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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1933
Page
3
W H Farence of near Stone House celebrated his fifty eighth birthday with a plated dinner planned by his wife. The event featured a cake with fifty eight candles and gifts, with many family and friends from Grafton and surrounding towns attending.
A beauty tip piece advises cleansing with cream then massaging, using tissue and honey on the face, followed by rinsing with lukewarm water. It emphasizes tightening pores and achieving rosy skin.
Miss Evelyn Fortney was a guest of the club as members Mrs. Goldie McCue Mrs. Eliz abeth Boyce and Mrs. Bertha Evans attended a meeting with dainty refreshments served.
Mr and Mrs D L Zinn of Loveland Addition report a six pound baby boy born Saturday at six oclock named Jerry Franklin. Mrs Zinn formerly Miss Gayle Shaffer. Baby and mother well. Mr and Mrs Dallas Wolfe announce a six and a half pound girl born Thursday May 4 named Doris Jean.
The Washington report says the Senate Finance Committee approved a compromise on the electricity tax. It provides a two percent levy on producers of domestic and commercial energy and a one percent tax on industrial users, beginning September 1.
Des Moines May 8曰 Removal of all national guard units from the northwest Town farm disorder area was anticipated by week end, Adjutant General Charles Grahl said today.
Pittsburgh May 8 R T Estell president of the Washington Oil Company says Harold Tekes secretary of the interior probably will be named dictator of the American oil industry. Eastell a committee appointed by Governor Pinchot to confer on the oil situation talked to Ickes Saturday. He joined operators of Texas Oklahoma Kansas and West Virginia in advocating a measure to give the interior secretary wide powers to control output.
Charlottesville May 8. R P Echels of Steelton Pennsylvania, a third year student at the University of Virginia, tells of an attack in a university dormitory. The report notes his account and ongoing inquiry into the incident.
Sara Wierr of Lexington is praised as the university's most beautiful graduate. Associated press reports Virginie Fost nearly killed when three white men stormed a dorm at 830 pm demanding money. One assailant had previously received shoes from Echels. Bonds loosened, Echels fought with a chair as attackers fled. Sheriff Smith suspects itinerant hoboes targeted the dorm for cash.
Bedford, Pa May 8 The Mollie K Smith case is on the docket for trial in Bedford Court this week. The case was appealed and returned from Superior and Supreme courts for retrial. Mrs Smith is alleged to have procured the burning of the Ford siding at Leverett in 1930. Witness Alexander Frazier prosecutes. Supervisors William Shippy James Buchanan of Juniata township charged with neglect in care of roads.
Berlin May 8 Seven persons died by their own hand in Germany over the weekend. Included was Dr Ernst Oberfohern nationalist floor leader of the Reichstag who shot himself at Kiel after being accused of plotting a monarchist putsch. Also among the dead were Dr Goesser Stuttgart milk official Dr Wombruch former Leer mayor Ernst Katz and Frau Katz soninlaw and daughter of Socialist leader and ex chancellor Phillip Scheideman Nelly Neppachs former German tennis champion whose suicide was blamed on ill health Willi Haar accused of defrauding Leipig machinists union also killed himself.
In Miami on May 8 Freida J Riley was released on a 2500 bond while appealing a ten year sentence for attacking Adelaide Doing Stork of Baltimore. James Duffy received seven years for aiding the attack and remains jailed with a 2500 bond. Bernard Riley had his sentence suspended for good behavior.
Chicago May 8. Warden Edward Denemark laments a surge of so called chiselers at the Bridewell. Mayor Kelly asked for room for hundreds of beggars. Denemark warns of space limits with a 2,500 capacity jail. Some beggars enter to eat and refuse to leave, with recent cases of freed men returning.
Washington May 8 Early June Roosevelt will take his first plunge in the new 52 foot pool in the White House west wing. The pool will overlook the lawn with dressing rooms at the east end. Funds were raised by press campaigns. Maj. D H Gillette heads the project. heating and lighting will be installed and the west wing repurposed from a stable and green house for the pool’s use.
The Young Peoples Class of the Southern Methodist church met Friday evening with president James Cross presiding. The session opened with singing Stand Up For Jesus and scripture read by Fay Cross. Secretary Helen Brown read minutes, committees added for refreshment and entertainment, 24 persons attended, next meeting planned for June.
Mountaineer Council No 44 Junior Order United American Mechanics marks its 60th anniversary with an May 16 program at Wehn hall. Arthur E. Past national chancellor will give the keynote address. A prize will go to the council traveling the farthest with the largest delegation. Public invited. expected large turnout from surrounding councils.
Warrenton polo ponies arrive in Danville to help corral 150 cows and bulls and nearly as many hogs scattered after last Wednesday Southern fast freight wreck. Negro farmers captured some hogs, sheriff Len Worsham reports a busy day chasing the roaming animals amid woods and fields.
Nelly Don introduces a selection at the shop featuring Redfern Coats priced in two distinct groups to appeal to varying budgets and tastes. The store emphasizes style and value as customers browse the new outerwear arrivals.
Plans completed for the annual West Virginia synod of the United Lutheran Church to be held May 16 through 18 in Aurora Freston county. Speakers include Dr. L. B. Miller of Richmond Va, Rev. Harry Hodges of Philadelphia, Paul Keyser of Wittenburg College Springfield Ohio, Rev. C. E. Butler of Huntington and Dr. D. Burt Smith of Philadelphia.
Cumberland May 8 John Dorsey Benford 41 of Thomas West Virginia Western Maryland Railway brakeman was instantly killed when he fell under the wheels of a coal train while shifting cars at a Maryland Coal Company mine near Lonaconing. He is survived by his widow and two daughters. Body taken to Thomas.
The portrait by James McNeill Whistler, shown in several American cities, has been insured for five hundred thousand dollars. The work remains a centerpiece in exhibitions across major urban venues and reflects the artist's enduring influence in American collections.
Oakland reports a $3,000,000 fire crippled the key interurban ferry terminal five miles out in San Francisco Bay. Company officials surveyed the damage and said service would resume Tuesday for the system’s 16,000 daily commuters.
A breakfast and luncheon menu lists items such as grapefruit cereal bacon lettuce and Russian dressing. The Jam Cake recipe follows with ingredients method and a penoche frosting, including steps to bake and frost a two layer cake.
Oklahoma City on May 8 county officers raided a palatial colonial home outskirts of the city. They laid down pistols and served cocktails to about twenty patrons before taking R. H. Tripp his wife their son C. G. Tripp and two Negro servants to headquarters on public nuisance charges. The customers were not arrested.
Irene Dowling, 19, and her escort were robbed on a suburban road near Pittsburgh. The attacker trussed the man to a plank inside an abandoned coal mine and beat the girl. Elmer Hanford, 24, told police the assailant fired a shot at their automobile through the windshield and stole a necklace and a cigarette case.
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