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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1940

Page

7

Return Event This Evening

The return engagement of Spring Fever will take place at Lawson Community Center Auditorium tonight at 8. The comedy, set in a college rooming house, follows college students and a professor as scatter-brain actions spark comic results under coaches Dryfield and Williams.

Lawson Community Center J. Bernard Dryfield Nellie Williams Howard Brant Brookfield Allen Shroyer Ed Burns Benny Graham Vic Lewis Fred Nicola Lou Herrom Betty Lou Curry Chuck Jones Phoebe Purcell Anne Vivian Peters Meade Corey Howard Lucille Rowland Virgil Bean Zoology Leslie Crawford Dixon Joseph Sider

Army Blitz Tactics Reported Across Western Front

The report describes German forces using shock troops and heavy aerial bombardment of roads, bridges, railways, and airfields across Belgium Luxembourg and eastern and northern France. French and British aid appeals were issued as Premier Reynaud discussed cabinet changes amid ongoing trench warfare actions.

France Europe Germany London Paris Luxembourg Lyon Nancy Colmar Pontoise Luxeuil Tolland Belgium Luxemburg Foreign Ministry Paul Reynaud

West Virginia primary fight rages in Clarksburg and Martinsburg

Continues the clash between statehouse and federal factions as Kump Kilgore and Neely rail at each other. Kilgore accuses Kump of representing insurance clients as a lobbyist and questions a $3000 fee to influence brewery distribution. Kump defends as attorney for creditors in liquidation. Neely campaigns for governor, charging the other faction runs a vast slush fund to sway next week’s vote.

H. G. Kump U. S. Senate Statehouse Harley M. Kilgore Clarksburg Kilgore Kump Lord Fee Tax Commissioner Belmont van A. Bittner United Mine Workers U.S M. M. Neely Martinsburg West Virginia

Olive Oil Recipe Proves Valuable To Pile Sufferers

An old promotional note urges sufferers of itching and distress from piles to use Moone's Emerald Oil mixed with olive oil. Cleanse with warm water and soap, dry, apply the oil, then insert a bit into the rectum on cotton. The ad claims quick relief and prices at 60 cents.

Moone

Democrats Nominate Carl Andrews For Governor

A radio speech by Mrs. Matilda Mason backed Carl Andrews as the Democratic nominee for governor. At Moundsville Walter S. Hallanan, National Republican Committeeman, charged that government spending will rise during the campaign. Morgantown coal operator R. M. Davis promoting the Republican presidential bid urged his $8.06 trillion plan for super highways, claiming it would generate about $1.975 billion daily in revenue.

Carl Andrews Andrews Matilda R. Mason Charleston Moundsville National Republican Walter S. Hallanan Philadelphia R. M. Davis Morgantown Davis

I Take This Woman at the Dixie Theatre with Tracy and Lamarr

The Dixie Theatre presents I Take This Woman starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr in a New York romance directed by W. S. Van Dyke II. Verree Teasdale and Kent Taylor lead a cast through glamorous clubs tenements and dramatic near tragedy as a scientist saves lives in a public good clinic.

New York Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr Dixie Theatre W. S. van Dyke II Verree Teasdale Kent Taylor Tracy Laraine Day Mona Barrie Jack Carson Paul Cavanagh Lot Calhern Frances Drake Marporie Main George EB. Stone Willie Be Don Castle Dalles Frantz Reed Hadley Zebra Club Miss Lamarr

Karloff Stars in The Man With Nine Lives at Dixie Theatre

Boris Karloff headlines Columbia's The Man With Nine Lives at the Dixie Theatre tonight. Roger Pryor and Jo Ann Sayres co star as Karloff plays a resurrected scientist who used a frozen sleep chamber for ten years in a sensational horror tale about life and death and a chilling underground ice chamber experiment.

Roger Pryor Rarloff Jo Ann Sayers Karloff Nick Grinde Byron Poulter Stanley Brown Hal Taliaferro Hollywood Columbia Boris Karloff Dixie Theatre Jo Ann Sayres

Bachmann Elected Four Times to Congress and Senate Run

Former Congressman Bachmann, a four term representative from the First District and Republican Whip, seeks the U S Senate. He served on the judiciary committee and the Fish committee investigating Communistic activity, and managed Senator Borah's 1936 presidential campaign. Bachmann lives in Wheeling and is an attorney and former Prosecuting Attorney of Ohio County.

Bachmann U. S. Senate Congress House Judiciary Committee Fish Committee U. S William E. Borah Wheeling Ohio County

My Little Chickadee at Opera House

Universal presents Mae West and W C Fields in a frontier comedy billed as a standout screen pairing. The film blends romance, skullduggery and music with Mae as a glamorous city belle drawing the attention of Fields and a notable supporting cast including Joseph Calleia Dick Foran Donald Meek and Gene Austin.

Entertainment World Opera House Theatre Universal Munster Mae Fields Card Sharp Joseph Calleia Dick Foran Donald Meek Gene Austin

Candy and Coco stars listed actresses in film notes

Candy and Coco features Anne Nagel Margaret Hamilton and Ruth Donnelly in a cast note highlighting the film lineup.

Candy and Coco Anne Nagel Margaret Hamilton Ruth Donnelly

Strand Theatre Presents Young Tom Edison This Weekend

Mickey Rooney stars as a real life figure in Young Tom Edison opening at the Strand for four days. Virginia Weidler co stars as his sister with Fay Bainter and George Bancroft in principal roles. Director Norman Taurog and producer John W Considine Jr reunite after Boys Town for an intense human interest tale of a boy proving his genius.

Mickey Rooney Tom Edison Strand Theatre Rooney Mickey Virginia Weidler the Hardys Hollywood Fay Bainter Mrs. Edison George Bancroft Edison Eugene Pallette Victor Kilian Robbie Jordan J. M.kerrigan Lloyd Corrigan John Kellog Clem Bevans Eily Malyon

Men Without Souls at Strand Theatre Today Only

A vivid Columbia crime drama screens at the Strand with Jorma Litel Barton MacLane Rochelle Hudson and Glenn Ford. Two thousand hate crazed inmates threaten escape as one fearless man defies their guns and bars.

Big House Jorma Litel Barton MacLane Rochelle Hudson Glenn Ford Columbia Strand Theatre Litel

Convict Romance in Modern Penitentiary Drama

Ford, a young convict, is saved from the death penalty by a chaplain and returns to his sweetheart Rochelle Hudson. The film centers on revolt and heartbreak inside a penitentiary with Barton Mac Lane, Don Bedace, Cy Kendall, and Dick Curtis in key roles. Nick Grinde directed. In a separate local case, William Thornton was fined $10 and costs for assault on Josephine Dabney, with the court noting he struck her above the eye.

Barton MacLane Ford Rochelle Hudson Don Bedace Cy Kendall Dick Curtis William Thornton Josephine Dab

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