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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1932
Page
7
The article argues that intense, focused play signals healthy mental development and future work capacity. It examines children who lose themselves in play versus those easily distracted or overwhelmed by adults, suggesting the latter may need early help to identify pinching causes such as overcontrol or excessive affection.
Glenville July 7 Harold Brown son of the late William Perry Brown and Mrs Emme Brown of Glenville returned home Monday He had been absent for nineteen years and wrote in copper mines across the United States and Canada He had not writer home for about fifteen years His father who used the pen name William B Perry has died and his brother Gordon Brown is a well known attorney here
Weston July 7 Twenty two of the 55 children patients at Weston State Hospital will be moved to the new West Virginia State Training School for Mental Defectives at St Marys. Mr and Mrs Joseph B Byers in charge have tested and selected eight girls and fourteen boys for treatment.
Kingwood July 7 Captain E W Athey reports confessions from two men implicating three others in county robberies. Described are Despie Lansly in Preston County jail admitting involvement with two others in the Hauck Reicher store theft at Gorman on June 23 for $60 cash, and Thomas Smith in Cumberland Md jail admitting with Melvin Uplinger to rob J N Ringer and Sons store at Terra Alta on June 17 for $50 merchandise and $25 cash. Uplinger held in Cumberland jail. suspects to be brought here for trial.
Washington reports a renewed expedition to Brazil to locate Colonel P H Fawcett who vanished in 1925 while seeking the Lost Atlantis. Led by Robert Churchward and Capt John G Holman the mission weighs theories of his fate amid vast Mato Grosso hinterland and reports from Swiss trapper Stephan Rattin of a possible captive Fawcett.
Brussels reports recount Auguste Piccard’s vow to avoid stratospheric flight after last year’s perilous ascent. His wife urged him to honor the pledge not to risk her again, even as he hinted at a future solo balloon mission amid memories of suffocation and exposure on the Tyrolean glacier.
The inventor narrates preparations for a second gondola ascent after admitting regret at entrusting others with the first. He cites safety measures including an eliminated rope entanglement, reduced risk from a broken thermometer, heat control, and automatic cosmic ray recording to reassure that the second ascent will be safe for himself and his wife and dog Max Cosyns.
The article recounts Colonel Favrccett’s interest in legends of rich gold mines in open grasslands with river fringe trees. It notes stories of walled cities with races of men ruled by women and noctilucent lights from ruins, and relates explorers’ varying beliefs about Fawcett’s fate after his disappearance.
London July 7 A jury cleared Mrs Elvira Dolores Barney 26 daughter of a baronet of murder after one hour 53 minutes deliberation in the fatal shooting of Thomas William Scott Stephen at her flat The verdict also acquitted her of manslaughter and intent to do grievous bodily harm in separate charges The defense argued the shot occurred during a struggle over a revolver as she and her lover fought for possession The trial ended as one of England's most sensational murder cases in decades
Justice states defendant could be convicted only if shot fired with intent to kill. Court notes struggle for revolver while defense argues living with man not to be prejudiced. Akron dirigible cruiser reports position 350 miles east of Cape Hatteras en route to Bermuda to aid in Curlew search.
Dublin reports the mother of Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore Md died after serious illness at her home in Athlone. She was 92 years old.
The Rev. Dr. Walter Everett Smith, 58, pastor of Olivet Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, died last night of a heart attack. He was born in Bridesburg, Pennsylvania.
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