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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1935
Page
2
June 5 municipal results show A A Pickering leading for mayor with 97 votes amid a Republican slate. Recorder Stanley Fleming elected unopposed with 133 votes. Council winners include Heath Ayersman Burkhalter McVicker and McMillan.
A. M. Stewart headed the mayoral tally as 133 ballots were cast in the city election. In the first ward B Newhouse and Hawkins ran for Citizens with Hawkins. in the second ward York Marks and John A Springer aligned with Citizens. in the third ward D L Freeze and Arthur Whitehair backed Independent party interests.
An old style advertisement promotes Carter’s Liver Pills as the remedy to stimulate bile flow and revive morning energy. It warns against calomel and emphasizes natural liver action, citing branding details and the Regent Institute. The copy reflects vintage patent medicine marketing from 1981.
A dense list of radio program slots from 5:30 PM to any late hour featuring NBC CBS WGN KDKA WLW and others with matchups, dramas, comedies, orchestras, and variety acts. An accompanying promotion touts genuine RCA tubes with new low prices and a 10 percent additional discount for complete tube sets, naming specific tube numbers and prices.
The Dixie Theatre opens Vanessa Her Love Story with Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery. Cameramen chase action through burning walls and tumbling houses, with Montgomery and Hayes amid perilous stunts and horse chases. The film lifts English eighties settings into modern thrill spectacle.
In a club bridge problem from this week’s notes, South defeats West with a 6 odd spade squeeze after a diamond and heart sequence. The key is whether East can lead back to avoid the declared squeeze and still force a favorable outcome for his side.
Strand Theatre opens Walter Wanger produced film The President Vanishes dramatizing a fictional scenario where war profiteers oil steel and banking magnates scheme to push the United States into a European conflict. The picture warns of media pressure and national manipulation as Congress weighs war.
The article outlines several bills awaiting Senate or House action including Banking, Utilities, Wagner Labor Disputes, Guffey Coal Stabilization, TVA and liquor taxation plans. It notes committees delaying fate and potential amendments before floor votes, plus a note on the Baltimore & Ohio bridge maintenance crews replacing decayed boards on the Latrobe Street foot bridge near Mecraggale.
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