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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1939
Page
2
June 5 New York dispatch notes networks to stay busy with royal visit events. King George and Queen Elizabeth will cross the border, greet officials at Polis and Union Station, attend a congressional reception, and tour the world’s fair. Broadcast schedules include NBC and regional stations with concerts and dances.
Navy announces Rear Admiral John H Towers sworn in as chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington. Former captain and theater actor noted in the dispatch. Radio listings follow with programs on WJZ NBC and WEAF NBC.
A dense schedule listing WMMN and numerous network affiliates with evening to midnight programs. Includes music shows, sketches, orchestras, news, game and quiz segments, and various entertainers such as Eddie Cantor, Lum and Abner, and Collins. Multiple stations and times across 6:15 to 12:00 midnight feature dances, dramas, and variety acts.
Young hosts 4:15 with the Rythmaires on CBS chain two. William Paley presents an amateur radio award at 8. Howie King on WJZ NBC at 11:20 am followed by home hour at 1:30 pm with a variety show. Presentation of Will Rogers statue in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol also noted. MBS chain includes 4:30 press conference by Secretary Perkins.
June 5 reports the Nationalists and Federalists naming aspirants for governor as Mountaineers Boys State conducts its fourth annual government exercise. Filing closes. party primaries set for today, with general election tomorrow and Holt attending the inaugural as governor designate. Alumni designate Leslie Reed of Clarksburg as president while Will Miller serves as secretary.
Delbert Perone of Grafton was fined ten dollars and one dollar costs after pleading guilty to drunkenness in municipal court. Police arrested him on Latrobe street at 2 15 am Sunday. The mayor allowed him to work off the fine by ten days on the city streets when he could not pay.
Washington June 5. Administration amendments to the wage hour bill face Senate resistance from southern senators led by Senator George Georgia protests against a 32 cent hour minimum in southern industries. They seek a 30 cent floor and argue existing discriminatory differentials harm southern employment. Five southern governors back the protest urging recognition of wage disparities.
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The film adapts Rudyard Kipling’s ballad with three Royal Engineer sergeants and their loyal carrier Gunga Din. Cary Grant, Victor McKaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. star as friends bound by loyalty, while Fairbanks plans marriage, McKaglen craves glory, and Grant hunts buried treasure.
A hearing will be given Charles Tucker Jr of Pruntytown this evening before Justice of the Peace Have G White Sr on a charge of drunkenness in a public place. State police arrested him early Sunday morning near the White Front Inn on Route 50. On Saturday night the state police apprehended Thomas Terrell of Route 50 and charged him with drunkenness after they found him lying along the highway.
A magistrate session with A B Knabenshue is scheduled today near Mt Calvary Cemetery as preparations proceed for a heating project.
Arthur T Chapman 56 Democratic leader and cattleman died at a Vadis hospital after a June 5 illness.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Bartlett at 520 West Main street were bruised but not seriously hurt when a car driven by Ken Hyatt from the same address knocked them from the curb. They fell several feet down a sloping bank in front of their home after being dropped on the curb and snagged by an open door.
Observers sensed during discussions that the conversations touched on potential British French negotiations with Soviet Russia, signaling delicate diplomacy and shifting alliances in the volatile wartime landscape.
The Pope told cardinals last Friday that his intervention in Europe’s dissensions drew assurances from leading statesmen they would uphold the peace desired by the people. He stated concerted efforts would sustain stability across nations and prevent renewed conflict.
The 37th annual convention of the West Virginia Osteopathic Society opened in Parkersburg with about 75 doctors expected to register. First day speakers included Huntington's President Robert B. Thomas Columbus doctor James E. Watson and Dr E W Cosner of Dayton Ohio. Here Comes Charlie 8 00 June 4.
In Barclay on Bridge, the author explains how delicate factors guide location of missing cards and how expert players assess opponent actions. The featured deal shows a sequence from 1 Diamond to 5 Hearts, with West's choice of Club king and subsequent ruff, and discusses planning to exploit held suits and potential discards. Tomorrow's Problem presents a West 1 Heart, East 1 Spade sequence and asks the optimal continuations for both sides.
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