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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
2
Radio schedule listing afternoon to late evening offerings across WEHAF WJZ WOR WPG and WGE stations with multiple programs such as Dinner Music Hymn Sing Hoover Sentinels Glee Club Retold Tales Soldiers Slumber Music and Orchestra.
Multi-city radio schedule and financial note about William W. Foshay of Shocks acquiring a major stake in Ketchikan Alaska, including light water power telephone and cold storage assets for about 3 million dollars. The notice blends program listings with the unexpected business move and speculation about forthcoming statements.
An old advertisement extolls S S S as a century old tonic that revitalizes appetite and strength by restoring red blood cells. It claims relief from fatigue, weakness, and skin issues, urging readers to buy the larger bottle sold at drug stores.
A fragmented log lists radio segments across cities like Atlanta Louisville and Nashville. Entries mention Hoover Sentinels Maxwell Hour Colgate Hour Dinner Music Studio Dance Music Ramblers Organ Vanderbilt University Dance with times around 7:00 to 12:00 and station identifiers WSB WAAS W2AX 680 980 810 476.0.
Cherokee Wyoming June 7 Will Rogers escaped unharmed after his plane with Boeing Air Transport crashed its undercarriage on landing at an emergency field in this town The comedian had previously landed upside down in a different plane at Las Vegas and continued east on a relief flight en route from California to Kansas City to headline a cowboy polo team in a Midwest tour tied to Republican convention entertainment
The American government plans to buy a prime Paris building for 11 250 000 dollars to house the American Shipping Board offices and several other officials. Ambassador Myron T. Herrick pushed the idea of centralizing all U S offices in Paris into one roof, replacing scattered tenancies with a single central locale.
Newburg reports detail the Good Luck Sewing Club meeting at Mrs. Ross Skinner's home with sewing and refreshments. A hat social for the Lutheran Preachers Pension Fund drew 22 guests at Mr Clarence Schrader's. a DeGraef Honor lodge anniversary featured a musical program and many dishes. Various personals list visits by Glarence Imaner, River City Temple members, and locals traveling to Morgantown, Parkersburg, Glendale, and Fairmont for events and training.
An old fashioned ad promotes END-O-CORN to remove corns and calluses with a night application. It claims painless treatment for corns anywhere on the feet and invites distant buyers to write to END-O-CORN LABORATORIES in Chicago to receive at Red Cross Pharmacy.
Hundreds of babies enter the Moose June Jubilee pageant in Grafton to crown three prize babies. Physical tests run the week of June 25 and awards will be given June 20 at the athletic field amid a baby parade and Miss Taylor County popularity contest with Brown and Dyer attractions.
In Kanawha County court Mrs. Mills, a recount protestor and county counting clerk, testified to alleged fraud at a Charleston precinct during the Republican primary. She claimed cheating persisted all day with a police officer inserting false ballots and an election officer marking ballots, while voters who refused aid were given minutes to vote. The court, hearing bids from Browder and Jenkins, noted the county court serves as a board of canvassers and cannot adjudicate fraud.
Domain Dwindles Cameron announced plans to run as an independent candidate for Marshall County commissioner. He lost for the two term nomination at the May 29 primary. Also reported: Harry Deem died in a car crash near Menonga. Lewis Pyres injured. In Charleston, Alva B. Moore of Buckhannon appointed secretary of the Public Service Commission after a two and a half year vacancy. Library hours are 2 to 5 pm. Volleyball practice 6:30 to 8 pm. American Legion Drum Corps rehearsal 8 to 10 pm.
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