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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1933
Page
2
A medical view challenges the idea that thumb sucking is harmful. Studies by Dr. David Levy suggest it reflects comfort from nursing gaps, not jaw malformation, and that early training to stop may cause restlessness. By age two or three, the habit should fade as the child finds new satisfactions, with persistent cases signaling daily-life issues.
Greeley Nebraska June 19 A county judge says the two most fight prone periods are early March and early July based on 18 years on the bench. Judge Jesse L Scott attributes the pattern to rising temperatures saying heat drives men to blows in court.
In a Sundown story by Mary Granam Bonner, Top Notch discovers string missing from a General Store, suggesting a thief who knew his habits. Willy Nilly and others debate suspects, including Woodchuck, while Rip the Dog volunteers to investigate. Tomorrow promises “The Woodchuck's Revenge.”
Clarence E. Jones, archaeologist from Newark Ohio, told Boy Scouts that early West Virginians were nomads from Asiatic plains. He described a slow trek from Northern Asia through Alaska into the western hemisphere, with descendants forming bands that later became Aztecs Mayas Incas mound builders in the Americas.
The speaker argues that mound builders in West Virginia and Ohio formed a real West Virginian culture. He cites their permanent settlements and agriculture enabling leisure, a distinct religion, sizable ceremonial enclosures, and evidence of play objects like marbles found in mounds.
Approval describes the first trade agreements set to lift wages, shorten working hours, and stabilize production. Pending official organs, Johnson will announce his staff of coordinators for various industries and advisory boards for labor and industry.
Busi ness leaders align with Johnson as Plan Works announced by Nelson B. Gaskill, president of the Lead Pencil Institute. Most manufacturers will raise hourly base rates for piece work for foremen and supervisors, cut daily hours to eight and weekly hours to forty, averaged over six months. The increase is about ten percent.
Morgantown reports that Lind say K Ewyck, a Star City merchant, was released from the court's jurisdiction after the indictment for slaying Patsy Bilotte near Star City on November 2, 1931, was dropped. The case had seen a January 1982 trial where the jury disagreed and he remained free on a $10,000 bond. Prosecutor John V. Sanders cited doubts about a conviction and the cost of a second trial.
A former prosecuting attorney recalls the impact of prohibition on public welfare. He describes farmers and laborers turning to crime for illegal profits, officers murdered by moonshiners, families jailed for possession, and children left hungry while trains of prisoners depart to federal prisons. He laments lost revenue for federal state and local governments amid the era.
Philadelphia reports 15 year old Earl Potter died after 306 days in a hospital mechanical lung. He had been crippled by infantile paralysis and suffered convulsions. President Roosevelt sent wishes for his recovery, and Connie Mack and Athletics stars visited him regularly.
Bill Troy's Comedians present a single engagement in Grafton next Wednesday June 21 featuring a 65 member white troupe with a 15 act vaudeville program. Ladies arrive free with a paid adult ticket as doors open 7 15 pm for an 8 15 pm curtain. Palais Royale Orchestra provides the music at the Old Fairgrounds big tent seating 3000.
Earl Cather, a Fairmont official, faces embezzlement charges totaling 12,804.41. A warrant lists missing funds from Marion County accounts amid a broader audit that uncovered about 272,000 in shortages. Deputies secured extradition papers in Charleston and plan flights to California for surrender, while Cather retains a prominent attorney and plans to contest the case. He is described as a West Side resident with a long history in railroad shop work and ties to Fairmont and Grafton.
Scorchy Smith apparently ejects or is captured during a flight over the West Indies. He awakens as a prisoner with a feigned concern from Captain Garrett in Newark as authorities debate a canal zone map and possible government action.
A reflective poem tracing a rural craft era fading away. It laments idle smithy and loom, shuttered mills, vanished water power, and changing fashions as old trades and homes disappear, while memory preserves their once bustling world.
A man believed to be Carroll H. Howard, 38, a Monroe Virginia war veteran, was found on the Brunswick railroad tracks after being struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train. The body was discovered by crew members and marked as struck by a train.
Ees and Dews from the home of the Ground Hog describe Puffy and Fluffy seeking fur. Puff boasts he is stuffed after a stunt. He tells Fluff to slow down as he whews and grufs.
Clovis New Mexico wire service reports crows in eastern New Mexico interfering with lines. A lineman was sent to investigate interruptions caused by birds reportedly building nests from wire fragments.
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