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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1930
Page
7
A dated, cluttered employment notice seeks general work. It lists options including cleaning, grass trimming, shrub work, carpentry, window work, driving, and odd jobs. The ad asks applicants to fill a form and bring it to the Employment Editor for potential notification of job placement.
A discussion by Alice Tudson Peale on whether intense parent led training helps a toddler. The piece warns excessive self discipline creates emotional tension that negates learning gains and stresses the parent must read the child’s cues to balance independence with rest. It notes practical tips like teaching tidiness and self care as small, meaningful steps within a broader, calmer approach.
Overnight News reports the Department tests the validity of licensing as an antitrust issue against ten leading radio meat manufacturers. The case aims to clarify how licensing affects competition in the sector.
Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell headline High Society Blues at the Strand in Fox Movietone musical romance. The story follows a small town grocer who sells to a chain and an attempted social climb in Westchester. Cast includes William Collier Sr and Joyce Compton. Opens next Friday with Carol Lombard and others in support.
In Princeton Missouri on May 14, Rev C E Nichol, pastor of the Princeton Christian church, juggles weddings funerals and weekly church services in three churches. He also heads the county Sunday school, leads revival meetings, trains school voice choirs, presides over the chamber of commerce, arranges banquets, promotes farm improvements, and acts as a community booster. He has held the post for three years.
Mona Maris describes filming The Arizona Kid opposite Warner Baxter in Utah. She expected hardship but found comfortable cabins and modern comforts at a camp near Zion National Park after a long journey from Cedar City. She had prepared for rugged conditions with candles and portable stove, only to uncover surprisingly hospitable surroundings.
Asheville hosts the third annual rhododendron festival in mid June during peak bloom. The program features a grand parade social events sports mountain songs dances and tours to see blooms in fields near Mount Mitchell and within the Great Smoky Mountains area accessible by auto.
Lubbock Texas May 14 A farmer JC Clack aged 29 died from bruises suffered yesterday when caught in a hail storm while working in a field He struggled to reach his home but died shortly after The storm caused considerable property damage in the area
Two female inmates of the city mission in Omaha were choked and beaten by an unidentified man who entered by a rear window and fled after one woman screamed. Mrs Christine Huber 77 of Gentry Arkansas and Mrs Julia Gibson 45 of Kansas City Missouri were hospitalized in serious condition.
Martinsburg dispatch reports E. E. Church longtime high school principal has resigned to become supervising principal of Parkersburg high school at year end. Roy E. Boone, formerly of Elkins high and current assistant principal here, will succeed him. Church came to Martinsburg from Fairmont.
Washington reports the 1980 census showing Providence Rhode Island ranked behind Atlanta Houston Dallas Birmingham Memphis Akron and Milwaukee as population shifts place southern cities ahead of Providence. The list notes Milwaukee’s 24 percent rise and Buffalo’s 12.9 percent increase with Buffalo and Milwaukee nearing 573,4217 and 568,962 respectively.
Washington May 04. Further questioning of FP McBride of the Anti Saloon League on his testimony that representative Fort of New Jersey was probably right in saying liquor could be made legally in homes is in prospect when McBride testifies again before the senate lobby committee next Tuesday. Fort a dry said in a houses speech that beer and wines could be made in the home under certain conditions without violating the law. McBride testified yesterday that he thought it a pretty good speech and added the dry law was not 100 percent perfect yet. Virginia has 1,469 registered pharmacists.
Plans completed for a Masonic Regional School of Instruction to be held in Keyser on May 21 and 22. Lodges from Romney, Keyser, Piedmont, Moorefield, Petersburg and Frankfort sponsor. Bishop Cannon to preside. Attendees urged. banquet planned. Grand Lecturer Trade Coffman leads deputies from Manila jurisdiction with strong Mindanao ties.
In Valley Stream a dramatic race unfolds as Turner edges ahead of Ali Lindbergh by more than an hour in a historic transcontinental record attempt. Officials report tracking across multiple checkpoints, highlighting grit and endurance.
An old classified style notice seeks a person for a job. It invites sending an applicant to the Employment Editor at the Sentinel. It instructs setting an appointment at least three days after the offer date for prospective employees to meet.
A Maine Alumni Association dinner awarded Rudy Vallee a varsity letter for popularizing the filling of steins. The report notes Vallee attended the University of Maine after Yale and Boston.
Chicago May 14 Two weeks after Miss Ethel Swangon a 19 year old rejected Henry Darin 22 stood before her home and killed himself. A dental society address at Columbia warns women smokers of trench mouth. New York reports national figures for March.
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