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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1937
Page
2
On Route 19 near Sutton a car ran out of gasoline during a storm. Mrs. Morris stepped out and became pinned between the car and a boulder when the brake failed. Deputy Sheriff J B Long rescued the woman after her husband Morris trekked three miles for help. Mrs. Morris suffered cold shock but recovered to continue to Baltimore.
Judge H. Clay Worth postponed Booth's sentence pending a motion for a new trial. Booth, 46, confessed abducting Seder and implicated Travis and Adkins, as FBI chief R. E. Vetterli announced. Seder was found Nov 11 and died Nov 15, with prosecutors seeking the same death penalty for Travis and Adkins.
The Strand theatre hosts the Taylor County Dog Show this Thursday with By-Gosh and his Country Store. Prizes awarded for cutest, best trained, and ugliest mutts. Owners urged to bring dogs. dogs must be house broke. By-Gosh headlines the weekly event, a popular Strand attraction in Grafton.
Excerpts note embassy secretaries and naval officers in China and Japan context. Paxton, born Galesburg Illinois, and Hughes, born New York, are among personnel linked to Far East service. The passage mentions dispatches from the state department and an orient assignment timeline.
Weidmann and associates including Jean LeBlanc and Collette Tricot are held in connection with the Paris case as investigators prepare to exhume the village grounds. Police say a dig crew will uncover more victims and Roger Million, named by police as head of the ring, has yet to speak. A 90 year old Mrs Keller arrived October 2 from Strasbourg to tend an invalid American girl.
A dense listing of 1930s radio programming and orchestral lineups across multiple stations. Notable acts include Glen Gray's Orchestra, George Hall's Orchestra, Cox interests, and comedian sketches like Amos ’n’ Andy plus Burns and Allen. The grid shows time slots from 6:00 P M to midnight with numerous featured performances, news reads, and variety acts across stations WJZ WSM WLW CBS NBC and more.
Reports say the American gunboat Panay and two Standard Oil vessels were sunk on the Yangtze. President Roosevelt asked for an immediate submission by dispatching a communique while diplomats and naval officers in China awaited further messages. Italian and British subjects were among those aboard or wounded, with one sailor killed.
Wolfe's Tire Shop at 124 E Main backs twenty years of experience with retreading and vulcanizing. The shop advertises trusted tire maintenance and repair, inviting customers to call 846 for service information.
Gralton West Virginia ad for Ellers Taxi and Transfer offers hauling and moving services. It promotes dependable taxi service and lists phone numbers 811 and 895-M along with address 26 East Main St.
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