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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1933
Page
2
The article argues simple natural toys endure as essential for children. Dolls blocks balls and basic art supplies foster imagination shaping a child’s inner world and future development.
Mary Graham Bonner depicts Rip reacting to a stranger who plans to seize Puddle Muddle for a summer resort. The intruder asserts ownership, plans to clear land and install lawns, while Rip protests and the owner’s gift is disputed. The tension centers on a looming public auction and disputed rights to the land.
Webster Springs report describes French Ocheltree charged with cruelty after his son testified he was chained to a 29 pound block and whipped. The boy's brothers found him while swimming. sheriff C C Ferrell arrested the miner. The father and mother admitted whipping and chaining the boy, claiming he was incorrigible.
Rip informs Willy Nilly of a plan to act immediately to exploit the Bears' oversight, signaling urgent, covert action and forthcoming moves against the Bears.
Frank Bolton of 1237 West Main street was fined $50 and costs after arraignment in Magistrate W. E. Rightmire's court on operating a Ford truck for the North Pole Ice Company under a dealer's license dated June 17. The arrest was made by Trooper W. G. Wamsley of the local state police.
In Wheeling on July 26, U S Department of Labor agents arrive in Fallsburg to probe a strike by 80 workers that lays off 400 more, risking full plant closure as company officials blame radicals among the men.
Hyde Park residents plan a warm welcome for Franklin D Roosevelt during a 10 day vacation at Krum Elbow on the Hudson. Neighbors expect bands and local clubs to greet him while he rests in his ancestral estate a short drive from Poughkeepsie.
London July 26 reports say sentiment favors reopening the world economic conference after recess. The monetary commission approved its report for final plenary, while the French delegation, led by Finance Minister George Bennett, urged resuming deliberations rather than indefinite adjournment. James M. Cox proposed a permanent executive to reassemble the congress but not dissolve it without a plenary vote. French currency concerns drive their push, with Dominion delegates eyeing currency independence from gold or dollar ties after the recess.
A two year old boy was struck in the face by bullets fired into a parked car and a sidewalk crowd on South Lindwood avenue in Baltimore. Police identified the shooter as Samuel Domino, 23, who said he was so drunk he did not remember his actions. The roadster sped past the crowd and wrecked three blocks away.
In Jackson's Mill on July 25 02, 126 Harrison county Four-H members arrived for a week at the state Four-H camp. Oliver Kessel, a Ripley attorney and former county camp instructor, leads the group to pursue four fold development during the outing.
Washington reports a Labor Department survey showing Maryland workers in the shirt industry earning a median weekly wage of 5.60 dollars, among the lowest states. New York highest at 9 dollars, Delaware lowest at 5.50, with Maryland near the bottom in the nine-state sample. The article notes women make up the majority of shirt factory workers.
The report states that rents per week are ten dollars lower in Maryland than the median wage for both sexes employed in the state's shirt factories. The finding highlights a gap between living expenses and wages in Maryland manufacturing.
Baltimore on July 25, Mercy Hospital physicians successfully removed a watermelon seed from the throat of five year old Shirley Nichols of Cumberland using bronchoscopic tubes.
Hearings on Virginian railroad request to drop trains 11 and 16 between Princeton and Beckley were continued by the public service commission to August 3. The railroad argued highways reduce need for the services while Bluefield newspapers protest and will present evidence at the next hearing.
Nell Fizer a 34 year old farmer of Sybene Ohio drowned while bathing in the Ohio river opposite Huntington and his body was recovered.
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