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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1932
Page
8
Tonight through Saturday at the Opera House the film is billed as a man loving a woman to a forbidden extent. A note warns against it for children and offers refunds to any adult who does not consider it a masterpiece.
Federal authorities moved to clear the encampment along lower Pennsylvania Avenue with a 10 day tug of war ending as Walter Waters said his men would begin moving to other billets. The dispute involved the treasury department and District of Columbia police after days of buck passing among agencies.
Peter B. Carey president of the Chicago Board of Trade led opposition to an order by three Hoover cabinet members to close the board over alleged discrimination against the Farmers National Grain Corporation. The Associated Press photo accompanies the report.
Counsel argued the only lawful method to remove bonus seekers from Federal property is via court order and U S marshal. If the marshal cannot handle it, he may deputize the metropolitan police to enforce removal, shifting the burden to the treasury department.
Charleston July 28 Selection of State Senator Charles E Hodges of Morgantown as key note speaker for the Democratic State Judicial Convention at Bluefield on August 11 was announced by Robert G Kelly of Charleston Democratic States Executive Committee chairman Hodges was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in the May primary.
Springfield July 28 An ambition to give Manito Illinois the fire in Mason county master William L Beebe to embezzle more than 1200 He told Federal Judge Charles G Briggle Pleading guilty to the government charge the postmaster begged clemency not for myself but for my wife and five children He asserted none of the funds was used for personal needs but that he had purchased office equipment whose salary was 2000 a year faces a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment or a 9000 fine
Cheyenne Wyo July 28 Vice President Charles Curtis hailed as honorary chief of the Quallalla Sioux tribe in a feathered ceremony staged as a train paused en route to Los Angeles The event was arranged by the frontier days celebration committee. Farnham in Surrey England July 28 Four persons including Mrs A C Bossom wife of a noted architect and MP son Bruce and Prince Otto Erbach Furstenau died when their airplane blew up and crashed into fragments after explosion in the air.
In San Francisco Shriner week features a major parade with state industries on display. A brewing company floats with a “Back to Beer and Prosperity” slogan and a band performs “Happy Days are Here, Again” as Uncle Sam leads symbolic figures toward economic recovery under the tag line “Together We March to Prosperity.”
Lightning struck three church steeples during a sudden storm in New York. The event cooled temperatures and prompted discussions of municipal measures. Oil executives plan further production curtailment to trim daily output toward two million barrels. Charles J. Shuck said a Wheeler conference session would extend to two days starting August 11. Warren D. Jacobs, oil man with Standard Oil ties, died at 81 in Waynesburg.
Announcements have been received in this city of the birth of a baby daughter to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Holt of Cincinnati Ohio this morning in a Cincinnati hospital Mrs Holt was formerly Miss Lucille Malone daughter of W N Malone of this city Lexington Va July 28 Herbert L Smith secretary to the late Henry St George Tucker announced he will be a candidate to fill Congressman Tucker s unexpired term
West Palm Beach on July 28 reports Filipino farmers driven from their Everglades colony by white neighbors appealed to President Hoover for protection until they recover money invested in crops and land leases.
Franklin, July 28 Indictsomer Trving Ritchie charged with several counts over irregularities tied to the Farmers Bank of Pendleton Franklin where he served as cashier when it shut last December. Blacksburg farmers meet for the 29th annual state farmers institute at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Martinsburg church leader Rev Dr A F Hammack dies after hospital operation in Virginia.
Miss Marguerite Foy daughter of Mr and Mrs James Foy of Washington Street underwent an operation at St Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg on Wednesday morning for removal of an inward goitre. Dr Harris led the procedure and the operation was considered successful. She had been in hospital five weeks with the procedure delayed due to weakness. Mr and Mrs Foy are in Parkersburg during this time. Grafton friends wish her a complete recovery.
In Welch West Virginia on July 28 a halt was called in the Robert K Hawkins murder case over the shooting of Eli Watkins a state prohibition agent at a Bradshaw drug store last month. The judge weighed a state motion to nolle the indictment as the defense sought a continuation and the court denied the request.
New York reports that 49 railroads for June show net operating income of about 13.043 million dollars, down from 42.383 million a year earlier. For the first six months, carriers earned roughly 87.726 million, versus 196.971 million in 1931, a 55.7 percent decline.
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