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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1935
Page
7
Miss Mary Forcello of Grafton will sing over station WMMN Fairmont at 8 40 this evening in the amateur contest. Winners receive a trip to New York for auditions for a radio contract. Friends wish her luck and she may advance to finals next week against other winners.
Mona Leslie and Bob Harrison elope then confront Mona’s enemies. Ned Riley and Grannie rally as Josephine Mercer accepts a new engagement while Bob’s temper erupts at a party. The scene shifts to the Stuyvesant track where gossip swirls and a wedding ring exchange foreshadows conflict.
William Layman, district constable, discovered the theft and summoned manager Paul Davis. Investigators reconstructed the incident from items left behind in plain view, revealing what the Gens and others took during their visit.
Federal officials report the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping involves mail fraud and extortion, with seven days to determine if George is alive or dead under federal law. Authorities name possible suspects including Bentz as a Texas fugitive, while Washington patrol chief Cole expects George to be returned alive. Parents wait at home as $200,000 ransom remains ready.
The 1935 MGM musical Reckless opens Sunday at The Strand Theatre introducing Jean Harlow and William Powell as co stars. Harlow plays Mona Leslie a Broadway dancer who rises to social heights only to be dragged into scandal by her millionaire husband. Powell portrays Ned Riley, a jovial sports promoter who accompanies Mona through her rise and downfall and ends as best man.
Composer Jay Gurney criticizes modern songwriters as audiences tire of tuneful excess. He has completed four numbers for the Fox Film musical Lottery Lover, premiering tonight at the Strand Theatre.
Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson return from Africa with their latest jungle film Baboona now playing at New Dixie Theatre They brought 170000 feet of scenic and animal shots and planned thrilling scenes using two Sirkor amphibian planes after securing Fox Film release The expedition logged 60000 miles by air and ground in pursuit of jungle subjects
An exploration tale notes that only after footage was churned in the cutting room did filmmakers realize their clips offered a new angle on jungle dramas. The focus shifts to the baboon family life, presenting a fresh, unintended narrative in the wilderness documentary.
This screen adaptation of Thorne Smith’s novel stars Alan Mowbray as a scientist who petrifies his family and revives pagan gods at an art museum. The fantasy comedy shows tonight and Saturday, promising witty, modernized drama and farcical transformations.
A robbery left behind a partial haul of clothing including two pair trousers with 32 inch waist and 2 inch seam, six pairs of men’s underwear size 36, several hose, and shoes size eight and a half. Paul Davis, the store manager, could not confirm hats or ties but stated the rest of merchandise was checked. After taking what they needed they returned to the butcher shop and feasted on two cartons of frankfurters.
Mrs White Swan of Lorain Ohio presented Papa Swan seven abies after the eggs hatched. The septuplets waddled to the water and swam away soon after, while the father remained distant, and the proud mother kept watch on the lakeside nest.
The ransom note demanded five ten and twenty dollar federal reserve notes as the family learned last Friday, six hours after George was abducted. Weyerhaeuser sources say they remain in the dark about his fate. Pueblo faced flood damage but no deaths, while Kiowa and Hil suffered the worst impact from two cloudburst floods. Efforts to reach Kiowa by air, horse, and foot continue as the region tallies 12 deaths and six missing across northeastern Colorado.
Emerging from a night of terror Pueblo endures its worst flood in 15 years. Homes swept away as highways bridges and communications collapse. Power transportation and relief efforts strained as the eastern slope city bears the brunt of the waters.
The advertising columns offer a buying guide to all needs from amusements to daily goods. It promises time savings and energy efficiency, helps avoid false steps, and aims to extend family budgets.
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