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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1930
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text lists scattered crossword clues and clues and answers including mentions of The Faerie Danish money Wonderland Queene and references to Rolder's home and Hennedore 45 with various garbled phrases.
In a street by street incident Mrs Meyers was injured during a blaze that damaged the Meyers home. The fire left her mother in critical condition while three children slept, and unknown assailants were reported in connection with the attack.
A US naval observatory led scientific party will travel 18 1 000 miles to observe a total solar eclipse on October 22 from Ninafou in the South Pacific. Eight astronauts and a crew of enlisted men, with Prof S A Mitchell directing observations, plan to establish a 60 foot camera tower and record corona size and prominences for the national museum. The voyage from Pago Pago to Ninafou and base at Apia Samoa precedes the 92 second eclipse timed for 9 09 a m local on October 22, 1937.
A process server served a subpoena in Chicago after a partner Murray J Posner allegedly gave 40 000 to Miss Xane from funds owed to creditors. She is to testify about how the money was obtained and the circumstances surrounding the transfer.
A collage of brief items: French star Fremch music hall artist Jane Aubert fights alimony claims while continuing Broadway appearances. A Hoboken hotel thief falls into a detective trap as New York reports on a trap baited by trousers. An elderly Griffon war dog rests after serving with French forces, lauded in Ware, Mass. Ray Barbuti scores a bridge grand slam in New York with Helen Hicks and Jack Mackie watching. Mexico exports over six billion bananas annually.
Overnight dispatches report Norris and Hitchcock nominated for senate in Lincoln with Weaver and Bryan winning governorships in various states. Other results show Bankhead picking to oppose Heflin in Montgomery Alabama, Davis leading for governor, Gore and Murray leading in different Democratic races, and mixed outcomes in Ohio and Washington areas. Reports include a mine bombing suspect in Montgomery and international incidents from Tokyo to Hankow, plus a fruit quarantine modification and a fatal blast in Berlin.
New York August 13 UP stockholders of Sinclair Consolidated Oil are asked to approve expansion plans that would create a billion dollar company. A September 17 special meeting will consider issuing 5,000,000 preferred shares to fund consolidations and mergers and to refund bonds and retire current preferred stock. The plan foresees acquiring Prairie Oil and Gas, Prairie Pipe Line, and Tidewater Associated Oil.
Aug 13 Memphis Clarence Saunders, after talks with New York bankers, said negotiations failed to regain control and reorganize Clarence Saunders Stores Inc, now in receivership. Bankers holding $500,000 notes offered to buy Clarence Saunders Pacific Stores Inc in California, but Saunders refused. He plans to travel to California soon to manage the stores there.
Wilhelm Hohenzollern, ex emperor, telegraphed Baron Alberto Lambroso thanking him for articles on origins of the war published in Giornale di Genova. The Kaiser praised the baron for objectivity and documentation and said the conclusions convincingly show tendencies leading to a prewar alliance among Russia, France, and England. He expressed hope that proof of German innocence from war guilt would be attained.
New York August 13. Helen Kane known as the boop a doop singer is restrained by a supreme court order from touching $40,000 in her Plaza Trust Company account. The warder acted at the request of creditors of the Bond Drom Company.
University, Va. Aug 13. Mrs. Marion Booth Kelly, member of the New York State Advisory Council of the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, urged repeal of prohibition before the Institution of Public Affairs. She condemned prohibition whether enforced or unenforced, arguing unenforced law breeds disrespect for law and enforced law violates the federal constitution. She cited Washington, Patrick Henry, Jefferson and Franklin as examples of past disobedience that protected liberties.
Dr. Amante Rongetti was denied a new trial on his third conviction for causing Loretta Enders' death by an illegal operation. He received 1 to 14 years in prison, with a 60 day stay for appeal to the supreme Court and bonds set at $25,000.
Elmira Aug 13 two women Communists in charge of international relief works at Van Etten were charged today with desecrating the American flag a complaint drawn by United States Commissioner Claude V.
Stowell of Corming stands charged after Ai rene Holmes and Mebel Husa spat profane language about the flag on August 8. Warrants were obtained by Andrew Dennis of Sayre and Daisy Felt of Waverly. The women pleaded not guilty and sought a 48 hour adjournment for aid from the International Labor Defense Committee.
In St Louis, Walinsky discovered burglars gained entry via a duplicate key and ripped open his mattress to steal $2,200 saved over many years. Police report details of the break in and the lost funds.
Lt Harold Bromiey of Tacoma plans a nonstop trans Pacific flight starting within the week from Kasumigaura airfield near Tokyo after officials cleared the route. The Graf Zeppelin era noted, Yokohama unloads to the chosen field as the project gains official permission. A New York clearance note reports exchanges at 946 million and a 45 million balance, plus a Galveston grain elevator project for 6 million bushels.
Del Monte California August 13 two court summonses were served on actor Jack Pickford brother of Mary Pickford over unpaid store bills. The summonses were issued in Los Angeles and a third awaits in Los Angeles as Pickford began his third honeymoon after marrying Mary Malhorn in New York. About 1000 dollars owed to merchants is cited.
A Detroit field day prize went to a ticket holder who won a $12,000 movie home. The winner held the ticket tucked in his pocket as he drove on.
A minor earthquake was felt in Pozzuoli at 1:35 a.m. residents fled to streets and kept vigil until dawn. No casualties or damage occurred. The tremor, local to the Solfatara region, registered barely in Naples, per the Institute of Terrestrial Physics.
Detained for 30 seconds near a Detroit traffic signal, William J. Mathey of Clifton New Jersey ends up owning a $12,000 piece of Detroit property after being persuaded by firemen to buy a ticket for unclear reasons.
Two men broke into Mrs. E. W. Myers home 15 miles south of Brie, tied her with ropes, set her clothing ablaze and touched matches to carpets and curtains before she freed herself and fought back. The incident occurred last night as police began inquiries into the brazen assault, with neighbors reporting the frightening home invasion and arson attempt.
The Wilson family descendants of William Wilson Jr plan an all day reunion in Cambridge Ohio on August 17. The lineage traces to William a Scottish Irish settler who came from near Mifield West Virginia in 1746 and includes many branches across Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and surrounding counties. Local organizers urge participation and will provide information on request. A commemorative tablet marks where Georgia's colonial Gazette was published and a memorial trail from Valley California to Mount With 496 feet high summit is planned.
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