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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1931

Page

2

Radio Schedule Highlights From Early Network Lineup

A compact listing mixes programs, orchestras, and hosts across WEAP WABC WJZ and WBAL with notes on time slots and features such as crime drama dance bands and entertainment shows. Names include Paul Whiteman Kate Smith Annette Hanshaw and Ollie Pryor along with orchestras and variety segments.

WABC CBS Pryor Annette Hanshaw Ormandy Henderson Ann Leat Ben Alley

Worthington Banker Held Under Embezzlement Charges

Worthington banker A J McDaniels, linked to a bank that closed recently, was jailed on embezzlement and false entry charges. United States Commissioner Lt Eddy secured the arrest in connection with about 5000 dollars allegedly diverted from Oscar J Davis. Davis, once receiving dividends, saw a protested check after the bank’s closure. Friends doubtfully expect explanations for technical transactions behind the arrest.

A. J. McDaniels Worthington Bank United States Eddy Sbamik Meg Daniels Davis Tast Night

666 Liquid or Tablet Headache Relief and Cold Salve

An OCR fragment notes 666 liquid or tablets relieve a headache or neuralgia and include a gin 80 minutes reference and a cold remedy called 666 Salve for baby’s cold. The text mentions Malatia and a VRE guard, but details are unclear and names are tentative.

Phone Pioneers Hold Annual Meet in Washington

Alexander Graham Bell Chapter Telephone Pioneers of America will hold its ninth annual meeting at the Willard Hotel in Washington on June 6. About 700 officials and employees from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies in DC Maryland Virginia and West Virginia will attend. Officers to be elected include president and four executive members others hold current posts in Maryland Virginia and West Virginia with names listed for leadership and addresses.

Alexander Graham Bell Chapter Telephone Pioneers of America Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies Lloyd B. Wilson Phillip C. Coffin Hanse Mamilton Washington N. C. Wood Roanoke J. W. Talbot Baltimore Col. W.T. Williamson Charleston W. Va Katherine Tancill Elizabeth R. Cuff Stannard S. Flannagan Huntington

Wagner and Martin Named to Norfolk Committee Roles

W L Wagner of Norfolk Virginia was named to the executive committee, with Miss Carolyn H Martin serving as secretary treasurer. The appointments formalize leadership roles within the organization.

W. L. Wagner Norfolk, Va Carolyn H. Martin

Polar Expedition Vessel Prepares for Arctic Mission

A radio and testing apparatus for polar observations travels with a crew carrying 18 months of food and fuel for a 4000 mile Arctic cruise. The ship will stop at Bergen Norway to take on additional supplies and equipment needed for the Arctic voyage.

Bergen Norway Arctic

Reformed Church Holds Formal Discussions at Convention

Delegates to the 102nd convention of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Winoka Lake Indiana began formal discussion sessions after preliminary business. W. K. T. Thompson of Mercer Pennsylvania was elected moderator yesterday. The text notes cannon balls used by Commodore Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie were forged from iron ore mined in West Virginia mountains.

Winoka Lake Ind Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church W. K. T. Thompson Mercer, Pa Commodore Perry Lake Erie West Virginia ‘Mountains

Daily crossword puzzle acrostic clues jumble

Puzzle grid shows scattered clues and garbled words for a daily crossword. Entries mix numbers with partial phrases and mis-spellings, including references to water source quality and murder victim, plus scattered terms like Automobil and Noahs son.

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Roads to receive oil and tar this week announced

Charleston June 5 Road Commission lists routes to be treated with oil or tar this week. Projects include routes through Logan Pendleton Mingo Preston Ritchie Nicholas Kanawha Hardy and Grant counties. About one mile of each project will see fresh application on a single day.

Charleston State Road Commission Sharples Ethel Logan Cownty Franklin Pendleton County Justice Jaeger Mingo Wyoming McDowell Counties Reedsville Kingwood Preston County Smithville Calhoun County Ritchie County Swiss Summersville Nicholas County Nitro Kanawha County Moorefield Hardy Couuty Franklinn Craitsville Richwood Petersburg Scheer Grant County

Preparation details for Lindberghs long flight plan

The article describes possible Pacific routes from Alaska to Japan for a wife guided world flight by Mrs. Lindbergh and Charles Lindbergh. It notes unsettled details about the path across Aleutians Kamchatka Kurile Islands and a northern option over Behring Strait. The craft is the same one used in the California to New York leg last year.

Pacific Aleutian Islands Kamatchka Kurile Islands Japan Béerini Strait Mie Ladderes Ann Morrow California New York

Taylor woman linked to Crawford shooting inquiry

A Taylor woman identified as June Taylor declined to aid detectives in tracing Clark's movements after the killings. She said she would be questioned again in a few days. A woman claiming to be Mrs. A M Donovan, likely June Taylor, met with Albert Marco at San Quentin the day after the shootings and was sought for questioning but not found. The Taylor statement denied being near Crawford's office or knowing Clark at the time.

Taylor Clark Ford A. M. Donovan June Taylor Albert Marco Los Angeles San Quentin Crawford

Hearing Dates Set for Dismissal of Lake Cargo Coal

The Interstate Commerce Commission set July 2 for hearing protests from Ohio and Pennsylvania coal operators against Examiner Bardwell's proposal to dismiss the lake cargo coal cases. The operators sought higher freight differentials from southern fields to Lake Erie ports for transport to the northwest, but Bardwell found the current differential sufficient.

Washington Juris Interstate Commerce, Commission Ohio Pennsylvania Bardwell Lake Cargo Commission Lake Erie Northwest

Dynamite Pipe Kills Woman In Car After Drilling Accident

In Quincy Illinois a 190 pound piece of drilling pipe hurled from a well after dynamite detonation smashed a three story building and crushed a car carrying Mr and Mrs W C Bozarth. Mrs Bozarth was decapitated and her husband injured. Oscar McGinley, a drifter, could not explain the pipe’s flight.

Quincy W. C.bozarth Oscar McGinley

Woman's Journal to End in June Over Funds Shortage

New York June 5 The Woman's Journal founded fifty years ago by Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell to lead the suffrage fight ends with the June issue. editors Gertrude Foster Brown and Virginia Roterick say more capital is required to continue and the magazine has been in difficulties for some time.

New York Woman's Journal Lucy Stone Henry Blackwell Gertrude Foster Brown Virginia Roterick

Army Fund drive advances in Flemington region

The Army Fund drive, led by William Stafford of the Maryland Coal Company, with EB H Reppert and Guy Williams heading local efforts, aims to raise about 4000 dollars by the end of next week. Officials in Grafton report unclear progress as lists show local contributors such as Copestone Chapter, Mystic Lodge, Pruntytown W C T, Mrs. John Bawards Jr, and others. A new method for grinding automobiles using acetylene gas, air, and water promises more power and efficiency than gasoline.

William Stafford Maryland Coal Company Flemington EB. H. Reppert Reppert Coal Company Guy Williams Flemington Bank York Grafton the Sentinel Copestone R.A. M W. Englecoe Mystic Lodge A.M W. C.T John Bawards, Jr W. C. Pembroke V. R. Riley A Martin P. C. Laign

The Prodigal at the Strand Sunday and Monday

The Strand hosts The Prodigal opening Sunday with Lawrence Tibbett and Esther Ralston. Clifford Edwards and others star while the program highlights Tibbett’s rise from night clubs to screen stardom and past productions like Hearts in Dixie and Dance Fools Dance.

the Prodigal Strand Jeffry Lawrence Tibbett Antonia Esther Ralston Dee Roland Young Snipe Clift Edwards Rodman Purnell B. Pratt Christine Hedda Hopper Farraday Emma Dunn Stepin George Louis John Bartels Carter Jerome Theo von Eta Peter -Wally Albright, Jr Elsbeth Suzanne Ransom Naomi Gertrude Howard _ Jackson John Larkin Stepin Fetchit Cliff Edwards Strand Theatre Hannibal Missouri

Prisoners' swift news taps at the state penitentiaries

In a notice describing how convicts use a stealthy tapping method to relay important information, authorities note the rapid and accurate spread of news among inmates at state prisons, highlighting the unconventional communication system observed at the opera house venue.

The Criminal Code on stage at the opera house

A synopsis of Columbia Pictures epic prison life The Criminal Code presented at the Opera House features a feared new Warden and a dramatic prison tale. The cast includes Walter Huston Dam Cummings Boris Karloff Arthur Hey Mary Doran and others with riots breaks and a dramatic love thread.

Joret Columbia Pictures Opera House Elnght Walter Huston Dam Cummings Phillips Helshes Boris Karloff Arthur Heyy Mary Doran

First Mountain Laurel Festival in Kentucky

All trails through the Cumberland Mountains converge on Clear Creek Springs as Kentuckians and out-of-state guests arrive for Kentucky’s first Mountain Laurel festival. The event aims to become annual with the crown ceremony this afternoon when Governor Flo D. Sampson crowns the festival queen from a group of state princesses.

Pineville Kyx Cumberland Mountains Clear Creek Springs Flo D. Sampson

Detective Shot During Auto Theft Probe in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh report says precinct detective John McGonigle was struck in the face with a revolver by one of three men questioned about an auto theft. The suspects fled. one was captured after officers fired. The arrested man identified as Abraham Thompson, 22. Robbers had held up a proprietor and a waiter at Sand Creek earlier, taking jewelry worth over $200 and $278 in cash. Charles Strack of Oklahoma AT M and Everett Marshall of the University of Town, former collegiate grapplers, are among the ex collegiate grapplers now performing.

Pittsburgh John McGonigle Abraham Thompson Charles Strack Oklahoma AT & M Everett Marshall The University of Town

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