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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1934

Page

2

Opera House Presents This Man Is Mine Tonight and Tuesday

Irene Dunne stars in the RKO drama This Man Is Mine at the Opera House with Ralph Bellamy Constance Cummings Sidney Blackmer Kay Johnson and more. John Cromwell directs the adaptation of the stage play Love Files In the Window as the wife grapples with temptation to keep her husband.

Irent Dunne Rko-Radio Constance Cummings Anne Morrison Chapin Irene Dunne Miss Dunne Ralph Ballamy Sidney Blackmer Kay Johnson Chas Starrett Vivian Tobin Louis Mason John Cromwell

Three Persons Trapped as Cottage Burns

A man fled from a burning cottage after discovering a dead telephone line. He barely reached safety with his wife as flames engulfed the building. His companions remained in their beds, screaming as the fire spread.

Bus Tragedy Rips Through Ossining Fire Destroys Lumber Plant

A bus tragedy near Ossining sparked a blazing fire destroying the Washburne and Todd Lumber plant with losses over 150000. Passengers fled to the Hudson river as flames swept the vehicle and a roof collapse trapped others. Ambulances and police battled the blaze while bystanders aided in rescues and witnesses described the panic before control was established.

Hudson River Ossining Tarrytown Peekskill Grassland Thomas McGuire, Jr Baston Washburne and Todd Lumber Company Joseph J. Monshan

Park Shooting Probe Focused on Park Complaints

An Indiana investigation centers on parkgoer safety after repeated complaints of menacing acts near a city park. Officials describe recent attempts to disrupt couples and note a two year pattern in similar disturbances. A witness says a woman arrived in Indianapolis on Saturday afternoon, separate from the man she was with, and a noise was heard nearby.

Ide Park South S Palige Indianapolis

Tragedy at Chester as Husband Fatally Shoots Lover

A man and two shooters interrupted a quiet scene after a bus stop incident. Mrs. Hendrixon died from a nosebleed after being shot, following a confrontation involving her husband and Miss Bradley of Chester. Miss Bradley, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Bradley, is survived by her parents and sister Mary. The report notes the couple’s affair and identifies local attendees at Veterans of Foreign Wars events.

Hendrixon

WRECK Frisco Communist Office and Holt canvass drive

An account notes a Friday night wreck at the Frisco Communist Office. It mentions Evelyn Myer and Dorothy Myer of Salem among attendees, with others including Mildred Hefner, Neva Boylen, Marie Crites, Evelyn Intz, and Morrall. It also covers a political push to nominate Holt with Labor support and a call for 1 000 delegates to canvass members for turnout on primary day.

China Graham Sale Arthur Koontz Holt Labor United States Senate M. M. Neely Bittner

FERA May Project Aims 50000 Blankets For State Relief

The plan in Charleston outlines a FERA effort to manufacture 50 000 blankets for statewide winter relief with products not entering commercial markets. It would employ 80 workers thirty hours weekly plus a few supervisors and clerical staff, with wage rates from 30 to 70 cents per hour depending on skill. Dudley, in Charleston for three days meeting with state officials, expects state board action next Tuesday.

FERA Dudley Charleston

PLAN RALLIES FOR LABOR AND POLITICAL SUPPORT

The piece urges electing leaders aligned with the New Deal and Roosevelt. It lauds labor rights and union organizing under the NRA, endorses Rush D. Holt for U.S. senator for his humane, pro-labor record, and criticizes opponents tied to nonunion backers and anti-labor stances.

Roosevelt Organized Labor NRA Franklin D Holt United Mine Workers of America United States Rush D. Holt Alf’ ‘Taylor Bill McKell Don Chafin Logan County Chifton Marie Morrall Beech Avenue Clem Shaver Fairmont

United Brethren Conference Held Tonight in City Church

The fourth annual United Brethren church conference concludes the year’s business session at the West Side church on Dewey Avenue tonight at 7:30. Rev. W. G. Ware, superintendent of the Eastern West Virginia district, presides. Delegates include D. O. Reed, chosen to attend the Eastern district annual conference in Charleston September 6-9. Pastor is Rev. Lois Luzader.

United Brethren Church Dewey Avenue West Side W. G. Ware West Virginia Ware The Brotherhood, Woman's Aid D. O. Reed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Charleston Lois Luzader

Drowning at Puller Lake in Pennsylvania

Adolf Kindernn, 22, a German immigrant and interior decorator visiting a summer cottage near Harrisburg, drowned at noon in Puller Lake a state owned resort. Grapplers searched 20 feet from shore though depths reach 90 feet center. Officials consider heart attack a possible cause and say he came to the United States in 1930 surviving parents.

Puller-lake Adolf Kindernn Reichenbach Germany Harrisburg Cumberland Fire Company Carlisle Cdy James Royer York Royer Kinderan Kindernn United States Pennsylvania

Independent veterans ticket forms in Garrett county race

World War veterans from both parties in Oakland Garrett county promote an independent ticket for state and county offices led by Hugh Carey McMahon and Ernest Gortner. Names for House of Delegates and County Commissioners are listed with several offices yet to fill. Backers urge a new deal at the courthouse and Annapolis to reflect modern citizen needs.

Oakland Garrett County Hugh Carey McMahon Ernest Gortner Mr. McMahon House of Delegates Milton Pritts Walter Haentfling Lloyd Fike Annapolis

Hussion to Attend Relief Dept Meeting in Baltimore

William J. Hussion, a Democratic candidate for state senate in the 11th district, will travel Tuesday to attend the B. and O. Advisory Board of Relief Department meeting in Baltimore at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

William J. Hussion Senate B. & O. Advisory Board of Relief Department Baltimore

Lightning scares Newburg residents with storm damage

Newburg July 23 lightning terrorized residents, causing one woman to be stunned and another made ill while damaging electric lines and fuses. A large hickory tree was struck and blocked the dam road at Lake View. The town also reports school painting progress and plans to beautify grounds, with PTA rep Kenneth Burke seeking PWA funds. M E church steps were replaced after condemnation, and Lillian Yater was taken to Emergency State Hospital in Fairmont.

Newburg Water Street Th Dam Lake View Newbury Public School Board of Education Kenneth Burke Parent-Teachers Association PWA Lillian Yater Fairmont

Pairmont Visit By Mr and Mrs P G Ervin

Mr and Mrs P G Ervin spend several days in Pairmont visiting the former wife’s sister.

Satur Cits P. G. Ervin Pairmont

Parkersburg Youth Sentenced Over Train Theft Attempt

A Baltimore & Ohio freigth train theft led to Raymond Bishop, 24, of burg, facing a choice of a $10 fine or 10 days in jail in a Parkersburg hearing before Justice Dne C. Jefferys. Officer J W Smakey testified Bishop alighted the train and fled as he saw the police, with three companions escaping during the pursuit. Bishop chose jail, serving the sentence in lieu of the fine.

Baltimore & Ohio Raymond Bishop Burg Justice of the Peace C. Jefferys J. W. Smakey Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bishop Disault

Hospital Notes on Walter Curray Admission

Walter Curray of Watson Wil was admitted to City Hospital today for a minor operation. Hospital attaches announced the admission and procedure.

Walter Curray Watson Wil Torday Pital

Heat wave holds Grafton with 90 degree noon reading

Grafton district endures a blistering heat spell as of 1 PM the official thermometer stood at 90 degrees, down from Saturday's 102 degree peak when a four year heat record was set, according to local observer W. E. Clayton.

Grafton W. E. Clayton

Flying Squadron head to speak at Pruntytown church

Local dry leaders announce a campaign stop as the Flying Squadron president is scheduled to address the Pruntytown Baptist church this afternoon. The event, admission free, aims to rally support in the county amid dry wet contest debates.

Pruntytown Flying Squadron Pruntytown Baptist Church

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Opera House Bond Grafton Printing Co Veterans of Foreign Wars Howard H. Holt West Virginia Publishers’ Association Whit Sulphur Springs J. C. Helms New Post Creed Conley Haymond Conley F. C. Helms J. C. Guth V. Ridenour Op. McCullough J. A. Ott Russell Demoss Wreck Frisco Communist Office Ker Western Worker Ication San Francisco Associated Press U. B Hitler Adolf Hitler Storm Troopers Ernst Roshm Franz Seldte PA. Lake Ld. Hussion Relief Dept M. E Parkersburg Graf Wratsen BROS Hugh Bufs Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Washington New York Philadelphia Richmond Norfolk Athens Louisvill Columbus Congo Wington Greyhound Lines Greyhound Terminal Company West Main Persona Deveny Monroe Street W. VA
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