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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1929
Page
2
Restful routines are essential for growing children during long days. Limit daytime overstimulation and enforce earlier bedtimes after lunchtime quiet time. reading, light crafts, or quiet letters help older kids relax. A cool bath before bed and a calming book can ease overtired nerves and speed sleep.
Overnight news briefs report a projected conference on child health protection as a major national movement. In Santa Fe Lindbergh pursues aerial archaeology of a Maya city in Yucatan. In Ashland Snow and his son hurt in a plane crash. In Kingston labor department suggests abolishing something. In London the first lord of the admiralty joins disarmament talks. In Friedrichshafen Eckener says Graf Zeppelin will depart. In Colombia rioting workers attack Puerto Wilches shops. Typhoid cases rise in Havana as officials fight spread.
Detroit on July 30 reports about twenty people drowning in Michigan and nearby Ontario as they sought relief from the heat wave at lakes and rivers during the weekend.
Radio listings show multiple New York Cleveland and regional stations with 6:00 to 11:00 PM blocks. Programs include orchestras, bands, concerts, travel talks, and children corners. Names include Evelyn McNevin Sergi Kotlarsky Ma thilde Harding Paul Whiteman Jesse Crawford and Henry Filmore.
Lightning strikes injure fourteen in Brooklyn street car incidents. Heat deaths occur in Philadelphia and the city records eleven prostrations. Fires from lightning kill livestock in Pennsylvania while drought threatens Maine fish life. Alberta sees 108 degree heat and an Antarctica report notes 67 below zero. Chicago’s workforce stands at 525000.
The article describes General Franco and Primo de Rivera clashing over a Spanish built four motor Dornier war plane named Numancia at Cadiz. A test flight revealed motor trouble just before departure. Franco then took off in a different Dornier plane brought from Italy to Cardena.
The trial referenced M S Hodges clerk of the senate and suggested an insertion in the bill from the joint budget conference report. Judge Black sustained the prosecution objection when Lilly objected.
E V Rock Fayetteville journal clerk testified today the six disputed items were not in Sections 88 or 89 of the budget bill when the house passed it. He kept original copies, turned them over to A M Belcher, and said the items were not in his copy. Rock said he locked the bill in a safe after passage and opened it Monday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs C A Reed of Parkview announced the birth of a ten pound son in Grafton at 7 00 am Monday. The infant was not named today. Mrs Reed formerly Ada Blanche Duckworth of Parkview, turned over to officials of the senate.
Washington July 30 The American government will probably intervene to protect its claims against the former provisional Russian government led by Alexander Kerensky. It may act against efforts by the Soviet government or private actors to seize investments that belonged to the late Czar Nicholas II in the United States.
Washington July 30 The chief of army engineers was told by the Kansas City office Corning Missouri once reported threatened with destruction by the Missouri river encroachment was in no danger.
Colonel Miguel Garcia Grandes, ace of the Guatemalan air service, left Havana for Washington carrying letters from Guatemala's president Lazaro Chacon to President Hoover. The mission underscores diplomatic ties and aviation exchanges between Guatemala and the United States.
The Cape Fear fete in Withington North Carolina will feature a Black Beard invasion August 21 22 with a river battle on Cape Fear river. Pirates in costume seize the city while citizens join the spectacle through parades pageants and illuminated boat parade. Fort Fisher is cited as a treasure dig site tied to the pirate legend.
Public notices announce sales of school lands in Taylor County West Virginia. Commissions describe parcels, terms cash and credit, and dates in July 1929. The first tract near Flemington crosses rail lines and creeks. the second borders Booths Creek and Elizabeth Patton holdings.
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