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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1930
Page
3
Charleston dispatch notes municipal officers voted in many smaller West Virginia towns under a general law. The June election date, set by a 1929 amendment, lets new officials take office at the start of the fiscal year in June. Campaigns centered on local issues.
Los Angeles June 3. The death of Lynwood Police Chief Jorge M Doney is under renewed scrutiny after investigators found a note asking the district attorney to drop graft charges against the Lynwood department. The DA will continue the probe despite the note.
The Mozart Glee Club of Grat ton will present a sacred music concert at the Salvation Army establishment on Thursday evening. The group has aided the West Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church and will hear a brief address by Rev Hughes between program segments. Participants include Vina Hughes Elizabeth Robinson Avanelle McDaniel Vivian Hayes Maxine Boyd Lucille Collier Edith Boyd Virginia Robinson Louise Ringler Roy Hughes Earnest Harr Forrest Knotts Clifford Steadman John Peters Mrs A L Brand Karl Hughes and Rev P F Hughes.
A former American sub chaser seized off the Virginia coast was docked at the Norfolk coast guard base with 12 crewmen in custody. The vessel named Metmuzel, believed French registry, carried one thousand cases of liquor and flew no flag when overhauled seven miles off Paramore banks.
Dryden Ontario June 8 A forest fire 30 miles east of Dryden rages out of control after starting four days ago fanned by high winds. It has destroyed thousands of acres of timber, hundreds of cords of pulp, left dozens homeless and forced a special train to move women and children to safety. Several other fires burn in the district as lines and wires burn and a doctor is sent for amid possible casualties.
A tutor A F R Wollaston at King's College Cambridge was shot and killed today by a student who then wounded himself The student also shot and wounded Detective Sergeant Wil s00 of the Cambridge police two people involved and the incident occurred in Cambridge England during June
Chicago, June 3. Alva Lynch was found dead yesterday after lying in his automobile for five days in front of a large Chicago residence. Officials said a heart attack caused his death. The body was awkwardly positioned when discovered, with the car door nearly closed on him.
In San Francisco on June 3 two branches of the department of commerce opened an inquiry into the collision between a San Francisco-Oakland jail ferry and a tug boat in the Oakland estuary. Two pilots and six passengers were injured, one woman seriously.
Three men died when the Atlas Powder Company plant mixing house at Mixtown near Tamaqua exploded. The victims George Stamm of New Ringgold, R D Alvin Miller of Tamaqua and another worker were the plant's sole mixing house staff.
The Corral Farrer society notes and social items report on recent weddings in Grattan and Elkins, plus birthday celebrations and parties. Miss Virginia Wolfe and Mr. John Stalnaker wed in Randolph county, with Wolfe a City Hospital nurse. Other events include Miss Nellie Simmons marrying Roy Sheets, Wayne McDaniel and Margaret Reynolds marrying in Houston, Pa., Betty Cummings and Preel Courtney’s marriage in Oakland, and various social gatherings around town.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Robinson of Brownlow Park welcome a nine and a half pound boy born Thursday May 29. Unnamed yet. Mrs Robinson formerly Jessie Corbin. Father works at Hazel Atlas Glass Company. Mr and Mrs G Wesley Evans of Maple Avenue celebrate the birth of John Dawes Evans a 9 pound 11 1 2 ounce boy born at City Hospital Saturday at 11 16 p m This is their second child and first son. Mr Evans is superintendent of the Hazel Atlas Glass Plant.
Philippi June 3 Eleven students two girls will receive AB degrees Tuesday June 10 in College Grove with Hon M M Neeley of Fairmont delivering the address. Normal and public school music graduates are also listed including Kelley Smith Stanley Dadisman and more from Philippi Grantsville Shinnston and New York City with Amelia Beryl Gulentz and Amelia Gulentz among the music graduates.
Virgil Smith Edwin McCartney and Marvin McCartney underwent tonsil operations yesterday morning. Miss Mary Marsh was brought here after an accident on the Northwestern Turnpike. She is from Stubenville Ohio. Miss Hestor Nestor of St George underwent a major operation this morning. Mrs Guy Michaels of Norton underwent a major operation. James Reddick is a patient here due to a fractured ankle.
Bombay on June 3 reports the war council of the Indian Nationalist movement ordering picketing of all shops dealing in British goods and liquor shops. Five hundred Bombay women joined the campaign in cloth shops, defying recent ordinances by Viceroy Lord Irwin. A London Herald correspondent notes possible martial law within three weeks as the civil disobedience campaign grows. Old Mojave residents foresee heavy rains as desert turtles lay eggs in profusion.
Two Clarksburg boys aged 12 and 14 began a walk to see the world last Sunday. After traveling through Grafton on hot roads they ended the day at the Salvation Army home in East Main where Captain Arnold arranged beds. A relieved mother collected the youths in the early evening Monday and took them home.
A fragmented radio timetable lists programs and times across stations WABO WIZ KDKA WJZ WEAF WBZ WZ and others. It names shows such as Heroes and Patriots Historical Troika Her Day Orchestra Happy Bakers Song Bird and Moonbeams along with orchestras bands and dance hours across multiple markets.
Radio schedule fragment lists multiple stations and times including Atlanta WSB 11 00 Dance Music and studio blocks on WEAF and WJZ. Mentions Nashvillet WSM 461.3 and hotel orchestra segments. Financial figures show large balances and exchanges, ending with a garbled closing note.
Readable fragments describe a dessert medley with gelatin molds and pineapple fills. Ingredients list includes fresh pineapple, grape juice, orange juice, cherries, and whipped cream. Instructions mention soaking gelatin, dissolving in hot stock, and chilling before unmolding with garnish of eggs and greens.
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