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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1930
Page
8
A local shop advertises Saturday specials with veal and beef cuts. Items listed include Veal Chops Rib Veal Roast Shoulder Veal Roast and Clod Neal Stew. Prices appear as seventeen cents per pound.
A baby show is scheduled for one night only at the Grafton Opera House. The event features babies in various poses including mothers’ laps and strollers. Brinkmans’ will not raise prices. Starting at 7 10 pm the first show Monday evening August 4, pictures will be shown twice during the program.
Police traced the resort shooting to an automobile linked to Albert Bratz, a reputed gunman for Zata. Victim’s clothing bore S V initials for Sally Vision, another Zata associate. Detectives questioned Zata, Vision, and Bratz in the Alfred Lingle murder case.
Louisville reports show about one third of Kentucky residents lack adequate water supply. Water is hauled in wagons from questionable sources as rural towns suffer. Typhoid fever cases have quadrupled versus July last year and 26 percent of public water systems run part time. Animals also suffer from thirst.
Minerva Allen notes Lexington election in November with no Republican candidates in several districts. In the fifth district there is no Democratic candidate as Rep Maurice Thatcher seeks re election.
Police hunt for clues on an estate collection case linking a single man to a sharer overseer and the phrase his bank book should show large deposits. The note mentions no connection to C. A. Pfeffer, manager of the estate.
Police declined to disclose any connection they planned between Hoffman and his bank deposits in the Buckley murder inquiry. A bank book was found in a tablet drawer with Buckley newspaper clippings, while Sherer estate remarks deny any link to Hoffman.
Jackson's Mill August 2. More than 500 people gathered around the council fire for the Harrison Lewis county 4-H camp closing night. Three Harrison county club members and one Lewis county member were awarded the 4-H pin, among the highest honors in 4-H work. Recipients: Erma Stout Jane Lew, James Duncan Honor, Evelyn Meredith Saty, James Marsh Enter ise. Seth Allman Jane Lew Lewis county will also receive a pin soon.
Chicago reports a suppression suit for 75000 damages alleging alienation of J Birchard Green's affections, president of Chicago Steel and Wire and Fusion Weldings, revealed with a declaration by his former wife Mrs Clare H Green. The defendant is Mrs Patti Dumbeck Green, once divorced in New York from F M Newton of Texarkana. Teaching girls to serve restaurants meals is cited as part of Los Angeles public school curriculum.
Baltimore and Ohio mechanical engineers unveil a new night passenger car at Mount Clare shops. It features a lunch counter, separate smoking rooms for women and men, rubber flooring, carpeted aisles, thermostatic control, and shock absorbing rubber insulation for quiet, smooth travel. This car replaces the standard day coach on night trains to New York and Washington.
A partial fragment discusses Hoover invoking state laws and a view toward developing more, with emphasis on legal frameworks and potential actions. The material is unclear but hints at policy considerations and legislative approaches.
In a period of low mood and tight capital for home construction, Secretary Lamont will chair a planning committee while John M. Giles of the Commerce Department serves as executive secretary, coordinating housing and building efforts to restore construction activity.
Testimony given at a hearing before Assistant Secretary Lowman stated convict labor did not enter the production of Russian pulpwood. Soviet representatives and importers said peasants, all union members, handled the work. Amtorg Trading Corp sold 4.5 million dollars worth of pulpwood to American paper makers.
Mrs Laura Reed of Blueville returns home after two weeks visiting relatives in Midland Pa. Mrs Mary Breedlove and daughter Cleota of Akron Ohio have been in Grafton visiting relatives and friends and go home. Miss Doris Meyers of Baltimore Md is guest of her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs J J Noll of Wendel. Mr and Mrs James R Montgomery Jr of Washington Street leave for Martinsburg W Va accompanied by cousin Virles Cloud. They will return to Grafton Sunday. Mr and Mrs George Connor and family of Clarksburg Mr and Mrs Robert London of Thomas and Mr and Mrs Ted Bernon of Shinnston visit Mrs Bert Limbers. Mr and Mrs Edwards of West Washington Street leave Sunday for six to eight weeks vacation via Pittsburg Washington DC and Shenandoah Valley. They will be accompanied by George McKeen. Mrs E G McKee was in Pen icreat shore visiting cousin Noel Gabbert recovering from operation. I D Martin of Flemington is in the city today. Leland Price of Beech Street is able to be out again after severe illness from gum hemorrhages and a tooth extraction. Mayor and Mrs G C Kine leave for Webster Springs for weekend and bring home their son James who has been visiting there. Clara Korte and Elizabeth Mannion motor to Clarksburg yesterday evening. William Monroe returns to Grafton Park after attending C M T at Knox Ky. son of Mr and Mrs G W Monroe. Mrs Ada Foust and daughter Violet Foust, Mr Dave Heasley Me Howard Grove Frankli Pa R R Foust Miss Georgia Wright of Clarksburg Miss Towa Loughridge nurse at Hopemont spending the weekend with Mr and Mrs H A Robb of West Main Street.
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