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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1930
Page
2
A fragmentary scene describes a speaker recalling his cloud children called mares tails for their long thin icy crystal costumes. He jokes about family, while John and Peggy listen, and the Little Black Clock plans a trip as weather chatter lingers.
The Little Black Clock invites children to meet cloud children with varied levels of air life. Old Man ther, a self described stowaway, explains his family of cloud children who share the same name when alike in nature. He favors ragged clothes and unfinished cuffs over formal dress.
Eastern time schedule listing stations WEAF WAKC WJZ WBAL WOR WGY WRBZ and Springfield with Uncle Abe Treasures Jazz and orchestras through the evening plus news sports and recitals including Dan Russo orchestra Moonbeams and Amos n Andy programs.
A dense listing of radio program times and stations across major networks. Entries include WJZ WJR WS B Atlanta WAAS Louisville and others with orchestras, singers, chefs, jug bands, symphony and NBC features. No clear single event, but multiple daily slots and program types appear.
State trooper H. K. Debendarfer records June results with 28 arrests, fines and costs totaling 242 dollars and 141.60, and property recovered valued at 227.05. Moonshine, mash, wine and beer seizures total 100 gallons plus six and one fourth gallons, with two years nine months in prison terms.
A fragmented review notes the clash of silent and sound cinema with jumbled headlines. It mentions stars like George Arliss and Sue Carol, titles such as Deep Purple and The Way of a Maid, and the shift toward Technicolor while predicting censorship concerns and the rise of Vitaphone talkies.
Report notes occupants fled after a wreck with license tying vehicle to Mr. Smith, later disputed as the car had been traded in March and resold to the wreck party. Additional items mention a death in Madison Ill from a live wire incident and a long list of local political candidates and offices across counties, including boards of education and justice positions.
Motorists in Gratton woke to red warning tags on their cars for parking too long on Main and Latrobe streets. Officials had warned of clamps this week after relaxing last week due to tag shortages. A mayor's court session is set for tomorrow at ten.
The article notes a holiday surge with record beach crowds in Chicago, massive traffic jams, and widespread accidents. It reports nine airplane deaths, thousands injured nationwide, and unusual incidents including a parachute jumper killed in Wisconsin, a man dying from excitement, and a Duluth house fire started by children playing with matches.
An article recounts a July riot sparked by Tom Robertson and his three sons over a disputed automobile battery. A Black man killed a white man during a search and a Black woman was slain when her husband failed to stop. A relative was lynched and a posse member was killed while another white man was wounded. The text notes further shootings and home arson during the mob action.
The Grafton district lists G Wesley Evans William A Collins and C E Graryson as Republicans and John Q Musgrove as Democrat for the membership board of education. In the same district James J Lilty D W Cortney J O Jaco and Joseph G Bolmner Republicans run for justice of the peace while A Carroll seeks the post on the Democratic ticket. In Fetterman district Camden E Swisher W T Wells and S E Kinter Republicans announce for presidency of the board of education.
County Court named Mr. Losh's son R. Losh to direct his father's affairs under bond of 4000 dollars. A petition for a decree of non compos mentis was refused. later petitions sought commutation of an individual would: og pat iY BO? appear this morning, prompting a move of court sessions from the first floor room to the second floor circuit court chamber.
Major Wynne Eyton of the Royal Air Force Reserves, aiming to fly eastward from Harbour Grace to cross the Atlantic, crash landed after takeoff. His De Havilland Moth burst into flames, leaving him with burns and cuts. He had arrived June 30 from Liverpool and planned a July 10 start.
Reported crashes claim several deaths and injuries across Michigan Illinois New York California and Iowa. Bert E. Kogle and Duane L. Heller of Chicago drown after a cabin aquaplane sinks in Lake Michigan south of South Haven. Martin Wilska and John W. Gorman die when their monoplane at Floyd Bennett Field spins and crashes. Guy and Harry Coffin of Estherville are injured when a landing plane strikes a telephone wire in Clarion. A separate note mentions British women wearing cotton frocks to aid Lancashire’s cotton industry.
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