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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1932
Page
7
Shigeko Teru-No-Miya aged six, eldest daughter of Japan's emperor and empress, arrives for her first day at the Peeresses' school in Tokyo. Charles R. Flint, 83, known as "the father of trusts," is sought by police after his wife reports him missing from a Washington hotel room.
Willard Karn achieves a near-impossible grand slam in seven clubs via the Vienna coup and an eleven-trick squeeze. The bid sequence, card play, and late discard lead to a 2,395-point swing with 150 for aces and other tallies, showcasing the cal iliar bridge maneuver.
Morgantown May 11 Dr F A Lambert Ohio State University professor and football rules authority will headline the joint meeting and banquet of state high school coaches and football officials Friday night during the fifteenth annual West Virginia track and field championships at the university.
The U S S Akron drifted from a foggy sky for an unscheduled mooring at Camp Kearney California at 9 40 a m Pacific today three days into a cross country trip.
Dr E Newton Harvey reports to the American Philosophical Society that all living cells retain fluorescent materials that could evolve into the luminous substances used by fireflies glow worms luminous fishes or light giving bacteria. The cycle involves luciferin luciferase and oxygen driving luminescence, suggesting humans once possessed a primitive cold light mechanism now halted by evolution.
Dr. Harvey notes that some higher animals evolved luminescent organs with reflectors lenses pigment and screen structures forming a lantern. This light may serve warning predation luring food illumination or recognition signals in evolution.
Sutton May 12 Rollyson won the Democratic nomination for Braxton County sheriff after complete tallying. Rollyson tallied 2951 votes, Stonestreet 1717, and Morton 442.
Air Commerce announces a regulation requiring dirigible pilots to stay above 1,000 feet over open air stadiums and competition zones during the Olympic period from July 30 to August 14 in Los Angeles. This rule aims to ensure safety during the Games and affects all airmen operating near event sites.
New York May 12 reports an airplane engine on the market that requires no carburetor. Fuel is injected by nine pumps inside the crankcase, driven by a spring and timed by cams. Gasoline enters the cylinders under high pressure and is atomized for combustion.
In Denver on May 19 two men snuck to D. M. Titus' drug store, rifled for a key, triggered a call to police. They fled when confronted. Titus arranged for a locksmith to install a new lock to secure the door.
Washington May 12 The Nautics Branch of the Commerce Department reports plane passenger rates have declined about one half under the rates in effect two years ago. The average rate per mile stands at 8.6 cents, seven-tenths of a cent lower than the rate at the start of the year.
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