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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1928

Page

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Christmas Observances Planned by Grafton Churches

Elaborate services outlined for tomorrow and Christmas with midnight rites on Christmas Eve. St Matthias Episcopal and United Brethren plan midnight services while Andrews Methodist Opal Church renames its remodeled sanctuary and prepares Christmas sermon and choir numbers.

Judea Christ Grafton Cie Manger House of God St. Matthias Protestant Episcopal Rat United Brethren Episcopal Church United Trethren Andrews Methodist Opal Church Marrow

Miller's Shoe Store Offers Trusted Christmas Picks

A sales pitch highlights Miller's Shoe Store as the reliable source for family gifts this Christmas with assurances of quality and dependable value. The message encourages shoppers to buy early for best results and satisfaction.

Miller's Shoe Store

Truck Load Of Food To Be Given Twenty Families Near City

A Salvation Army effort will ship a load of provisions from Grafton to Flemins ton to aid twenty nearby families. Captain W T Atholl leads the relief, with donations pledged by Rotary Club business men. The appeal urged clothing and items in wearable condition, with distribution planned soon to help those lacking food and warmth amid widespread deprivation.

Flemington Salvation Army Grafton W. TL. Atholl Add Mal Wien Strand Theatre Rotary Club Salvation Army Carlin Arnold Page Bieht

Seek Removal Of Gen Booth

New York dispatch reports Commander Evangeline Booth sailed secretly for England on the Olympic. The trip may end with the removal of her brother General Bramwell Booth as international head of the Salvation Army and affect her election. The Times notes a United States uniform element has canceled the high call. Continued on Page Seven.

New York New York Times Evangeline Booth Salvation Army United States England Bramwell Booth Electon Times

Rio Welcomes Hoovers With Real Warmth

Rio Janeiro greets President elect Herbert Hoover with elaborate displays of flags lights and crowds. Hoover tours planned include a luncheon at the U S embassy and a reception at the national palace. He will address Brazil's supreme court and attend a parliamentary welcome. Continuous public adulation marks his arrival as Brazilian officials greet the Hoovers.

Rio Janeiro Hebert Hoover Hegan Montevideo United States Brazil Tronver Luis Nations Palace Hoover Supreme Court H Hoover Chamber of Deputs de Meilo Vianna United States Department At State Senor Luis Utah Presdent Senora Guanabara Palace Bieht

Slayer Tries to Burn Home After Murder in St. Louis Case

Sheriff Jesse Wissom reported the slayer of Miss Anna Velez attempted to burn her four room cottage after the murder. Bloody fingerprints were found inside and on latticework outside. A fingerprint expert from St. Louis was to begin work today as investigators probe the crime scene.

Carini Dee Anna Velez Jesse Wissom Maude Ciaffant Grissom St. Louis

Weather update Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday

Partly cloudy conditions continue tonight with a slow rise in temperatures through Sunday. Skies stay partly cloudy, sunrise readings show a gradual warming trend across the region.

Christmas pardons abolished by justice department

Washington announces that the practice of recommending Christmas pardons for federal prisoners is abolished. The department said wardens will no longer petition for pardons and prisoners will not receive year end clemency.

Washington Gacy Patrou Ue Yee Department of Justice

Christmas Vacation Plans From Washington Officials

Plans for Christmas week show President Coolidge and family spread across homes and gatherings. Vice President Dawes heads to Evanston for a festive celebration, while Kellogg misses St Paul for conciliation talks. Multiple cabinet members host delegations and family events as a yuletide focus at various locations.

Washin Coolidge Dawes Evanston TL Frank Kellogg St. Faw, Minn

Continue Search For Missing Young Couple

Washington December 22 01 continuation of the deaths of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river for Glenn Hyde and his wife was authorized today by Secretary Davis in response to a telegram from Hyde's father at Lan Vera Nevada. Major General John L Vines at San Francisco was instructed to continue further airplane search.

Washington Grand Canyon Colorado River Glenn Hyde Davis Hyde Lan Vera Nevada John L. Vines San Francisco

U S Signals Willingness to Join Reparations Talks

The United States would likely participate in a conference to study Germany's reparations situation if invited. President Coolidge indicated willingness to consider such an invitation, but views the issue mainly for European nations to resolve. No invitation has been received.

Washington United States Coolidge London Paris Tnus

Deciding Gift for Miller's Shoes Bestseller

A shopper weighs gift options at Miller's Shoe Store for Miller. The suggestion favors Daniel Green Comfy Slippers as the most pleasing present, urging a prompt purchase.

South Lines Protest New Rate Change

Southern railroads object to proposed cargo coal rate cuts effective January 1 as Pittsburgh interests and eastern Ohio oil producers join in protests to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Norfolk and Western Ches cake and Ohio Louisville and Nashville and Virginian systems filed objections to anticipated reductions by northern railroads. Continued on page five.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Norfolk and Western Ches Cake Ohio Louisville Nashville

Princeton Professor Hit By Car Dies at 70

Princeton New Jersey authorities report Professor Henry Burchard Fine dean of science at Princeton University died from injuries after being struck by an automobile while riding a bicycle. Fine, 70, had served on the Princeton faculty since 1881 and was named to the presidency after Woodrow Wilson left the university to govern New Jersey in 1910.

Princeton

Congress Concludes First Session with Key Appropriations

Washington Dec 22 Congress adjourns until January 3 after three weeks of rapid work. Nominations for Interstate Commerce Commission members Clyde B Aitchison Claude R Porter and Patrick J Farrell confirmed. The body approved four big supply bills and a treasury post office bill signed by the President. Leaders praised nineties annual appropriations totaling over a billion and a half dollars.

Washington Interstate Commerce. Co Senate Clyde B. — Aitchison Oregon Claude R. Porter Iowa Patrick J. Farrell Congress Treasury-Post Office Gurtis Kansas Boulder Dam House

Mil ler's Shoe Store Promises Daily Use Purchases

A quirky ad notes that items bought at Mil ler's Shoe Store are useful every day of the year. The playful copy suggests no matter the day, their shoes and related goods are practical choices for daily wear and comfort.

Miller's Shoe Store

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Wales Latrobe Street Gen Booth First United Brethren St. Paul's Lutheran Church David’s Royal City Rio Grafton Sentinel The Grafton Printing Co Benjamin Franklin Ting Company Bente Grafton Pri Liberty ‘Shoe Shop Newt Grant Theatre Jaemeae Ea i Slayer Bolivia Paraguay Manuel Foster Chile Gurgel de Amaral Victor Mauriua Peru Charles Evans Hughes Orestes Ferrara Cuba P. L. Boal Benjamin Cohen Department of Justice Bandons Sargent Haymond’s U.S States Miller's Daniel Green Andrews Church Lea Madonna First Baptist Church John W. Brown Ryseybodeas Turner
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