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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1936
Page
6
Keef er Timear, an undefeated swimmer with 29 meet streaks, holds five world backstroke records and competed in 26 European meets last summer. He is currently in Florida for a series of Olympic tryouts.
An Oklahoma Indian youth named Will Rogers enrolled in school at Yates Center Kansas. He is adept with the lariat but not related to the late star. The item notes no family ties and identifies the boy’s move to the school.
Market list shows prices for heavy hens sléghorn and leghorn springers, ducks white and colored, corn 23% and 21% moisture, medium red clover seed and clover seed, soybeans, new hay No 1 Timothy mixed clover alfalfa cut stages, and No 1 wheat straw. Local quotes reflect varied weights and moisture content.
A sweeping overview of the NBC network plans and star lineups as radio enters a historic conference. Figures include Stewart McDonald and Lewis Brown detailing industry scope along with Edwin Franko Goldman Kate Smith Tom Howard George Sneldon and Edwin C Hill featured on the program. Jolson Vallee Reisman Romberg and others are noted for upcoming shows.
The Shrine Theatre in Fort Wayne hosts Tobacco Road on January 6 and 7 with Henry Hull in the lead. Hull, acclaimed on Broadway for this role, is joined by Mary Servoss, Fiske O'Hara, Carrie Reynolds and a noted company including Leon Ames Haila Stoddard Pauline Drake Hallene Hill Donald Barry and Howard Banks.
Arthur J. Lesard, released on his own recognizance after 14 months in jail, now receives one dollar daily for occupying a cell following a pending robbery trial.
The listing catalogs a dense, era style radio timetable with programs on WLW WABC WJR WOWO WTAM WHAS WOSU WKRC WSM and WTAM. It notes hosts and shows such as McCormick Fiddlers Doolittle Gang Al Jolson Jack Benny Eddie Cantor Major Bowes and Ford Hour along with time slots and station letters.
Radio programs fill the evening with WJR WLW WTAM and more, while a local display documents Otto Naffz drugstore’s 12 year history with the first nickel sale. An APPEAL fundraiser in East Liverpool seeks help to buy new police uniforms after four months unpaid.
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