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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1928
Page
8
Withers and Robinson, local contractors, begin repairs on the old city reservoir atop SU Jatin street to avert collapse and stabilize pressure for hill residents. The tank, partly full, will serve as emergency capacity and be tied to mains to ensure maximum pressure during normal operation and upcoming new water system completion.
The home of Lemuel Boyt a well known farmer and teamster near Lesmalinston was destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon. Loss included the building and all personal effects leaving the family destitute and dependent upon neighbors. One child was alone in the home when the fire occurred.
A small wooden dwelling was suddenly set ablaze while corn was popped over an open fire. The structure burned completely before help could arrive. Neighbors are organizing a relief fund to relocate the family to another tenant house in the neighborhood as friends provide support.
Joan J. Malone, condemned for murdering his wife in Los Angeles a year earlier, was hanged at San Quentin after a failed bid for a stay. Guards strapped him as a phonograph played “To Go Where You Go” and his final words were a taunt. A guard and two witnesses fainted during the execution. Malone, reported to have been distraught at his wife’s refusal to live with him, fired two shots into his chest but survived before the case ended in death row.
Martinez Del Rio, former husband of film star Dolores Del Rio, died abroad from blood poisoning after a minor operation. He lingered hoping his ex-wife would reach him, asking if Dolores was coming before losing consciousness. The Mexican consulate will handle the body, later to be taken to Mexico.
Mrs. Silas B. White, longtime Grafton resident and widow of C. P. White, died at her son’s home on 102 Fapny Street after a long illness. She came to Mannington with her husband, who died in the Monongah wreck nearly 11 years ago. Survived by five children and two brothers, she was a former United Brethren Church member. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at the C. I. White residence, with Rev. B. Williams officiating. Interment in Bluemont Cemetery under Bartlett Funeral Company arrangements.
A young woman about 24 who styled herself as fashionable shot Vernard B. Fearn, 35, a coal mine operator, on his porch south of Canton. She fled after the killing and boarded a bus along the highway. authorities could not trace her.
Police say a girl who alighted from a bus visited the Fearn home for two preceding nights while the family was away. No money found, and the sheriff notes no prior actions in Fearn's life provide a basis for the slaying. His home life and character are described as agonized but impeccable by officers.
Local instructors at Virginia University work with Dre. 0) Gyrot physics professor to explore two radio wavelengths 21.8 and 41. In a crystal controlled experimental setup the system aims to narrow the wave and cut interference while enabling communications up to 4 000 miles away. Mr. Myers explains the key feature and its potential.
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