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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1930
Page
7
By Aliee Judson Peale, Billy, a then budding figure in the Indies, has since January, per his mother, proposed to four different young ladies. Parents acknowledge the habit with gentle humor, protecting his confidence to spare him shame and teasing from adults.
In Chicago on June 11 Abra Finkelstein, 75, tried to light a tea fire in a gas filled kitchen. A match ignited the fumes and the cottage burned. Firemen found his body amid the ruins.
Large crowds attend the Nazarene Church revival at Park View. Miss Lula Kell reads from Psalms 8:4 to open her evangelistic appeal as Miss Kell is assisted by Mrs Dora Geil and Miss Lillian Hasselbring of Chicago directing music. Services begin each evening at 7 45.
Fairmont West Virginia June 11 P M Bower former division personnel director at Parkersburg for Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company has been named safety director with headquarters here according to an announcement today.
At the Opera House ten st Zeppelin opens today with Con way Tearle Virginia Valli and Ricardo Cortez headlining The Lost Zeppelin follows a Antarctic expedition love triangle and a wreck after the dirigible strikes ice The cast includes Hall and Armstrong in a perilous rescue tale plus comedy and shorts Tonight Friday and Saturday at the Opera House Boe
In Canberra and New York news, Fifi Dorsay headlines a dramatic event at the Strand. The report notes public accounts reveal a 45 million deficit for Australian states this year while the Commonwealth Loan Council approves a 50 million eight year loan at six percent.
Miss Dorsay stars with J. H. Murray in a romance set in French Morocco. He saves him from authorities, joins the Foreign Legion, is wounded, and returns to Fifi’s arms. The film features songs by William Kernell and a chorus of Legionnaires, with George Grossmith and Clyde Cook among others.
June 12 Atlantic City police, aided by an under sheriff, seized a house in a probate dispute. May Smyth fired at officers with a revolver. Leonore Smyth was later taken from the building after tear gas. May Smyth charged with shooting with intent to kill and her sister with assault and battery. The women claimed ownership after long residence.
Firemen guard a Texas Refinery Company plant after an unexplained explosion started a blaze that killed one workman and injured several others. The fire damaged property estimated near a million dollars, though flames were confined to a limited area and brought under control four hours after the blast.
Haven Nova Scotia June 12 1915 news item reports the death of a wealthy chemist named Andrews who allegedly died after drinking poison. The abbreviated dispatch compares the case to sensational European poison deaths involving notable figures and mentions Alma V Hayne and a royal figure.
White Sulphur Springs officials advocate stronger cooperation in enforcing dry laws. In Morgantown Ita Rodgers secures annual tribute in education trust. C B Stump reelected president of Sunday School association.
Trustees cut tuition to 60 dollars per semester while records report muscle weigh ins and a 18 pound 2 ounce catch by George Loudis and Fred 13. Charleston sees public service commission action on on street cat loves Ohio Valley Electric Railway Huntington. Candidates file for park commissioner in Cabell Wayne. Luke Curry arrested again in Logan for firing pistol in business district. A Taylor county sale of Eva M Travis real estate set for June 14 with terms including half cash and six month credit. Board of Review set to meet February 6 1930 to equalize Taylor County real estate and personal property assessments.
In Charleston a curriculum committee meeting of the home economics division of the state high school department will open here Friday. In Parkersburg Mrs Flora Warner Phalin, who learned her first husband is alive, is granted annulment of her marriage to George Cole. In Parkersburg Wilford Richards, 25, Doddridge county, is held for robbing stores.
Evan Protheroe operator at Mt Carmel Junction tower of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad flashed to the Shamokin dispatcher that he was ill then died of a heart attack. His quick action set stop signals preventing a collision between trains as a freight train pulled into the tower minutes later.
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