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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1929
Page
7
Mary Grafiam narrates Mother Nature’s keys to the seasons Master Fall and Madame Summer. The tale suggests keys unlock warm days, Indian summer, and winter spring weather, with Old Man Winter and Miss Springtime receiving a few extra keys. Some keys are mislaid, delaying seasonal changes.
John and Peggy listen as Mother Nature speaks and she tosses a snowball into Peggy’s lap hiding a fragile arbutus flower. The scene hints at unseen wonders in nature and teases tomorrow’s feature Elephants Up High.
Edward J. Doheny and Harry F. P. Sinclair, both tied to government probes, attended an American Petroleum Institute session in Chicago. Doheny disclosed his resignation from the Institute’s directorate, a post he helped establish in 1919, citing reduced activity in the oil industry. H. M. Storey remained listed as a director. Sinclair, freed from D C jail for contempt, sought re election in the day’s balloting.
The Arizona Supreme Court has affirmed the death sentence of Eva Dugan, convicted in 1927 for the murder of A. J. Mathis near Tucson. February 24 is set as the execution date, which would make her the first woman executed in Arizona's history.
Former Premier Jaspar told King Albert he is prepared to form a new government. Political circles expect the ministry to differ from the resigned one over language policy at the University of Ghent.
Reported plane sighting darkness yesterday but no definite word on Nelson as he flew west to Cleveland after passing Brookville. A 200 mile stretch ahead with snow and rugged terrain. An automobile caravan prepared to reach Gobel's Hole where cries of a man were heard yesterday. Casey Jones, driver of a cleaner's truck, Grives University of Missouri cold to early morning classes.
An advertisement urges thin women to gain weight with Kieffer's Yeast Iron and Cod Liver Oil Tablets. It claims you can add five pounds in 30 days and offers a money back guarantee. The notice is signed by The Love Drug Company and H. L. Potts, Manager, with the slogan Service With a Smile.
Senator and Mrs Goff returned to Washington Monday. They traveled to Charleston on the 26th for Governor Conley’s daughter's wedding and attended events with Henry D Hatfield of Huntington. Mrs Goff stayed to preside over Walter Reed Hospital soldier patients Thanksgiving dinner, a Grey Ladies annual affair. The couple then visited Clarksburg and Grafton, where the senator gave a memorial address to the Elks, greeted by locals, before further travel to Mayfield.
Martins was in the city last week to celebrate a host of friends and express delight in the duties assigned. He is a personal friend of the two senators from West Virginia. Fred Nicholson, a wide awake West Virginia boy, is not one of Hatfield's rusted employees but shows the same signs of steady political management he has shown for years in the state.
Dublin Indiana reports Omer Stant, who after marrying Mrs. Joseph Lemberson yesterday says he has become his own stepfather and step-grandfather. His prior wife was not related to the present Mrs. Stant, and children from her first marriage also become his stepchildren and grandchildren through the new union.
A. Latin American diplomat will become dean of Washington diplomatic corps when Dr. Hernan Melarde ambassador from Peru replaces Giresme Howard retiring ambassador from Great Britain in the honorary post.
Chicago, Dec 3 An outfit costing 20 80 won the national girls style championship for Jeanette Gamble 17 Coffeyville Kan. The Four-H-Club event drew entrants from 25 states. Miss Gamble’s brown ensemble included a cardigan jacket ivory blouse checked skirt a brown hat and connects with inexpensive ready to wear items and self made pieces.
In Shreveport Louisiana on December 3 Vernis Morgan attorney who killed Marmaduke Ward merchant and wounded Miss Iva Mae Miller at a Ward residence last night remained alive today with two self inflicted bullet wounds in his right temple. Morgan reportedly forced entry to the dining room where Ward sat with Miller and others including Mrs. C. E. Poindexter and Dorothy Ward.
Tone Orde, a glamorous figure in the Kraft death investigation, rose from obscurity amid courtroom drama and public scrutiny. The 21 year old, born Marie Gloria Rouzer and later Gloria Gay Powell, claimed multiple names as she defended John McGouldrick, the ship officer indicted in Krafts death. Her backstory spans France New York and a voyage aboard the Creole with Kraft, whose body later washed ashore with a bullet wound.
Uncertainty surrounds the Norwich City freighter wrecked Saturday off Gardiner Island in the Phoenix group 1,800 miles southwest of Hawaii. The 53 crew were aboard. The steamer Lavington Court was believed racing to aid the Norwich City and was expected to reach yesterday but had not reported. A radio message from the Norwich City warned that if it held out until daylight they would make shore.
A report notes a heavy scent of unrest as Gardner Island and its surrounding coral reefs are examined. Officials declare the region inhabited despite ongoing questions about settlement and access.
San Francisco reports the weather bureau foresees rain moving into northern and western California and the Pacific Northwest. District Forecaster Minh expects precipitation to head southward after a period of unsettled conditions.
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