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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1928

Page

2

Radio Program Schedules by The Associated Press

Eastern time listings show daily radio programs across networks in New York Newark Philadelphia and other cities with call letters and wavelengths. Many stations feature Dodge Presentation Hoover Sentinels Slumber Music Maxwell Hour Organ and Dance programs, with varied hours and regional schedules across WEAF WJZ WOR WPG WEEI WGR WABC WELW WDKA WGY WBY WNO WSBB WHAS WSM KYW WGN WLW WSAL WTAM WCN WJR and others.

The Associated Press WEAF New York Hoover Sentinels Wayside Inn Louisville

Kenneth Thompson Weds Stage Beauty in Los Angeles

Kenneth Thompson married theater star Mise Alden in Los Angeles on a Tuesday night. The couple, linked to New York and London stages, faced international attention after British authorities barred her from a London production citing competing employment for a local actress.

Los Angeles Keyed Thomson Than Thad Screen Mise Alden New York London

Miss Taylor County Pageant Highlights Moose Jubilee

Grafton hosts a June Jubilee with the Miss Taylor County Pageant and a grand Baby Pageant. Prizes include silver cups, a diamond ring, a bracelet, cash accounts, and a special baby buggy parade. Parents flock to 55 West Main for registrations as crowds anticipate triumph and souvenir keepsakes.

Taylor County Grafton Moose Lodge West Main Street Taylor Co. Bank Sciddie Jollitfe’s Roy Grafton Grafton Banking and Trust Company

List of young children with ages and addresses

Babies and young children named with ages range from a few months to several years. Multiple entries include names such as Ruth Pauline Haslop Irene Moore Charles Paul Martin Rose Mary Zollinger Virginia Held Natalie Pembroke Halley Hussion Mary Jean Welsh Mary Jane Bennett Reynolds Gall Elizabeth Whitehair Beaty Bartlett Isabel Cuppert Therese Morgan Theresa Colon Mary Miman Lois Huxenbaugh Lloyd Kuhn Rose Mary Ruth Colebank Betty Kinsey Betty Sorge Wilber Lyons Blen Doerr Katherine Henderson Helen Mantz Catherine Wine and others with streets and cities like La Borne Parkview Main Street Grafton Newburg West Main Street Thayer Avenue East Bluemont Street etc.

Pare Blaore Shaw John Edward Trainam Latrobe Street Ruth Pauline Haslop Parkview Irene Marie Moore Maple Avenue Charles Paul Martin West Boyd Street George Ashby, Jr Main Street Rose Mary Zollinger W. Main Street Virginia Lee Grafton Beaty Jane Bartlett East Main Street Isabel Cuppert Maple’ Avenue Therese Marie Morgan Thayer Avenue Theresa Savernia Colon Barrett Street Mary Joe Miman Warder Avenue Lois Nanoma Huxenbaugh St. Charles Street Helen Lee Mantz Catherine Virginia Wine Bluemont St

Sentinel Office Fire Alarm Sparks Smoke In Night

Shortly after midnight a fire alarm sounded at the Central Hotel on Latrobe street after smoke poured from the rear windows of the Sentinel printing office below. Fire and police found burning waste paper embers in an iron container outside the printing office door. The burning embers smoldered under rain, sending smoke upward into the hotel.

Central Hotel Latrobe Street Sentinel

Bandits Loot Ball Room As City Officers Quell Stampede

Chaos erupts at a hotel and ballroom as bandits storm entrances, looting guests and forcing jewelry and cash into a canvas bag. Police disperse hundreds of students and pedestrians with swords bayonets and beatings, then exit toward Indianapolis after a tense scene.

Debate Over Fellowship Forum Ties To The Klan

Senator Barkley questioned the Fellowship Forum's relation to the Ku Klux Klan and was told there is no relationship though some deem it sympathetic. John A. Livingston of the Washington North Carolina News and Over ran a statement about a campaign suggesting Klan links. Livingston denied paying for political work and said the Sui ganization in North Carolina denied its existence, noting the only other group with similar actions was the K K K. The committee adjourned for two hours to await Heflin.

Fellowship Forum Barkley Kentucky Washington Heflin Wwe John A. Livingston Wanhleton Rable North Carolina, News and Over Windsor-Salem Journal Livingston North Carolina Hig Newa Dispatches

Mays thanks voters in Grafton and Taylor county

William J. Mays expresses gratitude to the people of Grafton and Taylor county for nominating him and pledges to merit their confidence as sheriff. He also thanks opponents for a clean race and vows to serve West Virginia, Taylor County, and Grafton. Billy Mays and Guy D. Haymond extend countywide thanks for the primary election support.

Fetterman Grafton Taylor County Fam William J Billy) Mays West Virginia Tho County Guy D Haymond

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