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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1939

Page

5

Bookkeeping Helps Farmer Says Wise Spending Improves Farm Life

FSA County Supervisor L. Glenn Zinn urges accurate expense records to show if money is used to best advantage. He promotes a live-at-home program with credit and advice for low income farm families, reducing food costs and enabling purchases of magazines, books, and small luxuries. Families using the record book cut food spending, often growing meat and vegetables at home and buying only salt, coffee, flour, and sugar elsewhere.

FSA L. Glenn Zinn Toda Farm Security Administration Mr. Zinn

Diplomatic ties amid Loyalist remnants questioned by press

A U S president noted a remaining Loyalist government with control over large areas and declined to answer whether European events could block a planned June trip by the king and queen of England to the United States. He reviewed Europe with Undersecretary Welles before a State Department briefing.

Troy Europe England Unis Welles State Department

College Deans Meet Bluefield March 30 31

The National Association of Collegiate Deans and Registrars, comprising representatives of American Negro colleges and universities, will convene in Bluefield on March 30 and 31 for a two day meeting.

Bluefield National Association of Collegiate Deans and Resistrars American Negro College and Universit’s

Mrs Holt Named Honorary Chair Of State Cancer Aid Group

Charleston March 17 Mrs Homer A Holt wife of the governor was chosen honorary chairman of the state advisory committee to the women's field army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer.

Charleston Homer A. Holt Women’s Field Army The American Society For the Control of Cancer

Maxine Sullivan rises from waitress to film swing star

Strand Theatre highlights Maxine Sullivan, a former domestic and waitress who became a noted swing singer. Her idea to swing music sweetly brought fame and independence, leading to Hollywood work in Warner Bros "Going Places." She began singing in clubs in Pittsburgh after helping a colored band leader uncle.

Maxine Sullivan Hollywood Dies Dish Theatre Miss Sullivan Pennsylvania

Real Character of Jesse James Revealed in Film

The article examines how the Jesse James story is shaped in a 20th Century Fox film. It discusses questions about the outlaw’s personality including drinking, cursing, and family life and notes producer Darryl F. Zanuck and collaborators Nunnally Johnson and Henry King sought to answer them.

Jesse James Darryl F. Zanuck 20Th Century-Fox Nunnally Johnson Henry King

Frontier Scout Leads Dixie Theatre Bill

The Dixie theatre presents Frontier Scout starring George Houston as Wild Bill Hickok. The film highlights the frontier marshal’s post Civil War career and his role in shaping federal lawmen’s feared reputation.

J. Edwar Hoover Wild Bill Hickok Hicker Frontier Scout Dixie Theatre George Houston

New governor named after influential justice tragedy in Grand Ledge

The article reports unrest in western territories with bands of armed men near Milian Kansas blockading main rail lines used by Texas cattlemen, causing many cattle deaths and herd losses. It continues with Dickinson becoming governor after Fitzgerald dies from influenza complications, noting Fitzgerald’s Grand Ledge birth and surviving family.

Mississippi Milian Kansas Page Dickinson Michigan Fitzgerald Grand Ledge Gov. Fitzgerald Queena John

Dave's Mentha-Pepsin promised quick stomach relief

Sufferers with gas bloating and weak digestion are urged to take one tablespoonful of Dave's Mentha-Pepsin for fast relief. The ad claims gas dissipates in ten minutes and breathing improves, with guarantees or money back from Grafton Drug & Chemical Co and regular pharmacists.

Dave Grafton Drug & Chemical Co

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