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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1933
Page
7
A rain-stopped scene on a railway where a bear, a dog, and a rooster stand on the track causing a dangerous moment. The engineer brakes hard, stops inches from them, misjudges the figures as animals, then confronts the trio with anger as they refuse to move. Tomorrow—“Mad Dog.”
Valier Montana June 29 The sucker crop is diminishing with lower hatchery output. The state fish hatchery on Lake Francis harvested 56 000 suckers in its first year, 30 000 last year, and a smaller total this year is expected. Authorities pursue removal to protect trout and other game species.
In Elkins, Judge William E. Baker refused extradition to Pennsylvania for Dillon L. Swick, a former federal agent. He was indicted on conspiracy charges tied to a large North Vernon liquor ring. The decision cited insufficient testimonial cause and Swick Health after a recent automobile crash.
Philippi and Belington figures Ernest L. Baughman and Dr Grant Graham refuse seats on the newly formed five member county school board. Ross Nestor also declines while J Andrew Proudfoot and W J Arnold have not commented. The quarter ends June 30 and appointments were announced Sunday by Superintendent W W Trent.
The report notes a sharp rise in film production and job growth for actors, actresses, technicians and playwrights on Hollywood studio lots. R. K. O Radio Pictures plans 52 feature-length films for the 1933-34 season at Hollywood and Culver plants, following Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announcing major expansion plans for their film features.
Senate investigators examine Otto H. Kahn tax returns for 1930 to 1932 revealing no tax paid in three years amid stock sales losses and Chilean bond profits. Pecora questions Kahn on stock transfers, deductions, and a 1920s banking profits surge tied to Loeb and Company.
The Preston Republican invites donations of books and reading material to build a larger Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium library. Patients there read widely, remain long-term residents, and welcome fiction science religious and other material. Donors receive credit and labels with their names.
Letters from Clarence E. Martin directing compliments to Howard H. Holt on election and the broader political scene in Grafton and Martinsburg West Virginia dated June 28 1933. The correspondence references loss figures and tax related topics within a historic newspaper page segment.
Albany June 28. New York ratified the congressional repeal of the 18th amendment at a convention of 150 wet delegates including 26 women. Former Gov Alfred E Smith, unanimously chosen president, led a vigorous critique of government by organized minorities. Elihu Root asserted there will be no 18 states to block repeal.
An Associated Press photographer on vacation captured a landlocked Maine salmon in a three-frame sequence. The fish fights on a five ounce split bamboo rod, leaps from water to escape, and finally lands in the boat as the net closes. The photographer only learned of the remarkable shot when the film was developed.
The Rev. Dr. W. B. Anderson of Philadelphia was elected moderator of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh on June 29. He serves as secretary of the board of foreign missions and is a former missionary to India.
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