Thrill Day brings Death Defiers to Clarksburg fairgrounds
A two hour Thrill Circus show led by Jack Sheppard and Clarksburg promoters runs Sunday at Lorwood Park Fairgrounds in Marksburg starting 2 30 p m. The program features motorcycle races with over twenty entrants and a Flash Williams death defiers act including a 75 foot jump and midair car collision. Williams appears in West Virginia only, with future bookings in New York City at Yankee Stadium after this engagement.
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Clarksburg
Lorwood Park Fair Grounds
Marksburg
Jack Sheppard
Williams
Flash Williams
New York
West Virginia
Yankee Stadium
New York City
Jack Dempsey
Doctor Discovers Way To Break Up Pickets
Flint Michigan June 24 A psychiatrist Dr R Gordon Grain by accident found a method to disperse a picket line after a bottle of ammonia he dropped broke. The fumes entered a candy shop and drove out clerks briefly while scattering the pickets Nearby.
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Flint, Mich
R. Gordon Grain
Auto Theft Punishment Is Curfew For 3 Years
Arthur Weinberg aged 20 pleaded guilty to auto theft in Buffalo New Jersey. City Judge George W. Woltz sentenced him to be home by 10 p.m. each night for three years.
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Buffalo
N. J
Arthur Weinberg
George W. Woltz
Weinberg
Webster Elected Charles Town Council President
Charles Town council reorganized and chose T. D. Webster as president. The new body doubled the city tax on beer distributors and dealers as one of its first actions.
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Charles Town
T. D. Webster
Radio Schedule Mosaic From 1930s Station Lineups
An archival listing shows a dense 1930s radio schedule with station calls, times from 6:00 to 11:00 PM, and a mix of bands, orchestras, comedians, sketches, and variety acts. Notable names include Amos ’n’ Andy, Roy Vallee, Bing Crosby, Guy Lombardo, Show Boat, and many regional programs across WLW WGN NBC CBS WBAL WSM and others.
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WLW
Amos 'N
Andy
CBS
Frank Wolz
Easy Aces
Johnson Family
WMMN
Gay Lin
DeVore
William Stoess
Orch
WGBI
Bill Pierce
WGN
WBAL
Cabin In the
Cotton
W8m
Your Capitol Report
Roy Campbell
Roy Shield
NBC
Rudy Vallee
1 Smith
WOR
Music
Tom, Dick and
Mar
Roy Shields
MayMan—Day
WPAR
Charlotte Deeble
Boston Symphony
Guy Lombardo
Salem
City Club Forum
Wham—Troopers
American Legion
WLS
Boston
WJAR
Ruth Parks
Faseball Pines
Major Bowes
U Nbz
Joe Sanders
WGR
Wham—Hobby Club
Victor Arden
Mayfair
Floyd Gibbons
Piccadilly Music Hall
WLW Music Hall
Bing Crosby
American Legion Band
West Virginia
Vhp—Dancepaters
VPAR
Hensfoot Corners
March of Time
Henry Weber
Hank
Harry L. Eastman
WHP
WSYR
Conservatory of Music
WSM
Lou Bring
Amos
John B. Kennedy
Joe Freeman
WCAU
Larry Vincent
WHK
Jerry Cooper
Jay Freeman
Waz
Kine
KDKA
WSB
Cbs—Cavalcade of America
Frank Daley
Northern Lights
Jack Russell
Edka—Baron Elliott
Frank Dailey
Edka—Middleman
WBBM
Manhattan Mother
WFBL
Sun Dodgers
WEM
Nbc—Dance Orchestra
WJZ
Ted Lewis
Dick Jorgen
Kdka—Dance Orchestra
WWVA
Summers Swift Band
WHAM
Night Wire
Lizards Display Bright Stripe as Warning Signal
Scott's Scrap Book notes that fence lizards carry a bright blue side stripe normally hidden. When a rival approaches, the lizard compresses its body lifting the stripe visibly. This serves as a clear warning to intruders, signaling an impending attack.
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Lan
Sburg
Regieres U& Phot Ovs
Vine Street
Pecshamshe
Kim O
Jae
Clarion
Garden Club
Stadio
Cco Otter
Wbal—Park
Griff Williams
Wpar—Emaline
the Wildwood
Radio Tube
RCA
Eavish
Scott
Florida
R.j.scott
Gaston Leroux
Paris
Ring Features Syndicate
King OF the Royal Mounted
Much Daggett
A Harper
Jed Niles
Marlene Harper
King
Dad
Zane Grey
MUGGS _AND
Skeeter
Wally Bisho
Peewee
Leah
Big Sister
MR. Grumps
Teo
muGes
Effie'n' the Rock
Aso
By Les Forgrave
BY Paul Robins
Etta
Mindif
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