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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1937
Page
7
Arrangements are completed for the Jack Hoxie circus exhibition in Grafton on Friday June 18 at the fair grounds. The three ring show features a new, all American production with western hero Jack Hoxie, drawing crowds of children and women to view the private quarters behind the scenes.
Eight men face trial in Binghamton New York for complicity in the 1933 abduction of Albany resident John J O Connell. Daniel J O Connell, uncle of John and a powerful Albany Democratic leader, is among those present. A Central Press note mentions a cowboy autograph and a meeting with a horse Scout featured in the film.
Gladiell Forester five, daughter of William A Forester and his wife, died from burns received at an open fireplace in her Salem home a week earlier.
The article explains tally sticks used by the British Exchequer until 1782 and kept until 1826. A tally stick was a wooden slab with notches indicating sums owed and paid, split into receipt and storage pieces. It also notes Nevada authorized this state flag in 1929, with a blue field.
A dense schedule lists 6:00 to 11:30 PM EST programs across WLW WJZ CBS NBC WGN WSM and more. Shows include Amos n Andy, serial dramas, orchestras, variety acts, dance bands, and news. Notable names: Franklyn MacCormack, Jack Fulton, June Moody, Buddy Clark, Harry Smiths Orchestra, Nino Martini, Kostelanetz, and many station lineups.
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