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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1929
Page
1
Washington July 26 budget experts of the budget bureau have begun the five month job of turning the 4,000,000,000 1931 fiscal year estimates into workable figures. Congress will not act until December as departments submit preliminary needs and the bureau revises them for September 15 before reallocations are made.
Valetta Malta July 27 The British admiralty will hold an immediate inquiry into yesterday s explosion in a gun turret of the cruiser Devonshire The Queen Elizabeth is racing to Volos Greece with the fleet commander aboard The death toll rose to 16 with nine injured The string of naval disasters this month includes the submarine H 47 loss with 23 lives July 9 and the X 1 explosion and the Vindictive air bomb incident all contributing to a record month for the British Navy.
Murder charge against 12 year old Robert Jorgenson for the accidental shooting of 8 year old Emmett Leo Cox two weeks earlier was dismissed by Superior Judge F B Brown. The boy was placed in the custody of an aunt.
A quake near Quito, Moyurgo and nearby towns suffered extensive destruction. At least 60 people were believed dead with aftershocks continuing through the night. Tambillo Machuachi and La Tacunga reported heavy damage as physicians and Red Cross workers rushed to the stricken valley region. La Tacunga houses about 17,000 people.
President Hoover ordered a survey of army costs while General Summerall leads a separate inquiry to adapt lessons from France into practical plans for future wars. The plan emerged after a Washington conference at the President's Virginia fishing preserve with War Department leaders.
Armedabad July 27. Thirty five persons, mostly washerwomen, drowned when the Sabarmati river flooded suddenly. The river rose due to heavy rains, sweeping people along the river bank as they washed clothes, with uprooted trees and struggling animals reported in the scene.
Endurance monoplane Billion Dollar City lands at Houston airport after a forced landing at 6 30 am following a wrist pin failure in cylinder No 1 of a Wright engine. Pilot Joe Glass and co pilot Henn Loomis had been aloft for over 283 hours after 26 refuelings. The incident halted the Stinson- Detroiters long endurance flight.
Chicago reports a scorching July 27 as temperatures exceed 100 degrees across Dakota and Minnesota. Bismarck North Dakota peaks at 106 and Aberdeen South Dakota at 105 amid a widespread heat wave. One death linked to heat occurs in Superior Wisconsin as forest fires burn in Minnesota.
Columbus July 27 extra venire of 50 summoned for Monday hearing in the trial of Dr James H Snook 49 over the slaying of Theora Hix 25 Snooks coed mistress The former Ohio State University professor faces a jury of men if defense peremptory challenges shape the tentative panel Three women held seats but five challenges blocked others and one woman was removed Continued on page four
Chicago July 27 A 20 million dollar world wide cooperative marketing corporation is recommended by the federal farm board to aid grain farmers. The plan envisions the new body as intermediary between the farm board and smaller cooperatives with offices worldwide to collect and merge key data.
Faribault Minnesota plans a 98 acre field to be named the Red Jackson Airport honoring aviator Red Jackson who with Forest O Brine set a new world endurance flight record in St Louis The field should be ready for dedication in 1930 by the Faribault chamber of commerce airport committee.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt arrived in Hong Kong from Saigon Boston bearing numerous scientific trophies from the Kelly Roosevelt Field Museum expedition to Central Asia.
The Grafton Sentinel announces evening hours at The Grafton Printing Co to allow subscribers and others to pay subscriptions and accounts after daytime hours. The notice emphasizes convenient access for customers unable to visit during the day.
New York July 27 The liner Bremen carrying 2200 passengers left for Cherbourg in a bid for trans Atlantic laurels. Captain Leopold Zigenbein predicted arrival around 6 am next Thursday setting a voyage record 3 hours 49 minutes faster than the Mauretania. A crowd of about 10000 cheered from the Brooklyn pier.
The Associated Press reports nonstop endurance flights as pilots Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine aboard the St Louis Monoplane St Louis Robin remain aloft after two weeks with a record 36 hours 43 minutes. The Minnesota monoplane crew Owen Haughland and P L Crichton clocks 109 hours 20 minutes. The Billion Dollar City plane piloted by Glenn Loomis and Joseph Glass forced down after 233 hours 4 minutes due to a blown cylinder.
In Morgantown on July 27 a car went off a curve on the Fairmont Morgantown highway, killing Clyde Evans of Fairmont and seriously injuring Leonard Bostrom also of Fairmont, identified as a U S recruiting officer. A liquor bottle was found at the scene and taken as evidence.
In Stettin Germany on July 27 an unexplained disaster sank a small cargo boat carrying 30 market women and vegetables less than 60 feet from the dock. The number of fatalities is undetermined.
Doorn Holland July 27 22 Former Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm was expected here tonight for a few days visit with his father the former German Kaiser.
Utah Senator King opposes the cruiser program and supports congressional approval of Hoover’s suspension to match Britain’s plan. The dispute centers on delaying or enforcing a rigid build schedule for 16 cruisers within a three year window ending June 40, 1991, amid talks with Britain for equal naval strength under an arms treaty.
Chicago July 27 Pari mutuel betting at dog races is legal the master in chancery Max Korshak ruled here today He urged a permanent injunction to stop city and county officials from interfering with dog races at Chicago tracks A temporary injunction dissolved by Judge Rush sparking criticism Three dog race tracks in Cook county were closed overnight but expected to reopen immediately One venue was linked to Al Capone gang leader Lee Bennett Sr and family returned from Atlantic City after a two week stay.
Doumergue asks the resigning ministry to stay on briefly while a new cabinet is formed. Briand, former foreign minister, is considered a possible head of government as France faces a reshuffle.
July 1926 report details shock resignation of Raymond Poincare era premier after he refused to resign. Cabinet letters to President Barthou express regret and request acceptance of his decision to step down amid debt dispute with America. Briand and Doumergue seek to form new ministry with Fernand Boullsson as advisor.
London reports and Moscow dispatches describe alleged insults to the Soviet state and the plan to destroy the Chinese Eastern Railway amid rising protests in the United States. Chinese officials see the Manchuria incident as a settlement via preliminary talks between Chang Tso-Haiang and the Soviet consul general, with meager cross border reports.
Ferdin Fechter 82, proprietor of Jer, was shot as he alighted from a trotter automobile at his home. Three bandits escaped with a bag containing bank money taken to cash checks for workers at an automobile plant. Fechter died shortly after at City Hospital.
Liverpool reports a remarkable youth gathering as scouts from across the world attend the Jamboree. Sir Robert Baden-Powell visited and encouraged the movement while local boy Harry Cook Jr. resides on the West Side. H L Cook of Cumberland had left for home recently.
The monoplane St. Louis Robin began its third week in endurance flight with pilots Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brine reporting the engine breaking in well. They held 3238 hours at 8:17 a.m. and aimed to extend the record past 500 hours, while rival Non Dollar City of Houston, Me, lagged after an earlier forced landing.
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