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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1933
Page
5
The Fighting Irish face Phi Kappa Sigma of West Virginia University Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. in St. Augustine's gym in the season opener. St. Augustine High School also prepares for a strong schedule with a largely new lineup after recent graduations and workouts coached by Marion Skaggs.
St Augustine High School's 1928 championship squad sought entry to the National Catholic Interscholastic Basketball Tournament at Loyola University Chicago while noting past success and later inability to re-enter. Phi Kappa Sigma WVU players from this city include Bill Murray Vic Wilhide Billy Fisher and Herbert Welch. Knights of Columbus arrange post game dances at St Augustine gym nine to twelve with invitation only, hat checks for prizes, Rhythm King's orchestra providing music.
The Taylor County Chamber of Commerce rejected paying $850 to bring Los Angeles evangelist Aimee Stemple McPherson to the area. The plan was sent by mail but the local trade body showed no interest, depriving Graftonians of a chance to hear the renowned evangelist.
Puzzle text lists numerous across and down clues with numbers and garbled phrases. It reads like a scrambled crossword grid key with entries for places, objects, actions, and descriptions, many unreadable or corrupted.
Glenn Thistlethwaite of Carroll College drops talks to take WVU coaching post, choosing to stay at Carroll after meetings in Chicago. WVU boards seek next grid leader as Earle Neale’s three year deal expired after Thanksgiving, with candidates including Thistlethwaite and Mountaineer coach Tallman.
An explosion of gasoline used to clean clothes at 1599 Washington Street Charleston injured two visitors. Mrs. R. N. Bowles of New York City and Miss Harriett Legg of Acosta Pennsylvania died within hours. The blast occurred about 3:30 p.m. in the basement, igniting clothing and wrecking the area. both women were taken to hospitals with little chance of survival.
Firemen from Wash ington street station carried the unconscious women from the house and extinguished the blaze that followed the blast. Ambulances took the injured to hospitals with bodies heavily burned. Local residents speculate the Stuart Paxton mentioned is a son of longtime city resident Stuart Paxton, once in the furniture trade with Cole and Parsons, who left town over twenty years ago for Clarksburg.
Havana reports a looming cabinet crisis as resignations of Antonio Guiteras, Velasco, and Hevia await President Grau San Martin's acceptance. Guiteras denies conspiracies while rumors he seeks control persist. Conciliators push talks amid divided loyalties and hopes for a more leftist shift.
The plan will liquidate the national floating debt including arrears such as employees back salaries owed by the Machado government.
A long school notice lists high honors for the 2nd six weeks ending November 29 1933 with an A average for seniors William Carder Esther Beall Betty Bord Carolyn Rendle and a large B average group including many juniors sophomores and freshmen names across multiple columns. The document names numerous students by surname given names and class standing reflecting a crowded honor roll.
A Sunday flare of the anarchist uprising in northeastern Spain raises the death toll to 54, with five more deaths reported. The report is filed from Madrid as authorities describe ongoing unrest linked to the rebellion.
Chapel Hill N C December 4 A clean sweep of the varsity football coaching staff was announced by the University of North Carolina Athletic Council in response to alumni pressure over team performance. Head coach Chuck Collins and assistants Al Howard and Odell Saupp were not renewed their contracts expire January 1. The council tasked Fetzer and Roberson to survey candidates and report January 8 with potential names including Dana Bible Harry Gamage Tom Campbell Nemo Coleman and Walter Skidmore among others.
Philadelphia obituary notes William W. Roper 53, longtime Princeton football coach and Philadelphia City Council member since 1919, died after a long illness. Born 1886 in Philadelphia, he played at Princeton, studied law at Virginia, and entered politics in 1912 under Wilson era.
A fragment notes Princeton players once turned fumbles into touchdowns, a practice seen as a legend after rule changes. It mentions retirement timing amid football shifts and references Douglas Fairbanks and a BAL!RE Sunday American item about his life abroad. A small octopus was captured off the Georgia coast, surprising veteran fishermen.
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