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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1933

Page

2

Modern women fat loss plan with Kruschen Salts ad

An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as the safest quickest way for modern women to shed fat and gain vitality with clear skin and sparkling eyes. It promises weight loss in four weeks, a money back guarantee, and urges readers to buy at Red Cross Pharmacy or any drugstore. The text also includes a political note urging nationwide employment and a claim of 90,000 West Virginia families receiving relief through a corporation.

Red Cross Pharmacy Adv West Virginia

Discipline for the First 18 Months of Life

A guide on patient baby discipline emphasizing regular feeding, bathing, and sleep. It argues against temper, postpones punishment, and suggests letting the child learn self amusements and bowel control through consistent routine and positive reinforcement. It warns against teasing, holding the child in objectionable positions, or applying forceful discipline.

Jalm

Resolution Condemns R F C Work In State

The senate adopted a resolution condemning the Reconstruction Finance Corporation policies. Introduced by Senator Ornes of Boone it cites extravagant public construction plans and growing relief demands. The measure petitions Congress to act on the concerns raised.

Charleston Mar Senate Reconstruction Finance Corporation Ornes D. Boone Congress

Radio Listings For Thursday March 2

Radio program schedule from multiple networks NBC CBS and NBC WJZ detailing evening lineups with hosts orchestras speakers acts and times across EST including The Goldbergs Ruth Etting Mills Bros and Amos n Andy with final entries noting结束 station broadcasts and late night programs

Soviet Russia Remains Enemy Says Colby

Former secretary of state Colby reaffirmed that the United States would not recognize Soviet Russia, stating no new facts justify a policy shift. He described ongoing enmity as the foundation of Soviet foreign policy in a letter to Matthew Woll of the AFL.

New York Mar Bainbridge Colby Russia Matthew Woll American Federation For Labor United States

Two Kansas Banks Robbed in Separate Heists

Four men robbed the Bank of Commerce in Chanute, seizing five hostages including two girls, then fled as police arrived without firing. In Emporia, two men and three others robbed Citizens' National Bank of about $10,000, one robber wounded and Earl Lord, an assistant cashier, hurt slightly.

Chanute, Kan Mar. 2 Bank of Commerce Emporia, Kan. Mar Citizens’ National Bank Earl Lord

Memory Lost Youth Seeks Help in Charleston

A 22-year-old meat salesman from Columbus, Ohio, asked Charleston police for aid after suffering memory loss. A card reading Will L. Freeman M D St Charles Mo was found in his pocket. Doctors deemed him normal except for the amnesia.

Charleston Columbus Will L. Freeman St. Charles

Senate Refuses Camps For Jobless Youth Training Plan

Washington reports the senate rejected a proposed $22 million next year to train 88,000 unemployed and homeless youths in citizen military training camps. The house returned the $370 million war department appropriation bill to conference by a 165 to 31 vote. Couzens of Michigan sponsored the fund in the senate to derail it, while testimony on Devine’s claimed solution and Schenck’s abduction continued amid cross examination.

Washington Senate Citizens House War Department Couzens R. Mich Devine Schenck New Jersey

Byrd Accepts Senatorial Toga From Claude Swanson

Richmond Va March 2 Former Governor Harry Flood Byrd accepts the United States senate appointment to succeed Senator Claude A Swanson who retires to become secretary of the navy in the Roosevelt cabinet The acceptance was telegraphed to Governor Pollard who had offered him the post earlier today.

Richmond Harry Flood Byrd United States Senate Claude A. Swanson Navy Roosevelt Pollard

Pleasants County School Funds Transfer Measure Passed

Charleston report notes the Louisiana district Pleasants County in Lafayette district approved a measure allowing transfer of school funds. The house passed the plan on March 2, paving a path for reallocations within the district and potential impact on local education funding.

Charleston Lafayette Pleasants County

Extradition Requests in Erie Robbery Case

Pennsylvania authorities applied for the extradition of Joseph Mikucki and William McPadden both 33 charged with robbing the Elks Club in Erie Pennsylvania. A hearing before state pardon attorney Albert G Jenkins was held. Officers reported $180 stolen from the club. The German post office department includes government owned telephone telegraph radio and postal bank services.

Charleston Mar Pennsylvania Joseph Mikucki William McPadden Elks Club Erie Albert G. Jenkins German Post Office Department

Holt Invites WV Cities To Utilities Conference

Charleston March 2 Chairman Holt of the House Utilities Investigating Committee announced inviting 22 West Virginia cities to appear before the committee to discuss utility problems. Cities named include Bluefield Buckhannon Charleston Clarksville Elkins Fairmont Grafton Hinton Huntington Logan Martinsburg Morgantown Parkersburg Philippi Point Pleasant Richwood St. Albans Welch Wellsburg Weston Wheeling and Williamson. A meeting was postponed due to illness of two members.

Charleston Holt House Utilities Investigating Committee West Virginia Bluefield Buckhannon Clarkshoro Elkins Fairmont Grafton Hinton Huntington Logan Martinsburg Morgantown Parkersburg Philippi Point Pleasant Richwood St. Albans Welch Wellsburg Weston Wheeling and Williamson

Johnson to address Charleston Legion convention

Louis A. Johnson national commander of the American Legion will speak to legionnaires from four states in Charleston next July. The invitation comes from Jackson Perks Post No. 71. About 10,000 members are expected from Virginia southern Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia. Governors and congressmen will be invited. Some 250 legion posts are slated to be represented.

Charleston Louis A. Johnson American Legion Jackson Perks Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland District of Columbia Congress

Transients seek city relief as Beale pardoned

Clyde Beale farmer, 33, freed by Governor Conley after a July 1926 Williamson death sentence for the murder of Mrs Bissie Purdue. Earmarked as a milestone, 16 transients applied for municipal beds last night, reflecting regional waves from New Hampshire to North Carolina and from Shelton Connecticut to Cincinnati Ohio.

Farmer Moundsville Conley Clyde Beale Marth Beale Williamson Bissie Purdue New Hampshire North Carolina Shelton Conn Cincinnati Ohio

Police Chief Shoots It Out With Bandits in Moorefield

Moorefield March 2 Gil bert Robinette police chief shot and killed an alleged thief George Delander 22 of Moorefield in a pistol duel after being wounded himself in the confrontation with bandits.

Moorefield Mar Gilbert Robinette George Delander

Claims Arrest Revealed From Page One

A dubious confession describes the accused as afraid and wanting to flee town with no funds. He recounts guiding a fish monger to a cabin in the Pennsylvania mountains and insists the victim left voluntarily, claiming he was not held prisoner and stating he had many opportunities.

Devine Pennsylvania Mountains Schenck

Turbulent crackdown as Reds face mass arrests

In a tense political surge, hundreds of leading Communists were arrested while others fled. President Von Hindenburg escalated state power with a decree increasing penalties for esp

von Hindenburg

German government acts against communists and treason

A new Reich decree targets disclosing sensitive military foreign information and treason. Communist parliamentary allowances were halted. Bavarian raid on Munich centers seized literature. Hamburg imposes guards on gas and electricity works and Elbe bridges. A concealed arms dump was found at the Volkhaus in Sag an with acid-filled lamp bulbs.

Reichstag Wilhelm Frick Munich Hamburg Elbe Sagan

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