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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1929
Page
2
The piece argues children lose interest when given a ready made aquarium. It suggests letting kids contribute water plants, snails, fish, and discoveries to keep engagement. Encourages hands on experience, country excursions, and ongoing growth to sustain enthusiasm.
Knights of Pythian Friendship Lodge No 8 holds memorial exercises at Castle Hall at 2 p.m. Supreme Representative James W Robinson to oversee memorial addings. All Knights and Pythian Sisters urged to attend at the cemetery service public welcome bring cars Chancellor Commander Laren A Hoffman
Eastern Standard time program grid lists WEAF WJZ WOR WALO WBAL KDKA and WGY schedules. Featured acts include Vincent Lopez Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, Cavallers, Gus and Louie Town Band, Ben Pollack's Hotel Dance Orchestra, Ralph Grosvenor baritone, Lew White Organ Recital, Levitow's Orchestra, Charles Hamp Orchestra, Negro Achievement Program, and Hotel Orchestra with various daily segments and stories.
A dense listing of radio time blocks and station identifiers for various orchestras and programs. The compilation references WEAF WJZ WBZ WCX WJR WS and others with multiple hour slots, featuring bands, conductors, and dance shows. Names include Ray Oulmet Harry Pomar and Amos, with scores and symphony segments scattered through the day.
A scanned page shows a daily cross word puzzle and a war photo feature from the Grand Theatre. It describes German troops in action, the first days of World War I, an animated map of the Marne, and the Allied final rout of 1918, with Paramount releasing the pictures.
The Red Knights of Germany figure in Behind the German Lines, the official motion picture history of Germany’s participation in World War I. Manfred von Richthofen, famed ace who downed about eighty planes before being shot down by Captain Roy Brown, is featured in action sequences filmed by UFA on all fronts. The film, hailed as the most riveting pictorial war history shown in the country, emphasizes Germany’s air battles and Richthofen’s exploits as a centerpiece.
A collage of quirky items from the AP wire spans New York and Atlantic City. Harvard graduate John Waldo Green quits Wall Street to write songs with no salary, while his fiancée Miss Carol Falk backs him. Elsewhere a widow runs a quick-record studio for greetings and sales letters. A Nova Scotia man finds a diamond bracelet in a cod and dreams of wealth, and Adolphe Menjou comments on hats. Stanley Baldwin’s defeat is linked to smoking, with Mr. Dawes arriving as ambassador smoking a big black cigar.
Goodhue president of the Pareit Teachers Association urged negro students to attend events while noting a proposed exclusive affair. A negro student rejected the notion of social discrimination and declined the special event.
Overnight dispatch summarizes Washington action as the House approves reapportionment measures following amendments. Reports from York Harbor Maine note Lindbergh honeymoon cruise underway. Los Angeles discusses deputy chief suspended over duties in a murder investigation. Abingdon jury splits in Deputy Crowe murder case. Valparaiso coroner implicates Catherine Cassler in a fatal shooting. Springfield committee urges full probe of dry raid killing. Shriners back Hoover administration law enforcement plan. Conshohocken plane crash claims pilot William J. Welch and passenger James C. O'Brien.
A lively comedy with vivid wardrobe and pageantry plays at the Opera House tonight and Saturday. The plot centers on a wife upset over a fur coat, a reluctant husband, a farmer, and a web of romantic entanglements. The cast includes Bryant Washburn and Jane Winton with Erle C. Renton directing. Also shown is the comedy Galloping Ghosts. A separate Washington report notes a plane crash into the Potomac with one dead and six injured.
Washington reports the Treasury is offering 400 million dollars in certificates at 6.18 percent interest, the highest rate since 1921. Other items note Lincoln Steffens seeking a divorce in Salinas and various international political updates from Mexico City London and Moscow. Babe Ruth reportedly ill with heart strain and lung congestion, forcing absence from the Yankees for possibly the season, with doctors restricting activity and travel.
Officers and school officials, joined by Mrs. Julian, discuss restrictions on attendance as the Negroes debate continuance of a policy. The failed plan to bar entry hinges on whether Black students can be present, with officials weighing legal and social implications.
The scene shows a banker reluctantly consenting to a photo after a long mission to the world. He frowns at first, then directs the photographer with a stern warning to never bother him again.
The inquest into the death of a girl identified as Donna Berry and Eva Caldwell or Barbara Barnes was postponed until her father Page, a father of two, appears. Baggage markings were obliterated and re marked. A report tying Miss Cole to England's envoy to Norway was disproved.
Federal prohibition agents from the eastern district will attend the jubilee celebration to prevent quarreling or disturbances as over 50 newspapers and press associations participate in the event.
State Auditor M B Coburn from Pairmont began a regular yearly audit in Sheriff Mayes office yesterday. Coburn said the audit is routine and a public report will be issued later.
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