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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1939
Page
2
A Nashville Tennessee report notes the 12 year old Marian Ellis was found murdered near her parents home. The tale links a prior farm program scheduling and an NBC and CBS lineup across WEAF WABC and JZNBC stations. The item mix blends broadcast listings with the violent crime snippet from the same period.
Old Stassen of Minnesota discusses The Road Is Open in broadcasts on Miner Mauretenia WJZ NBS at 5 05 and MBS Chain at 9 p m. The items outline radio listings with times and networks for the program.
Columbia's Outside These Walls screens at the Dixie tonight with Michael Whalen Dolores Costello and Virginia Weidler in a dramatic interwoven tale. Whalen plays a businessman sent to prison who returns to a fractured family while Costello clashes with him as a newspaper owner. The film promises strong performances and tense relationships.
A speaker outlined a plan to assign one forester per 1 000 acres on cut over lands and suggested 45 000 workers could engage in reforestation if desirable on 45 000 000 acres. He noted potential for agricultural use as well, advocating cooperative farming with shared equipment to boost farmer numbers from 137 000 on about 6 million acres as land trends toward abandonment and state reclamation.
The snippet lists on air times and programs such as Farm and Home hour at 11:30 a.m. and a National Conference of Social Work at 1 p.m. with connections to MBS and chain broadcasts. It mentions Gov Har and a 3 Smile parade with 2:45 p.m. end times.
Radio listings from WMMN Cleveland Heights area show an all day schedule with CBS NBC and ABC programs. Notable items include WMMN-Footnotes, World Fair Tour, Town Hall Tonight, Paul Whiteman and Ches terfield Pleasure Hour, and Brooklyn Dodgers game notes. The schedule lists dozens of other shows with multiple networks and performers throughout the evening culminating in midnight sign off and weather.
Philippi lodge No. 52 A P and A Masons elected Paul B Ware as worshipful master and named Darrell A. Malone senior warden Robert B. Wilson junior warden Astley 8 Hawkins treasurer Wesley H. Lantz secretary Hoy K Coffman senior steward William L Lambert junior steward Delbert A Haney senior deacon Frank A Hawkins junior deacon Charles Bruce Sturm tiler. Installations set for Friday night June 23. Continued from page one discusses regional population relief and forestration timelines.
State Trooper L. E. Haught reported a woman found unconscious four miles north of Weston on Sunday identified herself as Evelyn Cain formerly of Folsom Wetzel County. She said she was hitchhiking to Folsom to visit relatives and hospital authorities noted possible malnutrition.
More than 175 checker enthusiasts are expected to enter the state tournament July 12 during the Rhododendron festival. Mayor K C White, president of the West Virginia Checker Association, announced.
The Dixie Theatre opens America's Favorite Folks latest 20th Century Fox film Everybody's Baby. A joyful Jones family tale brings new laughs and a new Jones as Bonnie's baby makes a dad a grandad and every child an uncle or aunt.
A young rancher is framed for a stagecoach robbery and sent to prison after a miscarriage of justice. George O'Brien stars in RKO Radio's Lawless Valley at the Opera House, portraying a man who fights a crooked cattleman and sheriff after his father's murder and his own parole.
A young investigator and friends gather evidence to expose a crooked rancher and sheriff in a perilous town. Kay Sutton stars opposite O'Brien with Walter Miller and Otto Kruger in a melodramatic courtroom tale about a skilled young woman attorney guided by a disbarred lawyer toward a sensational legal career.
Paramount drama Barred opens at the Strand spotlighting Gail Patrick as Portia a brilliant modern lawyer amid a racketeering gang. The behind the scenes look at courts and legal life promises vivid courtroom scenes and strong performances.
Public auction set by James C. Holt trustee on July 8 1939 at 10 a m in Taylor County West Virginia for Emory Ellers property Lot No 4 on N F Kendall Plat in Grafton fronting Main Street 39 5 feet and extending to Baltimore and Ohio railroad right of way with all improvements cash terms notice dated June 12 1939 published June 14 21 28 and July 6 1939
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