Town Meeting Goes Abroad
New York on March 8 reports arrangement for Town Meeting to travel to London to hear Wickham Steed London editor join in discussion Would A Union of Democracies Save World Peace The event marks the first international Town Meeting Speakers from New York include Clarence Streit George Sokosky and Dorothy Detzer Einstein is listed for March 21 to support United Jewish Appeal for Refugees The program hints at a baseball centennial cav alcade in the future
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America
London
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Wickham Steed
Clarence K. Streit
George E. Sokosky
Dorothy Detzer
Einstein
Albert Einstein
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United Jewish Appeal For
Navy Nurses Sue and Wash ington Post Mark Change in Navy Unit
Navy nurse corps superintendent Dauser appears in Washington as the new head. Radio schedules list programs across WEAF WABC WJZ and WIR stations with dramas sports talk and concerts including Casey at the Bat and Dodgers game broadcasts.
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Dausers
Washington
United States Navy Nurse Corps
Casey
WOR
New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Fred Allen
WEAF
NBC
One Man’s Family
Tommy Dorsey
Kay Kyser
College
WIRE
Indiapolis
WABC
CBS
Jim McWilliams
Paul Whitman
Theatre of Stars
Raymond Paige
WJZ
Mr. Keen
Hobby Lobby
Ransom Sherman
Ma Perkins
CB5
Ray Bloch
Virginia's Most Powerful Station Music Lineup Described
Radio schedule lists WMMN 890 KC with 5,000 watts and many programs across dayparts. Entries include WLW Jack Armstrong sketch, NBC Little Orphan Annie, WJZ Tom Mix Straight Shoot, WSM Dick Tracy sketch, and daily concerts from CBS, CBS, and NBC circuits.
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Central West
Virginia
W4jz
Fay Courtney
NBC
Our
The
Lone Ranger
WOR
Uncle Don
Edwards
WHAS
Howie Wing
Malcolm Claire
WJZ
Adrian’ Rollini
Orches
WSM
Dick Tracey
WGR
WPAR
Watts
Lyon & Marlowe
Whas—Asher
Little Jimmi Kyw
Dolores
Sophie Tucker
Shaw
Lowel
Thomas
Tom Mix
Collins
WLW
aAmos
Andy
George Hamilton
Dorothy Rochelle
Mr. Keen
WHP
Melody Grove
MBS
the Lone Ranger
Drar
Revelers
CBS
Ask-It-Basket
Jim Riams
WJ2
Horace Heldt
CKLW
the Fiddler's
Jack Hereh
Sweethea Serenaders
KDKA
Horace Heidt
WGY
Roy Shields
Charles Batlin
Amos
Johnny Messher
Gray Gordon
Melody Time
Paul Billlivan
Charles Baum
Guy Lombardo
Dick Garner
World In Review
Little Jack Heller
Russ Morgan
Wjzz
Charles Burnett
WJR
Bill Cariseh
Evening Fantasy
Chick Webb
Glen Gray
Jan Savitt
Moon River
WSB
Better Bridge
Whas—Dance Orchestra
Nation may rely on coal for gasoline in future decades
Arno C. Fieldner of the Bureau of Mines told a sub committee that coal could become the chief gasoline source within 10 to 20 years based on known petroleum reserves. He noted the bureau produced oil from Pittsburgh coal at about 25 cents a gallon versus 5 cents for petroleum gasoline.
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Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Pittsburgh
Miner Held for Stabbing in Kingwood Case
James Weaver twenty two of Tunnelton was held by Magistrate Mattingly for grand jury action on charges of stabbing WPA foreman Charles Sherren forty six. Weaver's father Clyde sixty three was held on charges of aiding his son attack.
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Kingwood
James Weaver
Tunnelton
LR. Mattingly
Charles Sherren
WPA
Weaver
Clyde
For Bakers Coal Promotion and Call for Better Coal
A promotional item advertises Baker's coal with a call to action to call 474, touts real coal with no clinkers and mine coal, and urges savings of 11 cents per unit. The short notice emphasizes value and a direct phone number for purchases or inquiries.
My Son is a Criminal thrills Dixie Theatre audiences
Columbia's film My Son is a Criminal captivates Dixie Theatre patrons with a tense tale of a retired police officer and his gangster son. Alan Baxter Jagauge Wells Gordon Oliver and Willard Robertson headline a melodramatic yet plausible crime narrative exploring law enforcers and criminals.
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Columbia
My Son
Dixie Theatre
Alan Baxter
Jagaugine Wells
Gordon Oliver
Willard Robertson
Torchy Gets Her Man at Strand Theatre
Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane star as Torchy Blane and Lt Steve McBride in a Strand Theatre comedy. They chase a top counterfeit scammer known as Hundred Dollar Bill Bailey, spreading laughs as they trail him through a world of crooks and cash at race tracks.
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Glenda Farrell
Barton MacLane
Torchy Blane
Strand Theatre
Torchy
Steve McBride
Steve
Bailey
Coupon for World’s Greatest Literature volumes
Gift coupon offers any one volume of a 42 volume set with a 39 cent gift price. Mail orders require 6 cents postage per book and address to the World’s Greatest Literature Department at Grafton Sentinel Office in Grafton West Virginia.
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Grafton Sentinel
Torchy and Steve Nab Bandit in Laughing Capers
Torchy and Steve use quick wit to trap a bandit in a string of comic adventures. The duo, with friends, land in trouble and end up in cells, delivering many exciting moments and laughs.
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Mio
Torchy
Steve
Unclear fragmentary chase scene in a paper money tale
Story fragment shows Torchy and Steve pursuing a suspect through a location involving paper money. Dialogue hints at a hook and pursuit, but details and full context are missing.
Widow, Other Extended Debate On Hastings Case
Prosecutor asserts Hastings visited the Schlett home for over a year. A damaged headlight on Hastings car is cited as evidence it ran down Schlett. Authorities claim complicity by Mrs Schiett and note the insurance motive of a $15,000 policy. Schiett, from Sandusky, left his home.
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Hastings
Schlett
Schiett
Insurance Es
Carlier
Sandusky
Boy Drowns in Kraut's Creek Near Huntington
Firemen recovered the body of six year old Richard Chipps, believed drowned accidentally in Kraut's Creek. School mates recall he spoke with sailing sticks before the incident, and the coroner's jury deemed it an accidental drowning. The event occurred near Huntington on March 8.
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Huntington
Richard Chipps
Kraut's Creek
Notice of Stockholders Meeting and Charter Cancellation
Graf ton City Ice Company of Grafton West Virginia adopted resolutions March 1 1939 to discontinue as a corporation and surrender its charter The officers will wind up assets convert to cash and distribute any remaining property pro rata after debts are paid Publication of the resolutions is required weekly for two weeks in a general circulation newspaper in the county where the principal place of business is located and certification to the West Virginia Secretary of State is required.
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Grafton City Ice Company
West Virginia
Grafton
West Virgina
M. M. Foster
Said Corporation
B. S. Linn
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