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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1930
Page
4
The page lists letters to the editor guidelines and advertising rates. Anonymous submissions are ignored. Public notices include price terms: 2 cents per word for first insertion, 1 cent per word thereafter. Same day ads must be in by 9:00 a.m. An extra 5 cents per inch for late composition. Removal notices due by 6:00 p.m. the previous evening.
The author recalls Decoration Day observations and rails against Main and Latrobe street congestion in Grafton. Proposes citywide parking controls, curbside loading limits, and expanded parking in side streets and rear lots to improve shopping convenience and reduce daily delays. Highlights include a call for a six to nine oclock ban on cars, five minute stopping for visiting vehicles, and faster loading for trucks.
Report recounts Memorial Day events with large cemetery crowds and a colorful parade, but radio amplification failed, leaving thousands unable to hear speeches. WMMN staff attempted to manage coverage while amplifiers lay unused, prompting criticism of the grounds' arrangements and radios.
A day near Fairmont featured baseball games with a noticeably smaller crowd than in prior years. Citizens speculated that many potential customers followed the show to Clarksburg to support local eateries and theatres, leaving Grafton’s event underwhelmed. The piece urges residents of Grafton to boost local businesses as Clarksburg thrives.
Fears were expressed that he was forced to land in a rough region of Arizona or New Mexico and was unable to notify friends of his plight. Commercial airline pilots were instructed to maintain a close watch for the missing airman and his ship.
More than 400 have registered in Monongalia with hopes to reach 1000 attendees for the Christian Endeavor conference at the Methodist Protestant church. Daniel A. Poling of New York national president and Miss Mary Jackson of Jane Lew preside as F. C. Dixon and state officials attend, with sessions opening Tuesday noon and the general meeting Tuesday evening.
New York June 2 statement shows changes totaling 933 million dollars with balances at 141 million. Hazlett Hendershot has been appointed constable of Fetterman district by Taylor County Court and posted the required bond.
The narrative tours Cuba’s limestone lands, sugar empire, and lush farms from Havana toward Madanao, detailing soil richness, vast sugar mills, and rail transit to central mills. It notes pineapple cantinas, democratic farm life, and a culture where chickens roam and cock fighting remains a local pastime.
A non refueling flight completed Friday from Montecelio to Ostia with a distance record of 67 hours 15 minutes after an arduous course. The Aviator faced rough seas and poor weather though the route to Ladis TM and Barytta ides was traversed, renewing public interest in long endurance flight limits.
The report describes a Cuban climber at a rural show, who rope loops around a palm tree trunk and ascends bare handed, reaching up to thirty-five feet in a minute. He claims to top the sixty to seventy foot tree, but the demonstration stops mid ascent as the observer notes. (Continued Tomorrow)
Pate argues federal court congestion exists only in certain districts and that accepting a guilty plea under current procedure is a wider error for a federal judge than the plan proposed.
Pearisburg Virginia editor and publisher Thomas Johnson, aged 71, who led the Virginian for 26 years, died at his home in Pearisburg on June 2. His death ends a long tenure shaping local journalism and community reporting.
The undersigned hereby announces candidacy for Republican nomination for Superintendent of Schools of Taylor County. The votes and goodwill of all state residents respectfully solicited. Walter A Wood Gratton BR PF D No 2.
By decree of the Circuit Court of Taylor County West Virginia the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction the 58 acre parcel in Boothecreek District adjoining Husstead lands and others. The sale occurs June 4 1930 at the courthouse front door. Terms require one third cash with balance in equal payments within two years and title retained until full payment.
Peiping reports a northern advance into Henan after a May 30 offensive. Northern cavalry seized 12 pursuit planes believed to be most of the Nanking nationalist air force, with about 50 pilots and mechanics captured. At least 30,000 Nanking troops are said disarmed as northern units push toward Kaifeng, while Shansi forces cross the Yellow River toward Tsinan.
In Luebeck Germany June 2 two more infants died today after inoculation with the anti-toxin, bringing the total deaths from the tuberculin administration to 24.
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