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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1939
Page
5
Captain A E Lockard chief of city police plans meetings in local grade schools to organize a Bicycle Patrol for city children. He outlines pledge drives demerit system and aims to expand to a county wide program by summer with ward leaders serving as liaisons between sponsors and members.
The excerpt outlines a Virginia-born expectant mother a mysterious gambler a dipsomaniac doctor a blustering bank absconder and a timid whisky drummer in quick sketches highlighting their defining traits and roles.
Bill Elliott stars as a young Texas attorney and former Mexican War veteran in The Law Comes to Texas at the Dixie Theatre today and Saturday. Veda Ann Borg returns to film, with a cast including Charles Whittaker Lee Shumway Paul Everton Charles King Leon Beaumon, directed by Joseph Levering from a Nate Gatzert screenplay.
Charleston report details three drownings in a hot dry spell. Zelma Pauline Collins, 15, is named among the victims as showers looked to arrive by Saturday but mattered little to easing conditions. Southern West Virginia recorded rain last night, though Beckley remained dry.
Reports note drownings in Kanawha river Wheeling Creek and Buckhannon river near Tenmile as residents warn of dangerous water. Weather data show high temps across cities with Charleston and Huntington near 90s, no rain yet, light showers forecast. royal visit segments mention travels from Medicine Hat to Banff and Regina with official dinners and engagements.
King George and Queen Elizabeth toured the Canadian West arriving in Calgary on May 26. The royal train crossed Saskatchewan and Alberta overnight, with crowds gathering in Calgary and cowboys in bright attire welcoming the royal visit. A 30 minute stop in Moose Jaw offered a glimpse of ranches and dominion life.
Washington May 26 The senate appropriations committee cut 50 million dollars from flood control and rivers and harbors protection in the War department civil functions appropriation. The final Senate total stood at 255.19 million, matching the budget bureau. The House added 25 million for flood control and 25 million for rivers and harbors.
Washington May 26 President Roosevelt said he had received the resignation of Federal Judge P A Geiger of Milwaukee He noted he had not acted on it yet Geiger resigns due to ill health reported at a press conference by the president
Teachers from five counties voted 871 to 620 to continue their annual Monongahela valley round table meetings, announced Secretary Roy Martin.
In Wheeling on May 26 a proposal to create a municipal housing authority to supervise a $1,000,000 federal housing project won approval in the city election. The plan to build 200 low cost housing units received 9,741 votes to 9,196 against. Vote counting for the 73rd council candidate under proportional representation may take four more days.
Strand Theatre shows Wal ter Wagner’s frontier drama Stagecoach starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne. The film follows Kid Ringo an outlaw seeking vengeance while a coach travels from Tonto Arizona to Lordsburg New Mexico with a diverse group of passengers.
Mr Moto’s latest case unfolds on a West Indies Porto Rico locale. The detective is drawn into a vast diamond smuggling ring and a spree of murders as nations watch a fragile jewel market.
Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell debut in a new mystery comedy at the Dixie Theatre opening Sunday. They star as Joy Sloane, a clever rare book dealer drawn into a carnival of puzzling crimes in Fast and Loose, the sequel to Fast Company.
Local shoppers are urged to visit SKAGGS & CO for graduation gifts as the season unfolds. The store highlights a curated selection of keepsakes and practical presents, aiming to help families choose meaningful items for graduates this year.
Oakie plays a manic publicity agent in The Affairs of Annabel with Lucille Ball. The comedy follows outrageous stunts that endanger Ball as two fugitives threaten her life, drawing sensational press coverage and gunfire from gangsters before the film’s RKO release. Ruth Donnelly and Bradley Benton headline with Ben Styloff producing.
Itinerant service under the federally administered features of the Social Security Act is proposed to aid employers, workers, and others in Taylor County with the old age retirement program.
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