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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1935
Page
2
Mayor E. Otto Waugh urged enforcement of parking rules after yellow painted zones signal no parking. He outlined three summer priorities to aid shoppers, prevent traffic jams, and keep the city fire truck able to move, while allowing through traffic to flow.
Mayor Waugh urges motorists to park briefly for shopping and then move on to keep spaces free for others. He warns against parking beside hydrants or blocking alleys and street corners to reduce fire hazards and ease fire truck access. He also aims to route traffic away from heavy congestion near the Tygert valley dam area.
In Oskaloosa on May 1, 14 year old twins Mark and Marion Thomas trained two yearling calves named Huckleberry and Bonnie to pull a wagon. They copied a California gold rush yoke, fitted it on the calves, and drive wood, grain and a wagonload of boys after school.
Monett Missouri May 1. George Erickson nursed a wobbling leghorn hen back to health and now reports the bird tries to show gratitude. The hen lays a double yolk egg every other day as a sign of thanks.
A dense list of radio broadcasts from various stations including CBS NBC and WGN with hourly lineups from 5:30 P.M. through midnight. Entries feature singers bands orchestras talk shows and dramas such as Amos n Andy, the Lone Ranger, Burns & Allen, Chandu the Magician, Light Out, and many named performers. An RCA tube price reduction note closes the page.
Strand Theatre presents The Night Is Young a Viennese musical romance from MGM starring Ramon Novarro and Jovelyn Laye. The film uses a groundbreaking technique with every scene timed to Sigmund Romberg’s music for a seamless blend of romance comedy and drama.
Hammerstein II the librettist and Cedric Gibbons with Fred Hope, art directors, faced a problem of timing their settings to fit the production.
The Warner Bros film Madame Du Barry screens at the New Dixie Theatre tonight featuring Dolores Del Rio. Eighteenth century draperies dominate the set with miles of fabrics, tapestries, and heavy canopies transforming beds and chairs into lavish period scenes.
Milwaukee on May 1 a traffic pursuit ended with Officer Walter Kohlman being thrown from his motorcycle. He recovered quickly and noted the street sign read E Falling Heath Place as he regained his senses.
Teachers to be paid in Barbour County as 13 000 dollars plus are issued by Brestel Harris county superintendent. Checks cover April services and will be distributed on Saturday May 4 to 175 teachers in the Barbour County Schools system.
Classified Sentinel outlines two cent per word for first insertion and one cent per word for each additional insertion. Minimum charge forty five cents. Each digit counts as a word. Ads must stay within proper classifications and errors reported promptly.
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