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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1933

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Radio Program Monday March 27 schedule highlights

A detailed list of NBC WEAF CBS WJZ programs for Monday March 27 in EST, including Whispering Banjos The Southernaires King Kong serial Ruth Etting songs Buck Rogers in 2433 and Amos and Andy among other shows and orchestras across five networks with times from 5:00 PM to 12:30 AM.

Nbc-Weaf Hutchinson Cbs-Warc Fred Berrens Skippy Lone Wolf Betty Barthel Reis and Dunn Gallagher & Shean Just Plain Bill Myrt and Marge Buck Rogers Travelers’ Quartet Boake Carter Whispering Jack Smith Sam Dr. Fu Manchu Ruth Etting Mills’Bros Paris Columbia Revue Edwin C. Hill Wm. O'Neal Barlow Orchestra Lombardo Orchestra Abe Lyman Nelson's Orchestra Nbc-Wjz Lee Sims Dick Daring Bill Lowell Thomas Amos Andy Groucho Chico Marx Don Carney Vic & Sade Arlene Jackson Welcome Lewis Central Manhattan Guardsmen Bert Lown Orchestra Twin Cities

Pittsburgh Steel Opens All-Water Route to Coast

Pittsburgh Steel launches its first all water shipment to the Pacific Coast. Two barges carrying 1200 tons of nails wire and pipe sail down the Ohio River to New Orleans for reshipment via Panama Canal. Officials expect a three dollar per ton saving versus rail. Also noted is England's first indoor sun bathing beach at Branksome Chine and the 1922 Knickerbocker Theater collapse in New York that killed 98.

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Steel Company Pacific Coast Ohio New Orleans Panama Canal Atlantic Seaboard England Branksome Chine Poole Knicker‘batker New York

Contract Bridge Parnea Tactics Highlighted By Om Netl

In contract bridge discussion by OM O NETL two slam hands are examined for support signaling. One hand showed a grand slam was possible without undue risk, another secured all tricks via finesses. Mrs El sie Prichard sat South in the noted hand where a grand slam was missed.

Parneta OM O'Netl Hetce Elsie Prichard

Deschapelles club players in intense bridge bidding

Mrs. Prichard stands among Deschapelles club stars in New York as bidding unfolds with North opening spade and a forcing sequence leading to a six clubs contract. South counters with five clubs and North finalizes six clubs, while misfit concerns and potential grand slam misreadings color the play. An unwarranted slam triumph arises after Mrs. Osborn begins with heart, East shows spade control, and South pressures with two spades. West responds with four spades to block.

Prichard Deschapelles Club New York North East West South Hearts

Hitlerites Tear Down Republican Flags

Chess-like analysis describes a complex bridge hand where strategic maneuvers reveal tensions between rival approaches. The narrative contrasts bold, aggressive play with cautious restraint as players navigate lead choices and trump distribution to secure the win.

Conflicting Ideals Tear Child Between Parents

August Aichorn, famed for delinquency work, notes that parental quarrels force a child to choose between two mutually exclusive standards. He feels both right and wrong, cannot side with either, and finds happiness impossible. The inner conflict often drives runaway attempts as the child seeks escape from divided loyalties.

Rotary Club Meeting Highlights West Virginia Tourism

The Graf ton hotel hosted a Rotary Club meeting where W. S. Rowland urged cleaning streams and reforestation in West Virginia to attract travelers. He said Florida earns $5 per trout and recommended filtration at coal mines to restore river purity for bass and trout.

Mr. Rowland West Virginia Florida North

Rotary conference urged for Grafton district

President John Ault urged Grafton Rotarians to attend the district Rotary conference at Jackson's Mill on May 8 and 9. He spoke during a brief address while discussing forest fires and the need to keep God’s country from looking like hell.

Northwest John Ault Grafton Jackson’s Mill

State Coal Production Drops For Week March 6

West Virginia coal output fell in the week ended March 11, according to the Bureau of Mines. Production totaled 1,299,000 tons versus 1,923,000 the prior week. February's state output was 6,533,000 tons, down from 6,700,000 tons in February 1932.

Washington West Virginia Bureau of Mines Bureau

Nine Inch Snow Blankets Somerset County

Somerset and Franklin Pa March 27 reports describe a nine inch snowfall in Somerset County with sleighing parties and clear roads for auto traffic while Franklin sees seven inches the heaviest in three years, slowing motor travel amid spring snow.

Somerset Somerset County Franklin Franklin, Pa

West Penn Official To Be Transferred Here

C. W. Ramsey, assistant sales manager at West Penn's Clarksburg appliance shop, will transfer to the Grafton office on April 1 to oversee merchandise sales. He plans to reside here about May 1.

West Penn C. W. Ramsey Clarksburg Grafton Ramsey

Explosion Rocks Newark Destroys Downtown Buildings

A powerful blast of undetermined origin rocked a four story downtown Newark building, followed by fire that damaged an adjacent structure. The combined damage was estimated at 50,000 dollars with no injuries reported. Debris and shattered windows affected nearby structures.

Newark Roberts and Harpster Fleck and Son

Scorchy Smith Chronicles Elusive Readings

A fragmented local note follows the character Scorchy Smith through cryptic events. References to Morgan's gold Chan and a late supper hint at a sequence of odd meetings and dreamlike episodes. The piece reads like a diary fragment with unclear dates and places.

New Battleships Give West Virginia Industries Work

The Navy Bureau of Navigation lists three West Virginia produced items for battleship construction: machinery, structural iron and land paint. The statement notes state industries supply materials and equipment used in shipbuilding and benefit beyond states with shipyards.

Washington West Virginia Navy Department Bureau of Navigation

Summer White House Offered From Maryland Manor

Leonardtown Md March 27 J Alery of Fishing Point Manor at the mouth of the Patuxent river states he paid a visit to President Franklin D Roosevelt offering his beautiful home as the summer White House with a view of Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent river The place features a large screened porch a big dining room and spacious rooms for nearly 100 guests The Ulreys have hosted celebrities in Washington and have lived there six years Mr Ulrey previously served in the Government Secret Service Department and has traveled extensively

Washington Ulerys Ulrey Government Secret Service Department

Ohio River Flood Claims 13th Victim

Cincinnati report confirms the 13th flood death as Eugene Lever, 23, of Newton, Ohio, drowned when a rowboat capsized in the Little Miami River near the city. Three other men and a woman were rescued by Liam Simonton, a camp caretaker. The Ohio River fell 1.7 feet in 15 hours, with the stage at 57.2 feet, 2.8 feet above flood stage.

Cincinnati Eugene Lever Newton Little Miami River Liam Simonton Ohio

Communist Organizer Dies Of Bomb Injuries

Morris Langer a 45 year old communist and organizer for the Needle Trades: Workers' Industrial Union died in a hospital from injuries after a bomb exploded under the hood of his car in his Chattham Township home garage. Police arrested Jacob Shulman of Newark in connection with the slaying. The arrest warrant was sworn by Langer’s widow who identified Shulman near the home the morning of the bombing.

Summit N. J Morris Langer The Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union Chatham Township Langer Jacob Shulman Newark Shulman

Miss Rose McGraw Visits Grafton in Politics

Miss Rose McGraw of Washington and Grafton, prominent in West Virginia Democratic politics, is registered at Hotel Grafton and will stay several days. She has just been in Charleston where she held an appointive role during the legislature's regular session.

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