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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1933
Page
2
In a tense scene a group of bears a rooster and other animals detect washed away tracks ahead as the distant whistle of a passenger train nears. They hasten to stop it before danger, urging swift action and teamwork.
Mexico City June 27 The bodies of Captain Mariano Barberan and Lieutenant Joaquin Collar, last seen after an Atlantic crossing from Seville to Cuba, were found in a Tabasco lagoon. The Cuatro Vientos wreckage will be towed to Puerto Mexico aboard the Coloso tug. The aviators perished. their bodies to be moved by tug to Puerto Mexico.
Moorefield June 27 A jury was completed and the trial of Omer Brill 21 charged with the slaying of Mrs C L Burch and her daughter Esther began State counsel opened with the claim Brill killed the two women after they tried to stop him robbing their Bean Settlement store Brill pleaded not guilty arraignment occurred last week a motion for change of venue was denied Judge G K Kump adjourned court until Wednesday due to the West Virginia repeal election today
Baltimore on June 27 reports a murder suicide following a marital rift. Lola Mathews and her husband Robert died after their agreement that they could not live together nor apart.
Police said Mathews shot his wife in a premeditated murder suicide, noting a cross mark on his shirt over his heart. A note found by the couple read Lola and I can't live together and we can't live apart, so we have to go out of life to we the way. Blame no one.
L A Cather former Marion county West Virginia circuit clerk faces 10 indictments alleging embezzlement of about 16000 dollars in public funds. Governor Rolph signed extradition papers from Los Angeles to West Virginia. Cather held in LA county jail on 50000 bail. habeas corpus plans announced by attorney Lloyd Nix citing technical points.
The Preston Republican urges donations of books and reading material for Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Hope mont West Virginia. Patients read constantly, needing history fiction science and religious works. Donors may send material to the paper. labels will credit donors and be pasted in donated books.
Havana dispatch reports the ABC secret society backing Sumner Welles as mediator in Cuba's political impasse. The group aims for a "new deal" beyond Machado's ouster, hoping to reform public life and curb corruption. Membership rivals 50,000 across Cuba, with a tightly knit leadership grooming future nonpolitical reformers. Argentina reports higher imports of beverages, tobacco, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals in Q1 1933.
Nancy Carroll, a leading lady in Universal's The Kiss Before the Mirror, kicks her way onto the Opera House stage. Born in New York City and of Irish descent, she won a local theatre contest and rose from chorus roles in Passing Show Topics and Mayflower to lead in Chicago on the West Coast, then films beginning with Ladies Must Dress. The Kiss Before the Mirror screens tonight and Wednesday night.
Burhl Dunham, 30, of Prunty Town, was badly burned a week ago in an explosion involving a line. He is reported improving as treatment continues.
A Natural Gas Company employee aiding a North View section lay is recovering at Mason Hospital Clarksburg after an underground manhole blast. He suffered facial and arm burns. the cause remains unknown. He has worked with the gas company for years.
Moscow protested to Japanese ambassador over the Taizikaze entering Soviet waters and landing sailors to probe the slaying of three Japanese fishermen near Cape Kronotski Kamchatka. The Soviet government had refused to permit joint investigation with the Japanese consul at Petropavlovsk. The Southern Baptist convention adopted a foreign missions budget of 605090 dollars for the coming year, with expected income not to exceed 500000 dollars.
Clyde G. Turner returned from Cleveland where he attended a two day Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association school with nearly 1000 florists from 100 states. He cited plans to organize an Associated Florists' Control Board under the new Industrial Recovery Bill to draft codes and regulate production and wages, aiming for a national business upswing.
The local florist notes wedding bouquets now mirror gown styles with high held blooms and trailing small flowers. For street wear choose sturdy blooms like bitter sweet. chiffons suit fragile arrangements. Shoulder bouquets are worn high to balance weight, color harmony guides choices, pink roses suit light orange and bronze tones, and pink roses convey friendliness rather than marriage.
Charleston dispatch reports the state board of control orders no summer vacations for state institutions staff to conserve funds in 1933. Construction and permanent improvements funded by special appropriations are deferred, as rising costs threaten operating budgets. The move affects personnel changes and may hardship those with plans, urging patriotism and cooperation amid economy mandates.
In Charleston on June 27 a trial began in federal court before Judge Luther B Way over the Francis M White company suit against Raymond Company. Plaintiffs claim illegal removal of buildings and timber from lands in Putnam county. The Montgomery cotton market on June 1, 1933, was up 400 points or $20 per bale higher than 1982.
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