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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1933

Page

3

Lindy Club and Society Gather for Evening Games

Society pages report Mrs Henry Lyman entertained the Lindy Club at Highle see with four tables of bridge and prizes for top scores to Mrs Cline Gough and Mrs will Offk while consolation went to Mrs Willian Cannon. Group A of Andrews Ladies Aid met at Longstreet with a six o clock lawn dinner and social. The Grafton Baptist Young Peoples Union presented a grand pageant This Means Me at the Baptist Assembly with Dorothy Bennett singled out for praise. Mrs R DeMoss hosted guests with dancing and refreshments, names include Hunter Robins Eugene Robinson Darwin binson Virginia Robinson and others. Music concluded the event.

Lindy Club Henry Lyman Highle See Cline Gough Will Off Willian Cannon Tillie Morgan Grand Street Mrs. Harry Andrews Ladies Aid Longstreet Grafton Baptist Young Peoples Union Baptist Assembly Grafton al Gageant Althoust Dorothy Bennett Pert Irene Poole Evelyn Swiger Regina Lowther Mary Joe Poe Naomi Robinson Edna Shelton Blaker Herod Warren Herod Leslie Crawford Chauncey Miller R. DeMoss Beat Nt DeMoss Hunter Robins Eugene Robinson Darwin Binson Virginia Robinson Bessie Hensell Caryell Pifer Curtis Jersey City Jon Reese Charles Breedlove Catherine Melvin Whitehair Ray Jacobs Bessie Knisely Bessie McIntosh Agnes Demoss James Dawson Charles Warder Roy Saffel Delbert Robinson C. R. de Moss Alvine Dawson

My Beauty Hint URE Photographer's Model

Nothing discounts charm as much as a poor complexion. Maintaining a lovely complexion requires skin cleanliness. Bathe face and throat twice daily with mild soap in barely warm water, rinse with cool water. Avoid extreme temperature contrasts. At night a cold cream massage is beneficial.

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Personal notes from Grafton Park and surrounding areas

A collection of local social updates from Gallipolis to Grafton Park. Guests include Robert Martin visiting uncle R M Parrish, Anna Cruise traveling to Pittsburgh, Bliss Riley in Hagerstown visiting the Hanways, and Williamson Kunst households renting Monroe cottage for weeks. Others spend a week camping at Grafton Park, with hospital and travel entries for Margaret Hanway and several others.

Robert Martin Gallipolis Ohio R. M. Parrish Brownlow Park Anna Cruise Pittsburgh Bliss Riley Hagerstown W. C. Hanway Grafton Park Paul Williamson Weston D. G. Kunst Irene Monroe Cottage Denver Watring Herold Gabreal Lost Creek Margaret Hanway City Hospital Sam Heckert Detroit Michigan 8. M. Zinn Yates Avenue S. M. Zinn Yates Aven del Paulson Paul Zinn Taylor George Philippi Grafton Ted Mackey Columbus Matthew Luzadder Orwanico Ill Luzadder Mean East End George Mary Granneman Blueville W. 2. Madden Washington Street

Vigorous Selling Flurry Hits Stock Market Today

New York stock market experiences a brief but sharp late morning selling surge before steadying. Transfers reach about 1.7 million shares as declines appear in major names including U S Steel American Telephone American Can National Distillers Allied Chemical General Motors and Western Union.

New York U. S. Steel American Telephone American Can National Distillers Allied Chemical Industrial Alcohol General Motors U. S. Smelting Wester Union

Kidnappers fail elaborate Chicago ransom trap on holiday

Chicago police and federal agents staged a major ransom sting for about 50 000 dollars as part of a trap to nab kidnap suspects linked to the Urschel and Factor cases. A decoy money drop led to a gun battle, with seven gang members fleeing. two men later surrendered after being found in a woods near Las Granges. In Detroit, Mills testifies about Hoover Ford and Couzens in a bank crisis preface, alleging Couzens opposed an RF C loan and Ford warned of big withdrawals.

Chicago Charles Urschel Oklahoma John Factor Las Grange J. Couzens Reconstruction Finance Corporation Union Guardian ‘Trust Co Michigan Hoover Mills R. F.C Couzens Ford Union Guardian Trust Co Union Guardian First National Detroit Land Jury

Racketeers in Mayor's Court in Parkersburg

J Welch of Parkersburg and Fred Spivey of St Marys Ohio faced a mayor's court arraignment after selling country cured picnic hams without licenses. Each fined $10 for peddling without a license. hams sold for twenty cents a pound. Ed Nuzum and Walter Wilmoth were fined $5 for drunkenness.

J. Welch Fred Spivey Parkersburg St. Marys Ohio Police Department Charles O. King Ed Nuzum Walter Wilmoth

Prison Mutiny Ends At Brushy Mountain Prison

A mutiny of about 160 convicts at Brushy Mountain Prison in Ferros Tennessee was quelled last night. All but 17 mutineers surrendered after a two day strike, with the rest coming out of the mines.

Ferros, Tenn Brushy Mountain

Morrison Stores Offer Early Savings on Strong Stock

Morrison Stores advertise larger family stock than before anticipating higher prices. They note a Process Tax will not be applied to current stocks until September 1, saving shoppers if they act within two weeks. Extra heavy stocks position them to deliver savings now.

O. J. Morrison Morrison

Fall millinery mode focuses on caps and berets

The fall millinery concentrates on small caps turbans and berets with many beret variations. Draped crowns are featured and a high at the back tilted front silhouette is popular. The fitted back creates an oblong hat shape while trims appear on the right front. Velvet fabrics and velvet accessories highlight the season with embossed velvet afternoon bags and crystal framed accents.

Labor agent sent to Martinsburg over textile mill strike

The labor department conciliation bureau dispatched an agent to Martinsburg West Virginia to resolve troubles at Inter Swoven Dunn and Berkeley mills. The strike involves 300 Berkeley mill workers with threats of action at the other mills as workers seek to organize.

Martinsburg Washington Labor Department Conciliation Bureau W. Va Interswoven Dunn Berkeley

Summer Dinner Menu and Pineapple Butter Cake

A summer dinner menu serves four with tomatoes cheese spinach bread peaches cucumber salad and pineapple filled cake. A dessert custard style filling uses pineapple juice water sugar flour and egg yolk. bake in a double boiler until thick then fill cake and frost.

Drinking party stories differ on murder near Washington

John C. Mulligan a 45 year old Jeweler store employee was jailed without bail on murder charges as police investigated the slaying of Ella M Schrodt 58 a former actress found dead in her Mt Rainier cottage home around 3 am Mulligan and Mrs Schrodt had lived at the same address for about seven years a secretly questioned Cottage City couple reported drinking with the victim the night before and gave conflicting accounts Officials say Schrodt may have been struck by a bottle blood marks and a stained cloth were found at the scene and a neighbor alerted authorities

Washington John C. Mulligan Jewely Store Ella M Schrodt Mulligan Mms. Schrodt Mt. Ranier Cottage City Inves Robert E. Joyce

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Coral Parrish Montgomery Elmer Trader Jam's Boyce Mrs. DeMoss Anne M. Tucker Durham Enders Keen Kutter Sen. Couzens Detroit Bank Herbert Hoover Henry Ford James Couzens Harry B. Keidan Wilson W. Mills First National Bank Coats Ben H. Frana W. Main Mary Jane Beauty Shop Eugene ST. John Street J. Morrison Cleesasrize Vettel Act P. K. Wash Jersey Jolliffe Eda Editha Pach Dhesselves Mra Alexander George
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