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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1930
Page
8
Charleston reports a lone bandit robbed the Froal National Bank of St Albans at noon taking about fifty dollars from cashier Motee. The man fled in a car, dropping the pistol in a bag as a bystander, the cashier’s young son, watched him head toward a rural road. Estimated takings later balanced.
Lauren A. Norris, 45, once sailed his yacht around the world, fell overboard yesterday in Sansalito California while trying to start a small motorboat and drowned near shore.
Aspen Colorado reports the death of David R. C. Brown, founder of a Roaring Fork ghost camp and noted mining pioneer and millionaire, who died last night.
Washington June 30 three members of the senate foreign relations committee issued a minority report opposing the London naval treaty. The dissidents Johnson Moses and Robinson argue the pact fails to give the United States naval equality with Britain and will not save taxpayers. They demand thorough reconsideration and warn against rushing ratification. Debate expected late this week, with a special session after adjournment. Moses attaches a memo decrying indecent haste in ratification. The trio deny militarism and urge fair naval limitation and honest reduction.
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah announced plans to marry Mrs. Alice Sheets of Salt Lake City. The ceremony will be performed in the Latter Day Saints Temple in Salt Lake City. Smoot, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, arrived from Washington with the engagement reflect developments after her recent trip to the capital.
Mrs Sheets, prominent in Latter Day Saints church activities, has been a widow since 1918 after her first husband Edwin E Sheets, a bishop in the church, died of influenza. Smoot’s first wife died over a year ago in Washington, and he has been seen with Mrs Smoot on several occasions.
Washington June 30 the capital opened to the trans Atlantic fliers of the Southern Cross led by Charles Kingsford Smith. Public welcome at Bolling Field gave way to guests of home governments and President Hoover with Sir Ronald Lindsay Irish and Dutch officials aboard. A luncheon and Senate floor appearances were planned before departure for New York. Captain J Patrick Saul and John W Stannage also on guest list.
Robert L. Austin, a construction worker from Thayer Street, died at Guy Hospital after an operation for a ruptured intestine caused by a blow while unloading bricks in local yards. He was 3 o'clock this afternoon schedule unknown. Funeral and obituary details were incomplete at press time.
Bolivian capital La Paz shows calm as citizens patrol near legations to deter escape of ex president Hernando Siles and German general Hans Kundt. Victorious revolutionaries plan to restore constitutional rule with free elections and a non perpetual chief executive.
A roundup of local residents and visitors from Wheeling to Fairmont and Grafton. Mr and Mrs Charles Smith return home after a stay with relatives in Grand Street. Numerous guests include the Kendalls in Fairmont, Miss Nye from Charleston, and families visiting from Charleston, Webster, Martinsburg, Parsons, and Philippi. Local trips feature trips to Mount Morris and Deep Creek Lake with picnics on Cheat River, plus hospital and work updates and a courtroom appearance by Judge Ira E. Robinson.
Over several weeks residents and visitors frequenting Grafton and nearby towns traveled to Detroit Washington D C and other eastern cities visiting relatives and attending events. Notable items include departures for Canada two weeks away and a late June wedding of Bert A Palmer actress and Norma Lee Gudie.
Funeral services for Mrs. Alcindy Shroyer, who died June 29 at her Dent home, will be Tuesday at Mt Zion church. The service is set for 2 30 p m conducted by Rev. W D, with interment in Mt Zion cemetery. She was born March 26 1873 and was a lifelong Methodist. Her illness lasted about two years. The cause is not stated.
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