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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1933
Page
7
Willy Nilly forgives Christopher after a rooftop prank reveals the missing scissors hidden in ashes. The group endures a storm as thunder roars and lightning flashes while the box on the roof is retrieved.
Pope Pius XI toured Villa Barberini at Castel Gandolfo noting the modern dairy and farm setup. The pope’s electric milking cows water basins and identity-tagged hens illustrate a carefully managed papal state farm. A motor truck links Castel Gandolfo to Vatican City delivering fresh produce daily to 700 residents.
Washington on August 17 report that major bituminous coal operators waited through golf and idle time before breakfast to meet Deputy Recovery Administrator Kenneth M. Simpson. The talk concerned recovery measures and policy guidance tied to oil and steel interests.
After Milo G. Burcham’s feat, Lieut Tito Falcon of the Italian royal air force reclaimed the inverted flight record with a time of two hours, eight minutes and 54 seconds. Burcham vowed to attempt another break.
Dr Robert Gerkin, optometrist, plans a new office in the Jarrett building on Main Street with equipment arriving within ten days. He is a Northern Minor College of Optometry graduate born and raised in the city and well known to many locals.
Chicago reporters say the entire Hill side police force left to attend a state highway policeman's funeral. On return they found two inmates missing from the village jail. A magnolia tree at Elkhart was noted, having blown down twice this year.
Police investigate the death of Dr. John Preston Kennedy a Greenwood Mississippi surgeon. In a deathbed statement Kennedy accuses Dr. Sarah Dean a woman physician of administering poison and she is being held.
New York Central Railroad Co reported total freight loadings of 100,439 cars for the past week, down from 104,759 the prior week and 75,903 in the corresponding period last year. The year over year gain sits at about 224 percent, contrasting with a 38.8 percent rise the week before versus 1932 figures.
The Columbia feature So This Is Africa! opens at the Opera House tonight through Saturday. Wheeler and Woolsey in khaki shorts satirize wild animal films with Esther Muir and Raquel Torres in a jungle farce packed with vaudeville gags and a playful mock Tarzan milieu.
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