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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
2
In a whimsical tale a group including Christopher Columbus Crow Top Notch the Rooster and Mrs Duck plan a shared household newspaper. They draft stories weather reports and moral reflections using improvised tools while discussing gossip, kindness, and the impact of rumors on children's happiness. The piece emphasizes positive example over malice.
In a silent grandstand, a tense football game unfolds into a raucous crowd scene as Universal's Saturday's Millions electrifies Opera House. Robert Young Leila Hyams Johnny Mack Brown star in a drama by Edward Sedgwick about a college football star who sees the game as a racket.
Preliminary exam confirmed the baby's stable but dangerous condition from hydrocephalus. Dr Dandy and Houston doctors diagnosed a treatable surgical path, with gradual updates on the patient's status. Jimmy Wedell, famed aviator, completed a brief Washington trip after aiding the child and returning to the air.
Wheeling plans outline West Virginia s first federal transient hotel under the CWA to remove wanderers from roads. Ohio county Civic Works Administrator Walter C Smith negotiates with state officials to shelter feed and clothe transients and return them home via provided transportation. Each man will carry an ID and work on street cleaning or similar tasks under a federal supervisor. The facility will offer showers beds meals and medical exams.
Behind a dense Antarctic fog, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s expedition ship faced a 40 hour delay off Little America. Dr. Charles Gill Morgan reported rocks embedded in a fractured iceberg and a sounding showed no bottom at 9,000 feet. The crew joined a Christmas smoker and film, with a turkey dinner among the offerings.
Portsmouth Ohio dispatch reports Jesse Roark 24 of Salyersville Kentucky drowned when his car struck a bridge and plunged into six inches of water in Sandy Run Pike County. He was pinned face down as the automobile overturned. Kenneth Holsinger failed to extract him after rescuing Roark’s 3 year old daughter trapped in the car. Roark’s wife escaped injury, being thrown onto the highway.
A new local unit of the Federal Crop Production Corporation was formed to serve eight eastern West Virginia counties. The Romney meeting gathered representatives from Berkley Jefferson Morgan Hampshire Mineral Grant Hardy and Pendleton. The group will base at Romney and focus on crop production loans for farmers and small orchardists. Marvin A Williams was named temporary chairman and William H Johnson spoke on the procedure.
The stock market gained momentum today in New York as belated year end tax selling flowed in and investors renewed optimism lifted several previously depressed leaders.
A government statement explains that 2000 questionnaires were mailed to oil producing firms to determine how much production costs have risen due to the code of fair competition. The inquiry aims to assess the code's effect on operating expenses and industry profitability.
In Wadsworth Alabama two people were killed and 13 injured when a Louisville and Nashville freight train derailed near here. A wooden block may have caused the wreck as wreckers cleared debris to rescue possible buried victims. Injured were taken to Clanton and Montgomery hospitals with none in critical condition.
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo of California will fly from Los Angeles to New York to be at the bedside of his daughter Mrs Edward Cowles who is critically ill with pneumonia. Dr Edward Cowles Park Avenue neurologist and psychiatrist said weather storms render arrival time uncertain.
Webster Springs, county seat of Webster county, will be flat broke next year as interest and sinking fund charges on outstanding bonds consume all revenue. Bond charges total 2,750 dollars while permitted levies raise 2,247.12 dollars, leaving a shortfall of 502.88 dollars. The town may levy more for bond costs but would have nothing left for current expenses.
Charlotte report details Bruce D. Whitehead a 28 year old insurance salesman missing after leaving Continental Life Insurance in Charlotte around 10 30 p m a week ago. The case is being pursued as a potential kidnapping by the department of justice with no further sightings or information from law enforcement or oil administrator Ickes.
Chicago notes a maze of unanswered questions as 62 year old Dr. Alice Wynekoop faces trial for Rheta Gardner Wynekoop’s death. Key issues center on the disputed confession, motives, and inconsistencies surrounding the gun and chloroform findings plus insurer details and family actions.
Tulsa reports that the United States crude oil production stayed well above federal allocations in the past week. The Oil and Gas Journal cites a total daily average of 2,821,168 barrels, up from 2,413,578 the prior week, with Easter fields rising to 124,000 barrels and overall allowances at 2,210,000.
Radio listings for NBC WEAF CBS WJZ detailing evening to late night programs including The Southernaires Rudy Vallee and Stokowski Orch. plus dance hours and variety acts. Ad ends with price list and reminder to retake your radio with RCA or Cunningham Tubes.
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