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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1932
Page
5
Vandalia Ohio August 22 Fred Tomlin of Glassboro New Jersey won the second annual open championship of the Grand American trapshooting tourney by hitting all 200 targets at 26 yards. Crowds watched as he posted a flawless score and noted the strong turnout.
Captain Mollison lands in New York after a 36 hour 1 minute flight from Ireland with stops at St John New Brunswick and Pennfield Ridge. He is greeted by Mayor Walker's committee, carries a Dublin mayoral letter, and tours the city in a celebratory reception. Two mechanics will work through the night to prepare his aircraft dubbed the flying gas tank for the return trip.
Cincinnati report says National League president John Heydler fined Charley Grimm manager and players Guy Bush and Woody English of the Chicago Cubs $100 each for creating a row during a game with the Phillies on Saturday in Chicago. Umpires complained of language after a protested play.
Philadelphia announces the purchase of pitcher Clarence Pickerel from Fort Worth of the Texas League for delivery next spring. Pickerel, 21, right handed, had won six of 11 starts before an injury. Phillies’ Gerald Nugent says Fort Worth received 16 Fort Worth players under the deal along with cash for the pitcher.
Yesterday's results include Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh 0 and New York 9 Brooklyn 3 in the National League. Chicago beat Philadelphia 2 0 and Boston drilled St Louis 7 2 with 14 innings. Leagues list standings with teams Chicago Brooklyn Pittsburgh Philadelphia New York Cincinnati and more. Upcoming American League games feature Philadelphia Chicago Boston St Louis New York and Detroit. Mid Atlantic results include Johnstown Beckley Charleston Huntington Clarksburg Cumberland. American Association tallies Indianapolis Kansas City Milwaukee Columbus and St Paul.
In Ohio, the second settlement near Cincinnati was Columbia and the third was Lo Santiville, neither bearing the later city name. The note recalls how Cincinnati grew from these early sites, marking the stages of settlement naming.
SOEREN leaders spotlight Foxx and Klein with the Phillies, Ruth and Gehrig with the Yankees, Averill with the Indians, Ott with the Giants, Simmons with the Athletics, highlighting top figures across clubs.
The list features Pet OODoul with the Dodgers at .370, Klein of the Phillies at .358, Foxx of the Athletics at .387, Saarst of the Phillies at .353, Manush of the Senators at .349, 346 Gehrig of the Yankees, illustrating top hitters and batting averages.
John P. of Falmouth Mass achieves a vulnerable grand slam by taking all 13 tricks with clubs as trumps. His partner forgoes mentioning spades in the bidding, trusting his clubs hold enough power to compensate for possible spade discards, despite the risk of a freak distribution defeating the slam.
A bridge article describes North signaling strength with a two heart bid and South forcing toward a seven clubs slam. West leads diamonds, and the club slam is a lay down as high cards align. An obituary note follows: Rev. Thomas Wesley Sisk, 85, dies after concluding his sermon at Little MOffett Baptist Church.
The article previews a speed marked aviation event with pilots aiming for 300 mph plus. It notes two stubby ships with dice painted on their sides among the entrants and lists notable fliers Maj. James, H. Doolittle, Russel Thaw, and W. J. Wesel. Races involve ten laps of a ten mile course at treetop heights with relaxed restrictions. past Thorpe Trophy winners Helman and Balges are noted as deceased in later accidents.
In Illinois a coal wage dispute pits 10 000 striking miners against company and county sheriffs. Deputies guard pits in Christian county as Peabody invites idle workers to return at the $5 daily scale. A mass meeting in West Frankfort is broken up by deputies with reports of bullets and injuries as Franklin county mobilizes 250 deputies to deter nonresident miners from entering.
Augusto Rosso, Italy's new bachelor ambassador to the United States, notes a prior posting at the Italian embassy for two years starting at age 25 and a 1922 return for three more years. A lawyer who never practiced, the 47 year old Rosso is a Turin area gentleman farmer when home, seldom.
U S boxing coach Spike Webb reveals an all time squad mixing three Americans three Italians and two Jewish fighters. Names include Eddie Flynn Carmen Barth Fidel LaBarba Jackie Williams Jackie Fields Sam Mossberg Wadie Flynn Carmen Barth Eddie Eagen and William Spengler with 1920 1924 and 1932 titles cited.
The text profiles Italian figures linked to Mussolini, noting Guido Jung as finance minister in planning a reparations reset and De Francisci and Rocco in cabinet roles. It highlights personalities, accents, and backgrounds, including Grandi’s accompanying of Dino Grandi to the United States and De Francisci’s poised leadership as he carries on Rocco’s penal code project. It also mentions a veteran Fascist born in Palermo in 1876 and his role in road construction in Sicily.
Thirteen city firemen under Assistant Chief Burke answered an alarm at 9 30 Saturday night at 119 Fanny street and found little damage. The home, owned by Tony Olivia and occupied by Henry Kidd, was believed to have started between the first and second floors due to combustion.
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