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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1940
Page
2
A June 17 York report outlines a packed broadcast slate with CBS NBC and local stations airing programs from 6:15 p.m. through late night. The fragment mentions Byroydons, Melton, and the Lombardo orchestra along with a dedicatory program and a regatta notice, plus a crime report of a stolen car badge cash loot.
President Augusto Boyd announces Panama will form a security force to counter internal subversion around the Panama Canal. He says Panama will cooperate with the United States and notes that European-born aliens illegally in Panama are being deported.
A fragmented listing shows WMMN and other stations broadcasting orchestras and programs through the evening. Entries include WEAF JZ and CBS theater, with Leo Reisman Duchin Runyon and multiple host leads. The text mixes station call signs, program titles, and sponsor taints, reflecting a lively era of radio programming.
A reader cites Dr Clendening on diagnosing without patient contact, arguing most information comes from conversation and physical exam. He recalls a clinic trial where only lab data was shown yet a patient’s MS was evident, underscoring limits of image driven diagnosis and stressing hands on assessment.
Mrs Paul de Ricou once Louise Miller Winnett of Beverly Hills California and her two children are missing following the German capture and bombardment of Le Touquet France. She is the wife of the noted French tennis star.
Barbara Brown, daughter of U S Senator Prentiss M Brown of Michigan, was selected to reign as Cherry Queen at the National Cherry Festival held in Traverse City Michigan.
Defense leader Charles Sweeney completes the formation of a forty vehicle American armored unit to defend London against a potential German invasion. Sweeney, an uncle of golf star Robert Sweeney, has been romantically linked with Countess Barbara Hutton.
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