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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1932
Page
5
Chicago fans saw the Cubs beat the Boston Braves 3 to 2 in a ninth inning rally sparked by Guy Bush who doubled for the winning run with runners on third and first. The performance pulled Chicago three games ahead in the National League pennant race.
Baltimore May 14 Burgo King, the Kentucky Derby winner, will carry his newly won three year old championship title into the Preakness stakes.
The 43d running of the Preakness at Pimlico features Burgoo King as the favorite at 2-1 to beat 11 eastern colts. If the track stays heavy, E. R. Bradley may withdraw his Derby winner Bubbling Over, who dislikes wet going, leaving Tick On and Buck Tom as the other Derby starters in opposition. The rest of the field consists of eastern-owned horses.
National League results include Brooklyn five Cincinnati three Chicago three Boston two St Louis eight Philadelphia seven New York at Pittsburgh rain today Brooklyn at Cincinnati Philadelphia at St Louis Boston at Chicago American League scores Detroit zero Washington seven Philadelphia nine St Louis zero others postponed rain Chicago at New York St Louis at Philadelphia Detroit at Washington Cleveland at Boston Mid Atlantic Clarksburg four Charleston zero Johnstown six Cumberland three Johnstown six Cumberland one Beckley four Huntington one American Association Kansas City six Milwaukee four St Paul seven Minneapolis three
The United States Davis Cup team leads Mexico 2-0 after Ellsworth Vines defeated Alfonso Anda 6-1 6-2 6-4 and Wilmer Allison beat Ricardo Tapia 6-12 6-3 6-4 at the New Orleans Country Club. Mexicans showed flashes of brilliance but US stroke variety prevailed. The second round will feature Allison and John Van Ryn versus Anda and Eduardo Mestre in doubles.
Trans-oceanic flier Lou Reichers, aboard President Roosevelt, was rescued by lifeboat crew after his monoplane developed a cracked wing and fuel shortage. He suffered a broken nose and facial injuries when forced into the ocean near the liner. The sighting occurred at 9 10 a m Greenwich Mean Time as the plane faltered.
The article notes John Brooks of the University of Chicago set a Drake Relays broad jump record at 24 feet 8 and a half inches, surpassing DeHart Hubbard of Michigan. It also contains unrelated archival items about ship rescues and Ohio’s broadest line, reflecting varied sections of a vintage newspaper page.
Morgantown May 14 Charleston High School's flashy team enters the 15th annual scholboy meet as favorite to win. With 12 athletes qualifying from prelims and 67 competitors from 23 schools, Parkersburg Triadelphia and Huntington also remain strong contenders. Corbin Pennsboro cannot compete on his 21st birthday. a 44 feet 10 1 2 inch shot put would earn first.
President Hoover directs federal law agencies and the secret service to press an unrelenting search for the Lindbergh baby killers. He vows a never-ending pursuit until justice is served, with Attorney General Mitchell relaying the orders to officers nationwide. The capital remains tense as resolve grows to capture the perpetrators.
Congress moves to place kidnapping under federal jurisdiction as anti kidnapping laws accelerate. Senator Norris and Representative Cochran push legislation while President Hoover and cabinet members express sympathy and pledge cooperation. J Edgar Hoover leads the Justice Department search with support from Elmer Irey and naval intelligence.
Margaret Greenwood, 18, was indicted by the Carroll county grand jury on charges of common assault and assault with intent to kill her 20 month old daughter Kathryn Raine Greenwood. The child was found with a deep head gash after being brought to the State's Attorney by her father Sterling Greenwood. Weather outlook for Ohio Valley and Tennessee calls for showers early week, then fair until Saturday.
Charleston May 14 P Lit ter leads in the Democratic race for commissioner of agriculture over Perry G Alfred of Weston and JB McLaughlin of Big Chimney Kanawha county with 43 91 to 42 730 as precincts tallied in 1952 of 2342. The treasurer race shows Talbott leading Stout with 57 972 to 54 036 in 1841 precincts, while Townsend and Kump plan a post election test for governor.
New York May 14 Mayor James J Walker opened his "beer for taxation" march down Fifth Avenue at 11 20 a m drawing 5000 marchers. The sun shone as the parade headed from Fifth Avenue and 79th Street with the mayor in formal morning attire and a daylong procession planned.
Police estimated more than 5 000 persons attended a march led by the mayor with eminent figures such as Walter Chrysler F Hutton and James Moffat riding in handsome cabs. The procession featured a band bearing repeal and a float showing beer flowing from a brewery with the wheels of industry. A large sign on the float denounced taxation and business stagnation.
Mary Hunt officers sought to identify two men linked to the Tuesday night shooting of Clint Feathers near Albright. Feathers, 60, died from his injuries after defending his home from raiders. Feathers was known to keep a substantial sum at home, say officials. Also mentions chick bones and vitamin D research in cod liver oils.
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