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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1933
Page
5
Yesterday’s results feature notable NL scores with Brooklyn edging St Louis and Chicago beating New York. Today’s slate includes St Louis at Brooklyn and Chicago at New York with several interleague matchups.
Yesterday's list highlights top home run hitters by team including Gehrig and Ruth among the Yankees and Foxx with the Athletics while prominent players from the Senators, Red Sox, Phillies, Tigers, Braves, and Dodgers appear. The tally shows Klein, Higgins, Warstler, Kuhel, Cronin, and others contributing to season totals.
Ben Chapman edged Al Simmons by a small margin in the battle for the American League batting title. The update shows Chapman with a .368 average after 147 at bats, while Simmons trails with a .358 mark. Other leaders include Ennis, Julte, Klein, and Moore as the season progresses in a tight race.
Major Maxwell Kirby head of post operations at Langley Field Virginia was seriously injured leaping from his burning plane near Great Mills Maryland. The parachute did not open fully and he was found unconscious several hundred feet from the wreckage. He suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Leonardtown for treatment.
The article outlines recovery efforts with executives and AFL representative Edward F. McGrady as assistant administrators for industry and labor. It details road building and ship construction as drives, with $638 million allocated to these activities and $238 million for navy buildup and $400 million for highway grants. Public works bids set for July 26 for 17 new ships, plus four destroyers earlier, while Sawyer and a cabinet advisory committee push start of new construction next month under Ickes guidance. Delegations press Sawyer with project proposals. Ohio submits a $400 million program as the first state plan to be formally presented.
Readable clues mix topics and wordplay across a dense daily crossword grid. The puzzle lists multiple across and down items including references to zoology, grammar, and common phrases, with obscure abbreviations and misprints likely from OCR.
An industrial administrator made a sudden late Monday trip to New York on an undisclosed mission. Johnson and his coordinators have been working to obtain trade agreements with major industries to raise wages and reduce working hours for workers.
In Chicago on June 20, the new park board demanded proof of earned wages from 4400 workers hired for roles such as counting butterflies and measuring paths under prior management. Harry Joseph, president, cited $2.5 million in 20 months of back salaries and more for supplies, vowing payments only for merit. The board plans saving over $1 million as ex-workers recount their toil while State's Attorney Courtney prepares grand jury evidence.
Wallace outlined a plan to lease land from producers with six cent options, about three cents below market. Growers must agree as campaign momentum determines contract uptake, with expected distributions of rentals totaling around 100 million dollars to growers in the coming months.
The court favored the City of Grafton over E H. Davis on a license tax dispute. Judge ruled ordinance 106 on intoxicating beer sales stands until higher courts decide its constitutionality. Davis owes seven dollars eighty four cents plus interest and costs, with an appeal anticipated.
Hollywood director Harry Sweet Vera Williams known as Claudette Ford and screenwriter Hal Davitt died when Sweet’s plane plunged into Big Bear Lake. Salvage crews recovered the bodies after raising the craft about a quarter mile offshore in 20 feet of water.
Neil C. McMath, father of Margaret Peggy McMath, describes the May 2 kidnapping from Harwich Center School during a Cape Cod court proceeding. The Buck brothers Kenneth and Cyril face charges as McMath recounts the hooded abduction, ransom payment of 60000, and recovery of the money at Kenneth Buck's home. His son Francis, eight, alerted him at the boat shop, prompting the school visit.
Charleston reports on West Virginia’s state flag, its Civil War origins, and evolving designs. The piece notes muskets, wheat, corn, a miner, and crafts symbols on the banner, with a gold fringe and the inscription State of West Virginia. It recalls official adoption and unofficial flags for regiments and expositions, continued in light of two commemorative events.
West Virginia celebrates its 1863 statehood and the first anniversary of the $10,000,000 capitol dedication. The event highlights legal and ceremonial milestones with potential office closings and flag-raising statewide, as patriotic and historical organizations hold brief programs.
Charleston reports the state board of education, with only four members present, met to discuss tuition fees and other matters. W. W. Trent, state superintendent, chaired with Bernard McLaugherty of Bluefield, Charles Gain of Martinsburg, and W. S. Roberts of Buckhannon, all Democrats. Governors appointments awaited as discussions covered tuition and potential policy changes.
The governor received resignations from O J Fleming of Grafton and J H Gorby of Martinsville while noting Yost’s term ends in June and other terms of two appointees run one and two years respectively. Mrs Lenna Lowe Cost of Huntington submitted her resignation as well.
The Congress has proposed a 21st amendment to repeal the 18th Amendment and promote temperance. Voters are instructed not to vote for more than twenty candidates and to mark the circle if voting for ratification or against it. The list names many individuals for ratification and opposition, and outlines effects including repeal of prohibition and new tax revenue.
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