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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1941

Page

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Neighbor Series Starts On NBC Red Tonight

Good Neighbor is the theme and title of a combined drama and music series on NBC Red at 9:30 PM. Twenty two programs will feature Latin American countries to educate US citizens about neighbors. Dinah Shore will join Lanny Ross in a Dixie Girl duet on June 3.

New York Special News Service NBC Red Repubies United States Dixie Kent Cooper Lanny Ross CBS Dixie Girl Lanny Dinah Shore Tennessee Eddie Cantor NBC Blue NBC Nbc-Red Vallee and Barrymore Quiz Nbc-Blue Horace Heidt

Boy 12 earns life show and town meeting agenda

A 12 year old boy appears in a life event at 8 35 with a town meeting topic Should We Insure a British Victory After Col Wm J Donovan and Dr R M Hutchins There is a Sinfonietta at MBS 830 and a Comedy Great Gunns at 930 Quick results via 4A Sentinel want ads

Col Wm. J. Donovan R. M. Hutchins

Radio Schedule Fragments From WMMN and Affiliates

A fragmented listing of radio programming and station IDs detailing WMMN Fairmont and regional networks with时间 slots for news, music, dramas, and sports. The page catalogs show NBC CBS MBS and other networks with hosts and orchestras, noting 5:15 and 6:45 p.m. segments and various musical acts.

WMMN Joe Blackhawk NBQ WJZ Escorts Betty Cbs-Wabc Edwin C. Hill Nbc-Weaf MBS Milo Perez Orch Nbc-Wiz bin Stern Bob Edge Don Goddard Nbc-Wblk WLW WTAM Bob NBC Don Lindley Paul Sullivan Liberty Jack Armstrong the World Today WHAF Paul Douglas WJ7 Lowell Thomas Wae Arty Mbs Fulton Lewis, Jr Bs-Wabc Amos ‘N’ Andy Fred Waring WJ2 WBLK H. V. Kaltenborn Maxwell House WOR Wythe Williams WEAF CBS John Paul Dickson Monongahela Valley Alfred Wallenstein Sinfonietta America Glenn Miller Rudy Vallee Bob Trout WEAP Harry James Sunny Dunham Mills Brothers Dance Orch KDKA

Hill System for Better Strawberries

Garden Graph outlines hill system methods for home strawberry plots. It suggests three foot row spacing with plants 12 to 24 inches apart, or bed checks of 14 by 14 to 20 by 20 inches. Runners are removed from the parent plant and beds yield for three years.

Government Funds Fight Elm Blight in West Virginia

West Virginia received eight thousand five hundred dollars in federal funds for Dutch elm disease and blister rust control. Commissioner J B McLaughlin noted the money will support and possibly expand ongoing USDA projects. The elm blight is confined to a small Mineral County area near Cumberland Maryland.

Charleston Commissioner of Agriculture J. B McLaughlin Kilgore D.-W. Va West Virginia U. S. Department of Agriculture Mineral County Cumberland

United States weighs response to French and German moves

The United States planned no action affecting French colonies or shipments while awaiting France’s declaration. Germany’s demand to withdraw diplomats from Paris and Paris as an extended zone of operations raised concerns about Nazi plans to press into England or control information from the occupied zone. An anonymous adviser suggested delaying rulings on French possessions in the hemisphere until French collaboration is clearer, with possible provisional administration in Martinique if Dakar falls under Nazi control.

Germany United States France Paris England Occupied Dakar Martinique

British planes question Hess meeting before parachute rescue

Air Secretary said Hamilton the 38 year old sporting duke did not recognize Hess when he confronted him as a prisoner of war after leave from his RAF station. Reports say Hess sought contact with Hamilton to push a hallucinatory peace plan. Some versions claim meetings with Hess occurred before the war, including trips to Germany for the 1936 Olympics.

Fuehrer Hess Hamilton Germany

Beloved Alcott story on Strand stage and western boldness

A Stratford Strand presentation blends Louisa May Alcott through a radio adaptation of Little Men about Dan the orphan raised by Major Burdle and Plumfield, with a frontier gold rush backdrop in Universal's Boss of Bullion City starring Johnny Mack Brown. Tim McCoy and Maria Montez appear in Outlaws of the Rio Grande, a brisk P R C period adventure of counterfeiting, betrayal, and escape with action and humor throughout.

Louisa M. Alcott New England RBO Plumfield School Professor Bhaer Dan Major Burdle Burdle Willie the Fox Old West Universal Johnny Mack Brown Bullion City Brown Fuzzy Knight Nell Oday Maria Montez

Opera House Screen Features Tim McCoy Tonight

The Opera House presents Tim McCoy in Outlaws of the Rio Grande. The popular movie star, nicknamed the real McCoy, headlines the program and promises a fully entertaining showing this evening. Norman Selby is the original McCoy.

Opera House Tim McCoy McCoy Norman Selby Tim

TWA Orders 40 Fast Planes For Domestic Service

TWA announces a plan to buy 40 of the largest fastest airplanes for domestic air service. The priorities board funds three Constellation aircraft with 4000 mile range, 350 mph top speed, 283 mph cruise, 64 passenger capacity including seven crew. The four 2500 horsepower engines are described as the most powerful yet in a plane.

TWA New York Transcontinental and Western Air Inc Priorities Board

Ride On Vaquero At Dixie Theatre

A girl knows enough about Cis jco to trap him while a rascal rides in and causes chaos as Ride On Vaquero comes to the Dixie Theatre Cesar Romero and Gordito score with fast action in this Cisco Kid vehicle Also featuring Mary Beth Hughes Lynne Roberts Robert Lowery and Ben Carter Herbert Leeds directs Sol Wurtzel executive producer.

Cisjco Rascal Vaquero Dixie Theatre Cesar Romero Gordito Chris Pin Martin Mary Beth Hughes Lynne Roberts Robert Lowery Ben Carter Herbert I.leeds Sol M. Wurtzel

French Ready Contested Desertion Report From Syria Gap

Report from Reuters and Radio Brazzaville notes French regulars deserting in Syria to join Free French forces led by General Charles de Gaulle. The report cites AFI via British agency and mentions a regiment that served as rear guard of a larger army advancing from Palestine.

Reuters Radio

Refugee tensions as borders stay open amid British bombings

Reports describe guarded highways and open borders to Lebanon and Syria while British bombing targets airfields used by Germans for Iraq aid. Unofficial word says a German demand to use airfields was rejected, yet Nazi planes later land nearby. Locals fear wider conflict but express hope lands avoid broader hostilities.

Lebanon Palestine Iraq Syria Turkey

Nazis Scheme on Turkish Route For War Passage

Reports from Vichy indicate Germany may already use a by pass to move troops toward the near east through Turkey and Iraq. Diplomats say Berlin seeks access to Turkish rail lines to Iraq while Crete and Cyprus pose air and sea obstacles. The question remains whether Turkey will surrender its freedom of action or fight for it as Nazi pressure grows.

Vichy Turkey Crete Near East Hitler Iraq Persian Gulf Tra Mediterranean trans-Turkey Egypt Suez Canal Syria Cyrus Britain Cyprus Alexandria Naz

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