief items: Duncan and Compston in golf near Ryder Cup. a Johannesburg-peddler’s forthcoming book praised by John Galsworthy. Horn hopes for a poverty-free later life. a tanker heading to Fire Island for aquarium tanks. a wedding radio broadcast in Virginia. Miss Maryanna Foster’s upcoming marriage to Albert Coolidge Foster Jr.. Woolworth building fire engine readiness. labor joke exchange about union cards. snakeskin purse fad with Rye’s daughters.

New York Johanesburg South Africa Ethel Reda Lewis John Galsworthy Alfred’ Aloysius Horn Poughkeepsie N. Y Vassar Maryanna Roberta Foster San Francisco Albert, Coolidge Child, Jr Detroit Henry Holland (Tweedy Yale

Emigrant Love and Ring Fights in Chapter Tease

A fragmented plot follows Sheila Kildare and her father as they emigrate from Kilnamull Ireland, lured by Emmett Murtough. Murtough’s ties with a Dozer Rory When and a cabaret life pull Sheila into risk as Rory battles Campea for a $2,500 purse while contemplating career, crime, or boxing glory.

Mhetla Kildare America Kilanmaul Ireland Emmett Murtough Sheile Murtough Kildaré Shelia Rory Pang Campea

Hijackers Hold Up Truck In City Run

Devlin and Murtough drive a truck caravan to the city after planning a major shipment worth $150,000. They bluff three apparent gunmen, reveal fake badges, split cash, and slip past a staged roadblock as they race toward their warehouse targets. In the early hours they reach their lodging and await further moves as installments continue.

Lars Sheila Rory Hits Deviln Murtough Clocker's Landing Station Simmons Mannile Priday Ster Gang Mannie Evans Williams Marto Dixon Stevens Devlin Murtonga Perea Trick Devin Sam Dan Mary Tall Rand Ninth Avenue Emmett Clarks Clarice

Rotary Talk Teaches Service and Civic Duty

Rotarians heard Judge St E Robinson and Rev Thomas Zumbrunnen share on Rotary aims and community service. Jed W Robinson and Harry C Compton framed Rotary as a business club with a civic purpose, stressing action, ethical standards, and leadership in local affairs.

St .E. Robinson Thomas Zumbrunnen Harry C. Compton Rotary Tal Enle Rotary, International Great Service Club Jed W. Robinson Robinson Rotary Club Rotary International Compton

Noted conductor sees in America art's great hope

Exclusive interview with Nickolai Sokoloff, conductor of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, on America's cultural rise. He notes U S achievements in industry and architecture, but argues Americans now seek enduring beauty and spiritual quality through the arts. He contrasts American patronage with Europe’s postwar financial strain and praises American private support for culture.

America Nickolai Sakoloff T the Cleveland Symphony Orphetra San Francisco New York London England Cuba Central Press the Sentinel Cleveland Ufe Nickolai Sokoloff Sokoloff Endeavoors Europe Derby Commerce

Rotary Speakers Laud Courtesy and Progress in Grafton

A Grafton Rotary meeting featured remarks on business integrity and the golden rule. Speakers praised the club’s spirit, with Judge Ira E. Robinson urging Harry C. Compton for governor and Rev Thomas Zumbrunnen praising local friendship and loyalty.

Rotary Ira E. Robinson West Virginia Harry C. Compton Rotarians Harry Compton Compton Thomas Zumbrunnen Charleston St. Paul's M. E Thisty Grafton Rotary

AQUIB DIES IN IRELAND OFFICIALS REMIT

Clonmel County Tipperary island notes the death of Canddn former lord of the Bett treasury and governor general from 1883 to 1888 after a short illness at Newton Anner. The report mentions Ty downe and references the Bett treasury role.

Clonmel Typperary Island Tydowne Bett Treasury Canddn Newton Anner

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