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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1929
Page
2
excerpts discuss a mother praising her infant Anne for holding and drinking from a bottle, noting the pride of progress and the broader lesson of encouraging self-help strides. The piece urges letting babies try, fail, and succeed alone, then offering help only after repeated attempts.
Prime Minister appoints Lord Par oH to lead as president of the council with a return to a prominent position in the British government. The reshuffle elevates key cabinet figures, signaling a shift in policy direction and leadership dynamics ahead of upcoming reforms.
A fragment notes activities around Union Drug Co and Love Drug Co with unspecified details. Names are given as the primary entities, suggesting a local business focus. The text appears to be a damaged OCR fragment lacking full context or action.
A dense listing shows WEAF WJZ WOR and related stations in New York Newark Baltimore and more detailing concert orchestras, dance hours, news programs and host schedules. Notable names include Nathaniel Shilkret Rosalie Wolfer Roy Ingraham and the Marylanders Hour with many time slots across the evening.
The listings show Evelyn Todd Laurent at 11:00 followed by News and a 6:30 schedule block. Programs include Dance Hour, Markets, History Talk, Francis Craig's Orchestra, Vocal and Orchestra, WEAF Pro, and Tom and Jo with blocks from 7:00 to 11:00 PM.
Otley Williams, one of 65 survivors from the Glen Rogers mine explosion, credits rock dust with saving lives and recalls a 1,300 foot east to main west escape. Gov. Conley urges West Virginians planning Europe travel to join the Berlin conference delegates, with official credentials provided. Additional notes cover executions, new game warden appointment, and state water commission meeting dates. West Virginia Day observance delayed to 1927.
Welch J Henderson Mitchell, former U S deputy marshal, shot. Chief C D Hutton arrested. Bluefield Jane term United States district court opened yesterday.
Austin June 19. The house adopted the senate concurrent resolution rebuking Mrs Herbert Hoover for receiving a Negro congressman's wife at a White House tea.
Welch West Virginia reports J Henderson Mitchell a 57 year old former US deputy marshal was shot and killed inside the Welch fire station. Chief C Hutton surrendered to a deputy sheriff claiming self defense. Authorities said Hutton told them he acted in self defense.
Mitchell tried to grab Huttons gun during an argument. The chief of police detained his weapon and fired. Mitchell was shot five times and died en route to hospital. Hutton was placed in jail to await a preliminary hearing. The slain man was a Welch native and third generation settler, who once served as Welch chief of police about 25 years ago.
Washington June 19 Senators and representatives met with the president to present candidates for federal farm board appointments. Hoover plans to announce some names next week and expects all selections within two weeks. The president hopes to spend Friday and Saturday at his fishing preserve on the Rapidan headwaters. Glass denounced Hoover for submerging prohibition in the law enforcement inquiry and cited the $250000 fund appropriated for that purpose.
Report from Windsor Ontario dated June 19 describes a swift river incident in which a gunman fired a revolver toward a U S customs cutter on the Detroit River. The vessel retreated into Canadian waters after a hole was shot in its prow. No values were recorded.
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