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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1932
Page
2
A mother plans to place her 10-year-old son in a boarding school to foster independence and social growth. The piece warns that such abrupt separation may overwhelm the child, suggesting a gradual approach with female role models first and increased interaction with male teachers and camp leaders to build a healthy self ideal.
Washington report notes President Hoover nominates Walter Price for postmaster at Huntington West Virginia. Radio listings run through 11:30 p.m. with programs from NBC WEAF WABC and NBC WJZ including music orchestras and dramatic features.
Fifty one students received degrees at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins this morning. Dr. Robert L. Kelly of New York delivered the commencement address on the revival of the American college. Class day featured a marble campus seat gift, with speeches by Kerr Whitefield and Notley Barnard. Board officers were re-elected at Halliburst with Dr. James E. Allen noting a splendid year despite adverse conditions and a large next year enrollment.
John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore appear together for the first time in Arsene Lupin a colorful French mystery drama at the Strand today and Thursday based on a Paris stage hit by Maurice Le Blant and Francis de Croisset. The plot follows a master thief pursued by a detective through Paris with notable scenes including a jewel theft at a chateau a birthday party a Mona Lisa heist from the Louvre and a dramatic river escape. Jack Conway directs the Barrymores with Karen Morley Miljan and Tully Marshall in key roles.
Senator Dickinson of Town will serve as temporary chairman and deliver the keynote address at a major Chicago event scheduled for June 14. The appearance emphasizes his prominent role and the program’s high profile.
Cross-examination began in Wheeling on the Gas rate case of the Natural Gas Company of West Virginia. Valuation engineer F H Leach testified on valuation methods used to justify a 52 cent rate. The hearing resumed after cross examination and was continued to today with Lerch the sole witness.
Delegates from Illinois discuss construction work costs and labor in trenching. Lerch outlines methods and figures for estimating costs including common labor in ditching and tire costs, citing twelve and a half cubic yards per cross examination and financing details.
About thirty people were injured when a Atlantic City to New York express derailed freight cars west of Deans New Jersey. The locomotive and first three passenger cars fell eight feet into a embankment, parlor cars left rails. Engineer almost drowned, fireman seriously hurt. Rail traffic blocked and reroutes set. Preliminary probe cites chute opening in coal gondola derailing the freight.
Operators reported threats and county guards have been assigned. Several hydrna meetings have occurred in the fields since the strike began.
In Connersville Pennsylvania on June 8 500 veterans sat in B and O yards while the railroad delayed freight. A livestock shipment left as veterans boarded, then 600 more arrived bound for Washington. Officials proposed hauling half the men if others rode Western Maryland while veterans leaders hesitated.
Washington reports the Senate rejected Hoover's furlough plan by a 41 to 36 vote. The proposal would have furloughed officers on annual pay and reduced civilian staff wages with a five day week, while maintaining the 10 percent pay cut on salaries over 1,000 dollars. Senator Neely voted for the plan, with Hatfield pairing.
Puzzle filled with a mix of clues and scrambled words pointing to many answers. Entries include references to animals plants and places, with several long obscure terms and partial phrases suggesting a classic mixed difficulty crosswords solution.
Florida primary results show Ruth Owen trailing West Palm Beach attorney Mark Wilcox in the Fourth Florida Congressional District with 25 of 419 precincts reporting. Wilcox led 1190 to 771, while Roosevelt led the presidential preference with 43 precincts reporting over Murray and Chassey.
Hopkinsville Kentucky June 8 Deputy Sheriff Wallace Myers was killed when coal miners at Empire Mine No 6 were attacked from a wooded hill as they emerged from a pit. Officials and citizens formed a posse aided by bloodhounds to hunt the assailants after a strike by former employees. Twenty four men were under bond for grand jury action in disorders.
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