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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1933
Page
2
The piece argues wholesome family happiness comes from engaging hobbies for all ages. It stresses early introduction of a real hobby to children to ensure lifelong interest, noting parents’ own hobbies anchor family life and personal fulfillment beyond work.
Mary Graham tells of Rip the dog lured into a car by a man seeking a reward from the dog catcher. Rip notices the suspicious smell and eavesdrops on the man’s plan while hungry for the bone. The dog struggles as the man tries to drive away, hoping to fetch money.
Sum mit county grand jury indicted six former officers of the First Central Trust Company Akron’s largest bank when it failed to reopen after a national holiday in March Akron officials say misapplication of funds involved. Kentucky game and fish department reports obtaining 4218 quail at 10 dollars each for distribution on hunting preserves.
The county commissioners agreed Monday to turn over all county machinery to the road supervisor for use on the King Brichard Boulevard project from the city west to the Tygart Valley river and connecting with Route 50 at Fetterman bridge, and on the Stone House road south of town. The court had previously allowed use until August 20 while negotiating with the state road commission, but no agreement was reached, so the court billed in its machinery to Balurday.
In labor post Edward F McGrady of Boston was installed as assistant secretary of labor. He has served as assistant administrator for labor for the NRA and will continue his NRA duties.
A race turn description notes a banked, high and steep section where a rider named Gasso cuts in causing a back wheel to nick Fue GE, making it spin. The scene includes a shout from Fluffy warning that the wrong way to win is being used, suggesting a chaotic moment during the competition.
New York Aug 23 Alfred E Smith urges universal cooperation for the national recovery program saying failure would mean a long siege with slow rehabilitation. He warns the plan must not fail and supports the president's plan as the course for good citizens in a democracy amid illness in the body politic. He questions how the NRA can possibly work per his New Outlook magazine note.
Mrs. Frank Densmore Sr entertained at her Newburg home on Sunday for the fifteenth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs T A Densmore, the thirteenth birthday of Ann Densmore, and the eighty third birthday of Miss Martha Simpson. Eleven guests attended.
Sentinel announces two cents per word for first insertion and one cent for each additional insertion. Minimum charge 45 cents. Each numeral and installment counts as one word. Ads must be conservative and in regular style. errors reported immediately. sentinel not liable for more than one incorrect insertion.
Brief notice fragments show multiple rental and sale ads. Items include a cozy five room apartment with garage, furnished housekeeping rooms for a young couple, desirable three hundred Walnut street apartments, a six room house for sale or rent with central location, E D Robinson property at 11 Walter street, a 1926 Reo Truck for sale, and a wanted to rent six to seven room house near Westside school. Contact numbers and addresses provided.
An excerpt from the Scoop Annual of the San Francisco Press Club by E. J. Harkins. The verse laments ex reporters who turn swindlers or criminals yet claim kinship with newspaper men. It contrasts crime and newsroom camaraderie with a wry, rueful tone.
Mayor King responds to a Grafton Sentinel note defending Officer DeMoss amid a controversy over withheld fuel reports and an arrest by a state officer outside city limits. He notes inability to comment on detention duration and distances the case from editorials while acknowledging the incident.
Mayor CHAS O KING of Grafton explains the Haddix matter involving a daughter and Howard Haller. He says DeMoss spoke out of turn, the State Police took over, and insists city officers have not hidden news. The note urges better future cooperation between city and state authorities.
The Underhill Bailey gang, five escaped convicts including Brady Davis and Jim Clark, face charges tied to the Memorial Day abductions and the Cheta pa police slaying. They are alleged to have robbed banks in Chelsea Oklahoma and Welr City Kansas, and to be connected to the Kansas City Union Station killings. Recaptured accomplices include Lewis Bechtel, Frank Sawyer, Billy Woods, Clifford Dopson, and Kenneth Conn, with several killed or wounded in ongoing manhunts.
Baltimore dispatch reports Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads show rising passenger traffic. B&O notes a nine percent increase in July compared with July 1932, first rise in nearly seven years, while Pennsylvania estimates July over July 1932 gains ranging from twenty to forty two percent.
In a remote Rum Creek mine an ambush halted the pony train as a spark from a trolley wire ignited a gas pocket about 3,000 feet from the mouth. Coal loader Denny Brumfield aged 32 and gro brakeman Sterling Edmonds aged 22 were buried beneath slate while motorman George Vernatte aged 22 suffered serious burns but survived as the roof collapsed.
Logan reports two miners were killed and a third injured by a gas pocket blast at the Dabney mine operated by Hutchinson Coal Company. The accident occurred in August with authorities investigating the fatal incident.
In Rhinelander Wisconsin Aug 23 1940 extortionist Robert Rogers 44 trapped while taking a $5000 payment from a wealthy hotel man was shot dead by Chief Morris Straub. John Stokie 38 was captured by officers. Rogers hailed from Tronodo Michigan and Stokie from Hurley Wisconsin.
George Goodroe proprietor of the Rex Hotel at Mercer Wisconsin Stokie with FRQqs was dragged from under their car pleading for mercy after his companion had been shot.
Richmond Virginia August 23 Beer and prohibition repeal legislation moved swiftly in the General Assembly. The Stapleton Eggleston bill providing a vote October 3 on retention of state prohibition or a system of control was sent to the upper house with a favorable report. The beer legalization bill was nearly ready for both houses after three joint finance committee meetings and was expected to be finalized after this morning’s session.
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