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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1934
Page
4
Society editor notes a poetry verse and a charity card party for a daughter Mrs Taylor celebrating her second wedding anniversary with prizes awarded. An annual Van family reunion is set for Reservoir Park near Fairmont on Sunday August 5, inviting all relatives to attend with baskets.
H. G. Koelz of Moline returns after days in Grafton with his mother Mrs. E. W. Koelz. Mrs. B. C. Hedrick and son Sam of Detroit visited relatives on avenue. Sam to stay two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Drummonds of Albert, New York, former Thornton residents, are visiting friends here. Glyde Ramsey of Raleigh, N. C. is visiting friends and relatives in this city.
The sixty year observance concludes with a meeting at est Main Street Methodist Episcopal church. Dr Ralph Brown of Westville Wesleyan College and Hon Charles W Evans of Carrollton will speak tonight. A song fest featuring hymns from former pastors was held at last night’s session.
San Francisco July 26 A member of President Roosevelt s mediation board says Pacific coast waterfront employees have agreed to discharge non union longshoremen as a prerequisite to the return to work of striking union stevedores pending arbitration.
Social calendar notes a regular session of Mountain City Council No 49 Daughters of America tonight at 7 30 in Wehn hall all members urged to attend.
Widespread rains spread across the central U S followed by cooler air ending a week long heat wave. A Gulf storm hit Texas with 80 mph winds and a tidal surge. Bay City and Matagorda report multiple missing and dead, including fatalities from a tornado in Morelos. Rise in crop and property damage reported as floodwaters recede.
In Tallahassee on July 26 the Florida cabinet considered a horror chamber sideshow at a Chicago World's Fair exhibit. A Jacksonville man protested that the exhibit depicted prison conditions and included a barrel said to be from Arthur Maillefort's confinement at Sunbeam prison camp near Jacksonville. The cabinet ordered an investigation into the Florida exhibit manager's display.
Mrs. Rietta J. Harberth in Pittsburgh files a divorce suit against Joseph J. Harberth naming the family automobile as correspondent. Judge George V. Moore grants the divorce after Mrs. Harberth testifies she asked her husband to choose between her and the car and he chose the car, saying he devoted more time to it than to her.
Fredericksburg Virginia July 26 After more than twelve hours adrift in a small motor boat on the Potomac seven young locals were found yesterday. Two navy planes from Dahlgren searched the river three miles wide near the Maryland shore locating the boat which had run out of fuel. All seven were reported safe and unharmed after exposure overnight.
Vean Gregg, former major league southpaw, runs as a square-deal sheriff candidate in Harbor county Gregs Washington. The campaign poster lists eight candidates with Gregg shown last beside his name.
Danville reporters Jack Durham and Wesley Carty, both 23, were jailed for three hours in Danville after refusing to reveal their source about a hanging effigy of state representative J. Sterling Towles. It marked a second punishment, with fines of $10 each imposed previously by Police Judge J. W. Harlan.
Durham and Carty faced a third postponement as they repeated their refusal to plead. Representative Towles was publicly taunted with an effigy at Boyle County Court House on July 19 in protest of Kentucky sales tax enactment.
Washington July 26 Spokesmen for the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers met with the Steel Labor Board to settle differences with Republic Steel Corp but no progress was disclosed Edward W Miller of Pittsburgh international vice president declined to comment The dispute stems from Republic Steel’s three week old refusal to renew a wage agreement for plants at Warren and Niles Ohio and Moline Illinois
Meta Rothschield a six year old girl from Galloway was injured when she fell from a horse near her parents home. She sprained her ankle while trying to escape a snake that bit her. Local authorities reported the accident occurred last night.
Capetown July 2 Locust clouds hinder South African aviation. Pilot John Williamson on the Capetown to Windhoek route encountered a grasshopper swarm near Gogabis. He flew 50 miles as engine RPM dropped from 1850 to 1650. Landing revealed the engine coated with a baked locust cake. locals regard baked locusts as a delicacy.
A brief note reports Cacy scraping the coke from an engine and then feasting. The entry emphasizes a simple sequence of actions without broader context or consequences.
Williamson West Virginia July 26 C Ralph Strobel long time Mingo county relief administrator resigns to join State Relief Administration He will serve for several weeks as relief administrator in Fayette county before permanent posting Stroebel recently reorganized relief activities in Wayne county
Wheeling July 26. Wheeling Steel Corporation reports its second quarter profits at 1,134,511 dollars, the most profitable quarterly result since 1929. The six month net stands at 1,076,215 dollars, reversing a 320,276 dollar loss from the previous year.
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