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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
10
Eastern and Central stations list daily programs with orchestras, singers, and variety segments. Highlights include WEAF New York, WJZ, WOR, KDKA Pittsburgh, and WSB Atlanta offering concerts, comedies, dances, and news between 6 and 12 in the evening local time.
Radio programming notes from Louisville and Nashville show 10:00 concerts and 11:45 programs interleaved with news bulletins and studio performances. The page also reports that Barlow was released from jail on grand larceny charges amid ongoing pressure for a settlement, with Borah seeking state department intercession and messages to Secretary Stimson.
The Shuttle plane from Oakland to New York landed safely at Cleveland airport. Pilot Baker and co pilot Lieut Bernard Thompson were uninjured. A can spilled oil during refueling causing damage to the top wing and spar but not significant harm. The flight tested mail long distance feasibility by Boeing with cooperation from the post office and army officials.
The article notes that Rhineland troop withdrawal hinges on ratification by French and German parliaments of the Young plan and a potential compromise on occupation costs. French eight month window to withdraw ends at latest June 1930, with binding only if a satisfactory financial accord is reached. A brief mention follows about a Madison Wish brewery where beer was brewed.
Louise Marshall, a noted American lawyer, underwent an operation in Zurich on Monday and showed steady improvement by today. The report notes her condition is improving and she is under care in the Swiss city.
Wisconsin farmer Lloyd Miller, 28, is accused of abducting Clara Brandon, 21, from her Buffalo North Dakota home and taking her to his Elkart Lake, Wisconsin residence. Authorities say theKidnapping occurred and are pursuing charges.
Mrs Rachel Amanda Clingan 81 a resident of Independence and mother of W D Clingan died yesterday after a paralytic stroke in Independence. Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM Friday at her residence with Rev R A Canfield and A C St Clair assisting. burial at Union Cemetery near Independence. Survived by children Lillie Weaver Mollie Paugh Stella Hotton Ethel Goss and sons W D Pearle and John E Clingan.
Sage contends reunion plans are unchanged and the Bennett-Moore clan votes to gather September 8 at Mount Union church in Haymond, four miles east of Grafton. Bennetts plan to recount family history from Plymouth Rock to Grafton with a public gathering featuring strawberries and lemonade.
A Dartmoor convict escapes in a staged breakout with outside help from a female accomplice driving a car from Exeter. Police trace a Belgian treasure and a London clerk, while internal guards are misled by a coded alarm failure. Eugene Richard, a manslaughter convict, is identified and pursued as the mystery deepens around Cousin John and Veronica.
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