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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1928
Page
1
Bolivian President Hernando Siles, amid a diplomatic rupture with Paraguay over a border clash, issued passports to the Paraguayan chargé d’affaires as tensions escalated.
A daylight gang of seven to eight robbers attacked a First National Bank collection wagon in Yonkers New York stealing about 104 000 dollars destined for the Alexander Smith and Sons carpet company and the National Sugar Refining Company. Guards and a policeman were wounded and the robbers escaped to New York City in a hijacked armored car.
A delegation of eleven residents from Taylor and Monongalia counties urged the State Road Commission to add the proposed Mar shtown Grafton highway to the state system. The group included Monongalia County Court members W. W. Resner and C. Ray Keener, and State Senator W. Merle Kins, along with H. S. Vander J, W. Hartigan, J. L. Morris, George W. Luter, A. T. Luzadder, Bayard Compton, and officials from Gratton and Fairmont.
The Bolivian government said it would rejoin the Pan American conference on arbitration and conciliation now in session in Washington. American Minister Kaufman was instructed to press La Paz to return and accept conciliatory offers in the Bolivia Paraguay boundary dispute amid hopes to avert armed conflict.
Ernest Whiteurst, 16, barricades in a Chicago building injuring eight policemen including Deputy Commissioner M. E. B. Mullen before police with shields tear gas and water cannons breach the site. He is shot and dies two hours later. Three siblings and two other relatives were inside the home and escaped injury.
In Panama an interlocutory decree grants Lyle Womack divorce from Ruth Elder, who was rescued by a tanker after attempting Atlantic flight. The action began September 6 in the canal zone district court before Byrd Antarctic expedition. Continued on page three.
The Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church plans a January 27 1929 evangelistic series led by Rev A M Barlow with Dr Burke Culpepper of Memphis and his musical director A G Robinson aiding the pastor. The church will redecorate and organize groups under Mr Bartow to guide the effort. Heisman
Buenos Aires reports a thwarted plot to bomb Hoovers special train with anti American agitators suspected. Police arrested two men amid a wider crackdown as 150 guards prepare for the President elects arrival and visit. A raid uncovered grenades bombs dynamite firearms ammunition and a map of the railway system. The suspects include Alejandro Romano who used a false age and Jaime Castro alias Jaime Oliver.Authorities warn of ongoing vigilance after prior attacks near the National City Bank and Buenos Aires cathedral. Continued on page five.
Rog O West secretary of the interior sat silent as his prior testimony was read to senators evaluating his cabinet confirmation. The 1926 campaign contribution from Samuel Insull was cited, with West denying improper use while testifying before the committee.
The Polish Lithuanian controversy returns to the League of Nations council with Poland and Lithuania accusing each other of obstructing a solution. Lithuanian Premier Waldemaras warned Vilna must be returned and Lithuania would gain independence or risk further loss, while Polish Foreign Minister Zalski criticized the Koenigsberg conference as a failure.
Canton Ohio December 12 officers shadow dance halls to locate a woman suspected in the slaying of 85 year old coal dealer Vernard Fearn who stood at his doorway last week. Sheriff Ed Gibson said a questioned girl worked at a local venue until days ago and may reappear at a dancing pavilion as investigators seek the slayer who vanished after the shooting last Thursday.
Chicago December 12 Dorothea Baker, a housemaid known for a “phantom honeymoon” to New York and Niagara Falls, was arrested for stealing 2100 from her employer. She attempted suicide by swallowing poison last night. The page notes a continuation on Pare Five, and mentions a 19-year-old death by own action.
Charles B. Taylor, 52, is wanted for the suspected killing of his wife Irene Meath Taylor, 43, and concealing her body in a trunk. Police in Horn Lake Mississippi and Covington Louisiana, plus Shelby County officers, pursued leads after a Dec 2 disappearance and a body found yesterday. Authorities believe domestic trouble sparked the slaying. a divorce petition filed by Mrs Taylor in October was withdrawn after reconciliation.
Washington reports that President Coolidge explained the long progress of air travel from ancient times to modern heavier-than-air flight in a civil aeronautics conference address. He traced aviation's growth since the Wright brothers and noted notable advances by 1926. Continued on page eight.
Washington reports widespread closures as influenza spreads from California to many states. Kansas leads with 13,696 cases, Montana 4,580, Colorado 1,935. Wabash College Clemson College and St Marys College shut down. University of Kansas suspended. southern and western schools cancel classes. Surgeon General Cummings urges bed rest at onset of cold and fever.
A light to moderate rain is forecast tonight with steady warming trend into Thursday. Forecasters expect mild high temperatures and increasing sunshine by the afternoon, with air turning milder across the region.
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