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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1930
Page
4
The page announces letters to the editor welcome with a 500 word limit and states anonymous communications are disregarded. It lists advertising rates including 2 cents per word for first insertion, 1 cent per word for subsequent insertions, a 6 cent per inch composition charge after 9 am, and removal notices due by 6 pm the prior evening.
The piece argues real greatness lies in brain and heart power rather than wealth. It notes the U S population at 134,848,664, praising wise unity, service, and progress over boastful power, urging Americans to better serve others and avoid national pride. It references Galatians 6 14 and quotes Barnum on fools and suckers.
Morgantown reports W VU official denies Jacksons Mill farm agents meeting to discuss drought. New Martinsville sheriff says Melvin Slider confessed to killing Lott Loudenslager after Loudenslager killed wife and stepdaughter. Charleston hears Cheat River water power appeal on September 9. Glenn Morris Wyoming Coal mine worker killed as roof collapses. Charleston Dupont chemist Blair dies after coke plant cable snaps. Logan Thornhill sought in Frazier Bolling slaying arrested. Charleston Governor Conley to attend drought conference with Hoover.
World War hero and writer Chris tian Gross an attache of the American legation in Bern was granted a divorce from Mrs. Virginia Harrison Gross on charges of desertion in Chicago.
Herbert Plummer notes the House of Representatives faces a bugbear in roll calls with 425 names to tally and time losses. Col John Tilson records the 71st Congress as the leanest in roll calls, while a heatwave anecdote shows Senator Norris borrowing Senator Jones’s coat in a cloakroom mix up.
Oakland Philip Shep Heard Teller a 69 year old wealthy retired importer and three years member of the United States shipping board. Santa Ana Miss May Fox 165 artist and descendant of an old Pennsylvania family.
A highway worker was swept to his death when flood waters washed away the approach to a bridge he guarded. Heavy rains caused a railroad track washout as a cloudburst moved through Colorado, altering work and traffic conditions during the storm.
Washington August 9 Ex pressed In many languages the theme of good roads for all the world will be studied this fall in Washington by road builders from 65 countries attending the sixth international road congress. The conference runs October 6 to 11 under US government invitation.
Richard Maslock surveys a city where legends of gangster benefactors persist yet turn harsh for many. He recalls a Broadway night club scene, a cash payoff via an IOU, and Marie Williams as a catalyst for a modern stage archetype. Also notes on ocean liners and a Madison Avenue shop crafting bon voyage baskets with long-serving staff.
The United States replaces the 50 year old Shanghai consulate with a palatial new building on the Whangpoo river. Edwin Cunningham, consul general, oversees a staff of about 100 as construction begins to create the finest diplomatic complex in Asia. The aging brick structures, once sturdy, now crumble while the valuable riverfront property soars in value, bought 46 years ago for a fraction of today’s price. The old site will be rebuilt within two years into a modern complex including living quarters and offices.
In a bid to curb unemployment the city of Waukesha Wisconsin discarded machinery in the construction of a new storm sewer. The move added fifteen workers to the project team as part of the effort to provide more jobs today.
A long time shopper claims he has never sailed and plans to use savings for a new venture. He intends to buy a boat to trace his past journeys and understand where his baskets have been headed all these years.
Canberra August 9 The 80 000 Australian government movie contest proved a fiasco None of the entries rated worthy of first prize though Arthus Limited won third prize 6500 for Pellers a silent film about desert campaigns in Palestine made by Australian soldiers over more than a year
The West Virginia Volunteer Firemen convention at Terra Alta will feature Old Conestoga Wagon Coach of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and other historic items from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stored at Halsthorpe Maryland. relics include an 1813 Conestoga Wagon an 1830 Tom Thumb locomotive model and Lincoln ox yoke with broader display during Wheeling fair Jubilee.
Fire raged through a row of warehouses in Galatz on August 9 destroying a block storing considerable foreign goods. Damage was placed at over 200 million Lef, about 1.18 million dollars. Three firemen were seriously hurt and seven others gassed. sailors from naval yards and soldiers aided the effort amid water scarcity and rapid spread of the blaze.
Konawa Oklahoma August 9 witnesses say 28 year old Fitzhugh Elledge drove his truck off a high embankment to avoid a collision with a car driven by a woman.
Cleveland witnesses a fatal accident at Bainbridge race track when jockey Leonard Madden 26 and his wife Pearl tried to push a stalled automobile off the track. Madden died struck by a fast passenger train just after midnight while his wife escaped injury. Madden's home was listed as Pittsburgh.
Kansas City reports an unusual hayfever season as ragweed crops are unusually short due to the drouth. Dr. W. Duke, a hayfever specialist, states sneezes will lack their usual gusto this year.
Navy answers overview continues from page one mentioning the Sehneider cup competition. The report notes additional comments by the navy and references to Maybach engines and related technical details.
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