The Grafton Daily Sentinel Publication Details
The Grafton Daily Sentinel provides daily issues weekdays from Grafton West Virginia with pricing for subscriptions and ads. It lists offices at 102 Latrobe Street, notes Associated Press affiliation, and outlines advertising rates and deadlines for classified ads and notices. Local letters are welcomed with word limits and policy.
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Grafton Daily Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
Grafton
W. VA
Howard H. Holt
Latrobe Street
Grafton Printing Co
Associated Press
The Master Builder and Vigil in Psalm 127 Verse
A brief reflection ties to the verse The Lord build the house to prayer and public safety. The morning report notes air pumped into the S 4 torpedo room at Massachusetts Bay as six sailors face a perilous fate. It cites radio interference, calls for a city wide wiring survey, and mentions New York state mental competency rulings in the Ruth Snyder and Jud Gray case. Captain Pamphlet’s wartime rescue is celebrated with a gold watch inscription, contrasting heroism with punishment and urging clemency.
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Massachusetts Bay
Robert Pamphlet
Caoba
Suden
Christensen
Oregon
Pamphlet
McNeil Island
Clarksburg
World War Fact and Fancy Exposed as Bunk Histories
Lieut Col Thomas J Dickson senior chaplain of the First Division argues school histories of World War I are full of fiction. He cites a Red Cross dog image and notes he faces copyright suit for reproducing the picture to show misstatements.
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Thomas’ J. Dickson
Red Cross
Sex and cinema debated in Fairmont Times editorial
The text discusses World War II era Red Cross roles and the propaganda debate, noting how sex is treated in films and public life. It cites quotes by Griffith and De Mille on sex appeal in movies, and includes Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman on women balancing careers and marriage. The piece reflects evolving views on sex, feminism, and public roles.
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Court of St. James
John Dickinson Sherman
General Federation of
America
Flapper critique and lessons from Mrs Sherman
Mrs Sherman recounts a New Orleans interview about a mountaineer grieving after his wife’s funeral. She argues criticism of flappers is misplaced, noting virtue depends on conduct, not clothing, and urges readers to stop moralizing about fashion and modesty in women.
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Clarksburg
Crazy Slayer Is Captured After Fatal Shootings in Maine
Brunswick, Maine December 22. Raymond Petit, 23, an insane subject, shot and wounded his father and mother last night. He killed Mrs. M. E. White, 78, in Topsham before being wounded by deputies. A guard company aided the manhunt as Petit hid in an upper room and was later felled by three bullets.
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Brunswick
Maine
Raymond Petit
M. E. White
Topsham
Petit
Albion Tedford
Judge Northcott Opens First Federal Court Session
Judge Eliott Northcott of the U S Circuit Court presided in his first sitting in Charleston. He considered the case of Nelson V McMullin of Louisville against W D Lewis and others. The action seeks to set aside an arbitration award of 40 000 acres valued at 10 000 000 from 1976. He will rule after memoranda are filed.
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Charleston
Eliott Northcott
U. S. Circuit Court
Nelson V. McMullin
Louisville
W. D. Lewis
Northcott
Assien
George W. McClintie
District Court
Local Christmas Visitations Highlight Grafton Scene
Miss Virginia Holt a Fayetteville High School teacher arrives in Grafton to spend Christmas with her parents on Thayer street. Mrs. William R. Wolfe of Morgantown and her two children Jane Elizabeth and Billy will be guests of Mrs. Wolfe's father R. M. Brown. John Thayer, Beckley High School instructor, visits his mother May Thayer. Mrs. George W. Foster of Clarlington plans holidays with brothers T. M. Davis and other relatives in Grafton. DuBois Crickenberger, junior high coach, stays with Rev and Mrs. P. Theodore Crickenberger. Miss M. Grace Loar of Oakland, Md., was in Grafton visiting her brother H. Loar.
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Virginia Holt
Fayetteville High School
Grafton
Thayer Street
William R. Wolfe
Jane Elizabeth
Billy
Morgantown
Wolfe
R. M. Brown
First Ward
John Thayer
Beckley
W. Va
May Thayer
Maple Avenue
George W. Foster
Clarington
T.M. Davis
West Mainstret
Gratton
DuBois Crickenberger
Hope
P. Theodore, Crickenberger
Washington Street
M. Grace’ Loar
Oakland
H. Loar
McGraw Avenue
More Experts Called Before Senate Group
Washington December 22 Additional experts were summoned to advise the senate committee probing the authenticity of Hearst papers. Witness names were not released and no conclusions on genuineness were reached. Open hearings resume next Tuesday but may be sidetracked as Senators Robinson and Jones attend Senator Andreus A. Jones's funeral in New Mexico.
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Washington
Hearst
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Jones
Miner Wounded By Unknown Hold-up Man
Charleston dispatch reports 45 year old Jes se Wazzo of Putney was shot by a stranger during a robbery. He and the assailant hid in an abandoned house to escape bad weather before a pistol was displayed and fired. Wazzo, now at a hospital, has a bullet wound and may become blind if he survives. His purse containing 12 dollars was taken.
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Charleston
Jesse Wazzo
Mingr
Putney
Wazzo
Char- Teston
Paaseraby
Death of Woman Is Blamed On Company
In Harmarville near Pittsburgh a woman, Mrs. Joseph Lubresky, died of pneumonia after a bar rack funded by United Mine Workers was erected for striking miners families. The union cites eviction from a company house as cause. the company claims miners left homes by agreement, with no eviction.
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Pittsburgh
Acmatonia
United Mine Workers
Consumers Mining Company
Harmarville Iing
Joseph Lubresky
Philip Murray
R. G. Bo
Son of Calles Recovers From Sudden Sickness
Alfredo Hijas Calles, son of Mexico's president, fully recovered today from indigestion that kept him from a Curtis Institute concert last night. He planned to return to Peekskill Military Academy, New York, to resume his studies.
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Philadelphia
Alfredo Hijas Calles
Mexico
Curtis Institute of Music
Peekskill Military Academy
Peekskill
N.Y
Plant High students strike over brief Christmas recess
In Tampa on December 22, about fifty to two hundred students at Plant High School walked out, protesting a one week Christmas break instead of two. The principal said roughly half the 400 students left class, and most would return before noon the next day when vacation begins. disciplinary steps may follow.
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Tampa
Fla
Plant High School Hi
Adrs
Sffy
Gang Warfare Starts Once More In Chicago
Chicago police report a renewed gang warfare wave after the shooting of Frank Noonan 54 proprietor of the Subway a westside cabaret. Noonan named Frank Smith in a dying statement as his killer. At the resort entrance the attack occurred amid ongoing investigations into alleged political links. A second killing linked to the gang beer feud left James Loftus 24 dead with 14 bullet wounds found roadside.
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Chicago
Frank Noonan
Subway
Noonan
Frank Smith
James Loftus
Two Architects Work On New Palace Plans
Geneva December 22 Two architects one French and one Swiss were appointed by the League of Nations to submit a new design for the league palace. The plan includes an assembly hall secretariat and a Rockefeller donated library. Paul Nenet designed the Sorbonne and M Flegenheimer planned Geneva station.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
John D. Rockefeller
Paul Nenet
Sorbonne
Paris
M. Flegenheimer
Extension of Loans To Be Asked by Mexico
Mexico City December 22. The secretary of the treasury, authorized by President Calles, will draft a memorandum to international bankers. The move seeks an extension of loans due to the foreign debt service for the coming year being out of proportion with Mexico's economic possibilities.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Secretary of the Treasury
Calles
Fiduciary Accounts For Guardianship and Estate Settlements
The following fiduciary accounts are before the undersigned commissioner of accounts for settlement. Charles F. Hannan guardian Mildred G. Hannan Bowman dated December 16 1927. J Gene Robinson administrator of Jasper C. McDonald deceased dated December 21 1927. Taylor County West Virginia. Commissioner J Frank Wilson. Bee 2229.
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Charles F. Hannan
Mildred G. Hannan Bowman
P J. Guy Allender
Com
Acts
J. Gene Robinson
Jasper C. McDonald
J. Frank Wilson
Taylor County
West Virginia
Pittsburgh Livestock and Produce Markets Preserve Activity and Prices
In Pittsburgh on December 22, livestock activity was fair with hogs mainly steady to slightly lower, calves steady, and lambs moderately active with upper range noted. Produce demand was slow with apples steady across varieties, cabbage and onions trading in bulk, and potatoes and related fall market prices fluctuating within regional ranges.
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Pittsburgh
Propucce
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Virginia Baldwins
New York Baldwins
Wealthies
Virginia Starks
West Virginia Grimes Golden
Ohio Baldwins
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maine
Green Mountains
Delegates To Deliver Report In New York
The memorandum detailing present conditions will be delivered in New York by De Bas Dier Barroso and Bernan Fuente. They are expected to reach New York soon. The Treasury Department will also carry a full report on the financial status of the American government and what was done to cover the debt service during the present year amid financial stress.
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New -York
de Bas Dier Barroso
Bernan Fuente
New York
Treasury Department
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