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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1933
Page
2
The text argues that children largely process distress as abstractions and mirror adult reactions. If grown ups stay balanced and avoid dwelling on horror, children develop fearless resilience. overexposure to violence can create hyper sensitive nerves and lasting fear.
A freight train crashed into an elementary school bus south of Crescent City Florida injuring many children. Ambulances rushed victims to Palatka area hospitals. At least seven to nine deaths reported with many more expected. Hospital staff reported chaotic scene and difficulty identifying the injured. Local business owner Louis Leach helped at the wreck site.
A dense listing of 1930s radio programming across Dio and NBC WJZ networks. It catalogues nightly lineups including Orchestras led by White, Calloway, Kirbery, and Abe Lyman, variety acts, skits, talks, and musical segments with precise start times and performer names.
Ridley Wilkinson, chairman of the Putnam county board of public instruction, described the scene as the most horrible imaginable. He noted the bus likely carried 40 or 50 children and was nearly full when the crash occurred amid heavy fog.
Troopers Wamsley and Hefner recovered church items tied to Frank Wilson, charged with thefts in Middleville Baptist church Boothscreek area and Mount Olive church losses. They found six chairs and a Brussels carpet at Mrs. Chloie Scott's home near Galloway Junction, who bought them from a pedlar last September for five dollars. Scott will identify Wilson as the seller.
Funeral services will be held at Mount Morris Methodist Episcopal Church Friday at 11 a.m. for a local woman, with Rev. Frank A. Sampson officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery, Bartlett Funeral Company in charge. The obituary notes two sisters in Mount Morris and one in near Thornton.
Governor Kump voiced confidence that needy school teachers would receive Christmas salary checks. The board of public works moved to borrow 1,000,000 from state banks to fund the third month of the school year. If plans fail, alternative methods will be devised.
Vernon Robert Perone two months old son of Joseph Perone and Emma Snodgrass Perone of 321 West Frances street died at home this morning at 9 o'clock after a brief illness. Born October 1933 he was survived by parents Tolbert Ralph Amelia Thelma Delores Christian and Mrs Hilda Shroyer all at home and Mrs Edith Bradley of Pruntytown. Funeral services were incomplete and to be announced later.
Mrs. Montana Carr, 64, died at her Moatsville residence at 7 30 p m after a four month illness of organic heart trouble She was born near Cecil daughter of the late Lucas Foreman and Catherine Hall Foreman and married Daniel M Carl February 13 1898 in Preston County Her husband died eight years ago She was a devout Christian and a member of the church
A proposal proposes establishing a state home for the aged in Charleston. Details outline a planned facility to serve elderly residents with state support and oversight.
In New York on December 14 a Queens county jury acquitted Athos Terzani, the anti-Fascist defendant in a murder case, ending an acrimonious trial. The verdict followed a deliberation of about thirty minutes.
Charl T. Hentschel 65, a retired inventor, shot his invalid daughter Elizabeth 26 twice in the heart then killed himself. Neighbors say both relied on constant care. the father was thought unable to walk. His wife was shopping when the tragedy occurred and a note to her read I go no further I have both with me.
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