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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1931
Page
4
The fragment discusses advertising rates with rates per word, deadlines, and notices. It then shifts to commentary on temperance enforcement, unemployment conferences, and road work on Marion county line road. It criticizes dry laws enforcement, notes the long-term road project, and mentions figures like Pinchot Roosevelt and Senator Borah in a political context.
In the Simpson Creek area about 3,000 miners in Taylor Barbour and Harrison counties are idle as union aims push to extend the wage scale to non union mines. Gallo way Wendel Tressler Greer Gas Coal operate, while Reppert Atlas Rosemont Waddell Delmar No 4 Brown Cambria Bailey mines remain out. Pickets halted work at Reppert mine tipple two days ago and have not resumed.
Wardwell followed the girl and took her to a hospital before she was to be sent back to New York. George Reed, 17, then walked into a Buffalo police station to report the case, and the girl said she knew Reed from Watertown. She explained they met when he claimed to go to Hobart Indiana for a job and invited her along. They began with ten dollars in hand and hitchhiked to Ashtabula.
George planned to meet Ho bart as part of the search. The girl’s father traced her largely through postcards she sent to friends, revealing clues about her whereabouts.
Los Angeles police held a suspect believed to be Nicky Radovich, linked to a January 1930 Oakland bank robbery and killing. The man, identified by fingerprints and photos as Radovich, was found with $100,000 in negotiable securities and a .38 caliber pistol. Detectives connect the loot to the American Trust Company theft and the deputy’s death during the Oakland holdup.
The court of appeals rules Daisy DeBoe must serve 18 months in jail as part of a five year probation after dissolving a habeas corpus writ that had freed her on bond. Her attorney plans a rehearing to gain at least 30 more days of freedom. she had already served two months.
Guards at Sing Sing report finding a home made bludgeon in the mattress of Francis Crowley, the young killer in the death house awaiting electrocution. The weapon was a tightly wrapped magazine bound with wire from cot springs, found during a daily inspection yesterday. Crowley is under death sentence for shooting a policeman before his capture in a sensational apartment siege.
German engineers tackle the Deutschland battle cruiser designed to compensate for a dwindling fleet. At 10,000 tons it is a compact ship with six 28 cm guns, eight 15 cm guns, torpedo tubes, welded plates, and a 50,000 horsepower indirect propulsion system. Construction began in 1928 costing about 20 million dollars.
Utica New York June 13 CP William Reid announces Colgate University has signed Andy Kerr to coach football for three more years. Kerr since 1929 directed Colgate’s fortunes with a near perfect season and earlier coached at Sanford, Washington and Jefferson. He has led the eastern stars in the annual east west game and is tied to Pop Warner ideologies.
Washington June 13 Veterans whose adjusted compensation certificates have been issued less than two years can borrow no money on them Former servicemen who delayed taking out their certificates wondered if Congress had waived the two year rule Administrator Hines announced today that the Attorney General’s opinion confirms the two year limit remains in effect.
Weihaiwei June 13 Continued bad weather handicapped U S Pigeon and other surface ships as they struggled to salvage the sunken British submarine Poseidon sunk earlier this week after colliding with a Chinese merchantman. The delay slowed work and kept salvage operations at a standstill.
Four deeds of trust dated 1926 1929 and 1930 schedule public auction July 11 1931 at Taylor County Courthouse front door Roscoe C Washington and Sarah J Washington mortgaged properties in Grafton and Court House district with cash terms and references to detailed descriptions in the deeds. The notice also mentions stock exchange wiring and Aztec bath remnants found near Mexico City.
Hollywood actress Dorsay plans a vaudeville tour beginning in Louisville followed by New York. She will sail to London for two weeks of appearances before traveling to Paris, returning to France after the United States tour.
Morris Lubehansky, counsel for the owners and crew of the British vessel Shuben Acadia of St. John's Newfoundland, said potential damages claims against the United States government may arise following the sinking yesterday after a collision with a coast guard destroyer near New London Connecticut.
Mr and Mrs Omar Lambert of Pruntytown announce the birth of a ten and one half pound son named Charles Omar. Both mother and baby are doing nicely. The item also notes Austrian rail electrification from the Swiss frontier toward Vienna and Graz, plus a German rocket carried camera for aerial photography and a remark on cigarettes entering America and Europe about sixty years ago.
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