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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1930
Page
7
A reader seeks employment and lists versatile labor options including house cleaning yard work pruning window washing floor care carpentry repair general odd jobs and any unskilled labor. The ad invites potential employers to contact about paid positions.
A fragmented recipe page lists Honolulu Ham Glazed with baked sweet potatoes and Virginia buttered onions, plus Creole Dressing and Caramel Custard Pudding. It provides ingredient snippets and directions such as bake 50 minutes, turn, garnish ham, and chill dressing, with notes on amounts and steps.
The recipe directs beating in sugar until creamy, then piling over custard. Bake twenty minutes in a slow oven. Cool, chill and serve.
Charleston reports state attorney general rules the state board of education cannot declare the Kanawha superintendent of schools position vacant. Also in Charleston the board authorizes Glenville and Shepherdstown normal schools to offer four years of teacher training, replacing three. Other notes include a bank charter for Greenbrier Vatley, the death of Henry Ferguson from gunshot, the discovery of Benjamin Moss’s body with murder suspected, and a fire at Union Tannery destroying two units with an estimated $100,000 loss.
Governor Conley proposes a national Music Week plan urging every household in West Virginia to join in music from May 4 to 10. He calls on all ages to hear and make music, visit schools, and support church hymn contests, junior choirs, and community musical programs. Civic groups and stores are asked to sponsor events linking homes and schools in a music celebration.
Hindu religious figure Swami Bartappa Raw was held in Los Angeles on five counts of grand theft and three counts of violating the moral code. The charges allege theft and ethical breaches tied to his activities.
A Grafton woman visiting Fairmont read in papers about a treatment called World's Tonic. She claimed it cured her catarrh of the stomach bladder and improved digestion. She bought two bottles, then more, noting vomiting ceased and appetite returned. Sold by Court Pharmacy Union Drug Co. and others.
Mrs Adel Banks Allerhand said to be victim of a spell based fraud by Raw who was arrested after policewoman May Ross investigated her claim. Complaint lists witnesses including actress Mary Pickford and Dr W M Robinson. Bond set at $25000 with final action due tomorrow as convention debates prohibition enforcement.
At the 10th anniversary convention in Louisville a resolution backed by the League of Women Voters seeks Senate ratification of the London naval limitations treaties and calls for prompt reenactment of the maternity and infancy act under children's bureau administration.
Los Angeles on May 2 intensified police hunt for Frederick Burke and August Winkler after a fourth robbery victim identified Burke from a photograph. Sheriff’s gallery images were used as a witness, and three pursuit planes stood ready to chase leads across the state. A transcontinental telephone line project was completed from Los Angeles to Kingman, Arizona.
Fourteen year old Freddy idolizes an older college freshman whose influence disturbs his parents. They cannot act directly but should seek to understand him, offer new activities, and calmly acknowledge the idol’s appealing traits without praising his faults to help him grow beyond this misguided friendship.
Ekvirsky denied papers alleging his group handled funds for a Russian secret service branch in the United States. He suggested unofficial tips claimed the documents aimed to disrupt Soviet U.S. relations. The passage notes a run-down house being improved with new shutters, paint, and a simple entrance to appear more presentable.
Sally stars Marilyn Miller in a Technicolor musical at the Strand today and Saturday. The all dialogue production features Joe E Brown and Ford Sterling, with Alexander Gray in a romantic lead and Albertina Rasch dancers. Directed by John Francis Dillon, the film adapts Miller’s stage hit with new numbers and lavish spectacle.
The committee chair Caraway cited a friend of Davis noting inconsistency in Slayton's testimony. Stayton described Davis as a “wet” then qualified he was “not wet hardly.” Stayton maintained belief labor secretary saw prohibition as a failure. Other cabinet members Stimson Adams Mellon Lamont were mentioned.
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