01 Jan 1930
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1930
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports cabinet officials foresee a lavish welcome for the new year with predictions of continued ties between government and business. Secretary Mellon and Lamont praise sound national finances and high business highs in 1929, signaling confidence in economic continuity through the year ahead.
Washington greets a distinguished visitor as ticker tape and flowers flood the capital. A leather goods house reports sold out of card cases amid unprecedented demand. Flowers valued around 20 000 contribute to an estimated 90 000 to 100 000 holiday trade in flowers. Continued on page five.
A package explosion in Seat Pleasant Maryland killed a woman, Mrs. Lesona Hall Brady, and wounded seven others from the Hall family. The blast demolished the kitchen, sent victims to nearby hospitals, and left 16 year old Leslie Hall missing part of a hand. Investigators traced the package to possible delivery to Mrs Brady with confusion over its origin.
About 45 workers employed by the Duquesne Light Company were overcome by gas in a tunnel 40 feet underground on Bruno Island in the Ohio River. Nearly a score of men were admitted to the hospital with unknown injury severity as the gas spread through small quarters where workers changed clothing. Deputy sheriff noted four men were struck, and three of four Asia gas sources were referenced in initial reports.
Four unidentified men visited Columbus County deputy sheriff Hoke B. Smith at his home in Lumberton and opened fire after restraining him. Smith, in hospital, said three assailants seized him while the fourth fired. two bullets pierced his chest, one hit his spinal column, another struck his hip and a fourth wounded his arm. He had earlier conducted a raid on a liquor still.
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