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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1937
Page
2
Relatives learned of the death of P R Suter from injuries suffered when struck by an automobile in Akron Ohio. He was a former school teacher in Weteel County.
Philadelphia December 28. R B Derr of Aluminum Company laboratories told a Chemical Society unit meeting that science is now doing much about the weather. He explained indoor air moisture varies seasonally and daily, affecting industrial products and human comfort, and noted industry demands uniform control of air conditions. Derr described a new sponge
A device or method that absorbs moisture from the land to reduce humidity levels in the summer. It operates by drawing in groundwater or soil moisture, helping regulate local humidity and improve comfort in hot months.
Stuart H. Simpson, a longtime pioneer oil producer in Oil City and West Virginia fields, died at 91 after a brief illness in an Oil City hospital. His widow, Mrs. Luella Reineman Simpson, survives.
Coroner statement from Corporal R D Platt in Corinne West Virginia reports Roy Caudill aged 47 was struck and killed by a car driven by I J Taylor at Allen Junction Wyoming County. Witnesses say Caudill stepped in front of the vehicle and stated no charges would be filed against Taylor.
Government reports describe heavy fighting near the provincial capital seized last week by insurgents after 17 months in their control. Barcelona dispatches note rival patrols clashing inside the city, with government forces apparently in control of the larger area.
Extensive 1940s era radio grid lists hundreds of programs across stations such as WENR WJZ WHE WMMN WOR WGR WIB and more. Entries include orchestras quizzes comedies dramas and singer appearances with precise times from 6:00 PM through late night 11:45 PM and beyond. The sheet showcases station lineups featuring Rakovs Orchestra Jack Armstrong Tom Mix and many named acts, reflecting a bustling broadcast schedule.
Washington December 28 Assistant Attorney General Robert H Jackson is slated for the role of trust buster if Congress enacts new anti monopoly legislation observers said today The 45 year old lawyer has already handled monopoly charges against the Aluminum Company of America and telegraph firms He accompanied President Roosevelt on a Florida trip to discuss a broad anti trust campaign and argued that national recovery hinges on solving monopoly problems He warned that revision and reinforcement of anti monopoly laws have been neglected and that action is needed to curb monopolies
A fragment notes the need to establish controls to fix other prices in relation to a set benchmark. It suggests pegging various prices to a main reference to stabilize the market.
In Beckley West Virginia 11 year old Charmin McIntosh sickened with scarlet fever prompting a quarantine at home after leaving the Romney State School for the Deaf and Blind. The school quarantine was lifted to allow her return for the Christmas vacation as the illness was diagnosed yesterday by her physician.
Winter Banana York Imperial apples offered by W. HL Annon of Thornton. Contact phone 11F2 for purchase details and pricing.
In San Mateo California on December 28 Mrs Louise Bricker aged 39 died after attempting to keep her 4 year old son Donald from falling from a moving automobile. She fell from the car and lost her life while trying to protect him. The incident was blamed on her selfless act.
Orran L. Wells, vice-president of the H. P. Dils and Son store, died in St. Petersburg Florida where he had been recuperating from nervous shock caused by a train accident.
Floyd M. Booton, age 60, a carpenter, died in a Huntington hospital on December 28. The obituary notes his occupation and place of death.
Coal delivered prices 100 and 12 cents for Pittsburgh coal. Call 385-F or 724-3 Sharps Coal Mines for details on December 17 20 22 24 27 29.
Washington dispatch reports the congressional mandatory neutrality bloc will push for a neutrality law embargo on war materials to far eastern belligerents. Senators Nye LaFollette Capper and Vandenberg debate Ludlow’s referendum idea while Panay sinking shapes support and opposition.
Col Jay L Benedict now superintendent of the U S military academy at West Point N Y began his service as an enlisted man in 1898 He was promoted to brigadier general and succeeds Maj Gen William D Connor who retires in February This Central Press report notes the succession and Benedicts long military career.
Senator Wheeler of Montana said he had not encountered the described reaction as administration leaders oppose adopting the Lud jaw amendment.
An old newspaper ad for Wolfe's Tire Shop at 1245 Main urges retreading and vulcanizing expertise backed by twenty years of experience. It also advertises coal hauling via North Pole Ice and Coal Distributors and coal from Union miners with contact numbers 848 B48 and 87.
Funeral services for Miss Adda Reed of Boothsville, 87, will be at 2:30 PM Wednesday at the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Interment in Clermont Cemetery, Eldora, under R. Lee Hart. She was the third sister to die in five weeks from complications of age. survivors include brothers Arthur Reed of Fairmont and Joseph Reed of Morgantown. other siblings are deceased.
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