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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1933

Page

5

Douglass Sisters Swim With Octopus in Ocean Dive

Florence Douglass, 110 pounds, and Ena Douglass, daughters of dentist-inventor Leon F. Douglass, perform underwater descents in Atlantic and Caribbean waters. Florence engages a large octopus in a tank while their father films with a periscope camera he built. The Smithsonian sponsors further sea life digs next January using the camera.

Menlo Park Cal Douglass Lorence Ena Eep Leon F. Dougls Bridge Teas Florence Douglass Mr. Douglass Miss Douglass Smithsonian Institution Caribbean Wst Florence Ena Douglass Leon F. Douglass Marine Dining Room Enlo Park

Biate Program At Exposition On Air Saturday

The West program at the Century of Progress exposition will air 4:30 to 4:45 pm via National Broadcasting Co. from WJZ. Gorner H G Kump and Rufus C Dawes welcome West Virginia visitors. Joseph Rosier and Fairmont State Teachers' College join in the West Virginia Day events. Veterans of Foreign Wars band performs, with attendance rising at the fair to around 200000 plus daily crowds. labor day and Chicago Day events anticipated.

Chicago Century of Progress Ween Natonal = Broadcasting company WJZ Gorner H. G. Kump West Virginia R. Rufus C. Dawes Elly Elcome of States Virginia Joseph Rosier Airmont State Teachers’ College Veterans of Foreign Wars Band Clarksburg Ill Milwaukee Labor Y Fairmont Marion County Baltiore & Ohio Pittsburgh

Sister of Rosemont Woman Dies in Cincinnati

Mrs. Cora A. Marley of Cincinnati Ohio dies. formerly Miss Mary Moody a Rosemont resident. Survived by brothers Earl A. Moody Shinnston and Charles E. Moody Webster Springs. Funeral services to be held at the Cincinnati home.

George A. Bell Rosemont Cora A. Marley Cincinnati Ohio

Deportation Outrage Cited by Attorney General

Harrisburg August 25 Attorney General William A Schander advised Governor Pinchot that Hall Beaver county officials who deported 46 negroes to West Virginia committed an outrage and are chargeable with the common law offense of kidnapping.

Harrisburg William A. Schander Pinchot Hall Beaver County West Virginia

Charge Woman With Husband's Murder

Mrs Meta Miller a 47 year old mother of five was charged with murder in the death of her husband Fred 61 who was slain two weeks ago Three of her children testified to a coroner s jury that she said he got what was coming to him Police said she told them he had been running around with other women

Pittsburgh Meta Miller Fred

Rip Missing on Open Road As Crow Searches

Willy Nilly and friends worry over Rip's disappearance after he wandered away on a long walk through the woods. Christopher Columbus Crow and Jelly Bear lead a search while Willy Nilly rides the countryside seeking clues. Over 2,000 North Carolina farm youths attended 4-H club camps this summer.

Rip Christopher Columbus Bear Willy Nilly Terie Rip Willy Nilly Everone North Carolina

Big Gas Tanks Lead To Six Driver Arrests

Charleston August 25 six arrests under a new state law banning large reserve gasoline tanks on trucks were reported to state police. The act, from a special session, aims to boost gasoline tax revenue by preventing out of state purchases. Goreds studied Brenau college or school for the first time, as several men and students were admitted.

Charleston West Virginia Goreds Brenau College

The Reporter’s Envoi by Berton Braley in Puck

A reflective verse on newspaper life. It imagines a future where editors and reporters work freely with integrity, writing real stories about all, without gutter filth or cruel pain. It envisions honest, fearless journalism and personal craft within the paper that ought to be.

San Antonio polo star detained in Chicago case

Cecil Smith of San Antonio Texas, ranked second among polo players in the United States, was detained in Chicago to answer a charge alleging he attacked Eugenia Rose, a three year old nurse.

Cecil Smith San Antonio Tex United States Chiago Eugenia Rose Associated Press

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