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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1936
Page
2
An air view from Port Colborne shows large freighters trapped by ice as navigation on the Great Lakes is largely delayed. Unprecedented ice fields from last winter's extreme cold disrupted shipping, with Erie referenced among affected areas.
Representative Clare Hoffman faced jeers as he opened his one man probe into the Townsend pension plan in Battle Creek. Elders crowded the courthouse while he questioned witnesses, amid strong local sentiment backing Townsend in Michigan. A parallel hearing is under way in California.
A physician notes how emotions influence heart symptoms and how neurotic chest pains may mask normal heart function. He cites historical methods linking loved ones to heart data, and psychoanalytic findings that emotional strain from relationships can trigger angina or false angina under stress.
A fragment from Scott's Scrapbook shows a riderless black steed on a white flag as an emblem of a major salvaging company. It includes trivia prompts and hints on etiquette with questions about a composer and a define a blimp, followed by sample answers.
Miss Nellie Granger, heroine of the Uniontown Pa air crash that killed 12, is pictured leaving Uniontown hospital with Jack Farrell. She spent three weeks recovering from shock and now plans a trip to Panama before resuming duties aboard a transcontinental air service.
The article notes porch baskets and urns have limited soil, require regular watering, and should not be overcrowded. It contrasts simple and elaborate arrangements, listing plants like Pandanus, geranium, German ivy, croton hybrid, asparagus plumosus, Trailing Queen coleus, and Rosy Morn petunia for color and harmony.
The note recalls ships on the high seas fighting Britain in the War of 1812 and describes U S practice of stamping Chinese postage to deter theft and limit use to certain districts, reflecting historical controversies and security methods.
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