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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1930

Page

8

AFRIDI BAND ROUNDUP AT PESHARWAL PARTS TETHERED

Reports from Eshawar and Poona describe Royal Air Force assistance to land forces in clearing Afridi stragglers from Peshawar district while civilians, including women and two children, were evacuated to safety. In Yerada jail prominent Congress leaders meet with Gandhi to discuss possible talks before the London conference. Mohanlal Nehru and Sarojini Naidu attend discussions with Gandhiji and Vallabhbhai Patel amid calls for moderation.

Eshawar India Peshawar Parachinar Hat Royal Air Force London Sarojini Naidu Congress Fataren Paripata Mahatma Naidu Motilal Warhalal Nehri Sir Tej Bahaur Sapru Jayakar Sir Tej The and Gandhi Valbhai Patel Yerada Conferce

Murphysboro Aviator Tied to August Mine District Bombing

Investigators from two federal agencies and two states build a circumstantial case against Paul Montgomery of Murphysboro in a mine district bombing near Providence Kentucky. Three witnesses report seeing Montgomery depart the airport around 2:30 AM with two unknown men and a sack, while Montgomery says he flew alone near Pickneyville. A felony warrant was issued at Dixon, Kentucky.

Murphysboro Paul Montgomery Providence Clara Paul Evelyn Fleming Raymond Phifer Montgomery Phifer Pickneyville Dixon

Funeral Thursday for Mrs Carder in Harmony Grove

Funeral services for Audra Carder 22 of Lost Run will be held Thursday at Harmony Grove Baptist Church with Rev. W R Moyer officiating. Burial follows at Grove cemetery. She was the wife of Lawrence Carder and daughter of B N Phillips and the late Bertha Sigley Phillips. She leaves a husband, a daughter two, six brothers, a sister and a half sister.

Audra Car der Lost Run Harmony Grove Baptist Church W. R. Moyer Grove Cemetery Bartlett Undertaking Company Carder Lawrence Carder B. N Bertha Sigley Phillips

Jurors Probe Ewald Charges In New York Case

A New York grand jury investigates George J. Ewald former city magistrate on claims he paid 12000 to influence a bench appointment in 1927. DA Crain notes a 51000 joint account withdrawal by Mrs Ewald tied to a loan for Tamany district leader Healy. Mayor Walker testifies as trial for mall fraud nears.

New York George J. Ewald Crain Ewald Bertia Ewald Martin J. Healy Tammany United States Tuttle Mr. Ewald Healy

Lipton Yacht Nearing Coast Before New London Stop

Lipton's Brin and challenger Shamrock V stood off Block Island Rhode Island and were headed toward New London Connecticut. The Shamrock reported a trying voyage with headwinds and heavy seas but good progress in American waters aided by the Erin wireless. They expected to arrive by 5 p.m. and looked forward to trial races with rivals in pleasant seas.

New York Thomas Lipton Brin Block Island New London Conn Associated Press Shamrock

Yost Named Chief of Republican National Committee Women

Mrs Lena Lowe Yost Republican national committee woman for West Virginia and WCTU leader is named to succeed Mrs Louise M Dodson as director of women's activities for the RNC. Yost will work with new chairman Senator Fess and has ties to Antigeh College. Georgia farm output listed. Michigan studies fish suffocation from oxygen loss.

Washington Lena Lowe Yost Republican National Committee W. Va Women’s Christian Temperance Union Louise M. Dodson Yost Fess Ohio Antigeh College

Child asleep in stolen Bath car sparks search

Police in central and western New York hunted for Edmund Stanton a three year old who slept in the stolen Stanton sedan outside Bath Hospital. Parents Charles and Mrs Stanton of Nelson Pa were visiting a relative when the vehicle vanished. License details circulated as a citizen posse planned to hunt nearby roads for the missing child and potential clues.

Bath New York Edmund Stanton Stanton Bath Hospital Charles Stanton Nelson Arnold Boyée Elmira

Retains River Speed Trophy After Faster Dash

E G Koenig of St. Louis wired Memphis papers urging that Dr Louis Leroy of Memphis retain the Mississippi river speed trophy for boats from New Orleans to St Louis despite C N Mickler of New Orleans setting a new record with an outboard motor. Leroy protested the dash claiming the motor change invalidated Mickler’s achievement. Leroy previously held the record in the boat Bogie last year.

Memphis Tenn E. G. Koenig New Orleans St. Louis Dr. Louis Leroy C.N. Mickler Mickler Dr. Leroy

Hunters May Take To Air In Wake Of Record Breaker

Sparta Illinois August 13 News that their brief reign as endurance flight champions was ended was received passively today at the Hunters homes. Their record of 553 hours 41 minutes set in Chicago July 4 was broken at St Louis by Dale Jackson and Forest O Brien. John Hunter, one of the Chicago flight pilots, said They broke the record I guess thats all there is to it. He was unsure if they would try to regain it.

Walter Albert Hunter John Kens Ghigo Albert O'Brine St. Louis Harry Perkins Hunter Brothers Sparta Chicago Dale, Jackson Forest O’brine John Hunter

Prehistoric Race People Found on Distant Island

San Diego Aug 13 Evidence indicates a prehistoric people lived largely on snail diet and had no contact with the 60 mile mainland. Findings suggest human life on the island much earlier than believed with few hearths and no tools found. Malcolm Ri ers, expedition head, notes lack of boats implied lifeways.

San Diego Cal Oac Foumiba Sarby Malcolm Riers

Gasoline Flash Envelops Bandit After Shot At Woman

In Joplin Missouri a gunman fired at a woman last night. A flash ignited gasoline on the robber and he burst into flames. He fled toward a car driven by a companion while Mrs Army Haggard, a filling station operator, helped extinguish flames.

Joplin Nivag Army Haggard Bose Fet Og

Italy advances in pediatric studies says Dr Moore

Dr Ulysses Moore of the University of Portland reports that Italy is well advanced in pediatric studies after visiting Genoa University clinics and anti tuberculosis institutes. He held conferences with local medical authorities during the visit on August 13.

Enon Italy Ulysses Moore University of Portland Ore Moore Genoa

Winter fruit supplies steady despite no price rise

Chicago reports market news from the UW 3 Department of Agriculture indicating normal receipts of garden commodities and no expected scarcity. W. H. Hall states there has been no rise in production or shipping costs, forecasting a normal year for fruits and vegetables.

Chicago Market News Division UW. 3 Department of Agriculture W. H. Hall Market News Service Hall

Beetle War Being Waged Across Northeast States

Washington reports a federal and state campaign to stop the Japanese beetle over about 43,888 square miles. The pest, established here 16 years ago, covers New Jersey and large parts of Maryland Pennsylvania Delaware Connecticut D C and small areas in Virginia New York Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Washington Pennsylvania Lee A. Strong Plant Quarantine and Control Administration United States New Jersey Maryland Delaware Connecticut District of Columbia Virginia New York Massachusetts Rhode, Island

William H McGinnis 74 Honored by Court Pallbearers

Wil lam Hereford McGinnis a former state supreme court judge died yesterday at 74 in Beckley West Virginia. All present state supreme court judges will serve as honorary pallbearers along with former U S senators W E Chilton Sr and M M Neely and Democratic national committeeman Herbert Pittpatrick. Funeral at Methodist Episcopal Church South with Rev W J Foglesong officiating followed by burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Also note Louisiana State University instructed 7110 students this year.

Charleston M. M. Neely Fairmont Herbert Pitzpatrick Huntington Natonal West Virgini Ludo Mécinnis Methodist Episcopal_Church South W. J. Foglesong Oak Hill Burjot Sunset Memorial Park Beckley

Bar Delegates Reach Canada by Duchess of Atholl

Three hundred delegates from France Scotland England and Ireland arrived in Toronto aboard the liner Duchess of Atholl for the Canadian Bar Association convention on August 15 and 16 and the American Bar Convention in Chicago later in the month. The ship brought notable figures including Sir John Simon Viscount Dunedin Sir William Jowitt Justice Hanna and Henri Decugis. The group follows reciprocal visits with North American jurists in prior years.

Quebec France Scotland England Ireland Canadian Bar Association Toronto Chicago Duchess of Atholl John Simon Indian Statutory Commission Viscount Dunedin Principality of Scotland William Jowitt Justice Hanna Henri Decugis Paris League of Nations Party of European Jurists and United States Canada

Seventy Perons Drown When Ship Explodes Near Canton

Canton China August 13 seventy persons most of them women drowned when a large Chinese launch traveling from Hongkong to Kongmoon on the Sinking Estuary was blown up by a mine. The outrage is attributed to river pirates who refused protection fees from the river launchmen.

Canton China Hongkong Kongmoon

Three Homes Washed Away by Cloudburst at Round Mountain

Reno Nevada August 13 three homes and a hotel were reported washed away at Round Mountain mining camp by a cloudburst that deluged the area last night.

Reno Nev Round Mountain Nevada

Man carries shotgun to kill rats in Chicago

Chicago police arrest Al Lidl while he rides out with a shotgun. The judge questions the odd scene as Lidl admits intent to kill rats and bugs, framing the case around a public nuisance or violent act amid a tense encounter with authorities.

Chicago al Lidl Lyle Tam Jan

Violence and Labor Action Mark Wailing Wall Anniversary

Jerusalem remembers the wailing wall disorder victims with a planned August 23 work stoppage by Arab workers. Disputes over wall ownership persist after last summer riots that left many Jews and Arabs dead.

Jerusalem Ti Arab Last Sumer

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