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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
10
A story shows Ann learning to fix her weaving mistakes and persevere. Parents should let children bear small consequences to build resilience for bigger life challenges. The emphasis is on self-reliance, patience, and handling minor setbacks without blame.
Reese of Logan joins the local police detach ment as successor to J. W. Wooddell and is now stationed in Kinnwood. Reports say Heese already held roles with the state police in Log an and others. Remarks mention a new plan for car washing and British press coverage of water shortages.
A dense schedule listing August 1 radio programs across major stations including WEAF WJZ WOR WHAL KDKA WGY WEY WTAM WOX WSB WHAS and more. It catalogs times program names orchestras hosts and feature segments in a period-voice style.
Recording of a chaotic day in Nashville broadcasting and legal actions is framed by references to Amos, Barrett's Orchestra and a 461.3 WSM program. The piece notes a shifting schedule and a testimony sequence involving Clemans and John Oliver on a budget bill case.
AP dispatch from Shadyside Ohio reports Miss Gertrude Suddarth regent graduate of Cincinnati and daughter of Dr and Mrs P S Suddarth was appointed music instructor at Shadyside High School She may await other posts in West Virginia after graduation from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music this year She plans to stay in Cincinnati a month before returning to Grafton Also noted she has refused vaudeville and theatre offers to pursue teaching.
Williamson August 1 Lawrence Pitts of Saeger McDowell county is held in connection with yesterday’s theft of two mail pouches placed on racks at Cedar and Delmore for pickup by a passenger train. Station employees acted quickly to arrest him.
Deputy Warden Ratliff reported Pitts grabbed mail pouches from railcar racks during a freight train incident. About $600 was missing from opened bags. Pitts was arrested and jailed on $5,000 bail. His mother, Mrs Adrian Trisini, died after a kitchen kerosene fire attempt. An explosion followed her attempt to start the blaze.
A crippled 18 year old, Albert Trisiniy, and his mother perished in a fire that destroyed three houses in Dias, Buena Vista Coal company's mining village near Indiana, Pa. The boy could not escape due to his deformities.
In Greenville Ohio on August 1, Mrs. Dorsey Kendell aged 48 of near Gettysburg was killed when a plane piloted by her son Dale Kendell 20 a student pilot crashed into a wood about 200 feet. A second woman passenger Mrs E J Swinger escaped serious injury. Kendell said he had trouble taking off and could not determine cause of the crash.
The weather bureau announced that winds along the current Graf Zeppelin route are mostly neutral. The dirigible would have neither head nor tail winds from the Spanish coast to Bermuda.
In Bluefield West Virginia an infant aged three months died after no medical help was used. At a coroner’s inquest the father, a local minister, said their religion forbids doctors and they trusted prayer. A physician linked the death to cholera infantum after a postmortem.
Washington reports President Hoover is weighing candidates to chair the Republican National Committee. Claudius H. Huston of Tennessee and New York leads the list, with Hubert Work expected to relinquish the post this fall. Other contenders include George Woodruff of Chicago and Ralph Williams of Oregon, a current vice chairman. The committee plans to meet in late September or early October to name a successor to direct the 1930 congressional campaign and possibly continue into the presidential race.
Albany New York on August 1 endures a city wide water famine due to multiple water main and equipment accidents. For 24 hours drinking water was sought from outside sources while hospitals and hotels faced severe shortages and inconvenience amid the drought. Only a small section remained unaffected.
In Pittsburgh on August 1 a blast in the Strip district damaged more than a score of buildings. A three story hardware store was destroyed as two floors collapsed, debris filled the street, and fronts of nearby buildings were shattered. Many residents were awakened and thrown from beds, but no serious injuries were reported and there was no fire.
West's Worlds Wonder Shows will perform 15 shows on the West End grounds featuring a water circus in a glass front water tank. Miss Patsy O Brien, famed water swimmer, will be part of the attraction as the steel railroad caravan traveling company brings 400 rail cars of equipment to the outdoor amusement event.
In St. Clairsville on August 1 a Communist antiwar demonstration was staged last night. Sheriff Ford Moore and deputies dispersed the crowd and warned the leaders against further demonstrations.
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