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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1930
Page
5
In a rock hewn grave atop a Black Hills mountain Deadwood Dick is laid to rest with military honors and an Episcopal service. Surviving the old west figure Richard W. Clarke, 86, receives last respects as a May blizzard rages.
Hundreds climbed nearly a mile to the top of Sun Rise Peak near Pine Crest Park for the burial of a frontiersman, prospector, Indian scout, and stage coach guard. The grave was blasted into the rocky peak by Henry Brasch who arrived with Clarke in 1870 to mark the Roosevelt monument and Mt. Moriah where Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane Seth Bullock are interred. Shipment of about $1.0 million in farm equipment abroad in early 1990 set a new quarterly high for the industry.
West Virginia requires rear vision mirrors on all motor vehicles on public highways starting June 1 1930 with enforcement and potential arrests for noncompliance. Trooper H K Debendarfer announces strict checks of trucks and moving vans. The order limits vehicle width to 90 inches height to 12 feet and length to 40 feet and bans oversize vehicles from state roads.
Fragmented OCR of a 1940s style crossword list includes scattered clues and partial phrases such as Small dew and Low voice, Make headway against, Powerful explosives, Maiden and references to Article 46 and Malaelal fever. Many entries are garbled with missing letters and misplaced numbers, offering a glimpse of a puzzle page in distress.
Secretary Stimson argued the Anglo American naval accord should base parity on actual strength rather than lines of communication. He contrasted Britain’s 20 battleships to the U.S. 18 under the Washington treaty, noting a 18 000 ton excess for Britain that would span to 1942 before equalization. The hearing adjourned with plans to hear navy board members and London delegates.
In Pittsburgh today the body of a man about 45 was found in the Monongahela river and not identified. The report notes the second item concerns Salvadors food exports valued at 3.5 million dollars shipped to the United States.
Miss Orpah Haymond of the YWCA reports Baltimore girls earning 16 or less weekly fare better on recreation and living costs than New York peers with the same income. She cites club housing, room rates from 4 to 8 dollars weekly, and a typical Baltimore menu, arguing lower Balt imore costs offset higher carfare and modest wages.
The article notes Weston and Spencer state hospitals require expansion for the biennial period. Weston has enough funds but lacks space, while Spencer and Huntington would gain new facilities, including a $200,000 building, to handle growth.
The state proceeds with building at Weston and St Marys while acknowledging the financial state. The board notes many almshouse residents suffer senility and argues counties should care for such cases to free space in state hospitals for the acutely insane. References to October 7 1929 orders restricting white patient commitments to state hospitals are mentioned as guidance.
Rochester May 12 a stunt aviator waving a low flying routine terrified Sea Breeze residents injuring an elderly woman Mrs Natherine Kolb 77 who fell and struck her head as bystanders and riders on a Sea Breeze trolley reacted with fear. Police sought the pilot as witnesses reported the dangerous airshow.
In Detroit on May 12 Miss Hazel Chapman admitted she is tolerant except about steak without gravy. At Michael Sarkerlosan’s restaurant at 3 a.m. she demanded steak and gravy. When told gravy closed at midnight she threw the steak and swung at him, chairs overturned, a policeman summoned. She paid a $25 fine with the remark that nothing angers her more than ordering steak and receiving no gravy.
The clipping recalls a string of early 20th century aerial mail flights linking Europe with South America. It notes attempts and successes from 1922 to 1927, including pilots from Portugal, Spain, Italy, and France, with routes from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro and Senegal to Port Natal, emphasizing the growing role of air power in transatlantic mail delivery.
Fragmentary notes describe 1929 voyage plans including Captath Francisco Tglesias and Major Tadeo Larre-Borges with pilots and crews headed from Spanish Cape Blanco to Brazil and Seville to San Antonio, plus precautions for a possible forced landing near Natal. The report also covers several weather events: cloudburst damage near Tanner, flooding in the Tygart Valley, livestock losses, and a high death toll from recent Persian earthquakes around Tabriz and Salamis with continuing aftershocks.
A cloudburst near Grafton yesterday caused extensive flooding and damage in Oak Grove. Reports indicate several thousand dollars in losses as residents assess debris and structural impacts in the aftermath. Local officials urge caution and provide relief information.
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