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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1939
Page
7
Barbara Oddario of Brooklyn New York and another woman faced charges over a fraudulent $10,000 life insurance claim tied to the death of Alfred Oddario on February 6. Authorities had the body exhumed for autopsy to verify identity as part of the investigation.
Pittsburgh Markets reports modest produce demand with apples 4 cars near steady and new stock north Carolina cobblers 1.90 to 2.00 per barrel. Virginia cobblers 3.25 to 3.65. Livestock shows hogs 7.50 to 7.75 for 160–220 pounds, cattle steady with steers 9.00 to 11.00, heifers 5.00 to 7.00, cows 6.75 to 7.00, calves 9.25 to 9.75, and bulls 7.00 to 8.00.
New York June 30 WEAF NBC to launch Americas lost plays series next Thursday at 8. James A Hearnes Minute Men of 1774 from 1886 chosen as first. The program highlights pre revolutionary era comedy drama and notes other forgotten titles.
Saturday schedule highlights WEAF NBC at 12:15 p m with stamp collectors. A Berlin concert airs at 4 45 p m and a traffic safety program follows.
A condensed listing of listening options across multiple networks including NBC CBS MBS and CKLW for the 5:30 to midnight block. Programs span news musicals dramas comedy and orchestras with notable acts like Benny Goodman Barry Woods Jimmie Fidler and Tommy Dorsey. Local station WMMN features top charting performances and weather updates.
A fragmented radio schedule lists Kaltersheyer's Kinder garten on CBS at 12:30, What Price America on CBS, Canada Day at Wrath's Fair, Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct, WJZ NBC at 11:30 a.m. Four-H club program at 2:30 p.m. A crazy quilt in rhythm at 5:30 followed by Renfrew of the Mounted.
The year’s total spending fell short of Roosevelt’s forecast by 342 million while receipts exceeded estimates in taxes and duties. Major outlays included WPA, national defense, and veterans benefits, with notable overages in social security and railroad retirement taxes. The piece notes mothproofing and airing of preserved wires.
France mobilizes public opinion as Alpine defenses and Corsican inspections signal Italian aims. General Vuillemin studies Corsica while Bonnet assures Polish envoy of automatic aid from Britain and France. Reports of German troop movements into Danzig are denied. Swiss papers claim Brenner corridor shipments to Germany and Italian mobilization fears grow alongside heightened Rhine frontier activity.
Forty additional prisoners were brought to the state penitentiary yesterday with 36 from Boone Lincoln and Kanawha counties and four from Brooke. The note appears in a brief insertion from the Sentinel.
An advertisement claims retreading and vulcanizing tires reduce skidding at low cost. It touts one year of experience and provides 124 E Main and phone 846 as contact details for service.
A fragmentary catalog entry lists insecticide products including Fly Ded 16 fl oz can 250, Odonfeed 16 oz 250, Exet 25¢, Cedar Insect Spray 16 oz and other sprays. It notes quality indicators Excellent Quality Spray and Gun styles with price mentions from 15¢ to 49¢.
F L Warder purchaser of Lot 35 in David Elliotts Plat Webster Town sold by Taylor County sheriff for delinquent taxes on December 13 1937. Deed to Warder after September 28 1939 unless non residents Flora Davidson Hattie Davis son Howard Davisson Eva Davisson redeem. Redemption amount 938.55 including sheriff cost 7.04 survey 5.00 and service none interest total 938.55. Dated June 6 1939 E G C St Clair Clerk Taylor County WV June 9 16 23 30.
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