Clever Cast Selected For Ghost Train in Grafton
The Little Theatre of Grafton opens The Ghost Train at Grafton High School Auditorium. Director Mildred Ann Waters leads a mix of veterans and newcomers including William B. Gibson as Richard Winthrop and Geneva Hiskey as Elsie Winthrop. Notable cast members Fred Reed, Eve lyn Welch, Eilene Robinson, Fred Hoffman, Harriet Sharp, Theodore Matthews and others bring the mystery to life with a blend of familiar and fresh talent.
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Little Theatre of
Elsie Winthrop
Geneva Hiskey
Little Theatre
C. Howard Cameron
Owen Harding
Saul Hodgkin
Charles Murdock
Fred Reed
Grafton
Peggy Murdock
Evelyn Welch
Claudette Colbert
Peggy
Eltinge Theatre
New York City
Miss Bourne
Muuch
Fred Hoffman
Scotland Yard
Fred. Hoffman
Mr. Hoffman
Teddie Deakins
Eric Blore
Julia Price
Harriett Sharp
Warren victory argues free delegation in California primary
California results favor pro Hoover delegates in a state primary, but District Attorney Earl Warren of Alameda County says delegates may be left free at the convention. London supporters claim some California delegates align with the pro Landon slate, leaving the final ballot unsettled. Central press report notes potential continued contest.
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Earl Warren
California
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Cleveland
Alameda County
London
Central Presa
Play at Clear Vale junction stars Knotts and Foy
Ronald Knotts plays John Sterling and James Foy portrays Jackson in a drama set in a railway station waiting room near Rockland Maine. The action occurs near midnight as tickets go on sale through Carrie Bennett the production manager or any cast member.
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Mary Dugan
Roosevelt's Help Sought to Clean Ohio Rivers
Cincinnati chamber committee asks President Roosevelt to aid in purifying the Ohio River waters. They sent a chart showing rising pollution levels and urged action to secure passage of relevant legislation.
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Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Ohio
Will Award Boucher Honorary LL.D at W and J Commencement
Washington and Jefferson college will confer an honorary Doctor of Laws on Chauncey S. Boucher of West Virginia University at the 136th commencement on June 6. Dr. Boucher, former dean at the University of Chicago, is prominent in national historical and educational circles.
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Washington, Pa
Washington and Jefferson College
Chauncey S. Boucher
West Virginia University
Boucher
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Chicago
Riding Stable Planned Here in Grafton
Grafton sportsmen may soon have a local riding academy. Otto Coffhouse, a seasoned Be lington horseman operating another academy seven miles south of Fairmont, plans to open a city stable. Riding gains popularity as horse ownership grows and locals like J. Lester Bush Randall Cremer and Hack Hefner are noted horse owners in the area. Flora M. Johnson testified to seeing a couple enter the place, then left the jetty and has not returned.
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Grafton
Lndaw
Otto Coffhouse
Belington
Fairmont
Grafton Road
Hack” Hefner
Ling
Offhouse
Mately
Flora M. Johnson
Hall Freed On Bond To Await Friday Hearing
Hall Bo and Charles Martin, both African American youths from Latrobe, posted $500 bond before Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys for a preliminary hearing Friday on charges of burglarizing John Boston's beer garden Friday night. The pair allegedly looted the venue after 2 a.m. Saturday, taking approximately items from the establishment.
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Bo” Hall
Latrobe Street
Ona C. Jefferys
Hall
Charles Martin
John Boston
Night watchman held in death of Mrs Guild at hotel
Chicago police questioning 28 year old Sylvester Cikoski, night watchman at the Y W C A hotel, after the death of 59 year old Mrs Lillian D Guild in her S W 2 A hotel room. A fellow employee Nicholaus Franzen told detectives of a suicide remark and a possible crime. Fingerprints on an iron in the room did not match Cikoski. Police planned to release additional prisoners as they investigated.
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Chicago
Sylvester Cikoski
Lillian D. Guild
Sergt
Daniel Healy
Nicholaus Franzen
Y. W
Cikoski
Healy
Franzen
Spranzen
Store founder proclaims service at West Main street
A long-time merchant at 107 West Main street declared his readiness to serve the public with the best the markets offered. He upheld a strict rule guiding his business, enabling its existence for about seventy-five years despite new methods and changes.
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West Main Street
Chief Air Hostess Found Beaten Or Strangled
Investigators are uncertain whether the chief air hostess was the victim of a criminal attack after she was found beaten to death or strangled. Local authorities are examining the circumstances and potential suspects as the investigation continues.
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Ruth Kathryn Rhodes
Transcontinental Airways
Kansas City
Miss Rhodes
Zelienople
Central Press
Nine Students Bit By Mad Dog in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburg Langley High School a mad dog ran amuck injuring nine male students. Police captured the animal after Mayor William N. McNair ordered unleashed dogs barred. Students were taken to a hospital for observation.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburg
Langley High School
William N. McNair
Old Mohawk Indian Tonic Ad Offers 49c Bottle
An advertisement touts Old Mohawk Indian Tonic at 49 cents for a 12 ounce bottle, limit three per customer, promising detoxing effects and relief from stomach, kidney, liver troubles, rheumatic pain, and general cleansing. It claims mailed delivery with 15 cents postage and asserts high value versus price.
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F. M. Glenn
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Grafton, W. Va
J. Lester Bush
Strand
New Oxie Theatres
Mr. Bush
United States
Randall Cremer
Frederick Snare Company
Dam Contractors
Tygarts Hights
Canals
Grafton Paint Store
W. Main St
Skeeter
St. John
Huntsville
Ala
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Walter Miller
Kilby
Miller
George Brinkman
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