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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1929
Page
4
A short survey mentions Sandino's proposal for a Latin American nations built canal with US approval unlikely and US plans to build a future canal. It also notes Roosevelt medal recipients Owen Young Owen Wis ter and Herbert Putnam for public service and library reforms.
The piece honors public servants like Mr Putnam and discusses Library of Congress cataloging for libraries nationwide. It lauds business leaders such as the Van Sweringen brothers for urban transformation in Cleveland, shaping suburbs and city growth with rail lines and development, and argues such figures merit recognition as creative forces behind modern cities. It also notes ongoing jail and jailbreak developments in Randolph County with suspects at large.
State police at Eakins captured Robert Ellison and Howard Duell near Hodgeville, two prisoners who escaped from Upshur jail recently. The two were known to be connected with a note to the Polish government secretary and amid tensions over a Polish Lithuanian dispute. Authorities believe they were held in the county jail after capture and were being transported.
The North German Lloyd steamer Der flinger bound from Darien to Tsingtao with 42 passengers ran on rocks at Chalientao forty miles from Tsingtao. Two holds flooded. Salvage tugs head to the vessel. Passengers were taken to Tsingtao by the American destroyer Paul Jones and part of the crew by the gunboat Blackhawk.
Plattsburgh report says an attempt to smuggle liquor from Canada has cost a youth his life in a fatal incident near the border. Authorities continue to investigate the case and identify those involved.
Elijah E Balgrade aged 21 died when his car overturned during a bid to elude border patrolmen. Historical report notes 16 bags of ale found in the vehicle by patrol officers.
A contrasted group of army navy and commercial aviation representatives met with W D L Starbuck of the radio commission to discuss assigning airways and landing field radio frequencies. Herbert Hoover Jr of Western Air Express urged surveying frequencies by altitude noting Pacific coast bands are impractical in the southwest. H K Walls of the Commerce Department proposed a common landing field frequency with landing priority for ground controllers.
Attorneys for Dr James H Snook confessed slayer of Thora K Hix 26 co ed paramour demanded a sanity hearing at a conference with Common Pleas Judge Henry L Scarlett today. They named three state hospital alienists to examine Snook who will confer with state and defense tomorrow. A serious hearing likely begins next Monday replacing the planned first degree murder trial.
London reports radio messages picked up by WICK from Thorshaven and Faroe islands suggesting a German plane possibly in Arctic airspace. Messages note a plane passing to Reykjavik and then at Tverna awaiting weather improvement. Identification D-1422 heard in use.
Report notes that direction of Iceland and German efforts converge in solving a lingering mystery. Authorities coordinated across borders, pursuing leads tied to geographic signals and archival records. The piece highlights collaboration between agencies and the ongoing search for decisive clues.
Preliminary hearing for R L Tinney, accused of passing a $50 bad check on a car deal with Earl Phillips, was postponed until Friday after noon. Magistrate John L Wittman set bond at $1,000 as additional charges were filed today.
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