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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1929
Page
7
Scrambled OCR style clues appear, mentioning tropical tree, Charles Lamb name, and dark brown. The text also includes stray phrases about verbs, Arete, Maddie, and odd budget figures, plus scattered place names and numbers. The readable bits suggest a disjointed puzzle page fragment with corrupted lines.
Real estate transfers recorded over the past week list multiple property deeds and rights of way in Grafton Rosemont Fleming ton Booths Creek Knottsville Plummer run and West Main Street areas. Notable entries include Alma Knotts to Searl Kirkpatrick seven lots in Rosemont and several tracts conveyed to C and P Telephone Co for rights of way across city streets.
Overnight news from Montgomery Melbourne Phoenix New Orleans New York Zurich Zurich Moscow London Horta Paris Tegucigalpa reports three serious injuries in a building collapse in Montgomery three bank doors closed in Melbourne five ex police indicted in Phoenix a trolley strike permits 16 cars New York marriage news in Zurich China strengthens control of the Chinese Eastern Railway Moscow considers extending the Chinese ultimatum response in three days London reports King George progress after surgery a Polish sergeant injured in trans Atlantic voyage recovering in Horta eleven girls die when a white truck plunges into a 1000 foot abyss in Tegucigalpa with 22 injured
In Monongalia county circuit court Judge C G Baker will hear arguments on admitting an alleged confession by James Greathouse in the slaying of Charles Cassidy. Prosecutors allege Greathouse killed Cassidy after a quarrel over money and fled with Cassidy’s pay. defense plans to base its case on an insanity plea citing family history and the death of Greathouse’s mother at Weston State Hospital. Cassidy, a mine worker, was found shot along a rural road on April 27 after the two were last seen riding together. Deputies testified to the confession and Greathouse’s involvement remains under debate as the state continues its case.
In Littleton two Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Co workers died and two were injured when a wall fell at a Martinsburg sub-station. In Wheeling Antonio Debent and his wife are being questioned over the death of 45 year old Renee Thompson. Mrs Braithwaite, 45, fatally burned when paraffin ignited on a stove in Charleston. In Huntington Walter Buchanan named general manager of Appalachian Electric Power in Welch district. Tri-State Baseball League splits season. Some women seem to believe they have sufficient will power to gossip or leave it alone.
In Mexico City on July 16 three people were drowned and three believed drowned when a Rio De Los Remedios flood swept an automobile off a bridge at San Bartolo Naucalpan. The Daily Mirror suggested Sir James Barrie may become a Labour peer.
A Soviet demand to China over Manchuria and the Chinese Eastern Railway spurs troop movements and border patrols. Kuomintang leaders promise a policy pronouncement soon while missions report anti missionary activity in Fukien. Washington avoids entanglement as Riga reports possible US mediation but cautions neutrality.
Marilyn Morgan reports that a Chinese official granted a visa amid rising hostilities. The note references railway headquarters capture and exile in the Soviet Union, with large crowds, revolutionary hymns, and mobilization of 15,000 Manchurian troops. Paris reports cautious diplomatic mood as unrest grows.
The letter criticizes American attitudes toward crime reduction and law enforcement and cites disrespect for the Volstead act. Wickersham urges a budget study on private police protection as city and state forces are deemed inadequate. Roosevelt proposes a permanent crime statistics clearinghouse for governors to track actions and outcomes across states.
The Chinese Russian dispute shifts as M. Serebriakov, Russia's foreign minister's Chinese representative, postpones a trip to Manchuria pending Chinese debt ratification talks. Circles say the move reduces chance of a league inquiry and signals cautious diplomacy between China and Russia.
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