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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1928

Page

8

Bolivia and Paraguay clash over river frontier oil and peace talks

Bolivian and Paraguayan disputes flare as frontier tensions rise over river access to the Pare suay and the Chaco Boreal area. Bolivia considers talks renewed after protests, while Bolivia and Paraguay weigh political moves and cabinet reshuffles to form a national unity ministry amid possible war talk.

Bolifia Paresuay Chaco Boreal Paraguay Stolivia la Pax Bolivia Herbert Hoover Ellodoro ‘Villazon Daniel Salamanca

Bolivian War Preparations Amid Chaco Tensions

Bolivia mobilizes as frontier dispute with Paraguay intensifies. Army strength rises with the 1929 class called to colors and retired officers offering to rejoin. Students and scouts organize for defense while taxi drivers and car owners pledge transport. The Red Cross plans nurse instruction and military medical courses as fronts remain calm elsewhere.

la Paz Bolivia Boy Scouts Committee For Nations Defense and Propaganda Paraguay Alfonso de Mendoza Chaco

Baltimore and Ohio depot waiting room shines for Christmas

Under station master Billy Mitchell a crew has spent two weeks cleaning the waiting room at Main and Luaadder streets. The refreshed area has drawn favorable comment from travelers as the city nears Christmas.

Baltimore and Ohio Main and Luaadder Streets Billy" Mitchell

Workman Restores Interiors To Like New Condition

A local craftsman finishes painting scrubbing woodwork cleaning fixtures and polishing imitation marble pillars making the interior appear fresh, clean and pick and span as of today.

Ifevers Meet Continued On Page Two

The aeronautic industry in the United States grew from five million to one hundred fifty million dollars. Regular flying expands to fifteen thousand five hundred miles with plans for international lines to the Isthmus and South America. Nations anticipate extensive reliable intercontinental air transport, with future perfection beyond imagination.

United States Isthmus South America

Wrights Flight Birthday Sparks Global Air Transport Talk

President Coolidge opened the International Civil Aeronautics Conference with a prologue on air transport’s rise and its promise to bind nations in amiable cooperation. Orville Wright and 40 nation representatives attended as aviation leaders, recalling the Kitty Hawk flight that foreshadowed the era of modern air travel.

Washington Dee International Civil Aeronautics Conference Coolidge Orville Wright Wilbur Kitty Hawk North Carolina Wright Charles A. Lindbergh Paris

Ham and Oyster Supper Bazaar At St F Pauls Church

The Ladies Aid Society of St F Pauls M B Church will hold its annual bazaar and supper at the church on Thursday December 13. The bazaar opens at 2 pm and supper will be served from 5 pm to 7 pm.

Ladies Aid Society of St. F. Paul's M. B

Conference ends with Wright monument pilgrimage

The concluding event of the conference will be a pilgrimage to Kitty Hawk to lay a monument near the site of the Wright brothers first successful flight, representing the United States.

United States Itty Hawk

Carrie Nation of the saloon raid shocks Kansas City

Mrs Wilson on her sick bed reports a dramatic raid against a neighborhood saloon where liquor was dispensed to her husband and daughter Iris. The saloon closed, building for rent, while she seeks action from federal and city authorities and testifies before the county grand jury next week about police presence. Investigators probe alleged liquor sales to minors at the saloon and claim Jiggs Shindel supplied liquor in the raid.

Kansas Carrie Nation Federal Prohibition Mea

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