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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
7
Grace Huntington plans a historic ascent in Pasadena California aiming to surpass a high altitude record for women. The event features Huntington shown beside her plane as crowds gather to witness the attempt.
Factographs note that Antarctic fossils exceed all others in size on earth. The text also mentions decorative bottles in Australian native graves, US Alaska fish canning establishments valued at 141.71 million dollars in 1988 across 402 facilities, and a claim about Amish holidays Christmas and Easter with no gifts at Christmas.
A garbled note describes LaGuardia addressing a guard at the Slovakian Pavilion as he attends the opening. The speech mentions rebirth of the republic and a raised sense of national renewal among attendees. Strong named figures and places are hinted at though text is unclear.
A garbled OCR fragment lists forbidden bone articles for families such as bicycles, small instruments, dashboard items, furnaces, rugs, and window curtains. It includes scattered place names London Lincoln's Inn and mentions curfew bells, inns and courthouses, and odd references to airplanes, the interior department, and a stained Klass window. The text is incoherent and appears to be a mishmash of unrelated items and place names.
Mrs Anne Cooper Hewitt Brad Street, center of a sensational court case over alleged sterilization by her late mother, arrived in New York from San Francisco to begin life anew in the city. She posed at a night club and announced her engagement to Gene Bradstreet, despite reports they will separate.
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