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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1929
Page
2
A Reuters dispatch from Constantinople reports enormous damage as a fire gutted a large section of the Port of Rodesto on the European Marmora shore, eight miles west of the city. The piece contrasts parental ideals with realistic, attainable guidance for children.
American Magazine notes that U.S. auto manufacturers intend to produce seven million cars in the current year and do not expect to market them to first time buyers. The article highlights mass production aims and consumer access plans in a growing market.
A listing of evening and late afternoon programs across WEAF WJZ WOR WABO WBAL KDKA WGY and WBZ including concerts orchestras dances and special events with times mostly in the 5:00 to 11:00 PM range and notes on station lineups and featured acts.
Radio listings feature 5-WLW in Cincinnati and 8:30 program blocks across stations WJZ WEAF WCX WIR WSB WHAS WSM with orchestras scores and talk. Entries note times and program types across markets including Cleveland Detroit Atlanta Louisville Nashville and Yale talks.
Mrs Anna Murphy hosted the Friday Night Bridge Club at her Newburg home with three tables in play. Edith Burke and John Warnick took high scores, followed by a midnight refreshments course. Attendees included the Smoots, Burke, Pendergast, Warnick, Meryl Densmore, Lois Smith, Clara Smoot, and others.
The fragment compares Farrell Wanders and Miss Gaynor with Twain to depict crowded nineteenth century streets, where sidewalks are scarce and traffic crowds the thoroughfares. The vivid scene likens many streets to Broadway, noting swarming pedestrians and constant carriage movement as people struggle to pass and move through the town.
A jumble of brief items reports Marie Grand Duchess to study fashion in Paris while a Russian exile fund aids the poor. An explosion at Gales Service Refining kills one worker and ruins. Warsaw taxi driver Vladimir Constantinovitch is paid $200 weekly. Albania’s King Zogu renames himself Yog. A giant parading elephant in Michigan draws attention. Ambassadors recall U S consulate openings. Eleven killed and thirteen injured in a warehouse explosion near Spilimborgo. Actress Eleanor Boardman pleads not guilty to tax fraud. husband Victor also pleads not guilty. Prohibition chief Harrod Wilson assumes duties in western Pennsylvania. Jailed ex-worker Emmett Scott case advances amid legal questions on picketing. Hungarian actress Irene Palsty faces a Budapest warrant for being refractory. Miner Frank Scarselle dies in a shotgun incident near a hunting trip.
The Fox Film Street Angel with Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell uses Naples as its locale, inspired by Mark Twain and a chapter from Innocents Abroad. Frank Borzage, eager to set a film in Italy, cites Twain’s Naples descriptions as shaping the street scenes and Neapolitan characters in the production.
On radio, Old Gold presents the initial returns received and audited by certified public accountants.
Police report a triple murder case as a young man found hanging in an apartment closet and Virginia Patty of Portland, Oregon, beaten to death. The incident involves Dr J Ross Stevenson presiding over a Presbyterian assembly in Los Angeles, with details described as a stark, violent crime.
A spry young fellow, 92, works promptly each day at 92 Bright Street in New York. John R. Voortis, president of the board of elections, approaches his centenary, soon turning 100 years old.
The Irish entrant section details horses like Wal ter Gay and Kopi, with Krigadder and Mr Kinks as popular favorites. Posterity, ridden by unspecified riders, faded to sixth as Cornet and others trailed. The mile and half time was around 2 minutes 20 seconds.
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