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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1929
Page
7
An advertisement for Magnesia Oxoids from a German pharmacy firm claims serious acidity harmful to sleep and energy, offering a five day at home test. It describes how the product, when interacting with stomach acids, generates nascent oxygen to reduce putrefaction and boost bowel movement, with a money back guarantee if sleep and vigor do not improve.
A fragmented listing outlines Monday December 9 radio programming across WEAF New York and adjacent stations. It includes concert broadcasts by Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Hotel Dance Band, various choirs, orchestras, and talks such as The Eternal Question, with several regional stations like WIZ and WOR featuring music, stories, and musical Variety segments.
A scattered listing shows evening and late night programming across several stations including WEAF WJZ WLW WTAM WCX WIR WSB WHAS WSM and others. Entries include orchestras talks features news programs and dance music with varied start times and program blocks across Denver Detroit Cincinnati and Nashville markets.
The wire reports span awards to Victoria Cross holder Captain George Kerr who perished from carbon monoxide in his Newport garage, plus a Wyoming cowboy brought to Newport for colt breaking. In Manchuria a railway threat was countered by removing all Mah Jonge ets from employee clubs, while Thuringia hosts 50 judges and prosecuting attorneys confined for a night to gain inside view. Philadelphia notes a conductor objecting to broadcasting orchestra music.
A musician from the Philadelphia orchestra announces plans to depart for twelve weeks to study radio engineering. The report notes the unusual career pause amid other local developments and timing.
Six foreign gunboats off Iehang evacuated foreign women and children as rebels besieged the city. The Yangtze patrol led by Rear Admiral Craven watched by the Luzon and Guam. Mutineers cut the Shanghai Nanking railway again while crude violence surrounded Miss Gummersheimer and a deadly pipe weapon was used in a fatal incident.
A settlement report details the committee chair Hawley introducing the bill two days after the executive's recommendations. A similar measure sits in the senate with Smoot awaiting house action. The senate finance group has already favored the bill by a unanimous vote.
A teacher was found slain after a window screen was removed and the front door unlocked. A book lay open beside the bed and the killer is believed to have entered through the window. The teacher’s father, J. J. Gummersheimer, editor of the Belleville Post-Zeitung until 1918, knew of no motive.
Storms lash ships near Bordeaux and Plymouth, German sailor George Stopfer presumed dead by action or accident after a did not survive wreck. Walpole destroyer crewmen drowned and Lt Gibba injured. Altri sinks off Bordeaux with crew missing. Andalucia passengers injured by flying glass as seas mounted. Inland floods worsen. rail traffic and roads blocked. Thames rivers rise. wreckage and bodies wash ashore.
Testimony in the Lambert case recounts a confrontation at the Crow's Nest near the Boston mountains. Witnesses describe Lambert's attempt to take a banjo, a club strike by Muniz, and Lambert's death from injuries. Proceedings resume later this afternoon.
Photo Cotton Hansen a 30 year old pilot and his passenger Winnie Williams 20 were burned to death when Hansen’s plane crashed after taking off and circling low over the field. Williams escort pleaded with her to forgo the ride as spectators observed the crash. The plane pitched into a tail spin and nosed over injuring others nearby.
Carl Mason testified as the first witness saying he did not see the incident in the kitchen. He claimed to be in an outer room talking with some girls when the window crashed, detailing his lack of vision of the events.
Clifford E. Hough of Hartford, Connecticut, has been chosen as a member of the advisory committee to the Federal Farm Board for the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation.
The Quitter a Columbia drama screens at the Opera House tonight Tuesday and Wednesday. Neal Abbott a young surgeon causes his mother’s critical condition after an auto crash and faints during surgery. Disgraced and ill fated he becomes a derelict before a latter rescue proves his skill and wins love. Also good comedy.
Temple Texas December 9 A B Crouch arrested in Helensville New Zealand after 13 years evading the law returned to Temple to face 13 indictments for forging grain bills of lading. He posted $12000 bond and was described as having earned about $150000 from the alleged forgeries. He was once discussed as a potential Helensville mayoral candidate.
Lieutenant Herbert Fahy, holder of the solo endurance record, announces an around the world flight of about 20 000 miles in 12 days with his wife Claire. They plan to start from Detroit or New York, timing to be confirmed.
Libson Portugal Dec 9 Floods have turned northern Portugal into lakes with hundreds of villages and isolated towns suffering. Loss of life reported and thousands of houses wrecked beyond repair. An icy cold spell and fifteen days of continuous rain worsen conditions as peasants beg for relief.
Robert J Tanker, inmate at San Quentin after a 1930s Oakland restaurant robbery conviction, emerged as a parolee among 18 released yesterday by California's state board of prison directors.
Mary Anderson director of the women's bureau urges a study on how speed affects working women in her annual report. She asks for increased appropriation for this and other special studies, saying bureau work is seriously retarded. Detroit has 336 invested in school buildings and land for every student.
A fragmented note describes Clarabelle inviting an old friend who proves not to be the cousin she recalls. The piece hints at social tension and an unsettling visit, with hints of regret and the wish to banish the guest far away.
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