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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1929
Page
6
Three masked bandits robbed Tech Mood piv SutsMethe mia National Bank employees. They escaped with about 5000 in cash and 5000 in checks, using revolvers and leaving detectives to trail them. President Ridall estimated losses at 10000 to 11000 as investigators pursue the trio.
Twenty nine persons who ate coffee cake sold by a neighborhood bakery were ill with food poisoning. Six victims were in serious condition and a policeman guarded the shop as health authorities planned inspections. About 500 more were checked as part of the inquiry. This followed another poisonings case earlier in the week involving firemen, a family, and a mother and son who ate cake from a bakery.
French aviatrix Maryse Bastie landed in Le Bourget after a foggy five hour rain night and claimed an endurance record of 26 hours 46 minutes, surpassing Elinor Smith by 22 minutes.
The memory of World War I nurse Lucinda Rose, the only WV woman to make the supreme sacrifice overseas, will be honored in August with a large portrait unveiling by the Lucinda Rose chapter of the American Legion Auxiliary. Rose died in England at 27 after caring for sick soldiers during a stormy voyage. her body was sent back to Clarksburg on May 30, 1924.
Brevard County Bank and Trust Company of Cocoa and Melbourne State Bank failed to open, placed in the state banking department to protect depositors. English chatter over Big Ben’s chimes notes hoarseness after 70 years.
Washington July 29 Irvin 8 Cobb as chairman of the authors and artists committee of the association against the prohibition amendment expresses that if Prohibition is a noble experiment the San Francisco fire and Galveston flood should be listed among noble experiments. He supports re interpretation by Congress and notes millions of citizens violating the Volstead act leading to law corruption beer wars and machine gun battles amid growing contempt for law and order.
Friedrichshafen Germany July 129 Dr Hugo Eckener pilot of the Graf Zeppelin expects to take off from here Thursday or Friday on his second trip to America A second test flight of 11 and a half hours yesterday over South Germany and the Rhineland showed the dirigible's new motors functioning satisfactorily Cadiz Ohio July 29 When he attempted to separate two companions who engaged in a gun fight today Joe Rison was shot and killed by one of them Rocco Tredesso police reported The two continued to fight with knives until their wives separated them and fled
London reports King George is making satisfactory progress after his operation two weeks ago. He walked briefly in the palace yesterday for the first time since the procedure.
San Francisco July 29 Completing the first portion of a three year cruise aboard the non magnetic sailing ship Carnegie the Carnegie Institution experiments unit put in port for repairs after a 26 day voyage from Yokohama The vessel built in 1909 without iron or steel has sailed the world visiting polar regions for magnetic and atmospheric data Seven scientists were aboard and announced discoveries include two submarine mountain ranges off the coast of South America one rising 10 000 feet above the ocean floor off Ecuador and another near Chile Captain J P Ault reported wobbling of the north magnetic pole and noted anchoring off Easter Island for a week plus extensive soundings that suggest many islets east of Easter Island have sunk beneath the sea
Convicts clashed with guards as forces entered the yard. Killed inmates include Joseph Cirrigone, seven and a half to 18 years, and George Wright, 15 years for robbery. Warden Jennings faced boos while inspecting inmates and cited outside aid amid overcrowding with 1772 prisoners in 1200 cells. Dr. Granville E. Terrell, 70, embarks on a 700 mile horseback pilgrimage through the South.
In Charleston on July 29 A A Lilly former attorney general appeared in Kanawha county intermediate court as chief counsel for LeRoy Clemans former legislative printing clerk indicted for forgery connected with padding a biennial appropriation bill. Six items totaling 1769.40 alleged inserted. Indictment trimmed from three counts to one. Trial scheduled after Supreme Court ruling on jurisdiction.
London July 29 Ambassador Dawes and Hugh S. Gibson continued naval reduction talks and expected to meet Ramsay MacDonald this afternoon to discuss the subject in detail. The conference mirrors prior talks as disarmament remains paramount, according to the American embassy.
Robert Clark, former state supervisor of teacher training, is named head of the department of extension and field service at Concord State Normal School. Clark previously taught during the summer term at West Virginia University.
Frightened by threats to kill his wife Alice Stansburry and evading police since July 20 Durr Stansburry is reported to have appeared near the Stansburry home late Saturday night Constable C V Smith and State Trooper H K Debendarfer led an extensive search guarding the Stansburry apartment and Mrs Minnie Wickham's home at 61 Cherry Street A number of residents joined the pursuit as officers pressed to locate the wanted man.
A fire at the Gospel Tabernacle in Warsaw claimed three lives. Victims are Mrs. Sarah Clark 75 of Winona Lake Miss Eva Clark 40 also of Winona Lake and Miss Lera Carper 51 of Tippecanoe Ind. The building’s second floor was occupied by the women who were believed sleeping when the blaze started. The loss was placed at about 3000 dollars.
In Berkeley Springs on Saturday a car driven by Raymond Mason plunged over a 50 foot embankment on Cacapon mountain killing Henry Nelson Bohrer 44 a land worker and injuring his wife Nora 43 and three other people none in serious condition A coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death Bohrer left a widow and nine children.
Chester England July 29 Barclay MacFadden a Philadelphia polo player died here from injuries after being thrown from his pony in a polo match at Booth on Cheshire on Saturday. He succumbed today, the hospital reported.
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