Submarine Squalus Rescue Prompts US Radio Shuffle
New York reports focus on the Submerine Squalus accident with NBC CBS and MBS programs canceled to cover the rescue. Shortwave pickups from Portsmouth New Hampshire crews rushed from New York and Boston to augment locals. Hopkins to speak on air tonight detailing schedules and the day after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NBC
CBS
MBS
Portsmouth
N. H
Boston
Hopkins
WJZ
Marty L. Hopkins
WEAF
Rady Vallee
Bing Crosby
WABC
Joe EB. Brown
Kate Smith
Major Bowes
Koste
Blacktopping work to finish on Boyd and nearby streets
Mayor P. F. Gillispie announced WPA crews will finish blacktopping Boyd street from the Standard Oil station to Jones street and a small portion of Jones street next week. Francis street has been rocked and will be rolled and blacktopped thereafter as part of the city project.
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Boyd Street
Standard Oil
Jones Street
P. F. Gillispie
Francis Street
Promotion Lists Are Delayed Until Next Week
Superintendent E G Kuhn announced that official eighth grade promotion lists for county schools will not be completed until next week. Students have been notified of their status regarding promotion admission to high school on its condition or need to repeat the eighth grade work.
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E.G. Kuhn
Radio Schedule Highlights From WMMN and Peers
A dense listing of radio programs and stations from WMMN and contemporaries detailing 1939 era schedules. It names programs, hosts, orchestras, and time blocks across 5:20 PM to midnight, including NBC CBS MBS CKLW KDKA WJZ WGY WLW and others, with music and news segments, dramas, and variety acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMMN
Inst
WLW
Sweet and Low
WJZ
Blue Baron
Chet Smith
NBC
Wilz
Lowell Thomas
Nbcbeno
WGY
Johnson
Family
Sket
Wi2
CBS
Amos 'N
Andy
Mr. Dist
WHP
Grofe
WIM
Jerry Cooper
Wdz
Mr. Keen
Tarheel Tattler
WGBI
WPAR
Joe Brown
Goldman
WJ2
Roliii
Jamup
Honey
MBS
Green Hornet
Nat'l Fed
Kate Smith
Rudy Vallee
W8yr
Swappers Club
Leistre ‘House
CRLW
Sevilliana Musicale
WESG
WBYR
Rita Rio
Nat'l Fed. of
Alfred Wellenstein
Sonietta
Denver
KDKA
Smile Parade
Amman ‘Valley
Charite Can
Major Bowes
Gabriel Heater
Jack Teagarden
CKLW
Wilfred Charete
Orches
Wsz
Glen Gray
Kraft Music Hall
Heaven
Thelma Mae
Whey —Anno
Crockett
Henry Weber
Emerson Gill
WGR
Manhattan
WHAS
Richard Himber
Orch
Amos
WEAF
Edwin C. Hil
Jan Garber
WRBW
Little Joe Hart
WSM
World In Review
Charles Baum
Joe E. Brown
Comedier
Doc Sunshine
WHK
Smoke Dreams
Hal Kemp
Reta Smith
WAZ
Sammy Kay
al Marisco
WSB
Phil Spitalny
Will Osborne
Leighton Noble
W5z
Artie Shaw
Georgia Ambassadors
New Diving Suits for 300-Foot Underwater Quest
An expedition led by Captain Robert Hall plans to use helium gas diving suits to walk beneath 300 feet of water to study the submerged island city of Jamestown Neves, once capital of St. Kitts. Diver Max Gene Nohl has reached 420 feet in the new gear as they prepare to inspect wrecks along the voyage.
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Tampa
Fla
Lesser Antilles
Robert Hall
Detroit
St. James
St. Kitts
Jamestown
Neves
Max Gene Nohl
Captain Hall
Hall
Albee
United States
Farmers greet British rulers in Saskatchewan visit
Thousands of farmers from drought areas flocked to Regina to welcome King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The royal train, due at 2 30 p m EST for a seven and a half hour stay, toured wheat country with platform appearances. Regina’s schedule included a welcome at city hall, signing the city register, tea at RCMP headquarters, and a state dinner at Government House.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Great
Wheatlands
Brandon
Manitoba
City Hall
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Government, House
Special Election Called in Pineville for Levy
The Pineville municipal council scheduled a special election for June 15 on a proposal for a three year levy to retire an indebtedness estimated at six thousand dollars.
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Pineville
Officials sign diplomas for Grafton and Flemington grads
County school officials and school principals prepared diplomas today for 152 graduates of Grafton High and 28 completing work at Flemington High. Superintendent E G Kuhn, Assistant Superintendent R Virgil Rohrbough, and Taylor County Board of Education President Paul P Warden each signed the certificates.
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Grafton High School
Flemington High School
E.G. Kuhn
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Paul P. Warden
Taylor County Board of Education
Dies Seeks Ban on Anti Jewish Propaganda in West Virginia
The committee labeled activists as spreading anti Semitic and pro fascist propaganda and noted a common belief in a military nationalist government. Witnesses Deatherage and Dies described Nazi and Fascist ties and warned Communist fears. After four weeks of hearings the panel recessed with public sessions possibly resuming in August.
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W. Va
Dies
Deatherage
Germany
United States
Hitler
Tax Delinquent Property Saved From Forced Sale
Charleston May 25 CP About 20 percent of tax delinquent property in West Virginia will be kept from sheriff sales by the 1939 lienholders act. The law becomes effective June 9 and allows any claimant against delinquent property to pay the levies and receive six percent interest on the sum upon settlement. Previously the state charged 12 percent after sale notice.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Eleanor Dakon
Lyenhold
Charles
Dalton
Circuit Court
Taylor County
Dakoh
Grafton
Gald
Rookies Promoted at Fairmont Patrols
Ten state police recruits will finish a month of schooling Saturday and become full fledged troopers. The program marks the first in about a year and will extend patrol coverage for the agency.
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Fairmont
Probation Granted to Leonard Dalton in Tay lor County
Leonard Dalton was granted probation for two years by Tay lor county circuit court after confinement since October 13 for cutting Brydon Dalton at a family reunion near 96 Water Station. Judge Herbert W. Dent allowed release from the remainder of the term with conditions to report at each term and pay a $10 fine and court costs. Dalton had been indicted for felonious assault, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge during September term, and the jail sentence followed the prosecutor’s recommendation.
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Leonard Dalton
Taylor County
Dalton
Brydon Dalton
Herbert W. Dent
Francis L. Warder
96 Water Station
GOP Senators Plan Caucus For Tax Revision Debate
Senator McNary of Oregon announced he would push Republicans to unite on a common stance before Senate debate on business tax revision. He plans a party conference on proposed changes once a House corporation tax bill arrives, while Senator Harrison D. Miss. weighs limited changes after a White House meeting. A compromise proposal would extend the 21 2 percent undistributed profits tax to December 31 and set a maximum corporate rate at 18 percent, down from 91 percent.
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Washington
McNary
Oregon
Senate
House
Harrison D.miss
Roosevelt
Briggs Plant Production Woes Prompt Union Tensions
A company statement blamed Mazey for loss of production at the Briggs plant while CIO UAW members warned the firm may seek talks with a separate independent Martin Auto Workers union. Some fear the company will bypass the CIO group that led the strike as a mass picket was planned.
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CIO Group
Mary
Affairs of Annabel at Opera House sparks raunchy fun
The Affairs of Annabel starring Jack Oakie and Lucille Ball comes to the Opera House for Friday and Saturday shows. The film’s zany publicity schemes—including Lucille jailed under an alias and later posing as a housemaid—drive a fast paced plot with kidnapping.Gmen pursue the duo amid a deadly vessel disaster survivors’ grim remarks highlight the perilous stakes.
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Annabel
Opera House
Jack Oakie
Lucille Ball
RKO Radio Pictures
Oakie
Miss Ball
Onkie
Lucille
G-men
Rescue on Squalus ends with eight saved and others rescued
After a disaster at sea, divers freed the Squalus and the rescue bell carried men from the hull to the Falcon. Seven reached the surface, then more men were brought up in a staged action as Navy crews continued the long, perilous operation.
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O. F. Naquin
Navy
Falcon
Memorial Day Observances to Honor Veterans Across County
Memorial services planned by the Women's Relief Corps and Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic will precede a firing-squad salute led by Commander Dallas Wolfe of the American Legion. The program includes a band overture, an address, and The Star Spangled Banner with a benediction by Rev. William E. Knox. Additional events mark World War II dead at the War Memorial, and GA R services at the Tygart Valley dam with Michael Casey delivering the Memorial address.
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Rage Une
Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies
Grand Army of the Republic
Daughters of the Union Veterans
Dallas Wolfe
American Legion
Lock
William E. Knox
Andrews Methodist Church
State Grand Army of Republic and Allied Organizations
Grafton
Taylor County
Lincoln Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tygart Valley
Michael Casey
The
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Rescuers Fail On Fourth Submarine Lift Attempt
The Falcon lowered the rescue apparatus four times to recover sailors from the sunken submarine. Three lifts succeeded, bringing men to the surface after more than 30 hours. On the fourth attempt a cable fouled delaying the recovery and ending the effort.
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Derwater
Annals of the Sea
Falcon
Sweet says Roosevelt in 1940 race still open
Ardent Net Dealer Sweet told reporters he informed President Roosevelt he was east to spy out the land on 1940 availability. He said Roosevelt would run if the word was given and the president could win the nomination hands down. Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago also visited, using a double negative about candidacy.
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Roosevelt
Roosevelt Coud
Sweet
White House
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Holt to Speak at Pairmont Alumni Dinner
U S Senator Rush D Holt Weston Democrat will speak May 31 at the annual dinner of the East Faithful High School Alumni Association Walter Stonestreet president announced The address will be broadcast over station WMMN from 830 to 9 pm BST
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Pairmont
U. S
Rush D. Holt
Weston Democrat
Faithfout High School Alumni Association
Walter Stonestreet
WMMN
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Weafnbc
Greenwich High School Opera Club
Max Perkins
CBS Chain
Enoch Light Orchestra
Boyd
Radio Tube
RCA
West Virginiangaia Henry
West Virginiank
Hotel Henry
Massie
Itts Burg
Ea the Shiver Grill
Fifth Avenue
Smithfield
GOP
Senators Plan Caucus
Solons
Detroit Baseball Club
St. Louis
Walter O. Briggs
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs
Grafton Benti‘nel
Grafton Sentinel
Holt
Chesapeake and Potomac
Grafton Bank & Trust Co
E. A. Rinehart
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