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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1928
Page
7
AP compiled broadcast listings show many stations across WEAF WOR WPG WEEL WABC KDKA WBZ WRC WSB WJAX WHAS WSM KYD etc with daily 6:00 to 11:00 PM time blocks. Programs include dance orchestras, golf scores, four H clubs, organ talks, and studio features.
A fragmented schedule lists orchestral sessions at 9:00 and 10:00, Clevelanders at 6:00, and vocal features at 6:00 and 7:00. It includes a 7:30 entry for Thirty Minutes from Broadway Dance Music, along with scattered station identifiers and program notes.
Ominous skies darken Olympia Fields No 4 as the first pair tees off for the penultimate round of the national open. A brisk breeze and steady rain soak the links while Billy Burke of New York and Rial Rolfe of Chicago start at 8:80. Bobby Jones, leader with 144 strokes, moves at 9:15 to fend off chasers.
Roughly eight athletes from the Allegheny A A U region compete in the University of Cincinnati sectional tryouts as colleges high schools Y M C A clubs and athletic groups seek spots on Uncle Sam’s Olympic squad with events opening on June 23.
Athletes from Ohio West Virginia Virginia and the Pittsburgh and Altoona districts of Pennsylvania are expected to compete in national tryouts. From the field perhaps a half dozen or more will win places among athletes representing all sections of the United States who will compete in the national tryouts.
A resolution to Harvard University’s School of Public Health to grant Doctor of Public Health or Master of Public Health degrees to women will be presented at the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs convention in New Orleans July 9 14. The measure, led by Miss Rose C House of Bridgeport Conn, argues women’s educational opportunities in public health are restricted by current offerings. A separate note mentions a boy wrecking a Reading railroad train in an experiment to flatten a spike as an example of scientific talent deserving reward.
Cornell University civil engineering researchers led by H. H. Scofield test concrete durability and strength for highway use. They study how load repetition fatigue, slab shape, reinforcement and placement affect service value, safety margins, and long term road performance using a machine that bending a beam simulates wheel loads.
Bryant Motor Sales presents the New Ford Car as a landmark in automotive design. Henry Mord’s leadership of a major company underpins features like steel bodies aluminum pistons balanced crank shaft and advanced steering gear. The dealership also highlights high quality used cars and nationally renowned Ford service with trained specialists. Bryant, Ford’s representative in Grafton at 111 Beech St, phone 2.
Police believe Marion Talley a Kansas City singer and London Paris visitor was robbed of 100 dollars, 500 dollar check, and 35 000 credit letter upon hotel arrival in Ames. Iowa State Ag engineers at Town Stage College unveil a new soil pulverizing plow attachment by C F Curtise and J B Davidson, featuring ten inch revolving blades that break soil as it leaves the plowshare, improving seed bed conditions and root growth.
Chicago June 22 Frances White the musical comedy star who popularized the spelling of Ohio has filed suit to divorce Clinton T Donnelly New York businessman. She charges desertion. White and Donnelly wed in Cincinnati in 1922 after his divorce from Hazel Reba Donnelly of New York. In her bill filed yesterday White says they have lived apart for two years.
The Examiner reports Mae Murray, famed actress, and her husband David M Divani, a Georgia prince, are parents to a son born 16 months ago. The birth was reportedly suppressed to protect Miss Murray’s career.
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