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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1933
Page
2
Willy Nilly tries to restart a ferris wheel to save a frightened dog Rip and protect business. Rip laments life on the ride while Top Notch boasts, ducks push him into a pool, and the bears grow sick as the scene ends with a note of hope for tomorrow.
Jackson's Mill July 20 Russell Gates of Wheeling was elected president of the student council of the sixth annual Presbyterian Young People's conference. Other conference council members include Dor othy Dodge Wheeling Dorothy Williamson Parkersburg Lewis Bambrick Wheeling, Margaret Reger Clarksburg, Richard Cotterman Parkersburg, Moneva Ducpney Wheeling. Recreation committee members include Gene Cator Wheeling Helen Osterie Parkersburg Carol Magnuson Weston Julianne Graham Listérgsville Martha Potter Wheeling Richard Osterie Par
Officials in Rowlesburg and nearby areas report a clothing store robbery at the F. Griffin establishment. Thieves escaped with 150 dollars in merchandise and cash, marking a third burglary in the month with no arrests yet.
A fragment recalls Fiuff visiting a grocer man to buy food and returning to the Puff, who exclaims a sudden hunch about rain and a sewn picnic lunch, hinting at a whimsical scene in town.
Carl C Cranmer recounts Benjamin Russell Hanby, born July 22 1833 near Rushville, who wrote Darling Nellie Gray inspired by the grave of a runaway slave in a churchyard. The song emerged from Hanby teaching pupils on a local school blackboard after revising, copyrighting, and selling it for 25 dollars. Mrs T M Adams, a pupil, recalls learning the words from the poet.
A reader argues that denying a child a new bathing suit due to tight finances harms morale and family unity. The piece contends honesty and financial transparency strengthen kids and family spirit, while a forbidding stance breeds resentment and rebellion. Romney notes the West Virginia Firemen Association convention opening with 12,000 expected attendees and lists officers and committee members.
Thieves cut through a canvas covering on a Supplies shipment and took sugar and jelly from a Pineville camp area between Columbus and Camp Wyoming. The incident occurred July 21 and highlights security lapses at the Civilian Conservation Corps unit.
Washington announces Dr. Joseph E. Martin Jr of St. Marys West Virginia to the Medical Corps Reserve as a first lieutenant. The War Department issued the order on July 21 in its usual formal announcement.
Baltimore officials announced that twenty more ships will join the Calmar Lines and the Ore Steamship Company by August 15, raising total ships in service to 26. The move expands regional maritime capacity and strengthens trade links.
Washington July 21 Open shop clauses show up in a proposed bituminous coal code drawing immediate opposition from William Green AFL president who condemns company union clauses as illegal under the act Operators’ committees, led by J D A Morrow of Pittsburgh, work to clear thousands of details and aim to finish within two or three days Coal fields from Pennsylvania to Tennessee send representatives as most operators resist unionization efforts
Flying Governor reported near consensus between northern and southern operators on wage differentials and a 40 hour maximum work week. Both sides are said to have fixed basic scales though difficulties remain in setting differentials for intermediate fields like Fairmont and Piedmont. Morrow declined to comment.
Wiley Post of Oklahoma in the Winnie Mae faced a rough Alaska leg with a bent propeller and damaged gear after a rough landing at Flat. He waited for repairs, then prepared to resume toward Fairbanks and Edmonton as engineers rushed a new propeller and parts.
New York fashion forecaster Katherine Casey of the National Retail Dry Goods Association predicts the Victorian influence will peak by late next spring. She notes a six to seven year cycle and foresees a swing to moronistic, geometric gowns after the peak, with Mae West style influences guiding the transition.
Charleston July 21 Reverend H C Head of Charleston was re elected moderator of the Mount Olivet Baptist Association an assembly of Negro Baptist churches in southern West Virginia counties. Other officers named include P A Saunders of Montgomery vice moderator J Thomas Reid of Huntington secretary Ida Brown of London corresponding secretary and J R Brown of Institute treasurer.
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